The history of struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 184 Cotton Silk
"I don't know either." Xie Yueyong shook his head and said, the expression on his face was still a bit sad, obviously he hadn't let go of the woman who lied to him.

Han Qianluo hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly: "I heard that your biological father is Xiao Xiangguo, didn't you ask them to help you find it?"

"I looked for it, but that person seemed to have evaporated from the world, and he disappeared completely. No matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find it. I didn't look for it later. I thought it was because I was blind and lost my sight. It's just that since then, Uncle Xie is very wary of women who come into contact with me." Xie Yueyong said.

After understanding what happened, Han Qianluo was relieved. She thought to herself, it seems that Xie Yueyong and that old man have a good relationship.She not only thought in her heart, but also said on her mouth: "He cares about you very much."

"Uncle Xie is indeed very kind to me. Since you know who my biological father is, you must also know that the Xiao family does not recognize me, and naturally they will not let me live in Xiao's mansion, so I was raised by Uncle Xie. , in my opinion, he is my father." Xie Yue said with a smile,

Han Qianluo was a little puzzled and said: "But I heard that other people in the Xiao Mansion like you very much, why don't they let you into the Xiao Mansion?"

"Old Madam Xiao is in charge now, they don't dare to openly disobey the old Madam's wishes, so..." Xie Yueyong shrugged and said, as if he didn't care about this at all.

"Aren't you angry?" Han Qianluo didn't understand his completely indifferent attitude. It's normal for a man in this era to have three wives and four concubines, let alone a dignified Xiangguo, so how could such a thing like an illegitimate child happen.

At this time, the old man came in from the outside, which made Xie Yueyong who was just about to answer shut up, and changed the subject to other insignificant things: "I heard that you opened another shop?"

"Yes, it's in Zhishi, but it cost a lot of money." Han Qianluo said.

"It's worth spending a little more money in that place."

At this time, another middle-aged man with a strong figure came in from the outside. At first glance, he looked ordinary, but when he looked closely, he could find the hidden light between his eyebrows and eyes.

"Master, what do you want from me?" The middle-aged man, that is, Shi Weiming asked respectfully with his head down.

Xie Yueyong pointed to several sacks on the ground and asked: "How much did these things cost in total?" Shi Weiming lowered his head and thought for a while before raising his head and replied: "The total is 320 and [-] Wen." After finishing speaking, Xie Yueyong Then let him back down.

Han Qianluo paid him the money, and then became a little worried. When she came out in the morning, she didn't expect to bring back so many seeds, so she didn't drive the ox cart, so now she was facing several big ones on the ground. For the sacks, I had to find another bullock cart to pull the things back.

After arriving home, Han Qianluo found that the door of the house was still locked. It was obvious that Yu Wenxuan hadn't come back, so she could only ask the driver to help her carry a few big sacks into the yard, and then paid him to leave.

Han Qianluo didn't know if all the sacks were filled with cotton seeds, so he could only open each sack and found that only three sacks contained cotton seeds, and the other sack was filled with many large and small sacks. Small bags, she took out these small bags. She opened them to see what was in these small bags, but found that there were thumb-sized notes on them with a few small words written on them.

Han Qianluo picked up one of the small bags, and saw the word eggplant written on the small note, which made her very happy. It seemed that there was no need to distinguish them one by one, so she carefully wrote I read the words carefully, and found that these small bags were all vegetable seeds.

Of course, Han Qianluo found the vine she was thinking about on the small side of the vegetables. Seeing this vine, she seemed to have seen the bunches of purple grapes under the vine trellis in autumn, as if she had already smelled the grapes. Alluring sweet taste.

The more she thought about Han Qianluo, the more greedy she became, and the more she wanted to eat. In order to avoid this situation, she could only quickly tie up the sack tightly. Of course, she had carefully planted the vines in the yard.

There is still a long time before the season for planting vegetables, so Han Qianluo carefully put those vegetable seeds in a large clay pot to avoid moisture, and then took out the cotton seeds.

Although there is still a long time before the season of planting cotton, there is still a trace of cotton silk left on the cotton seeds after the cotton is picked. If it is not cleaned, the germination of cotton will be affected, so she must hurry up before planting. Pick the cottonseed clean.

In Han Qianluo's previous life, her grandma used to grow a small amount of cotton in China, so she still knows how to grow cotton, but growing cotton is really troublesome, not only troublesome when planting, but even more troublesome when harvesting. Just thinking about it gave her a headache.

