pastoral fragrance

Chapter 79 Serving Tea and Water
In the days when the farmers are officially busy, Qiulin's family is relatively leisurely.Without the people in the village taking the lead to go to the forest, their sisters would not go either.You must know that the people in the village have already dug up the grass roots next to the village in the forest, and now they have to go deep into the forest if they want to dig.The two little girls were really a little unsafe, so they just stopped and went.

At this time, the two sisters took the fish basket to the river to collect fish and shrimp.The bigger fish and shrimps are kept for themselves to eat, the smaller ones are boiled for the little fox and Ah Huang to eat, and the smaller ones are thrown back into the river directly.Recently, the little fox and Ah Huang have grown a lot of meat, and the health of the family members has also improved a lot. They are no longer as thin and thin as when Qiulin first came, as if the wind could blow them away.

In this year, the second brother and the third brother are the fastest growing, they are now in the stage of development.Now the food at home is better, and the two children grow up naturally and fast.

Nowadays, people in the village are so busy that they don't touch the ground. They go to the fields to harvest rice in the morning when it is still dim, and they have to be busy until late before returning home.At this time, the peasants can only do things sloppy even for eating.The two sisters Qiulin and Qiuyue went to the slope to pull wild chrysanthemums and stinky wormwood, boiled tea in a large pot, and sent it to the farmers who were busy in the fields.Now that it was Qiu Huhu who was in charge, it must be uncomfortable for someone who had been working in the fields all day.

These farmers have been busy all year round, facing the loess and back to the sky, but they can't earn much money, but the work they do is dirty and tiring.After the rice is harvested and returned, the millet has to be brushed off the rice stalks, and then turned over to dry and detached.Can be busy enough.At this time, Qiulin was actually a little secretly glad that those top-notch relatives occupied her family's fields, and their family didn't have so much labor to cultivate these fields, and when the harvest season came, she would definitely be too busy to faint .Furthermore, even with such hard work in farming, you still have to pay a large amount of rent in the end. How much money can you get for the grain left in your hands?It's better to raise silkworms, fish and lotus root at home.

"Qiuyue Qiulin, why are you here?" He Xiang, who was busy cutting rice in the field, was wiping off her sweat and saw two girls, one tall and the other low, walking up the ridge of the field. Aren't they the sisters of Qiuyue Qiulin?

Qiu Lin saw that He Xiang was panting heavily from exhaustion, but the movements of his hands did not stop, and he brushed very fast.I could only hear the sound of "stabbing and pulling" made by the sharp edge of the sickle cutting the rice stalks.Qiulin said with a smile: "Let's take a rest first, look at how tired you are, we brought chrysanthemum tea and stinky wormwood water, come over and drink some, so as not to suffer from heat stroke."

Isn't it easy to suffer from heat stroke if you work hard without stopping?Human beings are not machines after all, how can we succeed without rest?
He Xiang hesitated for a while, and then carefully stacked a large handful of straw in the basket.Throw away the sickle and run over to drink some water.

Qiuyue yelled at everyone who was working hard in the field: "Come here and have some tea. If you don't delay the time, you have to take a break. It's not good to be sick when you are tired."

After Qiuyue's yelling, a few girls who were familiar with Qiuyue's sisters came to ask for water.Along with them were a few boys from the village, the Qiuyue sisters had very little contact with these people, some of their faces were recognized but their names were unknown;

"This is my fourth younger brother. He is in the school on weekdays. I am busy with the autumn harvest these days, so the master let him back and grab the harvest." After Mei Xiang finished speaking, she felt a little parched, grunting. He drank the chrysanthemum tea in the thick porcelain bowl in one gulp.

"Slow down, no one will grab you!" Xu Hai looked helplessly at his younger sister, who was always so careless in doing things, and was not afraid of choking herself.

Qiu Lin looked carefully at the two boys, one tall and one short, the eldest was 16 years old, He Xiang Mei Xiang's elder brother, his elder brother often worked in the fields, but he had seen him, his name was Xu Hai.The younger brother of his family is about the same age as the third brother, and his skin is much fairer than Xu Hai's. This is because he doesn't have to wait on the crops often after studying in the school.He looks like an elf, and his name is Xu Yang.

"Hey, Sister Qiuyue's water is really delicious." When Xu Yang laughed, there were two dimples rippling, very beautiful.

Qiuyue looked at him with a smile, "Of course it's delicious. This chrysanthemum tea has rock sugar in it. It's sweet and fragrant. Is it not good?" Damn, I just let it go.

Now more and more people came to ask for water, and everyone can take a break when drinking tea together, otherwise, working hard all day long will really be too much for the body.The country people are not afraid of getting dirty, so they just sit on the ridge of the field and drink tea. The men sitting together talk about this year's harvest the most, while the aunts talk about the daily routine, and talk about the engagement of the girl in that family. The boy in that family became a relative, and there was a tendency to gossip and chat about family affairs. Everyone was chattering, but it was a lot of fun.

