happy daughter-in-law

Chapter 18

That night, Shen Yunfang ate the long-lost rice.

It’s just the first time to use this kind of big pot to stew rice. She hasn’t mastered the quantity yet, and she has stewed too much at once. This means that there is no oil and water in her stomach, her eyes are big and her belly is small. Looking at the leftover big bowl of white rice, she thought, Even the rice and bowls are put into the space.Just to experiment, whether the space can be insulated.

The freshness preservation has been tested. I dug up some wild vegetables on the mountain yesterday. It’s been a night, and it still looks so fresh in the space, not wilted at all.

After eating, Shen Yunfang was still thinking about the sweet potatoes in the family's private plot, so after putting down the bowls and chopsticks, she went to the plot with a hoe on her shoulder.

Before reaching the place, she saw three figures busy in the field. Shen Yunfang took a few steps quickly to see that they were her two elder brothers from the uncle's family and Da Shuan from Aunt Wang's family.

The elder brother Wang Zhijie is 32 years old this year, and his sister-in-law is Wang Li, also 32 years old. They have three children together. The eldest boy is Shen Ninghao, who is fourteen years old, and the second boy, Shen Ninglin, is ten years old. The youngest is still a boy named Shen Ningchen is four years old.The second cousin, Wang Zhiwen, is 30 years old. The second cousin, Shu Xin, is 28 years old. They have two children.

When Shen Yunfang went to Shen Yeqing's house for dinner that day, the four members of Shen Zhiwen's family happened to be returning to their daughter-in-law's natal house, so they didn't run into each other.

Then there is Brother Dashuan, who is younger than the two cousins ​​of the uncle’s family, he seems to be 27 or [-], and there is a girl named Xiaojuan.Marrying a daughter-in-law is also a good thing, and Aunt Wang is a kind mother and a filial son, and her seriousness makes the fathers and villagers in Gaijiatun envy.

"Brother Zhijie, brother Zhiwen, why are you here?" Shen Yunfang was quite surprised.

Shen Zhijie glanced at his cousin with some displeasure on his face, then went to work silently.

When it came to Shen Zhiwen, he smiled innocently, and said a little shyly: "Father came home and asked us to come here, saying that you couldn't do this job alone."

Shen Yunfang raised her eyebrows, probably because her uncle went home just now and saw the sweet potatoes that had just been dug out in the yard, and knew that she was digging sweet potatoes, so he ordered the two cousins ​​to come over.

"Hey, I really can't do it by myself." Shen Yunfang didn't refuse. It was already too late for her to dig sweet potatoes. If she was alone, she didn't know when she would be able to finish it. If these young men helped, It's only an hour at this point.

"Tomorrow morning, I will go with you to gather some firewood." This is also what his father ordered just now.

"Well, thank you Brother Zhiwen." That's great. She is not familiar with the environment on the mountain, so she doesn't dare to run around casually, and she won't be afraid if she has an acquaintance with her.

After saying hello, Shen Yunfang will carry a hoe and go to the field to work together. After all, the people who came to help have worked hard. She is not up to the task, but she has to have a correct attitude.

But who knew, when Shen Zhiwen saw that she had also come down, he hurriedly said: "Yunfang, you don't need to dig, just gather up the sweet potatoes we dug out." I don't know that the charming girl of his third uncle's family can't do anything.

Shen Yunfang wished she didn't have to work hard, seeing that the other two had no objections, she readily agreed.

After more than an hour, the three adult laborers searched all nine parts of Shen Yunfang's private land.Shen Yunfang didn't even straighten up from behind, so she squatted down and picked it up in the basket, and at the same time touched the soil with her hands, for fear that some fish would slip through the net.

Since there is only one big basket, it is not enough at this time, so every time a basket is filled, brother Zhiwen has to carry it for her to move, and then empty the basket and come back to fill it with sweet potatoes.

