Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 189

After harvesting the wheat, the Liu family asked Qin Xian to continue studying. Anyway, he is not the only one who needs to grow the millet, as the family has enough staff.She is like this, once she supports Qin Xian in his studies, she will support him in all aspects, food, drink and clothing will not embarrass him in the school, and other communication with her husband is also planned out pervertedly, so that Qin Xian It is obvious that just reading is enough to have no worries.Qin Xian was also grateful in his heart, and worked harder in his studies, but it was a bit difficult for him to read because he was not young, but fortunately, his husband was willing to put his heart into helping him, so it would not be too difficult.

After planting millet, we still have to take care of the cotton field, chopping branches to get worms, weeding and loosening the soil.There is also the self-cultivated field, where sunflowers, beets, etc. also need to be weeded, as well as those saplings and fruit trees.The alfalfa meadow is up, and the busy farming is over. Xiuyao discusses with her parents to buy some sheep and rabbits.

Qin Dafu went to his acquaintances to buy sheep and rabbits, and shopkeeper Feng brought the second batch of cotton for knitting gloves, and everyone got busy again.Qin Dafu bought a dozen sheep, spending a total of about [-] renminbi, and bought a dozen rabbits, all of which were kept in pens beside the self-cultivated field.

One day Xiuyao saw someone carrying two big bamboo baskets with chickens in the front and ducklings in the back. The man shouted at the top of his voice: "Catch the chickens—ducklings on credit—" Many women came out to look, If there is a need at home, buy some chickens and ducks to go back.

Xiuyao went home and discussed with Liu Shi: "Mother, I'm here to sell chickens."

Liu took off her apron and wiped her hands, "Let's grab a nest too, get a big basket, and put some straw on it."

Xiuyao went to get it done, and followed Liu's with a basket. They were all bought by acquaintances, and everyone greeted them, saying that this one is good and that one is alive and well, this one looks like a hen and that one looks like a rooster.

Xiuyao looked at it for a while and asked, "Why are you selling chickens and ducklings on credit?"

Everyone laughed, and an aunt explained to her: "Ducklings are easy to feed and grow fast. Those who sell ducklings are willing to buy them on credit. This chick is easy to die, and if one is not good, a lot of them will die. He will give you credit, and you If you don’t give him money at that time, he won’t be at a loss.”

Everyone, including the chicken and duck seller, laughed, and Xiuyao finally resolved her doubts.Mrs. Liu bought twenty little*** ducklings.Chickens are easy to die, and it may be good to have eight or nine left in the end, while ducklings will basically survive.

Everyone was busy, and I heard someone shouting, "Sharpen the scissors, sharpen the kitchen knife—"

At this time, those women yelled in need: "Oh, my scissors are not fast, I have to sharpen them." Who needs to sharpen their kitchen knives, "Knife sharpener, my kitchen knife has been sharpened by myself. Can you grind it well?"

The kitchen knife sharpener shouted: "Keep it sharpened until you scream and speak well!" Everyone laughed and joked and gossiped.

In the village on weekdays, there will be some craftsmen who do small handicrafts or small vendors who sell things to come and yell in the streets. In addition to selling food such as tofu, meat, and watermelon, there are also needles, thread, brains, chickens and ducks. Yes, the other is these scissors sharpeners, curium pots, curium bowls, curium vats, etc.

Generally, they will hang around a few villages at fixed points every day, and put down their household things as long as they have work.

After catching the chickens and going home, Mrs. Liu ordered Xiuyao: "The chickens, ducks, and ducks have to be put in the field. There is no trough for chickens and ducks yet, and the broken crock pot may be the cured pot later." Come, take the curium and it’s just right for you.”

Xiuyao was teasing those chickens and ducklings, they were covered in bright yellow fur, rolling around like pompoms, she mixed a small pot of bran, and grabbed them with her hands, and they rushed to come with their light yellow mouths. Pecking her hand, pecking pecking pecking, it was quite itchy, and suddenly it hurt a lot.

Xiuyao said: "Mother, isn't that a water leak? We need to find someone to feed the water."

Liu said with a smile: "Let him curium, if it leaks, we won't give him money." After she finished speaking, she heard shouts from outside: "Curium basin, curium bowl—curium vat—" She told Xiuyao, "Hurry up!" Go and see if it's the one in front of the temple or the one behind us."

Xiuyao went out to have a look, and came back and said, "Mother, it's from the back." It's their Hou Taoyuan.

Mrs. Liu curled her lips and said: "Forget it, this old Zhou is the most unkind, he gives you a curium basin or something, in order to use two more curiums, he takes advantage of your unpreparedness, and 'ba da' hits you with a big mark, Charge you too much." Xiuyao also listened to Zhang's nagging in the past, and she also got a big mark on the pot repair at home, and spent a few pennies more to mend the seam.

Xiuxian went to the field to chop cotton locust leaves to fertilize and feed the sheep. When she came home and saw the chickens at home, she said happily: "****,***," she ran over, picked up one and threw it at her face. rub.

