The mulberry life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 15

Nuan Bao drove away the uneasiness in his heart, lowered his head and continued to collect firewood.

It's just that on the way home, the young man's decisive back still flashed in his mind from time to time.

Alas... what is the situation.

After arriving home, Nuan Bao put the firewood in the stove, patted the dust off his hands, and went to the vegetable field in the backyard to see how his uncle was doing.

Zhang De used harvested wheat stalks to put them on top of the vegetables layer by layer, neither too much to overwhelm the vegetables nor too little to catch the cold.The radish will soon be ready to be pulled out, and now I don’t know if the pickled radish tastes good, or if it doesn’t work, I can only put it in the cellar.It's all because of his incompetence, otherwise how could life be like this.Fortunately, he has more money now, so he will stay at home to take care of the two children in the future, so as not to be told that there are no adults around to teach the children on blind dates in the future, and others are not happy to do kisses, so there is no tutor.

Nuan Bao stood by and watched the little uncle tending the fields, such a little uncle is the most energetic.Not the groveling boy in the city, or the coolie trudging through the wind and rain.In the past, it was difficult for her to understand that the field was not only a livelihood for farmers, but also a part of life. Now seeing the sincere smile of her little uncle, she thought, maybe it is like wood carving for her, and she devoted her whole life just to own it.She is willing to fulfill this dream for her little uncle.

Zhang De was all smiles, the spinach seedlings are really emerald green, and they didn't get frostbite even after it snowed, and they could cut a ridge today. If it wasn't for the late snowfall this year, they probably wouldn't be able to eat the winter vegetables.

"Uncle... this dish is so fresh."

Hearing Nuan Bao's voice, Zhang De raised his head and said, "Yes, we can eat green vegetables this year, and we will harvest them tonight."

Nuan Bao also squatted down, stroking the grain of the vegetable leaves, "Uncle, why don't you go to Lizheng's house today to see if there is any idle land, we can farm for a living next year."

Zhang De thought the same thing, the beginning of spring is busy farming, it would be better to arrange it earlier, since there is only one laborer in his family, there is no delay.

"Uncle, since we have green vegetables at home, why not invite Li Zheng to come over for dinner. Before, we just had no money and time, but now it's time to get acquainted with Li Zheng's family."

Zhang De nodded Nuan Bao's forehead, and jokingly said, "You girl, when did you become so sensible."

Nuan Bao stuck out her tongue and asked Zhang De to teach her how to cut vegetables.

Having harvested three catties of spinach, Nuan Bao plans to make a small hot pot today.Slice the freshly bought beef and mutton into thin slices, add some onion, garlic and chili oil, it is very delicious when dipped in it.

Zhao Xiaohu saw Nuan Bao washing the pot, and was afraid that her family would let him go back for dinner. He hadn't talked to her today, so he was determined not to leave!So he ran to Xiaofu and said in a low voice: "Xiaofu, how about I take you to my house this afternoon? I still have a lot of toys at home."

Xiaofu nodded.

"Then can I have dinner at your house at noon? It's very troublesome to go back and forth."

Xiaofu is not a stingy kid, "Brother Xiaohu gave me so much to play with, so of course Xiaofu wants to treat Brother Xiaohu to dinner, and the meal made by my sister is delicious."

After finishing speaking, he shouted loudly, "Sister, brother Xiaohu is eating at our house today!"

Zhao Xiaohu happily continued to sit on the ground and play with Xiaofu.

When Zhang De arrived at Li Zheng's house, Li Zheng just entered the house, and the two met at the door. Zhang De hurriedly said that he wanted to invite Li Zheng to dinner at his house, thanking him for his care for so many years, and taking in his two children. At that time, Lizheng was also helping to sign the paperwork, so we must be filial.

Lizheng watched Zhang De grow up, and knew that he had suffered so much over the years, and now that he has built a new house, he still went there to cheer him up.So I made an agreement with my mother-in-law, and followed Zhang De to lead the way.

