Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 90

Xiuyao said: "Mother, my aunt and I are tinkering with her loom, hoping to weave new patterns, but we don't know what kind of cotton we like in the city, so we asked Qi Feng who is in the city to help us inquire about it." .”

Xiurong's attention was on those floral cloths, she said regretfully: "You don't want to make some big ones, so small, if you connect them one by one, it will be ugly to make clothes."

Xiuyao smiled and said: "Third sister, don't worry, when my aunt and I can weave better cloth, are you still worried about not having cloth for clothes?"

A few people were happy, and after talking and laughing for a while, they all packed up and went to bed.

After a few days when the sun cleared and the land dried up, Old Qin led everyone to work on harvesting wheat again, working day and night to grab grain as usual.

On this day, Xiurong and Xiuyao carried the rice from home to the field to deliver. Compared to it, the food was delicious. Although there was no meat, it was delicious when stir-fried or mixed with a little oil and salt.Especially cucumber, as long as there is a little sauce, it is fresh and crisp, and it is very refreshing to eat in the hot summer.

In the middle of the day, the sun was scorching hot, the treatment was screaming, there was a wind blowing in the field, and the heat wave was rolling, making people a little breathless.Everyone gathered under the sycamore tree on the ground to drink water, eat and rest.

Qin Sanshun took a bite of the roll and shouted: "What is this? Why is there still glutinous rice cake? Is this for people to eat? I said why don't you roll out pancakes? How can glutinous pancakes be rolled out?"

Old Qin glared at him, "Don't eat if you're not hungry, so much nonsense."

Qin Sanshun yelled aggrievedly: "Father, you've been working so hard, even if you don't improve, you have to maintain it anyway. The black-faced paper is gone? Are you eating bran?"

Qin Dafu hurriedly said: "Maybe there is not much wheat in the house, and there is no grinding."

Qin Sanshun curled his lips, "Brother, who is fooling you? Didn't turn the mill, so can my mother turn the mill in advance? Besides, the uncle's family owns a mill, and it can be done with a bit of effort. Why don't we turn the mill?"

Qin Ergui scolded: "If you don't eat and let go, I don't see you working so hard."

Qin Sanshun snorted and said: "Second brother, you will speak nicely, do such a heavy job, eat bran and swallow vegetables, how can you have strength? Is there no food at home? Didn't the uncle of the Liu family just give us a stone? Why? Why are you so reluctant to eat? Keep the worms?"

Old Qin cursed angrily: "Shut up, why are you talking so much nonsense? It's against you."

Seeing that his father was angry, Qin Sanshun didn't dare to say anything, but he refused to eat the gluttonous bran paper and only ate a cucumber.

When he came back at night, Old Qin asked Mrs. Zhang quietly, "What's the matter with you? It's such a heavy job to cut wheat, why do you still make papers with bran? Just add some black flour."

Mrs. Zhang wondered: "Are you asking me to change? There is no wheat in the house, do you want to fish dry rice? Your father has five meals, and if you fish dry rice, you can get three liters of rice a day. How can our family have that kind of rice?"

Old Qintou sighed, is this still letting people live?

Mrs. Zhang said again: "It's a good thing we have vegetables in the vegetable garden. Let's make steamed buns with black noodles and green vegetables in a pot. In addition, grind some bean firewood and insert small tofu to eat. It will also make you full."

Old Qintou had nothing to say, if things went on like this, the whole family would starve to death. "How much food is left at home, and how long will it last?"

Zhang said: "How much of this crop of wheat can you keep at home?"

Old Qintou didn't say a word, he kept as much as he wanted, and how much he could get after paying the land rent was not enough to support his family.If the official family and the Zhou family do not reduce the rent, they will have to borrow money from the young crops. If they do not pay, they may not be able to rent the land.

