Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 196

Then the autumn harvest began again, picking up cotton, cutting millet, harvesting sugar beets, plowing, soaking seeds, planting wheat, and paying rent.Picking cotton and harvesting millet is still the same as last year. Fortunately, there is a fixed field now, where the cotton has a place to dry, and the millet can also be dried quickly, threshed in the field, and then paid for rent.It’s just that the beets are a bit difficult, you have to dig them out first, and you have to cut the head and tail. Be careful, the knife must be fast, you can’t cut the beets, and you can’t rot or be bitten by insects, otherwise you won’t be able to sell them.

In addition to beets, sunflowers also have to pull the melon seeds off the flower plate at home, and they are too busy to get dizzy.

Xiuyao discussed with her parents, "We can't finish these tasks by ourselves, so it's better to hire a few children to help. Anyway, it doesn't take much effort. Children can do it with their dexterity."

As long as you can make money to eat here, who cares whether to hire child labor or not.Besides, they hired them just to help pick melon seeds and cut beets, and they don't need to work hard, and they can make money to fill their stomachs.

Qin Dafu felt sorry for the child and immediately agreed. Seeing that Mrs. Liu was still a little hesitant, he said, "Just hire a few less, just a few days, and one person will not cost a few pennies a day." It is estimated that Qietian will cost about seven or eight pennies, or even less.After all, at this time, there is nothing but energy, and there is no place to work to make money. If someone gives money, someone will do it.

Liu Shi said: "I have no objection, but you have to be responsible to convince your parents, don't let them accuse me of not living a good life, and thinking of hiring people to work, being lazy and slippery."

Qin Dafu smiled and said: "Needless to say, we have already separated, and what we do is our own business. They don't care about our losses, and our own gains. Of course, it is our own decision to hire people."

Seeing that Qin Dafu really cared about his family and was of one mind with her husband, Liu was of course happy, and readily agreed.And Xiuyao and the others stopped listening to their grandparents when they saw their father, and they were also happy.

Xiuyao had already been selected. For the children who ate her spinach before, she found that man named Di Dan, and asked him to find five or six children. He would work for a total of five days. You can also give them beetroot to eat and improve.

The beets are sliced ​​and placed on the side of the pot. They are delicious when they are cooked, and the children are naturally happy.With their help, the autumn harvest at Xiuyao's family was much quicker. When Old Qin knew about it, he naturally sighed, and Mrs. Zhang also complained a lot.She called Qin Dafu and told him that this kind of family hired people to make them laugh, and why they didn't give her the money, and she could ask Xiumei to help.

Qin Dafu had made up his mind a long time ago. When his mother said that he would scold and beat him, he would let her do it, but he didn't let go and wanted to change the family's decision. He only said that everything was decided by his wife and children, and he only cared about his work.

"Mother, you don't know. I'm living a hard life now. I earn a little and eat a little. People don't support me, but they support me. How dare you say I have the face to command them."

Seeing what he said, Mrs. Zhang stomped her feet in anger for such a worthless man. She had no choice but to feel bad that her son was being bullied by his wife, which made her a reputation for being henpecked.

But there are lessons learned from the past, and she didn't dare to make trouble. At most, it was an old man complaining, and the old Qin didn't care too much. After all, Liu's superficial skills are good now, and she will give away everything at home. There are many gifts for him.Even if he knew who Liu Shi was in his heart, he couldn't tell anything on the surface.

Qin Dafu naturally didn't care, he was really afraid of his wife, but his wife never bullied him, on the contrary she was very kind to him, caring about his health, and the children were filial and sensible.He made a reputation of being afraid of his wife and children outside, but when he returned home, he was happy and happy, not to mention how comfortable he was.

Aunt Zhao came once in the air, and settled the marriage between Xiuqin and Bai Xun'an.Because the two parties were satisfied, the previous steps went very smoothly, and then the wedding ceremony was made on the fifth day of August, and the betrothal gift was given, and the Qin family also returned to Xiaoli.

The conditions of the Bai family are naturally much better than the current Qin family, even better than the Liu family, but the old Baitou couple feel that the Liu family is practical and capable, and the Qin family are also real people. Although they are poor now, they will definitely get better in the future.Besides, the Qin family is not the kind of family that relies on their daughters to help them. Their Bai family is looking for Xiuqin as a daughter-in-law, so they give a lot of betrothal gifts. Anyway, most of them will be brought back by Xiuqin in the form of dowry. After giving Xiuqin enough face, the Qin family and the Bai family are all beautiful.

In addition to the chickens, geese, cloth, big pastry, sesame oil, various snacks, and bride's jewelry that everyone has nowadays, the Bai family's dowry also included ten little lambs, six little piglets, and two stones of fine flour. , in addition to the dowry money eight hanging.

