farmhouse ditty

Chapter 37

After leaving the village and on the big dirt road, Chu Ge and Xiu Niang didn't hold hands, because this (time) some villagers were going to the fields and were busy with the afternoon farm work.

It is very comfortable for the young couple to hold hands, but the happy one was in Moren's time. If they were walking on the avenue like this, it would be the elders who would not talk about some things. When people see it, they have to stop and talk for a while.

Xiu Niang felt that there was nothing wrong with it, but Chu Ge was stingy, so he didn't walk with her, and the two of them walked one after the other.

There are crops planted on the left and right sides of this big dirt road, and they are divided into equal parts. If the two are next to each other, try to separate them. Usually, a mound of soil is made in the middle, and the top is placed on the top. After smoothing it out, you can leave, and you are not afraid of stepping on the crops when you pick up water and collect baskets (harvesting).

Xiu Niang looked over, and saw that the water-soaked vegetable garden was full of greenery, the rice fields were shining with gold, and the tall corn with ears, just like the old man's beard, was drifting away in the wind. , one acre, one scene, one color in one place, it makes people happy just looking at it.

There is also the man in the field, the shy farmer's daughter-in-law, one of them is busy with work, the other is watching from the sidelines, and when the end is finished, they are poured tea and handed over, and the two of them look at each other with a smile on their faces.

Xiu Niang looked at it and smiled, thinking about it, Chu Ge went down to the field tomorrow, and she poured water over, and after walking for a while, Chu Ge went down the slope, holding Xiu Niang by the hand, and the two put the soil in the field Duizi walked, and stopped when he passed a corn field.

Chu Ge pointed at the front, "Xiu Niang, it's our field."

Xiu Niang looked at the clusters of green cabbage heads in front of her, and there was a large piece of unoccupied land in the back, but she didn't want to plant anything, and guessed that Chu Ge was working hard to get potatoes and taro. Because of the restlessness of potato heads and so on, he had to pick a place to plant, but he had a few acres of empty land, so he just moved the nest to plant first.

The previous Xiuniang was also surprised, Aunt Zhao's shabby house was not worth much money, and all the money Chu Ge owed was the price of these few acres of land, but Chu Ge was the only one who could work in the house, he Why did you get so much land.

But when she thought about it later, it became clear that the most fundamental thing for a farmer is to grow crops, and the most fundamental thing for growing crops is to have land, otherwise the elders would not always talk about it. God, feet on the ground, a farmer is diligent in farming, crop seedlings, a farmer, without crops, he is not a man.

According to their thinking, the more land you buy, the better, but Xiuniang thinks that Chu Ge has his own ideas, and he spares no effort to build a few more acres, which is also giving Chu Ge Keep it safe, and wait for his brother to grow up, and he won't be afraid that he won't be able to work.

This was asked by Xiu Niang, otherwise he would be so dumbfounded, who could guess what he was thinking in his heart, it would be better to ask it himself.

Xiu Niang squatted down and picked up the soil on the ground, rubbed it and said, "Chu Ge, is our place good?"

Chu Ge smiled and said, "That's very good. Look at the overturned potato pit. The field is full of dark soil. This is the fattest one. It can grow crops..."

Xiu Niang looked at Chu Ge and smiled. After all, he was a farmer, and when he talked about farming, he slipped away, "Then, how is the soil in our yard compared to here?"

Chu Ge listened for a while, not knowing why Xiu Niang asked this, since the plot of land in the family yard was considered good, it would be good to build a trellis to climb grapes and grow some flowers, but the one It can be regarded as a "land", how can it be compared with the land in the field.

He looked at Xiu Niang, "Xiu Niang, what are you asking?"

Xiu Niang got up and clapped her hands, "Tell me first, how does the one in the courtyard compare to this?"

Chu Ge said bluntly, "There is no way to compare."

Xiu Niang asked, "You said it, the land in the yard is not as good as here, right?"

Chu Ge responded. He looked at Xiu Niang's watery eyes and turned around, then smiled strangely. He didn't know what he was thinking about, "Xiu Niang, you are really thinking about it." ?”

After hearing this, Xiu Niang looked back at him and smiled, "Me? I was thinking... the vegetables in our field are tender, so I thought about picking some and frying them for dinner."

Chu Ge looked along, felt that it was good, and said, "Well, then you do it, I will go up the mountain first."

Xiu Niang nodded, as if she had thought of something, "Oh right, Chu Ge, you will go up the mountain later, and take a look at the pile of flowers under the bamboo forest to see how it is blooming."

Chu Ge said, "Huaduizi? How about it?"

Xiu Niang pinched Cai Xin, "It's the white flower in the courtyard."

Chu Ge thought about it and said, "But it's the first one, the one we dug down from the mountain and planted by the fence?"

Xiu Niang replied, "Well, it's that one."

Chu Ge said, "But last time you didn't take the scissors and twist them all, I guess you won't survive."

Xiu Niang paused, turned to look at him, she was stupefied, she called it pruning, she twisted it with scissors, Chu Ge looked at Xiu Niang, "Oh, then I will Let’s go and see.” After all, it’s been a month, and he still knows what people mean.

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Xiu Niang went home with the pickled cabbage in her arms. She searched for a basket and put it in, but it seemed that there were too many picks.

This time Mrs. Liu was passing the entrance of the courtyard, looking at Xiu Niang and smiling, "Hey, sister, I just came back."

Seeing the man, Xiuniang said, she grabbed a handful of cabbage and put them in a basin, and she came to the door with a basket, "Sister-in-law Liu, it's just in time for you to come, just now I went to the field to pick vegetables, and looked at the good ones." It’s too much trouble, I’ll keep some, and you can make do with the rest.”

Mrs. Liu watched and took over, so there was no need to be polite, the two of them got along well, so there was no need to say something false, "Oh, it's just a coincidence that my ten fingers are so pointy, sister. Picking this dish makes it tender."

Xiu Niang said, "They all grow in my own field, why don't you look for juicy ones to eat?"

Mrs. Liu chattered a few words with a smile, but looked into Xiuniang's courtyard, "Hey, sister, why did Chu Ge go?"

Xiu Niang said, "This chicken is full of eggs, Ming'er Chugo is going to go around the town, rushing up the mountain to find some mountain things, it doesn't take much effort .”

Mrs. Liu made a "tsk" sound when she heard it, "Chu Ge is really hard-working, such a good boy, why did his parents listen to the old people's uproar earlier, and give Chu Ge Come over to Xiayang Village, shouting and shouting, or you won’t be here now... Hey, look at me, my sister, I’m done talking about it, so hurry up and go.”

Xiu Niang looked at her and said, "Sister-in-law Six, you can tell the whole story, what happened to Chu Ge's parents in Shangyang Village?"

(End of this chapter)