Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 102

Over there, Xiumei and Xiuting ran over and asked, "Why isn't Xiuyao coming to work?"

The third aunt said sarcastically: "What's the comparison with her? Now that the family is separated, she is not under our care." She told the girls to rush to clear the kerb.If there is rubbish in the ground, it will affect the crops when they are planted, and it will cause uneven emergence of seedlings.

Xiuyao didn't come to clear the kerla, because she went to grow spinach with her second and third sisters.The ridges of wheat were very wide, which wasted land, so Xiuxian plowed a shallow furrow with a shovel, then Xiuyao sprinkled spinach seeds in, and Xiurong followed behind and covered the vegetable bed with her feet.And that piece of wasteland didn't have time to grow the spicy vegetable pimples before, but now it happened to be full of spinach.Even if the soil quality is not good, the harvest will definitely be much more than the seeds.

The Qin family didn't have peanuts or sorghum, so after planting the wheat, they had to pick up the flowers after the five acres of cotton, and then get the firewood later, so there was basically no work.At this time, the interplanted vegetables in the cotton field are all lush and green. The radishes and spicy vegetables will be harvested in about a month, and the cabbage will wait until Lidong.

Looking at the vegetables in the field, Qin Dafu and the others were very happy and felt hopeful, at least they would not have to starve this winter.

Xiuyao was thinking about her sweet potatoes. When the wheat was planted and cotton was almost picked up, she said to Liu Shi, "Mother, I want to stay at my grandfather's house for a few days. The sweet potatoes are almost ready to be harvested."

Mrs. Liu hummed, so that the child could go to grandma's house for a walk. Qin Dafu heard this and asked, "Yaoyao, when will you plan your sweet potatoes?"

Xiuyao said: "It will be almost the same in a few days, and I can't pass the Frost's Fall at the latest."

Qin Ye asked: "Yaoyao, did you take the opportunity to plant wheat after harvesting the sweet potatoes?"

Xiuyao shook her head and said, "That's not good. Those lands are not good for growing wheat, but next year you can't grow sweet potatoes directly, you still have to change the land." The rhizomes of continuous cropping will be stunted and the harvest will not be good.Anyway, grandpa will replace it with sweet potatoes if he tastes the sweetness, so there is nothing to worry about.

Qin Dafu thought for a while and said to Liu Shi: "Since this is the case, why not ask Daye to help harvest the sweet potatoes, and then we will also pull the sweet potatoes back for the winter." Xiuyao said before that this sweet potato is for pigs , but people can also eat it. Poor people like them can eat even if it is pig food as long as it is not poured into the pig trough.

Mrs. Liu nodded, "Alright. By the way, I'll also bring Yang Yang back for the New Year."

Xiurong also hurriedly said: "Mom, why don't we all go."

Liu said: "I'm at home with your father, eldest sister, and second sister. You guys will go and come back quickly after two days of work. We will all go when we visit relatives in the first month." Then he joked: "It's just you There are many people, don't make grandma's family poor."

Xiurong jumped up happily, and suddenly remembered, "Mother, didn't you say that my third sister and aunt are getting married this year, don't you want to go back and see?"

Liu said with a smile: "It's still early." She has been thinking about what to give, but she has no money at home, and she can't think of what to give. Cooking without rice.When the family hadn't been separated before, she felt that her mother-in-law had to show some face for the money she had earned and let her buy some congratulatory gifts for her. Who knew, the family was separated.Once the family is separated, it will be even more difficult for her to ask for it.

The Double Ninth Festival passed in a blink of an eye, and a few days later, Mrs. Liu got up early to cook for Qin Ye to eat, and then took two Qin Dafu's newly made baskets to grandpa's house with a pole, and a few more pairs bush socks.

Before going out, Mrs. Liu told Qin Ye, "Go and help harvest the sweet potatoes and come back soon. I have to help your father chop the pickles and cattails. Don't delay."

Qin Ye agreed, and said to Liu and Qin Dafu: "Father, mother, let's go, I will take good care of my younger brothers and sisters." After speaking, he said goodbye to his parents and took Xiuyao and others on the road.

Since the last time she went to her grandma's house, Xiu Rongjue felt that it had been too long, and finally she was able to go far away. She was happy to trot along the road, dragging Xiuyao down the road to pick wild swallows.