When Li was arriving at Zhang's courtyard, Nuan Bao had already sliced ​​the meat, and placed two plates of red and white meat neatly on the table, along with a basket of green spinach.

The two adults ate wine and meat, and the three children also gathered around the small table arranged by Nuan Bao.Afraid that the hot pot would burn Xiaofu and Zhao Xiaohu, Nuan Bao served a plate of rice for the two of them. The rice was covered with a layer of gravy, and the gravy was topped with cooked beef and mutton slices. The three of them held the plate and ate happily. .

Before the dinner table, Zhang De persuaded Li Zheng to have a drink, Li Zheng waved his hand and said, "Ah De, your family is getting better and better now, and you should marry a wife, otherwise no one will take care of the children in the family, look... Eight-year-old children know how to cook, and they are still so delicious, what a wonderful child, it’s a shame to treat them badly.”

Zhang De didn't respond when he heard about it. He didn't dare to think about marrying a daughter-in-law before. Although he is rich now, it's not his own. What if the future mother-in-law doesn't want to see these two children?

Seeing Zhang De's silent expression, Li Zheng also knew that this matter was not easy.Who is willing to marry a young man with two children these days?And Zhang De's age is twenty and two, which is not easy.

"Li Zheng, let's talk about this later. If someone doesn't dislike me, I won't resist, as long as I treat the two babies well."

After a pause, he said: "I invite you here today, just to ask if there is any free land in the village. I have saved some money in the city for so many years. Now that I have a child, I don't want to go out and go out. I'd better go back to the village. Let's farm."

Li Zheng nodded, this makes sense.Farmers will always rely on the fields. Don’t panic if the sky falls at home. Honest farming will always yield results.He pondered for a moment, "There is a piece of land at the north end of this village, but it is only close to the mountains. From time to time, wild beasts come down and harm the crops. The land is quite fat. You should think about it."

Zhang De thought that he still needed to go to the site to take a look, so he said to Li Zheng, "Then I'll pay my salary and go there to have a look, and I'll give you an answer in two days."

Lizheng waved his hand, "Go and have a look. If it is successful, the land is also cheap. No one wants to buy it for many years. It only costs ten taels per mu."

After discussing important matters, Zhang De persuaded Li Zheng to continue eating and drinking.

After dinner, Zhang De sent Lizheng home and stopped by the fields to have a look.The land was three acres in size, and the land was really fertile, and it was not full of broken stones at the foot of the mountain as he imagined, because the fields were still some distance away from the foot of the mountain. If there were no crops planted in the past, wild animals would not go down the mountain to steal them. .

Zhang De went home and explained the situation to Nuan Bao, because he had thought that this field would be Nuan Bao and Xiao Fu's dowry in the future, so he had to ask, although he didn't know if Nuan Bao knew it or not.

"Uncle, can't we build some wooden fences around the perimeter? And we can also plant some thorny plants or plants with a strong smell on the fence, so the beasts won't come?" Nuan Bao suggested.

"It stands to reason that your method should work, but I haven't tried it, so I really don't know."

"Uncle, we only have more than 50 taels left. If we want to buy farmland, we can only buy [-] or [-] taels per mu. We can only buy two mu. Excluding taxes and daily necessities for two mu, there is not much money left for the whole year. It’s just for earning something to eat.”

"Then you mean to buy fields near the mountains?"

"Uncle, if we buy that land, we can do more work to make the fence strong, and then we won't have to be afraid of those wild animals. Besides, we can buy three acres of land for ten taels."

Zhang De thought about it for a while, and felt that he was not afraid of working so hard in the city in the past. Could he still be afraid of suffering?This time, I will listen to Nuan girl.

On the second day, Zhang De took out 30 taels to Lizheng's house to complete the land deed, and Nuan Bao's family finally became the Arita family!

(End of this chapter)