Dressed as a farmer group pet

Chapter 201 Chapter 201
"Squeak, squeak."

Xiao Mi jumped down from the field ridge, still biting a big mouse in her mouth.

No, to be precise, it should be a field mouse.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Hei also rushed out from the nearby grass, also biting a field mouse, a cat and a dog, and went straight to Jiang Hu's direction.

At the moment, the whole family is busy working in the paddy field. Except for Tie Dan who keeps helping, the other children, big and small, are all helping with the work.

Brother and sister Jiang Yu and Xiaoxue help plant seedlings in the field.

Xiaomi and Wei Ziang stood on the ridge of the field, guarding the hemp rope.

After everyone has planted a row of seedlings, they will draw a suitable distance, pull out the sticks tied with hemp rope, and insert them into the paddy field again.

In this way, other people plant seedlings along the distance of the hemp rope, and the seedlings will be more neat.

As for Tiedan, like her sister Xiaomi, she is small and has short legs. If she gets to the paddy field, she might not be able to walk.

As for Wei Ziang, because of the scars on his body, the outside world is not comparable to space. It has been more than a month, and the scars on his body have not completely fallen off.

In order to avoid being infected, he is naturally not suitable for going to the field now.

Xiaomi's sharp eyes, the first one to see Xiao Hei Xiao Mi, quickly shouted: "Dad, Mom, Xiao Mi Xiao Hei has caught a field mouse!"

It was the first time Wei Ziang saw it, his eyes widened in surprise.

"Xiao Hei Xiaomi is so powerful."

It just so happened that Xiao Hei passed by him at this moment, as if he understood, his speed slowed down all of a sudden.

Even his chin was raised high, and he looked arrogant, as if it was specially made for Wei Ziang.

Just as Jiang Hu had planted a row of seedlings, he simply went to the ridge of the field: "Little Heixiaomi is amazing. With them, no matter how much food there is in the house, I won't be afraid of mice."

After speaking, he greeted the two little ones: "Xiao Hei Xiaomi brought the vole here and roasted it for you tonight."

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Hei didn't care about showing off to Wei Ziang, so he hurried over and handed the vole to Jiang Hu.

Xiaomi also came to Jiang Hu from the other end.

Jiang Hu took a back basket, put the field mouse in it, and put another back basket on it, so that the two field mice were locked in the interlayer between the two back baskets.

"It seems that this vole is not having a good time," Jiang Hu said casually, "it's not as big as it was before."

There was no drought at that time, and they were still at the old house. Every day, Xiao Hei Mi caught very fat voles.

Wei Ziang was a little surprised: "Xiao Hei and the others are still roasting and eating?"

It was the first time he knew that cats and dogs didn't eat mice directly, but cooked them.

"Yeah, they're all very delicate, they don't eat raw, they only eat cooked."

Although it was disgusting, the smile on his face did not mean disgusting, but very happy.

The three-acre seedling field, the whole family worked together, and it took two or three days to complete it, and then it took another two days to plant peanuts, soybeans, late-maturing autumn cowpeas and green beans.

After finishing all this work, there is nothing to do at home for the time being, so Jiang Hu is going to take everyone to the town to have a look.

Before going out, he specially gave each child five copper coins and asked them to buy things by themselves.

Five copper coins may not be much, but few people in the village are willing to give five copper coins to children.

Let alone five children.

But except for Wei Ziang, the other sisters have actually gotten used to it. They happily took the copper coins, thanked their parents, and put them away carefully.

In the past few years, Erniang Jiang and Hu would give the children a few copper coins every year, as well as some New Year's money and birthdays.

Although not much, if you add them all up, each child will only get about ten copper coins a year.

But this is already a huge sum of money for the children, and it is a huge sum worthy of excitement.

Jiang Yu just passed his eighth birthday a few days ago, and he has grown up by another year. It seems that after eating a bowl of longevity noodles, he has grown up all of a sudden.

Seeing Wei Ziang holding the copper plate now, he was a little at a loss and patted him on the shoulder.

"Let Xiaoxue make you a purse later. If you are reluctant to use it, keep the money. What if you want to buy something in the future?"

As soon as Xiaoxue put the copper plate away, she heard this sentence: "That's right, Zi Ang doesn't have a purse yet, I forgot to do it before."

Everyone in the family has a purse, which was made by Xiaoxue herself. Her own one is the ugliest and is for practicing hands. Everyone else's is better than the other.

Liu Ze was the last one to receive the purse, so Liu Ze's one is the prettiest one at present.

"By the way, I just learned a few new tricks recently. What kind of tricks does Ziang want?"

