Traversing the good life of a peasant woman

Chapter 12

On this day, Wen Yue had just finished making lunch, and before she could go out to deliver the meal, she heard someone knocking on the courtyard door.He picked up the wooden stick by the door and asked outside through the wooden door, "Who is it?"

"Is it Dachuan's wife? I'm your fourth aunt Sun, please open the door."

Wen Yue heard that it was Aunt Sun's voice, so she threw the wooden stick in her hand aside, pulled the latch and opened the door, and saw Aunt Sun standing by the door nervously, behind her was a gorgeously decorated car. carriage.Seeing that it was Wen Yue who came out, Fourth Aunt Sun hurriedly pulled Wen Yue closer, and whispered: "I just went to do some business, and I met them on the way. The people here pointed out that they were looking for your family. I was a little worried, so I took them with me." They're here, have you offended anyone?"

The country people have spent their whole lives digging through the mud, and the rich people who have dealt with them all their lives may be the landlords of the village. So when Fourth Aunt Sun saw that the person in the carriage was looking for Fang Dachuan, she still couldn't stop thinking. drumming.

Seeing the genuine concern in Aunt Sun's eyes, Wen Yue smiled reassuringly at her and said, "Auntie, we are all newcomers, so who can we offend, I'll ask, don't worry. "

Turning around and approaching the carriage, just as he was about to speak, he saw the curtain on the carriage lifted, and the woman he saw at Xiuzhuang that day came down head-on.When Wen Yue saw her, she knew what was going on in her heart. Wen Yue took a few steps back and said politely: "It's Madam! I really didn't expect you to come to our rural place. Please come to the house."

The woman nodded slightly and said: "You don't have to be polite, just call me Fang's mother!"

"I met Fang's mother!" Wen Yue immediately changed her words.

Seeing that Wen Yue was so witty, the mother of Fang had a three-point good impression of her, and she immediately raised another point. She followed Wen Yue into the yard, and Fang's mother frowned almost imperceptibly when she looked at the dilapidated house in front of her. eyebrow.And the look of disdain in the eyes of the two girls who followed her with bags in their hands never concealed it for a moment.

After entering the house, Fang's mother had a good understanding of the family's life, but although the house looked bad and the furnishings in the house were very dilapidated, it was clean.Whether it was on the kang, on the ground or on the broken table, they were all cleaned up spotlessly. It seemed that this village woman was also a clean person.

Without drinking the water brought by Wen Yue, Fang's mother said directly: "You probably know the purpose of my visit today. As for our wife, I plan to hand over our lady's wedding dress to you to embroider. Within four months, you Could it be done?"

Wen Yue thought for a while and said, "That depends on what kind of tricks your government wants, and you have to analyze it according to the specific tricks."

Mother Fang winked at the two maidservants behind her, and they opened one of the bundles and unfolded a gorgeous wedding dress that had been embroidered inside.After seeing Wen Yue, she looked at Mother Fang with some confusion and said, "Mother Fang, this wedding dress is very well embroidered, what is it?"

Mother Fang shook her head: "Don't ask me these questions, just tell me if you can embroider according to this pattern, can it be finished in four months?"

Wen Yue once again set her eyes on the embroidered wedding dress, nodded and said: "Yes, but I can only embroider this wedding dress. There are too many, and I can't finish it."

Mother Fang nodded, and asked the girl to open another bag. Inside was a red wedding dress that had already been made. The material was obviously several times better than the one just now. Mother Fang continued: "It's this one." Wedding dress and head covering, I don’t ask you for anything else, how about it, can I take it?”

Wen Yue smiled and said: "Of course I can pick it up. Although the time is tight, there shouldn't be any major omissions. It's just...

Wen Yue looked at Fang's mother with some embarrassment and said, "I just don't know, how much is your government going to pay me?"

Mother Fang took out a piece of silver from her bosom and put it on the table: "I will pay you half of the money first, five taels. As long as you finish it on time and the quality is top-notch, our wife has never been stingy. Paying your other half of the wages, it probably wouldn't be surprising to reward you more."

When Fang Dachuan and Mrs. Zhao, who were working in the field, heard someone gossip that something happened to their family and hurried back, they only saw Wen Yue and Aunt Sun standing at the door watching a carriage that had gone away.Seeing Fang Dachuan and the others came back, Fourth Aunt Sun didn't stay any longer, and left after saying a few words.

When Fang Dachuan and Zhao Shi saw the money and materials left by the family, Wen Yue, who thought they would be happy, got Fang Dachuan's objection: "Yue Niang, our family is not particularly short of money now. Isn't your body too tired to do such a job?"

Mrs. Zhao, who was sighing while holding the money, heard it, and said with some concern: "Yes, no matter how important the money is, it can't catch up with my great-great-grandson in your stomach. Don't be brave."

"It's okay." Wen Yue comforted: "Actually, I didn't finish talking to them just now. How can it take four months? I can embroider it in three months. You don't have to worry."

"But!" Fang Dachuan still objected. Wen Yue looked at him and said, "I know you are worried that my body will not be able to bear it. Don't worry, I won't be brave. When the month is old, if you ask me to embroider, I won't embroider." Yeah, I had to make clothes for our kids then."

Mrs. Zhao put the silver in her hand on the table, and said with some nostalgia: "Well, you can figure it out yourself. You know your body best. I went to the field. Where is the rice? I'll take it there. , your mother is still there."

