Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 2 Luo Tiandu's Thoughts
Seeing that Old Man Luo and Yao Shi were about to fight over this, Luo Tian hurriedly took a sip from the small bowl and said, "Grandpa, I like to eat the pumpkin porridge made by grandma, it's delicious."

After speaking, as if he was afraid that he would not believe it, he buried his head and drank vigorously. After a while, a small bowl was empty.

"My dear grandson, grandpa will buy you candy tomorrow."

Because of this unhappiness, the whole family just lowered their heads and ate in silence.

After eating, Yao shi winked at Luo Baining, then picked up the bowls and chopsticks with a straight face, Fang shi and Luo Ming wanted to help, but she stopped them.

After a busy day, Fang was so tired that she was about to fall apart. Seeing that her mother-in-law wouldn't let her help, she didn't insist, so she dragged Luo Tiandu to take a bath; but Luo Mingdu went to the cesspit where the garbage was piled up in front of the house when he had time. I lay down on my feet, and saw a few pieces of broken eggshells exposed under the rotten vegetable leaves and stove ashes.She didn't say a word, turned her head and ran towards the stove house, walked around the firewood shed, stood under the window, stood on tiptoe, and saw Yao in the room lift the lid of the pot and bring out a bowl of tender meat.The tender steamed egg was handed to Luo Baining.

"Eat quickly, I can pick up the bowl after eating, so as not to save those debt collectors in the house from gossiping after seeing it."

Luo Baining didn't eat dinner, and he was so hungry that he took the bowl, but he didn't care about getting it hot, and hurriedly took a spoon to eat it bite by bite, while eating, he said flatteringly: "Mother, you are the best to me, dad now Just scold me."

"Your father, his heart has grown sideways." Yao said angrily.

After a while, Luo Baining ate up a bowl of steamed eggs. He felt that his stomach was not full. Seeing that there was still a bowl in the pot, he reached out to take it, and was beaten down by Yao Shi.

"That's for your brother." Yao said angrily, "There's still porridge in the cupboard, you can serve it yourself."

Luo Baining twitched the corner of his mouth, looking at the steamed eggs in the pot, he was still a little bit reluctant to part.

Seeing this, Luo Mingdu quietly climbed down from the pile of firewood, and also went to the back room to take a bath.

Luo Tiandu took a shower and was squatting in the yard helping Fang's laundry when Luo Baihan came back.

Different from Luo Baisu, Luo Baihan looks a lot like Yao Shi, with dark skin, narrow eyebrows and narrow eyes, and a hump nose like old man Luo, with a bit of blue on the bridge of his nose. When he walked out, he knew he was the son of the old Luo family ; Luo Baisu, however, was born with handsome features and looks quite refined.

Mrs. Yao and Mr. Luo were both ordinary-looking, and Luo Baisu's face was like a phoenix egg popping out of a hen's coop.

Luo Tiandu was also very surprised at the beginning that the old man Luo and Yao's genes actually gave birth to a son with Luo Baisu's appearance. Bai Su was not Yao's own.

Back then, because Mrs. Yao had married into Luo's family for seven years and hadn't even laid an egg, the old man decided to buy a fleeing foreign woman to borrow her belly and gave birth to Luo Baisu.Luo Baisu has been beautiful since he was a child, white and tender, very attractive, but Yao Shi can't like him at all, the reason is that he looks too much like that woman, but after all, he couldn't stand it. For such a child, Mrs. Yao took good care of Luo Baisu.

But the good times didn't last long. When Luo Baisu was six years old, Yao shi, whose stomach had never moved, was pregnant and gave birth to his eldest daughter Luo Baiqiu the next year. At this time, Yao shi had an idea in his heart.

In the past, she always thought that she was unable to have a child, so she raised Luo Baisu. Now that she has given birth to a daughter, even if it is a daughter, who can be sure that she will not be able to give birth to a son?People's hearts are biased, even if they were born to the same mother, it's unfair for an adult to favor one person alone, not to mention that Luo Baisu was raised by another woman. Ridiculous remarks are indispensable, and he is even more harsh on food and clothing.In the end, the old man couldn't see it, so he took Luo Baisu to raise him by himself, and sent Luo Baisu to school at his own expense, trying to keep him from hanging around Yao shi as little as possible, so as not to hinder her eyes.

Luo Baisu also lived up to his expectations. When he was 14 years old, he was admitted as a scholar. The old master Luo decided to marry him again. As the days passed, the grandfather drank a few more glasses when he was happy, went home and suffered a stroke, lay in bed for more than half a year and then passed away.

Mrs. Luo didn't have any ideas. Once the old man left, Yao shi took over the power of the family. Yao shi, who had been oppressed by her father-in-law for half her life, felt proud for a while.

At that time Luo Baiqiu was 11 years old, Luo Baihan was nine years old, and Luo Baining was three years old.Yao shi has three children of his own, so he naturally wants to hand over the Luo family to his children. At this time, Yao shi sees Luo Baisu and his wife as an eyesore.

When Yao shi thought about Luo Baisu's background, he felt aggrieved.If the old guy hadn't forced old man Luo to find a woman to borrow his stomach, Luo Baisu wouldn't have come out to compete with his son for the family property now.In particular, Luo Baisu has become more and more like that woman in recent years. It is like a thorn buried in Yao's heart, which cannot be pulled out, and it pops out from time to time to stab her.In Yao shi's heart, only Luo Baihan is the son of the old Luo family, and Luo Baisu is the evidence that Mrs. Luo is dissatisfied with her daughter-in-law. Not very warm either.

