Yuanyang Farming Story

Chapter 18

Ever since the pig was raised at home, Xiaoxiu felt that the pig eats a lot, and if it only eats grain, it may not be able to grow meat.In order to save a few grains, Xiaoxiu used her brain to think about how to make the pigs eat well without spending too much.The first thing Xiaoxiu thought of was the earthworms in the field, and she vaguely remembered that the pigs ate the feed accompanied by these things, and the meat grew rapidly.

So the great task of digging earthworms was handed over to Comrade Xiao Su. As for how to feed the earthworms after digging, it was another question.Of course, Xiaoxiu is not lazy, and there are a lot of sweet potatoes in the field, and the rattan pigs of sweet potatoes are the most favorite.So Xiaoxiu went to the fields every day to pull a lot of sweet potato leaves back, and then took a big knife to chop up the sweet potato vines, and fed them to the pigs in the bran.

It’s just that there was something wrong between Xiao Su and Xiao Xiu. How should I put it, that day Xiao Su asked Xiao Xiu, “Xiu, how am I?” But Xiao Xiu ran away without answering the question.So Xiao Su felt uncomfortable in her heart.People who have served in the army are habitually clean and tidy in doing things.Good or bad, you always have to give me an answer, otherwise it's not a problem if you keep procrastinating.So Xiao Su decided to find some time to talk to Xiao Xiu again.

Xiaoxiu and Haopo share only a small amount of land, even if they are all planted with sweet potatoes, the sweet potato vines are not enough for one big, six small and seven pigs to eat, so at this time Xiaoxiu will go into the space and pull something to feed the pigs. When it was over, I happened to pass by that piece of red soil, and ran to see what happened to the planted snow grass on a whim.

As a result, I ran to take a look and saw some green things that looked like leek seedlings had just broken out of the ground.Xiaoxiu wasn't sure if it was snow grass, so she turned her head to look for the snow grass that was planted on the black soil last time, but she couldn't find anything green no matter how she looked.So Xiaoxiu squatted down and scraped open the ground where the snow grass was planted at that time, and saw that the snow grass planted at that time was still buried in the ground, not moldy but not sprouting, Xiaoxiu really didn't know the idea at this time The leek seedling-like thing is not snow grass anymore.But the current situation is that a dead horse is treated as a living horse doctor.Whether you are leek or snow grass, you must take good care of it. This is the great hope for Xiaosu's ears to be healthy!
Xiaoxiu grabbed the mud on the red soil with one hand, put it in the palm of her hand and observed it carefully, the mud was not particularly red when viewed separately, but had a slight color.Putting the red clay in her hand, Xiaoxiu had an illusion that it was not clay but cinnabar.Xiaoxiu remembered that only after this upgrade did she have the red earth, if she fed some wine to the vine, would it be upgraded again?

When Xiaoxiu thought of this, she felt itchy in her heart, so she ran to find the sweet wine brewed by her grandma.He brought in a whole jar of sweet wine, carefully dug a small circular circle at the root of the vine, then put a jar of sweet wine in, and waited for the grapevine to drink up all the sweetness. Will the wine-soaked vines cause another change in the space?Xiaoxiu was really curious.

But this time a jar of rum did not cause any changes in the space, Xiaoxiu was a little disappointed.It's not that the jar of rum is heartbroken, but that I feel a little greedy.Such a space is not available to just anyone.You should be grateful when you get it, instead of thinking about getting further benefits.Xiaoxiu felt that she had become greedy.

Coming out of the space with a disappointed mood, Xiaoxiu absent-mindedly cut the sweet potato vine, but accidentally cut the knife on her finger.The pain was so great that Xiaoxiu dropped the knife and stood up.It happened that Xiao Su came in with a bag of things, saw that Xiaoxiu's hand was hurt, and went to fetch plant ashes to apply to Xiaoxiu.Xiaoxiu was in excruciating pain. She was annoyed at first, but when she saw that Xiaosu was about to sprinkle plant ashes on her hands, she felt uncomfortable all of a sudden: "What do you put on me?"

Xiaosu knew that Xiaoxiu was worried, so she persuaded her in a good voice, "Stop the bleeding first." Fortunately, the wound on Xiaoxiu's hand was not big, so she sprinkled plant ash and wrapped it with clean cloth strips, so it was considered a wound. All right.After wrapping up the wound, Xiao Su told Xiao Xiu to sit and watch, and he quickly cut up all the sweet potato vines on the ground.One is doing things, the other is sitting there watching, the atmosphere is a bit stiff.Finally, the good woman came back, and when she saw Xiaoxiu's wound, she felt nauseous.

A few days later, Xiaoxiu and Xiaosu bought back almost all the things they bought.Thirty chickens and ducklings are kept in the fruit forest. When the ducks grow up a bit, they are sent to the river to find food for themselves.In fact, the idea of ​​going to the show is not bad.Chickens and ducks are raised free-range in the fruit forest, and the excrement of the usual chickens and ducks can be used as fertilizer for the fruit trees. In this way, the problem of free-range chickens and ducks is also solved.Kill two birds with one stone!
It is enough to feed the chickens and ducks that have just been brought back some chopped green vegetable leaves, because there are a lot of them, Xiao Su helps Xiaoxiu carry the food box, so that Xiaoxiu can feed these newborn chickens and ducks little by little.Seeing Xiaoxiu's serious expression while feeding, Xiaosu asked again, "Xiu, how am I?" Xiaoxiu shook her hand, and threw a large handful of green vegetable leaves on the chicken's head, causing a lot of looting!
"Xiu, how am I?"

