The skilled widow is busy farming

Chapter 22 Daily Life
I cooked vegetarian dishes for everyone at noon today. Shouxiao could only eat vegetarian dishes, but he couldn't eat any good. My sister-in-law and mother-in-law went to help in the fields, so I asked Xiu Niang to cook. There was no variety in the vegetarian dishes.

Steamed multi-grain vegetable rice, commonly known as vegetable rice, is to choose a few of your favorite vegetables, stir-fry them in a pot, and steam them with the rice. It is called vegetable rice when it comes out of the pot. It saves trouble and has vegetables.

The leftover salted duck eggs from the morning, plus side dishes and shiitake mushroom sauce, were also made by grandma, plus two vegetarian dishes, gourd melon in vinegar, stir-fried salted duck egg yolk with pumpkin, paste peppers and eggplants, all grown in the home vegetable plot.

The cooked food is served to grandma and brother Chun. Grandma feeds brother Chun. The old man dotes on his grandson. He feeds the children when they are noisy. In fact, they can eat by themselves long ago.

After Xiu Niang finished eating, she brought the food to them and a small bucket of sour plum soup to take them over.

The eldest brother of the Zhang family came here to work with his son, and he also had to take care of other people's meals at noon.

We had agreed in advance that my family would only become vegetarian during the period of mourning. After the period of mourning, we would eat meat. I don’t mind if I come from a poor background.

Xiuniang carried the pole to the fields, and Brother Heng ran over.

"Sister-in-law, I'm coming."

"Why are you here? Have you eaten?"

"I've eaten, and I think it's time to deliver the food. There are so many things, and I'm afraid you won't be able to carry them. Come over and take a look."

"It's okay. Just concentrate on your reading. I can resist this."

"I need to go talk to Grandpa and Uncle about something. I just happened to catch up. It's too hot. If you have nothing to do, just go home. I'll just go to the fields."

"Well, I won't go."

Xiuniang thought for a while, there were many men in the fields, so she, a widow, stopped going and turned back home.

Li Heng delivered the food to the fields.

"Why are you here? Where is your sister-in-law?"

"I met her on the road, so I took her and sent her back. Uncle Zhang is here for dinner."

"okay."

There is a large bowl of rice, as well as steamed buns and vegetable pies, as well as vegetables and pickles with sauce. Except that there is no meat, the meal is still good.

"I'm sorry, Uncle Zhang, my family has no meat to keep their filial piety, which makes you tired."

Li Heng served everyone rice, and Uncle Zhang and his sons filled their rice bowls, fearing that they would be embarrassed to serve a second bowl, and they would not be able to resist without eating enough to do manual labor.

"What are you talking about? Our family doesn't have such conditions, so that's good. When my family is in trouble, we always eat wild vegetable soup. I can see people in the photo. I only go out to work when I don't have enough food. What else can I choose from such a good meal? .”

Xiu Niang had enough food to stir-fry in vegetable oil, and she thought that the young men and women, who were as tall as iron towers, would definitely eat a lot and cook a lot, so they had to make sure they had enough to eat.

"My family has been through difficulties before, and we managed to get through them all. We spent all the money of my grandfather and other elders while studying."

Li Heng remembered that his sister-in-law didn't have such conditions before she came in. In fact, there were also times of hardship.

After the second sister-in-law came in, the brocade was sold and the money was bought to buy land. Together with the hard work of the whole family, the land was more and the family was gradually able to live a good life.

"At least your family has a good reputation, unlike us who can only do hard work."

Uncle Zhang sighed, they men didn't know many words, and the conditions were not good and there was nothing they could do.

"Step by step, I think your son is still young. When he has money, he can learn a trade and be successful in the future."

"When can I save enough money? I can't even afford a wife."

Uncle Zhang sighed while eating.

"It's okay, don't rush and take your time."

Grandpa thought that if he did well, he could be introduced as an apprentice. If he worked for a few years in vain, he would not have to pay the apprenticeship fee. However, he would also need to be introduced by acquaintances, and not everyone would be accepted.

