Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 155

A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and Xiuyao calculated the solar terms, and the vernal equinox was approaching.She discussed with Qin Dafu and the Liu family, "Father and mother, I have to go to my grandmother's house to help me prepare sweet potatoes."

Liu said: "Okay, let your second brother accompany you."

Xiuyao agreed, "Mom, our family's own field and the official field next to it should keep seedlings of sweet potatoes. Growing cotton is too laborious, so we might as well plant less."

Mrs. Liu was a little puzzled: "What if there is not enough to pay the rent?"

Xiuyao smiled: "Mom, if we have money, what's the problem with renting a house. The cotton in the countryside is cheap, so let's just buy it."

Mrs. Liu heard the same thing. It is really not worthwhile to grow cotton by yourself. Howing the ground is exhausting. If it catches up with the years when there are many bugs, it will be a disaster. Moreover, if you want to grow cotton, you can only grow one crop, unlike wheat. Millet can be round.

Qin Dafu was still thinking about catching piglets, he looked at Xiuyao, "Yaoyao, let your elder brother go together, and discuss with your grandpa about catching piglets. It's cheaper to buy more, so our family will also catch piglets by the way. Up to four."

Originally, I wanted to catch six, but after the circle at home was repaired, I found that there was not such a big place, so four would be a lot.

Xiuyao agreed, and Liu gave them money to carry. Qin Ye took a bag and put it in, and put it on his shoulders.

Xiuyao called Qin Yang, "Little Yanger, it's time for you to go to school."

Qin Xian actually didn't understand. It must be cheaper to study at his mother's house than at his own. Liu Fei didn't take so much money to study at that time.The mother can let the little sheep stay at her grandmother's house, but not let herself go, and I feel a little confused.But since he has also received preferential treatment for studying, he will naturally stop making trouble. These days, he has already figured out that he must study hard, so that those who look down on him can see how he reads.It's better for his family, although at first he said that he would not be allowed to study, but in the end it was his own people who supported him.

Qin Yang packed up the new schoolbag his mother made for him, with plum and bamboo embroidered on it, and his writing was placed inside, and he will show it to Mr. Ren when the time comes.Mrs. Liu also told him to be obedient and not mischievous when he went to his grandma's house, and to work hard when he was studying and not to be foolish.

Qin Yang giggled, "Mom, I know, you're going to be like my grandma." A mother is just nagging.Liu Shi smiled and slapped him, "You brat, please be beaten."

Qin Yang chuckled, and kissed Liu's face, "Mother, you are different from my grandma."

Liu asked with a smile, "What's the difference?"

Qin Yang tilted his head and pouted his mouth, and commented seriously, "The old lady never hits people."

Liu said with a smile: "You didn't see when your grandma beat someone."

Qin Yang just laughed, "Mother must have been beaten when she was a child." Then he ran away.

Xiuyao and the others didn't waste any time along the way, and went directly to grandma's house.After the first lunar month, the mill at my grandmother’s house reopened. On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, I moved to the mill by the river, and after the second lunar month, the mill officially started.

Grandpa, uncle and others are all working in the mill, and there are only Mrs. Li, Mrs. Chen, and four-year-old Xiao Zhengzheng in the family.As soon as Xiuyao and the others came in, Xiao Zhengzheng ran over huffing and puffing, "Little Yang, little Yang, baa! Sister, I want a flower basket."

Hearing that this kid dared to call himself a little sheep, Qin Yang was so daring. He grabbed Xiao Zhengzheng by the braid behind his head with one hand, and smiled, "Little fat pig, little fat pig!"

Xiao Chen has enough milk, and Xiao Zhengzheng became fat during the full moon. He has a strong body and has never had any illnesses. He has always been chubby.The Liu family's conditions are good, and they are willing to eat for their children, so since Xiao Zhengzheng started eating by himself, he has been eating eggs, meat and fish all the time.Although he was only four years old, he was as chubby as the big fat doll in the New Year paintings, and he was much fatter than Qin Yang back then.So Qin Yang called him little fat pig.

One of the two boys bleated, and the other yelled and bickered. Xiuyao hugged Xiao Zhengzheng, kissed his little cheek, "Xiaozheng, sister will weave a wicker flower basket for you."

Qin Yang grinned, "You call me brother, so I'll ask my sister to make it up for you."

Children like to play with children, and Xiao Zhengzheng is no exception. Although he likes to make trouble with Qin Yang, he also likes to play with him.Qin Yang raised his eyebrows triumphantly, "Let's go, let's fold willow sticks and let my sister weave them for you." Then, without going to the backyard, he stuffed his schoolbag into Xiuyao's arms, took Xiao Zhengzheng's chubby hand and Ran.