But borrowing the money with the terrible interest rate, you can get two or three buckets for a stone of rice, which is simply a usury that eats people without spit out bones.What's even more exasperating is that if the next stubble of food is borrowed and the food is not paid at all, then more and more will be rolled over. As a result, the whole family will lose their lives.

An idea suddenly popped up in his mind, which was clearly what he was most opposed to before, but now there is nothing he can do about it.

The wheat was finally harvested. Even though the court and the Zhou family had reduced the rent, there was not much food left. Compared with previous years, there was not enough food, let alone now.

After drinking vegetable soup with only a few grains of millet for several days, the whole family looked pale and had no energy. Qin Sanshun and his second aunt even wanted to go on strike, saying that they were too hungry to do any work.

After lunch that day, Lao Qintou called his family to discuss matters again. It happened that Mrs. Guo came to visit and brought a few liters of noodles. Seeing this, Mrs. Zhang hurried to say hello.

Mrs. Guo kept asking why Yang Yang was not at home. She hadn't seen him for a long time, and kept looking at Mrs. Zhang while talking.

Mrs. Zhang smiled mischievously, looked at Mrs. Liu and the old man, and winked at Mrs. Guo to tell her not to mention it.

Old Qin said: "His sister-in-law, there is something to discuss at home, if there is no urgent matter, let's talk about it later."

Seeing their expressions and postures, Mrs. Guo felt that something was wrong, and immediately laughed, "I'm fine, I just came to talk to my aunt." After saying this, he said goodbye to Mrs. Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang asked Mrs. Liu to send them off with her, but Mrs. Liu was not very enthusiastic and pretended not to hear. She naturally knew why Mrs. Guo came, and she heard her mother-in-law and Mrs. Guo muttering a few days ago.

Mrs. Zhang sent Mrs. Guo back, and criticized Mrs. Liu: "Da Yeniang, you didn't greet your sister-in-law when she came, and you didn't go to see her off when she left."

Mrs. Liu said nonchalantly: "Mother, no matter how noble your sister-in-law is, Mother will send her off in person. It doesn't matter if we go or not, just listen to what my father has to say."

Mrs. Zhang muttered a few words, sat on the bed of the kang, and asked Old Qin to talk about things quickly.

Old Qintou slowly filled a bag of cigarettes, lit it, took two puffs, and slowly spit out a few eye circles, before slowly saying: "I see, let's separate."

This undoubtedly exploded in the ears of everyone in the old Qin family like a bomb, not only Qin Ye and others who were qualified to attend the meeting in the room, but even Qin Xian, Qin Chan, Xiurong Xiuyao and others outside were scared to death same.

The second aunt made such a big fuss before, Grandpa refused to separate the family, and said whoever separated the family should get out, why does he want to separate the family now?why is that?What stimulated grandpa?Could it be that eating glutinous rice rolls makes your brains dull?

Xiuyao and Xiurong huddled outside the door, pretending to wash the dishes and listen, while Xiumei and Xiujuan huddled outside the window to eavesdrop.

Mrs. Zhang stared at her in the room, but she didn't come to her senses. Want to separate?Then what else is in charge of her family?

Qin Dafu immediately said: "Father, why do you want to split up suddenly? Why?"

Qin Ergui and Qin Ye also did not agree to split the family, but Qin Sanshun said: "I think it is okay to split the family, so that we will not starve to death together, and if we separate, each of us can eat fork."

The second aunt is crazy with joy, this father-in-law, she refused to separate the family no matter what she said before, but now he is taking the initiative to separate, it is God's eyes.She was angry with her man again, she was really kicked in the head by a donkey, and even said that she didn't want to separate.

The third aunt was also so happy that her heart was about to jump out. She hurriedly tugged on Mrs. Zhang's sleeves. If the family is separated, the parents-in-law must be with them. Not to mention the parents-in-law can still do it, and the second room has to pay the father-in-law. , and the things that the mother-in-law hid before must fall into the hands of the third room.

