Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 1 The Luo Family Has a Daughter
There seems to be a lot of rain in autumn this year. It has been raining for half a month, and people will get moldy if they stay in the house. Fortunately, the autumn harvest is over, and the harvested grain has been dried and put into the warehouse. The rest is just waiting. When the weather is fine, replant milk vetch and other green manure crops, and the field will have a good harvest in the coming year. Even if it rains, it will not delay anything.

It was a hard day, and the weather had finally turned away. The rain and moisture in the air had not completely dissipated. Farmers in twos and threes had appeared on the road, carrying hoes and shovels and starting to work in the fields.

Luo Tiandu, who was only five years old, also carried her special small bamboo basket, bouncing around the house looking for fungus.

The Luo family built a new house the year before last, and all the big trees around the yard were almost cut down, leaving only bare tree stumps. When it rains, many fungus, large and small, will grow on the tree stumps. It is good to eat with ginger and garlic.

"Xiaodu, are you picking fungus?"

Luo Tiandu turned his head, Second Grandma Luo at the head of the village was holding a bamboo basket, looking at her with a smile.

"Hello, Second Mistress." She was only five years old this year, and she spoke in a childish voice, very cute.

Second Mistress smiled and narrowed her eyes, revealing her jagged yellow teeth. She fumbled into the basket tremblingly with wrinkled hands that looked like dry tree bark, and found a piece of candy.

"Here, Second Mistress will give you candy."

These days, candies are expensive things. Poor people like them only spend New Years and holidays. When their children are really crying and restless, they can buy one or two to coax their children. Usually, adults would not be willing to spend money on such things. A kind of stuff that is expensive and can't fill your stomach.It sounds very expensive, but it is actually ordinary white caramel, hard and sticky to the teeth, and the taste is very ordinary. Luo Tiandu himself doesn't like it, and the second grandmother who is usually stingy , specially bought candy for her to eat, it must be something she asked for.

Sure enough, Fourth Grandma spoke again.

"Xiaodu, Second Grandma sold a basket of eggs today, and four yuan of handkerchiefs embroidered by your third sister, and bought six catties of white flour. Xiaodu, help Second Grandma do the math, how much money is left?"

Second Grandma Luo is a daughter-in-law bought by the Luo family from a poor mountain valley. Ask someone to count again.

In her previous life, even elementary school students could know such simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. However, in this era of lack of material civilization and backward spiritual civilization, it is already a great thing to know a few big characters, let alone Speaking of a fairly professional subject like arithmetic.In order not to show herself too shocking and arouse people's suspicion, she had to break off her little finger on purpose, and counted quite seriously.

"Second Grandma, eggs cost one penny, handkerchiefs cost one penny, and a basket of one hundred eggs is a total of one hundred and four coins. Second Grandma bought six catties of white flour for a total of 42 cash, and there are 62 cash left."

Yao Shi, who was busy cooking dinner in the house, heard what they said, ran out quickly, and said with a smile: "Second sister-in-law, she is a child, so how can you figure it out? When Bai Han comes back at night, I will ask him to calculate it carefully for you." After all, don’t let that black-hearted peddler lose money.”

"Your Xiaodu is really smart. She has done the calculations for me several times, and there are no mistakes." Second Mistress said enviously, "It doesn't look like the pillars in my house, they are a bit bigger than Xiaodu, and they are still the same as me now. He can’t even count, he’s fooling around all day long, if he’s half as smart as a kid, I’ll wake up laughing from my dreams.” Zhuzi is the second grandma’s grandson, very mischievous, and if an adult makes a mistake, he’ll kill him Fang Jiewa, Second Mistress had a headache.

"She doesn't know anything as a child. It's just that Bai Han took the time to teach her to recognize some characters when she was reading. At least she won't be like me in the future, becoming a blind person." Yao Shi was very proud of hearing this, but A few more words of humility on face.

Luo Tian curled his lips, thinking that his second uncle used the pretext of studying to run to the town every day, and would not come home until dark. I really don't know which eye of Yao's saw him teaching her to read.She actually looks down on her second uncle Luo Baihan, he is such a grown man, he idles around all day long, doesn't read well, never does farm work, and only relies on his family to raise him, but she knows that Yao Shi likes others to praise her second uncle , also stopped talking.

"It's still the old four who can teach children. Both Bai Su and Bai Han have won the title of "Scholar Master". Xiaodu is also smart and beautiful now, exactly the same as Bai Su when he was a child. I really don't know who will be so lucky to marry in the future. Come in."

Scholars are not uncommon these days, especially in the water towns of the south of the Yangtze River where there are many literati. In the towns of ten miles and eight towns, which village has not produced one or two scholars?But in the north where the martial arts prevail, there are a few talented masters in the family, that is, the ancestors burn high incense, especially like the old Luo's family, it is even more serious that there are two talented masters in the same room.Because Yao family has raised two talented sons, she has a certain status in the village. Although she is a woman, she can still say a few words in front of the front.

Yao Shi was very happy at first, but when someone mentioned the appearance of his eldest son Luo Baisu, his face sank.

"Second sister-in-law, Xiaodu is still a child! In front of the child, you should be more careful when speaking, lest others say that our Luo family has no rules."

