farmer's little girl

Chapter 102

Winter goes and spring comes, another year.

The spring in Daxi Village seems to come very late, the thin ice outside has just broken, and the wind is still chilly, but the weeds on the roadside and the branches of the big trees can already see green shoots the size of fingernails.

Farmers work year after year, or lead cattle, or carry iron plows, and go to the fields in twos and threes to prepare for the next sowing.

At this moment, Erfang's family has villagers visiting for many days.Without him, it was all because of the news before Zhou Jin that the family's nine acres of high-quality fertile land were going to be rented out.

This matter has been discussed before, according to Lu Minghai's intention, this field will be left to grow by himself, and the son-in-law can't grow it alone, so it is enough for him and the eldest son to help.But Zhou Jin said that he was going to go out in spring, because of this, Lu Jiaoyue had a little awkwardness with him, she didn't want Zhou to go so far away, not only for the sake of safety, but also because she couldn't bear it.

It was only after Zhou Jin explained to her many times that this matter was over.In fact, Lu Jiaoyue also knew in her heart that all men had ambitions, and she couldn't tie men firmly to her side just because of the little woman's thoughts.The reason is clear, but I can't get over that hurdle for a while.

After thinking about it, she also felt that her previous self was a little too hypocritical.

Since Zhou Jin has other things to do in his hands, this kind of land matter is naturally impossible. Lu Minghai and his son alone cannot plant the nearly ten acres of land.Especially since the family still has business to do, under a scolding by Mrs. Mei, Lu Minghai, a farmer who has been farming for half his life, can only dispel the idea that everyone knows it will not work.

If no one farms, the land can only be rented out.

As soon as the news was released, there was an endless stream of villagers going to the gate of Erfang's house.

After so many years of multiplication in Daxi Village, there is almost no surplus agricultural land. The rural people regard the agricultural land as their lifeline, and no family will sell the land outside unless it encounters a major event that kills people.At the beginning, if there was no other way, Old Man Lu would not have sold the land of his family. At that time, there were many villagers who wanted to buy it, but no one could afford so much money at once, so they had to sell it to the dental bank in the end.

The tooth walks the aisle, and then it is in Lu Jiaoyue's hands again.

The country people have no other skills, only planing food from the soil, farming depends on the sky for food.So they are usually very hardworking, and they will not be idle if they can't be idle. The land at home is not counted, and many people open some wasteland to plant.

There are also those families with too many people but too little land. In order to fill their stomachs, they have no choice but to go to the landlord’s family to plant the land.Even so, there were quite a few people who went to the tenant land, almost without breaking their heads.

Suddenly there was land outside the door of the house, and everyone was overjoyed.

They are all from the same village, so they are naturally easier to talk to than the landlord's house. Besides, they can save time and effort, and they don't have to travel so far just to plant two acres of land.

That's why there are so many villagers who come to Erfang's house, they want to find Zhou Jin directly, but unfortunately Zhou Jin has been very busy recently, Shenlong can't see the end, and Lu Jiaoyue usually doesn't go out, even if he comes to Erfang, he is from the small door If you can't find the owner of the field, you can only come to the old man of the owner of the field.

The villagers who have always lived a frugal life don't care about being frugal now, and they will bring something when they come.Or a few eggs, or some vegetables grown at home, no matter what, I will bring some, just so that the second bedroom couple can help talk and take this land down.

This made Lu Minghai and Mrs. Mei a little dumbfounded. They accepted the things and looked ugly. If they didn't accept the things, they complained about being insincere and not helping to talk.Lu Jiaoyue came to Erfang's these few days, acting like a thief, for fear of being caught by the villagers.

She grew up in Daxi Village, and when she walked in the village, she would call anyone older than her uncle or aunt.She is used to being a thin-skinned person, so she can't stand these people's hard work.

In fact, it's not that Lu Minghai and others take advantage of it, but that the land is also to be particular about.Folks in the village, look up and look down, there will be a shortage of rent payments, or default in payment, or the tenants will be poorly handled by the kind of crops, which will affect the harvest of the land, and it will be difficult to turn your face. So this candidate really has to be carefully selected.

Not for those who are too lazy, not for those with few men in the family, not for those who do not do well in work, not to mention those with problematic character.