Qin Xian was also very happy because he was able to go to his grandmother's house and help Liu Fei borrow books to learn to read.When Zhou Lizheng was writing the land deed last time, he read it and he was able to recognize the small characters. He felt that he was very good, and even Zhou Lizheng said that he was good at reading.

Not to mention Xiuyao, she thought that her sweet potatoes would be able to raise pigs in the coming year, and she really wanted to spread her wings and have a look.

Qin Ye was afraid that they would be tired, so he said to Xiuyao, "Come to the basket with Xiurong, and I will carry you."

Both Xiurong and Xiuyao are slender, and the combined weight is only about [-] kilograms, which is very easy for Qin Ye.Xiuyao and Xiurong were not too polite, they just sat in the basket, holding the handle of the basket one behind the other, enjoying the special sedan chair.

The four brothers and sisters walked happily all the way, and when they arrived at Shahe Village, it happened that Grandma Chang was knocking on the millet with a mallet at the door. Seeing them passing by, she immediately recognized Xiuyao sitting in the basket, she smiled and waved : "Little girl, go to grandma's house for dinner again!"

Xiuyao turned her head to see her, and said with a smile, "Hello, Grandma Chang."

Seeing that he was an acquaintance, Qin Ye stopped and asked Xiuyao to come down.

Xiuyao took a few steps forward and said to Granny Chang: "We are here to help." Then she introduced her eldest brother, second brother and third sister.

Granny Chang listened with a smile, and said, "What a beautiful little girl, I have some flowers here for you to wear." Telling them to wait a while, she turned around and went to the room, and took a few crimson and purple sprigs on a tray. The chrysanthemums of color, crimson, and imperial concubine came out and handed them to them.

Xiuyao knew her temper, so she didn't refuse, and went to get the flowers, "Thank you mother-in-law, then we will leave first."

Granny Chang smiled and nodded, watching Xiuyao brothers and sisters gradually go away, the smile on her face deepened, she said to herself: "It's really a harmonious family."

In late autumn, the willow trees in Yangliu Village fluttered their leaves, and soon there was a thin layer of fallen leaves on the street, making a soft rustling sound when stepped on, which made people feel at ease in an indescribable way.

Now that the farming is slack, the mill at my grandfather’s house is very busy. I can see vehicles coming in and out from a long distance, and there is constant laughter.

Liu Sheng happened to be sending the customers who were pushing the mill out, and when he turned his head to see them, he smiled and said, "What a coincidence, your grandma and aunt just said that you should come."

A few people came forward to greet, Xiuyao and Xiurong ran to grandpa's house hand in hand, the mill was busy, they said hello to uncle and second concubine and others outside the window, and then went to the backyard.

"Grandmother, auntie, here we come!" Xiurong yelled, pulling Xiuyao along the way.Qin Ye and Qin Xian said hello in the front, and then followed to the backyard to say hello to the old lady and eldest concubine.

A cluster of chrysanthemums in the corner is in full bloom, and a bunch of red and cockscombs next to it are embellished with a different style, rendering a touch of bright color in the rustling autumn wind of late autumn.

Seeing them coming, Mrs. Li and the others were very happy, so they hurriedly let them in, and Mrs. Chen brought out fried peanuts for them to eat, "Come, let's eat some fried fruits, which just came out this year."

At grandma's house, you never have to be as restrained as you are in front of the nanny. Xiurong and Xiuyao can eat whatever they want, and they can also put them in their pockets.

Liu Xu saw that Xiuyao was still wearing the clothes she gave her. The little girl had grown up this summer, and the sleeves of her coat were a little short. She smiled and said, "You little girl, you won't come when you get home. Fortunately, we still I miss you."

Xiuyao immediately acted like a baby to her: "Auntie, we separated, why don't you and grandpa visit us?"

Liu Xu exclaimed in surprise, "You two separated? Why don't I know when and what happened." Then she went to see her mother and sister-in-law.

Mrs. Li made a haha, and said to Mrs. Chen: "The child's grandpa, did he go to his third grandpa's house? Sister-in-law, go and see."

