Splendid Pastoral: Space farmers are good for farming

Chapter 70 My conscience is fed to the dog

Qiao Mandun brought fennel and mountain apricots to the Jigeng's house. When he entered, he saw his mother sitting on the kang, knelt down at one end, and cried, "Mother, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for you! Let Da Shanniang make you angry. so!"

Kikyo was sitting on the kang with grandma before, but when she saw her father kneeling down, she quickly slid to the ground to avoid it.

Seeing her son kneeling in front of her eyes crying bitterly, Grandma Qiao also wiped away her tears, and said in pain and anger: "The son I raised is useless, no wonder who got it!"

Seeing that grandma was angry, Hui Xiang also knelt down beside her father, and said, "Grandma, don't blame dad, there is nothing you can do about it. Just now when dad said something to mother, mother will throw Dabao to death. Because of Dabao, father can't be with mother." Tough!"

Speaking of Dabao, Grandma Qiao softened her heart again. How could such a cruel mother throw her poor child to the ground, let alone her son. Can't let the child have good or bad.

Thinking of her, he said, "Forget it, get up, I didn't agree with you about this daughter-in-law, I did it myself!"

Qiao Mantun stood up from the ground, still wiping away his tears, and muttered, "Mother, I'm useless, I'm not filial! I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for my father..."

Grandma Qiao felt sorry for her son, she didn't want to force him anymore, and said, "It's alright, it's fine, I'm fine here in Jugen, after five years of our mother, I can last another two years with my old bones, Jugen is sensible, In another two years, she will be able to do everything, and we girls won't starve to death!"

Qiao Mantun hurriedly pulled fennel and wild apricot over, and said, "Mother, I married Fang, and my conscience was eaten by dogs. I can't honor you in front of you every day. I'll bring you both fennel and wild apricot. Let them do my filial piety for me, otherwise it will only be you and Ji Jiao, these little girls, I really don't feel at ease."

Grandma Qiao said, "If you send them over, what will you do over there? Who will cook and who will wash clothes, no one will herd the sheep, and no one will serve your daughter-in-law any food!"

Qiao Mantun said: "It's okay, Fennel is already at the age of marriage, and I didn't want to point at her for a long time. The rest of the apricots are herding sheep. From now on, whether I go to work in the fields or go up to the mountains to burn charcoal, I will lead her That’s enough, the housewife Da Shanniang can do it herself, after all she brought two of them in from the outside, it’s unreasonable not to do anything!”

Grandma Qiao said: "Well, if you can make the decision, let the fennel and the apricot stay here. Whether it's urgent or difficult, it's better than letting the stepmother live in front of her."

"Hey, let's do it like this. If there is anything in the future, I will come and take care of it. Don't worry, mother..."

As he was talking here, he heard Dabao crying again in the east courtyard. He was worried about what Fang would do to the child, so he hurriedly said, "Mother, I have to go back, you should rest well."

After speaking, he ran back in a panic.

After he left, Grandma Qiao wiped her tears for a while. Although the granddaughters were all in front of her eyes, she came from her son's house after all, and the old lady always felt as if she had no roots.

Kikyo and her sisters persuaded grandma for a while, and then went to make dinner again.

While cooking, she wanted to meet her. Dad had made up his mind to live with the Fang family regardless of his conscience, leaving grandma and his sisters outside, and just watched to survive starvation.But the more this is the case, the more he wants to make his life prosperous, and the greedy and unscrupulous Fang and the useless father die.

Although Yao Jinfang's space has something to grow, and now he has stored a lot of grain in the barn, but he can't point at that thing completely. If you don't go, it won't put the family in a desperate situation.

After planning all night, she took the silver and went out early the next morning.This time, she was alone, without peppers, kidney beans, or Yao Jinfang, and walked to the town alone.

There is a small livestock market in Linshan Town, where cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, donkeys, mules and dogs can be traded here.

She walked around the market and found a little donkey over three feet tall. She bought it for three taels of silver and paired it with a small wooden cart.

Then she drove the donkey cart to find the stonemason's shop, bought a stone mill, and then went elsewhere to buy some messy things.After calculating that there was nothing missing, he drove the donkey cart back to the village.

When she left, she told her grandma and elder sister that she would be late when she came back today. Grandma Qiao, Fenix ​​and Shan Xing thought she was just going to buy some groceries, but they didn't expect her to buy so many things.

Fen Xiang came out and helped her unload the cart and asked, "San'er, what did you do? You bought the cart and the donkey? Oh, there are so many chickens here, maybe forty or fifty..."

Kikyo nodded and said: "Yes, there is no livestock at home, so it is too inconvenient to transport things. I bought it earlier. Not only can I use it when I am in autumn, but I can also do some other odd jobs. Anyway, this thing only needs to eat grass, little chick. It’s okay, they will grow up in autumn, the males will be killed to eat, and the females will keep the eggs for next year, so we will have eggs for the whole year next year.”

"But there are forty or fifty chickens, and they can't feed them by picking grass seeds all day long. Also, why do you buy a stone mill? Didn't Aunt Zhang leave a jar for pounding rice?"

Kikyo said: "I left some seeds when I planted beans in spring, so I thought of making some tofu and selling them in exchange for some pocket money during the slack season."

Fennel looked surprised, and said: "San'er, what do you think? How much bean seeds are left? Just to make it into tofu in exchange for money, you buy a stone mill, how much will you pay for it!"

Campanulaceae said: "The beans in the field will be ripe soon after the bean seeds are finished, and they should be able to be picked up for sale."

"The beans in the field can be cooked after the beans are done? How many beans do you have left?"

"Well, it's about the same anyway." Kikyo responded vaguely.

Fennel shook her head secretly, Xin Dao Sanmei was young and had a good idea, but she couldn't figure it out. She had no choice but to buy everything back. It was useless to say anything else. If you can make tofu, make some first. If you don't have beans, wait until after autumn.Thinking of going to the yard to tidy up the place, pushing the stone mill off the cart with Kikyo, unloading the other things from the cart, and placing them separately...

Qiao Mantun sent the fennel and wild apricot to the east courtyard. Fang was very dissatisfied, and got angry on the kang, even refusing to cook.But Qiao Mantun made up his mind. Anyway, the three children in the family are all born to you. If you are willing to let them starve, then go hungry. At worst, cook goat milk to feed Dabao yourself. Dashan and Ershan are hungry. It's up to you what to do.

This time Fang couldn't hold him back, Dashan and Ershan quarreled several times, she had no choice but to get off the kang to cook, and she had to do the work inside and outside the house at the same time.

Kikyo bought donkeys and mills, and the chickens ran all over the yard. Fang saw them coming in and out, and was very puzzled. Where did these dead girls get the money to buy so many things?
She then sent Da Shan and said: "Da Shan, go to the East Courtyard and show me where those dead girls got the money to buy things, did your father hide it behind my back?"

(End of this chapter)