While drinking water, Li Qinghe noticed that Hu Yanxi's hands were trembling slightly, and the patched clothes he wore always felt nondescript. The man was still as courteous as before, and when he took the tea bowl, he smiled and thanked him.
Qian Shi came over to drink water. Recently, she was forced to work by Li Fu every day. She persisted after being so tired from the autumn harvest, but now she is still used to it. "I heard that fish soup is good for the body. Why don't you buy a fish with Qinghe and stew it?"
What are you talking about buying? If the fish is really caught, wouldn't Li Qinghe really take her father's money
Before she could speak, Li Fu had already said, "No need. It's said that you're going to suffer, so what's the matter with stewed fish soup?"
Over there, Zhao Wanwan's eyes lit up when she heard the fish soup. She originally liked to eat meat, but no matter whether it was before or after marriage, she couldn't eat meat as she wanted. Now she actually regrets that she didn't insist on it when the Hu family wanted the pond. Well, if it was changed to the present, she designated to fight for it. The pond is placed there, and fish can be caught at any time, and you can eat it every day if you want. It's useless to think about anything now, and before my heart was excited, I heard Li Fu's rejection, and immediately became numb.
Looking at Hu Yanxi's patched clothes and his red hands, he couldn't help asking, "Father, don't you want us to come back to live? Otherwise, why do you keep making us work? Just let me do it, why not?" Let Yanxi do it?"
"He's a scholar, he has no strength, just look at it for a long time, his hands are like this, these..." She took Hu Yanxi's hand, "These... are all wounds from the last time, his hands are for writing Yes, what should I do if I'm injured?"
Li Fu glanced at it, and said disapprovingly, "No way, their master in the town was also a villager at the beginning, so he just worked. When he was not there when he plowed in spring and harvested in autumn?"
"Since you come back to live, why not help me with work?" He pointed to Li Qinghe, "Chengkang has come here every time since they got engaged. Speaking of which, I should really buy some meat and vegetables, but it's not you guys. I have been eating at home for half a year, and I bought it with money when I didn’t have enough food. When you two got married, I gave you a dowry, which can be said to be all I have. Now I don’t have any extra money to eat meat. If I want to eat meat , buy it yourself."
Zhao Wanwan was speechless immediately.
If they could buy it by themselves, the couple would not go home and rely on it.
"No, that's good." Hu Yanxi finally spoke, smiled gently, thanked Li Qinghe, and then said, "A lot of what my father-in-law said is very reasonable and thought-provoking. I feel differently here. Useful for my experience."
He looked at Li Qinghe with a smile, "I heard that there is a government agent with a knife in my sister's house. I don't know who the leader is..."
Li Qinghe answered, "Master of the county government."
It can be seen that Hu Yanxi was a little disappointed to hear this answer, but he still said, "Anyone who has made meritorious service in this kind of farming and is confirmed to be a great merit must be reported to the imperial court. There may be rewards at that time, I don't know. What did the master say? Did my sister tell him the way?"
The county magistrate Lin did say this, but the matter of rewards is mysterious. In fact, this is not a secret method. If the old farmer for many years puts his mind to it, he should find that no matter where the sweet potato vine hits the soil , will grow roots.
But what she didn't know was that because the sweet potato hadn't been able to find a way, the old farmer who served it was afraid that he might not be able to handle it well. The sweet potato vines were all entangled with branches and couldn't even touch the ground. In the past two years, there has been no way.
She said by the way, "The solution has already been said. As for the reward, I have never thought about it."
Hu Yanxi's face was full of hatred, and Li Fu over there was already impatient, "Don't rest, the more you rest in this weather, the lazier you will be, and you won't want to work for a while. Let's go..."
They went to work, while Li Qinghe turned around and went home.
The strange thing is that she thought that Li Fu had been tossing nonsense like this, and she shouldn't be able to live for a few days, but she didn't expect that the couple would stay there and help Li Fu cut down the weeds in the field, and then started digging the field again.
As for Li Qinghe and the others, they really didn't help this time, they went to the mountain to cut firewood by themselves. When she was pregnant, Zhou Chengkang would be the only one at home, so there should be no time to cut firewood at that time.
The weather gradually cooled down, and it started to rain outside. The chickens in the backyard of the two have grown to more than one hundred this year, and they can pick up seventy or eighty eggs every day this year. She has been hatching eggs one after another. , Now there are all kinds of chickens, big and small, in the chicken circle.
The two of them have no shortage of meat and meat, and eggs are always available. Whenever the two of them gather, they will catch a few roosters to sell, and they will also bring some eggs. Sometimes I will send some to Mrs. Xu.
In the blink of an eye, it's October, and after a few autumn rains, the weather turns cold, and it's like snow is caught in the rain, and it feels like winter has entered. People who are not so busy with work don't go out anymore, and Li Qinghe is no exception. After not going out, she picks up needle and thread. Yu Yan feels lonely, so she often comes to find her to embroider together.
This girl will be seventeen after the Chinese New Year, and she hasn't discussed marriage yet. It's really late, and the fifth sister is also the same.
