The grand lady who time-traveled became a hot mom

Chapter 9

The jade pendant in his hand is warm in color and feels good to the touch.Fang Yumin played with Fang Xiaolian's family heirloom, she didn't know how to appreciate jade, but she also knew that the piece in her hand was really a good piece of jade.

I vaguely remember Fang Xiaolian's mother telling her to keep this jade pendant so that there will be a physical evidence when her father finds it.

Fang Yumin didn't believe this, Fang Xiaolian's father had already sought them out long ago, why wait until now?Which of the ancient men who had a bit of property didn't have three wives and four concubines?There are often jealousy in the courtyard, but which man really cares about it?When pampering you, he naturally promises everything sweetly, but since you are gone and it is not your son who is taking away, he naturally doesn't care.As long as he has money, he can marry another younger and more beautiful one.

Fang Yumin is convinced that as long as Fang Xiaolian's father is not extinct, he will never come to find his daughter who was taken away by her mother.Therefore, this jade pendant is really worthless.

Of course, this is Fang Yumin's excuse for wanting to sell the piece of jade for money to improve the family's life.In fact, I don't know if Fang Xiaolian's father will come to see her, but now that Fang Xiaolian's inner core has been replaced by Fang Yumin, if Fang Yumin doesn't care, it means Fang Xiaolian doesn't care.

Fang Yumin took the jade pendant and looked at it repeatedly, wondering how much money such a piece of beautiful jade could be worth?At the beginning, Fang Xiaolian's mother's jade bracelet was in Nantou County, which is the nearest small county town, and it was only pawned for ten taels of silver.Of course, if you are in a prosperous place, such as the capital, the number of jade bracelets must be more than this.But there is no way, Nantou County is the closest and only county town from here.A little further away, Fang Yumin has no money to go.

Such a fine jade pendant can only be worth ten taels of silver, right?Fang Yumin sighed, feeling a little worthless, but there was nothing he could do.Well, here one tael of gold is equal to ten taels of silver, one tael of silver is equal to a penny, and one penny is equal to 1000 Wen.The pork in this episode is about 10 Wen a catty... According to this calculation, 500 taels of silver is equivalent to eating [-] catties of pork!
Fang Yumin was frightened by her idea of ​​using pork to count money, so she hurriedly put away the jade pendant and opened the door.Sure enough, I saw Xiao Ming sitting obediently at the door and helping her to lock the door.

The sun was setting to the west and the weather was not as hot as noon. Fang Yumin decided to go and see her four acres of dry land. Among the four acres of land, three acres were planted with corn, and one acre was planted with potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Fang Yumin probably knew where her family's field was, but she couldn't help but frown when she saw her four acres of land connected together.Why is it that Lin Qiulai and Fang Xiaolian's land are all in strange shapes, and they are all in the corners?That's the thinnest Tian, ​​wouldn't he be bullying them?

The three acres of corn were sown by Lin Qiulai and Fang Xiaolian in early March, but the corn seedlings had grown listlessly after a month.

Fang Yumin took a closer look. The corn field was not dug to store water for planting, the land was very dry, and there were a lot of weeds, and the weak and strong seedlings were not removed... Could it be that they were left to fend for themselves?Although corn is a drought-tolerant crop, it also needs irrigation and weeding to manage well!
Tsk tsk tsk, Fang Yumin couldn't help shaking his head, the three acres of corn fields were not even planted with soybeans.Don't people here understand the principle of planting soybeans in the ground to fertilize the fields?The corn grows up and grows taller, and it doesn't hinder the growth of the soybeans underneath at all.

Fang Yumin walked into the field and bent down to check the corn seedlings. Although they were a little malnourished, as long as they worked hard to improve the day after tomorrow, Fang Yumin still believed that they could have a good harvest.

It's too late to plant soybeans now. The growth period of soybeans and corn is similar. If they are planted now, when the corn is harvested, these soybeans will not be ripe yet, which will hinder the harvest of corn.Fang Yumin decided to renovate the three acres of corn land, and after the corn harvest, plant winter wheat, millet and buckwheat oats, um, soybeans and peanuts as well.

After seeing the corn place, Yu Min went to see another acre of potatoes and sweet potatoes.They are all thick and long crops, even if the land is dry, they seem to grow well.

