I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 179

After the three ladies finished their meal, the leftovers on the plates, both meat and vegetables, were covered with a layer of white grease.

The sister and brother divided the work to clean up the dishes. Li Xiuju quickly washed the two pieces of pork that had been left out, spread salt evenly on the meat, found two bamboo skewers, passed them through the meat, tied them into knots, and hung them on the chimney. Next to it, above the stove, once the fire is lit, the smoke will smoke the meat.

When the weather gets cold, Zhou Chenyu likes to be the last one to take a shower. After taking a shower, he comes out wearing pajamas and a random piece of clothing on top, then dries his feet and rushes to the room.

The winter weather in the south is cold, and there is no kang for heating. People with cold bodies do not warm themselves before going to bed. After sleeping all night, their feet are still cold.

If you want to sleep warmer at night, the best way is to take a warm bath and jump on the bed immediately.

Zhou Chenyu closed the window tightly and wrapped himself tightly in the quilt. There was still a cold wind blowing in the room, quite a bit.

Just because the walls are made of mud bricks, they are not airtight. There are always gaps for air leakage in door edges, window edges, and some inconspicuous corners.

Zhou Chenyu lifted the quilt and covered his head with some collapse, "When I earn more money in the future, I will definitely build a good house. Then I will move the bathroom into the house and put a big tub for bathing. This way I will definitely not be cold anymore." !”

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There was still no news from Chen Cuiping and Zhou Wanqiu. Zhou Chenyu lived the days after winter without any danger, and sometimes he even felt that the days had returned to the tranquility of the past.

Li Xiuju looked at the harvested rice fields outside the door. All the fields were dug up and water was introduced.

She became worried, "Our field is still dry, and we don't know when it will rain. We should get some water from the ditch to flow in. Otherwise, when we hoe the fields after the New Year, the fields will be hard, and the straw heads will not be trampled. If you go down, you won’t be able to plant any more seedlings.”

Zhou Chenyu looked at her feet and took the shovel, "Old lady, just let Baoyu and I do this."

"How do you and Baoyu know which field belongs to our family?" Li Xiuju took the shovel, "If you accidentally dig up the ridge of other people's fields, and others come to visit, it will be a big trouble. This matter I don’t feel comfortable leaving it to you, so I still have to go there myself.”

Baoyu didn't know where he ran away, and Zhou Chenyu didn't trust Li Xiuju to go alone, so he followed her.

The mother and daughter walked one after another on the narrow field ridge, and Huang Dou also followed. When they saw the ducks lying on the field ridge, they would rush over and scare them.

Zhou Chenyu followed Li Xiuju to his own field, but he didn't expect that the field was at the foot of the mountain with the deserted white house.

She had walked by it a few times before.

The surrounding paddy fields were filled with water, and the water covered the field ridges, with only a few straw heads exposed. When the cold wind blew over, the mirror-like water surface rippled one after another.

Li Xiuju walked to the side of the field ridge on high ground, first blocked the ditch next to it, and then dug the field ridge. The water from the high place immediately flowed slowly into the field.

Zhou Chenyu's face hurt from the cold wind, and he couldn't wait to say, "Old lady, okay, give me the shovel, we can go back."

Li Xiuju glanced at her and said, "The water has just flowed in, where can I leave? If I want to leave, I have to wait until the water comes up."

Zhou Chenyu looked at this large field and said, "How long do you have to wait?"

Li Xiuju saw her expression and was amused: "It's a good thing I didn't ask you and Baoyu to come, otherwise I would have had to go there myself. Look, there are fields above and below. If the water in our fields overflows, it will overwhelm others." What should we do about our farm ridge?”

"Farming is really troublesome." Zhou Chenyu rubbed his arms, not wanting to wait where he was, and walked around until he reached the stone steps leading to the white house.In the winter, the flowers, plants and trees near the white house have dried up and withered. The grapefruit tree next to the white house has even lost all its leaves, leaving a few unwanted grapefruits hanging alone on the branches.

Zhou Chenyu always felt a sense of gloom and depression as he looked at the scenery above. He walked to the stone steps and turned back.

But there was no trace of Li Xiuju on the ridge.

While she was wandering around, Li Xiuju saw people in the pond below and went over to take a look out of curiosity.

Zhou Chenyu and Huang Dou chased after him and saw a man standing at the bottom of the pond, "What is he doing? Touching snails? Catching fish?"

"You'll know in a minute." Li Xiuju looked over there with a smile, and waited patiently for a while, only to see the man standing up straight, holding a lotus root joint full of mud in his hand.

Zhou Chenyu looked at the withered lotus root leaves near the man. It turned out to be lotus roots.

Li Xiuju looked at the figure walking hard in the mud of the pond, smiled lightly, and talked about common things: "Brother, your lotus root is growing well."

The man smiled, showing his mouth that was missing a tooth, "Yes, it is grown at home. It tastes very soft when fried or cooked with pork bones."

Although Li Xiuju didn't know the man, she had a great time chatting with him, "Chen Yu, would you like to get some lotus roots to try."

Zhou Chenyu saw that his hair had turned white and he was still soaking in the water in the middle of winter, "Old lady, is he willing to sell it to us?"

Li Xiuju looked at this small pond. She couldn't plant many lotus roots, so she probably kept them for herself to eat. "I'll tell you if I go over and ask."

Zhou Chenyu walked over, Huang Dou followed behind, walked to the place where the lotus roots were piled, and sniffed carefully, "Uncle, do you sell the lotus roots?"

The old man was a bit deaf and couldn't hear clearly, "Girl, what did you say?"

Li Xiuju added: "Brother, we see that your lotus roots are growing well, and we want to buy two from you. Will you sell them?"

"That's it." The old man grinned and asked them to wait for a while. Then he dug out a section of lotus root from the mud, rubbed it off, washed it with muddy water, walked slowly to the edge of the field, and said, "These are all It's not broken, so if you want, take two."

"Okay, okay," Li Xiuju said, "Chen Yu, let's get two."

"Okay." Zhou Chenyu squatted down, "Uncle, how do you sell these lotus roots? How much do these two lotus roots cost?"

The old man washed his hands, narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I planted these in my spare time. If I can't sell them, I keep them for myself. Just give them to you."

Zhou Chenyu couldn't make up his mind and didn't bring any money with him. He looked at Li Xiuju. Li Xiuju took out twenty copper coins and handed them to the old man, "Brother, we'll give them to you as you like."

The old man rubbed his hands on his clothes, took the money from Li Xiuju, counted it roughly, and handed back five more, "Sister, you don't need so many, fifteen is enough."

Li Xiuju saw that he was so cold and panicked, "It doesn't matter, there's some left. You can keep it to buy some wine."

After hearing this, the old man bowed and thanked them, helped wash the lotus roots, and gave them to them.

(End of this chapter)