Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 101

Qi Feng hummed, "I still have something to do, so I won't go in." He handed over a paper bag in his hand, "This is the candy I promised to give to her little sister last time."

When Xiurong heard this, she immediately remembered the time when Xiuyao and Xiuli met the kidnapper, and tentatively said: "Oh, I see, you are Qi Feng. Last time my little sister met the kidnapper, you were the one who saved her, right?"

Qi Feng nodded slightly, "It's not considered a rescue, just passing by."

Xiurong thought to herself, at that time, this girl only said she was rescued, but she actually kept the truth about who saved her and said she didn't know.Fortunately, she only found out when she overheard Xiuyao talking to her mother.

She asked his name again, "Since there is still such a reason, then I can't leave, my parents will thank you very much." After saying that, she let him go home.

Qi Feng still refused to go in, only said that there was still something important to do, so he said goodbye and wanted to leave.

Xiurong hurriedly said: "Thank you, then come back when you have time, my little sister is going to the north to pick grass seeds, I guess I should be back at noon."

Qi Feng cupped his hands, thanked him and left. He went out of the alley and led his horse to go north. He thought it was too early, and he had to wait half a day for lunch when he went to Grandpa's house on Tuesday. Why not walk slowly, so that when he arrives When it's time to say something, eat and leave immediately, without talking nonsense.

A handsome young man with a tall and straight appearance led a tall horse through the village, immediately attracting the attention of passers-by, especially those mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law, who all guessed who it was.But now they are basically busy in the field, except for the mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law who are at home, not many people will hang out on the road, which did not cause any trouble to Qi Feng.

After walking out of the village for a while, Qi Feng saw a little girl picking something in a roadside ditch not far away with a basket. She used a sickle to cut off some branches, and then picked up a handful of grass seeds and hung them around her neck. in the cloth bag.

On her head was a straw hat made of wicker and wildflowers, covering her palm-sized face. From his angle, he could only see the pointed jaw. Seeing her focused expression, he couldn't help smiling.

Xiuyao has collected seeds for several days, and today is the biggest harvest. There are several kinds of things she needs growing here. There are cotton locust trees and wolfberries on the edge of the ditch, and alfalfa grass at the bottom of the ditch here. She is so happy that she does not even lift her head. Keep picking.

After a while, she felt something was wrong, she always felt that someone was staring at her, she looked up, someone was working in the field, everyone was busy and no one was looking at her, so she lowered her head to work again, still felt something was wrong, then got up Looking back, I saw Qi Feng standing on the side of the road leaning on his big horse, looking at her with a smile.

Xiuyao covered her forehead with her hand, and looked at him with her eyes closed. On such a hot day, this kid is dressed so tightly, whether it's hot or not.She smiled and waved to him, "Hey, what a coincidence."

Qi Feng took a few steps forward and pointed to the north, "I'm going to Zhou's house to do some errands. I went to your house to find you just now. Your sister said that you are picking grass seeds here." Couldn't help but asked again: "Do you want to get some grass seeds?" What are the seeds for?"

Xiuyao smiled and said, "Plant."

Qi Feng raised his eyebrows, and said oh, unable to hide his curiosity.

Xiuyao explained: "This is alfalfa. It can be used to feed livestock and pigs. It is a good thing." But the variety is poor, so I don't know if it will be successful.

Qi Feng didn't understand, but still nodded, "Can you pick enough like this?"

Xiuyao smiled and said: "Not enough, but anyway, there is no need to plant too much at once, it will be better in a year."

Qi Feng said: "If you need it, I'll ask you later to see if I can buy some."

Xiuyao thought for a while, "That's fine, but I don't have any money right now."

Qi Feng laughed, "It's okay, you owe it."

When Xiuyao heard him say this, she couldn't help laughing, "I owe you a lot." A word slipped in her heart, she didn't worry about having too much debt, and she laughed again, revealing a gap between her newly lost teeth, which made her A little more childish.

But it also made Qi Feng feel more contradictory in her. Looking at the big gap between her teeth, it shows that she is a little girl, but seeing her talking and doing things, and that time when she helped him apply medicine by the river, he feels that she is mature and stable, and she is not as mature as an adult. no difference?
He said: "I found the ginkgo saplings you wanted for you, but they have to be planted next spring, and they are not willing to sell them now." Although you can plant trees in autumn, if you are not skilled enough, the death of a tree is enough to make people worry. , so simply wait for the coming year.

Xiuyao hurriedly thanked her, and he said that the candy promised to the younger sister would also be given to her elder sister. Xiuyao didn't expect that he would really not lie to the child, so she thanked again, looked at the sun, and said: "When It's getting late, aren't you in a hurry to get things done?"

Qi Feng hummed, "Let's go now." Then he pulled the rein and got on the horse.

Xiuyao smiled at him and said, "Wait a minute, I'll treat you to something delicious too." Then she ran to the side and searched for a while, then cut a big Yanyou tree with a sickle and carried it over, she Three or five times, he picked off the ripe purple-black Yan You and held it with a large velvet leaf. When he saw that there was a small pile, he ran over and handed it to him.

"Please eat this, it's delicious." No pesticides, no exhaust pollution, and it rained a few days ago, washed clean, and tastes sweet. This is an extra snack that nature gives to farm children Son.

