farmer's little girl

Chapter 87
Qiao Shi stared blankly at the plate with scrambled eggs in his hand, his face turned blue and red.

She entered the room with a plate, just in time to meet Lu Jiao Xing's face, and immediately threw the plate over.

"Damn girl, tell me what you did?"

Lu Jiaoxing shook her head repeatedly, saying that she didn't know anything, but Mrs. Qiao knew that Mrs. Hu must not be aimless, and must have a purpose. Thinking of what Mrs. Hu said before, and what happened today, Mrs. Qiao has nothing to say Do you understand?

She said why the eldest family suddenly instigated the in-laws to take care of the important land of the second brother's house, which should be here.

Qiao turned her head and locked the door, took a feather duster from the kang cabinet and swung it at Lu Jiaoxing.

"What do you want me to say about you? I don't have a long memory every time I get mixed up with this Hu family! Why did I give birth to such a stupid daughter like you? What good will it do you if you get mixed up with the second room? Today your grandma If you can take back the land of the second bedroom, if there are fish in the hole, you can also take back our land in the future! Your father worked hard to earn money outside, and the family has to take care of the whole family with only a few acres of land. Ration, the land will be taken away in the future, don't you want to drink the northwest wind..."

Lu Jiaoxing probably had been beaten too many times, she didn't dodge or dodge, she just stood there stubbornly with tears in her eyes and let Qiao Shi beat her.Lu Jiao'e was so frightened that she cried and begged Qiao Shi not to beat her sister.

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Qiao was clearly discouraged as she looked like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water.She took a rough breath, threw the feather duster on the kang, and sat down on the kang.

"Anyway, you don't want to listen to what I say, do you?"

Lu Jiaoxing stood there with her head half down, not saying a word.

"That's all, I can't teach you well, anyway, you are not young, I will find a matchmaker to talk to you about marriage after a while, and let you get rid of my mother who always abuses you as soon as possible!"

After that, Joe walked out and slammed the door shut.

Only then did Lu Jiao'e come closer and asked, "Sister, are you okay, I'll help you apply the medicine."

Lu Jiaoxing wiped away the tears on her face and said softly, "I'm fine."

Lu Jiao'e was still sobbing, "Do you think what mother said is true? Will grandma take our land back? I'm afraid that father will not let you go after he finds out about this."

"Don't listen to her, she's just scaremongering." As she said this, Lu Jiaoxing's heart was pounding.

Unlike her younger sister, she has no opinions, she can understand the meaning of her mother's words, but the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to say anything else, she never thought that Mrs. Hu would bite her back, thanks to her special purpose to remind her.

Lu Jiaoxing didn't regret what she did, she just wasn't convinced, why did Lu Jiaoyue take advantage of all the good things!With the love of her parents, the protection of her brothers, the family and Lele, it seemed like she was soaked in a honey nest, but she had nothing, she just didn't want her to have a good time!

But thinking about what her mother said just now, Lu Jiaoxing couldn't help feeling uneasy again.

What kind of family would her mother find her?
The next day, Zhou Jin came early in the morning.

The place at the end of the village has already started to get busy. Because two houses have to be built in a row, the group of masons will not go home. They just find a place to build a few thatched huts and live there.Especially now that it's hot, I'm not afraid of catching a cold in the night cold dew.

They are laying the foundation, because they are acquaintances, so this group of masons are very serious and careful in their work, showing all their abilities.The foundation is built with large pieces of bluestone. This kind of bluestone was quarried from a nearby mountain and is best used for laying the foundation.It's just that the price is expensive, but Lu Minghai thinks that this house will be lived in for a lifetime, so naturally everything is adjusted to the best.

When Zhou Jin arrived, it happened that there was not enough bluestone, but there was still one place that was not finished. Lu Minghai was planning to go home and drive a donkey cart to the town for someone to deliver.

Seeing this, Zhou Jin hurriedly took over the job.The father-in-law's family is busy, there are businesses in the county and town, and there is still a lot of work to be done in the field, and several people are busy, so Zhou Jin is naturally embarrassed to work on his father-in-law.

When he came back from the town, before noon, he led the stone-carriers to the end of the village, and then drove the carriage to Erfang's house.

Many things were unloaded from the carriage, most of which were for food, and pork was the most.Zhou Jin said that those masons also worked hard on weekdays, so adding food to them would make them work harder.