"I can do it, thank you, Second Sister."

In another two months, Xiaoxue will be six years old, a year older than Wei Ziang, so Wei Ziang also imitated Xiaomi's address, and has been called Xiaoxue's second sister.

Xiaomi quickly interrupted: "Plum blossoms, I remember that the second sister has already learned how to embroider plum blossoms, so I can make a purse of plum blossoms for my little brother."

Plum blossom from the bitter cold.

Regardless of whether Wei Ziang remembers the past, what is certain is that he must have suffered a lot of hardships before meeting Xiaomi.

Xiaomi hopes that he will be like a plum blossom, survive the cold winter, and after going through hardships, he will usher in a flower season that blooms proudly and smells fragrant.

The others didn't realize Xiaomi's deep meaning, only when she happened to see Xiaoxue learning to embroider plum blossoms, so she said it so casually.

"Then plum blossoms. I'll make them for you when I come back in the afternoon."

Xiaoxue is now very keen on embroidery. Although the craftsmanship is not yet exquisite, she is making rapid progress.

Not only embroidery, but she can also do simple clothes. The stitches are no worse than Erniang's, and she will even surpass Erniang soon.

Jiang Hu drove the ox cart out: "Let's go, let's go."

Xiaomi quickly grabbed Wei Ziang: "Little brother, let's go!"

Xiaoxue also took Tie Dan to follow, only Jiang Yu didn't run away and waited for his mother to close the door before setting off together.

After half a year, the family went to Xiangma Town together again, but there was a feeling that things were different.

The town was obviously not as lively as last year, and the expressions of the passers-by on the street were also a little less energetic. It was obvious that not everyone had recovered from the previous disaster.

Jiang Hu took the lead to bring his family to Tongfu Restaurant. The door of the restaurant was open, but there were no customers and it was very cold.

Shopkeeper Liu sat behind the counter with his head propped up, his eyes closed, and he didn't know whether he was resting or thinking about something.

He was still called out by Xiao Er, and only then did he see the family who had already got off the bullock cart.

"Brother Jiang, long time no see, how is your family?"

Shopkeeper Liu came out from behind the counter with empty clothes and lost a lot of weight.

"Fortunately, there was no food sold last year, and some water was stored in advance. Although it was a bit difficult, everything was fine."

Jiang Hu took the little ones down and put them on the ground, and took the vegetable basket from Erniang's hand.

"Shopkeeper Liu, there is nothing to eat in the field now, only this little cabbage, you can save it for a taste."

Shopkeeper Liu was also polite, and took it with a smile: "Then I won't pretend to refuse. The vegetables that have been cut off for half a year have not recovered much yet."

Then he hurriedly asked Xiao Er to pour tea.

Jiang Hu looked around in the hall: "Shopkeeper Liu, where is Xiao Ding? Why didn't you see him?"

"Oh, I almost forgot, just wait."

Shopkeeper Liu slapped his forehead, hurried back behind the counter, and took out an envelope from the drawer.

"Xiao Ding went to the county with his parents and elder brother. Please ask me to give you this before leaving."

Jiang Hu took the envelope in confusion. There was only one piece of paper inside. When he opened it, he was surprised.

"This, this is..."

Shopkeeper Liu took a look, and immediately smiled: "I didn't expect this old man Ding to be so generous. He actually gave you that cow directly."

Jiang Hu took a deep breath: "It's too expensive, what does Mr. Ding think, such a big adult buffalo, it costs 20 taels."

Shopkeeper Liu didn't take it seriously: "That's what I said, but he's not short of 20 taels. Besides, this cow is a great benefactor of his family. Even if someone wants to buy it, their family can't sell it."

Jiang Hu was excited, but hesitantly looked at the gift deed in his hand: "Then give it to our family like this?"

Shopkeeper Liu smiled: "That's not the same. Selling it to others is to use the benefactor for profit, and it is given to your home because you know that this big buffalo is in your home and is doing well."

Shopkeeper Liu glanced at the big buffalo at the door as he said that: "Don't say, after a dry season, this big buffalo is not only not thinner, it seems to have grown a lot."

It can be seen from this that the Jiang family is really good to the big buffalo.

Jiang Hu could not deny this point.

It happened that Xiao Er brought hot water up, and shopkeeper Liu personally poured a cup for each of them. He was quite surprised to see Wei Ziang.

After questioning, he was only a little surprised to learn that it was actually the child picked up by Xiaomi, and now he is the adopted son of the Jiang family.

After drinking a pot of tea and chatting with shopkeeper Liu about the current situation for a while, Jiang Hu led his wife and children away from Tongfu Restaurant.

