pastoral fragrance

Chapter 227 Moving to a new house
At the end of September, the leaves of Pinellia japonica begin to turn yellow.At this time, the tubers of dry pinellia can be dug out.The large tubers can be sold after being dug out, washed and dried in the sun, and the small tubers are kept as seed blocks for further planting.This is also the time for farmers to harvest rice. At this time, those farmers usually go out to harvest rice, and the whole village is immersed in a joyous busyness.

It took two days to dig the dry pinellia in the field of Qiulin's family. The tubers of dry pinellia were separated into large and small pieces, and they should not be mixed together.After digging the dry pinellia, everyone carried it to the river to wash it, washed the silt inside and so on, and then drained it and carried it back to the yard to find a large basket to spread out to dry.

The sun in this autumn tiger season is not small, but the sun does not last as long as in summer.After only two days in the sun, the stems of Pinellia fragrans are dry and bouncing.This is the first time for Qiulin's family to plant dry pinellia. Although it is not yet large-scale, they have harvested a hundred catties. Because the quality of this dry pinellia is better than that of water pinellia, the price is not low, and it is sold for a catty. Two hundred Wen.These more than 100 catties of dry pinellia were sold for more than 20 taels of silver, which is an extremely good income.

After selling the honeysuckle Han Pinellia for money, the family has more than 600 taels of silver.During this period of time, I sold snakes and honeysuckle flowers during the drought and pinellia, and sold eggs from the chickens and ducks at home in the town, as well as herbs dug from the forest.

The money was all locked in the big cabinet in the East Wing by Mrs. Han, and the money was waiting to be used for building a new house.During this period of time, every household in the village was busy harvesting crops and could not spare their hands to help build houses.I'm afraid that the construction of the house will not start until before the Chinese New Year.

During the harvest season in September, although the farmers were so busy that they didn't touch the ground, everyone's face was filled with happy smiles. Who is not happy during the harvest season?

During the days when everyone was rushing to harvest the rice and then threshed the millet, Qiuyue Qiulin was not idle, so she went to dig herbs in the forest.At this time, not many people came to dig herbs in the forest, they were all busy in the fields.The two sisters are very happy and don't have to compete with these people to dig herbs.

Ever since people in the village knew that the herbs in the forest could be sold for money, the acorns in the forest could be eaten by pigs, and after the acorns matured after drinking the herbs, more and more peasant families came to wander in the forest.Everyone fights and quarrels over the acorns and herbs in the forest, and it always makes people uneasy.

From their point of view, this acorn herb belongs to everyone in the village, and it doesn't make sense who picks up more and who picks up less.Some small-minded people see other people's daughter-in-laws are diligent and quick at picking up acorns, so they will find fault with them, and when they meet that talkative one, they will talk back, and the two of them will quarrel.

While the people in the village were busy harvesting and threshing millet, the Qiuyue sisters were going to pick up more acorns and go home. There were three pigs in the house, and there was a lot to eat.When you come across a small acorn sapling, dig it up with a small hoe and plant it at home or over there in the fish pond.There is an acorn tree planted in the house, after a few years, won't it be able to bear acorns?At that time, there is no need to come to the forest with the villagers to grab acorns.There's no need to quarrel with these boring mothers-in-law and aunts.

After everyone beat out the millet, there wasn't much to do.The excited eyes of those mothers-in-law and aunts shifted from the grain collected in the warehouse to the woods.In order to compete for the acorns and herbs on the side of the woods, everyone will go to the woods at dawn.If you go late, there will be more people. If you want to pick up acorns, you have to go deeper in the woods.This forest is densely packed with trees, and it seems that you can't see the edge. There are wild beasts infesting here, whoever dares to walk hard inside, I'm afraid it's really desperate.

At this time, Qiuyue Qiulin and the sisters did not act alone, they were with Heyi Meixiang, Xu Liuer and the others.If these three aunts and six wives want to pick trouble, the others will not let anyone be bullied, and they can help to some extent.Those little daughter-in-laws who acted alone would be miserable, and they would be criticized by the elders in the village who relied on their elders to sell their elders.

It's really because of the petty profit that you have to fight for it, Qiulin said that she really can't afford to be hurt.In this way, she thought even more that when she moved to a new house in the future, she must plant oak trees in front of and behind the house!

By the end of November, the weather was chilling, and the autumn scene had gradually receded from the village, replaced by the barrenness of everything in winter. The weeds and wild flowers on the roadside were all dead branches and weeds, and the original view was a bright yellow scene Degenerates into barrenness every day.

At this time, Qiulin's family started to build a house.The location of the new house of Qiulin's family is next to the old house, because the Qiulin family plans to connect the old house with the new house. After that, the old house can be used to raise chickens, ducks and silkworms, and the new house will be dedicated to raising people. live.

The blue bricks used to build the house had been brought back from the town, and the bricks were piled high in the yard.Those who invited to repair the house were also those farm men in the village. These men were very strong and worked hard. The house of Qiulin's family only took ten days, and a beautiful small courtyard with green bricks was completed. up.

Afterwards, it was just repairing the pigsty and the fence. There were only two peasants left in Qiulin's family, and they figured out these things in about two days.The fence has been repaired very large, enclosing both the old house and the new house.After the new house is completed, people will naturally move to live here, and the old house feeds the chickens and ducks. I am afraid that some irresponsible people will come and steal at night, and we must guard against the weasels in the forest on the slope. , so the fence over the old house was built high.

After everything was sorted out, Qiulin's family moved to a new house happily.The new house has three wing rooms and these two side rooms, so each of Qiulin's children has a room.

Some of the furniture in the old house was made by my uncle Han Dongxin, and they can still be used.Let the uncle Han Dong and the third uncle Han Xun do the rest.Now the son of my uncle's family, Chen, can also make furniture independently, and Mei Xiang's elder brother, Xu Hai, can also do some simple shaving work with his helpers.Even his father Xu Nanshan can help make furniture, but he is more tired than ordinary people.

After the furniture was finished, Qiulin's family really moved to a new house.Everyone was busy moving things from the old house to the new house. Those worn out old cotton wool, old clothes, old furniture, etc., just put them in the old house and didn't have to move them over.

According to the traditional customs in the village, when you move to a new home, you have to buy a banquet. Both Xu Nanshan and Han feel that the villagers are enthusiastic. Set up a banquet.

On the day of the banquet, even Qiulin's grandmother was invited over, along with her second aunt, Han Yimo and Han Yiluo.Qiulin's grandmother Yang looked at her eldest daughter's grand new home and smiled happily. She was very happy from inside to outside.Xiaofang's family can build such a beautiful house, and they must be able to get by.In this line of business, her worry about her eldest daughter was completely let go.

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