Full of food and color

Chapter 152
Apricot yellow, wheat yellow.The cuckoos were cooing and cooing in the field to report the news, and finally ushered in the wheat harvest season in May, the biggest harvest season of the year for the farmers. There are only a few big harvests in a year, especially this time of wheat harvest, the time is particularly tight, and once the best harvest season is missed, it will be a great loss.

Take off your coat, tie up your trouser legs, no matter how hot it is outside, stop to wipe off your sweat, rest for a while, drink a bowl of water and continue working. No one would be lazy in this season.

The same is true for the Chen family. The whole Chen family has been busy for the past few days. Before dawn, Chen Tiegui and Wang Runsheng went to the fields to collect dew, and when the sun saw the sun at noon, they began to harvest. They were busy all day long.

Today, even Mrs. Wu went to the field with a small umbrella. In the first year she saw people harvesting wheat, she was very curious. In addition, when she came back from the county some time ago, her husband specifically explained that if she could help during the busy farming season In the morning, she helped with some housework, and in the past few days she also started to cook poorly, but her father-in-law and mother-in-law told her to rest after eating once, and they would never let her go to the stove again.

She didn't understand that her husband and sister were doing business in the county, and even though they didn't have much money, their situation was much better than before. Why did the Wangs have to live leisurely, but insisted on working hard to cultivate the land, Isn't it good to hand over the land to the long-term workers?But thinking about it again, thinking that they had worked so hard year after year to support Runze and his younger brothers and sisters until he was admitted as a scholar, his heart was moved after all.

So at noon, when I had nothing to do around the house, I went to the field with a small bamboo basket, and picked up the ears of wheat that Mrs. Wang and the others had not harvested in their own field. Mrs. Wang put down the sickle with a smile, and handed Mrs. Wu a bowl of water, It’s busy, people are everywhere, how is it? It’s more lively than staying in the house all day, right?”

The sun was scorching hot, Wu Shi was hot and sweaty all over after coming out, took out a silk cloth and dabbed his temples twice, shook his head and said, "Dad, mother, drink, I'm not thirsty."

Chen Tiegui chuckled, "It's no wonder you're not thirsty! That bowl is unclean, let your mother bring some cups tomorrow."

Li Shuangxi raised his head from the wheat waves, gasped for a few breaths, laughed and joked, "It's so particular! When you're tired from work and thirsty, why don't the big guys take turns drinking that bowl of water?" Shi, said with a smile: "Are you still saying that you are not a lucky person? The daughter-in-laws in the county are all volunteering to come to the field to help with the work!"

Niu Dafu also laughed, "It's time to exercise, how can you be pampered after marrying into our countryside? How can you do it if you don't know how to work?!"

Mrs. Wang answered the words with a smile, "Let's let the baby go. I can't do work in the county since I was a child. How can I expect to live now? This year, there are only a few acres in Liangdong House. The family of three is so busy. It will be finished in a day or two, and it won’t take much effort.”

Glancing at Mrs. Wu again, and seeing her face gloomy for some reason, she sighed in her heart. Girls in the city pay attention to bigness, but after all they are not as bold as girls in the countryside. Others just play with her for fun, and they just treat her as their own. She was close, but she seemed to take it to heart.This is still an acquaintance from before, if a few peasants were joking together, wouldn't they be ashamed and angrily bang against the wall?
As expected, Mrs. Wu did not say a word, Mrs. Wang sighed, picked up the sickle and continued to work, chatting with Li Shuangxi and his wife from time to time. After noon, Mrs. Wu looked dull, as if she had lost her previous enthusiasm. , Seeing that the sun was still on fire, he sent a message to let him go back to the house to rest.

Wu Shi felt annoyed and aggrieved, so she responded immediately and walked back.

He went straight into the main room, poured a cup of tea and drank it, but his heart still couldn't calm down for a long time.

If she hadn't been sympathetic to her in-laws, she could have sat in the room, cool and comfortable, and went there with good intentions, but her in-laws' attitude was as calm as if she should have gone to the field a long time ago, and wanted to help her father take care of it once in a while when she was at her mother's house The study can be praised by my father for a while.

What made her feel even more uncomfortable was that what the Niu family uncle said, what does it mean to be pampered?Married to the village, she lived a miserable life, and even though she had no complaints, she earned a reputation of pampering in the eyes of others.

Think about this family, besides the husband, who else is sincerely toward him?Although she is the apple of the eye in the house, after she got married, she still thinks about what to do for the house all day long. She cooks a few times. The mother-in-law just talks about her little girl Baozhu's cooking skills, and she listens to her heart Chilling, no matter how unpalatable I made it myself, it was a heartfelt effort, but I never got the slightest approval from her.Today, when she went to work in the fields, she attracted some unexplained irony. She was excluded like a different kind. They said that she was a spoiled girl from the city. No matter how she heard her words, there was some irony and sarcasm. To speak in her position?

I couldn't help showing a sarcastic smile, so what if I don't know how to work?What else can those wild girls in the countryside do besides work?I have always only known that knowledge of books and rationality is the noble character of a woman. Could it be possible that a peasant woman who only knows how to work has also become an object worthy of praise?
She couldn't help thinking to herself, when she found a suitable time, she would discuss it with her parents-in-law, and hire a few long-term workers for the land in the house. Why do she have to work by herself when she has money?The money is paid by yourself, and if you think about it, your husband should agree with you. Isn't it good for your parents-in-law to live in the house all day long like your own parents?

