Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 129

Two days later, a few more pairs of gloves were saved, and Mrs. Liu asked Zhou Qiang to deliver them to Qin Ye early in the morning.Zhou Qiang's father and Uncle Zhou Zhou's grandfather are brothers. Although they were born to a girl, they are not even counted as concubines, but they are still Zhou's family.Even if it is not as beautiful as the Zhou family, it is better than ordinary people.They also work hard to make money, so they have more opportunities.When the husband is off the farm, he organizes some things in Taoyuan Village, and he will replace Li Zheng and Uncle Zhou to visit and so on.

Zhou Qiang drove the carriage, along with two young daughters-in-law from the same village, to see the newly married man, and to send some food, shoes and socks.

Xiuyao said to Liu Shi: "Mother, I also want to go and see my elder brother." She wanted to see what kind of place her elder brother was working in and how the conditions were. To make money, so that the eldest brother does not have to work in the future, and the family has enough money to hire someone else to work instead.

Liu said: "What are you doing, a little girl, it's so cold, you should stay at home."

Xiuyao said: "Then those two sister-in-laws are going too."

Mrs. Liu couldn't help laughing, this girl, the two sister-in-laws are Cao Yuelian, the daughter-in-law of the ladder, and the other is from another person in the same village. She just got married in winter and separated not long ago. Of course, they have other meanings when they go.Young couples, of course, miss them more than others, so it's good to have a look.

Zhou Qiang's daughter-in-law smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, it's okay to let Yaoyao go, anyway, it's just going back on the same day, if you can't stay, just go to play."

Zhou Qiang also said it was fine.

Xiuyao insisted, "Mother, let me go and see my elder brother, I want to go and see him."

Seeing her like this, Liu felt that there was nothing to do anyway, so she agreed, and handed her the burden, "Let your elder brother take care of your health, rest when you should rest, and eat when you should eat."

Xiuyao agreed one by one, and Liu Shi tightened up the outer padded jacket for her. It was Xiuqin's little one before.

Xiuyao agreed, reassuring her, and then jumped into the carriage and waved to Liu Shi.

Zhou Qiang took his leave after saying goodbye to them, and drove away in the car.

The carriage on the carriage is not made of wood, but like the grandpa's house, with a few cotton locust strips bent as supports, a mat on it to keep out the wind, and a thick curtain hanging in front.

It's winter, and the wind is constantly ventilating, and it's chilly.

The two new daughters-in-law were quite shy, hugging their bundles tightly, their cheeks flushed and silent, and the daughter-in-law of Lai Zi was born especially handsome, with a fair and juicy face.

Xiuyao said a few words to them. They didn't know why their cheeks were redder. Xiuyao felt that it was boring. She was not a man, so she didn't make fun of them. She just thought it was boring not to talk on the road. It would be nice if someone talked to her. .Who knew that the two sister-in-laws were so shy to the end, lowered their heads slightly, and didn't say a word.

Zhou Qiang drove the carriage without stopping on the road, and went straight to the pond where he was serving hard labor.On the way, they brought dry food, and they ate a couple of bites when they were hungry. They also brought radishes, which could quench their thirst if they ate radishes when they were thirsty.

At noon, we arrived at Shuitangzi. Zhou Qiang drove the carriage over, and a soldier set up a checkpoint. He reported his name and showed the name of the liaison person issued by Taoyuan Village, and he was let go.

Xiuyao raised the curtain of the car and poked her head out, and she saw that the surroundings were not desolate, there were villages around, the smoke from the kitchen was blown to pieces by the north wind, and the sound of dogs barking could be heard.

Soon, I saw a piece of thatched huts, which should be used by the husband. Looking closer, I can see that the huts are all built with sorghum straw, wheat straw, grain straw, and some shrub branches, which are very low.

In addition to them, there are also people from other villages who drive horse-drawn carriages to contact information. Their horse-drawn carriages stop at one place, and then report to the person in charge, and then they can take people to visit relatives in the area where their village is located.

Someone saw Zhou Qiang leading a little girl and couldn't help shouting: "Zhou Qiang, why is there a child bride in your village!"

Zhou Qiang replied: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm here to see my brother."

Someone laughed, "Sister, brother, okay." Others burst out laughing.These men who make a living by working outside all the year round usually do nothing but work, one by one is ruder than the other.

When we arrived at the area in charge of Taoyuan Village, Zhou Qiang talked to the supervisor in charge, and someone shouted: "Qin Tizi, Qin Ye, Zhou Min, the family members come to see, and I will send any other letters. Just take it back."

