There are flowers and wine, hoeing and farming

Chapter 1

"Yohe~~yohe~~" A group of shirtless men chanted slogans, and they all exerted their strength together.

A thick rope was tied around their waists, and they were connected to the big and square stone in the middle. With the strength of the crowd, they fell together and slowly tamped the ground. Several young children around watched The eyes are staring brightly, and I am envious, but this job does not have a strong body, and it cannot be done without several years of practice. One mistake will cause the strength to disperse. What is more important is the tacit understanding and cooperation between everyone for many years. Cooperation, otherwise, the good ground will become loose and tight.

Cheng Zhigao continued to plan wood blocks in the corner. He was completely different from other children of the same age around him, and he was not attracted at all. He focused on the neat and smooth wood blocks in his hands.

"Uncle Man... Uncle Man was born..." A half-grown child ran in from the outside, rushing forward, stumbling for a few steps before standing still, his little black and red face was covered with beads of sweat.

Everyone laughed and quarreled with the child: "Oh, little blackie, which uncle of yours gave birth?"

Little Heizi jumped anxiously, rushed up and shouted to Cheng Daman who was still working: "Uncle Man, stop working, my mother told me to call you, saying that my aunt is about to give birth."

The raised stone was still in mid-air, Cheng Daman couldn't let go of his breath, Cheng Zhigao had already run over at this moment, grabbed Xiao Heizi's collar: "My mother, my mother..."

"Well, yes, yes, quickly call Uncle Man."

Just as the moment came down, Cheng Daman yelled: "Brothers, my wife is about to give birth, so do it first."

"go Go."

Cheng Daman took his eldest son Cheng Zhigao and the little Heizi who came to report the letter and walked out together.

The village is not too big, and Cheng Daman took the two little ones and walked for more than a minute before he saw his house. Along the way, he thought that the time was not right. It will take about a month. How can I say that it is born.

However, Ning has already given birth to two children, Cheng Zhigao and Cheng Zhiyuan, this is the third child, and they are considered experienced, so nothing will happen.

Stepping into the door, I didn't hear the shouting of the daughter-in-law and the encouragement of the midwife. There was a complete silence. Just as I was about to ask, I heard my daughter-in-law crying in a hoarse voice: "What evil did you do? , the baby will die after it is born?"

The midwife said: "Perhaps I was hurt after falling, and my face was already purple when I came out, and I didn't cry or cry. This, this..."

When Cheng Daman heard this, he didn't care about the rules that men were not allowed to enter the delivery room. The child who was fine when he left this morning would be gone if he said nothing. He couldn't accept it. A wrinkled little face was bruised and purple, like a sleeping kitten, silently, he felt a pain in his heart, he lifted it upside down, and slapped his big rough palm on the little buttocks.

"Wow... wow wow wow..." He was very strong, and after four or five hits, the child's small body trembled violently, spit out a mouthful of dirty things, and howled loudly.

"Thank you, Amitabha." Ning clasped his hands together, leaving a line of tears silently.

The midwife immediately said winkingly: "It's really... the child is still with his father, and he won't cry unless he comes."

Cheng Daman also let out a long breath, handed the baby to the midwife, and stepped out of the delivery room.

"Father, father." Cheng Zhigao was very anxious at the door, but he didn't dare to go in. When he saw Cheng Daman coming out, he immediately surrounded him.

"It's okay, you have an extra sister, and you will love her well with your brother in the future."

"Yes, I know." Cheng Zhigao jumped up and grabbed Xiao Heizi's shoulders: "Come on, follow me to see my sister."

The midwife cleaned up the house before opening the door to let them in.

Cheng Daman stood on one side, Cheng Zhigao and Xiao Heizi stood on the other side, their two little heads squeezed together, carefully looking at the little baby whose face was still a little blue.

After a long while, little Heizi spoke out, and said in a daze, "Why are you so ugly, even uglier than my newborn piglet."

"You fool, you are uglier than a pig." Cheng Zhigao slapped him on the back of the head.

Xiao Heizi rubbed his head and muttered in dissatisfaction, he was really ugly, his face was wrinkled, red and purple, and still so small, it felt sticky, not good-looking at all.

In the evening, before it was completely dark, I heard a burst of excited shouts from outside. A four or five-year-old child suddenly pushed open the door and ran to the bed: "Mother, mother, it's my brother. Or sister?"

"It's my sister." Ning replied while lying on the bed, stroking the head of her second son.

Cheng Daman's eldest brother, Cheng Dazhu, followed closely into the house, and smiled: "Siblings, I have a daughter."

"Yes, big brother."

Cheng Daman also came over to say hello to his elder brother: "Brother, didn't you say that I would pick up the second boy in a few days? Why did you send him back?"

