Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 106

Mrs. Zhang glanced at him and said with a smile, "Oh, it's so big that I can drive a car to help the second aunt's house." As he spoke, he began to look around, look at the yard and inside the house, and see how many people there are in the yard. The baskets were covered with sacks, but nothing was seen in the room.

Qin Dafu immediately said: "Mother, those are sweet potatoes from his grandfather's family. Give us some baskets. I'll choose and let Daye deliver them after dinner."

When Xiurong saw it, she immediately said: "Father, my grandma and the others don't hesitate to eat it. This is for feeding pigs. When my grandfather's sweet potatoes were planted, they were not given to others, and they were sent back. That Ren It’s even more exaggerated, and you said that it was originally pig food, something that the untouchables eat, and you give it to my mother, isn’t that a joke?”

Mrs. Zhang was so angry that her mouth was twisted, but she couldn't say anything. She looked at the pile of hanging square melons there, and wanted to, but she had all the hanging square melons in the vegetable garden before, and she didn't give them to Liu. There were so many that she couldn't finish them in a while, so she didn't want them.

Mrs. Zhang glanced back at the table and snorted, "Do you still have salted duck eggs? Your father hasn't eaten meat for a long time."

Liu said with a smile: "Mother, these are the few that Xiaofei brought today, we cut them all up."

Mrs. Zhang raised her eyebrows, all cut off?She didn't believe it, if she didn't send the things from her mother's house to that house first, she would have to eat alone at her own house, it was really upside down.As soon as she stretched out her hand, she picked up the plate of salted duck eggs, and said, "You don't have to cut it up for me, I'll take one back and give it to your father." Then she turned around and left, Qin Dafu and Liu Shi rushed to send it over.

In the courtyard, Mrs. Zhang went to look at the donkey tied to the south wall that was grazing. It wasn't the one that Lao Liutou drove when he came, so he said loudly: "This donkey is well fed. It's good to eat. This is the donkey." Did you bring the donkey and the cart to your house? Your father is very generous, daughter-in-law."

Mrs. Liu lowered her eyes and said nothing, Qin Dafu rubbed his hands together in embarrassment, and said, "Mother, the livestock of the child's grandfather's family is also raised with others, and the donkey cart is driven by Xiaofei to deliver Daye and the others, not for us. .”

Mrs. Zhang said ah, with a look of sudden realization, "Isn't it for you? I thought I had given you many good things." Then he walked forward, and waved his hand at the door, "Okay, no need Send it off, don't delay your meal, I'll just go to my own house." Holding the plate, he left.

Seeing her walking away, Qin Dafu said to the children behind him: "Let's all go eat, don't get cold." When the children all ran back, he said to Liu Shi: "My mother sees that the branch family can't control us. It's a bit uncomfortable, don't be angry, it will be fine in a few days."

Mrs. Liu chuckled, "You can understand, I don't have anything to be angry about. Anyway, the family is divided, so you just need to figure out who lives with whom now."

Qin Dafu smiled and said: "You are laughing at me, I am not stupid, how can I know who is with whom?" After speaking, he jokingly said: "Fortunately, we were separated, otherwise you would have to be controlled by mother, now you Be happy."

Seeing that his descendants from the separation of the family have become more lively, and not as dull and boring as before, Mrs. Liu couldn't help laughing, "Go to hell, let's eat, it's cold."

After dinner, Liu Fei played with them for a while and left home. Liu Shi had nothing to return, so he could only let him go back empty-handed. Anyway, they were used to it, so they just told him to watch Qin Xian.

There are so many sweet potatoes, we can't put them outside, they will freeze in winter, and there is no cellar at home, so how to store them is still a difficult task.

Xiuyao gave Qin Dafu an idea, "Father, I have an idea. Let's make some mud, find a few pieces of adobe, build a hole on the end of the kang, and put sweet potatoes in it."

Qin Dafu thought about it, and said with a smile: "It's really good. On weekdays, when cooking and lighting a fire, the kang is also warm, so the sweet potatoes won't freeze."

Xiuyao hummed, "We cook a pot of sweet potatoes in two or three days, and we can usually eat them still and save firewood."

When the family is separated and the poor and the poor live, they have to be careful about how to live, and save as much as they can.And if you don't do any heavy work in winter, it's okay to eat some sweet potatoes.

Even if you suffer from heartburn from eating sweet potatoes, it’s okay to eat less at noon or at night, as long as you don’t eat it in the morning.

