Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 15

"Sew a pocket, it's useful for catching Galaha. This is the cloth that my mother and I asked for, and it was grinded out with great difficulty." Yumei muttered.At this time, housewives generally regard the cloth head as very important, and you must know that it is a good thing for patching.There are women with such dexterity that they can use very small rags to piece together small cushions or blankets.Where are you willing to let the children play?

"Just be content with it, I don't know how much my aunt feels sorry for this little cloth. These are all good things, so I let you play with them." Jinghan laughed at Yumei.

"By the way, Jinghan, let's go pick dates in a few days, okay? Every year someone will come to collect them. I heard that they are used to make wine or something. It can sell for three Wen per catty. We want as much as we want. Let's go pick monkeys." It's there on the legs, and it's almost done." Thinking of this, Yumei hurriedly told Jinghan.

After hearing this, Jing Han was quite happy, and of course earning money is a good thing. "Sure, let's go and see someday. Do we have to wait for others to collect it before we can pick it?"

"Well, soon, I heard from my elder brother that those people should come at this time of year." Yumei nodded.

Jinghan sat at Lin's house for a while, and made a decision with Yumei to pick dates, and then went home.At home, Mrs. Xue is cooking there, and Jinghan hurried forward to help. "Mom, it seems that you are not cooking today?"

"Your second aunt has gone out again. At this time, you can't just wait for her. It's serious to cook the meal quickly." Xue was busy in front of the pot.

Mrs. Chen also came over, "This second daughter-in-law, she doesn't know what she wants to do this day, and she doesn't come back to cook." As she spoke, she picked up pancakes from another pot.

All the meals were ready, and the table was placed outside. Zhixin and the old man came back from the field, and everyone ate together.Before lunch was finished, a woman came in outside, about the same age as Xue, "Uncle Xu, Auntie, Brother Xu, Sister-in-law, you are all here."

"It's Shitou's daughter-in-law. Come here and sit down. Have you eaten yet? If you haven't eaten, let's eat together." Mrs. Chen hurriedly asked her to sit down.

"Auntie, you don't need to be busy. I have eaten. I came here today to ask Brother Xu if he has any work these days. My family is building a house and I want to ask my brother to help with the work for a few days. And sister-in-law, can you Go help with the cooking?" Shitou's wife is the second daughter-in-law of Dongtou Wang's family.

"Your family is going to build a house? Don't you have a house to live in?" Chen asked puzzled.

"We just separated. The older brother and his parents lived with us. We came out to build another house. The place has been selected, and we will start construction when there are enough people. Why don't you ask your brother and sister-in-law for help?" Said.

"We separated, that's fine. Live your own life, you can do whatever you want. There's not much work these days, so let Zhixin go over and help you for a few days. Boss, daughter-in-law, you can go over and do a favor too." , your food is cooked well, and you won’t be able to take care of anyone in this village.” The old man agreed after hearing this.

"Thank you Uncle Xu, then I will go back first, there is still a lot of work at home." After finishing speaking, Shitou's daughter-in-law left.

"The stone couple is a good couple. After we split up, we will definitely have a better life in the future. I don't want the boss of his family to eat too much and be lazy all day long. Just watch, when the old couple will regret it in the future." Chen said there talking. "Success, we have to help with this job. Meilin, you can cook for her family for a few days. I have me at home. Besides, Jingya and Huixin can also help, it's nothing."

After everyone finished their meal, they cleared the table together. Zhixin and the old man went back to the house to lie down for a while, and waited for the sun to be less harsh before going to work in the fields.Mrs. Xue and Jingya were doing needlework in the room. Jinghan had nothing to do, so she lay down and slept for a while.

The next day, Zhixin and his wife went to Wang's house to help. Jinghan couldn't stay idle. After feeding the pigs and chickens at home, she also went to watch others build a house.It turns out that the houses here are generally made of adobe, but Shishi's family did not prepare adobe, so they had to ram the loess house.Clamp it up with a wooden plank, then pour loess mixed with grass into it, and then smash it down with wood, the more honest the better.When all the soil on this layer is smashed, the wooden planks are removed, and the soil is smashed all the way up.It is enough to spread a layer of mud on the outside of the smashed wall. Of course, there are many pillars in the wall, or it will not work at all.

Shitou's house was built very quickly, and it took about five or six days to knock down all the walls.The carpenter has already made beams and other things, and the beams will be erected on a selected day.On the day of raising the beam, in addition to those who were originally there to help, many people came. Everyone worked together and quickly put Liang Tuo on top of the house.Someone tied a red cloth with copper coins on the beam watchman, and when the time came, someone lit the firecrackers that had been hung up long ago.Some people sprinkled candy below. At this time, all the children went up to grab the candy.With a lot of strength, Jinghan pushed away the boy in front and picked up two pieces of candy.He put one piece in his mouth and kept the other piece. Wenxuan also snatched two pieces and ate one piece. He was reluctant to eat the other piece and put it in his pocket.