"It's okay, there is a family in our village who is about to give birth. The midwife just heard that the younger brother and sister were born, so I came here right away, and I stopped by to see the little niece."

Cheng Dazhu walked to the head of the bed, stretched out his index finger to touch the baby's face, frowned and said, "This child, why is your face so bad?"

"It's all my fault. It was half a month before the baby was born, but I didn't pay attention when I went to feed the chickens this morning. My feet were mixed, and it started to hurt after I fell. The baby didn't cry when it first came down. Fortunately, Daman patted hard a few times, and patted away all the messy things in his mouth, and then wept." Ning started to blame herself when she mentioned this.

"It's okay, it's okay, our children are so delicate, just raise them for a while, let these two boys help you a little bit, and you can take care of yourself." Cheng Dazhu hurriedly comforted a few words , took out a bunch of money from his pocket and put it on the table.

Cheng Daman hurriedly picked it up and was about to push it back, Ning also shook his head: "Brother, there is no need."

"Take it, I don't give you much, I usually do a little favor for people when they get married and earn two pocket money. " Cheng Dazhu laughed, and pushed the money to his younger brother.

What he meant was very clear. The money was his private money, and he didn't let his wife know about it, so there was no problem.

Cheng Daman still shook his head and pushed back: "Brother, it's time for the strong boy to marry a wife. You keep the money and make the wedding more lively and decent, and give the strong boy some face."

Cheng Dazhu hesitated for a moment, and frowned: "You guys just take it, don't talk so much, I naturally keep the money for the strong boy's marriage, it's not bad."

Seeing that she couldn't tell him the truth, Ning gave Cheng Daman a wink to let him accept it.

The dinner was made by Cheng Daman, although it is not as good as Ning's, but with two or two drinks, the two men don't mind it, and the minds of Cheng Zhigao and Cheng Zhiyuan are also attracted by the skinny sister .Looking at the little guy with his eyes tightly closed and his small mouth sucking his mother's nipples vigorously, the two brothers didn't even blink their eyes.

Still in the confinement period, although Ning has had a lot of experience in having two children, she still tries not to touch cold water.Therefore, Cheng Zhigao, who followed Cheng Daman to learn house building and carpentry, stayed to help her.

And Cheng Zhiyuan had nothing to do, so he was responsible for taking care of his younger sister who only knew how to eat and sleep all day.

After more than ten days, the younger sister, who was as ugly as a monkey on the first day, became much more beautiful, her face was no longer wrinkled, it became white and tender, soft and smooth, and the closed glasses can occasionally be opened to see Looking at people, there are so many black eyeballs, they are so cute, Cheng Zhiyuan grinned stupidly all day long.

Looking at the little girl who kept waving his fist, Cheng Zhiyuan stretched out his index finger for her to grab, but the little girl's black eyes glanced at him, the same eyes as the big dog next door who often looked at him with a great look, and continued to play by himself own.Cheng Zhiyuan's little self-esteem suddenly burned, grabbed the little girl's hand, and squeezed his fingers into her fingertips, while the other hand still wrapped her little hand and held it tightly for her.

Seeing that the little guy couldn't break free, Cheng Zhiyuan laughed triumphantly, and before he had laughed a few times, he saw the little baby's big black eyes fog up, his small mouth curled up, and he burst into tears.

"Second boy, look at your sister." Ning's voice came from outside.

"Oh, I know." Cheng Zhiyuan hurriedly let go, scratched his ears and started to make faces, trying to make his sister cry, but the crying little guy ignored him at all and continued with his own.

Ning Shi finally came in from the outside, picked up her crying daughter, gently coaxed her, and murmured: "Baby, baby, don't cry, don't cry."

After coaxing for a while, the little guy finally stopped crying. He lay in his mother's arms, looked at Cheng Zhiyuan who was standing beside the bed stupidly, stretched out his hand to grab it, and smiled.

"Oh, my sister stopped crying, my sister smiled." Cheng Zhiyuan jumped up and clapped his hands.

"Be quiet, you're making your sister cry again, be careful when your father comes back to beat you up." Ning glared at her son.

Cheng Zhiyuan, who was covering her mouth, narrowed her eyes with a smile. Zeng Wenxiu looked at this little guy, feeling the warmth of Ning's pat on her back, and she opened her mouth even more. It's great, to be able to live again.

Before she died, she resented the injustice of God and envied every healthy person around her. Until she closed her eyes unwillingly in the hospital, she was looking forward to living again and giving her a complete body, a brand new life.

Maybe her resentment was too strong, maybe Granny Meng forgot to give her and that mouthful of soup, and she actually transmigrated into a newborn baby. Finally realized that she is already a brand new her, waiting for her to live a good life.

