take a wife to support the family

Chapter 411

After the heavy snow, the weather cleared up, and the quilts were being taken out to dry in the sun at home. They were all fresh cotton, fluffy and soft as soon as they were dried, and they smelled fragrant when they buried their faces in it.

Hanzhi and Ruzhen, intoxicated, slipped from under the quilt to the other, sniffing the breath of the sun, while Yi'an and Xing'er patted the quilt lightly, telling them to move away and not choke. The little one didn't listen at all, and wished he could get into the quilt pile and roll around.

Xing'er is more aggressive than Yi'an, seeing that Ruzhen doesn't listen, she raises her hand to grab him and press it on his knee to tickle him, Ruzhen crackles and flops about like a fish.Seeing this, Yi'an smiled at Hanzhi, Hanzhi sprinted to Lily's side, and then dared to look back at her sister.

Lily was talking to Song Xiuxiu, and said that she had a marriage to tell her, Song Xiuxiu couldn't help but stare: "Sister-in-law?"

In fact, Lily has thought about this matter for a long time. If Song Xiuxiu can live well without marrying like Zhaoren, she will not worry about it.

It is indeed difficult for Song Xiuxiu to support Yuanyuan by herself. Now that she is young and strong, she can still support her for a few years with her body.

Besides, she figured it out herself, she was looking for a reliable man, no matter if it was an older bachelor or a widower, as long as he was reliable and honest, and would not beat his wife and children, Song Xiuxiu was willing to marry and live in it.

In this marriage, apart from those who are happy with each other, there are also those who make do with each other. For rural families, after all, life is the most important thing. After a long time, even if they have no feelings, they can get along with relatives who are connected.

Song Xiuxiu originally planned to marry a farmer's family, but it was different for Baihe to marry her: the person she knew, no matter how good the conditions, would never be worse than the farmer's family, and the character was decent, so it was better than finding someone by herself. some.

After all, she was married once, no older than Huang Hua, Song Xiuxiu was not shy, instead she asked Lily: "Sister-in-law, which one are you talking about?"

Lily said: "Who else is there? Sanping, who is a carpenter."

Liu Sanping is one of the capable brothers in Song Haonian's group. He is very good at carpentry, and he is indispensable for making furniture and building houses in ten miles and eight villages.

A few years ago, I married Tao Caixia. One of the husband and wife is a carpenter, and the other pushes a cart and sells stinky tofu. They live a very good life.Tao Caixia gave birth to Liu Sanping's chubby eldest son, and everyone said that the family's good days are yet to come.

Unexpectedly, there will be unforeseen circumstances, an epidemic, Tao Caixia even lost her baby who was only a few months old in her belly, Liu Sanping suddenly seemed to be ten years old, and she was not very energetic. Apart from taking care of her son every day , Just looking at the empty room and weeping.

Tao Caixia died of the plague, and there were not a few of her belongings left behind.

Hearing that it was him, Song Xiuxiu was a little moved, and hesitated: "I have never been in contact with him, I am afraid that people will look down on me. Don't tell me, Yuanyuan will definitely follow me."

If the Liu family refused to raise Yuanyuan, she wouldn't marry if she was killed.

Lily said: "I just want to listen to your thoughts first. If you want, I will ask your second brother to find out what Sanping means."

Song Xiuxiu bowed her head, neither said she was willing nor unwilling, and Lily didn't rush her.It is said that marrying a woman is like reincarnating. Song Xiuxiu married an inhumane person last time, and fell into the current situation. If she remarries this time, don't you have to think about it?

Song Xiuxiu left with a full heart, Baihe looked at Hezhen walking around the yard with Ruchun in his arms, and said with a smile, "Take care of your tan."

He Zhen said: "He Jun's hands and feet were limp when he was a child. Grandpa Huang just let him be hugged and bask in the sun more. Auntie, I didn't bother my little brother."

"I know," Lily said with a smile, "Brother Chun, it doesn't matter if you get tanned, I mean you, how can I explain to my sister-in-law if you turn tanned and look like your second uncle?"

He Zhen thought about his second uncle's face, which resembled his father's, albeit darker, and whispered, "Then I'm like my second uncle's son."

The weather is fine, but the house looks cold. The children are simply playing in the yard. The sun shines on their bodies to keep them warm. Occasionally, there is a bit of wind and it is cool. When there is no wind, it is almost hot and sweaty.

Xing'er also brought out her own homework and wanted to write under the sun.Lily quickly said to her: "Don't face the sun directly, it will hurt your eyes and tan your face."

Xing'er looked left and right, and Yi'an moved the small table under the grape trellis. At this time, the leaves of the grapes are almost zero, and the sun sets through the grape vines, which is softer and no longer glaring.

Lily didn't say anything anymore, and saw that the two little sisters were occupying one end of the table and writing big characters.

Hanzhi hid in Lily's arms just now and didn't go down again. Lily put her on her ankles, let her lean on her toes, grabbed her two hands, and when her legs and feet were strong, Hanzhi's whole body was lifted up.

After lifting it twice like this, Han Zhi burst out laughing, her voice was so high-pitched that it drew everyone over.Ruzhen didn't want to do it anymore, so he ran over and climbed up Lily's lap, Lily hugged his son quickly: "You want to break your mother's old leg?"