The two siblings went home together after watching the excitement.When she got home, Jinghan gave her piece to Jingya, but Jingya didn't want it, so she gave it to Wenxuan. "Sister, just eat it, I still have a piece here." Wenxuan stuffed the candy into Jingya's mouth, and Jingya ate it.

After finishing the beam, there is not much work left, and the stone can do it slowly by itself, so there is no need to help.When Mrs. Xue came home, she remembered that she was going to visit the town to hear about the doctor, so one morning, she went to the town with some women from the village.

Jinghan doesn't care about that, she only knows that the jujube harvester is here, and this year it's still three Wen a catty.This is not low, so many children in the village all went to pick dates.

This dianzi, as the name suggests, is to grow in dianzi.It just happened that the place where I went to pick monkey legs last time was a big field, and everyone went there to pick dates.When I got there, I saw that the small trees that were not too tall were full of small blue-purple fruits, which were Dian dates.Everyone carried their baskets, hurriedly found a tree and started picking.Ripe Dian dates are dark purple, and the pulp is full of purple juice.This thing is sour and sweet, and it has always been the favorite of children. While picking it, put a few in their mouths.You don't need to bite hard, just sip it lightly with your tongue, and the sweet and sour juice inside will come out, with a slightly bitter taste, and it tastes very good.However, eating too much of this stuff can easily stain your tongue purple and black.

The fruit of this jujube is not big, about as long as a person's little finger, and thinner than a little finger, so it is not easy to pick it.The person who received it also said that there should be no green fruits, no branches and leaves, so you have to be more careful.Fortunately, there are a lot of jujube trees here, so everyone can pick six or seven catties in one afternoon.They all came out with dry food on their backs, and they didn't want to waste time going back and forth, so at noon everyone found a place to sit down and eat together.Opening the cloth bag, there was nothing more than a pancake and a few pickles inside.Today Jinghan, Wenchang, and Wenxuan all came, and the family brought them some small dried fish.Fried and crispy, it tastes very fragrant.

Jinghan took some dried fish and gave it to Yumei, "Sister Yumei, try it." Yumei was not polite, took it and put it in her mouth, chewed it, "Yeah, it's really delicious." The next one was given to his younger brother Ziwen.

After everyone finished eating, they started working again. They didn't stop until the end of the hour, and everyone picked a lot.Everyone came out of the meadow with their baskets on their shoulders, and then walked to the middle of the village, where someone was waiting to harvest.When they arrived at the place, the jujube collectors were already waiting, weighed them one by one, and then counted the money and gave the money.Jinghan picked twelve catties and got 36 Wen coins, Wenchang picked less, eight catties, and Wenxuan nine catties, and took all the money.Everyone was very happy, and walked home with smiles on their faces.

When we got home, Mrs. Xue happened to be talking to Mrs. Chen about the doctor in Renjitang. "Mother, that doctor is really good-looking. I even inquired about it. His family is in the town. His surname is Tao. He is the second eldest in the family. The eldest has already married and lives with them. There is also a younger brother in the family who is studying. A younger sister. The parents in the family are not very old. Lao Taotou is a craftsman and a carpenter. He earns a lot of money a year, so the family is doing well. But that mother is a bit tricky. If Huixin marries, she may not get along with her. We will definitely get along well." This is what Xue asked all afternoon.

Mrs. Chen thought for a while, "This family is not bad, but the old mother-in-law is a little bit unsatisfactory, it's okay, just let it go. The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is getting better and better. How about it, that day I will Tell Matchmaker Qian, we agree to this marriage. If Huixin's marriage is settled, I will let go of my heart." Chen decided to marry this marriage.

It happened that Jinghan and the others had returned home, "Grandma, mother, we are back, Wenxuan and I earned [-] yuan today." Jinghan began to show off as soon as he entered the house.

"Okay, that's not bad. If we can buy three catties of meat, our children are capable." Mrs. Chen is also very happy. Although the children don't hand over the money they earn, they are still in this family after all, aren't they?Did not run outside. "Keep the money well, save it to buy some food and use it. Don't spend it recklessly." Chen urged.

"Hey, grandma, don't worry, we won't waste money. Mom, are you free tomorrow? Let's go together." Jinghan wanted her mother to go too.

"Okay, I have nothing to do tomorrow, so I'll go with you." Mrs. Xue readily agreed.

Wen Chang on the side curled his lips, "Grandma, why doesn't my mother go up the mountain with us?" As he spoke, tears fell.Mrs. Chen looked at it, and quickly picked up Wenchang, "Wenchang is good, grandma will accompany you tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)