Xiaoqiao Liushui Renjia

Chapter 5

"Brother, this is for you." Xiaoqiao secretly gave the two older brothers half a steamed bun, knowing that they were not full and had to go out to do physical work. At noon, she secretly saved her own After a while, I hid it.

Now that he is in his own room, he is not afraid of being seen.Wu's eldest son, Li Xia, hurriedly asked, "Why don't you eat at noon? I'm not hungry."

Liqiu, Wu's second son, also said, "Xiaoqiao, eat by yourself, don't save it for us."

Xiaoqiao smiled and said quietly: "My sister gave me some meat today, I'm not hungry at all, brothers, hurry up and eat, or it will be bad if someone sees you."

That ghost Xiaofeng!Both Li Xia and Li Qiu laughed, so there was no delay. The two brothers shared the meal, "It's delicious!"

Xiaoqiao felt quite sad, he couldn't get enough of just a little Zamian steamed buns, and his two older brothers were now working as laborers.

Mrs. Wu also cleaned up the kitchen and went into the children's room. Seeing her two sons eating, she hurriedly looked outside, and then asked what was going on. Li Xia explained the matter again. Immediately hugged Xiaoqiao, "Good girl, you are so sensible! Don't worry, we will be fine when we separate. From now on, you can eat as much as you want!"

Li Qiu hurriedly asked: "Mother, when can we separate?"

"It's coming soon, but don't tell others, lest someone will be upset!" Wu said.

The three brothers and sisters were all a little excited. If they could really separate their families, it would be much worse than it is now!They must be more motivated than they are now.

In the afternoon, everyone did what they were supposed to do. After washing the clothes in the morning, Xiaoqiao also went to dig wild vegetables with Xiaodie from the third uncle's house. Xiaoqiao helps.

"Xiaoqiao, I'll go with my sister to pluck the hair buds and eat!" Xiaodie said.

"Okay, okay!" The children in the country don't have any fruit to eat, they can only eat wild fruits or something. This hair sprout should be a kind of thatch when it grows. It tastes very sweet, and it is similar to cotton candy. The feeling of chewing is almost the same, everyone likes to pull some, but if it is old, it will be particularly unpalatable, this thing usually grows on the side of the canal, Xiaoqiao followed Xiaodie to the side of the canal, and saw a lot of hairy Buds, I happily pulled them open and ate them.My stomach was a little full after eating, and I brought some back to my family.

Things like hair sprouts, their sister-in-law thinks they are country stuffs, not worth her to eat, so others have their share.After a while, the red fruit on the mountain will ripen, and it will not be too late to go back then.

In the evening, the children ate Maoya, and they were very happy. Xiaofeng also came back from Landlord Zhang's house, and she was still paid ten Wen by Mrs. Guo. She said it nicely, everything was for In this family, she keeps the money.

The big income of the family is the two pigs, which can be sold for four or five taels of silver all year round, and the income from the grain in the field. No matter what happens, this money will not be in everyone's hands, it is all in the hands of the Guo family. It is called the head of the family, and when there is still slack in the fields, everyone goes out to do part-time jobs, and all the wages they get go to Mrs. Guo.Of course, in many cases, everyone will keep a little money for themselves. This is the so-called private house money, and how much you keep depends on your ability.

For example, Xiaofeng can deduct a few cents every day. Now she puts her own money in a clay pot and hides it under the bed.

"When the money is enough, sister will buy you candy!" Xiaofeng said.

Xiaoqiao asked: "Sister, do you want someone like me at Landlord Zhang's house? I'll go to work too."

"What's wrong? You want to save money for your own house too? Xiaoqiao, you have a sister in everything. You are still young, don't go to work for others, or that old witch will let you go next time, and you learn how to do needlework with my mother." Don't make your hands rough." Xiaofeng did not hide her dislike for Guo Shi in front of Xiaoqiao.But it's sweet to call her grandma in person!

