Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 17

You can’t go to the fields in winter, and most people live in cats, but the old Qin’s family doesn’t have that kind of treatment. The women have to knead hemp and spin thread for needlework, while the men weave mats out of sorghum seeds.But with more farm work in the spring, there is no time to weave mats, and we have to weave straw sandals at every turn.

The straw sandals on everyone's feet have been worn all winter, and they have long been worn out. Now that spring plowing is about to start again, we can weave thin ones.

Xiuyao knew that her grandfather's grandmother had the most skillful hands, twisting window grilles, embroidering, making needlework and weaving, while at home, her father's hands were the most skillful and diligent, weaving straw sandals, mats, and baskets...

She pulled Qin Yang up and said, "Father, we will help you too." Naturally, Qin Yang also joined in the fun, clamoring to help weave cattail socks, and he also wanted a pair of small ones.

Xiuxian had already brought out Qin Dafu's large plaque made of wattle twigs, which contained some processed puzi.The cattails were all cut from the river last autumn, and different parts have different functions. The white, soft and tough cattails are used to make the upper pillars of the shoes, and the stubble, the leaves, are used to weave the soles.

These cattail leaves have long been soaked and awakened, combed with an iron comb and soft, like a whisk, soft and comfortable to hold in the hand.A set of tools for weaving straw sandals is very simple, just two sticks, a few hemp ropes, and bamboo strips.

According to the picture in her memory, Xiuyao helped Qin Dafu pick up the wooden stick and string. Qin Dafu took it with a smile, "Come on, I will teach you." Then he tied a wooden stick around his waist and spread his legs apart. , Push the two hemp rope loops on the left and right feet respectively.

Qin Yang immediately went to grab those soft pubai, Xiuxian patted him, "Don't mess it up." Qin Yang pouted, stuck out his tongue at her, and hugged Xiuyao's arm instead, "Fourth sister, I'm going to play this."

Hey, the boy is promising, he has made progress, Xiuyao feels complacent, has this boy been subdued by herself?To please her so much?She pretended to be serious, "Okay, but don't mess it up, Dad wants to use it."

Speaking of which, she took out a few cattails according to the way Qin Dafu weaved baskets in her memory, and then twisted them up. Qin Yang screamed excitedly, "What are you making, what are you making?"

Xiuxian handed the stubble to his father, and Qin Dafu began to weave the soles, glanced at Xiuyao, and said with a smile: "Girl, when did you learn it?" Xiuyao smiled and said, "It depends on Dad's weaving, and you will be fine."

Not long after, Xiuyao weaved a small basket, pressed the handles on it, inserted the two ends into the edge of the basket to the bottom, and handed it to Qin Yang, "Little Yang, you have performed well. My sister rewarded you, and put yours in." Yoyo is not bad, isn't it?" Qin Yang was very happy, and showed off to someone else, Xiuxian slapped him, "You little boy."

Qin Yang held up the small basket with a smile, "You don't have it, you don't, only I have it." Then he hugged Xiuyao's neck and lay on her back, "My fourth sister and I are the best."

Xiuli stood at the door of the East Chamber, looked enviously, bit her finger, and rushed over suddenly, "Sister Yaoyao, I want it too." Xiuyao glanced at her, before she could speak, Qin Yang said loudly: "No , my sister only made it up for me, my sister is so tired, you ask your sister to make it up for you." Then he pulled Xiuyao, "Fourth sister, let's go to the house."

Xiuyao was afraid that he would make a fuss, so she stood up and said to Xiuli; "Xiuli, sister will make it up for you tomorrow." Xiuli nodded, "Okay, sister, don't lie."

Xiumei came out of the house, snorted, and dragged Xiuli away, "You don't know anything, go to sleep, you have to dig vegetables and cut grass, you think you are that rich lady, you don't have to do anything." See Her little person talked like this, pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, Xiuxian was going to scold her, Qin Dafu glanced at her, "Xiuxian, don't you go to bed early?"

Xiuxian said: "Father, it's still early, let me help you weave it for a while." Seeing that Mrs. Liu was going to feed the pigs with pig food, she hurriedly got up to grab it, "Mother, let me feed it."

The two-bedroom and three-bedroom people, except for the second uncle, all use the excuse that they are too tired to go to the fields during the day or mow the lawn and dig vegetables. They basically don't want to do the housework, and leave it to Liu Shi and Xiuqin Xiurong.

Because Qin Xian was helping at Uncle Zhou's house, he even memorized some books in his spare time. After the helper came back, he usually just hid in the back room and said it was memorization, so he didn't do anything.Before, Mr. Zhang praised him for being smart because Mr. Private School praised him for being smart. He felt that Erxian might still have a future, and he even tried to let him study with his husband. He acquiesced to Qin Xian's helper not to do other things such as just sitting in the room and studying when he came back.

Mrs. Liu is even more concerned about her son's troubles as a helper at the big family's house, so she won't let him do anything else when he comes home, and when feeding the pigs, Xiurong can't move her, and Xiuqin is still doing needlework.Mrs. Zhang can't be asked to do it, and Mrs. Zhang doesn't know how to do it, so Mrs. Liu does most of what she can do by herself, without telling the children.

When Xiuxian sees it, she will take the initiative to help. If Liu Shi asks her to rest, she will say that she has inexhaustible strength so she doesn't need to rest.

Mrs. Liu smiled, this second girl has never been lazy, she has great strength, she just has a solid eye, plus she has a bit of a straight temper, not lively, although she puts in a lot of effort, she is not easy to please.

