Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 23

Liu's eyelids twitched suddenly, her heart skipped a beat, and she knew that the job would not be done, and she immediately knew that Zhou Qiang's wife was talking about Grandpa Zhou's house.

The Zhou family is a big family in Taoyuan Town. Uncle Zhou is a kind person. According to his mother-in-law, he had a good relationship with the Qin family in the past. Later, when the Qin family fell into poverty, they did not look down on them. with.

Lord Zhou Zhou is also Zhou Qiang's father. Even though their family was an ordinary family, they relied on renting the land from Uncle Zhou's house.

But this Tuesday Lord is stingy and caressing. The reason why Liu Shi was shocked was because she clearly knew the conflict between Old Qin's family and Tuesday Lord's family.

On Tuesday, Grandpa's family has always been a taboo of the Qin family. From adults to children, it is strictly forbidden to talk about it, not only the Zhang family, but even the old Qin family.If anyone talked about things about the family on Tuesday, Mrs. Zhang would pull her face and reprimand, "Why do you have such a long mouth, so you have the time to chew your tongue to go to work", and no one talked about it.Even Qin Yang was educated by Zhang and never said anything, let alone the girls.

Moreover, Tuesday's family lives in Houtaoyuan, and Qin's family lives in Qianzhen. It is said that they are in the same village.However, the few cotton fields rented this year are a bit close to Houzhen, so I don't know if there will be trouble.

In fact, Mrs. Liu does not agree with this practice of closing the door and acting as a deaf person. He is not a bandit or a bandit, so it doesn't matter if he just ignores it.Master Zhou is in the back town of this village, so it can be said that he does not see him when he looks up, and he meets when he looks down.It's unrealistic to just pretend that there is no such family, because they don't take care of the Zhou family, then who knows if the Zhou family will make trouble against them behind the scenes?

No, things are coming.

Mrs. Liu frowned, and said doubtfully: "Guifang, speaking of it, we haven't had any settlements with your second uncle these years, so what do you mean, why don't I embroider flowers? Master Zhou won't have such leisure time, right?" She laughed as she spoke.

Zhou Qiang's daughter-in-law snorted, "Sister-in-law, who would know? You know my second uncle. He is picky and precise. He is full of thoughts. He even plots against our family, let alone other people's family? If it weren't for my uncle's pressure Now, he is not sure what kind of moth he found."

Mrs. Liu sighed, full of doubts, but she also knew that there was nothing to ask, so she thanked Guifang and let Guifang go.

As soon as she got home, Mrs. Zhang couldn't wait to ask: "Da Yeniang, what's the matter? Why are you not allowed to embroider? Do you think our embroidery is not good? What went wrong?"

Once something happens, it is Zhang's habit to rely on others to do it badly.

Mrs. Liu was also used to it, so she didn't bother to explain too much to her, so she said, "Mother, I've done so much over the years, I guess the Feng family already has a lot, so it's possible not to ask for it later."

Mrs. Zhang snorted: "If it's enough, I'll ask for more. I'll say that there must be something wrong. Is it because Xiuqin's embroidery is different from yours, and she's disgusted by others."

Xiuqin was full of grievances, but dared not defend herself.

Old Qin, who weaves the straw sandals, said: "Okay, every time you say that you don't want to wait for these pairs of insoles to be put into the pot, it's just a subsidy for a few pennies. If you don't embroider, don't embroider, and the child's eyes must be rested." Well, you can do whatever you want with mowing the grass, but now you have to plant the land, the family needs manpower.”

Mrs. Zhang became angry all of a sudden, and jumped up, "Oh, it's easy as you said, just farming, with just that little grain, I still can't eat enough, where can I change money? Without more than 100 cash a month, let me see how you pay. So much tax money. Daye is about [-] years old, and he is considered an adult, and he has to pay tax money this year. Let me see where you can get it."

Old Qin was not happy, "Then can a living person be suffocated to death by urine? At least we can think of a way."

Qin Dafu saw that his parents were about to quarrel, so he hurriedly said: "Mother, I will weave more straw sandals, and sell them in the market for a few dollars, a pair can be exchanged for more than ten or twenty yuan."

Mrs. Zhang sneered and said, "Twenty Wen? You think it's beautiful, the market is full of straw sandals, and only a few poor people buy them. Who are you selling them to? No one wants eight Wen."

Old Qintou was also angry, threw away the straw sandals, took out the pipe and pot and filled it with cigarettes, "Then what are you doing? Is it possible that the Feng family can sell insoles? There is no reason for them to help for a lifetime. Thank you, what are you doing? What's the use of forcing the child and her mother? At that time, if they didn't give this job, our family would not be able to survive?"