At this time, Qiulin saw a chubby girl standing timidly on the ridge of the field, staring blankly but daring not to come over.Qiu Lin recognized at a glance that this was Qiu Feng, the daughter of the fourth uncle's family. She was nine years old this year.

Although the fourth uncle's family also took over her family's land at the beginning, they are not as bad as the uncle's and third uncle's.The last time they came to deliver Chen Mi probably because they had a bad conscience.Qiu Lin beckoned to Qiu Feng, "Cousin, what are you doing there, come and drink some water."

I don't know if this girl is shy or something, every time she greets her, she always reacts indifferently.After hesitating for a while, he nodded and walked away indiscriminately. This attitude is really strange.

This time the girl didn't run away, she still hesitated for a while, then timidly moved towards her.It was a short distance of ten or so steps, but it took her a long time to get to Qiulin's side.

Qiulin didn't say anything else, scooped up a bowl of chrysanthemum tea for her, and passed it over. "Cousin, drink some water."

Qiu Feng took it timidly, said thank you in a low voice, then picked up the porcelain bowl, poured it into his mouth, returned the porcelain bowl to Qiu Lin after drinking, and finally ran away.

Qiu Lin was used to seeing Qiu Feng's awkward appearance, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Qiu Lin ignored it and continued to add water to those people.

Mei Xiang next to her was a little unhappy, and seeing Qiu Fengfei's similar appearance, she said contemptuously: "This family has the nerve to come over and ask for water. They really don't have any self-consciousness at all!" Xu's brothers partnered with Xu When the second family's field was seized, there had already been rumors in the village.Mei Xiang didn't think much of it before, but now that she is on good terms with Qiulin and the others, it can be said that she shares the same hatred with Qiulin and the others, and hates the three families to death.

Qiu Lin looked at Mei Xiang who was muttering, but didn't say anything.Looking up again, I saw that Xu Nuo agreed with them and they also came over, accompanied by the second brother and the third brother.

Because it was the autumn harvest, the masters of the school knew that these farm households would definitely be too busy, so they gave these students a few days off to help with the autumn harvest.After the second and third brothers were on vacation, they went to help Xu Xu's family.

"Second brother and third brother, you are so tired, drink some water." These two brothers are in the school on weekdays, so the work is sparse.I don't know if the drudgery of harvesting rice is tiring for them.

Qiu He quickly snatched the porcelain bowl from Qiu Lin's hand, poured it into his mouth with a huh-la-la, and tapped his mouth happily after drinking. "Tired but not tired, still very fresh, just a little thirsty." These children are in the school all day long, and what they are facing are letters and the like.It's really new to be able to work in the fields and harvest autumn with the whole village!

In this way, with the hard work of the whole village, the rice was finally harvested and returned home.In the field, there are only rice piles left after harvesting, which are neatly arranged, as if they have been carefully measured.At this time, Qiulin had to admire these farmers. The distance was so precise that the field looked like a work of art.

The weather is good this year, and the rice that is harvested is white and full of grains, as if drinking water.Now that the rent has been paid, the remaining food is tens of catties more than last year.These days, the family has relied on the two daughters of the Xu family to save some money.Ordinary people say that the kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring.Thinking about Qiulin's family having no farmland, where did the food come from.After thinking about it, I put a basket of beaten rice in a basket and sent it to Qiulin's house.

So although Qiulin's family didn't grow any food, they got tens of catties of rice from these folks in the village.These are all new rice with white flowers, and they taste fragrant and glutinous.Think about it, Qiulin is really worthless for her parents, those top-notch relatives are even worse than these people who are only relatives.But now if the uncle's family wants to take advantage of their family again, I'm afraid it will not be so easy!

After the autumn harvest, there was continuous rain, and the rain fell from the sky as thin as a cow's hair, but it was densely packed.When it rains, it seems that the sky and the earth are much darker.In the main room, Qiuyue found a slightly brighter place and moved a small bench to sit down, holding a sewing basket in her hand, and now she started sewing seriously.

Look at her stitches, pulling, pressing, flattening and smoothing, she is doing it very seriously.These days, when the eldest sister is free, she will do this.The shoe soles and insoles are also learned from He Xiang and the others, and the things they made now are really from that family.Not long ago, the eldest sister also made a pair of insoles for Dad. The craftsmanship is not as good as that of He Xiang and the others, but it is still the same family.

Now she is learning embroidery from her mother again, but this time her mother didn't force her to learn it, but the elder sister asked her to learn it on her own initiative.Seeing her like this, mother is naturally willing to teach.Dad is sitting in a wheelchair and weaving fish baskets. This kind of fish baskets has been improved and is easier to use than the previous ones. The most important thing is that they can catch fish, so many people buy them.After much deliberation, Qiulin decided that it would be more cost-effective to make fish baskets. The fish baskets didn't need to be too big, so they were naturally faster to weave than other things.And the materials should be less. If the dustpan baskets are all woven, I'm afraid there won't be so many bamboos.

(End of this chapter)