In the early morning, a silver bell-like bird song awakened the sleeping earth. The little rooster raised in the backyard held its head high, puffed out its chest, and stretched its neck arrogantly to act as an alarm clock. In front of the house and behind the house, on the green and tender vegetable leaves, there are gem-like dewdrops shining.
During this period, several women in patched clothes worked hard to pick the vegetables, washed the soil with clean water, put them into bamboo baskets, and waited for the carriage from the town to transport them.
In the front yard near the corner of the house, a vine is full of green fruits, and there are a few bunches of early-ripening grapes, which are as clear as purple crystals and exude an attractive fragrance. The women picking vegetables were amazed:
"Sister-in-law, your family's feng shui is really good. What you plant has a good harvest, and it is also premature. Just like this grape, other people's family can only eat it in autumn. The grapes in your house will mature in two days, right?"
"That's right! Could it be that this grape is a new variety brought back from overseas by the prince of the county, and is it an early-maturing variety?" Another younger daughter-in-law said with envy in her tone. Who didn't know that the county prince looked at the Yu family differently, and didn't know what attracted him to the Yu family, so he ran to the Yu family!
Mrs. Liu bent down and pulled out a weed in the vegetable field, and said to the women who came to help with a smile, "I don't know where the vines come from. I think she is messing around, the planting will not work! It was just planted last year, and this year it has produced a lot of grapes. When the grapes are ripe, each of you will bring two bunches back home, so that the children can try something new."
"No need! At this time, if you sell your grapes, someone might buy them for a tael of silver! We gentlemen in Tanggu Town are not short of money!"
"Yes, yes! Watermelons worth five taels of silver are rushing to buy! This year, your family has planted more than ten acres of watermelons, but it is still not enough to sell. Especially in Fucheng, there are truckloads of watermelons sent there. One or two hundred taels of silver for the car. This is not a watermelon, it is all silver!"
This is something to be envious of! The Yu family has a skill in growing watermelons. It is said that Li Sancai, a local rich man in the next-door village, heard that the Yu family in Dongshan Village had made a fortune growing watermelons. He got watermelon seeds from somewhere and planted dozens of acres. Yu's watermelons are almost sold out. His melons only grow to the size of a fist, and they are sparse. The output is worrying!
Listening to these daughters-in-law's discussion, Liu Shi smiled without saying a word. Growing vegetables at home, growing watermelons, raising pigs and selling stewed vegetables, made a lot of money, so some people are jealous. There is a great god like the prince of the county, no one dares to do bad things, and there are quite a few people who follow suit. Just like Li Sancai from the next village. However, perhaps because the seeds he got were not good, the melons produced were really not very good. I don't know if it will be better when it matures...
The women's discussion became louder and louder. Yu Xiaocao rubbed her eyes and opened the door, smoothed her fluffy hair with her hands, and looked like she was still awake.
In the vegetable field, one or two women whose age was about the same as Xiaocao's were boys, and when they saw her eyes brighten, their attitude became eager. Hai Xing's daughter-in-law narrowed her eyes with a smile: "Hey! The grass looks more and more beautiful when it grows, look at this little face, it's fair and tender, it's more like a lady than those big ladies in the city!"
"What is this called... Naturally beautiful!! Dahai's daughter-in-law has a good foundation. Among her children, which one is not a first-class talent? Dahai's daughter-in-law, your Xiaosha is fourteen this year, right? It's almost the age of being a daughter-in-law It's..." In the past two years, Yu's family has become one of the richest households in the village, and their children are getting bigger and bigger, like pieces of delicious meat, being watched by a group of "evil wolves"!
Mrs. Liu looked at the questioning daughter-in-law with some embarrassment, sighed, and said: "You don't know, each of the children in our family has more ideas than the other. I, a mother, dare not make arbitrary decisions about their marriage. The kids have to agree!"
Hai Xing's daughter-in-law opened her eyes wide, and said, "Since ancient times, isn't a child's marriage the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker? You, a mother, can't do it, who else can make the decision?"
"That's right, that's right! Daughter-in-law Dahai, I'm not the sister-in-law talking about you, you and brother Dahai are too spoiled with children! Those in our family, if they dared to be disobedient, they would have slapped them in the face long ago. ! The two big girls in my family, don’t I and her father make the decisions? Look at them now, don’t they all have a good life?”
The woman who inquired about Yu Hang's marriage just now was the wife of the village chief's nephew, everyone called her Zhimin's sister-in-law.
"That's because your family knows how to raise children and loves your daughters dearly. The people you find for them are all capable and down-to-earth people." A daughter-in-law next to her who has a good relationship with her complimented her.
Zhimin's daughter-in-law showed a touch of pride and pride on her face, and she smiled without humility: "Speaking of being able to raise children, I am not ashamed to say that the girls in our family are able to Take out your hands. Especially my little girl, she is good at embroidery. The pillowcase she embroidered for mandarin ducks playing in the water was collected by the embroidery workshop in the town for a tael of silver. What!!" After finishing speaking, he gave Liu Shi a ulterior motive.
