"Where's Xiaobai?" Normally, when Liu Huifang came to the backyard, that arrogant little white dog would always show her a look of disdain. If someone wants to tease it, it will show its teeth and kill you! Still, Xiao Hei has a good temper. Little Stone pinched the flesh around his mouth and pulled it to both sides.
"This guy has become a spirit. Knowing that Xiaocao can't take him to Fucheng, he ran to the mountain to find his father Dahui in anger. It's okay. Since the wolves that descended the mountain last year were wiped out, there are basically no wild animals on the outskirts of the West Mountain! Seeing Liu Huifang entering the backyard, Yu Hang was feeding the rabbits and preparing chicken food, so he also hurriedly stepped forward to help, secretly praising Huifang for being a diligent girl.
Liu Huifang added a little water to the chicken coop and was about to leave when she saw the little roe deer, having fun in the vegetable field. Fearing that it would trample on the vegetables, she walked over quietly and picked up the little guy while he wasn't paying attention.
Maybe it was because there was spirit stone water in the food she fed her chickens today. Her approaching little roe deer didn't escape. When she was hugged in her arms, when she looked back, the little guy was stunned for a second, struggling desperately. The little guy was quite strong, and he broke free by it inadvertently.
"Oh!" Liu Huifang knew that the Yu family's brothers and sisters cherished this little roe deer, so she couldn't help but let out a scream the moment the little guy fell off her hand.
However, she was also a false alarm. The little guy turned 360 degrees in the air, landed lightly on the ground, ran back to his nest in the blink of an eye, and hid to peek at her. If the little roe deer could talk, he would surely heave a long sigh of relief: Oh my god! I was almost caught, and the master was right—be vigilant at all times!
When Mrs. Liu returned home, she happened to see her eldest son sending a little girl out of the house. The little girl was blushing and looked a little shy. After a closer look, it turned out to be Huifang from Shuanzhu's family. By the time she got to the backyard, the chickens had been fed, the rabbits were full, and the cucumber shelf that was blown down by the wind last night and she hadn't had time to fix it was erected again. After asking, I realized that Huifang did it.
When Yu Hai came back at night, she couldn't help but said to her man: "The eldest daughter of brother Shuan Zhu's family was born in the same year as our Xiao Sha, right?"
"Yeah! Our eldest child was born at the beginning of the year, and his daughter was born at the end of the year. Why do you ask this?" Yu Hai commutes between Fucheng and Dongshan Village every day, and is also responsible for butchering pigs, so he is very busy. The little girl once persuaded him to hire someone from the village to help deliver the goods. He felt that there was nothing to do recently. Liu Shi and Yu Hang were watching at home, and he could be busy, so he didn't agree.
When the wheat is harvested next year, he will be in charge of his own farm, and he will also have to help keep an eye on the 800-odd mu of land of the small county king. It will not be too late to hire someone then.
Mrs. Liu pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "Our little Sha is fourteen years old. He is the head of the family, and he will stand up for the family in the future. We have to plan his marriage as soon as possible, and we have to keep our eyes open. , find someone who is capable and generous. I will not meet such lazy housewives like Li Shi and Xiong Shi, disturbing the family's peace!!"
Yu Hai was a little hesitant, and asked, "Isn't it too early to think about this now? Xiaosha is only thirteen years old, and it's because the conditions have improved in the past two years that he has turned around and has the appearance of an older child..."
"What's the matter early! Instead of making a decision right away, first find out if there is any suitable one from the familiar people around you, and create opportunities for the two children to get in touch. If they really see each other, then talk about other things. It will take at least two or three In a few years, our eldest son will be sixteen or seventeen years old, and it is a good time to get married!" Liu felt a little emotional, and in a blink of an eye, the children were all grown up, and she was getting old...
Yu Hai scratched his head, and said, "I'll find out what Xiaosha has to say in a couple of days, right? I'm afraid he's still young and hasn't gotten the hang of it yet! By the way, why did you suddenly think of this today?"
"Today, Huifang from Brother Shuanzhu's family came to give our family two hens. Am I not at home? It was Xiaosha who received her. Huifang is really hardworking. Seeing our family in the backyard The chickens and rabbits were not fed, so they were fed quickly, and some fallen cucumber shelves were erected again. When Xiaosha sent her away, the little girl looked down at our son in embarrassment. Say, Hui Is Fang interested in our son?"
"You can't talk nonsense, it's related to the reputation of the girl!" Yu Hai thought of his own son following the child's mother, his facial features are more delicate, and his size has grown up again. Who doesn't praise "good-looking"? This possibility does not exist.
Mrs. Liu glared at him, and said, "What do you need to say? We're talking quietly behind closed doors! Our little Sha wants to be big and big, to look good, and his family is not bad. I'm not that kind Bad mother-in-law who can rub people, whoever marries into our family will fall into the nest of fortune!"
Yu Hai smiled: "Are you so proud of yourself?"