Xiuyao and her two elder brothers went to the backyard. Mrs. Li was spinning at home, Mrs. Chen was peeling lentil seeds, and Mrs. Chen was beating sorghum tassels with the mallet.Seeing them coming, they all laughed, and Xiao Chen immediately put down the stick and got up to entertain them.

Qin Ye took his brothers and sisters to say hello, everyone exchanged a few words, Qin Ye said to help Xi Digua and discuss the matter of catching piglets.

Mrs. Li told them that grandpa and others were busy working at the mill, so Qin Ye and Qin Xian went to help the mill, and asked Xiuyao and the others to rest here.

Anyway, Xiuyao was not in a hurry to stay, after her brothers had left, she drank a bowl of water and sat down to help her aunt peel the lentil seeds, "My sister-in-law, are these the rabbit-leg lentils we often eat? "

Xiuyao also discovered after transmigrating that the names and scientific names of the vegetables here sometimes have discrepancies. Anyway, everyone knows each other as long as they know each other, and no one will pay so much attention to them.Grandma's family has a kind of rabbit leg lentils, which are as long as an adult's palm, round, thick and full of grain, very delicious to eat.Whether it’s fried, stewed, distilled and mixed with garlic, or made into dumplings, it’s all good.In addition, there is another kind of sheep intestines and beans, which is the long cowpea that Xiuyao knows, which is also very delicious.When we separated last year, I missed the planting period, so Xiuyao didn't want it. This year, my family has land, so of course I want to plant a vegetable garden.One mu of garden and ten mu of fields is a good plan for thrifty housekeeping.

"That's it, we'll keep it for you. Your grandma told us to peel it out quickly. You will come to the sweet potato in a few days, and I will let you take it back." Since Xiuyao's family was separated, Lian's Chen Shi and the others felt happy, and they planned everything for them.

Xiao Chen said with a smile: "Your grandmother and eldest sister-in-law have prepared some flower seeds." Liu originally liked to raise some flowers and plants when she was in her natal family. After marrying the Qin family, Zhang did not allow those distractions. , let them concentrate on work, so no one at home did it, the Qin family was in a state of discoloration, except for edible vegetables and Chinese toon, there was no color at all.Although Xiuxian is big and flamboyant, she likes these flowers and plants. Xiuyao, a modern environmentalist, naturally likes them too.It was late when the family separated, and they didn't have any flowers and plants at home. It's spring now, and they can plant flowers and flowers in a few days, so the Li family are thinking about their family.

Xiao Chen went to bring a gourd ladle, which contained several packets of flower seeds wrapped in straw paper, and she said: "This is pink flower, this is square melon stubble, this is oleander, this is cockscomb, This is..." She counted several things in one breath.

Xiuyao knew that the pink flower she was talking about was grass jasmine, whose scientific name is Mirabilis, and Fang Guazhua was actually hollyhock, but oleander was not the oleander she remembered from her previous life, but impatiens, herbaceous flowers, flowers that can be squeezed for juice Paint your nails. "My mother and second sister will definitely like it." Although the small courtyard is small now, it can be planted in the corners of the walls, and the home will not be so monotonous.Xiuyao packed them up and put them in her satchel, and took them home to plant when she left.

After a while, it was almost noon, Xiao Chen was about to cook, Xiuyao went to help, and then chatted with them.Xiuyao learned that although the riverside mill has not yet built a residential house, there are still three rooms that can be used for living.Now the second cousin Liu Qi has been living in the mill by the river, and the other uncle and aunt Yao are also living there.Grandpa, uncle, and cousin went there to help when they got up in the morning, and when they came back at night, they ate lunch there.

While chatting, Liu Hongmu came over with a bundle of soft wicker on his back, Qin Yang and Xiao Zheng were jumping up behind him, Xiao Zheng was wearing two crappy wicker straw hats on his head.

Xiuyao said hello to him, and he glanced at her, his cheeks were a little red, and his white teeth were shining brightly when he smiled, "Sister Xiuyao, you are here, if you have nothing to do, go to my house to play."

Xiuyao smiled and said: "Okay." In fact, she rarely goes out to play with anyone, after all, she is not a child, and she can't play with children.Speaking of it, she felt that she was just boring, except that coaxing her younger brother was a task and her own wish, she was really not interested in other children, although the play was mutual.

Liu Hongmu put down the wicker and handed her a bouquet of wild flowers, "Every time you come, you stick in the mill and the fields, and you don't play with everyone. They say we don't invite you, so you don't go."

Xiuyao took the wild flowers, "How come, I don't know what to play."

Liu Hongmu wanted to say something else, but Qin Yang interrupted him unwillingly, "Liu Hongmu, you are annoying, my sister doesn't have time to play, she has to do business."