Mrs. Liu was so focused on the work in hand that she didn't pay attention, but Xiaocao, who was washing under the grape trellis, saw it. She secretly laughed in her heart. Recently, several brothers and sisters in their family seem to be particularly prosperous in peach blossoms. Her handsome, stable and capable brother has also been targeted by others. However, when she looked at her brother, she seemed to treat Sister Huifang differently! Find a time to test him out.
Seeing that Mrs. Liu didn't answer, Zhimin's wife felt a little annoyed. As the woman's mother, she shouldn't have brought it up. But the Yu family is so popular, Xiaosha, as the eldest son of the Yu family, seems to be able to support the family.
Xiaoyun is her youngest child. There are older brothers and sisters on top of her. She has hardly done any rough work. Except for embroidery, she can only cook a few simple dishes. If she were to marry an ordinary family in the village, she would not be willing to go to the fields and do housework at the same time!
So, I focused my attention on the eldest son of the Yu family. With the current financial resources of the Yu family, it is not impossible to buy two maids to do menial work. If the youngest daughter is married, wait and enjoy the blessings!
Thinking of this, Zhimin's wife went on to say: "Daughter-in-law Dahai, you have to know about Xiaosha's marriage! He is the eldest in the family, and his elder sister-in-law is like a mother. You need to find someone who is gentle, virtuous, generous and filial. Otherwise, the younger brothers and sisters below, as well as the two of you, will suffer when they grow old in the future... "
It is not uncommon for the village to marry an overbearing and unreasonable daughter-in-law, and drive out their parents and ignore them. Therefore, what Zhimin's wife said was not too much.
"Zhimin's sister-in-law, just say that your Xiaoyun and Xiaosha are quite suitable, so it's fine. As for being so oblique?" The speaking daughter-in-law also has a daughter of the right age at home. Hearing what Zhimin's wife said, she felt a little uncomfortable. happy. If you dare to be affectionate, your daughter is virtuous and generous, and everyone else is a shrew
The matter is still unclear, and Zhimin's daughter-in-law will naturally not let the reputation of her spoiled little daughter get in the way. She glared at the daughter-in-law, and said: "I'm just reminding my brothers and sisters to say this because I see that my boss has a good relationship with Brother Dahai. What's the matter with my Xiaoyun? My Xiaoyun wants to look good, and he wants to be skilled. She has a gentle temper and has never blushed with others. I still want to stay with such a well-behaved daughter for two more years!"
The daughter-in-law curled her lips and said to herself: It is true that your daughter has never blushed with others, but why don't you say that your little girl blushes when she talks to outsiders, and she can't even speak? A peasant girl, spoiled like a young lady, unable to lift her shoulders or lift her hands. They are all farmers' families, who would marry a young lady to support at home
How can it be good to have a daughter in my own family, who has strength and can work as hard as a man! She didn't even think about it, her daughter's body was about the same size as a man's from the back...
Several women happily offered advice for Mrs. Liu, the content of which was nothing more than "what kind of eldest daughter-in-law is the most suitable".
"Hui Fang, why is it so early?" Yu Hang's voice came from outside the gate, and the women silenced their voices immediately, and stretched their necks to look outside the door.
But I saw Liu Huifang, the eldest daughter of Liu Shuanzhu's family, talking to the eldest son of Yu's family outside the door with a small bamboo basket in her hand.
"Brother Sha, you didn't go to help collect the sea goods today?" Liu Huifang's eyes were shining, her little face was flushed, and she had a kind of vigor unique to girls on her body, reflecting the rising sun, she was quite charming.
Yu Hang unconsciously showed a gentle smile, and his voice was full of soft warmth: "The business of collecting seafood has been transferred to the grandfather's family. I have been busy with my father in the melon fields recently."
"Speaking of which, I haven't thanked Xiao Sha for the watermelon you sent to our family. I have never eaten such a sweet and delicious fruit!" , Others are rarely willing to spend money to buy, especially the frighteningly expensive fruits!
The smile in Yu Hang's voice became stronger, and he said softly: "As long as you like it! The peaches my little sister planted in the backyard have matured in the past two days, and you can bring a basket home in a while... for your parents and Brothers and sisters, try it."
"That peach tree, didn't Xiaocao say that it would be used to make canned peaches and candied fruit? Did you get her permission to use the peaches she planted as a favor?" Liu Huifang's voice was clear and melodious, and her tone was full of joy. .
Yu Hang's laughter came: "My little sister is not a stingy person, she is willing to give up a few peaches. Besides, you are her good sister. Needless to say, she will give you some to taste when the peaches are ripe. of."
The women in the courtyard look at me and I look at you. Hai Xing's wife's family only has two teenagers, and Yu Hang's marriage has nothing to do with her. She looked at Liu Shi jokingly, and said: "It seems that we don't have to worry about Xiao Sha's marriage anymore, he has already found one for me."
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On a business trip, I can't rest for several days...