So when it was dark and all the sweet potatoes in the field were dug out, Zhijie and Zhiwen brothers went home, and Brother Dashuan, who lived closest to Shen Yunfang, carried the last basket of sweet potatoes home for her.

By the time Brother Dashuan dumped all the sweet potatoes in the basket into the yard, Shen Yunfang had already filled a bowl with water.

"Brother Dashuan, you've worked hard, let's drink some water." He handed over the bowl in his hand attentively.

The family is so poor that they don't even have a cup, so they can only use the bowl for eating.

Maybe he was really thirsty, but Da Shuan was not polite, took the bowl and drank it in one gulp, then he wiped his mouth, handed the empty bowl to Shen Yunfang, and said, "When are you going to move these sweet potatoes into the cellar? One sound, I'll come and give you a hand."

Shen Yunfang was moved when she heard this, no matter if it was true or not, she would take it upon herself to say this, "No need, Brother Dashuan, I'm not in a hurry, just take it easy on your own."

Dashuan glanced at Shen Yunfang, but didn't insist, just said: "Okay, just go and shout if you need something." Then he strode out of the yard.

Shen Yunfang saw that everyone had disappeared, so she sighed. In this day and age, there are still many good people.

There was no time to think about it, and seeing the darkness, she could no longer see people clearly, so she hurriedly closed the courtyard door of her house, and then picked up the sweet potatoes in the yard with the last bit of light.

Thinking that there were a few catties of kerosene tickets in the stack of tickets that the aunt gave her last time. After two days, she went to the county to buy everything that should be used and bought at home.It's not a day or two, so why can't we live in such a way.

In the end, Shen Yunfang took one-third of the sweet potatoes in the yard into the space. Because she didn't dare to darken the cellar, she put them in the space and waited for the daytime to move them to the cellar.She is still very careful. If someone comes to the house tomorrow morning and sees that the sweet potatoes on the ground are gone, they will definitely be suspicious. She can't lift her hands or pick them up, and she got so many sweet potatoes into the cellar overnight. It's not realistic to go there.

By the time Shen Yunfang was lying on the kang, she was already exhausted. Today, she really did a lot of physical work, and this body is also finished. She has no strength and is pretentious. She doesn't look like a rural girl at all.Don't say that she really let her second aunt say it right, the young lady's body is the life of a girl.

Lying down, she fell asleep thinking about what to buy.

The next day, Shen Yunfang got up early in the morning, cleaned up by herself first, and then fed the chickens. Seeing that the cabbage, potatoes and radishes in the backyard should be collected, after thinking about it, she took out the kitchen knife, the only sharp tool in the house, and she Decided to collect the cabbage first.

After this is harvested, you can pickle sauerkraut after drying it in the sun.Sauerkraut is one of the most important dishes on the winter table in Northeast China.

Because her hands were weak, and because the kitchen knife was not very sharp, each cabbage had to be cut several times. When she chopped off all 23 Chinese cabbages in the backyard, her hand holding the kitchen knife was shaking.

Move the cabbage under the house roots in the front yard, where the sun shines in the morning.

Only then did she close the courtyard door and go to work.

When she arrived at the production team, she saw Shen Zhiwen waiting for her with a long sickle in his hand.

"Brother Zhiwen, you are so early." Shen Yunfang was quite surprised.

"It's getting late, my father is already here." Shen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"Master is really dedicated." Shen Yunfang sighed.

Then Shen Yunfang drove the sheep out of the sheep pen without the help of cousin Zhiwen, and the two walked and chatted behind.

After arriving on the hillside, Shen Yunfang still tied the head sheep to a small tree, and then walked up the hill with brother Zhiwen.

The next moment, Shen Yunfang knew what the long sickle in Brother Zhiwen's hand was for.

It was as if Shen Zhiwen walked under a big tree, grabbed the end of a long sickle with one hand, and stretched the end with the sickle to the upper tree trunk. Then, with a strong hand, the upper branch was cut off and fell off.

(End of this chapter)