peasant girl wedding

Chapter 28 Planting Peanuts

After the Tiantong family's main labor force went to work in the fields, all the fields were finally completed.

After Tong Zhixin had dinner with his wife and children, he heard Old Man Tong shouting from the main house.

Getting up, blowing the lights, the family of six went out, entered the main house, and stood quietly on the side.After a while, people from the first room and the second room all came.

Seeing that everyone was present, Old Man Tong explained his words concisely.

It turned out that the land was finished, and everyone in the family except the cooks, regardless of age, had to go to the ground to grow peanuts.

In remote villages, peanuts are the main source of income for farmers throughout the year.Therefore, every household planted on a large area. After the harvest, they sold the silver to buy rice grains, so that everyone in the family could have porridge to drink without dying of hunger.

No one objected, except for the old lady Tong who preferred the younger son.

"Master, the fifth child is still young, and after the busy season of farming, he will go to a private school to study. There are so many people in the family, so he won't go."

Old man Tong said that except for those who stayed to cook, everyone in the family, regardless of age, had to go to the field to grow peanuts.When Mrs. Tong said that, she was slapping Old Man Tong in the face.

Immediately, Old Man Tong's face darkened a little.

"Lao Wu is two years older than Ah Fu, and Ah Fu will go to the field, so Lao Wu will naturally go too." In front of so many children and grandchildren, Old Man Tong didn't want to get angry with Mrs. Tong, but only moderately. Said.

The old lady Tong raised her eyebrows, and said in her heart: Ah Fu is naturally not as expensive as the old hardware on the tip of her heart.

Mrs. Tong knew that although Old Man Tong also cherished her younger son, the most important thing in her heart was the farmer in the field at present, so she said: "There is nothing wrong with the eldest grandson recruiting a golden body, so I asked her daughter-in-law to come back to help. Tell her to go back when it's over. I'll take her child with me, so the master can rest assured."

Although Mrs. Hu is a woman, her hands and feet are faster than the young Tong Zhiyi. If she comes back to help, the crop work can be finished a day earlier.If it wasn't for the fact that the restaurant where the eldest grandson Tong Zhaojin worked refused to ask for leave easily, otherwise, Old Man Tong would have asked Tong Zhaojin to come back at this moment.

After thinking for a while, Old Man Tong nodded, "Just as you said, find someone to deliver a message to them."

"Just don't worry, master. I'll invite my aunt over later. I heard that her son is going to the county tomorrow, so I just happen to have a message for my grandson and grandson-in-law."

One matter was settled like this, but Lin felt a little unhappy.Her good daughter-in-law is taking care of the children in the county, so she has to come back to do this crop work. Mrs. Tong is really not easy to mess with, she will protect the domineering fifth uncle.

If you say how can someone who is so mean-spirited and flattering like Mrs. Lin treat Mrs. Hu so well, it is entirely because when Mrs. Hu married in, she took Mrs. Hu's dowry into her own hands, and Mrs. Hu has nothing to do with it Said.

Overtly and secretly, Mrs. Lin naturally wants to protect this docile and obedient daughter-in-law.

She was slandering in her heart, but Lin didn't dare to challenge Mrs. Tong on the face.

Old man Tong gave a few more instructions, telling Lin Shi, Luo Shi and Fang Cuiwei to stay at home and cook tomorrow, and then let the others go back to their rooms to rest early.

Tong Zhixin, Fang Cuiwei and their four children went back to the yard, washed up and rested.After covering the quilt, Tong Zhixin said to the children: "Tomorrow, you guys will follow behind Daddy."

"Yes." The four children responded.

"My child's father, with you here, my children are relieved."

"I have to get up early tomorrow, go to bed." Tong Zhixin pulled the quilt for Fang Cuiwei again, then closed his eyes, and after a while, there was a slight snoring sound from the room.

When the cock crowed for the first time in the morning, the whole family of the Tong family jumped into action.

The three daughters-in-law and Mrs. Tong went to the kitchen early to prepare breakfast. After the others packed up and came to the main house, the steamed buns and gruel were ready.The crops are tiring, and adults contribute a lot. One person is two steamed buns, and one bowl of gruel is pickles.Each child gets a steamed bun and a bowl of porridge.

Old man Tong waited for the big guys to put the bowls on the table, then he took the tools and led the whole family to his field.

Fang Cuiwei sent away the four figures of different heights following behind Tong Zhixin with her nostalgic eyes, and began to clear the dishes and chopsticks on the table and prepare for lunch.

The Tong family's fields are not contiguous. The six mu of land is the closest to home, the eight mu of land is closer to home, and the remaining fifteen mu of land is on the border of the village, and the inside of the house is the farthest.

This is also one of the reasons why old man Tong dispatched his family to farm.

There is a lot of land, and if there are few people who cultivate the land, other people can plant two acres of land in the time they come and go.

Old man Tong led his family to the [-] mu of land farthest from home. There were stars when they went out, but when they went inside, the sun shone brightly on the land with morning dew.

Fifteen mu of land is very large and wide, and is neatly divided into pieces, with clear and clean gullies.

Old man Tong's eyes were bright, and he planted all the peanut seeds, waiting for the harvest season, what an exciting sight it was.Thinking of the bumper harvest, Old Man Tong was full of confidence and said loudly, "Start working."

Each house led the children to occupy a piece of land, and old man Tong occupied a piece of land by himself.

Tong Zhiming led her daughter, Tong Cui'er, who looked a little pale, but fortunately, she walked ten miles through hunting pigweed yesterday, and after returning home, Mrs. Lin gave her a special ointment, so she could bear it.

Tong Zhide led his son Tong Zhaoyin to a field next to Tong Zhiming, and took out tools and peanut seeds. The father and son squatted down, dug a spoonful of soil, and threw a peanut into it, moving skillfully and quickly.How many holes are dug in each row, and which rows are planted will yield the most harvests, the two of them know each other clearly.

Tong Zhixin seems to be the one with the greatest advantage, because he has four sons and daughters behind him.

As a result, Tong Zhiming looked at Tong Zhixin who was next to Tong Zhide with some distaste.However, when thinking of another person, Tong Zhiming is not so jealous anymore. The third person who writes letters in the city is the person he is most jealous of.

"Duo'er, you lead Zhi'er and follow me, Zhu'er and Ah Fu, you two follow me." Tong Zhixin ordered so when he took out the tools from the back basket.

The four children nodded obediently, grabbed a handful of peanut seeds in their hands, and followed Tong Zhixin to plant peanuts.

Tong Zhi'er carefully watched Tong Duo'er's movements beside her, secretly calculated the distance between each of her peanuts, then squatted down and started working.

Her movements were a bit jerky, and after planting three peanuts in the soil, Tong Duo'er had already planted the next row.Tong Zhi'er blinked, and walked to Tong Duo'er's side from the created ravine, without saying anything, but the movements of his hands subconsciously sped up a little.When Tong Zhixin planted half of the land with Tong Zhixin, she and Tong Duo'er were already at the same speed, and the two sisters planted peanuts row by row, one on the left and the other on the right.

(End of this chapter)