Xiuxian went to feed the pigs, and Liu Shi sat down on the small bench she had made, rubbed her eyes, and then helped her man, Qin Dafu glanced at her, "Da Yeniang, you are so tired from doing embroidery, you can do it too." Rest a little, this age is not what it used to be."

She knows what kind of woman she is, and she does needlework before confinement, which hurts her eyes, but she is afraid of her mother-in-law nagging, plus the children's clothes are sewed, and she can't bother others, so her eyes always hurt, and now she still has trouble. He always felt that it was not a problem to have to embroider the soles of shoes all day long.

Mrs. Liu shook her head, pursed her lips and said softly: "It's okay, I know my body, and I've been doing it for a few years, so I can't let me embroider when I'm in my fifties or sixties."

Qin Dafu was full of guilt, he told his mother not to let his wife embroider, but mother blamed him for forgetting her after marrying her.Speaking of which, my mother is one and only in this family, no one dares to disobey her except father, a few days ago he said to give Yaoyao an egg to eat, but Mrs. Zhang didn't give it after all.

It's not that Qin Dafu doesn't understand, it's just that his filial piety makes him sometimes don't know what to say, and feels that he has wronged his wife, and dare not confront his mother, making her angry, that's a big deal.

"I want to plant more wattles this year, and then weave more baskets and so on, which can be exchanged for some money."

Knowing what he meant, Liu said with a smile: "Isn't it tiring enough to go to the ground? Stop thinking about it, besides, there are a few baskets at home that need to be replaced, and it's your job."

Qin Dafu hummed, and continued to work on weaving straw sandals. When the weather gets warmer, we don’t need to weave the thick ones in winter. Naturally, it will be faster. When he finished weaving a pair of soles, Qin Yang’s voice came from the room again, “No way. No, I want to sleep with my sister."

Mrs. Liu hurried in to have a look, only to see Mrs. Zhang procrastinating there, insisting that he go to sleep in the west room.

Qin Yang said loudly, "I want to sleep here."

Mrs. Zhang coaxed and lied, "Nurse will give you some snacks, you are cold here without a quilt."

As soon as Qin Yang heard that there was a snack, Qin Yang immediately threw himself on Mammy's shoulder. Seeing this, Mrs. Liu hurriedly said, "Yangyang, you're so old, let's go by myself."

Mrs. Zhang said with a smile: "It's okay, this eldest grandson is sinking, and the nanny can hardly hold her anymore." As she spoke, she carried her grandson to the West Room happily.

Liu looked disappointed for a moment. Apart from taking her milk, this son didn't seem to have much to do with her. He was really a nanny.But it's gotten better recently, Yang Yang didn't get close to her very much before, and now he still takes the initiative to get tired of her, which shows that he is also sensible enough to know who his mother is.

Xiuyao saw Liu Shi's emotions in her eyes, sighed in her heart, and secretly blamed Zhang Shi, this old lady is too domineering, occupying other people's sons, it seems that she has to work harder, find a way to help her brother Pull it back completely, it's best when Mrs. Zhang can't see him.

Although she has accepted her identity these days, except for her parents, brother, sister, and brother, she still has no sense of family with Zhang, and even complains, let alone other people.

Xiuyao said hello to Mrs. Liu and went to sleep in the inner room. If she didn't do needlework, Mrs. Zhang would not allow her to grind her teeth with the lamp on. She would go to bed early and wake up when the rooster crowed.She saw that her eldest sister, second sister and third sister were all going to bed, so she went to find some peach cakes to keep during the day, but it turned out that they were gone.

She turned her head and asked Third Sister, "Third Sister, have you seen the peach cakes I put here? Grandpa and Auntie are here, and Mommy will let us eat together."

Xiurong scoffed: "There are four of us, just one? Enough to fit between the teeth? I don't care about eating."

Xiuyao was puzzled, if she didn't take it, others would not take it, the eldest sister would definitely not, and the second sister would not, even if she ate it, she would eat it carelessly and would not hide it.

Seeing her younger sister's big eyes staring at her very clearly in the dim light, Xiu Rong couldn't help being a little annoyed, "Hey, why are you staring at me? I didn't eat or I didn't eat."

Xiuxian said: "Xiuyao is not at fault for you, maybe it's Xiumei." Xiurong said in a low voice: "Maybe it's Xiuting, those few, one by one will compete with each other."

Xiuqin suddenly coughed twice, and said loudly: "Go to sleep, don't grind your teeth." She has always been gentle and soft-spoken, but when she spoke loudly this time, Xiurong immediately understood and turned her head to look at the window.

Xiuxian didn't know yet, so she said to herself: "I think maybe they ate it secretly, Xiuting came in first."

Xiuyao hurriedly tugged her, and said in a low voice, "Second Sister, someone is eavesdropping outside the window."

Only then did Xiuxian realize that she ran out immediately, and there was a sound of rushing footsteps outside the window, and soon the door of the east chamber slammed.

Xiuxian rushed out and shouted to the place: "If you want to hear something whispered, you don't go inside to listen, but you still hide outside the window. You really don't have to be ashamed."

Qin Dafu hurriedly asked why, Liu coughed, and said, "I'm so tired, don't make it up, you have to get up early and go to bed early, and I'll do it again tomorrow." Without any explanation, Qin Dafu had to listen to her. of.

(End of this chapter)