Qi Feng glanced at it, stretched out his hand to take it, "Thank you." Then he picked up a fringe and stuffed it into his mouth, biting down four or five swallows, his teeth closed, and the skin of the swallows was smashed, and a burst of sweetness burst into his mouth. throat.

Although he lived in the countryside when he was a child, he had never eaten this kind of food.When his father was there, he was the young master. When his father was gone, he was held in front of his mother and was not allowed to leave a single step.When he grows up and has free time, the time to eat this kind of wild game will pass.

"It's delicious." He ate another ear, then asked her some grass seeds and said goodbye to her.

Xiuyao watched him go away on horseback, and she continued to collect grass seeds.

At noon, Xiuyao first sent the cut grass to fertilize, and then went home to eat. As soon as she got home, Xiurong pulled her into the house and asked, "Little sister, why do you know so many people?"

Knowing that she was talking about Qi Feng, Xiuyao said with a smile: "It's not that I know each other, my mother and the second sister both know each other. He brought the cloth head for me." As she spoke, she gave the Yanyou that she brought back to San Sister ate, Xiurong ate, and said: "From now on, there will be no outsiders in the family, so don't hide anything from us."

Xiuyao hummed, "Okay, I see that he runs around all day long, going everywhere, so I'll ask him to help get some saplings and grass seeds. The sandy land of my grandfather's house is planting sweet potatoes. Next year Then you can raise pigs. Third sister, you will have pork to eat by then."

Seeing that there was pork to eat, Xiurong was very happy, and said with a smile: "You little girl, you have too many ideas, let's go, pack up and send food to Dad and the others."

Qi Feng came to find Xiuyao, Xiuyao didn't hide it, she also told her parents, and gave the candy Qi Feng gave to her mother to keep.

Mrs. Liu has already got the news from the old Liutou, and she thinks that Qi Feng is not a bad person, and now he is renting other people's land, plus Qi Feng saved Xiuyao and Xiuli last time, so she is not worried anymore, and said The next time someone comes, stay for a meal and show your gratitude.I have always wanted to thank others, but I never had the chance.

After the millet was taken back, they were busy threshing and drying it, and then paid the rent. After that, they had to plow and fertilize the land as soon as possible, and then plant the winter wheat as soon as possible.Although it was not as tense and urgent as when the wheat was harvested, the solar term waited for no one, and everyone was still very busy.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is just a symbolic deal. After all, it is impossible to stop farm work to celebrate the festival during the busy farming season, and the family does not have the financial strength to celebrate the festival in a serious manner.Although there is no money to buy moon cakes, but Liu Shi still made some food for the children, that is, made a candied pumpkin with the sugar sent by Qi Feng, which was delicious and delicious.

Qin Dafu led his two sons to work in the field after finishing the work in the field. Fortunately, there is more rain this summer and the field is not dry, so it is suitable for planting wheat.They don’t have livestock and carts, so it’s not worthwhile to rent such ten acres of land by themselves. One is that they have to wait in line for less land, and the other is that there is a starting fee for farm tools and livestock, which is too small to be worthwhile.

He felt that he should stay with his father, second brother and third brother, but old Qintou ignored him, and he felt he didn't know what to say, for fear that old Qintou would refuse to reprimand and hurt his peace.He discussed with Qin Ye whether he wanted to partner with the third grandpa's family.

As a result, as soon as the discussion was over and he said that he would go to the third grandfather's house to ask, the old Qin head sent Qin Ergui to find him to plow, harrow, and grow wheat together.

Qin Dafu smiled and said, "Second Brother, Dad is still angry with me."

Qin Ergui laughed and said: "Brother, you still don't know our father, even if you get angry, you can't get rid of the field work. Unless the elder brother's family has livestock and farm tools in the future, father will not ignore it."

Qin Dafu felt ashamed, he didn't listen to his father's words, it was fine, and even made him angry, so he wanted to admit his mistake to Lao Qintou, and when they went to the ground together, he leaned in front of Lao Qintou, but Lao Qintou didn't even look at him , turned around and left.

Qin Dafu smiled embarrassingly again, Qin Ergui saw him coming over and smiled and said: "Brother, don't take it seriously, our father is used to it."

Qin Sanshun also came over there, and said in a non-joking way: "Brother, you are well-off now, and you will have an extra fifty acres of land once you divide the family. Don't forget our brothers in the future."

Qin Dafu smiled wryly and said: "Stop laughing at your elder brother, if there is a way, I can't take over those lands, isn't there no other land to plant? Besides, I still have a little strength, and idleness is idleness, how about Go try it." Then he went to work.

Qin Sanshun smiled, and said to Qin Ergui: "Second brother, don't worry, our eldest brother will never forget you in the future. If you don't do your own work, go dig the land for them. My second sister-in-law will be very angry."

Qin Ergui snorted: "My dear brother, what are you angry about?" Then he turned his head and walked away to work.

Qin Sanshun curled his lips, and said to the third aunt who came over: "Look, even if the family is separated, the second brother is still good with the eldest brother, but he won't kiss us."

The third aunt heard what he said, and said, "Isn't this an obvious thing?"

(End of this chapter)