farmer's husband

Chapter 71
Seeing the flickering eyes of the two of them, Mrs. Wang knew it was true.

She immediately scolded Chun Zhi anxiously: "It's all because of you! Look at how you have hooked my son up?"

"Mother, don't blame her." Chai Dong shook his head heavily, "I want to borrow that money."

"But you are also for her!" Wang cried.

"But without her, where would I have enough money to go to the county to take the exam? How could we find cats for other people's homes in the county, and then bring back these two donkeys or so much silk?" Chai Dong said quietly.

Wang choked.She clenched her raised hand into a fist, and waved it weakly in front of her son: "Anyway, you are going to protect her, aren't you?"

"Mother, now is not the time to mess around. Ask yourself, have our family's life gotten better and better since she came? I have already done half of what I promised you. From now on, everyone We can still receive one stone of rice in the next month, and life is not so tight. But the foreign debt of [-] Wen, I will definitely earn it and pay it back as soon as possible!" Chai Dong said slowly.

Wang's momentum suddenly weakened.But she still felt uncomfortable, so she couldn't help muttering softly. "But [-] Wen is not a lot! If you save more, you can buy a cow."

"Then we can take the two donkeys and sell them tomorrow, and sell half of the silk thread. The money we get can almost buy a cow," Chai Dong said.

"That's impossible!" When Wang heard this, she rushed over and hugged a donkey, "I just came back, and I haven't even looked at these things! You are not allowed to sell them, and donkeys are useful for donkeys!"

If they were replaced by cattle, their hands would become empty again.The most important thing is that, given the current situation of their family, raising a cow is not a good thing.

"Okay then!" Chai Dong nodded helplessly, "Now, can we go inside and sleep? Mom, we're really tired after driving these days."

"You... well, go!" After all, Wang still loves her son.In addition, she also knew in her heart that the two donkeys and so much silk thread were all earned by Chun Zhi, and the value of these things had long exceeded the six hundred Wen that Chai Dongwai borrowed, so she didn't have the confidence to scold Chun Zhi.After scolding Chun Zhi a few words just now, she was almost out of temper, so she felt ashamed to continue to yell at her.

However, she still couldn't help cursing Chun Zhi in a low voice. "Let me know in the future what you incited my son to do, and see if I don't beat you to death!"

Chunzhi quickly lowered his head and stuck out his tongue.

She has encouraged Chai Dong to do a lot of things in private, and if Mrs. Wang finds out, she will probably go crazy with anger!However, she would not be so stupid as to let Wang know, and Chai Dong certainly would not.

As for this time...

Chun Zhi's eyes darkened.Guan Tian, ​​this person is still very sinister.Before, she lied to her father to borrow money from usury, and even set up several schemes, trying to get her father to pay her directly to him as his wife.Those schemes failed under Chai Dong's heavy precautions. He must have heard the whispering between her and Chai Dong at that time, right?Then he turned around and ran to Mrs. Wang to blow the air.

Fortunately, she brought back some good things from the county this time, otherwise she might not even be able to sleep tonight!
The surname is Guan, she remembers him!
Just as she was thinking, Chai Dong's hand grabbed her wrist again.

"Go." He said to her in a deep voice.

Chun Zhi nodded and followed him back to the room.

With two more donkeys and so much silk thread in the family, Wang was actually very happy.Chunzhi and the others don't need to touch these things now, she started to circle the donkey happily, even opened the bundle wrapped in silk thread, took out the things inside and looked at it one by one, until she couldn't carry it late at night. Then he tied up the donkey, put down the silk thread, yawned and went to bed.

When she had no time to scold herself, Chun Zhi hurriedly went to the kitchen to boil a pot of water, she and Chai Dong washed their faces and soaked their feet, the two of them were so tired that they collapsed on the bed, closed their eyes and fell asleep.

Sleeping until early the next morning, the two of them got up, and it was the same as usual, Chunzhi cleaned up the house, and Chaidong went out to fetch water.Wang woke up after sleeping all night, although she was still a little unhappy with Chun Zhi, but just thought that her precious son had already had a child!She couldn't help but be happy, and specially made a pot of pimples for them to eat.

It is already the busy season of farming, and the private school also has a busy farming holiday.

Chai's family also has two acres of land by the river, where the village is all used to grow jute, and the Wang family also planted jute along with them.

However, because Chunzhi and the others went out for a trip, it is already the beginning of March, and the other houses have already finished digging the land, and the jute seeds have started to be sown one after another.In Chunzhi's family, there was only Mrs. Wang as a laborer, so she managed to turn over half an acre of land, let alone planting.

After Chun Zhi and Chai Dong came back this time, they both rolled up their trouser legs and followed her down to dig the ground.

Although the villagers have watched Chai Dong carrying water and collecting firewood a lot in the past two months, but now they see Chai Dong taking the initiative to work in the field, they can't help but make fun of him.