There are almost no women in the countryside who only have to be served and not work during the confinement period. After all, there is no such condition. Ning was once considered a daughter of a scholarly family. She has been educated. She knows the importance of confinement to women, but She couldn't help but get up and do what she could, like fetching water and washing dishes. She tried her best to make her eldest son Cheng Zhigao boil hot water before using it. Tell her to help her do it automatically and consciously, and Cheng Daman is not as masculine as he is, and when he avoids people, he will help wash his little daughter's diapers.

Heizi's mother next door would often come over to help. The two families have been neighbors for many years, and they have a very good relationship, and they often help each other out.She took this big white porcelain bowl to the yard and called, "Sister Cheng."

Ning quickly stood up and responded, "Oh, sister-in-law of the Zhang family, I'm here."

Mrs. Zhang's sister-in-law walked over and saw that Ning was washing diapers. She took a closer look and found that the water was still steaming. She asked, "Are you washing in hot water?"

Ning nodded her head in grace.

The sister-in-law of the Zhang family murmured in her heart, she is now a rural woman, and she still thinks she is an official lady, so delicate.

But she just muttered a few words, she still had nothing in her mind, and put the big porcelain bowl on the kitchen table: "I steamed some wild vegetables, mixed them with garlic, it was delicious, I brought some for you, Eat it while it's hot."

"Hey, okay, I'll ask Boy Yuan to deliver the bowl to you after eating."

"Okay, any time is fine. By the way, tell me if you are free. The wild vegetables in the field grow very well. Dig some and eat them. They are very fragrant. If you can't finish them, you can get them to the town. For two coppers. Shall we go?"

"Go, don't forget to call me tomorrow."

"okay."

Cheng Daman was recently helping the Du family who was about to marry a wife in the village to build a house, and he could earn a little money, so Ning didn't want to delay his work. The night before, Ning asked Cheng Zhigao and Cheng Zhiyuan, two brothers, to ask him to be sure. Taking good care of her younger sister, she felt at ease when she got the assurance from the two boys who were puffing their chests and patting their chests. The next day, when it was daylight, she carried a small basket and a small shovel, and went to dig vegetables in the field with Zhang's sister-in-law.

There are the most wild vegetables in this season. The fields, ditches, and roadsides are full of all kinds of wild vegetables, purslane, mustard greens, mother-in-law, and bitter herbs. At a glance, they are all mixed together. The two of Ning decided to dig two kinds today, put them together, eat some, and sell the rest in the town.

Wearing straw hats, the two squatted on the ground, moving slowly.

While digging, chatting.

"Sister of the Cheng family, have you named your baby girl yet?"

"No, my niece almost didn't feel relieved when she was born. Daman and I thought about it for several days, and decided on a few names, but we haven't made a final decision yet. I thought I'd go to the temple for a divination. .”

"It's nothing, don't think about it, our child will be safe and sound, maybe this girl will be a rich girl when she grows up. I think it's really hard to say. She has a long face and a small mouth. Don't mention how pretty it is." She comforted Ning with a nice voice.

Speaking of this, Ning was not happy, and her face darkened: "Sister-in-law Zhang, don't talk about it, my daughter-in-law is not a wealthy life, I am satisfied with a good man who is hardworking and willing to take care of her for the rest of her life. "

The sister-in-law of the Zhang family saw that she was unhappy, and thought that the gossip she had said before might be true. They all said that Ning, who didn't look like a village woman, was also a scholarly lady in the past, but it seemed that something happened to her family. What change forced her to marry a farmer with no money and no rights, which made her very resentful towards those people.

Zhang's sister-in-law saw that the topic was wrong, so she quickly broke it off, and the two chatted about other things until noon. Looking at the two big baskets that were already full, the two decided to go home first and cook some food for the children. Let's eat and continue to come in the afternoon.

Wild vegetables are very common to them, but people in the town don’t farm land, and there are no crops around, so they rarely eat them, so those restaurants and inns are very willing to buy some to serve to those guests who are tired of eating big fish and big meat This kind of vegetable, the two walked to the place where the field meets the village, and happened to see old man Lu driving a donkey cart to the road.

The two quickly stopped him, gave him wild vegetables, and asked him to go to the town to sell them. At this time, they happened to sell a meal that would make those restaurants catch up all night.

Ning walked home briskly, before reaching the door, she vaguely heard her son shouting. She frowned, and was about to go back and teach him a lesson, when she heard her elder son talking. Accompanied by the crying of the youngest son sobbing.Her heart skipped a beat, she dropped the basket and rushed in.

(End of this chapter)