Chapter 12

Before Meng Gui could answer Zikui's words, Mrs. Chen rushed to say, "Every family is divided into two pieces of good land and one piece of bad land. Your family got two good pieces of land on Dabao Slope. Then we opened up wasteland yesterday. That steep land belongs to your family. By the way, I measured it just now, and the size of the land is almost the same as the land divided by my family and the third family, so the remaining unfinished land is nothing to our two families. If your house is willing to open, it will be opened, and if it is not opened, it will be pulled down."

Originally, Father Meng and Wuzhi discussed to open it for another two days, to finish that piece, and it would be good to grow corn.But now that the land has been divided evenly, who is willing to open the rest of the other two families? After the opening, it will be divided among the three families, and each family can only get a corner.

Zikui was very happy to hear what Chen said, "Second Aunt, that means, if my family finishes the rest, it will count as more land in my family!"

Mrs. Chen snorted, and said with a smile: "With five of you and a big belly, I'm afraid you won't be able to finish blooming in ten or eight days. How much can the harvest of half an acre of barren land be? It's a waste of effort."

Zikui didn't answer, but she felt that it would be good to have more land, maybe her family would be able to have enough food for every meal in the future, and there would be no time when she would be out of order.

Ding Xiang wasn't interested in dividing the land, she was focused on washing clothes and didn't surround her.Mrs. He was still talking with Li Langzhong in the room. Li Langzhong said that Haitang was fine, and that it was okay to have some blood flow if the fetus moved. If the fetus moved, it meant that the baby was fine, but Haitang did not keep up with the nutrition, so it is better not to do heavy work in the future. It was good, and then I wrote a prescription for anti-abortion.

Haitang took out the purse from under the pillow, and took ten pieces from the string of one hundred Wen coins, which were regarded as money for Li Langzhong's medical treatment.After Li Langzhong took the money and left, Haitang took out another thirty Wen to Mrs. He, "Mother, I don't know if the thirty Wen is enough to buy medicine. Tell Second Sister to go to town in the afternoon."

He took the money, but was very surprised, "Where did you get the money?"

Haitang couldn't bear to lie to Mrs. He, and she didn't want her parents to misunderstand that she was secretly hiding money, so she said: "Yesterday, my second sister pretended to have a stomachache and went to my cousin's house. I asked my second sister to buy me abortion pills for a hundred coins. Since my cousin has promised to marry me in two years, there is no need to mention these things, I will just take good care of the fetus.”

He held the money in his hand, and his face was very unhappy, "Look at you, why didn't you tell your parents about these things, and let Ding Xiang pretend to have a stomachache. Well, well, this is the end of the matter, and it is useless to talk about it. What will happen in the future? You must discuss it with your parents."

When Mrs. He left the house, he saw Mrs. Wu and his third wife Mrs. Mrs. Qi all rushing to their respective men, rushing to ask what kind of land their men got.After all, Wushi and Father Meng are elders. Although they only have one mu of land, they are located closest to home.The land allocated by the three sons' families is equal to each other no matter how far they are or how fat or thin they are. Everyone has no objection. It seems that Grandpa Meng really has two brushes in dividing the land.

Wushi took out a catty of white flour and a catty of cornmeal and handed them to Grandpa Meng, and said a lot of words of thanks. Grandpa Meng went home with a smile on his arms.

Then each family took the burden to go to the vegetable field to collect the vegetables. The vegetables had been pulled out and divided into four piles, just waiting for them to pick them back home.Meng Gui went into the house to get a basket and a pole, but He grabbed him and said, "His father, Haitang...she refuses to have an abortion, she wants to give birth to a baby."

Meng Gui became impatient, "How can this be done? Hong'er will marry Haitang two years later. Could it be that Haitang is going to have a baby at her natal family?"

"That's what I said too, but Haitang insisted on it. Just now I went to Li Langzhong to see it and prescribed a prescription for anti-abortion. What do you think should be done?"

Meng Gui glanced at Haitang lying on the bed, and was so angry that he really wanted to scold her a few words, but he was afraid that the second and third younger brothers and family outside the house would hear him, maybe after he finished scolding Haitang, Meng Qing and Meng Xing would also come in to scold her. Haitang said a few words, but Chen's was even more noisy.And his mother, Wu Zhi, might be nagging endlessly.

In order not to make a bigger commotion, he had no choice but to sigh: "I'll go to Osmanthus's house tonight and ask them what they think. If they don't agree, Haitang will never be born!"

Meng Gui was about to go out after finishing speaking, but He stopped him again, "Father, there is one more thing. Haitang said that he would spend five taels of silver to build a house. I think it's feasible. We live in a firewood house. It's easy to go out. One dwarf. You are the boss of the Meng family. You should have a head and a face, but it is shameful for our daughter to cause such a thing. Now you live in such a shabby place, not to mention being looked down upon by the villagers. Going back to my mother's house, if my mother finds out, I don't know how sad she will be."

Meng Gui also felt that life was really aggrieved, and he really needed to improve it. He said, "Since it was Haitang's suggestion, let's do it this way. The house will be built sooner or later. I will go out early tonight, and go to the grandson's house first." Family Village, and then stop by to Weijia Village near Sunjia Village, I heard that Wei Xiaozi and his nephew Wei Dashan are good at craftsmanship, and the houses they build are solid and fashionable."

Mrs. He nodded, and went out to pick vegetables with Meng Gui.

Ding Xiang, who came back from the laundry, was drying the clothes at the door just now, and overheard his father mentioning Wei Dashan's name.Could it be the Wei Dashan who met yesterday and whose marriage was regretted?That angry young man who kept saying "women don't have a good thing"?I hope he is really good at craftsmanship and can build a decent house for his family.