Seeing that the old man had convulsions, Mrs. Zhang turned to face her in front of so many people, turned into the house angrily, slammed the door, got on the kang, and shouted: "Okay, you come to be the head of the house, I don't know how to be the head of the house." gone."

Old Qin said: "I won't be stubborn with you, but you don't want to eat." He said to Liu Shi again: "Da Yeniang, you should pack up your meals and go to the children's house. It's agreed, don't delay and let's eat." My family is worried."

Qin Dafu said: "Father, I think it's better not to go back."

Old Qin knocked his pipe on his head, "What's the matter, what's the big deal? Just go back when you should, and live your life as you want."

Qin Dafu took a look at Liu Shi, let her go to eat and hurry, since she decided to go, don't be too late, the road will take half a day.

Mrs. Liu agreed, and brought Xiuyao and Yangyang to dinner, but it was not a good taste.Her batch of embroidery work is all delicate things, which can't be sold at the market price, a pair of thirty or fifty yuan, ordinary people will not buy it, people who wear straw sandals, why buy embroidered insoles.

And those rich people don't have to buy her. Apart from their friendship with the Feng family, although her needlework is good, there is nothing more special than the embroidery of a rich family.

So Liu Shi is also worried, but she is not used to blaming others when encountering troubles, so she has to find another way.She was not in the mood to eat, so she let Xiuyao and Yang Yang eat, and she went out for a while.

Qin Dafu asked her why she was there, Liu Shi didn't say anything but said she would come back later, Xiuqin said: "Father, Mother may be going to Uncle Zhou's house to ask if she can help his second sister do the dowry embroidery. "

When girls from rich families get married, they usually have needlework. In addition to the clothes of different seasons, there are also needlework for their in-laws. Generally, girls can't finish it by themselves, so they need the help of needleworkers.The dowry clothes to be married must naturally be decent and exquisite, and they must be made by those who are excellent in needlework.

Liu's needlework is good, if the Zhou family needs it, they will naturally have the opportunity to go in.

Old Qin saw that it was almost noon, and ordered: "Don't talk too much, there is nothing to say, everyone will be back in a while, what should we do?"

When Mrs. Zhang heard him defending Mrs. Liu, she became more and more unhappy, snorted, and continued to turn over and lie on the kang.

At noon everyone came back, but Mrs. Liu didn't come back. Qin Dafu was worried that he wanted Xiuqin to ask, but old Qintou said no, "Da Yeniang knows it well, there must be something stuck."

The second aunt and the others saw that Mrs. Zhang was lying on the kang and did not eat, and Mrs. Liu was not at home, so the atmosphere was a bit strange.

Third aunt and second aunt exchanged glances, she asked Xiuqin, "Xiuqin, where's your mother?"

Xiuqin said: "Go to Uncle Zhou's house."

The third aunt said in surprise, "Why are you going to his house?"

Xiuqin shook her head, "I don't know."

The third aunt didn't believe it, she asked again: "What's wrong with your mother?"

Xiuqin said: "It's a little uncomfortable, just lie down and it will be fine."

The third aunt gave the second aunt a wink, and the two pushed the door in, and said with a smile, "Mother, what's the matter with you? What's wrong with you? Do you want to see a doctor?"

Mrs. Zhang snorted, "What kind of doctor are you looking for? If you have money, you're going to die soon."

The two were immediately curious, what happened during the time they were not at home?
It's a pity that there is no one of her own at home, so Xiuqin doesn't talk about it, let alone Xiurong.

The two went out of the West Room, saw Xiuyao and Qin Yang changing clothes, went over and said with a smile: "Yaoyao, what's the matter with your mother?"

Xiuyao shook her head while fastening Qin Yang's clothes, "I don't know, I went to mow the grass and just came back."

Mrs. Zhang was already on fire, but seeing that these two were still inquiring about here and there, she immediately sat up and shouted: "What are you grinding your teeth for? Hurry up and go to work if you don't eat, don't waste your time."

After shouting, she got down on the floor and looked through the crack of the door, and saw that they were all eating and then went to work, and then she snorted and lay down on the kang.

After they all went to work, it took a long time for Liu Shi to come back, with a tired look and sloppy footsteps.

Xiuyao and Qin Yang, who were waiting at the door, hurried up to meet her, "Mother, you're back."

Mrs. Liu smiled at them and went home together. Qin Dafu and Lao Qintou, who were weaving straw sandals, saw them and asked a few words. Take a look, there are quite a few embroiderers who want to do his family's work, they didn't tell me immediately if it's necessary, but just asked me to wait for two days and write to you when the time comes."

Old Qin nodded, "That's the only way. Let's not count on it. It's okay if we don't let us go. It's hard to say what the big family thinks."