Until Fang Dachuan came back from the field at night, the expression on his face was still a little ugly. Wen Yue knew that he was worried, but there was a reason why she insisted on accepting the deal.Taking advantage of dinner, Wen Yue told Fang Dachuan what was in her heart: "Grandma, mother, Dachuan, I have always had something on my mind, and I want to discuss it with you. Let's see if it works?"

"What's the matter?" Zhao asked.

Wen Yue put her hands on her belly and said, "I was thinking, should we renovate the house, or let's talk to Zhou Lizheng about choosing a place to build a house, what do you think?"

When Mrs. Zhao heard this, she was taken aback and said, "Why do you think of this? How much does it cost to build a house? Why do you suddenly mention a house?"

I knew that Mrs. Zhao would love money, Wen Yue was not in a hurry, and said softly, "Grandma, look, the little guy in my stomach can move now, and we will see each other in a few months." him."

When Wen Yue mentioned the child, the hearts of Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li immediately softened, and their eyes fell on Wen Yue's stomach at the same time.

"So, grandma, it's already cold when the child is born, but look at our house now, it's okay for adults, can the child bear it? So I thought, while we have money, let's first Build the house so that adults and children will not suffer in the future, what do you think?"

Fang Dachuan nodded and said: "What Yueniang said is, grandma, let's make a decision like this."

"However, there are so many folks who came together, and our house is the only one to build a new house. Do you think it will be too eye-catching? I have lived to this age, but I know that people should not be too outstanding. If they are too outstanding, some people will be jealous. Someone is doing something bad!" Mrs. Zhao had concerns in her heart, so she didn't quite agree with her words.

Seeing that Mrs. Zhao's objection was not so strong, Wen Yue felt relieved. In fact, no matter whether Mrs. Zhao agrees or not today, in Wen Yue's heart, this house must be built. She can't do it under her own conditions , Do not create a good living environment for children.

Wen Yue approached Mrs. Zhao, and softly persuaded: "Grandma, can it be that our house will never be built if they have no money to build a house in the future? The people in the house, they will also be jealous and jealous, and this is unavoidable. So I still think that we don’t need to affect our own life for the sake of other people’s eyes, otherwise what are we working so hard to make money for!”

Zhao's face was wooden and she didn't make a sound. Now she also found out that no matter how much she objected, Wen Yue would always have a series of reasons to refute her and persuade her.The point is, if she is not allowed to be unrestrained, she really can't say no to Wen Yue, seeing the approval in Fang Dachuan's eyes and carefully observing her daughter-in-law, she sighed and said: "Forget it, forget it, I said long ago that you are the ones to manage this house, so I don’t care about it, you can figure it out yourself.”

After leaving Zhao's house, Fang Dachuan took the initiative to support Wen Yue. After the two stood in the yard for a while, Fang Dachuan said: "The location of our current house is not very good. In fact, I am optimistic about it. I found a place, which is quite flat, but the terrain is a bit high, but there are mountains and rivers behind, and it is close to our land, so it is very convenient to live there."

Wen Yue listened to Fang Dachuan's words clearly and logically. This was clearly observed a long time ago. In fact, he also planned to build a house a long time ago. I really didn't expect the two of them to think of going together.

"I just don't know. I don't know how much it will cost to buy that piece of land, plus the cost of building a house." Fang Dachuan said this, with embarrassment on his face.

"Have you thought about it a long time ago?" Wen Yue asked.

Fang Dachuan smiled honestly twice, and said to Wen Yue: "Yeah, I've thought about it since I knew you had a baby in your stomach, and I figured it out at that time, it was already winter when you gave birth. This house, the child can't bear it, but we don't have much money after all, so I have been hesitating all the time, and I didn't tell you, because I was afraid that you would get angry."

Wen Yue lit the oil lamp, looked at Fang Dachuan with a smile and said, "I thought you would object like grandma."

"How could it be!" Fang Dachuan stuffed the thin quilt on the kang behind Wen Yue's back and let her lean against the wall comfortably and said, "It's because I have no ability to let you live a good life."

"Who said that!" Wen Yue retorted: "If it weren't for the money you got from hunting bears, which made me feel confident, I wouldn't dare to talk about building a house. You are the pillar of our family, so you can't take it lightly. Deny yourself. That's a bear, no one can easily hunt it down."

Wen Yue couldn't help admiring when she thought of the bear that Fang Dachuan struggled to come back that day.Unexpectedly, Fang Dachuan blushed when he heard it, and said unnaturally: "That's just a fluke, as you can see, I've been going up and down the mountain every day these days, but I don't even have a hare fur They didn't even get it."

Since Fang Dachuan said that day that he would go up and down the mountain more often to improve the living conditions of his family, he went to the mountains early in the morning for a few days in a row to make peace. As a result, until today, the traps he put down are still there. None of the changes.So these days, he himself has started to feel a little depressed.

"How easy is that? These days, the mountains are full of people picking wild vegetables. The pheasants and rabbits have long since gone to hide. There is still meat at home, so I don't worry about you for a while." Wen Yue looked at him collapsed. The lower face comforted.

Hearing Wen Yue's words, Fang Dachuan felt as if a big rock finally fell to the ground. He has been feeling uneasy about not getting anything these days. Ever since he knew that Wen Yue's embroidery can make so much money, he has no pressure. is fake.As a man, if he relies entirely on his wife's income to live a good life, it's no different from eating soft food, so he has all the energy in his heart to do more things for the family, but God doesn't help him.

Fortunately, his wife didn't mean to look down on him, otherwise his face would really have no place to put it.No, I have to find a time to go to the mountain to dig a trap. Apart from farming, he only has this ability. He doesn't believe that his luck will always be like this!

(End of this chapter)