The little piglets and lambs were raised by Lao Bai's family when they heard that Xiuyao's family was raising them. They thought that they were not expensive anyway. At this time, when there were many piglets and lambs, the price was not expensive, so they bought them and added them.The two stone fine noodles are unique to Lao Bai's family, and they are extremely white. Now they are doing business with Lao Liu's family, and they are given to Xiuyao's family to make them look better and save face.

As for the eight hanging money, Lao Bai's family also bought dowry for their in-laws to help their in-laws, and the rest of the Qin family would naturally accompany them back. They were not worried about this at all.

The two parties decided on the date of marriage, which would be the nineteenth day of the next February. Originally, according to Lao Bai's family, they thought of the first month and the sixth day of February, but the Liu family was reluctant to part with their daughter.Besides, the time is too tight, and the daughter's dowry can't be prepared, after all, I have to do the housework and make clothes for the four seasons.Lao Bai's family naturally understood and agreed.

The Liu family is busy with their daughter's marriage, and the old Xu family in Xujiadian also hopes to finalize their daughter's marriage.There is no need to rush to make a big gift, just propose marriage and make a small deal first, and then give a big gift after the New Year. After Xiuqin gets married, Qin Ye and Er Ni's marriage will be arranged.

Liu Shi was afraid that her daughter-in-law would be treated badly by being too hasty, and she was determined to wait until the next year to concentrate on her son's marriage. She thought that her daughter-in-law was already nineteen anyway, and she would be one year older.

19 years old is naturally a big girl, but Liu Shi didn't think so much in her heart. When she was young, she didn't want to get married early, and now she has the same thoughts when marrying a girl. The girl who doesn't want to leave is afraid of suffering, but she has to marry At my age, it's not easy for me to stay anymore.

Moreover, her son's situation made her feel a little sorry for his daughter, so it doesn't matter if he is one year older, as long as he can have children, it is better to be older, and it will hurt others.

But the Xu family felt that if that was the case, according to Liu's words, they might not be able to get married to Qin Ye in the coming year, and they would have to celebrate another year.In this way, Erni is even older, and they are not at ease.The old couple of the Xu family invited Aunt Zhao to talk to Xiang, "Sister, the girl of the Xu family is not young, and she is in a hurry. If it doesn't work, they don't want much dowry. It's just a formality. Let's deal with the marriage between your eldest son and their Erni first. Now that the new sister-in-law is here, there will still be someone to help Xiuqin with work."

Mrs. Liu did not agree, she said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, no matter how urgent we are, we have to be prepared, we can't be muddle-headed. Look, everyone in this family is busy with Xiuqin's marriage. Well, her third grandpa's family also helps with the housework. If you are busy with the big business, the first family has no place to live, the second family has no time to do the housework, and the third family is not rich in manpower and money. I want to wait It's the coming year, Xiuqin's affairs are cleared up, we can concentrate on preparing for the great cause, and won't treat my wife badly. Don't worry, it won't be delayed until the next year, and the safekeeping will be made in February. After the busy autumn farming is over, it will be in October. Welcome."

Aunt Zhao said with a smile: "That's what I persuaded them too. You don't know that the couple are in a hurry. They are afraid that your daughter will be old in a year and you will resign. I just made fun of them. Although your daughter is not a fairy, It’s just a little darker, but still looks like an ordinary person. Why are you in such a hurry? They said that they don’t want to do anything at home. They just add a pair of chopsticks to eat when they come. After the household, she will work with you. It's the same. Listen, this family is really real."

Xujiadianzi is farther away from Taoyuan than Baijiatuan, so it's inconvenient to travel, Liu and them have never met, and the countrymen who are talking about marriage from all over the world have never met many of them, and they are all matchmakers running around. go.And because Xu Erni and her elder brother were both known by Qin Ye, Liu was also very relieved. She didn't think that the in-laws should meet first, and just let the matchmaker communicate. After all, Aunt Zhao is someone she trusts very much.

Mrs. Liu smiled, "I understand them, but we can't ignore the face of the young couple. That's good, if they are in a hurry, let's propose marriage first, make a decision, and then get married next summer, how about it? At least give us some time, Tidy up the house, we can't live here, we will build two smaller ones in the field, and give them a young couple to live in, so as not to let the daughter-in-law come when the time comes, there will be no room to squeeze in."

Qin Dafu listened to her about the children's marriage, so he didn't need to discuss it any more. He could have arranged his son's marriage a year ago, but Liu felt that the house was small and the wife had no place to live, so it was too shabby.So I want to wait for the two new houses to be built in the next year. The wife doesn't think they are poor, and she doesn't care about the poor hands of Daye. If she likes him, then she can't treat him too badly.

Aunt Zhao got her promise, and said with a smile: "That's good, then I won't sit around anymore, go back and tidy up, and send them a letter. Big sister is also ready to prepare here. After checking the date, we will go and make a decision. "

Mrs. Liu agreed with a smile, sent her away, and came back to work again.

(End of this chapter)