Uncle Zhang thought that the Li family was kind and provided such solid food, which was better than at home. He also had to work hard for them. If he could contract this work for a long time in the future, the family would be able to relax after two years of work. , marry the boss a wife.

Xiu Niang calculated well. She cooked a lot of rice and there was still some left. Grandpa didn’t let her take it back. She left it under the shade of a tree. After a while, she might know that the child would be hungry and still be able to eat. She let him eat in the afternoon before leaving. He could go home. If I eat less, will it be difficult at home?It is definitely not appropriate to provide food every day, and it will not make people proud, but you can provide appropriate help so that people can eat before they work, which is to eat one more meal.

You also need to pay attention to some skills when helping others. If someone appreciates it, it is called helping. If you don't appreciate it, it is just a fool's errand.

Grandpa saw that the Zhang family was honest in their duties and had a dull temper, but they were hardworking and neither lazy nor slippery.

“Grandpa, we don’t have enough cattle for farming, so we have to buy more.”

"I didn't buy the right one at the Qian'er market. I'll ask later."

"Then I'll ask the others for you."

"That's okay, it's better. It's okay if you don't ask. Your second grandfather and the others went to ask. They want to buy seeds and raise them."

"Okay, let's inquire together."

After finishing their work in the fields in the afternoon, at dawn, the second uncle and the elders took the young and middle-aged men to the wasteland to build a pig pen. The wood was all ready-made, and the wood used in the pig pen did not require so much effort. , it can be used after being roasted with fire to prevent insects and moisture.

Li Heng and others followed him to work. The children and grandchildren of the Li family also had to work while studying, and they still had to work hard in the fields.

At night, it was so dark that I could barely see clearly, and I didn’t come back until now.

"I'm back. Have you eaten yet? Let's wash up."

The sister-in-law saw the person coming back and rushed to greet him.

Brother Rui put the firewood he carried back next to the kitchen.

"We just came back after washing in the river, so just wash your hands. Mom, I was hungry and didn't bother to eat. I left some of the meal that my aunt sent me at noon for Uncle Zhang and the others to eat."

"Thank you for your hard work. The food is ready. Just wash your hands and eat."

My sister-in-law didn't eat when she heard about it. She was hungry while working. She immediately went to the kitchen to serve the food. The food was kept warm by the stove hood.

"I see the green plums are falling. Do you want to make some wine?"

"I want to make some preserved fruits. The peaches are also ripe. Your uncle said that we can work together. When they are done, we can sell them together."

"Okay, I'll organize the ladies to work together tomorrow afternoon. I have to make a profit first by showing off the recipe my mother gave me. Our family has done well in making preserved fruits and pickles, which has added an extra amount of income to the clan school."

"Grandpa, what do you think of planting fruit trees in the wasteland? You don't have to plant all of them, you can just plant a small part of the land."

"We have discussed this matter before, and your second sister-in-law also said it, but there will be no money, and I don't want the clan science to get involved too much. By then, it will be unclear whether this land belongs to the clan or our family." Wait, I will consider planting some fruit trees when I have some money. The pickled fruits sold in our village are really good. It’s not that the village has never thought about it, but there will be no money."

"Fruit trees don't mature in two or three years, and they take several years. This will make it difficult to untie them."

Father-in-law also added.

"I've wanted to make plum wine for a long time. Our plum wine sells so well, but if we don't sell enough, we don't have the money."

Second Uncle Li also said something about it. He decided to put things in order and take care of his stomach first, and then talk about other things.

"Hey! All right."

Li Heng was helpless, and felt a little emotional in his heart. He was a scholar who was useless, but when the critical moment came, he had to let the old man help, and the woman weaved the brocade to pay back the money. He really felt ashamed and couldn't hold his head up.

"If you study hard, the fame tax will be much less. Having fame can protect us from being bullied. Fame and official status have different uses."

Xiuniang smiled gently at her brother-in-law.

"I know, I'm just a little worried that I can't help."

"What's the hurry? Let's do our own thing and work together."

(End of this chapter)