This is the first time that the Erfang family went out to rent land, and found that it was more tiring than farming by themselves.

There are those who know that there is a problem with being a human being, but they still have the cheek to lick it up. If you put a smile on your face, they will climb up the pole. .

No, Mrs. Mei stepped forward and kicked out another one.

After all, Lu Minghai is a man, and he always takes the lead in any important matters in the village. Naturally, he can't do things that offend others, and an 'ignorant' woman has to do it.

Mei slammed the courtyard door shut and spit on the ground.

Lu Jiaoyue poked her head and took a look here, and hurried over, with a guilty face on her face, she said, "Mother, I won't let you and Dad do this anymore, and next time someone comes, just push me and Brother Jin." Brother Jin is not here, I will deal with them."

Mrs. Mei glanced at her daughter angrily, "You are the only one with a thin skin? Some people in the village have thicker skins than the gates and walls of the city. But you 'elder', can you handle it?"

Just now, the Mei family kicked out a shabby hukou in the village, a person named Aunt Cao, who was smiling and talking at first, and then saw that the Mei family should not interfere, and this person used his status as an elder to oppress him in a strange way. .One bite at a time, what happened to your mother (Cui Shi) and I back then, I grew up watching your Haizi grow up.

Mrs. Mei was short-tempered, so she kicked him out on the spot. Aunt Cao even said some unpleasant things, otherwise Mrs. Mei wouldn't be so angry.

Hearing her mother say that about herself, Lu Jiaoyue's face collapsed in frustration.

What her mother said is absolutely right, it’s not good to be born and bred here, if you haven’t said a word, people can bury you by telling you that you peed your pants when you were a child.No wonder her father has been hiding from people these few days, so her mother has been asked to come forward.

"Then what should I do? Brother Jin is busy outside with my little uncle these days, it would be great if he was here."

"Come in to solve the problem? You and he will take root here in the future. He is a man. If there are any major issues in the future, he will have to come forward. He can not offend others in the village. It is best not to offend others. The women in the family will do it." Mei stretched out her finger and poked her daughter's forehead, "People who are all married don't understand this truth, your mother has taught you for so many years."

Lu Jiaoyue pouted and didn't speak.

Although she has lived two lifetimes, she has never been in charge of the family, so she is still a little unreasonable about this kind of worldly dealings.When she was not married, her parents were always in front of her in everything. After she got married, she felt that she could be as capable as her mother in the future, and she always thought so.Now that it's just a little thing, she realizes that she still hasn't learned the lesson.

The man dominates the outside and the woman dominates the inside. Women at home not only give birth to children and take care of housework, but also take care of many other aspects.What should be done by a man should be done by a man, and what should be carried by a woman should be carried by a woman, all in order to live a good life at home.

Gui Ya came out from the kitchen with a smile, "Mother, my sister knows, so don't talk about her. Don't talk about her, I have nothing to do with this kind of thing, these uncles and aunts are hard to deal with."

Of course, Mei knew that her daughter-in-law was trying to excuse her daughter, but now she has discovered that this daughter is growing younger and younger. She used to think that her daughter was sensible and obedient, but after getting married, she is not as good as before.

It's all son-in-law's habit!

Thinking so, Mrs. Mei is not angry at all. Which mother-in-law doesn't want her son-in-law to hold her daughter in the palm of his hand?Whoever is born must be capable, and he is not forced out by this day.

For example, daughter-in-law, such as her.I think back when she was in her natal family, she was also raised pampered. When she married into her husband's family, she looked harmonious on the surface, but in fact, only she knew the ups and downs inside.Fortunately, I married a man who knew how to love me. Now that the family is separated, my son and daughter are married, and life is getting better every day.

Thinking of this, the anger in Mei's heart because of the incident just now disappeared.

She glanced at her daughter and warned: "Don't follow up with me about this matter, he is not busy enough with outside affairs alone, and you don't need to come, I will take care of it with your father. You children and these people It's a disadvantage in dealing with each other, and the daughter-in-law who has been a daughter-in-law for many years has become a mother-in-law, and it's all done so slowly."

Lu Jiaoyue let out an oh.

Gui Ya interjected, "I heard from elder brother that he has already found a suitable family, and that's why he went out just now."

Mei frowned: "Who?"

