Travel through the farmhouse leisurely

Chapter 253 The Busy in the Plain (2)
"Ma'am, you should tell the servant the truth. I just hope that the servant will not be driven away! Huh——" He Hua saw that Li Shi hadn't spoken for a long time, and she looked a little unhappy, thinking that Li Shi She was thinking about how to get rid of herself, so her heart became more panicked, she hurriedly took two steps, knelt down in front of Mrs. Li, weeping and begging.

Mrs. Li was taken aback by her behavior, and quickly reached out to help her up: "Why are you looking like this, I told you I don't hate you, get up quickly!"

He Hua hesitated a little after hearing this, but seeing the expression on Li's face, which didn't seem to be fake, she slowly stood up, but she was even more puzzled in her heart.

"What did you do today, such a weird behavior, since you entered our house, did I not let you eat, or did I not let you dress warmly? Besides, I never slept I've scolded you! Could it be that you think I'm not good enough for you?" Li Shi said.

Lotus picked up her sleeve and was wiping her tears. After hearing Li's words, she sobbed and said with a bitter face, "No, no, madam and ladies are all right. I'm fine, since I entered the Lin family, I've had enough to eat and warm clothes every day, and no one beat or scolded me yet! But since Madam doesn't hate me, why doesn't she tell me to do things? "

The Li Shi who said this choked up after hearing this, and after a long time, this girl ran in front of her for this reason and made such a fuss?
Why did my own kindness arouse this girl's fear and worry. Li Shi was originally soft-hearted, so he felt pity for these maids.

She usually didn't order the maids to do their work, partly because she wasn't used to it, and partly because she pityed these girls' backgrounds and didn't want to treat them harshly.

But she didn't expect such a misunderstanding to happen, and Li Shi suddenly felt a little funny, especially when she looked at the girl He Hua with a pitiful and bitter face, waiting for her answer.

"Because I feel pity for you, it's not easy to come out to work for others at a young age, and you belong to a girl's family. Therefore, I am not willing to use you to work. Why are you thinking in the wrong way? !" Mrs. Li was angry and funny, and with a helpless tone, she said to the lotus who had just cried.

Hearing these words, He Hua felt so moved in her heart that it was almost beyond words. It was the first time she saw such a benevolent master.

However, the influence and living environment of the past few years have completely changed her concept. In the concept and cognition of lotus, she is a servant, so as a servant, she should have the ability to be a servant. duty.

Therefore, she knelt down again and said: "Madam's great kindness, the lotus flower is very grateful, it's all due to my own misconceptions, and I didn't realize Madam's kindness. Madam is the kindest person I have ever seen , this servant really appreciates you from the bottom of my heart. However, a servant has the duty of a servant, so in the future, no matter whether it is to repay Madam’s kindness or to fulfill her own duty, please allow Madam to allow this servant to serve you well in the future. Let me serve you!" As she spoke, Lotus's tears flowed down again unconsciously.

Seeing this situation, Mrs. Li looked at the sincerity and firmness on the lotus face, sighed deeply, nodded, and helped her up.

Since then, Mrs. Li has also started to try, ordering the maids around her to work, instead of doing everything by herself.

Day by day, Lin Xiaoqiao's family has gradually adapted to the life of being ordered by servants.

In late April, Lin Erniu bought dozens of catties of peanut seeds from a grain store, and arranged for a few people to plant peanuts on a five-acre field.

As far as peanuts are concerned, they can be regarded as a precious food crop here, and ordinary farmers will not grow them in their fields.

Because, for farmers, food and clothing for three meals a day is a problem, and these peanuts can neither be hungry nor eaten as food, so few people are willing to occupy the land and plant this thing, even if some people will Planting, that is also specifically for the purpose of selling money.

Therefore, the market price of peanuts is several times the price of rice and white flour. In the homes of ordinary common people, that is, during festivals, they will weigh a catty or two in grocery stores or dry goods stores and take them home as entertainment for guests. snack.

Lin Xiaoqiao's family had never tasted peanuts when they were in the old house. Once Erlang accidentally picked up a peanut on the ground and ate it, and was discovered by Zhou and scolded for a long time.

Later, the condition of Lin Xiaoqiao and his family got better and better. Mrs. Li usually bought some snacks for the children to eat. Lin Xiaoqiao and her sister both liked the stewed peanuts very much.

Therefore, Lin Erniu saw that the field he had just bought was still a little vacant, thinking that it was the season for planting peanuts, so he planted some, and then harvested it to satisfy his family's hunger.

Now that the peanut seeds were finished, Lin Erniu started to work again, busy with planting corn.

Lin Xiaoqiao looked at her father, who was so busy these days that he didn't even touch the ground. Sometimes even lunch was made by Aunt Lu and sent to the fields, so she didn't have time to come back to eat. She watched from the side , feel very distressed.

Sometimes I even wonder if my family should not have bought so much land, including the 35 mu of land I bought the year before last and last year, plus the land I have bought one after another after the Chinese New Year this year, It is almost a hundred acres.

With Lin Erniu's busy schedule, she would not be able to spend all day in the fields. This was not in line with her original intention at all.

Lin Xiaoqiao originally wanted to be a small landlord, because he wanted to make life easier for his family, but looking at Lin Erniu's drive, he couldn't tell that it was a little easier.

Recently, the weather has been getting hotter and hotter. Lin Erniu thumped into the fields, not only his face became thinner, but his skin was also tanned.

One day, the whole family was eating breakfast. Lin Erniu, as usual, poured a large bowl of mung bean porridge, took three pancakes and stuffed them into his bosom, then got up and planned to go to the field again. .

Lin Xiaoqiao quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks, pulled Lin Erniu and said, "Father, why are you in such a hurry, you can't just sit down and have a good breakfast before going!"

Lin Erniu heard his little girl's somewhat resentful words, so he stroked Lin Xiaoqiao's little head, and said with a smile: "Girl, be good, dad is going to finish the work in the field, and stay at home with you ah!"

These words were obviously perfunctory, Lin Xiaoqiao refused: "No, no, Dad must rest at home for two days today! Let Uncle Lu watch those day laborers do the things in the field, what? Why do you have to go to work in the fields by yourself! Look at yourself, you are skinny and black, you don’t feel sorry for yourself, but my mother and I do!”

(End of this chapter)