Fang Yumin decided to pick some sweet potatoes and go home. She thought that she would pick off the young leaves and fry them with garlic or chili peppers, and those vines that had already grown some aerial roots were planted in the field in her backyard.Anyway, there is only such a little land at home, and the yard is big and there are no flowers and plants, so we can eat more.Anyway, sweet potatoes are rough and don't need to be taken care of.When the harvest is over, you can dry the dried sweet potatoes as snacks, and make sweet potato powder to make hot and sour noodles.Thinking of the hot and sour taste, Fang Yumin's saliva flowed down again...

"Xiao Ming, let's go home." Fang Yumin raised a large bundle of sweet potato seedlings and shouted to Xiao Ming who was still weeding in the corn field.

"Here we come." Xiao Ming's thin body emerged from the cornfield, and trotted to Fang Yumin's side: "Mom, why did you pick so many sweet potatoes? There are no pigs at home."

"It was picked for us to eat." Fang Yumin stretched out his sleeve and wiped the sweat from Xiao Ming's forehead and said, "Not only pigs eat it, but humans can eat it too. Have you ever eaten it?"

"No. But, but where do we eat so much?" Xiao Ming raised his face and rubbed against Fang Yumin's sleeve before asking.

"We only eat the tenderest part. Let's go. I'll fry it for you when I get home. I promise you will still want to eat it." Fang Yumin carried the bundle of sweet potatoes on his shoulders and walked towards home.

"Okay, mother, wait for me." Xiao Ming replied, seeing that Fang Yumin had already left, he trotted to follow, stretched out his small hand and grabbed Fang Yumin's clothes.

The mother walked away for a long time, Xiao Ming seemed to muster up his courage before he dared to ask Fang Yumin: "Mother, are you really taking me to the market tomorrow?"

"Of course it's true. When the time comes, you have to follow me closely. Don't be abducted by someone." Although it was inconvenient to walk while being dragged by the hem of his clothes, Fang Yumin still didn't tell Xiao Ming to let go.

"I will never let go of Mother's hand, haha." Xiao Ming laughed happily when he got an affirmative answer.

"Then let's go home and make dinner." Fang Yumin felt inexplicably better when she heard Xiao Ming's laughter.

"Okay," Xiao Ming answered loudly, pulled the corner of Fang Yumin's clothes and followed his mother home with a smile.

As soon as they arrived at the door, they saw Aunt Chunhua in their yard, obviously waiting for them to come back.Fang Yumin hurriedly pushed open the wooden gate and walked in: "Aunt Chunhua, you are here, hurry up and sit in the room."

"No, no, no. I just came here to inform you that you will go to the market tomorrow on the [-]th. Everyone is waiting under the banyan tree at the entrance of the village. Xiao Ming said you would take him with you too?" Aunt Chunhua smiled and waved at Fang Yumin, her voice was still so loud.

"Well, he hasn't been to Nantou County yet, I want to take him out to have a look." Fang Yumin put down the bundle of sweet potatoes, went into the house and brought out a bamboo chair, and asked Xiao Ming to pour water for Aunt Chunhua.

"Don't bother, I have to go home and cook in a while." Aunt Chunhua just took the bowl from Xiao Ming, and stood up to Fang Yumin and said, "I just went to your toilet. Wow, it's really clean and clean." There is no peculiar smell. Did you do it in the past two days? Why don't you come and ask me to help?"

"How dare I bother you with this matter? However, there is really another thing to bother you. You have also seen that I only use wooden boards to cover the cesspit behind the latrine. In fact, I want to use stone boards. They are strong and I am not afraid of them." It is dangerous for the wood to rot and rot after being exposed to the sun and rain. But my strength is limited and I can’t move it. No, I want to ask you to help me move a piece.”

"It's simple. I'll ask Damin to move one and install it for you. Well, Xiaolian, if you have time, come to my house and tell me how to do this toilet? I just want to get one like yours. Everyone used to I don’t think it stinks even if the toilets are like this, but after using yours, I really can’t stand my own.”

"Okay, it's all about seeing the kung fu with your own eyes. Come along when Uncle Damin brings the stone slabs over. I'll tell you in detail. It's very simple." Fang Yumin is also proud of her clean toilet, after all her My hands are still hurting now, how much hard work and sweat have I put in.

