The lady may not be human

Chapter 10
Uncle Erzhuzi was of the same generation as Dong Sanchun, so when he saw old man Dong wanted to say hello, it was a matter of etiquette for the younger generation.

After Erzhuzi said hello, he asked with a smile, "Second Uncle, who will dig the ditch in your family this year?"

Because Xiaowan Village guards the river ditch, every summer when there is a lot of rain, it is necessary to dig the river ditch to clean it up, so as to ensure the smooth flow of the river and be able to afford the use of upstream and downstream.

This is considered part of the corvee. Besides this, the villagers also have some other miscellaneous items every year. Adding up all kinds of things together, it is estimated that it will take more than two months to serve.

Of course, corvée does not mean mobilizing the whole family. Under normal circumstances, if there is no particularly urgent work, women do not need to go, and only men who have reached the age of [-] go.

Moreover, each household only provides one-half of the strong labor force. After all, each household still has to do farming. Especially when the farming season is busy, the fields are too busy, and the people’s rations cannot be collected, and there will be big problems in the future.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, he paid great attention to these issues, so he paid attention to controlling the time of corvee in various places.

The main crops in Xiaowan Village are wheat and millet, and there are others, but the proportion is not heavy.

The maturity period of wheat is around mid-August, and millet matures later, because the planting is also late, and it has to wait until October.

It's mid-July now, taking advantage of this time to dig the ditches, so as not to delay the harvest of wheat in August, the court can be considered to have arranged the timing just right.

Dong Nuan originally followed the family casually, although she still has rags wrapped around her head, she can actually find an excuse not to go to the ground.

But how to train the best without going to the ground?
As far as the original owner's younger siblings are concerned, if they are not properly trained, they will be troubles and disasters when they grow up.

Anyway, being idle is idle, just play with it.

Moreover, lying down for an afternoon is already the limit, and if I lie down for another day, even if there is a fat pheasant, Old Man Dong will probably be dissatisfied.

Especially since she dug such a big hole for Fifth Uncle Dong this morning, Mrs. Dong must be watching her now, after all, he is his favorite youngest son.

Moreover, besides training younger siblings, Dongnuan really needs to go to the field.

Because, regarding Fifth Uncle Dong's matter, we still need to stir up fire in the middle to make the houses even more dissatisfied, so that they can be prompted to go to the town to secretly investigate Fifth Uncle Dong's matter.

Dong Nuan's goal is very simple, let this whole family's blood-sucking worms come back to plant his fields as soon as possible!
With tens of taels of silver a year, no farmhouse can bear such a disaster.

Hearing that she was going to dig a river, Dong Nuan became interested, but unfortunately, seeing her height of five and a half feet, she knew that it was impossible for the yamen servant to let her go!

Even if she proves herself to be very strong, it may be difficult to convince the public, and there will be a lot of trouble at that time.

And the yamen servants don't want to be so troublesome, it is best not to let Dongnuan go from the beginning.

"It's a lot less fun." Dong Nuan muttered in his heart, turned his head and met Dong Xing's hateful eyes.

Seeing that Dong Xing's face was still swollen on both sides, and the corner of her mouth was not only broken but also bruised, it was quite scary.

This morning, I was only focused on digging a hole for Fifth Uncle Dong, but I forgot to pay attention to Dong Xing. How can I eat like this?

Finding that Dong Nuan's eyes were looking over, Dong Xing wanted to stare out her eyes, and her eyes were even more eager to breathe fire.

Dong Nuan didn't mind if Dong Xing's eyes were more ruthless, not only didn't mind, but also deliberately slowed down, walked with Dong Xing, and asked with a smile: "Xing, do you think Manya has played enough yesterday? Will you still come to us today? Oh, it’s not that my sister doesn’t protect you. Really, I can’t bear it, and my head is still broken. If Manya really comes over today, You have to give it a shot."

After Dong Nuan finished speaking, she stepped back two steps to the side, widening the distance between her and Dong Xing.

Fortunately, Dong Nuan hid quickly, because after hearing Dong Nuan's words, Dong Xing spat at her viciously, and cursed in a hoarse voice: "You son of a bitch, why don't you die, you..."

The little girl in the village does not know a lot of big characters and has never seen the world. She also learns the words of cursing from her elders. Dongnuan is about to memorize the few words in the style of a cart wheel just listening to Dong's family scolding. up.

Dong Nuan didn't care about scolding a few words that didn't hurt or itch. At this moment, the elders were all around Old Man Dong, chirping about going to serve in corvee.

Who doesn't feel sorry for their man, or who wants to let his man dig river ditches on a hot day? No one wants to go, so he has to find a reason to let old man Dong stare at others, let the other houses go.

"I said daddy, Erchun's back hurts so much that I can't straighten up these few days, how can I dig the ditch." The second aunt said this, and she pushed Dong Erchun beside her while talking, Try to get him to get a few words for himself.

In the end, all he got was a silly smile from Uncle Dong.

Aunt Dong was so angry that she almost fainted, and finally twisted Dong Erchun's arm hard, causing Dong Erchun to jump up in pain: "Hey, hey, hey!"

The other rooms were also ready to fight for it, but they were not the first to jump out. Even Dong Wu, who was the most ungrateful, only elongated his tone after Second Aunt Dong finished speaking, and said softly: "Ah! Father, Yaobao has been frightened for the past two days, and he is always inseparable from him. Father, I am afraid that Yaobao will not be able to bear Sanchun's departure. This Yaobao is my lifeblood. If he is not good , I'm not feeling well either, woo woo..."

As Dong Wu talked, he began to cry.

This scene made Dong Nuan amazed.

Therefore, she was the one who ignored Dong Wu's soft power before.

Look, at critical moments, people also have means and scheming.

Although what she said was very incoherent, Dong Yao was eight years old, that is, she was born in her stomach, and now she is protecting her every day, doing some work pretending, but in fact it is Dong Wu who is oppressing the three The girl did it.

Dong Yao didn't even touch the mud!
Don't even look at it, the children in the village are so old, and the sensible ones are worth one-third of the strong labor force.

Even if they are not sensible, they can help the family a little bit.

I can't do heavy work. When rushing to harvest, can't I still pick up the ears of wheat in the field?
As the second aunt and Dong Wu spoke, so did the fourth aunt Dong, followed by the elder aunt and the fifth aunt Dong.

After Fifth Aunt Dong experienced what happened to Uncle Dong in the morning, she wished she could shrink herself into a quail.

The two of them slept under the same quilt, wouldn't she know about Fifth Uncle Dong's virtues?
It is precisely because he knows that he has a guilty conscience. The person who usually pinches the tip strongly and refuses to give in at the slightest advantage, now shrinks his neck and is the last to jump out.

But after jumping out, Fifth Aunt Dong was at a loss again.

its not right!
What is she jumping out for?
Scholar are exempt from corvee!

　Ask for collection, ask for tickets~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)