Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 86

In the blink of an eye, it's April, the spring fields are all planted, and the wheat has to be harvested when the ear is planted. At this time, Xiuyao has to go home.Old Liutou was afraid that the child would go back and suffer, so he told Xiuyao that he would send her back in two days. Xiuyao was naturally happy, and coaxed Qin Yang well, telling him to study hard.

Qin Yang is now more sensible in his studies. Although he wants Xiuyao to play with him, he is not so clingy. Moreover, Xiuyao also said that after he studies, he is expected to be a scholar and become a master, so that she can live well with him. What about the day.For Qin Yang, letting others rely on him seems to be a very tempting thing, especially if that person is his sister Xiuyao, he is even more happy and studies hard.

When Lao Liutou sent Xiuyao off, he asked his uncle to decorate the food by the way. Yao saw it and asked: "Father, we have to collect food, so let's not give food to others. Why don't we cut two catties of meat and give it to them too?" Make up."

Old Liutou sighed: "The wheat harvest in the north this year is not good. Last year's autumn grain was poor. Although the land rent has been reduced by a few percent, it doesn't matter. The wheat was planted late and dry, and the spring field this year is also tight. The wheat..." He Shaking his head, "The last time I went to talk about sweet potatoes, I saw that the wheat was not very good. I'm afraid there may be some problems with the harvest."

The uncle worried: "Father, what should we do? Then his second aunt's family will have a hard time this year?"

Old Liutou hummed, "Who says it's not, but there's nothing I can do about it. I even advised them to plant sweet potatoes, but your uncle disagrees."

The second uncle over there asked: "Father, then the one you said wants to open the mill to the south, can't you get it, or should you take the money first to help his second aunt's house?"

Old Liutou said without thinking: "It is said that the emergency is not the poor. When our family is well, we won't be able to starve his second aunt's family. Yes, take the money and give it to them. One yard for one yard."

Mrs. Yao agreed, "Father, you're right, I thought so too. If his second aunt's family splits up, we won't be guilty of helping. Now it's hard to say, if they want their sisters-in-law to be like ours , we are not stingy about helping, right? But this gang is not satisfied at all, and we don’t have the strength to help. As long as you help, if you don’t help to the end, people will feel uncomfortable. If you say we are reluctant, tell me, we will still The relatives said, just do what you want to do, don't involve money."

The second uncle smiled and said: "You are about to win, if his uncles can't drink a bowl of porridge, don't be in a hurry."

Mrs. Yao also laughed, "If my natal family is too poor, I really can't help. I can't help one family and join two families. It doesn't make sense. How about helping relatives, helping relatives, helping each other?" Just help according to our affection and ability, and don’t help others if we don’t have the ability, or if we help others before the time is not good, they will become enemies instead.”

Seeing Xiuyao coming from the backyard, Old Liutou waved his hands and said, "Okay, I know. Anyway, you children are sensible, and I know it." He used the things at home to help his daughter's house, and the daughters-in-law didn't say anything. , although the daughter-in-law is not in charge of the family and is not qualified to take care of him as a father-in-law, but Lao Liutou thinks that the two daughter-in-laws are quite capable, and he respects them very much.

"Girl, let's go." Lao Liutou greeted Xiuyao.

Xiuyao changed into her original clothes, wrapped up her new clothes, and the sweets and snacks prepared by her aunt. Xiuyao reluctantly said goodbye to everyone, and went to Taoyuan Village with her grandfather in a donkey cart.

On the way, grandpa asked Xiuyao about Qi Feng, and there was also that old lady, so Xiuyao pointed the way, and when he reached the gate, Lao Liutou stopped the donkey cart and stopped by to visit.

Grandma Chang was spinning at home, and when she heard someone calling, she came out to answer the door. There was an old man and a seven or eight-year-old girl standing outside the door. When she looked carefully, she laughed, "Oh, isn't this Xiuyao?"

Xiuyao didn't expect how she knew her name, and thought it might be Qi Feng who said it, so she went up to say hello, "Hello Chang, this is my grandpa, Qi Feng is in my grandpa's village, we are planting it, he said I will hand over the rent to you, and my grandfather will come to identify the door."

Granny Chang smiled, greeted Lao Liutou again, and smiled back, "That child Xiaofeng is like this, he is taking care of me, let's forget about renting the house, I am not short of food, you guys It’s good to come and sit often when passing by in the future.”

Old Liu hurriedly said he had something to do and would not go in. When he had time to pay a special visit, he chatted casually, then took Xiuyao to bid farewell to Granny Chang and went to Lao Qin's house.

It was almost noon when the grandparents and grandchildren arrived at the Qin family. The Qin family were all waiting for dinner at home. Mrs. Zhang was sick and lying on the kang.Hearing Lao Liutou coming, Mrs. Zhang struggled to get up, Xiuqin hurriedly supported her, "Nurse, be careful of getting dizzy, just lie down, don't blink."

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly asked Xiuqin to make sugar water, and Mrs. Liu and Qinye hurriedly greeted her.

Qin Ye hurriedly took over the donkey and wanted to help unload the animals. Old Liutou shouted: "Daye, don't unload, I have to go back now."

Qin Dafu went to feed the donkey with an armful of green grass, let his father-in-law go in and talk to his father, and Xiuqin brought out the prepared sugar water for his grandfather to drink.Old Liutou took it and gave it to Xiuyao habitually first, Xiuyao quickly said that she was not thirsty and let him drink it, and she said hello to grandma after she said hello to grandma.