"Okay, okay, remember to get up early tomorrow to make some pancakes or steamed stuffed buns to eat on the way, we have to walk for more than two hours to reach the county town. If Xiao Ming is also going along, ask him to go to the entrance of the village early to take your uncle's ox cart. Otherwise, the child won't be able to walk such a long distance, so will you carry him on your back then?"

"...Okay, thank you Aunt Chunhua." Fang Yumin complained in her heart, she didn't expect to go to the market for more than two hours, one hour is two hours, two hours is more than four hours!Walking for more than four hours and carrying things on the back is more painful than hiking. No wonder Fang Xiaolian stopped going to the market.

After Aunt Chunhua left, Fang Yumin hurriedly walked into the anteroom where the grain was stored to count her own grain stock, and she also wanted to find some flour to make dry food for tomorrow.

After passing through, Fang Yumin only touched the rice, potatoes and sweet potatoes in the kitchen, and she didn't have time to look at the others.

The things in this side room are neatly arranged, a very strong two-tiered long wooden shelf is placed on the wall, and four large jars are placed on the bottom floor, one jar of rice, two jars of cornmeal, and one jar of mixed rice. One bag of flour, one bag each of peanuts, soybeans and mung beans.

The four vats are covered with planks, and on the second level of the wooden racks are stacked six large sacks of rice.There is a pile of sand on the ground near the wall on the left, and inside are potatoes and sweet potatoes used for seeds.On the other side, the baskets lined up neatly contained edible food, and there were a total of seven baskets.

Fang Yumin found that she didn't have to worry about not having enough food in this home.She vaguely remembered that Fang Xiaolian's family collected all the food for their own food, and the tax was paid with Lin Qiu's part-time job.

Seeing those grains, Fang Yumin suddenly had a slight liking for her husband, Lin Qiulai, whom she had never met and whose memory was vague.Although the family has no money, there is enough food, at least to ensure that the family will not go hungry.Fang Yumin went around again before taking out the flour.

Dinner was still very simple, and Fang Yumin didn't have the conditions to make it complicated.A plate of stir-fried sweet potato seedlings with shredded pepper, put a little dried fish and dried shrimps dried by Fang Yumin yesterday, it tastes good; there is also a poached egg, which is to supplement Xiaoming's nutrition, followed by fried pickles with lard and chili and sweet potato rice Two big bowls.

Although there is no meat to eat, the dishes fried with lard are still shiny and delicious.After dinner, Fang Yumin was busy again. The land she cultivated near the cowshed in the backyard had been sprinkled with chicken feces and plant ash yesterday to fertilize the field.Right now they are digging ridges and planting sweet potatoes.

Xiao Ming also picked Fang Yu's remaining sweet potato leaves and rice bran to feed the chickens.Fang Yumin plans to raise chickens in the future, and the rice bran is not enough. It seems that earthworms must be raised to feed the chickens. The earthworms look scary, but they are high in protein. Chickens are fat and big, so they will easily lay eggs.After Xiao Ming finished feeding the chicken, seeing that Fang Yumin was still busy, he went to help her again.

After they planted all the potato seedlings, the sky began to darken slowly. Under the golden sunset, the distant foothills, patches of rice and the small river in front formed a poetic and picturesque rural landscape.

But Fang Yumin didn't care about that, she just felt that the day was going by in a busy way, and she really felt that being a farmer was really not easy.Facing the loess and back to the sky, he worked hard every day from morning to night, but his quality of life did not improve much, and he had to rely on the sky for food.If the crops are bumper, although the stomach problem can be solved, it will not be able to sell for a few dollars because of the high price of rice; but if the grain is not harvested, it will be even worse, and the stomach will be hungry.

Feelings are emotions, but Fang Yumin can't change the status quo.If you don't work, you won't have food, if you don't carry water, you won't have water to bathe in.Fang Yumin asked Xiao Ming to boil water at home, and went to fetch water by herself.

By the time the mother and daughter both took a shower and climbed into bed, it was already dark, and they were so tired that they fell asleep as soon as they touched the pillows.

(End of this chapter)