Seeing her mother-in-law rescued her, Mrs. Chen left in a hurry, Liu Xu said dissatisfied: "Mother, you shut me up at home weaving and making clothes, why don't you tell me anything."

Mrs. Li said with a smile: "It's none of your business if the family is separated? You can still host it? Your father didn't join in the fun." Besides, she didn't invite her, and she heard what the old man said, and the old man also heard it It was said by the people from other villages who were grinding the mill at home.

Liu Xu was still dissatisfied, and asked Qin Ye, "What is your family divided?"

Qin Ye talked about the things the family got, and Liu Xu cried out to God. Although Li Shi was mentally prepared, he was still so sad that he wanted to cry. How can he live this day.

Liu Xu sneered and said, "Oh, your grandparents are really shameless, just give you three or five buckets of grain? Didn't your master send a stone to prepare for your wheat harvest to subsidize you? It’s a pity, if the grain harvest fails, you will be kicked out directly, and even the grain given by your grandfather will be deducted, which is really a good plan.”

Mrs. Li hurriedly said: "There is no way around this. If the family has a poor harvest, we can't all starve to death together. We can't ignore your second sister's separation, so that everyone will survive."

Liu Xu asked, "Mother, have you gone to deliver food to my second sister?"

Mrs. Li shook her head, "Your father won't let me."

Liu Xu asked anxiously: "Why? My father would go there every three days if we didn't split up. Why wouldn't we go when we split up? Now that my second sister is split up, it's even more important to go and give them away. Let my second sister eat white noodles every day, so they're so hungry. "

Li couldn't laugh or cry, "You child, can you do that." She said to Liu Yun again: "Third girl, don't do needlework anymore, take a rest, let's make rice dumplings."

Liu Xu had no choice but to stop talking, but she was still aggrieved.

When she heard about eating glutinous rice, Xiurong was so excited that she was about to cry, she hurriedly said: "Grandmother, grandma, I will wrap it together with you, if I don't wrap it again, I will forget how to wrap it."

Li said with a smile: "It's okay, as long as you don't forget to eat."

Everyone laughed, Xiurong's cheeks flushed, "Grandma, you are laughing at me!"

Mrs. Li touched her head and said with a smile: "It's okay, you are not someone else's, you are our own. Come, let's see what is stuffed."

Xiurong shouted: "I want to eat stuffed lentils, eggs with leeks, stuffed radish, stuffed cabbage."

Xiuyao was used to coming to her grandma's house many times, but her sister only came once in a long time, so seeing Xiuyao talking excitedly, Xiuyao listened with a smile and didn't interrupt at all.

Liu Xu laughed and scolded: "What a shame, a little glutton has come to our house. You can do your work, Xiuyao and I have something to do." Then she dragged Xiuyao to her room.

Qin Ye and Qin Xianhe went to the front mill to help.

Xiurong followed her grandmother to pick vegetables and prepare materials for making dumplings.

Xiuyao was dragged by Liu Xu to the back room, as soon as she entered the door, Liu Xu proudly said: "Yaoyao, look what I have come up with!" Then she pushed her to the base of the wall to look at the loom.

When Xiuyao saw it, she was also shocked. My aunt is indeed a smart person, a good spinner and weaver.The last time she just saw some jacquard cloth heads and got the inspiration, and then she heard Xiuyao talk about the book on textile looms and building looms, and asked the third grandpa to make some parts for her.Xiuyao hadn't had time to tell her aunt what happened next, but she didn't expect that she had already refitted the loom, and now it was weaving different patterns than before.

She lay down on the cloth and looked at it carefully. Although it was very simple, it was no longer the plain weave but the twill weave. This is a great improvement.She believes that this kind of cloth must exist in this era, but it must be a secret that has not been handed down to ordinary people. My aunt can figure it out because she is smart and capable.

Seeing her almost sticking to the cloth, Liu Xu couldn't help laughing and said, "Okay, I've broken my eyes."

Xiuyao went to look at the loom again, and saw that Guoru had added a piece of silk as she said at the time. There were originally two pieces, but now there are six pieces, and the bottom is still controlled by pedals. The pedal, and then pull the corresponding piece, the part of the warp is raised, and then passed through the weft, so that the predetermined pattern can be woven by reciprocating.

(End of this chapter)