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Zhou Shitang came closer to Shi Qingxiao, "Mom, do you know why the house next door is so hostile? Dad and I just passed by there, and the aunt closed the door when she saw us."

Shi Qingxiao heard some gossip when he went out today and nodded, "I heard that their family got along well with a family from out of town before, but then their daughter was almost sold by that family, so They are particularly disgusted with outsiders. Perhaps because of this, they don’t have a good look on us outsiders.”

Zhou Shitang suddenly realized.

It's no big deal, just don't interact with each other.

Just neighbors, they will definitely meet often.

Mrs. Zhou is here, and the two brothers Zhou Yanshao and Zhou Yancheng have not separated their families on the surface, but they all manage their own money.

Mrs. Zhou will not interfere. She is not like other old ladies who always want to keep the money earned by the whole family in their hands. She is old and doesn't want to worry about so much. She only needs to have enough to eat at home.

Many people passing by Zhou's house and finding people living here would come over curiously and ask them where they came from. There were also some people who had seen the Zhou Shitang sisters yesterday and were very surprised to see them here.

"So you two little girls live here. I knew you had just arrived."

Then an enthusiastic aunt pestered Shi Qingxiao, wanting to marry her daughter to a few young men like Zhou Shimu, or marry her son to a few young girls like Zhou Shitang.

This was not the first time that Shi Qingxiao had faced this kind of scene. In the past, the ladies in charge in the capital had also taken a liking to her children, but they were all rejected by her.

She originally wanted to propose marriage to her eldest son, but after his eldest son found out, he told her not to do it so early. He didn't have the intention, so she gave up the idea.

She is not that kind of authoritarian mother. In matters of marriage, the children's own opinions are more important, otherwise they will blame her in turn if they become a resentful couple.

Shi Qingxiao chatted happily with the aunts who wanted to marry her, but rejected them all. She was really tired and happy. The children were well-liked, and she, as a mother, was also happy.

Zhou Shitang looked at Zhou Mingyi and said, "Brother, we must build the fence as soon as possible and make it high so that those people cannot come in at will."

There is nothing now, not even a fence. Anyone who passes by can come here. It is tiring to deal with too many people.

When Zhou Mingyi saw the scene just now, he was also frightened and nodded solemnly, "Well, the cart will be ready in two days. Tomorrow you go to the county seat and I will make the cart at home."

He was not interested in shopping and was afraid of meeting those little girls. He was more comfortable at home.

Zhou Shitang took Zhou Shiruo to pull out some grass that the cow could eat. They promised the village chief that the cow would not starve.

In a farming society, cattle are very precious animals. They help people farm and can also pull goods and people.

The village chief's house is close to the village entrance.

The Zhou family came to the village chief's house early in the morning to borrow the ox cart. Zhou Mingyi and Mrs. Zhou didn't come, but everyone else did.

Mrs. Zhou didn't want to join in the fun. She would have a whole family to take care of her when she went.

An ox cart is actually a cart with an ox in front pulling it.

Zhou Shitang's family was sitting on a cart. Except for Zhou Yancheng and Zhou Yanshao, none of them had ever ridden in an ox cart, let alone driven an ox cart.

Even though the two brothers Zhou Yancheng had ridden in an ox cart when they were young, they could not drive an ox cart.

So they hired Xu Daniu, the son of village chief Xu, to help drive the cart.

Xu Daniu looked honest and honest. When he heard that the Zhou family asked him to help drive the car for two coppers, he smiled and agreed. How could anyone disagree with such a good job?
It’s just a bullock cart, it’s so simple.Zhou Shitang was curious, "Brother Xu, I saw a four or five-year-old boy yesterday. Is he your son?"

Xu Daniu was only in his 20s. He gave the cow a whip and said with a naive smile: "He is my son Xu Tiezhu. He is five years old this year."

After getting the definite answer, Zhou Shitang was shocked: "..."

Unexpectedly, Brother Xu looked so young and was already the father of a five-year-old child. Looking at her brothers, they were all single.

Li felt contempt in his heart, Xu Tiezhu?What's this name?Those who are ignorant are uneducated.

She really looked down on these people. She wanted to return to the capital so that she could have a good marriage for her children, but she didn't know if her family would have a chance to return to the capital.

She now hopes that Zhou Yancheng can be more powerful. Wasn't he a powerful minister before?Isn't it very majestic?How come you can't even go back to the capital?

Zhou Shitang asked again when the sea would ebb and when he could go pick up seafood.

Xu Daniu answered one by one, "I didn't expect that you also know that there is seafood in the sea. I have met people from other places before, and they have never eaten seafood. Although seafood is not very delicious, it is cheap and it is also a kind of meat. I quite like it." like."

"When the tide is low, we can go into the sea and pick it up ourselves without having to spend money to buy it."

Zhou Shitang secretly wrote down the time, and when the time was up, they went to the sea to pick up seafood.

wow~
Miss the seafood dinner.

It's winter now and it's too cold to go into the sea. Let's wait until next summer.

Zhou Shitang held Zhou Shiruo for warmth, and when each of them opened their mouths, a stream of white mist came out of their mouths.

The fabric of their clothes is basically made of linen, which is not warm enough. Even if a pile of catkins and reeds are stuffed in the interlayer, it is still very cold. They can only stay warm when they are working.

At this time, Zhou Shitang missed warm things like fox fur hand warmers.

After entering winter, they sleep in cold beds at night. They can only burn some firewood in the house, but they are afraid of being suffocated. After burning the fire to warm the house, they must put out the fire. It is impossible to burn it all night.

They can't burn it every day. Firewood needs to be used for cooking and boiling water. It would be too wasteful to use it for heating. The family is poor, but I heard that firewood can be sold for money.

Zhou Shiruo also hugged Zhou Shitang, trembling.

The men of the Zhou family consciously sat outside and surrounded the women inside.

There are all dirt roads in the village, and the road leading to the village entrance that day was just big enough for an ox cart to pass by.

Xu Daniu drove the oxcart skillfully, and there were many people walking on the road. When they saw the oxcart passing by, they would look twice, and then they found that there were almost no people they knew on the oxcart. They only knew the driver, Xu Daniu.

"Daniu, is this a relative of your family?"

Xu Daniu smiled and said, "No, they are new villagers. I just help them drive the bullock cart."

Most people don't have oxcarts at home, and they are reluctant to spend money to ride on oxcarts. They walk to towns or counties.

Business people have to get up before dawn every day and walk in the dark. Only by walking fast can they get a good position to set up a stall. (End of chapter)