Smallholder Farming Daily

Chapter 28

Ge Taohua's face is turning green, what is widowed porridge, isn't there pickles in there?Angrily, she emptied the dishes on the plate, then gave the man next to her, Qian Tong, a hard look, and said to herself, your brother knows how to love his mother-in-law, and grabs food for pomegranates, why don't you know how to protect me? , I don’t know that protecting two children, it’s really unlucky to marry you!

Qian Tong knew what Ge Taohua meant, so he hurriedly buried his head in his porridge, as for what happened on the table, he pretended he didn't see it at all.

Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Qian also pretended to be stupid, and they felt relieved to see their son snatch the plate from Ge Taohua's hand.Seeing Qian Feng grabbing food for herself, Shiliu was even more happy, hula-hula drinking the porridge.

Ge Taohua couldn't stand the noise of the pomegranate anymore, she wiped her mouth after eating the bowl, and said, "Father, mother, I remember you said that the second younger brother will separate after getting married, when will it be separated?"

Yang had expected that the eldest daughter-in-law could not wait for the split, so she said: "Fen Fen Fen, I can't do without you."

Father Qian also put down his bowl, pondered for a while, and said: "Separation is not something that can be divided by just opening your mouth. When Feng'er and Shiliu return home tomorrow, I will invite Mr. Xiang from the village to our home early in the morning. Come to be a witness, how to divide is not just up to me, but also can ask Uncle Xiang to give his advice. He is the only person in our village who has gone to school, and he understands all the principles. Normally, any household needs to divide the family. If you are looking for him, you should ask him to help you make a written statement after the division is over, in case you can't make it clear in the future."

Ge Taohua was secretly delighted when she heard that, she wished to find Uncle Xiang to supervise the farm. She was very worried that her parents-in-law would be partial to the younger son, fearing that they would give the younger son all the fertile land and the dry and barren land to the older son. Now hearing from my father-in-law that I want to invite Uncle Xiang, wouldn't it be better?It is said that Uncle Xiang's separation is very fair, and he is usually satisfied with the separation of families in the village.

She responded readily: "Okay, let's wait for the day after tomorrow, it will only take two days."

Everyone finished eating, and the pomegranate finally put down the bowl.Mrs. Yang ordered: "Pomegranate, you can clean up the house and cook at home today, and return to your mother's house tomorrow. When the family is separated the day after tomorrow, you and Feng'er will have to live your own life. You have to take care of the vegetable garden yourself."

"Hey." Pomegranate agreed. In her opinion, farming is a piece of cake, and she has always been proud of being a good farmer.

Yang took a peek at her youngest son, Qian Feng, and thought, whether he wants to work in the fields is not up to me as a mother, and it will depend on the ability of your new wife.If you don't have the ability to let Qian Feng go to the field by himself, you can only do the pomegranate by yourself. Of course, their parents-in-law will also secretly help with it, but they must not let the eldest daughter-in-law see.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law carried the dishes away.Afterwards, Ge Taohua took Qian Tong to pick wild cotton on the mountain, and said that she would keep it until winter to make padded jackets for the children. She was not willing to let her man do more work for the family, so as to save some energy and wait until the next day for herself. Wouldn't it be better to have a small family.

Mrs. Yang had no choice but to catch insects in the vegetable garden by herself, while Father Qian had to stay at home and build an earthen stove.There are two pots in the kitchen, which are enough for two families to cook at the same time, but after the separation, there will be three families, so a simple earthen stove has to be built in the yard. As for who will share the stove at that time , then draw lots.

Pomegranate fetched a few buckets of water from the well, and was about to brush and scrub the various rooms in the house. Qian Feng took out the straw paper covered with silkworms and took a look, and the silkworms had emerged!
Songqiu saw that his second uncle's silkworms were coming out, so he also took out his straw paper, and shouted happily: "Mine are also producing silkworms, and mine are also producing silkworms!"

The uncle and nephew were going to pick mulberry leaves with Xiao Sui'er, but they were stopped by Mrs. Yang.Yang pulled Qian Feng aside and asked him in a low voice, "Well... did you put a white veil on the pomegranate last night?"

Qian Feng was taken aback, there was no cushion, even if it was cushioned, it would be in vain, right?Yang saw her son was stunned and said nothing, "Take it out and show me, I can see how red it is."

Qian Feng rolled his eyes, and suddenly felt that it was a good opportunity for Shiliu to throw himself into his arms tonight!

(End of this chapter)