It was only later that Luo Tiandu gradually understood the grievances involved, no wonder the Yao family has always disliked their family.She thought, if she wouldn't like it either, after all, which woman can be so magnanimous to look at her husband's son born to another woman, with a face that looks like that woman, dangling in front of her every day, then Don't you just poke her heart with a needle from time to time?
According to Luo Tiandu's thinking, such a family would still get together every day, live in the same courtyard, and eat at the same table. Everyone would be feeling overwhelmed, so it's better to live their lives at their own pace.But in this family, from the old man Luo to the Yao family, to Luo Baisu and the Fang family, no one mentioned it alone. She is a child and has no right to speak.

Hearing the commotion outside, Yao came out of the kitchen, looked at Luo Baihan who had just got off the donkey cart, and said, "Sir, you are still so polite, it's more than ten miles away, and I even set up a cart to take you back, quickly go into the house and drink some water. "

Luo Tian just curled his lips after hearing this.

It was dark at this time, and the old man's eyes were not very good, so he didn't see clearly for a while, thinking it was a donkey cart arranged by the teacher in the town, but she recognized that the driver was an old money with handlebars from Shiliji. When the farm is slack, he will also help deliver goods to others, earning a few pennies.

Luo Baihan was a little embarrassed to see that his old lady had identified the wrong person.

"Mother, this is the handlebar-style old money, and it was specially sent to bring me back." After speaking, he turned around and gave the old money two pennies, and sent him back.

The old man Luo changed his clothes and came out, just in time to hear him, and glared at his younger son: "You are a big man, and you don't have a heavy burden, why do you take a car? Spending money!"

Luo Baihan said nonchalantly: "I have passed the examination of scholar now, and I will be an official in the future. I can't walk on two legs like other peasants and lose my status when I go out."

"Accreditation to be an official? Do you think it is so easy to be an official? Is it so easy to become an official? There are so many scholars from all over the world. If you can be an official, it will be your turn?" Old man Luo usually hates him the most. He was frivolous, blowing his beard and staring with anger, "Boss has passed the examination of scholar a few years ago, so he doesn't just farm every day. How can he be like you? He thinks that if he passed the examination of scholar, he will become a master, and the land is not at ease. You can't worry about planting the land until tomorrow." Stop studying, and go to the fields, so as not to fail to read the book and plant the land badly, then you want the whole family to drink the northwest wind with you?!"

Luo Baihan hated being compared with others the most, and immediately said impatiently: "Father, I can't tell you how, I'm going to study so that I can prepare for next year's autumn." After finishing speaking, he put his hands behind his back and walked like a master, It's the kind of walking posture with a bit of a horoscope entering the house.

When Luo Tian heard this, his heart moved.

Her father, Luo Baisu, is also a scholar, won't he be going to take the provincial examination next year?Although he is now like an ordinary farmer, squatting in the field to wait on the crops every day, and he doesn't say a word about Qiu Wei, but whenever he is free, he can always be seen reading books. When he woke up, he could still see a faint light coming from the room outside, and then the next day, he would hear Yao complaining about the lack of lamp oil at home.

She was sure that Luo Baisu still wanted to take the road of scientific research in his heart.

She silently calculated in her heart that the township examination was held in the provincial capital Gongyuan. From Qiushui Town to the provincial capital, it would take more than half a month to walk, and it would cost a lot of money. In addition to food, drink and accommodation, it was also a considerable expense , the most important thing is that if there is smoke from the Luo family's ancestral grave, Luo Baisu really passed the exam, and next year's Chunwei, then he will go to Beijing, get a Jinshi, and wait for the selection of officials, everything It costs money.

After counting it time after time, Luo Tian felt that white hands stretched out to ask her for money.

Where do you want to get money?It really stumped her.

Their family now has a total of [-] mu of land, [-] mu of good land is planted with wheat, and [-] mu of thin land is planted with crops such as sweet potato, corn and sorghum. The productivity level here is not high, there are basically no chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and there are only pests. The yield is generally very low by local methods.When the harvest is good, one mu of land can produce one or two stones of grain. of.Because there are two scholars in their family, Luo Baisu and Luo Baihan, they paid a lot less tax, and the fields are well maintained. Every year, they sell the harvested wheat to make money, and then exchange some coarse grains for it. After a year, they can save money. Put down a few dollars, otherwise with so many people in the family, life would be a problem.

The most important thing is that all the produce in the field is held in the hands of grandma Yao, and she is dedicated to saving it for the second uncle!From her point of view, even if the family had some money in the past, it is estimated that it is almost used up now. Her father really wants to take the scientific examination, but she can't count on Yao Shi, so she still has to figure out a way by herself.

In her previous life, she was just an ordinary office worker, working from nine to five, earning enough food and clothing. Suddenly, she came to this era of imperial power where everything was low-class and only educated. She really had no idea how to make money.What's more, she is too young now, only five years old, even if she really wanted to do something to subsidize the family, no one would support her.

She was deeply depressed.

After drying the clothes, she followed Fang into the house.

(End of this chapter)