Removing the cotton thread from the cottonseed is a slow and delicate job. She didn't get out a small bowl until Yu Wenxuan came back, but after Yu Wenxuan came back, he hurried over to help, but the two of them couldn't go faster together. , I know that I didn't make much out of it when I was eating at noon.

"Miss Han, what is this and what is it used for?" Yu Wenxuan asked casually while picking cotton.

"This is the seed that I entrusted someone to bring back, and I will plant it when it is spring plowing." Han Qianluo replied.

"It's too slow to do it one by one, and I have to do other things, I'm afraid I don't have much time to do this." Yu Wenxuan said.

Han Qianluo paused for a moment, she also thought of this problem, she said with some distress: "But this matter is very easy even for children, it is not worthwhile to hire someone, and now it is the end of the year, and we are all in Busy with Chinese New Year matters, no one will have free time."

"That's true." Yu Wenxuan said thoughtfully, and continued to pick cotton with his head down.

"Third Sister." Sanwei's voice suddenly came from outside the door.

Han Qianluo turned around in surprise and saw Sanwei running in from the outside. He felt a little strange, so he asked, "Why did you come back so early? It's not even noon yet?"

"Master said we will be here this year." Han Sanwei quickly put down the things in his hands, turned around and was about to go out.

Han Qianluo quickly grabbed him and said: "It's almost noon, go out after lunch." Han Sanwei heard that, although he was a little reluctant, he still stayed at home obediently and did not run out. Consciously helping to pick cotton thread, she asked while picking: "Sister, what kind of seed is this, why have I never seen it before?"

"There are a lot of things you haven't seen before, but I specially asked someone to bring them back from other places." Han Qianluo replied.

Han Sanwei picked up a cotton seed and turned it over to look at it. He probably didn't see any tricks. He suddenly put it in his mouth and crushed it with a "click".

"Who told you to stuff it in your mouth? Really, why are you stuffing everything in your mouth." Han Qianluo hit him a little angrily, but it was only a symbolic light hit.

Probably because the cottonseed was too bitter, Han Sanwei stood up again, poured a glass of water and rinsed his mouth, then continued to pick the cotton thread, and argued: "I just want to try to see if I can eat it, but other seeds can be eaten ?"

"I haven't missed your food, why are you still so greedy." Han Qianluo said a little puzzled, and then warned, "This seed can't be wasted, you know?"

"Got it." Han Sanwei said.

After lunch at noon, Han Sanwei went out to play like a wild monkey, while Han Qianluo and Yu Wenxuan continued to pick cotton at home.When Han Sanwei came back in the evening, he saw that they were still picking cotton and silk, and ran over to help pick it up, asking, "Sister San, how much did you pick?"

Han Qianluo saw what he was thinking, so he pointed to a few big sacks in the corner and said: "There are still more, and you don't want to finish picking them in a few months, so don't go out to play when you have nothing to do, and help at home." work."

"Ah, why are there so many?" Han Sanwei wailed, "Then I can't go out to play." Then he stopped talking, lowered his head not knowing what he was thinking, and after a while suddenly raised his head and asked, "Three Sister, can I go out to play after finishing it?"

"Of course." Han Qianluo replied without thinking.

Han Sanwei suddenly stood up and ran out, and ran back after a while, and then took out a small bag filled with cotton seeds that hadn't been picked clean.Seeing this, Han Qianluo quickly asked, "Sanwei, what are you pretending to do?"

Han Sanwei rolled his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking, and then said: "I want to pick it outside, I don't want to pick it at home."

"You can do whatever you want, but don't lose it to me, otherwise there will be no lucky money for the New Year." Han Qianluo warned.

Han Sanwei responded, and hurried out with the bag in his hand, and came back not long after, but he came back empty-handed.Seeing this, Han Qianluo hurriedly asked, "Where's the stuff?"

"I gave it to Xiaopang and the others, and asked them to help pick it." Han Sanwei said cautiously, as if he was afraid of being scolded.

Han Qianluo was overjoyed, she never thought that the fourth brother would do this, but it wasn't that she hired child labor, it was just that the children helped each other, so she didn't intend to stop it, but even if the children helped each other, You can't let others help for nothing, so she thought for a while and said, "Did you give them anything?"

"I promised to give each of them a piece of candy, Sanjie, you won't scold me, will you?" Han Sanwei said in a low voice.

"Why would I scold you?" Han Qianluo said with a smile, but she still ordered, "Don't forget to take it back."

"kindness."

(End of this chapter)