Father's Farmer's Wife: Farming Makes a Fortune

Chapter 7 Qi Family Son-in-law
Nanmenyue returned home in the dark, and the yard was lit with candles. Qi Yinger sat on the wooden pier under the tree, propped his chin, thinking about something, his two little feet were swinging back and forth following his thoughts, listening to With the creaking sound of the wooden door opening, the little head quickly turned around, seeing the figure of Nanmenyue, and hurriedly jumped down from the wooden pier.

"Mother, mother, you are back." The baby's voice was childish, full of excitement, I haven't seen my mother for a day, and I miss him to death.

Nanmenyue hung the tool bag behind the door, squatted down, "Guess what I brought you."

Qi Ying'er heard that his mother brought him something, his small eyes bulged, "It's a mouse, isn't it, it's a mouse." When he said the word "mouse", his whole mouth turned up, very cute and cute.

Nanmenyue stretched out her hand lovingly to grab his small mouth, and handed him the candied haws in her hand, "Eat slowly, don't swallow."

Qi Ying'er stared at the bunch of candied haws in Nanmenyue's hands, and was reluctant to reach out to pick them up. He was afraid that his mother would lie to him. When he used to be greedy to pester Grandpa to buy candied haws for him, Grandpa also gave him wooden blocks After a whole bunch, it looks like candied haws after being colored, but it is not fragrant and cannot be chewed.

"What? You don't want to eat it? Damn, eat it." Nanmenyue said, and took a small bite of the candied haws.

Hearing the sound of the syrup crunching, Qi Ying'er quickly reached out and snatched the candied haws, "Eating sweet bugs in the dark will bite your teeth." Anyway, he hasn't changed his teeth yet, so it doesn't matter if he gets eaten by bugs , it can be longer.

"I really thank you for being so dear to my mother." The little guy is really clever, and he can grow up, Nanmenyue smiled, rubbed his braids, and walked into the kitchen.

Mrs. Zhuang was making a fire and cooking. There was no rice at home, so she could only cook dried sweet potatoes. These were dried sweet potatoes last year. After being boiled in water, they were as delicious as fresh sweet potatoes.

The oil residue at home was also cooked by Nanmenyue, so I can only dry fry some pickles for dinner tonight.

"Mom, I'm back."

Hearing Nanmenyue's voice, Mrs. Zhuang got up and looked at her, and saw that she was walking towards the rice vat with a small cloth bag in her hand, and asked worriedly, "Help the owner repair the flower garden today, so it's not damaged. Let’s get the old man’s reputation.” Seeing Nanmenyue pouring the rice into the rice jar, she felt confident, this daughter-in-law didn’t look so clumsy, she had a bright mind.

"Don't worry, the foreman is very satisfied with my craftsmanship and told me to go early tomorrow."

Nanmenyue put away the cloth bag, and returned the old woman with a reassuring smile: "By the way, how is the situation today, I will repair the flower garden for him, don't tell him for the time being." Pass it on to her, and it would drive him mad if she knew she had gone to work for him without authorization.

Mrs. Zhuang sighed, and shook her head helplessly, "I still can't go to the ground today, and I won't eat all day." As for Nanmenyue's instructions not to talk to the old man, she also knew that the two had been together for most of their lives. , do not know his character yet.

"Don't worry, there are some scraps of silver here. Go to the county tomorrow and ask the doctor to take a look. If you have spare money, you can buy some according to what you need. You don't need to keep it. I will work tomorrow and earn money. "

Mrs. Zhuang took the cloth bag from Nanmenyue with trembling dry hands, and it felt a little heavy in her hands. It seemed that the employer was quite satisfied with Nanmenyue's craftsmanship, and the wages were not less, but more.

"Hurry up and wash up, eat dinner and rest." I feel sorry for a stranger who has never known each other so hard for their family.

Nanmenyue pretended to be relaxed and smiled, and went out to greet Qi Yinger to come and wash her body.

After the mother and son washed up, Mrs. Zhuang had already prepared dinner, and because she had money in her pocket, thinking that tomorrow she would invite the doctor to see the old man, the melancholy on her face faded away.

After dinner, Nanmenyue went back to the room to rest. Qi Yinger was not tired. Grandma said that mother had a hard time today, so he was very obedient and didn't pester her to listen to the story. He lay on the bed and moved around. , Did not sleep peacefully until the dead of night.

As soon as he closed his eyes, it didn't seem long before he heard his grandmother calling him, rubbed his sore eyes, and glanced at the figure of his mother who was no longer beside the bed.

"Be good, Yinger, get up, grandma is going to the county, you stay at home with grandpa."

Mrs. Zhuang said as she picked up a coarse cloth soaked in hot water and wiped Qi Yinger's face indiscriminately, regardless of whether he was awake or not, she carried him directly to the kitchen.

For breakfast, I ate white porridge cooked by Nanmenyue. With little water, it was thick and fragrant. It was especially appetizing with the pile of dried pickles.

Mrs. Zhuang didn't have time to serve Qi Ying'er, so she served him porridge and hurried out.

Qi Ying'er didn't cry, he was used to it. Before his mother came over, he would find food by himself when he was hungry, and sleep when he was sleepy. Sometimes he would sleep on a wooden pier, sometimes on a tree. in the open space below.

After the mother came, someone would wash his body, someone would serve her food, and someone would tell him a story. It was nice to have a mother, and he had to be obedient and not let his mother-in-law go away.

Mrs. Zhuang rushed to the county town, picked a small pharmacy and went in. There is usually a doctor who treats patients in the pharmacy, and he will come to the clinic for you as long as you pay more money.

The doctor in the pharmacy was a young man, after hearing Mrs. Zhuang's explanation, he took a few doses of medicine, and followed the old woman out of the pharmacy.

Mrs. Zhuang led Lang Zhong in a hurry all the way, without noticing Chu Wenren who followed him all the way.

Chu Wenren is the son-in-law of the Qi family, and he worked with Mr. Qi to build a house for a wealthy family. Mr. Qi saw that he had no father and no mother, and was able to endure hardships, so he deliberately recruited him as his son-in-law.

It wasn't until after they got married that Chu Wenren found out that Chu Wenren had a bad habit of gambling. At that time, Mr. Qi intended to regret the marriage, but who knew that Qi Pingcui was determined to commit suicide, but Mr. Qi had no choice but to let her go.

After Qi Pingcui passed away in dystocia, the child returned to the Qi family, and since then Chu Wenren has had nothing to do with the Qi family.

Chu Wenren has not been able to remarry since then, and his gambling addiction has become more and more serious. After he learned that Qi Zhengang was arrested as a young man, he went to Qi's house every few days to beg for gambling money.

After all these years, the Qi family couldn't move anymore, and they didn't come here because they felt that they couldn't make any money.

This morning when he went for a walk in the gambling house, someone offered 30 taels of silver to buy the title deed of the Qi family's ancestral home. Thinking of the white taels of silver, he couldn't wait to go to the Qi family to get the title deed.

On the way here, I saw Mrs. Zhuang leading the doctor home.So he sneaked behind him, this time he came to grab it blatantly, even if he did it, he would have to go after the outsider, if he was caught and turned over to the government, not only would he not get the money, but he would lose more than the gain if he was in prison.

(End of this chapter)