Xiujuan ran into the main room from the yard, smiled and leaned against Wu's legs, "What did sister-in-law do just now? I woke up and couldn't see you!"

Wu's face softened slightly, and she asked softly, "Have you written down the five words I taught you yesterday? Go back to the room and get a pen and paper to write silently for sister-in-law."

Xiujuan grinned bitterly, looked at her weakly and then lowered her head, "Not yet... I forgot to sign a few words."

Wu frowned, and before she finished explaining, she stood up and reprimanded: "Those five words are relatively simple, if you still can't learn them, why don't you learn more difficult ones for ten days and a half months?!"

Xiujuan pouted, "Sister Baozhu only taught one word in three days."

Wu said: "My sister-in-law's family's study is half the size of our yard. Do you listen to your elder sister or sister-in-law?"

Xiujuan pursed her lips and remained silent for a while. In her heart, she liked both sister-in-law and elder sister, and elder sister had always treated her generously and kindly.Sister-in-law treats her well, if there is something delicious and fun, she is the first thing she misses, and she stays with her sister-in-law all day long, and gradually realizes that she is only serious on the surface. If she does what she says, sister-in-law will also Be gentle, besides, everything my sister-in-law ordered is for her own good. Not only does she teach her to read and write every day, but she also teaches female celebrities in her spare time. She insists on taking a bath every night, saying that it is useful With these habits, she will not be a wild girl when she grows up in the future, and only after she gets married can she look good to her parents.

When she came back to her senses, seeing that the sister-in-law was not very happy, she still consciously went back to the house to get a pen and paper. Wu taught her to write again and asked her to practice all afternoon, while she sat aside and made clothes. Clothes are prepared for Runze to wear in autumn.

While doing her work, Miss Wu thought of her husband, and the suffocation she suffered before calmed down a little, and she felt relieved when she thought about it. After more than a year of marriage, although her living habits are quite different, there are frequent quarrels. After all, her in-laws never treated her harshly.She never complained to her husband about any of these things, but he seemed to know, and often advised himself to be sympathetic to his elders, and bear with some grievances, thinking of his warm words of comfort, Wu's nose twitched It's sour, what else can't she bear if her husband is so considerate of herself?
After noon, Mrs. Wu went to the stove to warm up two steamed buns, and then had a hasty lunch with Xiujuan on the cold dishes in the morning. She guided her to read a hundred surnames for a while, and then asked her to practice her calligraphy for a while before going to take a nap.

I still maintain the habit when I was at home, taking a nap in the afternoon, but as soon as I stepped out of the threshold of the main room, I saw a woman in her 40s looking around in the yard.

Wu was stunned suddenly, and after a while she frowned and asked, "Who is this aunt looking for?"

The man turned his head abruptly, nodded to Mrs. Wu, and explained in a polite manner: "I am a matchmaker sent by the Helan Mansion in the county, and I just yelled a few times outside the gate, I think the girl didn't listen carefully. Apologetic on her face, "Seeing that the door is open, I don't know if the master of the house is there, so I come in on my own initiative to take a look, the girl is not surprised."

After thinking for a while, Mrs. Wu came to He Lan's house in the county. She couldn't help but look a little surprised, and then she looked at the person carefully. The woman in her 40s was different from ordinary matchmakers in red and green. People dress plainly, but the materials are excellent, and their actions and speech are prudent and decent, and most of them believe in their hearts.

Knowing that she is a matchmaker, she must be here to propose a marriage. Thinking about the time I heard my husband mention the Baozhu shop, and the previous incident of beating people with good deeds was also the face of his Helan family, I kind of want to understand. some.

The other party's family has a great career, if they can get into this family, the husband and the younger sister are just rural people, and they are really high, and even the house will become rich in the future. If the husband can rely on Helan's mansion in the county In the future, they can find a better job. Thinking about it this way, this family could not be better.

Think about Runze's younger sister, the Chen family holds her in the palm of their hands, she has been married for so long, and she has never heard anyone in the room say that Baozhu is bad, so she is loved by the whole family.As for the matter of her opening a shop, Runze was even more proud. Whenever he talked about his sister, his face burst into a smile.But she felt that it was just taking advantage of the right time, place and people. A clever mind is a clever one. When she came up with the idea of ​​fast food, she was not as clever as her parents-in-law said. If it was her, it would definitely be the same go.

The business of the shop is good, but the business is good. After all, it is still a tiring job. I am bored in the kitchen all day long, not to mention the smell of oily smoke. After all, I am mixed with some men. If she can marry and become a young mistress in the Helan Mansion, will she still be able to use her hard work to do business in the future?

All in all, when such a good marriage came to her door, she didn't dare to be careless, so she smiled and said: "Mother and Daddy are going to work in the field now, auntie might as well come in and sit down, I'll make some good tea .” As he spoke, he was about to go down the steps to invite her in person.

Xiujuan came out of the house, and looked at Matchmaker Li timidly, "Sister-in-law, who is she?"

Wu said with a smile, "This mother-in-law is a distinguished guest in the house, you go back to the room to practice calligraphy, and sister-in-law will go to see you later."

Xiujuan nodded obediently, and went back to the house with a pen and paper. Li Shi who was beside her laughed and said, "Since I'm the eldest sister-in-law, it's okay to talk to you."

Wu shook her head hurriedly, "It's okay for Auntie to just talk to me, but such an important matter as kissing must require the approval of my father and mother."

(End of this chapter)