Peasant woman

Chapter 14

In the farm house, there is basically no farm work to do after the grain in the field is harvested.The Yang family's corn is almost dry after a few days in the sun, and they are all put into sacks and put away, and they can be ground into powder when they are ready to eat.

The Yang family has four acres of dry land and four acres of paddy fields, a total of eight acres of land.I just harvested rice a month ago, and now I have harvested corn. After paying the tax, it is barely enough to eat.

In the past few days, the Yang family borrowed cattle and turned over the soil in the fields. This is the north, and the winter is too cold to grow anything.After the autumn harvest, basically the farmers are at leisure.Xu Cao is also very free these days, coaxing Miao Miao every day, washing clothes, and cooking every few days, it is much more leisurely than when she was in Xu's house.And the Shen family is also good, the two of them can talk, when they have nothing to do, they chat and do needlework in the yard.The piece of cloth she bought last time was measured by each family, and the cloth was cut and distributed to each family.

When giving the cloth to Niu, she glanced at it and said nothing, but the third younger brother Yang Datong took it over and thanked Xu Cao.

At this time, it was only a quarter of an hour after Shen Shi, and Mrs. Chen went out.The men of the Yang family all went to the town to find jobs to do, so they could take advantage of this time to do some odd jobs and earn some money for the family.Neither Niu Shi nor Xiao An were there, only Xu Cao and Shen Shi were at home.

The two were sitting in the courtyard doing needlework. Xu Cao's previous life was at most a button that fell off, and it was just a matter of sewing a button.Now she is only 14 years old, but she is very good at needlework. She thinks she does it very well, and the stitches are fine, which is already very good for her.

"Sister-in-law, it will be Chinese New Year in two more months. In a few days, I also want to go to the town to find some odd jobs to do, such as sewing, mending and washing clothes. I will do it. I will earn some money for my family. It's going to be busy again after the new year. How about we go and look for it together?" Shen Shi said, but the work on her hands didn't delay.

"When Fugui comes back, I'll ask her for her opinion and make plans." Xu Cao said, looking up at the sky, it was dark, maybe it was going to rain, and she was a little worried about Fugui.

Shen Shi followed suit for a day, and said with a smile: "It's going to rain soon, but are you worried about big brother? Fortunately, our corn harvest is fast, and it's all dried up now, otherwise some people will be busy."

"That's not it," Xu Cao was a little worried about her natal family. Her natal family also had a few acres of land. They just broke off all the corn yesterday, and they were about to dry it today.No, she has to go back and have a look, otherwise it will be too late when it rains and harvests.Thinking of this, she hurriedly said to Shen: "Second brother and sister, I'll go out for a while. If Fugui asks, I'll say I'll go back."

"Sure, the corn at home has not been confiscated, right? Anyway, there is nothing wrong with our house, so you should go back and have a look." Mrs. Chen is very reasonable.

Only then did Xu Cao pack her things into the house, and hurriedly ran towards Xu's house.

Sure enough, as soon as I got to the door of the house, I saw a large piece of corn drying at the door. Mrs. Li and Erya and Sanya were busy harvesting it. Xu Cao saw it and hurried up to help.

Seeing Xu Cao, Mrs. Li breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, you're here. It's going to rain soon."

Soon, all the corn was packed under the rush of the four people, and they carried all the bags back to the house.

Mrs. Li finally breathed a sigh of relief. Standing under the eaves, looking at the increasingly gloomy weather outside, she turned around and asked, "I'm done with my work. By the way, why are you here? Your mother-in-law asked you to come here?"

As soon as I said that, I suddenly heard the sound of rumbling thunder outside, and the raindrops also fell patter.

Xu Cao looked at the sacks of corn behind her and breathed a sigh of relief, "My mother-in-law is not at home, so my second sibling and I are here. By the way, where is dad?"

"I went to the town to find a job." Li sighed, "But it must be very difficult to find, and the nearby villages will take advantage of this time to go to the town to do some odd jobs. It's better if your family is rich and you can Went to the mountains to hunt and come back."

When Xu Cao heard the words, he stopped talking, and there were sounds behind him. Turning his head, he saw that Xiao Shan was rubbing his eyes sleepily. Seeing that Xu Cao seemed to be stunned for a moment, he reacted and pointed at Xu Cao. Waving her short hand, the elder sister hugged her elder sister and screamed.

Xu Cao hurriedly stepped forward to hug Xiao Shan, "Xiao Shan woke up, come, let my sister hug her."

Xiao Shan was very happy to see Xu Cao. Xu Cao took him with him since he was a child, and the first person the little guy would call was his sister.Seeing Xu Cao and Xiao Shan, Mrs. Li came over and said, "Big girl, I didn't mean you, you have to be careful, that Miao Miao is not your own, just don't abuse her. What can you do to her so easily? You will have your own children in the future, and it is best to have a son at a time, so that your mother-in-law will be happier."

Xu Cao had no choice but to hug Xiao Shan and sit on her lap, saying: "Mother, don't worry about these things, Miao Miao is very good, anyway, it hurts a few children, doesn't it hurt?"