Thinking of living in a decent house in the near future, Ding Xiang was quite happy.There was a musty smell in the firewood room. Although all the firewood had been moved out, the suffocating smell could not go away. It was also short and shabby, so it was very depressing to live in.

But when she thought that this was a hush money from the Sun family to Haitang, Ding Xiang felt blocked again. The family wanted to live a better life, but they could only rely on the blood and tears money that Haitang got.

Meng Gui and He picked out all the vegetables, only a dozen Chinese cabbages and a few cabbages.Zikui and Dingxiang helped, and piled the vegetables neatly at the door.After finishing these tasks, Mrs. He took out the [-] Wen coins and the prescription given by Haitang, and asked Ding Xiang to go to the town to buy medicine.

Ding Xiang plans to go to the town not only to buy medicine, but also to buy some good things to stew for Hai Tang. Due to long-term malnutrition, and now she is pregnant again, Hai Tang urgently needs a supplement.

He and Meng Gui didn't rest for a while, and now they went up the mountain to open up wasteland.As for lunch, I don't plan to make it. Everyone is a little full in the morning, so let's save food.

Neither the second bedroom nor the third bedroom planned to make lunch. At this time, Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Qi had already gone out with their needles and threads, and they were going to join in the fun by the old well in the east of the village.They didn't even think about it, it was almost noon, there were no idlers staying there, everyone had to go home and cook.

Yusen, Yurong, and Yuxi were playing in the yard. Rose and Narcissus saw Dingxiang go out, and they ran to catch up. "Second sister, are you going to town?"

Ding Xiang glanced at them, "Yes, I want to buy tonic for my sister, what are you doing with me, I won't take you there."

Rose bluffed, "We only got one hundred coins when we separated, so you're going to spend it?"

Narcissus answered, "This one hundred wen money is too poor for the Chinese New Year. You still have to spend it. Did uncle and aunt agree? You didn't steal it from them, did you?"

Ding Xiang couldn't say that it was money from the Sun family. If she didn't admit that the money was stolen from her parents, they would definitely say that she kept it privately, but it would cause trouble.But she never wants everyone to treat her as a thief, which will damage her image as a person.

"Who said I stole it? Although I only shared a hundred coins and kept it for the New Year, but my sister is weak, so what if I took some out to buy tonics? Is it important to have my sister's body for the New Year? "

Originally, Narcissus wanted to say that she was only pregnant with a wild species, so if she killed it, why would she spend money on tonics? What a big joke.But afraid of being slapped by Zikui who was chopping firewood not far away, she still didn't dare to say it.

Rose didn't think too much about it, and said, "Oh, uncle and aunt agreed. Then Narcissus and I will go to the town with you to play. Anyway, my family and my third uncle's family don't need to open up wasteland anymore."

"Not good, in case the second aunt and third aunt say that my three sisters have spoiled you." Ding Xiang left after finishing speaking, ignoring them.

Rose curled her lips, and suddenly shouted again: "Second sister, why did you go out without wearing a big-brimmed hat or a turban?"

"I don't like wearing those things." Ding Xiang didn't turn her head.

In the end, it was Zikui who felt that something was wrong, took out a straw hat with a big brim from the house and chased after it, put it on Ding Xiang's head, and whispered: "Second sister, you used to wrap yourself up tightly every time you went out of the village. , why are you so unscrupulous now? It’s okay not to wear it in the village, because they are all members of the Meng family, but if you go to the town, you are not afraid of provoking some ruffians from other villages?”

Ding Xiang was really helpless, so she had no choice but to respond: "Okay, okay, I'll just put it on."

Because Rose and Narcissus are under 14 years old, they dare not go out of the village at will. They only dare to go out with adults or three older sisters.But Lilac didn't take them there, they sat depressed on the stone in front of the door, looking annoyed.

Zikui came back to continue chopping firewood, and Rose asked: "Third sister, can't your house open the remaining half of the barren and steep slope of Geda Mountain?"

"Of course it's open. My parents have already gone. Starting tomorrow, my second sister and I will also go to open up wasteland. It's not as leisurely as you can play at home."

As soon as Narcissus heard about playing, she got up and said, "That's right, it's better to separate the family. I'll go play with Ganoderma lucidum."

But Rose wanted to go back to the house, saying that she wanted to learn embroidery. At this moment, she remembered that the head flower hadn't been mended yet, so she ran to the woodshed to ask Haitang to borrow a needle.

When Lilac left the village, she happened to pass by the old well in the east of the village.Unexpectedly, no one really came home to cook lunch at this moment, except for Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Qi, there were two women who were chatting with them while doing needlework.

"Mother Rose, which man did Haitang date, and which wild species did she conceive?" one of the women asked very excitedly.

With a look of disdain, Mrs. Chen said: "Who knows, that girl Haitang is stubborn, she just refuses to say it, but yesterday she didn't feel ashamed and ran up the mountain to open up wasteland. Unexpectedly, she only worked for less than an hour. She complained that she had a stomachache and went home. Fortunately, the family separated this morning, no matter how embarrassing she is, she can't embarrass my family. "

At this time, Mrs. Qi also ran on Haitang, "Usually Haitang is an honest girl, but I didn't expect her to be a showy hoof. Second sister-in-law, we have to remind Narcissus and Rose not to talk to sister-in-law. The three girls from the family approached, and none of them were taught badly."

Ding Xiang, who was in the distance, was out of breath when she heard it, and strode towards this side, standing upright in front of Chen Shi and Qi Shi, staring at them both coldly.

(End of this chapter)

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