Then let her go to eat quickly, and then take the child to her mother's house, don't let it get dark and the road is not easy to walk.

Mrs. Liu was so tired that she was a little dizzy, so she took a sip of soup and ate a pancake roll with miso to ease her breath.

After eating, she didn't have to worry about it anymore, and went to Xijian to say goodbye to Mrs. Zhang.

Although Mrs. Zhang didn't leave the house, she listened to everything at home. Just now when Mrs. Liu came back, she leaned on the window and listened to everything the old man had to say.She snorted, "Hurry up, if you don't go, you'll have to eat dinner and leave. Don't wrong the child, if Yangyang wants to eat egg noodles or something, just make him some."

Mrs. Liu agreed, saying that grandpa and grandma loved him so much, she would not wrong him, and she would give him something delicious and delicious, and then she told Xiuqin a few more words and set off.

She didn't have anything to bring back to her natal home, she just carried a small burden on her back as a symbol. Originally, Mrs. Zhang said that it was unrealistic to bring half a bag of wheat to push. of.

Qin Dafu sent them to the entrance of the village, and then told them to be careful on the road, and told Qin Yang not to carry them all the time, but to walk whenever he could.

Qin Yang was holding the wicker flower basket newly made by Xiuyao in his hand, filled with wild flowers, as well as flower branches such as jasmine and peach blossoms picked from outside the wall of other people's houses.

Xiuyao led her younger brother and followed her mother's footsteps closely. Mrs. Liu was thinking about something, and walked along the way without talking much.

Taoyuan Village is more than 20 miles away from Yangliu Township, and adults have to walk for more than half an hour. Naturally, the two children, especially Qin Yang, can't walk for that long, and the speed can't keep up. The more they walk, the slower they go.

After walking for a while, Xiuyao felt tired. Seeing that Qin Yang's face was so bitter that she couldn't move, she said to Liu Shi, "Mother, take a rest, the little sheep is tired."

Only then did Liu come back to her senses, seeing her daughter and son so exhausted, she couldn't help blaming herself, squatted down and picked up her son, and said to Xiuyao: "It's getting dark, we don't have much time to rest, so let's take a rest." Go slowly."

Xiuyao said yes.

Fortunately, it was spring, and the sky was getting longer. It took a while for the sun to set to the west, and the smoke from the houses in the village ahead was rising. It was dinner time, and there were no people on the road.

When she arrived at Shahe Village, Mrs. Liu also felt tired. She looked at the sky, and saw that the sun was hanging on the western mountain, and it was glowing red. Then she estimated the distance ahead, and there were still seven or eight miles to go.

"Yaoyao, let's find a place to rest before we go."

The county is not big, but it is not very far from Jinan Prefecture. There are no bandits who occupy the mountains as kings in the territory, so the roads in the nearby villages are relatively safe, and it is not so easy to appear so easily. Things that cannot last forever.

Xiuyao's sharp eyes saw a big rock and she said to Liu, "Mother, there is a big rock over there, let's go and sit for a while, I'll go and beg for mother's saliva."

Liu Shi asked Qin Yang, "Are you thirsty?"

Qin Yang shook his head in a daze, feeling a little sleepy.

Liu said: "Yaoyao, don't go, let's rest for a while."

Xiuyao agreed, and carried Qin Yang down again to let him sit and let Liu Shi also rest.

She thumped her calf and said to Liu Shi: "Mother, if you tap your thigh and calf, you won't be so tired."

She gestured at the gallbladder meridian on the outside of her thigh and the position of Zusanli on her calf, Liu smiled, a little tired from walking, leaned over and knocked, and it really felt much easier.After resting for about a quarter of an hour, she said: "Yaoyao, let's go, it's getting dark."

Although there are no robbers, it is inconvenient for women and children to walk at night.

Xiuyao got up hurriedly, and Liu Shi carried Qin Yang on her back again.

The three of them walked for a while, and arrived at the outer edge of Shahe Village. There was a haystack here, and a large farmland in front of it. It was a three-way intersection, and the grandfather's house had to go straight.

Suddenly, footsteps sounded from behind, and just as Xiuyao was about to look back, she saw a person rushing over quickly. Yao also saw the blood on his face.

Xiuyao's heart suddenly raised to the point of her throat and she almost cried out. Liu Shi also saw it, and she was so frightened that she dragged her son tightly with one hand and held Xiuyao tightly with the other, staring at the man firmly, not daring to move another half step.

If someone wants to harm them, they can't run away at all, they can only confront each other like this, if he dares to move, she will shout, if he dares to come up, she will hug him and let Xiuyao lead Yangyang to run.

(End of this chapter)