Liu An Hua Ming You Yi Village

Chapter 34

Du Yu knew about these gossips, and it was Hehua who told her, because she also seemed to have the intention of becoming a maid.

Not necessarily Du Yu thinks that it is not good to be a servant girl without personal freedom. Others may think that being a servant girl at least has new clothes to wear and delicious food. These two points are enough.

With the addition of being beaten and scolded every day at home, He Hua thinks about being a maid even more strongly than others.

However, Hehua also knew that Du Yu and the others had a bad relationship with Du Liu, so they didn't ask Du Yu to speak nice words for her. These were what they said in private when they were digging wild vegetables.

The weather is getting hotter, and the wild vegetables in the fields are beginning to grow. What is strange this year is that Grandma Qi did not buy piglets, which means that she will not raise pigs this year.How strange!
Aren't you going to say goodbye to fourth uncle this year?But that’s not enough. Whenever people ask about it, Mrs. Qi would say that it took a lot of money to dig wells this spring, and the land at home is not as much as before, and the third child is still selling tofu, so No more pigs this year.

Don’t think that bean curd is just for pigs. People in the family also eat bean curd as a dish, and even take advantage of the good weather to dry the bean curd. It’s really dry, even a little water No, part of it was fermented and turned into a kind of sauce. After making several jars, part of it was put away directly.

So for pigs to eat, pigs are not treated so highly.

There is also a row of sweet potato seedlings planted on one side of the yard. Du Yu's family planted several mu more sweet potatoes this year than before.

Du Yu went to the field to help, mainly with cuttings, planting the sweet potato seedlings in the field, pouring water, and the seedlings came back to life the next day.

Fourth Uncle came back from the place where the embankment was built, and he looked like a beggar. There was no clean place all over his body. Where would you get water for you to take a bath in that kind of place?So in the past half a month, the fourth uncle has not even washed once in the shower, let alone his hair.

Although it's not too hot today, but it's building dams and dealing with soil, so you can imagine how dirty it is. ,

Du Yu went to the kitchen to boil water when he saw his fourth uncle came back. He was praised for his diligence, but what Du Yu thought in his heart was that she really couldn't stand fourth uncle's behavior.I feel bad all over.

Du Youzhong came back a month later. This time, Du Youquan was asked to pick him up, and he brought back a cart full of things. It was finally known to everyone that it was a cart full of coarse grains, most of which were sorghum noodles.

After dinner in the evening, none of the Du's family left. There was a tung oil lamp, and it was a bit dim. The country people went up the mountain to pick some tung seeds, and then lit the lamps.

Mrs. Qi sat at the head and said to his sons: "From the beginning of spring until now, God has not rewarded a drop of rain. Seeing that there will be a severe drought this year, our family has to prepare. Your elder brother bought so much grain this time. It is also to prevent a severe drought in the future. There will be no harvest in the crops, and we will not be hungry. This is just what our family said. You all shut your mouths tightly. If you let me know that there are rumors outside If our family said that there is going to be a severe drought, then this family will not be able to accommodate him!" This sentence means that only we know it, because we are also guessing, and it is impossible to really confirm it.

Because it is a big event for the whole family, everyone must know it now, and it is also because it has not rained that day, so there were speculations, but now they all believe it.

And even if some words are spread, it's not considered to confuse the public. After all, it's really not raining now, but the Qi family still has to speak more seriously so that no accidents really happen, so everyone is tight .

"Relatives, if you want to remind, just say that it hasn't rained until now, so you should prepare more. As for whether they want to prepare, don't worry too much. If the rain comes again, then we Didn't she cheat people to buy food with money?" Qi continued, she is not a ruthless person, and she still reminds those in-laws who can help if they can.

After all, she also wanted to remind her two daughters.

In fact, Mrs. Qi really thinks too much. There is only a peasant woman on her side. What she says may not be heard or believed. Moreover, in the countryside, there are many gossips. In the end, it is often impossible to find the first person to spread the word. Who, otherwise how can there be such a fearsome saying?

Besides, it's not that the Suodu family is so prophetic. Many people are worried when they see the drought. Do they want to buy this food? So the most important thing is whether they have money on hand.

Without money, even if you know what to do if there is a drought and a poor harvest, you still can’t afford food, but it’s worse than before.

Rich people do not lack those three melons and two dates.

Du Youzhong was also aware of this problem, so he agreed to let his mother speak up. After all, he and his brother-in-law are not the kind of capable people. There are many people who are smarter than them. When it comes to buying grain, he even found out that the grain store There are quite a lot of people buying a lot here. What does this mean? It means that people have also discovered this problem and started to take action. Fortunately, there are not many people now, otherwise the price of food will definitely increase.

