Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 35

After a few days, it will be cold food. Previously, the Zhou family presided over the Spring Cattle Festival in the village, and then the whole village started busy spring planting.

At that time, Mrs. Liu said that the rolling of the cakes was because of the busy spring planting period. Everyone did not have extra time to cook. The rolling of the cakes can last for a few days, and they can rest after planting the crops.

These days, the old Qin's family was so busy that they didn't touch the ground. They had to rent cattle, farm tools, and seeds, and they were also busy farming.

As the saying goes, Qingming cuts off snow and valley rain breaks frost. In the days before and after Qingming, I was busy planting cotton and sorghum, and after a few days of grain rain, I had to plant beans again. Everything was arranged inside and out, and even the children had to go to the fields to help .

It's just that Qingming has passed, and there has been no rain for several days, and everyone is worried again.No rain means either fetching water for farming or waiting for rain.It’s too slow and tiring to carry water, and I don’t know when it will be the leader. If I wait for the rain, I don’t know when it will come down. If it is late, it may not be able to catch up with the solar terms.

At night, the family gathered around the yard worrying, and Lao Qintou was smoking his pipes and pots, without saying a word.

Qin Dafu said: "Father, why don't we first carry water and put cotton on it, beans and fruits can be equal." Fruits are peanuts.

Cotton should be planted early, while soybeans and peanuts can wait.

Qin Sanshun was a little disapproving, "Brother, if our family's seven or eight acres of land, let alone carrying water, even taking a ladle will not worry about it. Now we have leased and planted [-] acres of official land and [-] acres of Zhou's land. The imperial court stipulates that ten acres of cotton must be planted, and the Zhou family also stipulates that they must plant at least five acres, fifteen acres of land, a load of water and a load of water. I don’t know when it will be the leader.”

Qin Ergui said: "It's not because I'm afraid that the solar terms will be late. Now that I'm carrying water seeds, I can grow as much as I can. Maybe it will rain."

Qin Sanshun curled his lips, "If it doesn't rain, the beans and fruits won't be able to be planted later, what should I do?"

Old Qintou knocked on the legs of the bench with a cigarette pipe and pot, "Okay, let's carry the water seeds. When it rains, God feeds him. If it doesn't rain, he can't be suffocated."

After talking, let everyone go to rest quickly, and go to plant cotton early the next morning, adults and children alike.

The men set up jobs, and the women also divide the work, because the family has to cook and feed the pigs and chickens, which is also a set of jobs.

Xiumei said to Zhang Shi, "Nurse, it's my turn to cook at home."

Xiurong immediately said: "Okay, I've just done enough, let's go to the field to relax."

The more others want to cook, the more she has to give in, so that they won't be able to see that she is attached to her, and they will lose the fun of robbing her.

Mrs. Zhang said: "You all go, let Xiuyao cook at home."

Xiu Ting immediately said: "Then I will stay at home too." She was exhausted from working in the field, so she didn't want to go.

Mrs. Zhang reprimanded: "It's delicious and lazy, when will it be worthwhile."

But Xiuyao said: "Mommy, let my sister stay at home, I'll go to the field, I can help watering."

At that time, grandpa, father, second uncle, third uncle, and eldest brother will be responsible for digging and carrying water, and she can water with her youngest sister. Brother Qin Chan is in charge of packing.

Seeing that she was so sensible, Mrs. Zhang praised her and said, "Xiurong and Xiuli cook at home with my elder sister and I, feed the chickens and pigs, and deliver food and water to the fields. Everyone else goes to the fields. .”

Xiumei is basically the same size as Xiurong, and she always compares with Xiurong. A few days ago, her foot was hit by a clipper, and she was lazy for a few days, but now she can't be lazy.She muttered that she was always doing too much by herself, Mrs. Zhang heard it, and she was already annoyed because it wasn't raining, but now she suddenly became angry, and cursed: "You bastard, you will kill you if you get stuck."

Xiurong didn't dare to speak anymore, she pouted and sulked.

Before dawn the next day, Mrs. Zhang called Xiurong to get up alone and asked her to light a fire to cook. When the rooster crowed and breakfast was basically ready, she took a fire stick and knocked on the window of the house, "Get up quickly, get up quickly." , down to the ground."

Everyone got up one after another, washing and busying themselves.

Breakfast was also simple, Xiu Rong distilled cakes, Mrs. Zhang asked her to boil a handful of eggs, stewed egg sauce, egg toon sprouts, pickles and green onions.Eggs are eaten by those who give great strength, those who dig holes and carry water.

Others also eat egg sauce and stewed toon sprouts with eggs, which can be considered an improvement.

The adults didn't sit down to eat either. They took two pieces of cakes and wrapped them with pickles and the like, and ate them.

Xiuyao didn't have time to eat slowly. She rolled egg sauce and toon sprouts on a piece of cake, and ate it while walking, and almost finished it when she reached the ground.

Qin Ye was carrying a bucket to fetch water. Seeing the little girl swaying over, he saw the egg in his hand and stuffed it for her, "Hurry up and eat, I'm tired."

Xiuyao hurriedly said: "Brother, you are working hard, you eat."

Qin Ye told her not to argue, and not to be seen by others, so Xiuyao had no choice but to pick it up, and was afraid that it would be squeezed, so she had to be careful.

For the convenience of water, the Qin family specially used a few pieces of land near the river ditch to grow crops that require a lot of water, and also needed to carry water in case it did not rain.

Moreover, Taoyuan Town is now considered a water-scarce area, with little rain and no large reservoirs. Therefore, in order to solve the water problem, the village also mobilized labor to dig a lot of wells and ditches, which are specially used to store rainwater. Almost every piece of land can Next to a source of water.

In the middle of some plots of land there will be a large well with a round mouth, the diameter of which is three or four feet, and the depth is less than two feet. It's almost impossible to fall.