There was no adobe at home, so the next day Qin Dafu went to the village to borrow a dozen yuan from someone who had newly made adobe. Qin Ye and Qin Xian worked on the mud, and they were busy building a kang hole.

There are only two kangs in the house, five women sleep in the east room, and four men sleep in the west room, and it is even more crowded when sleeping in the hole of the kang.

Liu said: "Let Yang Yang sleep with us, the three of you squeeze together, it's almost enough."

Qin Ye smiled and said: "Mother, it's okay. Anyway, I have to go to work in winter, so I can fight in Xijian." It's late autumn when the farm is slack, and I go there from the beginning of winter.Although the ground is freezing and the weather is cold, the imperial court doesn't care about it. After all, there is a mission, and it is required that every family must produce males and husbands.

Xiuyao has already measured the size with a wooden stick, opened the kang mat, took away all the wheat straw on the bottom, took the fire stick to draw a mark, and later built the kang hole according to this size.

Qin Dafu skillfully built the kang hole like a handicraft, and the mud was smooth and smooth, without any awkwardness.Not only that, he also carved patterns on the two small walls facing the outside with a shovel of the wall, very simple curly grass patterns.

Qin Yang saw it, and waved his little muddy hands and shouted, "Father, carve me a big carp, I want a carp!"

Qin Dafu smiled and said: "Okay, I'll carve you a carp jumping over the dragon gate." After speaking, he carved a carp with a few swipes. Although it is simple, it has distinct scales, and the tail flicks and mouth is very vivid.

After the wall was built, Qin Dafu said: "It's still wet, don't move." Then he said to Xiurong: "Xiurong, cook here for the past two days, and dry the kang hole earlier. works."

Xiuyao laughed and said, "Father, there is only one pot in our house, and it's in the west room. If you want to cook it in the east room, you can't do it."

Qin Dafu also laughed, "It's going to be cold in two days, and the east room has to be lit, otherwise I can't stand the cold weather, I'll find a way to get a pot back later."

Xiurong over there came over and said: "Father, wait for the pot first, you'd better get a bellows, we don't have a bellows at home, cooking is very laborious, you have to fan the wind, even if the weather is bad, it won't burn well."

Qin Dafu thought the same thing, he wanted the third grandpa's family to help do it first, but he didn't think it was so easy to ask, after all, his family had no money, so it was done on credit, and it was still a favor owed by the old father-in-law.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the cotton has been picked up, leaving only bare cotton firewood.Qin Dafu took the time to pull out the firewood with his two sons, took it home with a pole, stacked it outside the door, and covered it with branches and leaves to prevent the snow from soaking the inside.

Qin Ye was going on a business trip in a few days and was going to build river reservoirs, so he proposed to take back the cabbage at home as soon as possible.Mrs. Liu then Qin Dafu went to the third grandfather's house to borrow a donkey cart, and the family went to work in the field for a long time, and took back the cabbage.I thought it was just a cart of cabbage, but I didn't know that it was more than two carts.

Xiuyao and the others shouted happily, "Father, mother, we will be full this winter with only cabbage."

In addition to cabbage, there are some dried vegetables in the summer, radishes, and spinach in the field. In addition, my grandfather's family gave me so many hanging square melons. The millet harvested in autumn is enough for winter.

As for the money, after collecting the cotton and selling it, I can handle a little bit of money. This year can be regarded as a good deal.Things will get better next year.

Mrs. Liu discussed with Qin Dafu, "We have so much cabbage, why don't we send some to his second grandfather's, third grandfather's, and aunt's home. In a few days, our family will have to use a car to make money and cut cattail. He has to borrow it from his third grandfather's house."

Qin Dafu naturally agreed, and said: "Clean up quickly, and Daye and I will send it off."

Although the third grandpa's family also has a vegetable garden, they don't have so many cabbages. Their family has nothing to thank for it now, so they go to help others with some hard work. Since they have so many cabbages, no matter whether they are rare or not, they are still their own family. mind.

The father and son sent it away, and the Second Mammy and the Third Grandpa's family were naturally very happy. The Second Mammy even came to express her thanks and returned a handful of eggs, but Mrs. Liu refused to take them, so she forced them to stay.

Liu Yun got married at the end of September, and Liu Shi didn't go back because of a cold and was afraid of bad luck. She embroidered a pair of insoles and prepared some gifts for Qin Ye to send.

In October, the weather became colder, and there was no work in the fields. The children's main work was to hug the grass.