Qin Ye was working with Qin Ergui, one was digging the soil with a shovel, and the other was shoveling the soil with a shovel. Hearing someone shout, Qin Ye was surprised: "Er Dada, who will come to see me?"

Qin Ergui said: "It's your father."

Qin Ye shook his head, "If it were my father, wouldn't he watch Er Dada?"

Qin Ergui thought about it too, "That might be your mother. Don't guess, go and have a look."

Qin Ye put down the shovel and ran over, following the supervisor. When he arrived at the shack, he saw a little girl next to Zhou Qiang, wearing a thick padded jacket, as round as a cotton ball. Qin Ye was pleasantly surprised: "Yaoyao?"

Xiuyao ran over and waved to him, "Brother, brother, come quickly!"

Qin Ye ran forward in three steps at the same time, lifted Xiuyao up and turned around, then put her down again, "Yaoyao, why are you here?"

Xiuyao took him to sit and talk in a place sheltered from the wind, she put the small bundle on her knees, "Brother, when will you go home, we all miss you." She took out a pair of cotton gloves, "Brother, Try it on."

Qin Ye asked in surprise, "What is this?"

Xiuyao asked him to put it on quickly, "It's cold weather, wearing this to work won't make your hands so cold." She saw that the back of her brother's hand was swollen, and his fingers were covered with frostbite scabs, because the cold wind blowing hard and cracked It was open and bleeding.

She felt sad for a while, thinking that it would be good if there was chilblain ointment.

But at this time, those skin care products are used by rich people, and there is no place to buy them except in the county town. Besides, even if there are some facial medicine, mouth fat and chilblain cream, the country people are not willing to spend money to buy them, even if they are available. Ordinary things.Another point is that since it has been frozen, chilblain ointment may not be effective.In modern society, many people have cold hands, feet and ears, and there is nothing to do about it, and chilblain ointment is not good.I just wait for winter to come and spring to come, the weather will get warmer and gradually get better, but this thing will still make mistakes in winter, and it will kill you if it itches.

Qin Ye put on the gloves and felt a thick layer covering his palms, but his fingers were not restrained, which was really convenient.He said happily, "That's good, it doesn't hinder my work."

Although there are cotton gloves, when working, especially when hands are needed, cotton gloves are inconvenient and hinder the work.

Now with such gloves, it is much more convenient.

These pairs of gloves are thicker than the previous ones, and they were woven by Liu with six strands of thread. They are much thicker than the previous ones, but they will not hinder the work.

Xiuyao took out another piece of peach cake and handed it to him, "Brother, dim sum."

Seeing that she even brought this for himself, Qin Ye hurriedly said: "Yaoyao, this big brother doesn't like to eat, you can eat."

Xiuyao had to give it to him to eat, so he broke off a small piece, and asked her to take the rest back, so Xiuyao could only say: "Then here are blessing beans, for you to eat." She grabbed a handful from Xiaobu's pocket and handed it To Qin Ye.

He ate one, it was crunchy and sweet when he chewed it carefully, he asked curiously, "What is it?"

Xiuyao whispered: "Brother, this is our sweet potato. The sweet potato dates are sun-dried, and then fried into sweet potato beans. You can keep it secret, we even sell this to make some money."

Qin Ye said happily: "Can you really make money?"

Xiuyao nodded, "Brother, after finishing this year, you don't want to come here when you become a husband. We will raise pigs with grandpa's family next year. Someone needs to help feed the pigs. Mother wants you to go."

Qin Ye was more than happy, "But we don't have the money to avoid chores."

Xiuyao said: "Brother, our parents will think of a way. The money you make from raising pigs is much better than the hard money you earn from being a husband."

Qin Ye hummed, "Then shall we go with grandpa or the others? Grandpa, second uncle and third uncle, it would be good if they raised pigs."

Xiuyao didn't take it seriously, she said: "Grandpa's house doesn't have sweet potatoes, and he doesn't want to. It would be unreasonable for grandpa's house to produce sweet potatoes at this time."

Qin Ye felt the same, and said with a smile: "Let's talk about it when we go home. It will take more than a month, and we will be able to go home around the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month."

It’s so late, Xiuyao wondered if it’s almost New Year’s Eve, it’s really hard work, “Brother, how is your food?”

Qin Ye smiled and said: "Okay, in winter it's stewed tofu with Chinese cabbage, or tofu with spinach. You can also eat stewed hanging melon, and you can eat meat every few days. There are enough pickles, not bad."