"Oh, how did the little scholar in our village know that he has gone to the field? Shouldn't you be reading at home at this time and preparing for the scholar examination next year?"

Chai Dong didn't seem to hear what they said, he just lowered his head and turned over the ground clumsily.

But Mrs. Wang raised her head triumphantly: "My son's reading is good! Haven't you heard that he has already been selected as a child student! When he comes out next year, the custodian can give me a scholar to come back. Now, he Just come to the fields when you have nothing to do, my son is filial!"

Anyway, no matter what Chai Dong did, Wang could always think of something to praise him.

The villagers also nodded with a smile. "That's right, Boy Dong is filial, and his wife is also filial. This is a daughter-in-law in your family, and you have two more labors in one go. You are a very good wife!"

Wang couldn't help looking at Chun Zhi who was digging the ground over there, and raised the corner of her mouth. "Of course my daughter-in-law will be fine, and it's useless for you to be jealous! Who told you that you don't have such good luck, and you don't have such a good son like me? Then you deserve it and you can only marry a stupid daughter-in-law!"

Can we continue talking about this?

The villagers were so choked by her that they stopped talking to her at all.

Wang was very happy, and quickly lowered her head to dig the ground.

It's good to have two more people around, and it's much faster to work.The family of three went out early and returned late every day, and it took two days to reclaim the remaining one and a half acres of land.

When the jute seeds are sprinkled down, guests will come to their house.

"Sister, brother-in-law!" Chunlei, Chunzhi's younger brother, brought his siblings over again.

This time they were not empty-handed, but they were carrying a large cage made of bamboo strips, and there were twenty or thirty bright yellow chicks in the cage.The little chick was chirping non-stop in the cage with a crunchy sound.

Facing Chai Dong and Wang Shi again, Chun Lei also had a smile on his face.

They say they don't hit people with smiling faces when they stretch out their hands. Facing their bright smiling faces, Wang couldn't say the sour words. She could only snort coldly: "What are you doing here again?"

"The people in our village who went to the county to take the exam have come back. Counting the days, my parents thought that my sister and brother-in-law had almost returned, so they asked us to come and have a look and ask for a letter." Chunlei said, and brought the cage to him again, "My family My mother’s hen hatched some chicks last month, and my mother told us to bring some over because your family had no chickens. In this way, my sister and brother-in-law will have eggs to eat every day!”

"You guys have a little conscience." Facing the cage of fluffy chicks, Wang felt a lot better, so he waved them to sit down.

Of course Chunlei and the others couldn't help but pull Chunzhi up and ask about their situation outside.When they learned that Chai Dong had passed the Tongsheng examination, the group of children clapped their hands happily.

"Brother-in-law is amazing, amazing!"

"Of course my son is amazing." When Wang heard the voice in the kitchen, she couldn't help raising her chin proudly.

At this time, she suddenly heard a soft noise outside, and Wang raised her head, and saw a big black and white cat jumping in through the window with a fresh fish about two or three catties in its mouth, and landed on the stove.

"Why are you here again?" Wang gave it an angry look, but still took the fish out of its mouth, took out a bowl of leftover fish soup from the cabinet, mixed it with some rice and pushed it over. , "Eat it! After eating this time, you are not allowed to come again next time, do you hear me?"

The cat just bowed its head to eat, but ignored her.

After the cat had finished eating and left, Mrs. Wang called Chunzhi into the kitchen to help.

After Chunzhi came in, he saw the fish lying on the stove.

"Mother, where did this fish come from?" She asked hurriedly.

"Oh, aren't they the wild cats you hooked up with? You went to the county seat to take the exam, and all of them still treated you as if they were here, and they ran to the house, and I couldn't chase them away. Some of them are quite honest. I knew I had something to bring, so I accepted it." Wang said lazily, and immediately added, "That's what they should do! Every time I leave the fish head and tail for them to eat!"

She spoke in a secretive way, but Chun Zhi understood it—as long as they were not at home, Mrs. Wang would be accompanied by these wild cats.

However, it is really rare that the person who once let the wild cats run around when they saw him can get along with the cats so harmoniously now.Haruhi couldn't help laughing.

When Wang saw this, she immediately slapped her face. "Why are you laughing? Hurry up and work for me!"

"Understood!" Chun Zhi hurriedly lowered his head, but the smile on his face did not fade away.

This time, the two families got together, which can be regarded as a happy and happy time.The fish cooked by Mrs. Wang was also praised by everyone as delicious, and Mrs. Wang was even more proud when she heard about it.

However, when Chunlei and the others were about to leave after the meal, Chai Dong pulled Wang aside and said a few words, Wang's expression suddenly became ugly, and his voice became sharply raised—"No! Both donkeys are mine, and I will not give them to anyone else!"

(End of this chapter)