Traversing the good life of a peasant woman

Chapter 10

In a blink of an eye, peach blossoms bloomed all over the mountain, the cuckoo's cries resounded across the earth, and the horn of spring plowing officially sounded.In the Zhou family village, there are busy images everywhere. The family with more men and less labor goes to the battle, and the women of the family with less men and women don’t care about restraint. Shuttle in the ground.

With her slightly swollen belly, Wen Yue went all the way to Fang's field with a basket full of food.Looking at everything in front of me on the road, although people's faces are tired, everyone's eyes are full of expectations for a good harvest.

When they arrived at the Fang family's field, they saw Fang Dachuan and Mrs. Li pulling the plow in front, and Mrs. Zhao holding the plow behind them. They were obviously very tired, and every step forward seemed extremely heavy.When she found out that farming was so hard, she was no longer embarrassed to sit at home with peace of mind according to her previous thoughts. Several times she offered to come to the field to help, even if it was to twist a handful of seeds. Holding soil, but they were all rejected by Mrs. Zhao on the grounds that she was pregnant and could not do heavy work and needed a protective hand for embroidery.

Faced with the fierce opposition from Mrs. Zhao and the others, Wen Yue had no choice but to agree, but she took advantage of the time when Mrs. Zhao and the others went to work in the field, secretly cooked the meal at home, and even delivered it once a day at noon meal.Zhao and the others saw that they couldn't screw Wen Yue, so they had no choice but to acquiesce, but for Wen Yue who is so caring now, each of them likes it in their hearts.

Fang Dachuan held a piece of pancake in his hand, and ate the egg drop soup made by Wen Yue. Zhao looked at the few strands of egg drop floating on the soup with distress, and said, "You can bring cold water later. Just make some soup, is it easy for our family to buy some eggs?"

How awkward Zhao's temper is, Wen Yue has already understood it thoroughly through these days of contact, she is supposed to be able to speak, and she will definitely say: Don't break eggs into the soup, these eggs are reserved for you to nourish your body Yes, such soft and pleasant words.However, the Zhao family can express deep malice from full of kindness.

Looking at the awkward old lady, Wen Yue said with a smile: "Grandma, you can just drink it. After working in the house all day, if you don't eat something good to replenish your strength, what's the matter? Just ask me to eat this alone." , I didn’t feel well in my heart, I choked up panicked after eating, and I didn’t say much, I just hit one.”

Fearing that Mrs. Zhao would continue, Wen Yue hurriedly stuffed another pancake into her and Mrs. Li's hands. Seeing the oily pancake in her hand and Mrs. Wen's always smiling expression, Mrs. Zhao felt warm in her heart, this child !

Adjacent to the Fang family land is the land of Fang Xiuxiu's family. At this time, their family is also sitting on the ground, eating the cold rice and cold dishes brought in the morning.Smelling the scent of vegetables coming from the Fang family, Fang Xiuxiu's mother-in-law, who was about the same age as Li's, said loudly to the Fang family: "Aunt Zhao, you are so lucky to have such a caring granddaughter-in-law." , I’m here to bring you meals and hot soup, ouch, this is really eye-catching.”

A trace of complacency flashed across Mrs. Zhao's face, and she replied modestly: "You, you just saw one thing but didn't see the other thing. My daughter-in-law is good or bad, but it's too wasteful. No, it's so easy for us to get rid of the teeth." I scooped up some money and bought her a few eggs, thinking that she would have to make up for her body. As a result, take a look, this child even brought us egg soup, you said What if she doesn't know how to live?"

Zhao's derogatory tone was heard in the ears of Fang Xiuxiu's mother-in-law on the other side, and it was not so pleasant. She glanced at Fang Xiuxiu who was gnawing on pancakes, but did not dare to say anything.The two daughters-in-law of my family are good in everything, they are capable and take care of the family, but they are too stingy in life, especially after coming to Zhoujia Village, she hasn't touched any meat for a long time in order to save money.

Fang Xiuxiu, who was silent at the same time, had long seen the envious expression in her mother-in-law's eyes. Because of the awkwardness with Wen Yue, her son couldn't hold back anymore, and she put the dry pancake in her hand. As soon as she put it in the bowl, she said in a strange way: "Grandma Zhao said that it is very worrying to have such a daughter-in-law who doesn't know how to live in the family. I don't even look at our current conditions. I just rely on my belly growing one day. Eat well, drink well, and don’t even know what saving is. Grandma Zhao, you’re getting older, so you should remind yourself that we country people shouldn’t be lavish, money doesn’t come easily.”

Zhao's original intention was to show off Wen Yue's thoughtfulness and kindness to them, but when it came to Fang Xiuxiu's mouth, she didn't hear the praise she wanted, and instead caused Wen Yue to be taught a lesson in disguise. It doesn't look good.She likes Fang Xiuxiu a lot on weekdays, this kid is hardworking and knows how to live, and his mouth is not so sloppy, but what's wrong today?What are you doing, this is obviously aimed at Chuanzi's wife, bullying her family, no matter how good the relationship is with her.

Wen Yue saw that Mrs. Zhao's face changed, and her heart was going to be bad, but she couldn't let Mrs. Zhao quarrel with them because of this matter. These are all villagers who came together. Not happy, what can I do in the future.

"Ouch!" Wen Yue yelled softly, and Mrs. Zhao quickly looked at her and asked, "What's the matter, what's the matter?"

Wen Yue smiled sweetly, and said to the three concerned faces: "The child kicked me."