Recently, I heard that Zhou's mother said that she was helping her find it. Maybe she lived far away, and Fifth Sister didn't come to talk to her. Anyway, since that time, she never mentioned Zhao Dashan again.
Li Qinghe moved and built a house for the Yang family, and Zhao Dashan was there, and he didn't see Fifth Sister looking for him alone. Last year, Zhou's mother said that she wanted to discuss marriage, and she came to look for it herself. It faded away, and she was willing to listen to Zhou's mother's wishes.
As for Yu Yan's side, it's not that no one came to propose marriage, it's because she didn't like it, and everyone in the village said that she had high vision. However, they are well-parented and skilled, and it is normal to have high vision. Because of her skills and appearance, even if she often rejects others, there are still people who ask people to talk about marriage. When she is forced, Yu Yan speaks out that she actually wants to recruit, and she can marry, but her godmother saved her. Life, she will provide for the elderly in the future.
As soon as these words came out, most of the people who came to the door were stopped.
The brazier was lit in the room, and it was as warm as spring. Yu Yan held a needle and thread and sighed, "I can't find a good-looking person in this village. It doesn't matter if you don't look good, it's good to be careful with people."
Li Qinghe just laughed, "You come from a rich family, and you have seen Mr. Pianpian too much, so naturally these rough people can't catch your eyes."
This is not what she said, many people in the village said so.
Yu Yan glared at her, "Even you make fun of me."
The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing. Just as he was talking happily, Zhou Chengkang came in from the outside and said with a smile, "I just heard that someone from the entrance of the village has come again, just like when Miss Yu came."
Hearing this, Li Qinghe was surprised, "You're still here?"
Yu Yan was very interested, she put down the needle and thread in her hand, and stretched out her hand to pull her, "Let's take a look too. See if it's the person who brought me here in the first place. Speaking of which, I don't know how I got here."
Even if this is still the same person, he probably doesn't know. Judging by Yu Yan's appearance, it is clear that he is not from the county town, but in other county towns, the nearest one is five or six days away. I don't know how many hands.
However, it is still possible to go to see the excitement. The two went all the way to the village. At this time, many people were going to the entrance of the village. The woman who bought it in the past two years has been honest and has given birth to a child.
Coupled with the good weather in the past two years, three taels of silver, you can still get it out by gritting your teeth.
There were quite a few people surrounded by three circles inside and outside the entrance of the village, Yu Yan pulled her and squeezed to the front, and then both of them frowned.
The person who came back this time was definitely not the same person as last time. The person who came back last time brought all women, both fat and thin. But this time, there were both men and women, all of them without exception were in ragged clothes, and their faces and bodies were dirty. One tael, women take it back to have children, and men take it back to do coolies, it's all good... "
It was the village head who went out, "This is not good, we farmers are not in the business of buying and selling people."
The man spat, "You are not happy, but someone is willing. Damn old man, don't block me from doing business."
This can be regarded as stabbing a hornet's nest. Even if someone wanted to buy it, but he was so rude to the village chief, everyone's face changed immediately, "Go away, we won't buy it, you want to harm us."
In fact, except for a few who want to buy a woman to go back to be a daughter-in-law, there is really no one who is willing to buy a woman to go home. It is indeed possible to buy a woman to go back to work, but it also needs to eat, so it is better to work harder on your own.
Besides, there are no girls here at all, the youngest are all haggard women in their thirties, all dirty, not enough to be buried, who wants it
That person might as well have things developed like this, and he wants to say some harsh words, the village chief has already said, "If you don't leave, we will report to the authorities."
Hearing the reporter, the man dragged a bunch of people cursing and left quickly.
Everyone at the entrance of the village saw people leaving. They couldn't stand in such a cold day and dispersed one after another. Li Qinghe was no exception. "Let's go back, it's so cold."
Pulling the person holding her arm, Yu Yan didn't move, she was staring at the direction of the people at the entrance of the village in a daze, she couldn't help asking, "What's the matter? Return to the soul!"
Yu Yan came back to her senses and sighed, "It's so beautiful!"
"Who?" Li Qinghe looked blank. Yu Yan knew everyone in the village, and she hadn't heard anyone praised by her. If there was Xu Changhe, it was all over.
Yu Yan looked around and lowered her voice, "It was the last one over there just now. If he is easy to talk to, I might buy it."
Li Qinghe was dumbfounded.
"Would you like to go to the town?" Yu Yan thought for a while, then asked enthusiastically, "What if it's sold in the town?"
"Let's say goodbye." Li Qinghe looked at the sky, "It's so cold. Let's go early for the big fair tomorrow. I want to sell chicken."
Every time she went to the town, Yu Yan would rather make do with their time than walk by herself. The next morning, Li Qinghe and Li Qinghe's carriage set off for the town. Just like that, Yu Yan could get up and be with them .
There was no one on the road so early, the carriage left the village, and when they passed by the intersection where Li Qinghe and the sisters saw Xu Changjie, they saw a person lying there, dressed in rags and pitch black, as if they came yesterday one of those people.
When Yu Yan heard Zhou Chengkang's words, she lifted the curtain and quickly jumped out of the carriage. After opening it, she said happily, "It's really him!"