I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 209

After a few days of cold, windy, rainy days, the temperature in Qingshui Town dropped a lot. Looking around, there was not a trace of green, and everything in the field of vision was a depressed scene.

Walking outside the door early in the morning, tapping the paddy field with your hands or a wooden stick, you can still see a thin layer of ice spread on the water.

After breakfast, everyone sat around the charcoal pot to warm themselves by the fire.

Zhou Chenyu sat next to her, with soybeans crawling under her feet. She stirred the red-hot coals intentionally or unintentionally with iron tongs, but she kept worrying about Qian Rushan in her heart.

A few days have passed, and I don’t know how the case is progressing?
She could do nothing, like an ant on a hot pot, she could only wait.

The Chinese New Year will be coming in a month or two. Li Xiuju had nothing to do and took out a tailoring ruler. "Here, you guys take turns to stand up. I will measure your sizes and think about how to make a set of winter clothes for each of you. Let's have a good time." A good year.”

Zhou Chenyu came back to his senses and saw Wan Qiu's hesitant expression. She had always been polite to them when she lived at home these days, so he pushed her first and said, "Go quickly."

"Come here quickly." Li Xiuju also waved, so Wan Qiu had no choice but to walk over, open her hands obediently, and do whatever she was told.

After a while, Li Xiuju measured her size, silently noted it down, and then it was Baoyu's turn.

Baoyu finally measured it and returned to the charcoal basin. He stared at the red charcoal and grinned. Not long after lunch, he became greedy again.

"With such a big charcoal fire, throw in a few sweet potatoes and roast them. They will taste delicious. Let's go, Sister Wanqiu."

Baoyu didn't want Wan Qiu to refuse, so he pulled her into the utility room, took out a few sweet potatoes, removed the hottest charcoal fire in the middle, dug up the charcoal ash underneath, and put all the sweet potatoes in Buried it, put the charcoal fire back on, and waited with great anticipation for the roasted sweet potatoes.

"Chen Yu, come too." Li Xiuju smiled and waved.

Zhou Chenyu didn't want Li Xiuju to make too many clothes for fear of exhausting her eyes, "I still have clothes to wear, so there's no need to make mine."

Li Xiuju frowned, "We only buy one or two sets of clothes throughout the year. If we don't do it now, when will we do it? Come on."

Zhou Chenyu was looked at by Li Xiuju and couldn't bear to dampen the old man's interest, so he stood up lazily and stood there.

Li Xiuju looked at her with a smile, "Now that you are older, my mother plans to dress you in pink clothes, so that you will appear more gentle and virtuous."

pink?

Zhou Chenyu saw Li Xiuju's intention and still opened his eyes wide in fear, with resistance written all over his body:
"Old lady, please don't. I don't want pink. You can make me red, yellow, white or green, but I don't want pink."

Li Xiuju smiled faintly and coaxed: "Why not? How good does it look in pink?"

Zhou Chenyu insisted, "Definitely not."

Li Xiuju had no idea, so she stopped forcing it.

"aunt!"

They were warming themselves by the fire in the house, when someone pushed open the yard door and heard Hongmei's cry.

Li Xiuju responded. Hongmei heard the voice and walked into the yard with confidence. Seeing everyone gathered together, she smiled and said:
"Are you all here? It just so happens that the fish pond at Huilan's house has been released today. I heard that the fish they raised are very fat, and one fish weighs several kilograms. Those who bought fish there can also go down to the fish pond to touch some fish clams. . I thought it would be a bit boring to go alone. Is there any of you willing to go with me? I heard that there are many people there now, and the edge of the fish pond is crowded with people."

Hongmei said anxiously, and her tone was quite worried that there would be nothing left if she left late.Catch fish and clams!

Baoyu liked to do these things the most. He immediately stood up from the stool and didn't want the roasted sweet potato that he was thinking about. "Sister-in-law Hongmei, I'll go, I'll go with you."

With Baoyu in hand, Hongmei nodded excitedly, "Okay, okay, with you here, we will definitely be able to touch a few big clams."

Zhou Chenyu has eaten fish and caught fish before, but they were all caught in mountain streams and rivers, and he has never seen one raised at home.

After being stuck at home for a few days, she smiled, "I'll go too!"

Wan Qiu also responded, "Sister, I will go with you to join in the fun."

The three children immediately said they wanted to go out. Seeing the happy expressions on their faces, Li Xiuju couldn't refuse. She was weak and couldn't bear the cold, so she could only keep saying:
"Chen Yu, you go back, but the injury on your hand hasn't healed yet. Just stay on the shore and take a look."

Zhou Chenyu healed his scar and forgot about the pain, and replied casually: "Old lady, don't worry."

Li Xiuju stood at the door and shouted: "Then you go and go back quickly. If it's cold, go home as soon as possible."

"okay."

Zhou Chenyu took Wan Qiu with him, and the two of them followed Hongmei and Baoyu, crossed the stream in Xinyu, climbed up the slope on the other side, passed through the paddy fields covered with thin ice, and reached the bottom of the mountain. Finally, they saw an appointment. Two acres of fish pond.

The fish pond was about one meter deep. When they arrived, the water was almost dry, and there was still a little bit left in the mud in the center. Looking from a distance, they could still see the fish struggling underneath, and occasionally a few fish belly whites were revealed.

Although the weather is cold today, as Hongmei said, the enthusiasm of those who come to catch fish and clams has not diminished at all, and many families come to join in the fun.

Agile men and women rolled up their trousers and walked in the fish pond. The men caught fish, while the women touched clams. The old ones stood on the shore and watched the excitement. The children followed their adults closely. They saw what was going on in the fish pond and even Don't forget to remind me, the whole family had a great time.

The four of them went there. Zhou Chenyu and Wan Qiu were injured and could only look at things on the shore. Baoyu and Hongmei were the only ones who went down to the fish pond.

Hongmei looked at the happy family and thought that her children were still hanging out at home. She rolled up her trousers and said, "It's a pity that Shuqing is not at home, otherwise I would have brought my children over to see them."

Baoyu smiled naively, "Sister-in-law Hongmei, there is no need to feel pity. These little kids are here, they are just happy for a while, and it would be annoying if they start crying after playing enough. When the little baby grows up, bring him here. Not only will he not If you cry, I can help you catch fish."

Hongmei happily nodded to the slippery Baoyu, "Hahaha, Baoyu is right. Chen Yu, then Baoyu and I will go down. The bucket will be placed here for you to take care of."

"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, no one can take it away." Zhou Chenyu nodded with confidence.

But Hongmei couldn't help but worry when she saw the two girls on the shore, and wanted to give some instructions.

Baoyu couldn't wait any longer behind him and advised: "Sister-in-law Hongmei, don't worry. Based on my understanding of my sister, she is the only one who can bully others now, and others cannot bully her."

Hongmei laughed again after hearing this, and Zhou Chenyu immediately picked up a lump of mud and threw it at him:
"Zhou Baoyu, you deserve a spanking, don't you?"

"Ouch, whoops!"

When Baoyu saw this, he ran towards the fish pond, but before he got halfway, he sat down on his butt. Everywhere on his body was clean except for his buttocks, which was stained with muddy water, which made the onlookers on the shore burst into laughter. .

(End of this chapter)