Caressing Wenyue's lower abdomen, feeling the child in her stomach stretching forcefully, Mrs. Zhao said with satisfaction: "This child, no matter whether it is male or female, is a strong child. All right, you go back, we Come back after a while."

Seeing that Mrs. Zhao had forgotten what happened to Fang Xiuxiu just now, Wen Yue felt a little relieved, and squeezed her eyes again at Fang Dachuan, seeing the embarrassment and joy on Fang Dachuan's face, she was in a happy mood Turned back home.

The drowsiness period of the first three months of pregnancy had already passed, and after Wen Yue went back to clean up, she took the purse that was still a few stitches away.Embroidery is hard work, plus her belly is growing day by day, it is really hard to sit there every day. Fortunately, the baby in her belly is sensible. She has been pregnant for so long, and she has no pregnancy reaction at all.It made Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li say that the child must be a well-behaved girl without worrying about it. It was also because of this Wen Yue that Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li really didn't care whether the child in her belly was a boy or a girl, they only wanted to be healthy.

After coming back with Fang Dachuan and the others at night, Wen Yue asked during dinner, "Dachuan, can you spare some time these two days?"

Fang Dachuan nodded: "Well, yes, there is not much work in the field, and grandma and mother can do it. I was thinking of going to the mountains to have a look in the next two days."

Seeing Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li also nodding together, Wen Yue smiled and said: "That's great, my things have been embroidered, you can accompany me to the town tomorrow. I inquired, and tomorrow is the big fair in the town , Our village has an ox cart going to the town."

Maybe it's because of Wen Yue's good performance these days and her good looks, and last time Wen Yue's stubborn temper that she would do what she said, this time Wen Yue proposed to go to town, but Zhao didn't even object.

Compared with the last time they came, the town on the market day was not a bit more lively. There were small vendors setting up stalls and doing business everywhere on the street. Under the protection of Fang Dachuan, Wen Yue watched the bustle all the way. That embroidery shop.The slightly fat woman was still there, but this time she was warmly greeting a gorgeously dressed middle-aged woman. The woman seemed to be dissatisfied with the things she recommended, so she casually flipped a few times and said : "You go to greet others, don't follow me here, if I am optimistic, I will naturally call you, you follow me, I am too hot to panic."

The fat woman in Xiuzhuang was not angry with the woman's attitude, she still smiled and said: "That's all right, madam, you can take a look for yourself, you will always be satisfied with the things in our house."

After talking far away, she came to Wen Yue. Although the smile on her face faded a little, she still said enthusiastically: "Oh, big sister, it's you, is it this time?"

Wen Yue motioned to Fang Dachuan to take out her embroidered finished product from the bag, unfolded it gently on the table and said, "Didn't I agree last time, if I embroider it, I will be the first to give it to you, the boss." Look, no, I brought it."

The boss had already fixed her eyes on the piece of juan cloth that Wen Yue put on the table, she carefully picked it up and looked at the light, and exclaimed in her mouth: "Sister, I really didn't Thinking that you have such kung fu, this, this embroidery is really beautiful. Hey, your stitching method seems to be a little different, ok, ok, really exquisite."

The boss kept his eyes on the silk embroidered by Wen Yue, and kept praising him.

After a long time, she carefully put down the material again, and said, "Sister, my sister has a straightforward temper, and I won't lie to you. I like your stuff very much, and it is also a rare top-grade item. 1 tael of silver I'll take it, how about it?"

1 tael?Wen Yue turned her head to look at Fang Dachuan, and quickly calculated in her heart that 1 tael equals 1200 hundred wen equals 120 catties of coarse grains equals 60 catties of pork, which is quite a lot.

But what about the cost of her embroidery?The silk thread and the silk cloth cost her 400 renminbi, and her labor is not counted as money for the time being, that is to say, this work only earned 800 renminbi.

Wen Yue looked nervously at her boss and asked with a smile: "Boss, I want to ask you, how do you collect this kind of thing?" She pointed to a simple small purse on the counter. The boss didn't understand why Wen Yue asked this suddenly, but he still said: "Well, I will charge you seven yuan for thread and materials, and ten yuan if you embroider it yourself."

Wen Yue nodded, slowly sat on the chair, picked up the purse she embroidered and said, "Boss, what about me?"

"30 Wen." The boss looked at the purse, and a gleam of joy flashed in his eyes.

Wen Yue, who was sitting there, suddenly sighed and said, "Sister, you are not real."

The boss raised his eyebrows and asked back: "Big sister, how can I be unreasonable? The price I gave you is several times that of others. Can't you see it from this purse?"

Wen Yue pointed to her work and said: "I bought all my materials and silk threads from you. You should know the cost, elder sister. For this kang screen, I embroidered for two months. Could it be that I The time is not money? You talk about purses, okay, then let’s talk about this purse, the quality of the purse you received, big sister, can it compare with mine? As for your kind, I can at least make it a day Embroidering a dozen or so, yo, with this calculation, I really don’t make money with this big embroidery work, but if I embroider your little purse, it will cost more than 800 Wen in two months!"

With Fang Dachuan's careful support, Wen Yue stood up, smiled and said to the boss: "Sister, it's okay, we can't be righteous in business, turn around, if I want to take over the purse, I'll come to you!"

As she spoke, she signaled Fang Dachuan to put away her things and prepare to leave.The boss couldn't agree after seeing it, and hurriedly stopped him: "Big sister, don't worry, the business is negotiated, there is no reason for you to walk away if you are not satisfied."

(End of this chapter)