"Shuanzi's house." Shuanzi grew up with Lu Guangyi when he was young, and his family lived next to the Chen family. Before Guiya planned to escape from the house, Lu Guangyi asked Shuanzi to help keep an eye on the movement.

"His family has many boys and little land. Except for his own five acres of land, he only counts on the land of Dianmo's family in Niujiao Village. His family is next door to mine, and the family is very honest and kind. This time because My younger sister’s family is going out to rent land, and there are many people in the village looking for the door, but his family didn’t come. The eldest brother thought that Shuanzi might be afraid that he would be caught in the middle, so it’s not easy to open this mouth, so he wanted to go over and ask.”

Mrs. Mei pondered for a while and said: "The Liu family's couple are honest people. If the other family is willing to plant the land, we can let the land be rented to them."

The Liu family is naturally willing to plant this land.

The Liu family knew that their son was having a good time with the eldest son of Lu's second family, so they asked Shuanzi to come and talk about it.But Shuanzi didn't know why, but he just didn't want to come.

The Liu family was still at home calling their son a stubborn donkey, but Lu Guangyi came to the door.

The two sides had a conversation, and the Liu family laughed so hard that they couldn't see their teeth, and agreed to the matter.It would be good to be able to plant the Zhou family's land, and the family would not have to travel so far every day to wait on the land from Mo's family.It just so happened that the Mo family in Niujiao Village wanted to increase the rent, and his family was worried about this matter. If they could grow the Zhou family's land, they didn't have to ask the Mo family for it.

The Liu family sent Lu Guangyi out gratefully, but Lu Guangyi refused to let him go, so the couple sent Lu Guangyi to send him off with a scorpion.

Shuanzi sent Lu Guangyi out of the gate, and he was rarely silent as he was always talkative.

Lu Guangyi sighed, patted him on the shoulder, and did not speak.

There are some things that Lu Guangyi didn't know before, and it was only when his sister got married that he saw some clues.But so what if he knew, it was too late, and he could only pretend that he didn't know how to save Shuanzi some face.

"Brother Guangyi, don't worry, our family will plant the land of your brother-in-law's well, and we won't waste it." When talking about his brother-in-law, Shuanzi paused, and then he pretended nothing had happened and continued to finish his sentence.

"Don't worry about your family, I won't come here today."

The two talked a few more words before Lu Guangyi went home.

After returning home, he told about the matter, and the Mei family made a decision immediately, and the land will be rented to the Liu family.

The matter was settled, and the family finally breathed a sigh of relief.In the future, when someone comes to the door, they will have something to say.

It was a good idea, but I didn't know that this matter was not over yet, because Lu Mingchuan suddenly came to the door that night.

The Erfang family didn't expect that Lu Mingchuan would come to the door, after all, the two families had collapsed before.

But people can't be kicked out when they come to the door, not to mention the relationship between brothers.

Lu Mingchuan stood outside talking to Lu Minghai, he didn't even enter the door, probably because he had no face to come in.When he came, the Erfang family was having dinner, Zhou Jin and Lu Jiaoyue were also there, so he called Lu Minghai out.

"Second brother, you also know the situation at home. Dad asked me to come and say that he wants you to rent the Zhou family's land to our family." Lu Mingchuan had a very difficult time talking about the Zhou family's land. It's all their own land.

Lu Mingchuan didn't want to come here, it was Old Man Lu who forced him to come.Now Dafang is such a big family and there are old couples, all pointing to the land that Erfang returned to live on. The three acres of land support so many people. After paying taxes, there is not even food left.I can earn some money by doing odd jobs, but the money is not even enough to buy food.Old man Lu really had no choice. Ever since he knew that the Zhou family's land was going to be rented out, his heart was on fire. After hesitating for several days, he finally sent his eldest son over.

"Don't worry, you know that my father and I farm the land, and we will definitely not spoil the land." Seeing that Lu Minghai was silent, Lu Mingchuan said again.

Maybe because he felt ashamed, or because he was ashamed, he didn't look up all the time, so he didn't see the complicated look on Lu Minghai's face.

"Big, cough." Lu Minghai cleared his throat, swallowed the "big brother" in his throat, and said vaguely: "I'm afraid this will not happen, the land has already been rented out."

