Farmer's Head: Busy farming

Chapter 37
Chapter 37

"That's natural." Seeing Liu's emotion, Xi'er quickly agreed.

Meng Changdong knew that what mother said was for himself, and felt a little ashamed, so he also said, "Mother, don't worry, if I have a bite to eat, I won't let the two girls go hungry."

"That's right, mother, don't worry." Meng Yuan'er saw that her elder brother and third younger sister had talked, and put down the piece of meat on her chopsticks to persuade Liu Shi.

It's rare that Mrs. Zhang didn't open her mouth to refute anything today. In the past, she definitely didn't want to.

In fact, she also knew in her heart that after Meng Xi'er recovered from her illness this time, she could take advantage of it. It seems that it is not impossible to have a good sister-in-law relationship.

Seeing the three children saying this, Mrs. Liu was naturally very happy as a mother.

This meal is probably the happiest meal in the past few months, and it can be regarded as a family reunion dinner eaten in harmony.

Mrs. Liu didn't go to the kitchen, so she didn't know what Xi'er and the others bought. She only thought that the meat was earned by selling the handkerchiefs. Although the food was a bit extravagant, it was worth it thinking about how happy she was today. In the end, I need to embroider more handkerchiefs.

After dinner, they all went back to their rooms. There were too many mosquitoes and insects on summer nights, and there were already tired stars hanging in the sky. The doors of every house were closed, and occasionally I heard a few dogs barking or the calls of insects and birds. The silence was terrifying. .

Seeing Xi'er spread oiled paper and cloth on the bed, Meng Yuan'er asked in confusion, "Xi'er, what are you buying so much cotton cloth for? They are all plain."

"Sewing the quilt!" Xi'er looked at the quilt and pillows that she and Meng Yuaner had folded on the bed, and felt numb for a while. The pillow covers are all sewn together. How troublesome it would be to hollow it out, wash it and then sew it in. It would be better to just sew it into a quilt cover.

Meng Yuan'er rarely saw Xi'er doing needlework, so she couldn't help being a little surprised, "You can also sew quilts."

"I can't, second sister, you can sew, I'll tell you." Xi'er shook her head, it's okay to let me handle the pot and shovel by myself, let's forget things like embroidery needles.

Xi'er told Meng Yuaner what she was thinking, and the listener nodded in a hurry after being pleasantly surprised. The two of them got busy like this. Seeing the night was dark, Meng Yuaner was still sewing while making oil lamps. Distressed, "Second Sister, I'm almost finished here, why don't you sew again tomorrow, be careful."

"It's okay, it's almost ready. I'll sew it up tonight. I'll wash it tomorrow morning and it will be ready in the afternoon." Meng Yuan'er lowered her head, very serious.

Xi'er felt a little regretful, she knew she should have brought up this matter tomorrow, since Meng Yuan'er didn't want to rest, she went to remove the old quilt, the cotton inside had turned into lumps, Some of them were gray and yellow, which gave Xi'er a headache. It would be fine if the cotton was pressed into cotton wool.

The next day, Meng Yuan'er woke up early, took the pillowcases and quilt covers that had been sewn last night to the backyard and soaked them for washing.

When Xi'er came out of the room sleepily, she saw clean quilt covers hanging on the bamboo shelf in the yard.

"Second sister, you, you are a little too diligent." Xi'er looked at the scene in front of her and stuttered in surprise. Although the sky is bright now, it is probably only seven or eight o'clock in the morning. Meng Yuan'er was washed and dried.

Meng Yuan'er just wiped the fine sweat from her forehead, and when she heard Xi'er say that, she raised her head with a smile and said, "Quickly remove everything on the bed, and I'll wash it together. The sun is very strong today, so I can do it in the afternoon." gone."

When Xi'er heard this, she hurriedly responded, "Sure, I'll go right away." After washing in a hurry, she went back to the room to unravel the quilt and pillow.

She carefully scattered the cotton, put it in the previously sewn cloth bag and beat it with a mallet so that it would be fluffy.

The weather was fine today, Xi'er finished her work and went to help Mrs. Liu into the yard to bask in the sun.

When Liu walked out of the yard, he saw the fluttering sheets, and he couldn't help wondering, "Why are there so many?"

"Mother, I went to buy cloth yesterday, and I plan to change it for my family, and I will change it for your house in two days." Seeing that Liu's expression did not change, Xi'er said with a smile.

Hearing that Xi'er bought cloth, Mrs. Liu recalled yesterday's meal, "Xi'er, where did you get so much money? You bought both grain and cloth."

"Mother, this is the money from yesterday's handkerchief, three hundred Wen, you keep it." Mrs. Liu asked, Xi'er took out the string of copper coins prepared in advance, and said with a smile.

At this moment, Mrs. Liu was very surprised, "You girl, where did you get so much money, and you are buying grain, meat, and cloth."

"Mother, don't worry, my money is all clean money. I keep the three hundred cash and save it for my second sister as a dowry in the future. It's enough to save more." Xi'er smiled, her eyes pure and clean. .

Liu's heart couldn't help trembling, she looked at Xi'er with complicated eyes, choked up and said, "It's useless to be a mother, you two sisters have also reached the age to say goodbye."

"Oh, I'm still young, mainly because of my second sister, mother, I also know what's on my second sister's mind, you should tell Dad when you find time." Xi'er didn't want to pierce the window paper at first, but seeing Meng Yuan'er talking to her Xu Qing is so obsessed, she has to help.

For Xu Qing, in Xi'er's view, he is not a very evil person, but just pedantic in his bones, somewhat contaminated with the acidity of scholars, as long as his conduct is not bad, it is not a big problem.

Liu nodded. In fact, she wanted to say it several times, but looking at the tired figure of Xianggong, she swallowed the words again.

Mrs. Liu put away the copper coins and felt better, so she planned to go to the kitchen to cook.

Xi'er couldn't help it, and suddenly remembered that the oil paper she bought hadn't been battered yet, so she asked Mrs. Liu to cook the paste, but it was flour boiled in an iron spoon to make a paste. Mrs. Liu knew that it was her daughter who cared about her, so she didn't say anything.

When Mrs. Zhang went out, she saw the cloth in the yard, and saw Xi'er and the others paste the paper on the window. She was a little puzzled, did her two sisters-in-law pick up the money?How did you buy so many things.

"Ah, you're pasting the windows, do you want me to help?" Mrs. Zhang walked from the east room to the door of the west room with Xiao Fugui in her arms, and then smelled Xi'er with a smile.

Xi'er turned her head and saw her nephew looking at her drooling, she couldn't help feeling amused, and said, "No big sister-in-law, little Fugui, do you want to eat paste?"

Mrs. Zhang didn't really mean to help, so she nodded at this moment by borrowing the donkey from the slope, scooped out a small piece of paste from Xi'er's iron spoon, and put it into Fugui's mouth. up.

(End of this chapter)