Because of her strength and diligence, Xiuxian was introduced by Grandma Zhou to watch the house as a companion and help with some work by the way. She had been there last year.Some widows from relatively well-to-do families have no men in the family, so they want to find a thick and strong girl to strengthen their courage, and by the way, help with some tasks such as carrying water and manure. Two hundred dollars.

On this day, Qin Dafu borrowed an ox cart and asked the Liu family to make dry food for him. He took Qin Ye and Qin Xian to beat cotton locust trees.There is no mountain in Taoyuan Village, but there is Fenghuang Mountain in Fenghuang Village in the northwest. Although it is far away, if you drive there early, you can still pull a car back that night.

The cotton locust slivers are pulled back and soaked in bundles in the river. When they are softened in the next summer, they can be scooped up and weaved into baskets. This is more durable and beautiful than freshly cut and woven baskets.

Xiuyao and Qin Yang wanted to follow to see the scenery, and got up tremblingly early in the morning, regardless of Liu's and Qin Dafu's dissuasion, they wrapped themselves in cotton jackets and followed.

On the morning of the beginning of the month, it was still dark, and the surroundings were very quiet, only the cry of a night owl came occasionally, in the whimpering northwest wind, which made people feel a little creepy.

The whole family huddled together in the car to keep warm, Qin Xian threatened Xiuyao and Qin Yang, "You two join in the fun, if you get sloppy, I tell you, run away quickly."

Qin Yang was so cold that he laughed, he leaned in Xiuyao's arms, and said loudly: "I'm not afraid, there is no sloppy here, you are scaring people." He purposely shouted loudly: "Hey - I It's a Malaysian monkey!"

Xiuyao slapped him, "Just be honest for a while." She put her hands in the sleeves of her padded jacket to keep warm, and regretted coming out to experience the pain.It's just that she has been here for so long, and she hasn't traveled that far, and she wants to see what the Phoenix Mountain looks like.

I heard that the mountain was red in autumn, like it was on fire. She wanted to see where there were some saplings and weeds, and see if they were useful to her family. She could dig some in the next year.

The bullock cart creaked and creaked slowly, and everyone became colder.

Qin Dafu jumped out of the car, clapped his hands and said, "If it's cold, come down and run, it will be warm in a while."

Qin Ye also jumped down, but Qin Xian and Xiuyao refused, Qin Yang suddenly said: "Ah, sloppy!" Then he slipped into Xiuyao's arms.

Xiuyao smiled and twisted his ear, "You are a wolf again, be careful we leave you alone."

Just as she was talking and laughing, she suddenly felt a tremor on the ground, and Xiuyao shouted in fright: "There's an earthquake!" She was about to jump out of the car while holding Qin Yang.

Qin Ye hurriedly stopped her and said in a low voice, "It's all right, it's not."

Qin Dafu also quickly drove the car aside, and said in a low voice: "It's okay, let's walk slowly by the side of the road, it should be the passing cavalry."

While speaking, the vibrating sound became louder, and soon there was a trampling sound, which frightened the cow to keep running forward, but Qin Dafu held it tightly.

Someone rushed over with a torch, Xiuyao saw them dressed in black and cloaked, each with a solemn expression, she couldn't help but flinched in her heart, and hurriedly looked away.

At this time, someone in the horse team ran towards them and asked, "Who is it!"

Qin Dafu immediately reined in the ox cart and let Qin Ye lead the ox, respectfully said: "Master Hui Jun, we are from Taoyuan Village, and we are going to Phoenix Mountain to take a taxi so we can weave baskets next year."

The man glanced at them, seeing that they were just rustic bumpkins, he snorted and told them to leave quickly.

At this moment, Qin Yang came out from behind Qin Xian, looking excited at those horses.Xiuyao hurriedly pulled him back, this kid wasn't so courageous before, but after being brainwashed by her, his courage has become increasingly courageous, especially when he sees a horse, he can't wait to get up and ride immediately.

Hearing the voice, the man on horseback suddenly turned around and yelled, "Who are you, tell me the truth!" He said with a clang, and withdrew his knife from its sheath.

The saber pierced through the morning light of Wei State with a cold light that captured Qin Dafu's neck, which made him tremble in fright, and he was almost speechless.

Qin Ye and the others panicked. They were all honest people. They had never seen such a battle before. Xiuyao pressed Qin Yang tightly in her arms, not allowing him to poke his head out to look, so as not to frighten him.

They were slow to reply, which seemed to anger the man, and he shouted: "These people are acting suspiciously, arrest them immediately."

Xiuyao hurriedly shouted: "We are from Taoyuan Village over there, you can go and ask, everyone in the village knows us."

(End of this chapter)