Lu Mingchuan immediately raised his head, the color on his face was very strange.

After a moment, or two moments, he choked out a voice from his throat, "Second brother, you don't have to hate me for what happened before, and I don't want to be like that either, I was not forced by you." At the end of the sentence, almost It's a growl.

Seeing that something was wrong outside, Lu Guangyi and Zhou Jin came out.

Lu Guangyi was afraid that it would be difficult for his father, so he interjected a sentence: "Uncle, the land of Jinzi's family really has to be rented out. I only agreed to Shuanzi's family a while ago today."

"Could it be that you are deliberately making excuses for the sake of evasion? No one has heard of this, and the land is rented out?" Lu Mingchuan smiled strangely, looked at Zhou Jin, and then at Lu Minghai and his son.

"Uncle, if you don't believe me, go to Shuanzi's house and ask."

Lu Guangyi is a good-tempered person, but Zhou Jin is not.He has always hated these people who like to push their noses on their faces, and now they know that they are coming to the door. When they were shameless and asked for land before, why didn't they think of today.Also, obviously begging for help, who is showing this look?
Zhou Jin immediately said with a cold face: "The land is my family's land, I am willing to occupy whoever I want, so you need to point fingers here?"

Lu Mingchuan didn't talk to Zhou Jin, pointed at him, and asked Lu Minghai, "This is your son-in-law, is that how you talk to uncle?"

Zhou Jin was about to say something when Mei's voice sounded, "Which family's uncle? Who is our Jinzi's uncle? My boss is kind and doesn't want to argue with those people, so he calls you uncle. When the things that the uncle does can stand criticism? When we set our family on the fire and went back to ask for land, why can’t I remember that it was the uncle? Is there any uncle who made the father and mother separate from the family behind the scenes? Brother wants land?"

Mrs. Mei came out, accompanied by Lu Jiaoyue and her siblings.

Lu Mingchuan looked embarrassed, and didn't answer Mei's words, and growled at Lu Minghai: "That's how you treat your brother, let your mother-in-law abuse your elder brother?"

Lu Minghai's face immediately turned cold. He didn't shake his face before but he didn't want to make too much embarrassment with the other party. Now that Lu Mingchuan is talking about his wife, don't blame him for not showing face.

"Since when did you regard me as a brother? The land has already been rented out, so you should go."

"Well, that's very kind of you, second child!"

After leaving these words, Lu Mingchuan turned his head and left.

After Lu Mingchuan left, Mei's voice broke the silence: "Who are these people! Their faces are not faces, they are all those buttocks. If they met with our family in the front, they would pretend that they didn't know each other. If they asked for help, they would come to the door. Here we come. It’s obviously looking for us to rent land, and it’s like our family owes money to his family.”

Seeing that Lu Minghai's expression was not very good, Lu Jiaoyue hurriedly smoothed things over: "Mother, hurry up and eat inside, before the food gets cold."

Lu Minghai let out a breath, came back to his senses, looked worriedly at his children and said, "What's the big deal, let's eat inside!"

After news of the land tenant being transferred to the Liu family got out, it naturally caused another storm in the village.

Many people scold the Erfang family and the Zhou family behind their backs, but so what, this kind of thing is impossible to be comprehensive in all aspects. If you give it to you, he will be gone. If you give it to him, you will be gone. Someone will be dissatisfied.

However, Erfang's family is busy with business every day, and they rarely show up in the village, so naturally they can't cause any disturbance.

After arranging everything at home, it's time for Zhou Jin and Mei Zhuangyi to set off.

Before leaving, the couple had dinner at Erfang's, and after returning, they had a lingering lingering affair.The next day Zhou Jin left without a sound, and Lu Jiaoyue did not go to see him off.

This was discussed by the two of them before, Lu Jiaoyue's eyes were shallow, she was afraid that she would cry if she couldn't stand it, she might as well leave without knowing the situation, so as not to be sad.

But after waking up, seeing that the room was empty and the two big bundles she had prepared for him were gone, Lu Jiaoyue still sat in the room and cried.

After crying, wipe away the tears, and when I went to the second room for dinner, I pretended to be nonchalant.

It's a pity that her red eyes have already exposed all her thoughts. The whole family has worries in their eyes, but they don't say anything, but they take more care of her on weekdays.