Mrs. Li gave her a blank look, and saw that she was so reckless, she was very angry. Looking at the two girls and three girls standing by the wall, she couldn't help but suddenly remembered what happened in the village a few days ago. What Mrs. Wang said, "By the way, big girl, a few days ago, Mrs. Wang in the village said that the big family in the town wants a maid. I see that the second and third are about the same age. Do you want to be a maid for them? Every month I can get some monthly money back, and I don’t have to eat free food at home.”

As soon as these words came out, Erya Sanya next to her felt a little uneasy.

"Living or dead?" Xu Cao didn't raise his head.If the deed of living can be signed for a few years, after a few years, after a few years, I will have some money in my body, and I will be more decent when I marry.But if it seems like a dead contract, she won't allow her mother to touch this idea.

Mrs. Li hesitated and said: "Mrs. Wang said that people only need a death contract, otherwise they can't use it at ease. A maid will pay more than ten taels of silver." As Li said, he clicked his tongue twice, and his eyes lit up a little.

Xu Cao glared at her, "Mother, are you looking for money? If you sign a death contract, you will have no control over the life and death of the second and third ya in the future! If you really sign the death contract, life and death in the future will all be in the hands of the master." Come on, the master is kinder, and it’s okay to say that if you meet someone who is cruel, and you make a mistake, you can be beaten severely. Mom, you’d better stop thinking about it.”

When Mrs. Li heard that life and death were all up to her master, she flinched a little. Although the girl is a loser, she is still a piece of meat coming out of her stomach. If something really happens, she will feel distressed.Then, she nodded hurriedly, "Okay, okay, I see."

Xu Cao was afraid that she would sign Erya and Sanya to the death contract in a moment of confusion, and repeated it several times, saying that Mrs. Li was very impatient, and was reprimanding Xu Cao, when suddenly a rich voice came from outside, "Mother, is Cao'er with you?"

Hearing the voice of Fugui, Mrs. Li hurriedly stood up from the kang and went out to welcome her.Fugui walked in covered in rain.

When Xu Cao saw it, she hurriedly put Xiaoshan on the top of the kang, and let Erya and Sanya look at him, then turned around and went to the house to get a cloth towel, came out and wiped the rain on Fugui's head and face, "It's raining so much. Why did you come here?"

Fugui grinned, handed the two pheasants in his hand to Mrs. Li, and said with a smile, "Mother, I brought you the game I just hunted on the mountain today." It’s not that I’m worried that you’ll be too busy, but luckily the corn has been put away, otherwise it would be bad if it rained.”

Mrs. Li quickly took the two pheasants that Fugui handed over, and said with a smile: "You child, you really have a heart. Why don't you just have dinner here tonight and go back?"

Xu Cao hurriedly said: "Mother, there's no need, I'll go back with Fugui and eat later, you can save this wild game and eat it yourself."

Mrs. Li thought for a while, and said: "That's okay, I'll save the game and pickle it for the Chinese New Year."

Seeing that it was raining heavily outside, Mrs. Li took out the umbrella again and handed it to Xu Cao, "It's raining heavily, you guys take the umbrella back and bring it to me when the weather clears."

Only then did the two bid farewell to Mrs. Li and went back with their umbrellas.

After returning, Mrs. Chen was cooking in the kitchen, Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Yang also came back.

When it rains this autumn, the weather turns cold. Everyone has nothing to do after dinner, so they all go to bed early.

Xu Cao held Miao Miao on the kang and taught Miao Miao how to speak. Now Miao Miao, parents, brothers, second aunts, third aunts, grandparents can all call.After being able to call people, he couldn't keep his mouth shut, calling anyone he saw, and rubbed his eyes after arguing with Xu Cao on the kang for a long time.

Xu Cao knew that she was sleepy, so she hurriedly brought hot water, washed Miao Miao's face and feet, and the little guy fell asleep.

Fugui and Xu Cao also washed and put on the kang.Now Fugui doesn't allow Miao Miao to sleep among them, but let Miao Miao sleep in the innermost part.Although she knew that Fu Gui would not do anything to her now, Xu Cao couldn't help but blush and her heart beat faster.

Fugui hugged his daughter-in-law, soft and warm, really comfortable.

He let out a comfortable breath, and couldn't help but climb up Xu Cao's waist with his big palm.Xu Cao's body stiffened immediately.Unexpectedly, the big rough palm just covered her two little buns and did not move. Then, the burly man behind him muttered, "Well, it's a bit small, daughter-in-law, you should eat more tonic It’s about strengthening your body, I brought some eggs back these days, you must remember to eat one every morning. You are the weakest in our family.” As he spoke, he pinched Xu Cao intentionally or unintentionally. of two small buns.

Xu Cao's body became even stiffer, and she felt her ears burning hot.

Fugui also sensed her uneasiness and knew that she was shy, so he grinned softly and said, "Daughter-in-law, go to sleep quickly."

Xu Cao hummed, his voice was like a mosquito.

"By the way, daughter-in-law, I'll go to the mountains when the weather clears up, and I'll be back in two or three days. Don't worry if you're alone at home." Now it's almost winter, and it's snowing in the past month But I can't go hunting in the mountains, but I have to take advantage of the last month to go to the deep mountains to hunt big prey and come back.

(End of this chapter)