Ruzhen smirked and pretended not to understand.

The two children, Lily, couldn't lift them up, so they simply asked Song Haonian to hold them and play with them.As soon as Zhaoren came home and saw this situation, he complained a few more words: "I will be lazy."

Lily smiled to curry favor with her sister-in-law: "I know you are working hard outside, so the chef left ginger milk for you."

Cannibalism has a short mouth, Zhaoren stopped talking now, and finally said angrily after a long time: "Don't try to bribe me with food all the time!"

Hanfang said: "Little aunt, but you eat it every time." I didn't see you refusing.

Zhaoren was furious, and said viciously: "Open your mouth!" He picked up a small spoon and stuffed Hanfang with a big mouthful of trembling milk skin, and Hanfang's mouth was covered with milk stains, and he couldn't say a word.

Zhaoren complained that Lily was lazy, but she was actually joking, she ran to the county all day long to watch the progress of the school, Lily was not idle, and went to see the progress with her every other day or two, even though she was at home for the rest of the day, she did not worry less .

Now it is the slack season, the peasant women are idle around, the men are playing leaf cards for leisure, and the women gather together with half-punched insoles to chat, talking for a long time.

They talked a lot and quarreled a lot. In the past few days, there were several women's quarrels in the street. Yi'an and his sisters saw each other for the first time, and they watched with gusto.

The older ones also know not to learn vulgar language, Hanzhi still doesn't understand it, so she just learns it when she comes back.At that time Xiao'e was wiping Han Zhi's mouth, her hand was a bit heavy, in the past, Han Zhi would cry out the most pain, but this time she opened her mouth and said, "You buffalo trough!"

One sentence almost didn't scare away the bowls in the hands of Song Haonian, Baihe and Zhaoren.

Zhaoren raised his eyebrows: "Who taught you to say such foul language!"

Lily was about to say something about Hanzhi, but saw the child's face was dazed, she obviously didn't know what she was talking about, she just knew it was not a good thing, so she had to persuade Zhaoren first: "Don't scare the child." Then she asked her in a nice voice, "Sister Zhi, where did you learn this word?"

Hanzhi said: "I saw two people arguing today and learned it!" She just felt that these words were very powerful, and she seemed very powerful when she said them.

Lily sighed: "That's not a good word, don't talk nonsense like outsiders in the future."

Hanzhi nodded immediately and said to Xiao'e, "Don't hurt me in the future, I won't say that about you again."

Afterwards, Song Haonian said to Baihe: "When we go outside in the future, we must prevent them from learning strange words."

His eldest brother, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, is a person who looks like a fairy, and the youngest daughter under his knee is the future Princess of Ming Dynasty. If he suddenly utters such foul words, is it possible that he will scare the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to death?

Lily also felt that the women in the town were too busy these days, and just remembered that the girls' school used a lot of curtains and cushions, and the delicate items would naturally be ordered in the Songjiang area, but for futons and cushions, just call them from the town. Women just do it.

Most of the women in the town are from farming households. They have to support their families, and their jobs are quite neat.Lily asked someone to bring rushes, fabrics, and cotton to the house, and spread the word: "There are a lot of seat cushions to be made in the girls' school, but you can do it. Just come and get the materials, and bring them back when they are finished. As long as they are strong and durable, Make one for three Wen."

Regardless of the small amount of money, it is not difficult to weave the futon. The rushes are soft and not sticky, and the dolls at home can help twist the straw ropes. Even if you are gossiping with others while weaving, you can make two or three in a day. .

The seat cushion is more complicated, but the woman cuts the fabric and sews it, and the child helps stuff the cotton, so it can be done quickly.

Although the money is not much, it is more or less a subsidy, and it can pass the time. Once this job comes out, there are even fewer people playing cards. One or two seat cushions were made, and the straw rope was also laid. After dinner, it was getting dark quickly, and although the light was not very good, I could also weave two futons during this time.

Firstly, everyone has serious work to do so as not to cause trouble; secondly, the women's school can also save a lot of money to buy these things; thirdly, the folks in the town have more money in their hands.

This year's life is difficult, a plague has made everyone depressed, and it is almost the end of the year, so there is not much joy in the town.Fortunately, they recovered slowly in the past two days, and there were more laughter and laughter than before.

Lily led Mrs. Chang and a few others to distribute materials, check the seat cushions that were ready and sent back every day, and then pay people wages. They were not much more leisurely than Zhaoren.

The adults paid attention to Hanzhi, seeing that she stopped swearing for a few days, thinking that the little baby has no memory, it would be best if she forgot.

They didn't know that Hanzhi grabbed her elder brother and asked, "Big brother, big brother, what does 'bison trough' mean?"

Hezhen almost lost his temper, he was talented, but he had never heard such foul language before, he had heard it once or twice in the town, and he understood it after thinking about it.

My little sister looks like a jade doll, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a dragon girl under the seat of Guanyin. Why does such a little fairy keep holding on to a few foul words?

Hezhen puffed up his cheeks and said in a rough voice, "It means vulgar and dirty, just like the lice on a bison."

"Oh, no wonder my aunt won't let me tell," Hanzhi said with blinking eyes, "Brother, what are lice?"

He Zhen: "..."

(End of this chapter)