peasant girl allure

Chapter 16 The Autumn Harvest

In other words, in fact, the more important reason for Dafang's mention of family separation this time is that Shen Baoer met the second son of the county magistrate's family.The second son intends to propose marriage.Shen Baoer was worried that if she got married with the second son of the county magistrate, a group of relatives in her country would often come to fight the autumn wind, and she would feel ashamed if she had a group of relatives in the country, and would make herself unable to hold her head up in front of those official ladies and wives. Afraid of being said to be a country boy, he arranged for the Lan family to separate.Of course, Lan Shi and Shen Chengzong also wanted to separate their families, and the family of four discussed it all night before they came up with this method.

When I came back this time, I planned to use the autumn harvest to perform well and persuade everyone to separate the family. Who knew it would be so smooth, and the family was separated before the autumn harvest. For this reason, the Lan family also invited their elder brother to help take care of the shop for a period of time. If I had known it, I would have known No.Now that the family has been divided, Lan wants to go back to the town, and her family has no land, so she doesn't want to face the loess and work in the field with her back to the sky, so as not to make herself smell of mud and sweat .

Shen Baoer thought the same way and put it forward one step earlier than Lan's: "Father, the families are separated now, why don't we go back to the town tomorrow, I really have to do farm work for a month, not to mention my skin has turned black, I'm afraid the hands are too thick to be seen by others. Mr. Nian will probably dislike him by then."

Yang Shi also echoed: "Yes, sir, our shop can't really let my elder brother take care of it for such a long time. Besides, Wen'er and Bao'er have never done these heavy jobs, so how can they really go to the field to help. What if they are exhausted? Wen'er, how can you still study? Bao'er will marry into the county magistrate's house in the future, and let people know that she has been in the fields, where will she put her face?"

Even now, the ladies and ladies in the town often look down on them, saying that they were born with mud legs. If they knew that they had really worked in the fields, they would be even more ridiculous!
"But we agreed to come back for the autumn harvest together. Why would my father not agree to go back so soon?" Shen Chengguang hesitated.He himself has not been in the field for many years. He used to have it when he was a child. Now he is afraid when he thinks about it. He even wants to go back to the town. He is not used to living in the village.

"How about we send a letter to the elder brother and ask him to send someone in two days to say that he is busy and can no longer help us look after the shop?" Seeing that Shen Chengguang didn't refuse, Mrs. Lan knew there was something going on.

When Shen Chengguang heard this, he agreed immediately: "Okay, there is still a way for the lady to go back in two days, and Dad will definitely agree."

At the same time, the two couples in the second bedroom also stayed up.

Mrs. Li took out her private house that she had secretly saved. There were a total of 40 taels. Before the separation, there were 30 taels. After the separation, there were ten taels. I don’t need to give my mother the twelve taels I gave.”

"Now we have 40 taels in hand, let's keep five taels for home use, and I will take all the remaining 35 taels to the south with your brother. We can earn more than 100 taels a year ago for the New Year." Hearing this , Mrs. Li was so excited that she lightly hammered Shen Chengzong with both hands.

"I'm so happy to be the head of the house. When Steward Hu takes Xiao'er away, we'll have another 30 taels. You can take 60 taels to the south."

Before long, they will also be able to stretch out their coats and open their mouths for food.

"By the way, Housekeeper Hu asked someone to bring me a message in the afternoon, telling me to go to the town tomorrow morning, but the autumn harvest will start tomorrow, will Dad agree with me to go to the town?" Mrs. Li suddenly remembered this and said it.

Shen Chengzu thought for a while, this is a matter of 30 taels of silver, and there is no delay: "Just now I heard my mother told Jing Wenming to go to the town to buy meat early in the morning, and then you say you go, and your father will give you more meat. You, let's go find Butler Hu by the way!"

The next day, before dawn, around four o'clock, everyone in the Shen family woke up. After breakfast, the family took their farm tools and prepared to go out.

And Shen Chengyao had already sent Mrs. Liu back to her mother's house, driving back and forth in a bullock cart.But as far as Xiao'er knew, it would take an hour and a half to drive an ox cart back and forth, so they had to get up earlier.Didn't sleep at all last night.