Xiaosu, you are very nice, you are good-looking, and you have a good temper, but...but we have only known each other for less than three months, so is it too early to draw conclusions like this?You are only 22, and I am only eighteen, and they are both young. Now we all have mutual affection, but what if one day you or I meet someone who can make your heart beat?
Xiaoxiu really wanted to ask Xiaosu these words, but she didn't ask. Looking at Xiaosu's bright black eyes, Xiaoxiu's shadow could be seen clearly, and she felt that there were no such clear eyes in this world anymore. , just like the elves in the elf world, no one can bear to put a touch of sadness in those eyes.

So Xiaoxiu nodded: "You are very good. I like it too..." When Xiaoxiu was thinking about what to say next, she was interrupted by Xiaosu's hug.

"You like me too! You like me too!" Xiaosu just felt that happiness came too easily, and hugged Xiaoxiu fiercely in her arms, hugging and hugging, only when she was seen by the good woman, did she let go of embarrassment. open hands.And what Xiaoxiu wanted to say has already been squeezed to the other side of the world by Xiaosu's hug.Looking at Xiaosu's smile, Xiaoxiu suddenly felt that this is actually very good, at least everyone is smiling happily.

That night, the good woman asked Xiaoxiu and Xiaosu to sit down and discuss a matter. "Xiao Su, the matter between you and Xiaoxiu has also been settled, so the good woman has an idea, I wonder if you agree or not?" Xiao Su watched the good woman speak seriously, hoping that the good woman clicked on her, and hurriedly nodded her head.

"My good woman is already seventy-six this year. She is also satisfied with living to such an old age, but the only thing that is not satisfied is that Xiaoxiu has no husband's family. Now you and Xiaoxiu are good, and your family has no family." Now that you are an adult, the good woman wants to be the master once, and take care of the affairs between you and Xiaoxiu earlier. What do you think?"

Xiao Su was digesting what the good woman said, but Xiao Xiu jumped up early: "My good woman, I'm still young, I'm only eighteen!"

"Eighteen is not too young. When I gave birth to my eldest child, I was only seventeen!" The good woman talked about her past as if nostalgic. "I married into the Li family when I was sixteen, and I had a child at the age of seventeen. By the time I had my second child, I had already given birth to my second child. Eighteen is really not young."

Seeing that she couldn't get along with the good woman, Xiaoxiu turned around and rubbed Xiaosu: "I don't want to get married so early!" Xiaosu was very happy with the good woman's proposal, but Xiaoxiu's attitude made Xiaosu very embarrassed.In the end, the good woman made a little concession.Not married, but engaged.And there is also a big banquet to invite everyone to come and eat wine!
In fact, engagement and marriage are the same. According to the customs here, a girl's family is already a member of the family when she is engaged to someone, and they can live together, but there is one less certificate than marriage.But Xiaoxiu didn't know this custom very well, so after thinking about it, she agreed to get engaged to Xiaosu.

When Xiaosu came home from Xiaoxiu's house in the dark like drunk, she wondered if she was dreaming, and she was still uneasy the day before whether her feelings had a place, but later One day, the good woman said that she would marry Xiaoxiu to her, and she would also have an engagement wine. Comparing the two, it is really the same day and day, the difference is too much!

Xiao Su was sleeping on the bed with her mouth wide open, thinking about who to invite for the engagement wine this time.Comrades in the army are all invited, as well as the original instructors, company commanders, and battalion commanders. After calculations, I always feel that one table with two tables cannot seat so many people.At that time, we must invite a few more tables properly.

Thinking of this, Xiao Su started to do it again, and took out a small paper bag from the cabinet, which contained ten or five yuan money.Earlier, Xiaoxiu said that she wanted to grow fruit trees together. Of course Xiaosu supported her and gave her all her disability allowance to Xiaoxiu. Now the remaining money was given by the battalion commander and company commander when she left the army. , I wanted to find a chance to return it.But Xiao Su knows their temper, and they definitely don't want to pay back the money directly. Why don't they take this opportunity to buy more food and let them eat and drink well!
Xiao Su rummaged through the corner of the cabinet and found a small red silk bag, opened it, and poured out a pair of jade bracelets and a pair of gold earrings in the shape of lotus flowers.Looking at the two pieces of jewelry on the bed, Xiao Su murmured in her heart: "Father, mother, my son has found a girl he likes and is about to get engaged. From now on, my son will have a family and a family. I hope that father and mother can rest in peace in heaven." Now, my son will be fine!"

After packing up the money and jewelry, Xiao Su felt sleepless until dawn.

On the other side, Xiaoxiu slept with her good woman that night.Listening to the good woman talking about her past, talking about her feelings when she first married into the Li family, and talking about the sweetness and bitterness of the good woman for so many years.They talked until very late, until the good woman fell asleep unknowingly, but Xiaoxiu still didn't sleep.Turned over to face the moon outside the window.Xiaoxiu was thinking, did she just decide?
(End of this chapter)