Yao Shi is usually a very shrewd person, good at housekeeping, and polite to others, but there is only one thing, that is, he can't mention Luo Baisu's appearance, and if he mentions it, he will make a face, and everyone in the village knows it.

The second grandma knew she had said the wrong thing as soon as she said it, so she hurriedly left after a few words.

As soon as she left, Yao Shi glanced at Luo Tiandu, and said angrily, "Go and wash your tortoise claws, and eat when your grandpa and the others come back."

Luo Tiandu carried a small basket and followed Yao to scoop up water. After washing his black hands from picking fungus, he moved a small stool and sat at the gate of the yard, waiting for the adults to come back.

After a while, old man Luo came back, followed by Luo Baisu and Fang's couple carrying a shovel and hoe.

Old man Luo still liked this white, tender and obedient granddaughter very much. He bent down and touched her head, and said, "My dear grandson, what are you doing sitting at the door? It's windy here, come in with grandpa."

Luo Tian didn't like anyone to touch her head casually, twisted her body, put her head in her two tender little hands, widened her round eyes and said, "Grandpa, don't touch her head, the elder sister just washed it for me." head."

Luo Baisu realized that the eldest daughter was not there, and asked her, "Where's your sister?"

"Elder sister went to cut pigweed."

The children of the poor are in charge of the house early, and they have to help share the housework from the time they are sensible.Luo Tiandu's eldest sister, Luo Mingdu, is eight years old this year, and she already counts as half of the family's labor force. She does laundry, cooks, takes care of the children, raises pigs, feeds chickens, and tidies up the vegetable garden.

Mrs. Yao took a handful of stove ashes and dumped them into the cesspit. While beating the dustpan with a broom, he said, "What are you guys doing blocking the door as soon as you come back? I don't know how to wash your face and get ready to eat, my God." It's going to be dark."

Farmers usually have two meals a day, but during the busy farming season, it is easy to get hungry after doing farm work, so they will cook seriously at night.

Fang Shi hurriedly washed her hands, and helped Yao Shi put the food on the table.At this time, Luo Mingdu also came back from hunting pigweed.

The family cleaned up and prepared to serve dinner.Luo Baihan went to town early in the morning, but he still hasn't come back; at the dinner table there are only old man Yao, sister-in-law Luo Baining, the eldest couple and two children.

Luo Tiandu saw that there were only two bowls of boiled vegetables and a plate of homemade pickles on the dining table, and the rice was also pumpkin soup so thin that people could see it, and a few grains of sorghum rice were mixed together to make porridge. , I couldn't help but secretly deflated my mouth.

She was a serious southerner in her previous life, and she was used to all kinds of exquisite diets. When she first came here, she was not used to the remote countryside, especially in terms of diet, either sorghum rice or polenta, and she rarely even saw white noodles. She is not used to eating, often hungry.

Old man Luo felt sorry for his granddaughter, and said to Yao: "My grandson is still young, and it's time for her to grow, why don't you cook her some delicious food?"

Yao shi was feeling unhappy, took a sip of porridge without lifting his eyelids.

"I also want to make delicious food for Xiaodu, so you have to come up with something."

"Isn't there still eggs? How important is it to steam a handful for Xiaodu and sister every day?"

"There are only two old hens that lay eggs in the family, and they pick up two or three eggs every day. They are all saved and sold to supplement the family. The house was built the year before last, and the family did not have much money. Seeing that Bai Han was selected as a scholar again , there will be more and more places to spend money in the future, if you don’t plan carefully, where will you change your money in the future?”

Luo Baining, who had been silent all this time, also imitated Yao Shi at this time, raised his eyes, and "humph": "Our family is a farming family, so we can only afford this. If you want to eat delicious food and drink spicy food, you will be reborn in the next life. Rich people go."

"I can't stop you from eating? Is this what a girl said? If outsiders heard it, which family would dare to ask you to be a daughter-in-law?" Old man Luo shouted at Luo Baining.

Luo Baining is the late daughter of Yao shi and old man Luo, she has always been doted on by Yao shi like a treasure, Yao shi has never liked the eldest son and daughter-in-law, Luo Baining also followed suit, not paying attention to this elder brother and sister-in-law, and even bringing her love to her. The two little nieces didn't like it very much either.Today, old man Luo scolded himself because of Luo Tian, ​​his eyes were red, he put the bowl down heavily, twisted his body, turned around and went into the back room.

"Look how you're used to her! I lose my temper as soon as I say a few words to her, what's going to happen in the future?" Old man Luo was not only angry, but also worried!
Seeing that his girl has reached her age, it's time to talk about kissing. With her temper, no one can bear her bad temper when she comes to her husband's house.

But Yao shi obviously considered another matter.

"Ah Ning is right. Our farmer's family should be satisfied if they can have enough to eat all year round. They are not some rich masters, but they still want to eat well every day?" Yao sneered, "You have to be like other people's families. I am happy to earn hundreds or even thousands of guan for my family, and I will serve you every day."

Mrs. Yao is changing the way to say that old man Luo is incompetent and can't earn money for the family.In fact, the ancestors of the Luo family were also well-off, but later on, the descendants had no great prospects and gradually declined. However, compared to other villagers in the village, the Luo family is still well-off, otherwise the two Luo Baisu brothers would not be able to enter the school. , And successively won the scholar.

(End of this chapter)