Xiuyao hurriedly asked him not to be rude to her brother, and asked him to sit down.Liu Hongmu was a little embarrassed, he scratched his head, his bronzed face glowed red, "I want to go home for dinner, I'll come back to play with you."

Who knew that Liu Hongmu turned back after taking two steps, coyly, and smiled innocently, "Sister Xiuyao, your eldest sister, second sister, and third sister, why don't they come to play?"

Before Xiuyao could speak, Qin Yang immediately interrupted him with a smile, "Brother Hongmu, my sisters are all busy, so I don't have time to play."

Liu Hongmu hummed, then wanted to say something, blushed, scratched her head and left.

Xiuyao didn't care about him, so she continued to teach her younger brother to be polite and not to be rude to others. Qin Yang snatched the bouquet of wild flowers from her hand and said with a smile: "Sister, he is so stupid. I can’t even weave a straw hat well, and if you insist on wearing it for me, I won’t wear it, it’s so ugly.” Only that silly boy Xiao Zhengzheng put it on top of his head cheerfully.

Xiuyao was sure that Liu Hongmu had really left, so she patted Xiao Yang and taught him a serious lesson, "Little Yang, he is a big brother, you can't be so rude. And brother Hongmu is also good to you, so he knits a straw hat for you Yes, even if it's not good, you can't say it directly. Got it?"

Qin Yang pouted, "Okay, I'll say yes if it's not good in the future." He looked at the bouquet in his hand and sighed, "Sister, don't ask for wild flowers or anything like that." The willow Hongmu also asked his sisters what flowers they like, what they usually do, and what they like to eat... It's really annoying, what does my sister like is none of your business?It's not your sister.

Xiuyao laughed, "At least you can't hit them." Although it is hypocritical sometimes, it is also a kind of politeness, especially when you need to respect the fruits of other people's labor, "Look, brother Hongmu also helped you carry back all the wicker , do you want to thank others?"

Qin Yang nodded, and promised seriously, "Okay, sister. I'll remember." Xiuyao let him go and weaved straw hats and flower baskets for him and Xiao Zhengzheng, and also made some small baskets for them to put. Yoyo eggs or small things like candies.

After lunch, she made a small double-layer bookcase for Qin Yang. The walls of the box were high, and pens, knives, or other small objects could be hung on the side. .This made Qin Yang so happy that he quickly wrote his name and asked his grandmother to paste it on it for her.

Mrs. Li lifted it up and looked at it, and praised Xiuyao for her skillful weaving, "Where does the paste stick, it will be broken after a while, why don't grandma find you a piece of cloth, embroider your name on it, and then sew it on?" Woolen cloth."

Qin Yang heard it better, clapped his hands and said, "Grandmother, help me quickly."

Mrs. Li found a needle and thread to help him fix a name, embroidered a few small flowers casually, and embroidered a few words Jinxiu Future.Although it is something for children, the little flower has an outline, but my grandmother's needlework is good, Xiuyao thinks it has a special flavor, it looks like the kind of simple painting that is popular in later generations.

Qin Yang liked it very much, "With this bookcase and banner, I must study hard."

Xiuyao flicked on his forehead lightly, "Okay, you study hard, and then you can earn your grandma's life."

Qin Yang blinked and asked her, "What is the imperial order?"

Mrs. Li laughed and said, "Isn't the drama about Madam Gaoming? That's what your mother earned."

Qin Yang nodded solemnly, "Okay, you don't have to fight, I will earn one for each of you."

Everyone laughed, and Mrs. Chen teased him, "When the time comes, you earn money for your mother first, and then for your daughter-in-law. We won't dare to join in the fun."

Qin Yang shook his head and waved his hands and said loudly: "My eight daughter-in-laws can't earn enough, so I'd better give them to you."

Xiuyao is cold and cold, this boy, the concept of eight wives can't be corrected, how did he be indoctrinated?

After playing for a while, Xiuyao led Qin Yang to the south mill, Xiao Zhengzheng also wanted to follow, his mother insisted that he stay at home, lest when he went there, he would feel sleepy and be unable to be coaxed by others.

Mrs. Li asked Chen Guihua to go with her. When the time came, it would be enough to carry Xiao Zhengzheng back, so Mrs. Chen had no choice but to put down what she was doing and go together.

As soon as a few people left the village entrance, they could see the tall Liujia Mill. The bright red silk background and the big black characters looked very eye-catching. It stood tall and could be seen from a distance.Qin Yang ran forward excitedly, Xiao Zheng was waving a willow branch to chase him, "drive, drive" to catch up.

Now there is a small wharf on the bank of the Daqing River, where ships from east to west dock to bring grain to grind noodles.Now is the busy time, the river is full of small boats, all of which are local boats, skimmers, etc., yelling and queuing up to the shore, and people on the small ferry are coming and going to carry grain.

(End of this chapter)