Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 123

After all, Mrs. Zhang didn't bother Mrs. Liu. The last time she took a plate of salted duck eggs back home, she was scolded by Mr. Qin, saying that if she went to the big house to make trouble again, he would ignore her when she got older. Shi used to be mean to the old man, but in the past two years, she has become more and more afraid of him.

In the next few days, Mrs. Liu led Xiuyao and others to weave gloves while spinning at home, but several pairs have been woven in a few days, most of them were worn by people who went out to work, and there were also two pairs. The fingerless ones are for Xiuyao to wear.The thread and cotton stock spun earlier at home are all used up, so I have to go to the third grandpa's house to get new cotton back.

Xiuyao said: "Third Grandfather's cotton should be ready, I'll go ask."

Liu Shi said: "You wait, I'll go with you." As she said that, she went to get a money bag sewn with gray cloth, and there were copper coins jingling inside.

Xiuyao was surprised and said: "Mother, it doesn't take so much money. My third grandfather said that cotton is also fine." When country people find someone to process something, they often take a little out of the goods as a reward and leave it to others, taking the money very few.

Liu said with a smile: "This is not cotton money, this is rent money."

Xiuyao thinks about it too, after all, it's not good to live in the third grandpa's house for nothing, besides, the second grandma's family gave money for everything, so there is no reason not to give the third grandpa's house.

Xiurong saw it and asked: "Mother, are we going to buy this house?" Such a small courtyard with three thatched houses should be very cheap.

Liu Xu heard and said: "If you want to buy something better, why do you want such a broken yard? Your eldest brother wants to get married, of course not." It’s really not possible, I still have private money.”

Liu said: "What's yours is yours, and you have to live." She doesn't even want money from her parents, let alone her sister's money.

This time when she went back to her natal family, Mrs. Li wanted to give her the private money she had saved before, but Mrs. Liu didn't want anything.She told Mrs. Li to start from scratch and earn a little bit, so that the children will cherish it, otherwise they will only think that their grandma's family should help. If this continues, some people will probably take it for granted that their grandma's family helps them , had the same idea as Mrs. Zhang, that would be terrible for her.

Mrs. Liu has calculated that the three houses of the third grandfather are naturally not expensive at all, but she wants to save money to build a new one when the time comes, and even if she does, she will buy a slightly larger one.There are many children in the family, too small to live in.Besides, what Liu Xu said was right, Daye should get married, no matter what, he had to give them a room together.

Mrs. Liu led Xiuyao to the third grandpa's house to pick up the plucked cotton. The whole family was busy, when they saw Mrs. Liu coming, they smiled and gave way to the house, saying that it was warm to sit on the kang.

Because Liu Shi wanted to talk to them, she didn't refuse, so she sat down and said with a smile: "It's really cold today. Fortunately, my uncle plucked the cotton, otherwise we wouldn't have to worry about it."

The third mother smiled and said: "Why worry? There are many in the village. If you want to borrow someone's house, you are not willing to borrow it. This is because you take care of our business." As she said, she grabbed fried peanuts for Xiu to eat.

Xiuyao thanked her, grabbed a small handful, and ate quietly.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Mrs. Liu took out her purse and said with a smile: "We have a separate family and we have no land to live in. It's really thanks to you, my uncle and aunt, otherwise we really have to go to bed. Thatched huts in the field. Adults are not afraid of anything, but what can you do with children.”

The third mother also sighed endlessly, "I told your uncle, you said that the fourth child is not confused, why is he so confused about the division of the family, and he didn't give anything to the eldest room. Besides, where is there?" The reason why you dislike the big house because there are too many people?"

Liu smiled wryly, "My in-laws also have their plans."

The third mother snorted, "What's the plan? I think it's just like what your second mother said. I think you have too many people. Seeing that your natal family has a mill, I want you to take care of your natal family's money. Don't even think about it. Money from your natal family Is it for nothing?"

The third mother was deeply touched by this, and her daughter's mother-in-law asked her daughter-in-law to come to the house every three days to ask for things, either to play cotton or to borrow food.Even if it is a daughter, there are sons and daughters-in-law in the family.

After talking for a while, Mrs. Liu said: "Auntie, although the house is idle, it's not easy to live in vain." Then she counted the money outside, "I discussed it with the man, and we will share our love. Helping each other, farming together has already helped a lot, that is love. We have to figure out this house, we live in it, and we have to pay rent for a year."

When the third mother heard it, she quickly waved her hand and said, "Look at you, what are you talking about? Those three broken rooms are for nothing. Let me tell you, they need to be watched, cleaned, and repaired from time to time." Xiu. This uninhabitable house has been dilapidated within two years, so I still have to show you the money for the house.”

These three houses are basically rented by no one in the countryside, and they have to be responsible for guarding and repairing them on weekdays, which is also a sum of money. Qin Dafu's family lives there, and the third grandfather's family is also at ease.

Xiuyao smiled and said, "Mum, your house is free, but my parents think that we have to pay for the house. They have been talking about it for a long time."

The third mother sighed: "I said Daye Niang, you are too strong. The family has just been separated, and all the food is borrowed, so where is the money?"

Mrs. Liu said with a smile: "If there is no money, this little money can be freed up. Xiu Xian is helping others outside, and his father also leads Er Xian to help people weave mats, and the eldest son goes to work with his second uncle. My mother's family also helped a few children."

Third Mammy went to call the old man in and told him what Mrs. Liu meant.

The third grandfather said again and again: "That's not good. At that time, I took the initiative to let them live in the house when I went to preside over their separation. How can I ask for money?"

Mrs. Liu hurriedly went down to the ground, repeatedly explaining what she and Dafu meant, while Xiuyao also helped from time to time.

