Who understands? I took the library with me to farm

Chapter 77 Hug left and right
The Feng family's blacksmith shop has always done good business. In addition to the good skills of the father and son, the main reason is that this is the only blacksmith shop in the village.

Recently, the Feng family's reputation has been severely damaged by the fact that Feng Qinkui eloped with a widow. To avoid embarrassment, the villagers no longer go to the blacksmith shop to get makeshift ironware.

Therefore, the blacksmith business supported by Feng Dazhuang alone was relatively bleak.

There are more than ten mouths to feed in the family now, big and small, and an unborn fetus in the mother's belly is also waiting for food and drink.

Nowadays, the harvest of rice is not good, and there is not much. After deducting the equal-field tax, there will not be much left. It is estimated that by then, even the granaries at home will not be full.

Sometimes, the financial difficulties of life really come unexpectedly, making it impossible for people to cope with it for a while.

Thinking of this, the deep fear of facing a life of fleeing famine truly struck He Miao's heart.

Fortunately, she is a free and easy-going person, so she changed her mind and comforted herself.

It is necessary to plan ahead, but it is not worth worrying about future events.

He Miao's growing environment has always made her develop an optimistic attitude towards everything.

After much thought, solving the problem of survival is nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. Worrying and being afraid are of no use at all.

She put aside her worries for the moment and continued to chew the soft and glutinous taro. No matter what time it was, filling her stomach was the most important thing.

The most urgent task is to find a way to earn money as soon as possible and save it for when the crisis comes. At least you have money on hand and you don't have to be too passive.

After the meal, Liu distributed the remaining lotus flower tea on the table to each room, and asked everyone to take it back to their rooms to drink to calm down.

Li Xianhua slowly stood up, burped loudly, patted her bulging belly, opened her voice and said confidently: "Mom, the harvest is not good, and my heart is also very upset. Even the baby in my belly is tormented. My back and waist are sore. It seems that I have to go back to bed and lie down early."

She had been pregnant for more than eight months, and her belly was as big as a big round watermelon, almost bursting. She often felt sore in her waist and weak all over.

Considering how hard it was for her to be pregnant, Liu nodded and said, "My eldest daughter-in-law is pregnant, and her belly is heavy with the baby. Go home early to rest and take care of the baby. You don't have to interfere with the housework."

Chen Xiu'e, who was standing next to her, blushed and showed a look of jealousy, and she couldn't hold it in any longer.

He Miao looked at Li Xianhua with mixed feelings.

She has received many years of education and lives in a modern and progressive society. It is her duty to take extra care of pregnant women. Especially as a family member, she should be more careful to protect her pregnant sister-in-law.

But according to her observations over the past few days, Li Xianhua's treatment is unique in the village.

Looking around, there are many pregnant wives in every household in the village. They have to do housework all the time with their huge pregnant bellies. There are even some mean mothers-in-law who order the pregnant women to cook and wash dishes when their wives are about to give birth.

If she could give birth to a son with a penis, it would fulfill her parents-in-law's wish of having a grandchild to carry on the family line and continue the incense, and she would feel at ease for a while.

If the mother is "unlucky" enough to give birth to a girl, who becomes a "money-losing commodity" in the eyes of her husband's family, then the mother will probably have to get up to fetch water, cook, and wash clothes amid complaints as soon as the child is born.

Speaking of this, we have to mention the rumors about the Feng family in the village.

The topic always revolves around the mother-in-law Liu. One is that Liu was abandoned by her husband at such an old age, and she advocated a divorce, and even removed her husband's surname, which was simply heresy. The other is that Liu was not a mother-in-law, and was too lenient with her daughter-in-law, which caused the young daughters-in-law in the village to compare with each other, setting up an unhealthy trend.

There are also those who do not care about the consequences and only know how to gossip about others, saying: "Luckily, the old Feng family only has three sons. If they had given birth to ten or eight, I'm afraid all the girls in the village would have to go to the old Feng family. Who can blame old Liu for being the best mother-in-law?"

As soon as these sour words came out, someone who was used to adding fuel to the fire and watching the fun would add, "That's true, but Liu can't even keep her own man. Even if she wants to imitate the old piglet and give birth to a litter of piglets, she has no chance."

What a loss!

These people often say bad things about the Feng family behind their backs, but when they see someone from the Feng family they greet them cheerfully as if nothing had happened.

He Miao is so smart that he always keeps his eyes and ears open when he goes out, so naturally he hears such rumors.

However, she is good at downplaying conflicts. When it comes to unconsidered prejudice and groundless slander, she has only one principle: rumors stop at the wise.

So, she swallowed all those words and didn't say a word about them, so as not to upset her mother-in-law.

Jiuxing Village is a relatively wealthy village in the surrounding area, and the people there are still like this. It is conceivable that the lives of women in other villages are even more difficult and sad.

After getting his mother's consent, Feng Dazhuang rolled up his sleeves, bent down, and carefully supported Li Xianhua, who felt at ease. The two of them slowly walked out of the main house and returned to their room.

He Miao turned around and looked at his second sister-in-law in the corner.

Chen Xiu'e's eyes were fixed on her sister-in-law who was gradually moving away, twisting half a taro in her hand, her eyes revealing obvious disdain and deep malice.

I'm afraid he's hating his own stomach for not being able to keep up.

Although she was not pregnant, she did not want to take on the responsibilities of a daughter-in-law. The task of washing the dishes after dinner should have been the turn of the second sister-in-law, but ever since her diligent younger sister came to live with her, she has been lazy as much as possible.

After eating a few bites of taro with a sullen face, Chen Xiu'e took advantage of no one's attention to quietly go to the toilet, squatted in the toilet and avoided working.

In this small farmhouse in this small village, the atmosphere between the sisters-in-law was so turbulent that He Miao was frightened. He hurriedly cleaned up the dishes and told Yuanlang to go back to his room.

"Yuan Lang, go back to our room and look at the picture book first."

Feng Yuanlang was reluctant to go back first, and insisted on accompanying his wife to the kitchen to wash the dishes.

"Hey, Third Brother, look at how sticky you are, you're like a piece of shit plaster that you can't get off. Don't worry, I'll help you and won't let Third Sister-in-law get into trouble."

Feng Xiaoxi, who hadn't played pranks for a long time, couldn't help but make a joke when she saw her brother being so clingy.

He Miao was genuinely happy to see that her sister-in-law, who had been depressed and unwilling to go out recently due to emotional setbacks, had suddenly become cheerful.

She held the two young boys and girls in front of her who looked different but equally beautiful, and put her left arm around her husband's shoulder and her right arm around her sister-in-law's arm.

"Okay, just listen to me. Yuanlang, go back to your room and clean the kang mat, make the bed and wait for me. Xiaoxi, you should go back and rest early. I will help you figure out some business later."

After saying that, he hugged them left and right, patted them generously, and said with a hearty smile: "Go quickly, be obedient!"