This was in Lu Jiaoyue's arms, she had had this idea for a long time, but there was not enough staff in her family.It's just that the vegetables and food have been bought, but there are still not enough people. She is the only one in the house.She told Zhou Jin about this, and Zhou Jin said that he was not afraid, and would find a few women from the village to help, and he would just give some money when the time came.

However, Lu Jiaoyue shook her head. Although this method may be useful elsewhere, it does not work in the countryside. Every family has their own affairs to be busy. If they can help you, it is not because of the money, but because of the money. mutual affection.

Zhou Jin didn't expect to have such a saying, even though he was born in the country, in fact, he didn't spend much time in the country. His father didn't die more than ten years ago, he was carefree, what happened at home? Don't worry.After more than ten years, in the first few years he was like a different person in Hanjiazhuang, no one in the village talked to him, and later he went to the county.

But Lu Jiaoyue also had an idea, she asked Zhou Jin to watch the house, but went out by herself.

They came back after a while, accompanied by Qiao Shi, Gui Ya, and Gui Ya Niang. She was a little familiar in the village and could speak, and there were only a few of them.

Qiao Shi is a familiar character, and he talked about it as soon as he came in.

"It's such a big deal. Yue'er came to invite her personally, and she came after saying hello to Third Aunt."

Liu Cuilan also said the same thing, saying that if there is something to do in the future, just say it, anyway, she is free now, including Gui Ya.

Speaking of this, I have to talk about the situation of Liu Cuilan's mother and daughter in the Chen family recently.

After letting go of her mind, Liu Cuilan is now living a very comfortable life.Regardless of how Chen Tiegen, the widow, and Mrs. Chen are arguing, she will hold one of them, and you don't have to look for me when you are working, or when you are angry.

Guiya and her mother mentioned leaving again, but Liu Cuilan refused.Liu Cuilan said that life is not bad now, although it is a bit noisy, but as long as it is not taken to heart, it will be fine.She will persist in the Chen family until she sends her eldest daughter and second daughter out of the house, until she brings up her youngest daughter. As for the future, we will talk about it later.

Gui Ya couldn't convince her mother, so she stopped thinking about it.

Without further ado, a few people put on their aprons and started to get busy.They are all nimble, and they are washed and cut in a short while, just waiting to be fried on the stove.

During this period, Zhou Jin left again. Although the head of this group of masons was at the end of the village, a man named Uncle Shan was watching. After all, there were many trivial things, and it was best for him to take care of them.

After seeing Zhou Jin leave, Mrs. Qiao said to Lu Jiaoyue: "My family's Yue'er is lucky, and she is a good-looking person. Which family's girl is not far away from her natal family when she gets married, and she is bullied at her in-law's house. As a patron, I can only accept it myself. From now on, the two families will live next door, and Jinzi will probably have to confess you."

Lu Jiaoyue was teased so much that Xiafei's cheeks were covered.

Liu Cuilan smiled and said, "That's not true."

Qiao said again: "When others choose their husband's family, they like to choose the one with a strong population. They feel that there are many people in the family, and there will be someone to take care of them in the future. According to me, it is best to be like Jinzi. There are no high-ranking parents and no brothers. Sister, the only elder sister has already been married. If she gets married in the future, she doesn't need to serve her mother-in-law or be angry with her sister-in-law, and she can be in charge of the family just by going through the door. I am old, otherwise I would be envious to death."

"Third Aunt..."

"Okay, okay, I won't talk about you anymore, in case your mother comes back and you complain to her, the second sister-in-law can't forgive me lightly!"

Everyone knew that Joe was joking, and everyone couldn't help laughing.

"I used to think that you were too powerful, but now I realize that you are a lively person." Liu Cuilan said to Qiao Shi.The two are about the same age, and both have a good relationship with Erfang's family, so they also have something to talk about, and they chatted together.

Gui Ya went out to wash with the dishes, Lu Jiaoyue thought about it, and followed her out.

"What's the matter? What are you staring at me all the time?" Gui Ya couldn't help asking, feeling a little uncomfortable when she saw her.

Lu Jiaoyue asked casually: "I heard that your mother is asking you about people recently."

The movement in Gui Ya's hand paused, and then moved again, "Who did you listen to, it's all nonsense!"

Lu Jiaoyue glanced at her, "I heard what my brother said, and you also know that my brother has many friends in the village, and he knows everything going on in the village."

Gui Ya was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head: "Okay, I won't hide it from you, my mother has this kind of plan, but I don't plan to get married."