In this case, Xiuyao felt relieved, "So the supervisors here are not bad."

Qin Ye said: "That's right. I heard that we should also look at it. It's a small boss here who is kind-hearted. I heard that in other places, the food of the poor is deducted. They make money from it and eat porridge every day." Pickled Vegetable Black Noodle Rolls have no meat or vegetables at all.”

It's hard to do anything.

The two of them were talking, and there was dinner over there, Qin Ye asked Xiuyao to eat together.He led Xiuyao to look for the second uncle, Xiuyao gave the second uncle gloves, said a few words to the second uncle, and then waited for them to cook.

Xiuyao was bored, so she just stood on the slope and looked at the scenery of the wilderness. The winter sun was extraordinarily clear and warm under the blue sky. If she was in a leeward place, she would still feel warm.In the snow-covered field in the distance, there are birds flying freely, and a few horses loose their reins, walking around there casually, sniffing the little green hidden under the snow with their noses.

A flying bird landed on the horse's back and took two steps back and forth. When the horse moved, it flapped its wings and flew towards a hillside.Xiuyao raised her head, made a frame with both hands, framed the bird inside, watched it go away, and said softly: "Kacha, Kacha!"

The picture freezes, "Huh? Why does that person look familiar?"

She squinted her eyes, and through the frame formed by her fingers, she saw a group of soldiers wearing cloth armor, black-faced red cloaks, and swords across their waists walking over in unison.

There was a person next to him striding forward with his head held high, his expression so cold that people hardly dared to stare at him.

When they stood still, Xiuyao got closer and confirmed that the man was Qi Feng, and said in surprise: "Why is he here? Could he be a soldier? Isn't he from the Long Spear Gang or the Golden Knife Gang?"

The people on the slope over there were lecturing, and then dispersed, walking in groups of three or five. Xiuyao saw that Qi Feng was alone, and she wanted to say hello to him.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise from somewhere, with a "boom", the ground shook for a bit, shaking Xiuyao's ears so much that her ears were buzzing, she staggered and almost fell to the ground.

"An earthquake?" Xiuyao hurriedly searched for her elder brother and second uncle, trying to run away with them.

She didn't find the person she was looking for, but she heard someone yelling: "The bombing killed people, the bombing killed people!" Seeing all the messengers running towards the place of the explosion, she shouted, "Brother, brother, second uncle!" Second Uncle!" Afraid that people would step on her, she quickly climbed onto a big rock and stood there.

At this time, one of them broke through the crowd and ran to her, and said happily, "Hey, aren't you Qin Xiuyao? Why are you here?"

When Xiuyao saw his smiling face, she immediately remembered, "Brother Xiao Qi?"

Xiao Qi grinned, "Is it me? Are you here to find my Sixth Brother?"

Xiuyao hurriedly shook her head, and hurriedly asked: "I'm here to see my eldest brother and second uncle, what's the matter?" She watched the crowd rushing over there, and the place was instantly vacant.

Seeing the tears in her eyes, Xiao Qi said: "Don't be afraid, there is probably a problem with the blasting of rocks over there to clear the way. Don't go there, maybe something will happen. It's okay."

Xiuyao felt very sad when she heard someone calling someone dead. Even if she had never met her before, she would feel sad and cry when she heard that someone died.

Qin Ye also ran over there, "Yaoyao, Yaoyao, are you okay?"

Xiuyao said: "Brother, I'm fine, what about Er Dada?"

Just now Qin Ye was dispersed by the crowd, he ran very quickly, he took a breath and said: "It's okay, something happened to the stone blast over there, it seems that people were blown up, and people nearby were hit by stones."

When Xiuyao heard this, she immediately felt flustered. Could it be that the place where the second brother and the others work is so dangerous?She thought it was just digging roads and repairing canals, but there were explosives, and then there would be operational errors?

Seeing her pale face and wide eyes, Qin Ye hurriedly comforted her: "It's okay, we are only responsible for digging the soil, and someone is in charge of the explosives. Maybe it went off due to improper operation."

Just as they were talking, a young man and a young girl ran over there, and the young man shouted before they even got there: "Qin Ye, Qin Ye, something happened to the ladder in your village, go and have a look!"

Qin Ye was startled, and rushed forward to ask what happened.

The young man hurriedly said: "He, he is over there..." He pointed to the direction far away, "It just so happened that the stone that was blown away was hit by a sharp stone and hit his head."

(End of this chapter)