The Yue family spent a lot of money to go out, but they still had 30 acres of grain waiting to be harvested, so they gritted their teeth and spent some money to hire two day laborers to come back to help.
Maybe God also knew that the farmers were going to harvest in autumn, and they gave them enough sunshine. In the cool autumn morning, fish maw white appeared on the eastern hillside, but every household in Cuifeng Village had already brought their families and mouths, carrying farm implements to the fields outside the village.
There are few idle months in the farm family, and the children of the farm family are also in charge early, but the four or five-year-old children who are walking a little bit slowly follow behind the adults, carrying this basket to the field to pick up the ears of rice, a child the size of a small bean I can pick up a pound and a half of rice ears in a day. For people who are already short of food, it is more or less an income.
In the early years, because the family was in good condition, and Yue Dafu didn't care about this idea of food, and he was only going to make money without losing such a good reputation, he didn't stop the children in the village from going to his own fields. pick up.
The old Chen family has always been very distressed about the food, but in the past, because of Yue Dafu's unique temperament, he could only grit his teeth and endure it. But now that almost all of his family's property has been hollowed out, the old Chen can't wait to break a copper coin into eight pieces for use.
So this morning, I prepared baskets for sisters Xiaozhu, Youling, and Youluo early in the morning, and their sinister eyes turned on the three of them, threateningly said: "If you don't fill the baskets today, you will be lost at night. You are not allowed to eat!" Young Jin and Young Yin wanted to be the main force in the fields to harvest rice, so Old Chen glared at them both, before twisting his buttocks to give Yue Dafu a drink of water. The gourd used was filled with a large pot of well water.
Youbao was almost drowned by the old Chen's bucket when she was just born. Although she was rescued later, her body was a little worse after all. On the other hand, Youzhu was stronger and did not suffer from any root causes. Therefore, Young Treasure was begged by Young Jin to Old Chen, so he stayed at home to take care of Xiao Jiu and helped Xiao Chen make lunch. And the three sisters who were sent to the field to pick up rice ears had to carry baskets and hurriedly followed behind Youjin to work in the field.
At this time, the sun has not yet come out, and the autumn wind with a hint of chill does not feel uncomfortable when it blows on people, but it also blew away the drowsiness of getting up early. Young Jin is much more energetic, and brings three younger sisters to the ground. After going inside, he warned again: "Don't rob other people's children, you know, Youzhu, you are an elder sister, you must take good care of Youling and Youluo, and you can't let your sisters go to the river, do you know?"
Youzhu nodded earnestly: "Third sister, I will take good care of Xiaoqi and Xiaoba." Although Xiaozhu is only in her early seven years this year, she has been picking up rice with a basket since she was five years old. Sui, it is Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba, this is the first time to come back this year, and You Jin can't help worrying about it.
After Young Jin watched Young Ling and Young Luo obediently follow Young Pearl to the harvested field to look for ears of rice, she felt relieved for a while, took the sickle and walked to Young Yin who had already cut half a row of rice, the two sisters. Standing with their front and back feet together, they bent down and pursed their lips, cutting the rice without saying a word.
The sun climbed over the hillside, and it didn't take long to go from a small sun that glowed softly like a duck's egg to a scorching hot sun. It was only an hour after the sun came out, and the people who were harvesting rice in the fields were already sweating like rain.
Squinting to look at the sun not far from the hill to the east, Young Jin wiped the sweat dripping from his forehead with the sleeves of his white washed burlap clothes, swallowed hard, and then looked again. Seeing that the three sisters were still picking up rice ears not far away, they continued to bury their heads in cutting rice.
Young Jin has been working hard at Yue's house since she was a child, and it is still within her tolerance range before the hottest time. On the other hand, Young Yin, who had already been dropped by Young Jin, couldn't bear it. She, who had bent over to cut rice, suddenly sat down, and then whispered, "Sanjie..."
Young Jin, who was still digging in rice, heard a weak voice and hurriedly looked back. It turned out that Young Yin, whose eyes were dazzled by the poisonous sun, was already sitting on the ground and called her weakly.
Young Jin hurriedly put down the sickle in his hand, walked to Young Yin in three and two steps, carried the man on his back, and walked to the root of the old locust tree by the field before he put down the man, and went out in the early morning. Shi was carrying a gourd water and asked Youyin to take a few sips of water, wiping the sweat off her withered little face one by one: "Youyin, are you alright?"