"What?"

"The situation in my family, I don't worry about my mother and my two younger sisters being there." Feeling uncomfortable being stared at by Lu Jiaoyue, Gui Ya could only sigh, and said with a wry smile: "You said my family is like this, Who wants to marry someone like me, even if they are willing, I don't want to bring all the troubles to other people's homes."

Gui Ya kept her head down, so naturally she didn't notice anyone coming in from outside the courtyard. Seeing that her friend was silent, she raised her head to look at Lu Jiaoyue.

"Brother, when did you come back?" Lu Jiaoyue acted as if she just noticed Lu Guangyi's return.

Lu Guangyi was taken aback for a moment, and replied: "The things were sold out ahead of schedule today, so I came back early." Now, Lu Guangyi is in charge of the stall in the town that Guiya used to run, and as for the stall in the county, it is the Mei family and Lu Minghai took turns.

Lu Jiaoyue nodded, and picked up the dishes that Gui Ya had washed.

"I'll bring the food in."

With no work in hand, and standing beside someone she didn't want to face, Gui Ya didn't know whether she should stand up or continue squatting.

"You don't want to cause trouble to my family, so you don't want to agree to me?" Suddenly, Lu Guangyi asked.

Gui Ya was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stood up, she wanted to leave here immediately, but she really couldn't do such a thing in front of him.He could only stand there in a daze, not speaking.

Lu Guangyi asked again, and then she lowered her head and whispered: "Brother Lu, we are not suitable." After a pause, she continued: "You are suitable for a better girl than me."

After finishing speaking, she hurried into the kitchen.

Seeing her daughter running in suddenly, Liu Cuilan raised her head and asked in confusion, "Gui Ya, what are you panicking about?"

"No, mother, it's just too hot outside."

Lu Jiaoyue sighed silently, she had done what she had to do, and she couldn't help with the rest.

Time passed quickly, and two months passed in a blink of an eye.

The house of Zhou Jin’s family has been built, and now the masons are busy building the house for the second-fang family, and it seems that it is almost finished, and only the upper beam and roof tiles are left.

On the day when Erfang's house was finished, Erfang's family and Zhou Jin looked inside and out, and saw that there was nothing to repair, so they settled the bill with Uncle Shan.Uncle Shan said that if there is anything wrong, he can greet them at any time, and they will come at any time. Lu Minghai smiled and said that he will definitely not be polite at that time.

In fact, this is just a scene, Uncle Shan's team of masons are very skilled, otherwise Lu Guangyi would not have invited them.

Zhou Jin’s house was built earlier than Erfang’s house, and it’s almost dried out after such a long time. Zhou Jin went there the day before yesterday and burned all the kangs in each house, baked them inside and out, and then burned them The furniture made in advance is put in, and it only needs to be cleaned before people can live in it.

The house is a green brick and tile-roofed house in Yishui, and the courtyard walls are also made of bricks. The structure of the whole house is the same as most houses in the countryside.The front yard is very large, with a row of three upper rooms facing the front, three rooms in the east and west rooms, and two rooms next to the west room, which are warehouses and kitchens.The yard has a barn and space for a car, plus a well.

This well was drilled by Zhou Jin specially for the sake of cheaper drinking water in the future, so that he didn't have to go to the well in the middle of the village to pick it.

The ground of the yard is paved with bluestone slabs, which was suggested by Uncle Shan when the house was built.He thought to himself that the walls of the courtyard cost a lot of money, and the houses inside were not badly built, and the ground in the courtyard could not be the same as the earth, so he suggested that Zhou Jin use bluestone slabs to pave the front yard.

Zhou Jin thought for a while, and agreed that it would not cost much anyway.

Going into the upper room, the central one is the main room. This main room is not like a kang in the middle of the country, but a central painting is hung.Below the painting in the middle hall are two chairs and a square table.There are four armchairs on each side of the lower head, and a small flower table between every two armchairs.

There is another Eight Immortals table next to it, which is a place for eating, and there is a row of Bogu shelves, and nothing is placed on it for the time being.

The east room is in the usual rural style, and there is a kang under the window, and there is no furniture in this room for the time being.Because it was planning to build a new house, it was still waiting for the furniture made for Lu Jiaoyue from the second room to be filled in.As for the west room, it will be used as an embroidery stand for Lu Jiaoyue in the future, so the window in the west room is made very large.