The main thing here is to take the first word, and then think about buying it later, and the price will become more expensive.

Everyone was a little confused when they heard this at first, but they soon understood.Du Youxian and the others are all farmers, so they naturally understand that the drought will harm everyone.It is possible to lose any grain.Coupled with the need to pay taxes, this life is really difficult. Many people may sell their children and daughters in order to survive.

But my family may not be able to survive, let alone help others.In this case, it is natural that each family can only take care of each other.

Because Du Yu's parents were there, she and her two elder brothers were also listening in. She came to this world, and she really didn't encounter any particularly serious natural disasters. Now, the natural disasters that are very likely in the future also make people feel Very sense of crisis.

After this family meeting, Du Yu also thought of a way on his own, thinking that he might not even be able to eat in the future, which is absolutely unbearable.

"Mother, let's pick more wild vegetables and save them after drying." Du Yu made a suggestion.Spring is the time when there is nothing to harvest, and there is nothing in the vegetable garden. Digging wild vegetables is what everyone in the village has to do.

"It's okay!" Hu said, one thing counts as the other, and it's always good to be more prepared.

So what Du Yu does most every day is to dig wild vegetables. Shepherd's purse is too tender to dry in the sun, so Du Yu mainly gets her mother-in-law and bracken. As long as it is edible, Du Yu will not let it go. .I dug a basket full and took it home, washed it and dried it in the sun.

She was really afraid that when the time came, she would be so hungry that she would not finish her meal, it would be too much to suffer.

Everyone just saw that the little girl of Du's family was very diligent every day, but they didn't think of anything else.

However, seeing that there was still not a drop of rain in the village, the old farmers became anxious. If it didn't rain again, the wheat wouldn't be stalked, and the tassels wouldn't grow without stalks, and wouldn't it mean there would be no harvest?
When the time comes, taxes and so on, won't people be worried to death?Many people in Yangliu Village began to use the strong labor of each family to fetch water from the river. Even if it is a load of water, it is better than no harvest at all.

Just when everyone was exhausted, God rewarded them with a spring rain, which made the people of Yangliu Village breathe a sigh of relief. As long as it rains, it will be fine, isn't it?

Even the Du family felt that the situation was not that bad, maybe that kind of situation would not happen.

But the Qi family still didn't dare to relax, and Du Yu also felt that it's better to plan ahead, and it's only spring now, who knows what will happen in the future?

Besides, the grain and dried vegetables won't go bad if you put them over there. If you add more, there are only advantages and no disadvantages.

"Fourth, mother told you that I originally wanted to marry you this year, but seeing the situation, I can only avoid it this year. If the situation is better next year, then next year mother will marry you again." Qi Shi Said to Du Youde.

Marrying a daughter-in-law not only requires money, but also if there is one more person, then one more person’s ration will be provided. It’s really going to be a severe drought. Their family can’t afford it, and they dare not even raise pigs, let alone marrying a wife.

Although Du Youde was a little shy, he still listened to his mother, "Mother, you can do whatever you say, I have no objection."

Qi's heart is satisfied, this is her good son, unlike the second child who married a wife and forgot his mother.

The elm money grew and looked very attractive. Du Dalang took Du Erlang and Du Yu to make a big basket, washed it after returning, steamed it in a steamer, sprinkled it with cornmeal, and it became a staple meal.

Eating it this way saves food.Du Yu's family has been eating this for the past few days. Du Yu thought it was delicious at first, but after eating it for a few days, he really didn't want to eat it. If he eats too much of something, it won't taste that way.

On this day, the steamed noodles with yuqian were still being made at home, and Du Yu could only bear to eat it. Well, think about it, many people can't even eat enough, so she is happy.

Think about it, in the lotus family, it is a big festival to be able to eat such a dry meal.

When Du Youzhong came back, he brought pork cut from the town, fat and thin, and handed it to Mrs. Hu.

Knowing that the family has been eating yuqian rice, Qi Shi said: "Mother, don't be so frugal, it won't be good if you eat your stomach."

I can't eat anything all the time, the conditions of their family are not bad.

Qi Shi said: "I don't worry about it, how can I do it? You should also relax your hand, buying this piece of meat can buy several catties of grain."

Du Youzhong just smiled, their house is tense enough, but Du Youzhong is still a little worried, if the drought becomes severe and they don't even have water to eat, they can only go to other places, or they will die of thirst?However, there has never been such a record in the county chronicles, and there is no drinking water.At least there is a spring rain now, which shows that the situation is not so bad.

(End of this chapter)