Of course, shopkeeper Liu also ordered a new batch of vegetables for delivery every morning after asking Jiang Hu's family what dishes they had now.

However, it has not fully recovered yet, and there are few customers, so it only needs five or six catties of vegetables per day. As for the price, it is naturally a little lower than last year.

There is no way to do this. It is true that everyone is like this now. Only when the market fully recovers and everyone is willing and has money to spend in restaurants can prices recover in all aspects.

Next, Jiang Hu brought another bamboo basket of vegetables, led Jiang Yu, and went to the school together to ask about going to school.

When passing by the grain farm just now, the grain farm has returned to normal, and there are many people buying grain. According to passers-by, although the price has risen a bit, it is not outrageous.

Therefore, food is not so scarce now, but there must not be so many vegetables, and they are still good things, good things that are more expensive than meat.

When the bamboo baskets were placed on the ox cart just now, they were specially covered with black tarpaulin for fear of being seen by passers-by.

Erniang felt that it was not good for so many people, big and small, to go to the market, so she took the rest to the market.

Fortunately, she only needs to take good care of Tiedan. There are three remaining, and Xiaomi is in the middle. She holds one in each hand and walks in front, so she doesn't have to worry about getting lost.

There are not many people in the market, and even fewer things are sold, and most of them are pickled vegetables and dried vegetables, and even wild vegetables.

There are also people who buy it, and they are all from the town.

There are only some small fish for meat, and these Jiangs have them. After looking around, they didn't buy anything.

In the end, I went to the cloth shop and bought some embroidery thread for Xiaoxue, and there was nothing else to do.

Before going to school, Erniang asked the children if there was anything they wanted to buy, but everyone shook their heads.

There is nothing on the street now, so it is better to save money and spend it later.

After going around and returning to the school, Jiang Hu also brought Jiang Yu out. After this trip, apart from buying embroidery thread for Xiaoxue, he really just came out for a stroll.

"The master is not feeling well, and he said he wants to take another month of training, so that he can go to school again next month."

The bamboo basket was brought back, but it was already empty, and I knew that even a master would not be able to refuse the temptation of vegetables.

"Next month, it won't be very hot."

It will be June next month.

Jiang Hu didn't care: "Leaving early in the morning and returning in the afternoon, it's okay. Didn't I only start school in July and August last year?"

Erniang nodded: "When I go back, Yu'er still needs to study hard, but don't forget everything I learned before going to school next month."

"Don't worry, mother, I know. I made an appointment with Liu Hai yesterday. Come over to study with me this afternoon."

After everyone got into the bullock cart, Jiang Hu flicked the bullwhip.

"We have to buy some pens, ink and paper for Yuer. The master said that he will start learning to write next month, and the pens, ink and paper will be cheaper recently."

After all, what everyone is most concerned about now is food and how to fill their stomachs. It seems that reading is not so important.

Especially since there is only such a school in the town, and classes have not started yet, so naturally no one buys these things.

"Father, bring some for Liu Hai too, so that they don't have to come back tomorrow. If Uncle Liu doesn't want it, just keep it for me to use later."

Jiang Yu and Liu Hai also have a small relationship. They have known each other since they fled, and now Liu Hai also likes to follow him.

Liu Hai can be said to be like Jiang Yu's other younger brother, so in many cases, Liu Hai is also considered.

What's more, Uncle Liu has such a good relationship with his father, and now he took the initiative to help Liu Hai bring pens and ink, etc., he probably wouldn't blame his father for making his own decisions.

"I'll buy more. When Liu Hai comes in the afternoon, tell him to ask his father. If he needs it, he can share it directly. In case he wants to buy it by himself."

After all, things like pens, inks and papers are not cheap. Even if the prices are lowered if they are unsalable, it is only in relative terms.

Jiang Yu nodded, and a few people went to the bookstore and bought the cheapest paper and ink. Even so, it cost more than ten taels of silver.

Of course, the main reason is to buy a lot, and they are all in double copies.

I didn't do anything, and when the family returned to Fu'an Village, it was already noon, and it happened that Liu Hai's grandfather came back from the field.

Jiang Hu told him about the children going to school, as well as the pen, ink and paper, and asked him to tell Liu Yang.

In the past few years, the relationship between the two families has been very good. It can be said that they are not relatives, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are better than relatives.

Therefore, after listening to Jiang Hu's words, Grandpa Liu Hai not only didn't think he was meddling, but thanked him again and again, which made Jiang Hu feel a little embarrassed.

(End of this chapter)