The daughters of the Yue family, except for You Jin, because she was the eldest, and the fact that Yue Changlu waited for two years before expecting her first child, so she was not abused by the old Chen when she was born, although she was thin Some, but compared to several younger sisters, she is already much stronger.
Young Yin was completely weak, leaning back against the old locust tree, but gradually relieved his breath in the shade, showing a weak smile: "Third sister, I'm fine, I'll rest for a while, go and harvest the rice. !" Young Yin was afraid that the third sister would be with him here, and when his father saw it, he was going to come and scold the third sister.
When Youjin saw her like this, she knew that she must be suffering from heat stroke, but Youjin also knew that what Youyin said made sense. If the rice that she and Youyin were allotted was not cut out today, the meal for tonight must be missing. He said, "Then you have a good rest here. If you feel dizzy, don't move around. Drink more water." Then he went back to the field and continued to cut rice.
On the other side of Tian, Yue Dafu saw the situation on Young Jin's side from a distance. Although he didn't say anything, he glanced at it and expressed his dissatisfaction just right. Yue Changlu had developed a sensitive and irritable temperament over the years. He also noticed the strangeness of his father. Looking at Yue Dafu's line of sight, it turned out that two money-losers were lazy and hid under the tree to enjoy the shade. I wanted to teach the two losers a lesson in the past.
"What are you doing, second child!" Yue Dafu didn't feel bad for his two worthless granddaughters, he was just afraid that his son would teach his children outside and let the villagers see jokes: "There are people everywhere, come and go, don't mess around. !"
Yue Changlu naturally understood what his father meant, and nodded gloomily: "Father, I'm just going for a drink."
Seeing that he understood what he meant, Yue Dafu stopped talking.
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On the other side, Yue Youyin had only rested for less than a quarter of an hour, and Yue Changlu came over with a gloomy face. In fact, Yue Changlu was not bad-looking at first, but he was naughty when he was eight or nine years old and accidentally put it on his eyebrows. Yi Cun made a long incision in the direction of his ear, disfigured. Because of this, Yue Changlu's temperament became more and more gloomy, and his gloomy face looked a little scary all day, so he later said that several people who were in the right family failed to succeed. Later, the old Chen Shi also looked at Su. His appearance is still Zhou Zheng, and he only spent one or two silvers as a betrothal gift to "buy" the Su family from his uncle Su's hand, and Yue Changlu can be considered a home.
Yue Changlu managed to marry a daughter-in-law with bright eyes and bright teeth. In addition, Mrs. Su had life in her eyes and worked diligently in her hands. The old Mrs. Chen was satisfied with her when they first got married, and the young couple lived very well. happy. But two years later, even the sister-in-law who entered the door of the Su family had already given birth, but the Su family still didn't move at all, and the old Chen's face became more and more ugly. It took a long time for the gloom to disappear and come back again.
It was not until the third year of marriage that good news came out of Su's stomach, and then she gave birth to Young Jin. At that time, Yue Changlu felt that as long as his wife could give birth, he could give birth to a son sooner or later, so he still liked You Jin, but in the past few years, Su Shi's belly has swelled and swelled, swelled and swelled, and gave birth one after another. Six children and seven daughters, but still no son. The old Chen's face is getting ugly year by year, and Yue Changlu's temper is getting worse year by year. After Su gave birth to the twins, Yuezhu and Youbao, Yue Changlu started domestic violence against Su and developed Up to now, as long as something goes wrong or gets angry outside, he will either beat the Su family or a few daughters when he comes back.
Therefore, when Young Yin saw his father walking towards him with a gloomy face, he involuntarily shrank, and then timidly shouted, "Father."
Yue Changlu picked up the gourd prepared for them by the old locust tree under the old locust tree, first gulped a few sips of water, then covered the gourd, smashed it on Young Yin, and scolded in a low voice: "One If you don’t eat every day, you’re lazy! If you don’t work, believe it or not, I will kill you!”
Although Young Yin was on guard, she still didn't dare to resist when Yue Changlu came over. She was smashed into her thigh by the kettle, and Young Yin immediately burst into tears, but she didn't dare to say anything, trembling. He supported the old locust tree and stood up, then limped back to the edge of the field where he had just cut the rice. Seeing that his father couldn't notice it, he reached out and wiped the tears from his face.