Erfang's house is roughly the same as Zhou Jin's house, except that the main room is not so elegantly furnished, and a well has been dug.When the well was dug, Lu Minghai hesitated for a while. To build a house, he had almost spent all the money in his hand. Although the business in the county and town was still making money, a person without money is like a bag of food. If there is no food, you will inevitably feel flustered.But thinking about living here in the future, I have to go to the center of the village to fetch water, especially making tofu and soy milk at home, which consumes the most water.

"This house has also been built. From now on, our family will try our best to make money, marry the eldest, and educate the two younger ones." Lu Minghai waved his hand, satisfied.

The other people on the side were all smiling, a house is a major event in life, who would be dissatisfied with building such a beautiful house.

"Our house needs to be aired out, but the house of Jinzi's house can be used for people. After the house is built, we still have to treat guests. After the guests are finished, it's time for the autumn harvest. At that time, we can give it to Yue'er." They're getting married." Mei said.

Lu Jiaoyue blushed from embarrassment, Zhou Jin didn't blush, but he was full of smiles, his eyes flickered frequently, and it was obvious that he was looking forward to it.

Pressing the button, he cleaned up the house, and Zhou Jin was busy with the treats.

Generally, when rural people build a house, they will invite people from the village to come and have fun. One is to celebrate, and the other is to take the opportunity to show off.

Zhou Jin didn't want to show off, but he was new here, and since he lived in the village, it was impossible for him to never interact with others, so he just took the opportunity of treating guests to get acquainted with everyone.

Mrs. Mei invited a few acquainted women, while Zhou Jin was busy going to the county to buy wine and vegetables, mainly meat.Country people don't seek refinement, they only want to be affordable. If someone treats guests with an extra bowl of braised pork or knuckles, it will be considered a good meal.

Zhou Jin not only bought a pig, but also bought a lot of chickens, ducks and geese in the village. After this experience, everyone in the village knew that the Zhou family wanted the villagers to eat rice noodles, and they couldn't help but look forward to it.

On this day, Zhou Jin's house was very lively, with tables set up inside and outside the courtyard.

Although Zhou Jin's reputation was not good before, there is no place in life where he does not ask for help. Didn't he hear that Zhou Jin's brother-in-law is Li Butou in the county? It's easy to open your mouth no matter what.

No matter if they were just trying to get close to their thoughts, or they were just thinking about having a good meal, in short, on this day, everyone in the village could come.

However, the big family of the Lu family and the old man Lu did not come. After what happened that day, they were ashamed to come.If they dared to come to the door, Zhou Jin didn't need to say anything, the villagers' spitting star would be enough to drown them.

Time flies, and soon it is time for the autumn harvest.

This time was the busiest time in the entire Daxi Village. Every household that could be mobilized was mobilized, trying to get back all the grain in the field before others.

This year, Erfang's family is very free, and the family's land has been returned to Old Man Lu, so naturally there is no need to seize it.

During this period, there was another joke in Dafang, and it was still because of the Du family.

The spring plowing was done by the big house, and the fertilization and watering were done by the old man Lu with Lu Mingchuan and his two grandchildren on weekdays. Naturally, they had to do the autumn harvest.Logically speaking, this has become a matter of course, but something happened to Hu's.

Although Widow Du likes to calculate, sometimes she has to do some face-saving work, especially since the Lu family is so knowledgeable. Except for the time of spring plowing, she hardly made any effort afterwards, and someone helped her family to do the work for her. dry.No, seeing the autumn harvest coming, Widow Du came to Lu's house with two packs of pastries.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, he asked Hu to lift the two packs of pastries and throw them out, and bombarded her along the way.

Hu slammed people, scolded Widow Du for being shameless, and told her to stop thinking about it. In the future, the Du family's Dilu family will never help with planting.

Mrs. Hu didn't know what to think, she didn't care about the sisterhood at all, let alone each other's face, that was scolding Widow Du bloody.Widow Du couldn't react. Could it be that this eldest sister was divorced once, and her whole person changed.

When the Hu family was divorced, he was looked down upon by others in his natal family, and he also went to the Du family.It's a pity that Widow Du and Du Lian completely forgot what they had said to repay Mrs. Hu, and only kept her for a meal, and didn't even let her stay overnight, so they just kicked her out at night.

Hu's anger became furious, and even though Widow Du wanted the money she had borrowed from her before, how could Widow Du accept the debt at this time, naturally she was completely reckless.Hu's family was humiliated and left. What Widow Du never expected was that her revenge should be here.