Walking in the fields, the air is filled with a faint fragrance of rice and the unique smell of soil.Although the sky is dim, there are already two or three families busy in the field, and they greet each other with smiles when they see each other.Seeing that someone was earlier than him, Mr. Shen couldn't help speeding up his pace.

Today, the field of old man Shen was harvested first. After the old man's field was harvested, Shen Chengzong's field was harvested again, in order from largest to smallest.

When we got to the field, the old man asked people to disperse and collect them one by one.Shen Chengyao was right next to Mr. Shen, and both of them moved very quickly and smoothly. With a sweep and a grasp with their left hand, they grabbed six or seven seedlings into a handful, and immediately with a scythe in their right hand, they harvested a large handful of rice. .

Xiao'er was stunned when she saw it, and wanted to try it, but she had too few hands, so she could only catch two plants at most, but she was a person who learned everything quickly and worked neatly, so even if she grabbed two plants to cut, she was very fast. Fast.

Jing Rui was right next to Xiao'er, and he couldn't help but praise: "Xiao'er has cut the rice faster this year, and I can't even keep up."

When Jing Hao saw it, he also grabbed a plant with a small hand and worked harder to mow it.

Mr. Shen was very pleased to hear that the children in the third room were well-educated, and they were more diligent in their work.Unlike other people, one is compared with the other to see who is lazier.

In fact, Xiao'er and Jing Hao didn't need to follow to harvest at all, but the children of Sanfang have been asking for help since they were five years old.Once Jingrui said that he would follow to help, the old man thought he was playful, but later found that he was really serious and followed Shen Chengyao to cut slowly one by one. He only rested when the adults rested. He never cried out that he was tired. bitter.

It was dawn and the sun came out. Xiaoer looked around and found that the fourth uncle and four aunts were also cutting very fast. The second bedroom family was better, but it was only half behind. Xiaoer's three children are still behind, which is really speechless.

Mr. Shen also found out, and shouted angrily: "This morning, anyone who hasn't cut it to the end is not allowed to go back to eat, and go back after cutting it."

After hearing this, several people really sped up their actions.Dafang's family secretly complained, hoping that Lan's brother would send someone a message soon.

At around 10 o'clock in the morning, Mrs. Li came to the field. Seeing her happy face, Xiao'er knew that her business was over, and sneered in her heart.

Seeing that Mrs. Li came so late, Mr. Shen frowned, but didn't say anything after all.

The sun was getting stronger and stronger, it should be around noon, old man Shen finally told everyone to stop, Xiao'er hurriedly ran to the place where the water was placed next to the field stalks, and secretly put the two pots of water into the two pots of water she had packed last night. The pot was changed, and a pot was passed to Mr. Shen. After all, he was old and worked hard, so he must be very tired: "Grandpa, drink some water first."

Then he handed another pot to Shen Chengyao: "Father, you drink too."

Mr. Shen was very happy with his granddaughter's filial piety: "Xiao'er is really sensible." He couldn't help thinking in his heart that the children of the third family were better educated.Looking at the first room and the second room, they have already started drinking independently.

Shen Chengyao refused to drink first by himself and let the children drink first. They refused, and after giving way, Mr. Shen had already finished drinking and passed the water to Jing Rui: "Third brother, you should drink it too, the child is filial, If you are willing to drink it yourself, it is only right for you to finish it quickly and let her drink it."

Shen Chengyao also thought it was right when he heard it. He quickly raised his head and opened his mouth wide. The mouth of the pot was still a few centimeters away from his mouth. He poured water and drank it. When Jing Hao refused, Xiao'er said angrily, "Drink quickly, or I will ignore you in the future."

Jing Hao succumbed to Xiao'er's lust.

The two jugs of water were divided among several people and finished drinking.

Mr. Shen felt much more comfortable, and he was surprised. He always felt that the water was much better than before, and it was a little sweet: "Xiaoer, why is this water so sweet?"

Shen Chengyao, Jing Rui and Jing Hao are used to drinking at home these days, so they don't realize it.After hearing this, Xiao'er said, "Is there any? I think it's the same as usual, it must be that grandpa is too thirsty."

Shen Zhuang also felt that the old man was too thirsty: "I also feel that it is the same as usual. I poured the water in the morning and boiled it in the same pot. Why didn't I drink the sweetness?"

After hearing this, Mr. Shen also thought that it was because he had been working all morning and was too thirsty.

(End of this chapter)