The chick was eating, but she interrupted it, and pecked her unhappily, Xiuxian let it down quickly, and let Xiuyao look at it, it was pecked red.Xiuxian said angrily, "This little thing is quite ruthless."

Xiuyao teased her: "Second Sister, you think you care about it, because it is busy eating and doesn't like to be disturbed."

Xiuxian wiped her face: "That's right, Yaoyao, Dad said that I'm going to grow spicy vegetables these days."

Xiuyao said: "Okay, we also need to pickle pickles when we grow them." The yield of those things is high, and the farmers themselves have enough space to grow them, so few people buy them.People in the city can buy the ones in the suburbs, and they don’t have to go all the way to sell them. Therefore, they can’t sell vegetables here, and they can only eat them at home.

The summer is scorching hot, with thunderstorms, rain and waterfalls, and when the weather clears, the roads in the village are basically too muddy to walk on. Fortunately, Xiuyao's family paved the road after the year, otherwise they would have to jump over bricks and cross the mud yard .

The flowers that Xiuxian threw on the wall in the yard were also in bloom. The impatiens were attached to the south wall, and the purple jasmine outside the window could avoid mosquitoes, and it bloomed during dinner, and the fragrance was particularly pleasant. The hollyhocks beside the circle are also blooming higher and higher, and each flower is more colorful than the other.The narrow courtyard is no longer dilapidated and gray, but full of vitality with red flowers and green leaves.Because it is full of flowers and plants, full of people and animals, it looks crowded and orderly.

Now there is not enough food in the vegetable garden, the vegetable bed in the yard has long been flattened by Qin Dafu, compacted and paved with stones.It is very convenient to enjoy the cool and eat in the yard at night.

However, there are more flowers and plants, more rain, and more mosquitoes. There is no mosquito repellent at home, only mugwort braids made of cut mugwort, which are used to repel mosquitoes.After you order it, the mugwort tastes very strong and lasts for a long time, and it is also useful.

There is not much work in the field, but he can do all these things to watch at any time.But in the field, with him, Qin Ye, and Xiuxian taking care of them, Xiuyao and Xiurong were relieved, and they were no longer as tired as before.There are grasslands and cotton locust fields at home, and now Qin Dafu doesn't want Xiuyao and the others to mow the grass, saying that it's hot in summer, so don't go out to get heatstroke, just let them stay at home and play.

Xiuyao and Xiurong still go to the field to help every day, and they don't want to be idle. The sunflowers in the garden are golden and brilliant, shining brightly, making people feel like they have entered a dreamland.When resting, Xiuyao and Xiurong lay straw mats in the sunflower field, lie there to play, or sit on the girders or whisper.

In summer, the heat is severe, and in the evening, the mosquitoes sometimes gather together and buzz straight to each other, especially in places where flowers and trees gather, which can be regarded as the price of beauty.However, none of Xiuyao wanted to pull out the flowers and plants because there were too many mosquitoes. She would rather keep them. She even caught dragonflies and let them fly around in her house. OK

Xiuyao feels that these days are pretty good, and it will definitely get better and better in the future.The grandparents don't bother with their business, the third aunt and the second aunt are so jealous that they can't help it, Xiujuan Xiuting and Xiumei watch her and Xiurong resting at home with envy and hatred every day, but they still have to mow the grass There is no end to the lawn mowing.

Haha, it's really good.

She even had time to pretentiously cut a cucumber slice, and put it on her cheeks with her third sister, beautifying her face, moisturizing her sunburnt face, and being wasted by the second sister's joke, forcing them to eat it after putting it on.

Anyway, the face was washed very clean, so the two of them didn't care.

But Xiuyao still has a shortcoming, the family is too small!The yard is too narrow! !Kang is too small! !The room is too dark! ! !The ground is too wet! !Most importantly, the roof is leaking! ! !
At night, Xiuyao was sleeping soundly, and when she was dreaming, she felt that someone was knocking on her forehead with something.She woke up with a jerk, and her sisters were sleeping soundly, and they didn't notice anything.

Soon Xiuyao realized that it was water flooding Jinshan, she shouted: "The house is leaking!" Everyone got up quickly, there was already a puddle of water on the kang.

In the end, Xiuxian took a basin to catch the water, squeezed and continued to sleep.As a result, this place has not been repaired, and it rained two more times, and the three thatched huts leaked more places.

Qin Dafu called Qin Ergui again. The two brothers, together with Qin Ye and Qin Chan, tidied up the roof, pressed it with mud and covered it with wheat straw.

Those who want to change houses must either build their own houses or rent better ones.Xiuyao made some calculations. Except for the Zhou family, there was no one in the village who could rent them a house, and it was not enough for each family to live on their own.

If you build it yourself, the money is not enough now, at least you have to wait until the end of the year to sell the sheep, rabbits, and pigs.

After discussing with everyone, Xiuyao said: "Why don't we build a house in the field, and then simply build a bigger one. There is a big place, and we can build a few small courtyards."

(End of this chapter)