Even when she brought out Lu Guili, she couldn't dispel Hu's abuse.

Hu said that she can't control other people, but her man and her son can. Whoever wants to do it, don't drag others.

These words scolded all three people, one was naturally Widow Du, and the other two were Old Man Lu and Mrs. Cui.You must know that Cui Shi agreed to the spring plowing at the beginning, and it was the old man Lu who asked Lu Mingchuan and his son to do the chores of watering, fertilizing and weeding on weekdays.

Widow Du returned home in a feather, while Old Man Lu was very angry. The only one who could be called happy was probably Lu Guangren.He had been impatient for a long time, but he couldn't stand alone, now seeing his mother making trouble, he was naturally happy and relaxed.

Seeing that everyone in the village was busy with the harvest, Lu Minghai felt a little gloomy.

I have been a farmer for most of my life, but now I have no land to plant and no food to harvest.He naturally thought about buying another land, but firstly, the money was not enough, and secondly, there was no suitable land.

Lu Jiaoyue saw it in her eyes, remembered it in her heart, and turned her head to talk to Mrs. Mei about buying land for her family.

Uncle Jin gave her the dowry money, and the family didn't move any penny and wanted to accompany her there, and even married her with 30 taels at the bottom of the box.So she wanted to use her private money to buy a few acres of land for her family before she was about to get married.

Lu Jiaoyue already had a few dozen taels of private house in her hand, and she sold a pair of small embroidery products for some silver, and she could get close to 100 taels of silver, which was too much to sell, even five or six acres. can.

Unexpectedly, she was rejected by Mrs. Mei, who said that the purchase of land by the family would be a matter for the future, and if they wanted to buy it, they would use the family's money, not their daughter's.

Lu Jiaoyue wanted to say something else, but Mei said: "A woman's private house money is her confidence, her waist. According to the rules in your grandmother's hometown, when a woman gets married, the dowry given by her mother's family should be enough for her for a lifetime. You have enough confidence in your husband's family. Our family is not a rich family, so naturally we can't do this, but we can't ask for money from your private house. Besides, Jinzi has nothing to do now, so I finally made a fortune and spent so much money , you will have a long life in the future, keep more money in your hands, and if there is anything, it will be cheaper."

After finishing speaking, he naturally taught Lu Jiaoyue some principles of being a wife.These days, Mrs. Mei will always use things around her to tell her daughter such things, and she also wants her daughter to avoid detours in the future.

Lu Jiaoyue couldn't convince Mei Shi, so she could only dispel her thoughts.

The autumn harvest gradually came to an end, and the village returned to a depressed scene. At this time, Erfang's family was getting busier and busier.

In the blink of an eye, the wedding date is approaching, seeing the days approaching day by day, but I still feel that the things at hand are not finished.In the past few days, Mrs. Mei was like a fly without a head, busy making arrangements everywhere, obviously some things were already prepared, but she looked at them over and over again.

She had fallen into the anxious period of marrying a daughter. Lu Minghai tried to persuade her a lot, but it was useless.

Tomorrow is the day, and the furniture that Lu Jiaoyue married off on the first day has already been shipped to Zhou's house.There were also some relatives' wives invited by Mei's to make Lu Jiaoyue's bed.Wulang and Liulang were also taken there. As bed press boys, they will sleep on the kang in the new house for a night today.

Lu Jiaoyue hadn't seen Zhou Jin for nearly half a month. Before the bride was married, she couldn't see her fiancé-in-law. Mrs. Mei was very concerned about this matter. Before, she just let it go because she couldn't separate her. The wedding was approaching, so naturally Lu Jiaoyue was put under control again.

The weather had started to get cold, so at night, Mrs. Mei specially boiled water for Lu Jiaoyue so that she could take a good bath.

After taking a bath, Lu Jiaoyue was sitting on the kang to dry her hair, when Mrs. Mei suddenly opened the door and came in.

Mei's face was a bit embarrassed, Lu Jiaoyue gave her a curious look, but then she understood what her mother was here for.

Sure enough, her mother stuffed a booklet for her, and said: "You can take a look at this, so that you don't understand anything. If there is anything you don't understand, mother will tell you tomorrow morning."

It was the same as when she married in her previous life, except that her husband had changed in this life, no longer Du Lian, but Jin Zishu who was in love with her.

After speaking, Mei Shi left in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)