Old Qintou was very grateful when he saw that he sent a stone of grain, and kept on keeping Lao Liutou for dinner, but Lao Liutou refused, "Brother, the family is still busy, and there is a lot of work. If I am really free, I will You're welcome, I'll just stay and have a drink with you, I really don't have time now, let's go to another day. Besides, his mother is still sick, take care of her, don't get up."

Mrs. Zhang was supported by Mrs. Liu, struggling and said: "Brother Liu, don't go, stay and eat, let's eat, now we are not like in the past, we don't have to eat, sorry to let you stay, now we also have food , meat is also available, stay and have a meal.”

Although the grain harvest is poor now, the vegetables in the vegetable garden have a bumper harvest. Last year, I relied on that to get through the winter, and I got help again in the spring, so this year, Xiuyao didn't need to talk about it. Mrs. Zhang urged Lao Qintou to make the vegetable garden Plant them all, and especially those hanging square melons that can be eaten as a meal.

Old Liutou expressed concern about Mrs. Zhang's illness and told her to take good care of her, so he was about to leave.

Mrs. Zhang just caught a cold, and there was nothing serious about it, so she kept on keeping grandpa for dinner.Old Liutou naturally refused, drank a bowl of sugar water, turned around and went out, old Qintou had no choice but to send it out, Qin Dafu Liu and the children hurriedly followed to see it off.

Old Qin said embarrassingly: "It's really costing my brother, and I have to send the girl back in person."

Old Liutou smiled and said: "No one else has time, I'm free now, the mill is working on it, and I can take a rest when the field is almost busy, or I don't have time to come. Don't send it off, stay, stay. .”

Old Qintou untied the reins himself and led Lao Liutou all the way to the entrance of the village before handing it over to him. Seeing Lao Liutou driving the donkey cart away, old Qintou sighed, feeling ashamed beyond words.

Sending away Lao Liutou, Lao Qintou went home, and said to Mrs. Zhang on the kang, "Hey, the more you owe us, the more you owe us. Brother Liu has helped us too much, and he is too generous. This is another stone of food." .”

This year, the harvest will not be good this year. Lao Qintou is so anxious that he can't eat well and sleep well. He often looks at the roof (roof) all night until dawn.Mrs. Zhang is also worried, not only about the food, but also the annual tax. In the past, Mrs. Liu made embroidered insoles for the Feng family, Daye helped the Zhou family, and Ergui led Qin Xianxiuxian to other people's homes. Odd jobs can make some money.Neither Qin Ye nor Liu's family could go this year, so the family only went to two big incomes, and money was also a big problem.

How not to worry!
After the meal, Xiuyao got close to her brothers and sisters and gave them the simple gifts they had prepared. In addition, Xiuli also had them, but the others didn't.On the one hand, Xiuyao didn't want to do it for them, and on the other hand, Xiuyao thought that even if it was done, they wouldn't care about it. None of them spoke, and she didn't bother to get close to the second aunt, so as not to get angry again.

After resting for a while, everyone still has to go to work. They have just finished spring planting, mowing and fertilizing, and feeding pigs are the main tasks now.

In a blink of an eye, it was dark, and after dinner, everyone packed up and prepared to rest. Xiurong saw Xiuyao's small bag, opened it and saw the new clothes, picked them up enviously and made gestures, saying: "Xiuyao, I can almost wear your clothes." Wear it, let me try it on."

Xiuyao smiled and said, "You can try it. Auntie made it for me."

Xiurong pouted, "Auntie just kissed you, but she didn't make clothes for us."

Xiuyao smiled sweetly, that's true. Although Auntie is very kind to them, but if you want to say the best, she is the best to her. She also makes clothes and eats delicious food. It seems that she really agreed. Words about doors and windows.

Xiurong was there gesticulating the clothes, tried them on, the skirt was okay, but the jacket was a bit small, the shoulders were narrow, and the sleeves were short, although Xiurong was also very slender, she was naturally much bigger than her sister.

She regretted: "We are growing up, and my aunt won't make it bigger, so you can wear it when you get older." Playing with the skirt, and tied the purse that Liu Shi gave her, she always felt that she was also beautiful. A few points, no worse than that Miss Zhou's family.

Seeing that Xiurong was smug, Xiuxian laughed and said, "If it were bigger, this dress would not belong to Xiuyao, but yours."

Xiurong curled her lips, "Second Sister, what you said to me is too unbearable, I will never snatch Xiuyao's clothes to wear." But if you go out, you can always borrow them, I am taller than Xiuyao, and taller than Second Sister Thin, it sure looks good.

On the second day, Mrs. Zhang really asked Xiuyao to donate the new clothes, saying that they would be worn by her sisters when they went out. Xiumei Xiuting was very proud.

But it was obvious that Liu Xu had thought of this a long time ago, the clothes and shoes were very elegant, and other people's clothes were either tight here or narrow there.Mrs. Zhang wants Mrs. Liu to change it and make it bigger, but seeing that there is not much left on the edge of the cloth, she has no choice but to give up reluctantly, "It's cheaper, that girl Xiuli, I will give it to Xiuyao when she can't wear it."

This dress is the real one for Xiuyao to wear.

After a few days, Mrs. Zhang's illness was still recovering. After lunch, Lao Qin said: "Go out later, let's talk about something, and the three of you, Daye Niang, will stay here too."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the family was shocked, not knowing what big things he was going to say.

On weekdays, Lao Qintou is in charge of matters outside the home, and Zhang's is in charge of internal matters. When Lao Qintou discusses things, he doesn't talk to his daughters-in-law. It's done.

So when he said that the daughters-in-law would also stay, everyone felt that it was not a simple matter, otherwise the women would not be allowed to participate.

(End of this chapter)