Mrs. Liu stretched out her hand and twisted his side waist, trying to look powerful, but she couldn't help laughing: "What's wrong with me? However, our family has to take care of our son earlier. The elder sister-in-law Rumu, finding someone who is reasonable will be good for Xiaocao and the others."
In my heart, I listed the little girls in the village who were about the same age. The granddaughter of the village chief was two years younger than his son. She was doted on by her grandparents since she was a child. Provoking the burden of the eldest daughter-in-law
Coral of the Zhou family has a good relationship with Xiaocao and Xiaolian, so there is no need to worry about the sister-in-law relationship in the future. But that girl is careless, always talking and doing things in a hurry, not very stable...
There is also that Zheng Xiaocui who often runs to Yu's house recently, she looks not bad, she has a big heart, and she is selfish at first glance. Most of the Yu family's current family business is earned by the youngest daughter, and the future dowry will definitely not lose to her. If there is a selfish sister-in-law, there will definitely be quarrels about this in the future.
After much deliberation, the girl from Brother Shuanzhu's family is more suitable. Although she is not particularly beautiful, she can be called dignified and handsome, with an oval face, curved willow-leaf eyebrows, a pair of medium-sized eyes... but her lips are a little thicker. However, people say that girls with thick lips are good and lucky.
Appearance is second, and that girl Huifang is also capable. It is said that the reason why the Liu family has the courage to raise so many chickens is the decision made by that girl, and for this reason, she specially asked her Xiaocao! There are more than two hundred chickens, almost all of which are taken care of by her alone, taking care of them so meticulously that even Shuan Zhu's wife can't intervene. When she didn't raise chickens, she took her younger siblings to mow grass on the pig farm, earning one or two hundred coins a month!
Brother Shuanzhu has a good relationship with his own man, they are both real people, they know each other well... The more she thinks about it, the more Liu feels that Huifang's girl is perfect for her son.
Seeing his daughter-in-law tossing and turning on the kang like pancakes, Yu Hai didn't fall asleep for a long time, so he hurriedly said: "Don't think so much! The child is still young, maybe in two years, the son will be enlightened and I will pick one? Even though it is the parents' order and the matchmaker's words, the child has to be willing, right?"
When Liu Shi heard this, she also reasoned! What's the use of her fancy? If her son doesn't fancy her, how can she force him to agree? However, taking advantage of her son's lack of interest now, she had to tell her son about it. Looking for a wife can't just look at appearance, character is the most important thing!
Early the next morning, Mrs. Liu called her son aside and told the story in a secretive manner. Yu Hang was a little confused at the beginning, but then Mother became more and more explicit, making the little boy blush: "Mom, how old am I? It's only sixteen, I won't think about other things!!"
Mrs. Liu gouged out her son's eyes, and said, "I'm not telling you to make a decision now! I'm asking you to pay attention first. If there is a suitable one, we will act first and find someone to make peace, so that good girls will not be married by others." gone!"
"Why does a big man have no wife? Uncle Ergou can marry a wife, so what are we worried about? Mother, if you have nothing to do, go to Fucheng to have a look. Our stewed vegetable shop has been open for more than two months, you I still don’t know where the door faces!!”
As soon as the stewed vegetable shop in Fucheng was mentioned, Liu's attention was immediately diverted. She sighed, and said: "It's not that you don't know, our vegetables have to be sold until after the frost. Your father runs to Fucheng all day long, and the family doesn't care about it. If I'm not at home and stare at it, how can it be possible? "
Yu Hang smiled and said, "Mother, didn't I stay here? Now that the weather is getting colder and fewer and fewer people come to sell aquatic products, Third Uncle can handle it all by himself. I can take care of the family affairs for you." If you are still worried, don’t you still have a big sister? Almost half of the pigs on the pig farm have been slaughtered, and there are two full warehouses of pigweed. Xiaolian can also take care of the family. Or, next time dad When you go to Fucheng, you follow the past to have a look?"
The vegetables in the Yu family's vegetable garden are more cold-resistant than those in other people's homes. Not long after autumn, other people's cucumbers and beans have been pulled out, and Yu's can still produce a few crops. The spinach and mustard greens grown in the front yard are all very fresh and tender. Several out-of-season vegetables are still growing well.
The Yu family's vegetables are limited, and they can only supply the delicacies in the town and a few familiar families. Many well-off families in the town complained that Yu's family grew too few vegetables, not enough for them. Yu Hai and Xiaocao, the father and daughter, were thinking about whether to allocate a part of the more than 100 mu of land on the Zhuangzi to grow vegetables. Although growing vegetables is a bit tiring, it is much more profitable than growing food!
After her son's persuasion, Mrs. Liu thought that autumn vegetables had been planted in the front and back yards of the west courtyard, and there were a few regular daughter-in-laws in the east courtyard to help pick them. She usually only helped to collect money and so on, and her son was alone. Can also be busy.
Liu, who was still a little worried, let her son manage it for a few days. Finding that her son was more agile than her, and quicker to settle accounts, she was completely relieved. One day at the end of October, she got on the carriage that her family was transporting live pigs to Fucheng, and set foot on the boundary of Fucheng for the first time in her life.