Some rely on artificially dug rivers, and even carrying water is not very far away. It is only a hundred or so steps from the ground to the water source, but it is a little troublesome to get up and down from the bottom of the river.

Now the fields are full of people carrying water and farming, and the riverside is extremely busy and crowded.

Xiuyao carefully followed her grandfather to learn how to grow cotton on the ground, and applied the theory to practice. She also had to pay attention to the spacing, depth, and the thickness of the hole, so that it should not be ventilated or too thick.Xiuyao tried to imitate Baolong, but the second aunt saw it and reprimanded her: "Young girl can just water it, don't waste the seeds."

Xiuxian checked Xiuyao's bag, and said, "Second Aunt, my little sister's bag is no worse than yours."

The second aunt shook the mud off her hands angrily, "It depends on who can't come out."

Seeing that her second sister had confirmed her, Xiuyao was naturally not afraid of what her second aunt would say, and her grandfather had already supervised and inspected her, so he would naturally speak up if there were any problems.

She, Xiuting, Xiumei, and Xiujuan were in charge of watering. The three sat and chatted after watering, but Xiuyao went to help. She felt that since she traveled to a farm, she must be able to do these tasks.The more you know, the more capital you have, and you don't feel afraid.

After working for a long time, the digging and carrying water became hot, and Xiuyao also felt the heat, so she untied her little padded jacket, and the old Qintou over there saw, "Girl, fasten the jacket, be careful it's freezing."

Xiuyao smiled and said, "Grandpa, I'm so hot." Old Qin said, "Why is it hot? It's cold for ten days after cold food, and it's still cold."

Xiuyao had no choice but to fasten her jacket, she was sweating, she was a bit cold after being blown by the wind, she couldn't help but sneezed, when the three of Xiumei heard it, they rolled their mouths and stared at her again and began to say sarcastic words.Xiuyao didn't bother to talk to them.

In the blink of an eye, the sun was heading south, and Xiurong and Xiuqin came to deliver meals. The two poles (carpets) in the family were already carrying water here. There was no extra at home, so they had to use them to deliver meals. Two baskets were carried on a stick, and there were also soup pots.

Xiumei got up, "Finally I can eat, I'm so tired, it's time to improve the food."

Over there, Qin Xian and Qin Chan also ran over. They were half-children. At the age of 12, they were more than half a boy. They kept digging holes, carrying water, and bagging bags.

The two saw the girls walking slowly, Qin Xian said: "Brother, let's help them carry them here."

Qin Chan also said yes, and the two rushed away, took the stick when they arrived, and hurriedly carried the food up.

The two big baskets were covered with bundles, and they were still steaming. Qin Chan and Xiumei were about to take them, but Xiurong quickly waved them with a rolling pin and said, "Mammy has something to say, roll it up, let my sister and I share it." .First line up from grandpa, my father, second uncle, and third uncle."

Old Qintou over there was still working, so he hurried over when he saw this, so as not to delay the children's meal.

Xiurong asked them to wash their hands in the bucket again, she even brought a hand towel, and then divided the cakes one by one.There are two types of pancakes, one rolled with eggs and one with smooth surface. For men, one roll with eggs, for women and children, half rolls per person. In addition, there are rolls with sauce and pickles, and besides the first time, there are thin and thick noodles. Noodle rolls, a soup can of fried spinach tofu, a soup can of fried cabbage, put oil in the pot, and put lard in the soup when it comes out of the pot, although there is only a little bit of oil, at least you can see the oil.

Xiuqin separates the dishes, one for men, one for women and children.

Seeing Xiumei, she immediately squeezed in. Xiuyao was small and had no room, so she shouted: "Nurse, let me watch you eat. If anyone wants to eat alone, grab it. If you don't let everyone, let me tell her, hum , which one of you will try?"

During the busy season of farming, it was busy and chaotic, and Mrs. Zhang's temper was particularly bad. She beat and scolded the maids frequently, and almost all of them had tasted her broom bumps. place.

Old Qin took the lead in eating quickly, took a few mouthfuls, drank a spoonful of vegetable soup, and started to work.

Qin Dafu and the others saw that their father had finished eating, so they hurried too. Although they ate quickly, they were all clean, and there was not a drop of vegetable soup left.

Xiuyao ate half of an omelet, and she watched her second sister do heavy work, so she gave the egg that elder brother gave her in the morning to her second sister, and told her that she had eaten it, Xiuxian thought it was real and ate it up.

Just happened to be seen by Xiu Ting, she immediately said: "You steal eggs."

Xiuxian said angrily: "Little girl, you talk so fast, are you looking for a beating?"

Xiuxian is not very old, but she is strong and does physical work. Her status at home is about the same as that of Qin Xian. Naturally, Xiuting dare not do anything to her, so she uses Xiuyao to talk about things. Xiuyao is very tired. See She gritted her teeth when she had nothing to do, and was too lazy to play mushrooms with her. She said: "My brother gave it to you. If you have the ability, you can ask your brother to go."

When Xiu Ting heard this, she quit immediately and stomped her feet to find her mother to complain.

The third aunt sneered and scolded: "There is no shame in making you so greedy. What do you want from them? We are a family, and we are together if we are not separated. What about her brother, that is also your brother. You just care about it." Go ask for it, he won’t talk anymore.”

Xiu Ting remembered.

The second aunt said: "That little girl in Dafang, her mouth is getting more and more poisonous now, she is not as clumsy as she used to be."

The third aunt hummed: "Dogs that can bite don't bark. She used to be younger and timid, but now she's older and knows what's going on."

There are many people and strength is great, although the water is picked, the speed is not slow, until the sky is dark and the old Qintou can't see clearly, he said: "Okay, clean up the house and come back tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)