What Xiaofeng thinks is that although Xiaoqiao has to work at home, the clothes don't have to be washed every time. The old hag is also afraid that the clothes will be broken if they are washed too much. money?
And when you go out to dig pigweed in the field, you can still play, as long as the basket is full at that time, like Xiaodie, you can play for a long time.Although Xiaoqiao is young, he doesn't have to work for such a long time.

"Aren't you young, sister? You can go out to work." Xiaoqiao said.Now it's just doing part-time jobs to earn money. It's really hard life. Inventions and creations don't work here, let alone such a big family.

Her needlework is only able to sew a few stitches, which is not enough to be appreciated by others, and she needs money to do needlework, Guo's heart is terribly distressed, where did you buy these wastes for you?Even cloth heads need money.

"Aren't I your sister? Xiaoqiao, please listen to my sister, and I will buy you flowers in the future." Xiaofeng coaxed Xiaoqiao.

Xiaoqiao sighed in his heart, why can't I make any money, and let me come here to suffer and suffer?God, please open your eyes.

After a spring rain, it is said that the spring rain is as expensive as oil. After the rain, it is much easier to cultivate the land.Ye Xiaoqiao's ten acres of dry land needs to be planted with sorghum, peanuts, rapeseed, corn and other drought-resistant crops, so these days are relatively busy, and even Ye Xiaoqiao has to go to the field to pick up the plowed weeds Root, if the root of this weed is not picked out, it will still grow wildly at that time, affecting the harvest of the crops in the field.

Two acres of rapeseed is for one year to eat oil seeds. Although rapeseed oil is not delicious, it is better than no oil.And with rapeseed, the land is very fat, which is a treasure for farmers.

Those of the Ye family who pick up weed roots like Xiaoqiao are not allowed to enter the field wearing cloth shoes, because the soil is still a bit moist, so if they go out of the field wearing cloth shoes, they must not get their shoes dirty?What if it breaks?Don't expect Mrs. Guo to give you money to make shoes, so you always wear your own straw sandals. Fortunately, the weather is not cold anymore, so your feet don't feel cold.

The cows in their family belonged to the grandfather's family. The population of the grandfather's family was smaller than that of the old man Ye, and they were all willing to work, and there was no scholar to drag them down. Therefore, they were richer than the old man Ye's family and could afford cattle.

Grandpa's grandma and grandma are all generous people, and they have nothing to say about the use of cattle by the second family every year, as long as the cattle are fed.

After five or six days of busy work, they finally planted all the crops. The year's plan is in spring, and the next thing is Ye Gen going to the county to test.

In the evening, Mrs. Guo looked at the money box again and again, and couldn't help but said to Old Man Ye: "Father, this money is not enough, the eldest girl and the second girl are also the elder sisters of the fourth child, so they should give some money anyway." .At least in the future, they will also benefit from it."

The old man fell asleep and said: "It's almost enough. The whole family in the family supports the fourth child alone. The eldest girl and the second girl have been married for so many years. I can't ask for money."

After hearing this, Mrs. Guo said angrily: "Am I doing it for myself? Am I not doing it for this family? Look at me, how about eating and drinking all year round? When the fourth child is admitted as a scholar, he will be naked." The door lintel of your master's house! It's Tan Niu, have I ever favored him? I hit when I should, and scold when I should. I'll be equal!
Now it’s just for the older sister to help the younger brother, you just say, why is my life so hard, what kind of sins have I committed in my life, I don’t want to kill me!I eat bran swallowed vegetables, and now you are still blaming me! "As he said, he slapped his thigh!

Old man Ye was so annoyed that he couldn't fall asleep, so he had to say: "Okay, stop yelling, it's the middle of the night, and let no one sleep! The eldest girl and the second girl, I will tell the second child tomorrow. Sigh. "Ms. Guo knew that the old man Ye was moved by talking, because the eldest girl and the second girl are the same mother as the second child, and let the second child talk about being better than others.Busily rubbed Old Man Ye's temples, "We, the old ones, can't stop worrying about it. We just hope that the young ones can understand and understand us."

(End of this chapter)