The third mother said: "Old man, I think it's better to rely on the child, and let the family live comfortably. After saving for two years, they can go to build a new house."

The third grandpa sighed, "You children, you just want to be strong. Okay, I'll follow you."

Mrs. Liu said with a smile, "I've inquired about it. It costs three hundred yuan to rent such three houses a year." enough.

The third grandfather saw that she was really doing things, and she was not false at all, neither high nor low, but the house in this small rural place, even at this price, might not be rented by anyone.

The third grandpa smiled and said: "It looks like this. But it is also difficult for us to find someone to look at the house. Let's do this, and we will win two hundred. We will start counting from today, and don't worry about it before. We are not outsiders. They are all from my own family, didn’t you also give cabbage? Or we don’t have enough vegetables this winter.”

Seeing that he agreed, Mrs. Liu said happily, "Thank you, aunt and uncle, we juniors have gained a lot of money." Then he counted out the money and spread it on the kang.

The third grandpa let the old lady accept it without counting.

Mrs. Liu got up to leave, and the third grandpa asked the boy to bring her cotton and cotton seeds, and said: "The cotton is still withheld, so you don't have to be Dingmao or Dingmao, go home and get busy."

Mrs. Liu knew that he must have kept very little, and she was very tired from ginning and picking cotton all day long, so she was very grateful, and only wanted to wait for her family to get better, and then slowly pay back the favor.

With cotton, the Liu family knits gloves at home all day long. Because it's freezing, everyone has nothing else to do, and they don't have much to visit, so they can concentrate on their work.

Several pairs of gloves were made in a few days, and Liu thought whether to have someone take them to his son and second uncle, so that they could at least last for a while.

During this period, Mrs. Li sent Liu up again, and brought all the sweet potatoes and dates that she helped to dry again.

The days in winter are short, but it was already dark at the end of Shenshi, and the house was so dark that lights had to be lit.

The north wind was whistling, whirling and whistling around the yard, blowing the grass thatch to the ground.Everyone ate dinner early, then closed the courtyard door, and put down the windshield thatch outside the window to keep warm.

Xiurong boiled water to soak everyone's feet, and after they were all washed, they all sat around the kang table to weave gloves.

There are only four sets of needles in the house, and Liu, Auntie, Xiuqin, and Xiurong are weaving. Xiuyao has nothing to do. She wants to help with spinning. There are a lot, and it will be enough to spin again in two days."

Since she got a pedal spinning machine, she can do the work of three people alone, and the efficiency is much faster. This thread is enough for her.

Xiuyao smiled and said: "Then I will turn the thread for you." Spin several strands of thread into one strand, so that gloves can be knitted directly.

Xiuqin laughed and said, "I've turned around so much, it's dark over there, go to the kang to warm up." While talking, a lantern exploded, and when it got dark, she quickly took a needle and picked it up again. Cut off a piece of the burnt wick.

At this time, a gust of wind blew the door of the main room open, and the cold wind rushed in, and the lights went out suddenly.

Everyone yelled, Xiurong quickly picked up the scythe hanging on his waist to light the lamp, Liu said again: "Yaoyao, go and put a stick on the door of the house."

Xiuyao said: "Mother, didn't my father weave a big straw curtain? Take it over the hanging door to block the wind, the wind is too strong."

Liu Shi thought it was right, so she got up and went down to work with Xiuyao, found a straw curtain and hung it in three places with hemp rope, and then hung it on the wooden wedge above the door.

The straw curtains are woven for lying down in the summer to enjoy the coolness. Unlike the grass thatch, this one is wider and thicker. Some are made of wheat straw and some are made of rice straw.

Liu said with a smile: "It's much warmer now, and the water tank won't freeze at night." It was so cold before the twelfth lunar month, and the water tank in the house was frozen.After finishing, Liu went back to weaving gloves.

Xiuyao watched them knitting gloves, and she had nothing to do, so she went to wash a green radish dug up during the day, then cut into pieces, served them on a plate, "Eat radishes in winter, eat quickly Well, our radish is not very spicy."

Xiurong said: "It's so cold, how can there be fire, it's too cold, it's not too bad to eat some ginger soup."

Xiuyao said: "Third sister, didn't you hear people say that you eat radish in winter and ginger in summer. In winter you need to get rid of the fire, and in summer you eat ginger to drive away the cold."

She smiled as soon as she finished talking, "Little sister, although everyone praises you for being smart, I don't think it's right. It's so cold in winter and so hot in summer. You must have got it the other way."

Xiuyao explained: "It's not the case. Third sister, look, your lips are dry and blistered. In fact, it's just getting angry. It's dry and cold in winter, but it's easy to get dry. It's better to eat some radish."

Liu Xu also smiled and said: "Your grandma said so, so it is." Then she took a piece of radish and ate it, "Yaoyao, get some sugar to dip it in, it's still a bit spicy. "

If they didn't even think about it before, but now that the family is separated, as long as there is no waste or extravagance, the Liu family doesn't care at all.Xiuyao went to bring a sugar jar, but the sugar at home was blackened brown sugar caramel, but there was no white sugar like that.White sugar is also sold here, but the price is ridiculously expensive, so ordinary people eat this kind of coarse sugar.

Xiuyao crushed them with a garlic mortar, then poured it into a bowl, and asked them to dip the radish in it.Although it's freezing and snowy, sitting on the hot kang and eating radishes dipped in brown sugar has a special taste.

Xiurong smiled and said, "If only the candy was white, it would be fine as a dessert."

Xiuyao's heart skipped a beat, and she stared at the candies again.

Liu Xu knocked on her head, "Yaoyao, what are you thinking?"

(End of this chapter)