Nongmen Space: Farming lady is not easy to mess with

Chapter 294 The Guest Room Smoked with Wormwood

It was raining outside, and it was raining harder again.The wind carried water mist into the main room and splashed on people, cooling them down.

The woman got up and closed the door of the main room, returned to her seat, picked up the noodles silently, glanced at her son beside him who was grinning and rubbing his belly, and sighed silently.

"It would be great if Dad could eat such delicious noodles." Xiao Changsheng lay on the table and tilted his head to look at the candle, with a satisfied smile on his face.

Jing Yunyan scanned the expressions of the family without showing a trace, and saw that there was only sadness on their faces, so he asked, "Why isn't Changsheng's father at home?"

It was not easy to ask directly before, because I was afraid that if the pot was not opened or the pot was brought up to mention other people's sad things, now it seems that I should be away from home because of something.

The aunt put down the bowl, and sighed quietly, "Our Ji County is not designated as a county for disaster victims, so we only exempted taxes for two years, but corvee is not exempted. I went out with the men in the village last month and said yes. I don’t know where I went to repair the embankment.”

Jing Yunyan nodded, "Did you go last month? Then you should be back next month."

Jingnan Province is also considered a disaster-affected province, which is lighter than the three southwestern provinces, and the corvee is relatively reduced.

Those who repair river embankments will serve for [-] days, once every two years.

She put down her chopsticks and glanced at the closed door, her dark and thin face was full of sorrow, "Usually I always look forward to his coming back soon. But now... alas." Halfway through, she only sighed.

No matter what kind of corvée it is, it is difficult to eat and sleep well, and it is exhausting work to do.

Every time my son came back in the past years, he looked so thin as a bamboo pole, which made him worry.

The family counted the days on their fingers every day, and when they were about to return, they tried every means to save more money, waiting for him to come back, so that they could go to the town market to buy meat to supplement his health.

I used to always look forward to it, but now I don't want him to come back so soon, but I am also afraid that there will be a plague that kills people elsewhere, so my heart has never been at peace.

"Why is Auntie sighing, isn't it good for a family reunion?" Jing Yunyan followed her words and continued to ask.

Xiaochang yelled angrily: "It's not Xiaofei's family that caused me."

The aunt's face suddenly became ugly, and she yelled: "Changsheng!"

Xiao Changsheng covered his mouth in fright, shrunk his shoulders and hid behind his mother.

Pouting his lips, he was very unconvinced, it was what it was, if it wasn't for Xiao Fei and his family, would the village head come over on crutches and tell them not to go out!

He had heard from Aunt Niu next door that Xiaofei's father was seriously ill, so they wouldn't let everyone go out to play anyway.

"Speaking of this, I was just about to ask my aunt, why are the doors and windows of every house in the village closed?" Jing Yunyan didn't care the woman's face at all, with a curious look on her face.

Shu Yingtong put down the bowl and chopsticks and glanced at him silently, is this such a troublesome thing, and she is still asking step by step in a friendly voice.

Go directly to the village chief's house, and you can ask one, two, three, four, five about anything.

The aunt glanced at the empty basin on the table, thought for a while and replied: "You couple are just passing by, just take a good night's rest and go out early tomorrow, it's better than anything else."

These two couples are still so young and nice, so they can't be implicated in this matter in the village.

Thanks to her family being at the entrance of the village, far away from Shi's family, as long as they don't stay here for too long, they should be fine.

Seeing her tight-lipped appearance, Jing Yunyan knew that there was no need to ask any more, and this aunt was also kind.

Everyone put down their bowls and chopsticks, and the woman touched Chuntao's shoe with her foot and gave her a wink.

Chuntao stood up and silently cleaned up the bowls, chopsticks and basins. The woman got up and opened the door to go out. After a while, she came back with a bucket, "It's getting late, put the hot water here for you, and put the basin on the shelf. Let's go to rest early."

Shu Yingtong poked Jing Yunyan, thanked her, walked over to pick up the bucket, and followed her to the guest room.

The peasants went to bed early, and this family could not afford to light oil lamps. If they hadn't arrived, they would have been sleeping in the room by now.

The ancients attached great importance to relatives, visiting relatives during the slack in the fields, and going to relatives’ homes to report news when there was an emergency, happy event or funeral.

Some live far away and cannot go back that day, or they want to stay with relatives for a while, so each family has a guest room.

She looked at the guest room by candlelight. There was an old lame wardrobe, a wooden bed, no table, a bench by the wall, and a washbasin stand by the door.

After reading it at a glance, there is still a unique smell of smoked wormwood in the air.

The family is very considerate in hospitality. There is no mosquito coil, and there are many mosquitoes in summer. The most common way is to collect wormwood and smoke mosquitoes before going to bed.

However, the direct burning of wormwood smokes a lot and is choking, so we kindly help them smoke the room in advance.

"The straw mat has been wiped clean, and the quilt cover is a bit old, but don't worry, Madam, I put it in the cabinet after washing it. The extra bed at home was taken by my husband. If Madam is afraid of catching cold, put it in the cabinet. And the bed sheet, which was also washed."

The woman put the short hair scattered around her cheeks behind her ears, and smiled apologetically.

Shu Yingtong followed her gaze and glanced at the quilt cover, which was made of blue coarse cloth, with many large and small patches.

Cotton is regarded as a valuable item in the farmhouse, and no one will buy two extra beds for idle use.

The coarse cloth is thick enough to be covered with a quilt cover.

The main reason is that Ah Yan's body is warm and he likes to sleep with her in his arms, so he won't catch a cold at all.

"Okay, I see, thank you." Shu Yingtong nodded in thanks, took out a candle and lit it, took a porcelain bottle from the medicine box, poured out a pill and handed it over, "This is Xiaoshi Pill, long-lived accumulated food. "

Xiao Changsheng was obviously fed up. The main ingredient of this Jianwei Xiaoshi pill is hawthorn tangerine peel and malt, and the taste is not bad.

This is also the reason for not giving her the whole bottle. If you turn it out and eat it as a snack, it will hurt your stomach.

The woman took it gratefully, thanked her again and again, and went out protecting the flame.

Jing Yunyan got the toiletries and suitcase from the carriage and returned, and poured Shu Yingtong a basin of water.

"I'm afraid it's inconvenient to take a shower, so wipe your hands, face and body."

She touched his neckline and sleeves, "Don't worry about my business, take off your wet clothes first."

It rained so hard that he got wet all over his body, and he dried up a little from the effort of making noodles, and he got a little wet again after going out just now.

After Shu Yingtong explained, she put the basin by the wall and cleaned herself with her back to him.

Jing Yunyan looked at the alluring white body shrouded in the candlelight, licked his lips, his Adam's apple rolled, and his eyes were dark.

Shu Yingtong tied the lace on his back with his back, and suddenly heard footsteps coming towards him, and the next moment his back was pressed against his warm chest.

She clapped the hands around her waist, "You're a guest at someone else's house?"

"The girl you love stands there naked, even a man can't bear it, okay?"

He bowed his head and kissed her neck, coaxing gently in her ear, "I've been vegetarian for three days. They live on the other side of the main room, and we're on this side, and it's raining loudly outside...Tongtong, huh?"

She bit her lip and looked down at the lace that had just been fastened and hung down in front of her body, as well as the dishonest hands, her heart felt hot, "Hmm"

It was pouring rain.

(End of this chapter)