Zhou Jin's departure took away all of Lu Jiaoyue's energy, she was getting more and more tired day by day, she was listless all day long, and the smile on her face was gone, like an eggplant beaten by frost.

Mei saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart. At first, she just thought that her daughter couldn't bear the separation of the young couple for the first time, but after looking at it, she felt that something was not quite right.

She asked Lu Jiaoyue if Guishui had come this month, and it was only then that Lu Jiaoyue realized that she hadn't come this month.Her life has always been quite accurate, but this month was more than ten days late, and she had something on her mind recently, and she never thought about it.

The joy on Mei's face couldn't stop coming out, the corners of her mouth curled up and down, and then down again, "Could it be?"

Lu Jiaoyue blushed and thought for a while, "There are not many days left, it shouldn't be so soon, right?"

Mrs. Mei glanced at her daughter, "When your mother was pregnant with her first child, she also had it not long after she married." When she mentioned this, she couldn't help but feel gloomy, but she was overwhelmed by the good news in an instant.

"I probably won't be able to get it right now, and I have to wait a little longer. I'll ask your brother to ask the doctor to come and take your pulse next month. You should be more careful when you walk and do things recently, and don't get tired." So he said Then, Mei still felt that something was wrong, "I asked your brother to pack up your things, you move here, I don't feel at ease if you live alone."

"Mother, don't do this, I'm not a child."

Mei wanted to pat her daughter, but stretched out her hand and realized that her daughter was two people now, so she quickly took it back. "Why don't you use it? Listen to your mother, you don't even understand the family, so it's more reassuring for my mother to look at it."

Afterwards, everyone in the second room knew the good news, and they were all very happy for Lu Jiaoyue.

After another half a month, without a doctor taking the pulse, Mei was sure that her daughter was really pregnant.

Because Lu Jiaoyue reacted.

He vomited whatever he ate or smelled anything wrong, and almost didn't spit out the bile.Mrs. Mei was busy, looking for pickled sour plums for her daughter, and making her some light food to fill her mouth.Lu Jiaoyue couldn't bear the smell of oil, she had to clean the pot inside and out every time she cooked, if there was a little bit of oil left unwashed, she would vomit after eating.

Mei Shi didn't feel impatient at all, she muttered, pregnant women are like this.He also gave an example of what kind of reaction the mother-in-law had when she was pregnant, which family's daughter-in-law liked to eat sour food, and which family's daughter-in-law liked to eat salty food.For example, when she was pregnant with Lu Guangyi, she loved to eat moldy tofu. The smellier it was, the more she liked it. Lu Minghai would often smell it until he covered his nose, but she found it very fragrant.

For this reason, she specially made a jar of her own tofu, and wanted to serve her daughter a meal, but after opening the jar, Lu Jiaoyue looked at it with hope, but she almost fainted from the smoke.

Mei was embarrassed, and then Lu Minghai learned about it and taught her to play around.

The days passed by like this, although he was in a hurry, he was full of joy.

Because there are more people in the family now, the manpower of the second room is also much more generous. Every day, Lu Minghai gets up early to grind tofu, makes soy milk, and steams steamed buns with Mei's, and then Lu Guangyi and his wife go to the county one by one. One of them set up a stall in the town.Mei does housework at home and takes care of her pregnant daughter, while Lu Minghai runs between the county and town.

Zhou Jin left, but the carriage stayed behind.

With the carriage, Erfang's family saved a lot of trouble. They transported all the things out in a single carriage ride, and went to the town first, and then to the town, without wasting time at all.In the past, Erfang’s family had only one little donkey, and the donkey couldn’t carry heavy loads, and the journey was slow, so it used to be divided into two trips.

Zhou Jin's big black horse was raised by Lu Minghai so that its coat was sleek and smooth. When he had free time, he stroked the horse's neck and told his family that when the family had money, he would also buy a horse back.Even if you can't buy a horse, you can buy a mule.

The black donkey tied to the side barked loudly, as if protesting that the old one would be forgotten when there was a new one.

The whole family laughed, and Lu Minghai went to comfort it again and said, "I won't forget you, and I'm still pointing at you to pull the mill."

The black donkey stopped braying.

(End of this chapter)