The mother-in-law definitely has money in her hands, and she has never been willing to take it out. The third aunt is considered good.

Qin Ergui said loudly: "Father, what kind of family do you want to divide? Isn't this very good? There are a few families in the village who are separated, making people laugh."

Qin Sanshun sneered: "Second brother, those who don't divide their families are because they have a lot of property, and we can't eat enough if we don't divide them together. If we don't divide them, we will starve to death. Look at Siwai Village, there are too many families separated, and life is easy. better."

Qin Ergui roared: "When it's time to starve to death, the branch family won't starve to death. Many will starve to death."

Qin Sanshun retorted: "If the family is separated, if it's really forced, my children will still be the ones to make decisions."

Xiurong was trembling with anger outside, and said to Xiuyao: "Miss him as a brimstone!" Xiuyao also understood, what the third uncle said was either selling the child to live, or the last step before natural disasters and man-made disasters——Yi Zier Food.Thinking of this, she inexplicably felt sick, chilly, disgusted from the bottom of her heart, it's better to separate the family.

Old Qintou scolded: "What are you talking about. I said splitting up because I thought that if we split up, it would be easy for each of us to make ends meet. If there are too many people, it will be easy to grind foreign labor."

Qin Dafu wiped away his tears, "Father, my family has been together for so many years, I don't think it's a waste of time."

Qin Ergui also quickly said yes, he said to Liu Shi: "Sister-in-law, please persuade our father, our father has always listened to you."

Mrs. Liu said indifferently: "Father, anyway, you always have the final say, you have the final say on the separation of the family, and you have the final say on whether to separate the family, but there is also a saying about the separation of the family."

Qin Dafu originally thought that his daughter-in-law would definitely not agree to the separation of the family. She had never expressed the idea of ​​separating the family, so why did she agree?He couldn't turn his mind around a bit. Hearing Liu's saying that there is a way to divide the family, he hurriedly nodded and said: "Yes, if Dad separates, you and mother will naturally follow us. I am the boss, so it must be like this. "

The third aunt became anxious when she heard it, and she didn't care about the rules that men and women are not allowed to interrupt, she said: "Brother, what you said is wrong, parents are also ours, your family has many children, we have few children, and they are still young. Raising parents is naturally easier, but I can't let you suffer any more." As she spoke, she winked at Second Aunt and Qin Sanshun.

Qin Sanshun also hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, parents are old, and they can enjoy the blessings with us, and they don't have to work in the fields. If they follow the elder brother, they will not be willing to eat with so many people in the family, so they will save it for the children. , Mom and Dad still have to work with you, and they are exhausted to death."

Qin Dafu got angry because of his good temper, "What are you talking about, third child? Am I just such a beast that I can exhaust my parents to death? I let my parents follow me to enjoy the blessings. Both of them have grown up and are capable. After living, how can parents go to the fields?"

The third aunt sneered, "Brother, what do you mean? You know in your heart that Daye Erxian should marry a wife when he grows up, and Xiuqin Xiuxian? Anyway, we disagree."

Qin Ergui was dumbfounded by what they said, and said loudly: "I don't agree to the separation of the family. If you really want to separate the family, don't fight. Parents follow me."

Old Qin waved his hand, "Don't argue, I haven't finished yet. The boss has a large population, we can't add any more, let them divide it first..."

Qin Dafu and Qin Ye became anxious when they heard this, one called Dad and the other called Grandpa, "Why? How can there be any reason to separate the eldest house? The division of the family also follows the eldest house, and whoever says it is the same reason."

Old Qin knocked his head on the cigarette pot, "Be quiet, I haven't finished yet."

Although Qin Dafu and his son still didn't understand, they didn't dare to quarrel anymore. The old Qintou sighed, and said earnestly: "You must all think that I am partial to others, which is not good for you. In fact, you are wrong. I think For a long time, I feel that I am for the good of all of you, not just for a certain person."

(End of this chapter)