farmhouse ditty

Chapter 160 Moving Out for Two Days
"Mom, we're back..."

Ji Laoliu's eldest girl carried a wooden basin and went into the yard to call out to Mrs. Liu.

Mrs. Liu was washing dishes in the stove, looked up at her, and smiled, "Are you thirsty, your father left water for you in the main room... hey, Erya?"

As soon as she finished asking, she saw another little girl came in at the door, holding two wooden boards in her hands.

"Mom, I'm here."

Liu looked at the second girl and said with a smile, then called the third girl and the fourth girl to come out to help the two sisters put the clothes washed in the basin on the rope to dry.

Three ya and four ya were playing with the pendant in the back room. When they heard Mrs. Liu's voice, they hurriedly responded, got out of bed and ran out.

Mrs. Liu cleaned up the stove, and walked to the main room to rest for a while. She looked at the four girls in the yard, and she felt very happy. The four girls in the family will help with some housework. She can also have time to rest and rest. Otherwise, she always feels that there is endless work to do.

Fortunately, the dirty clothes in the house were picked up by the two big girls. They can do the washing well. Hey, in fact, the two girls are also using the washboard, or with the strength of the two girls, they can It would be good to wring out the clothes dry, will they be washed clean?

She just watched the two sisters make the washboard, so she didn't worry about letting them wash it. Otherwise, if the family went out wearing dirty clothes, then she would be looked down upon by others. The mother-in-law also has to say that she doesn't know how to run the house.

Erya threw the two boards outside, and ran into the main room after listening to Daya's words, she talked to Mrs Liu, carried a chair and went out, the clothesline in the yard was pulled up, it was too late Find something to hold your feet.

Mrs. Liu told them to be more careful in the room, and if they couldn't fit them, she would put down the clothes and go get them by herself later.

The four girls in the yard all responded to Mrs. Liu, "Understood, mother."

Mrs. Liu looked at it and smiled, went outside and picked up the two washboards and stood them on the edge of the courtyard wall, waiting for the sun to slant over for a while, so that they can be dried in the sun.

She had just put the boards away, and suddenly something happened. Didn't Xiu Niang's sister say she was going to move the house? She has been packing things for the past two days. She told Xiu Niang that she would go to help , but she forgot as soon as she turned around.

Thinking about it, Mrs. Liu hurriedly untied the apron on her body, called Da Ya to watch out for Er Ya and the others, and walked out of the yard while talking to Xiu Niang.

"Hey, sister, Hei Wazi and his father went to his aunt's house these two days, and our mother is the only ones at home, I haven't made time yet..."

Mrs. Liu was talking while walking, but when she came to the gate of Xiuniang's courtyard, she looked the same as before, not even a trace of tidying up, she glanced left and right, and went straight into her courtyard.

This time Xiu Niang came out of the stove with a basket. She had just chopped some vegetable leaves, sprinkled them with cornmeal and mixed them together, and was thinking about coming out to feed the chickens. She didn't hear Mrs. Liu's voice at first, It's just that when he came out, he saw Mrs. Liu standing in his yard.

"Hey, Sixth Sister-in-Law, why are you here?" Xiu Niang asked Mrs. Liu to come and sit down, and she was not startled when she saw Mrs. Liu suddenly appearing in front of her.

She is not like when she first arrived in Xiayang Village, because she is not familiar with this place, and some women in the village are prejudiced against her, so she often closes the gate of the courtyard, not wanting to leave words for those women, but this time She has been living in Xiayang Village for more than a year now, and she no longer locks the door when she is alone like before.

Mrs. Liu asked a little confused, "Hey, sister, didn't you say you're going to move the house in the next two days? Why haven't you cleaned it up yet?"

Xiuniang thought about it for a while, walked to the edge of the fence with a smile, and called the chickens to come over for food with a "clack-clack" sound, "Sister-in-law Liu, I said earlier that I would move out for two days, but I didn't say I would move out." house."

Mrs. Liu sat in the yard, "Hey, I was thinking that you were going to move the house and push away all the work of Lao Gao's house to help you clean up. The old lady Gao was going to ask me to embroider a bed for you." Faced..."

She thought about it and said again, "Hey, you woman don't like to yell, so I didn't tell them clearly, but I just pushed it away. Send me away."

Xiuniang pulled all the vegetable leaves from the basket into the chicken coop, turned around and sat down in front of Mrs. Liu, and chatted with her.

"Sister-in-law Liu, I would like to thank you for being here first. In fact, I don't need to pack anything when I move the house. I just take the quilts in the back room and pack some clothes."

"Hey, sister, why don't some of the guys in your house bring some over there? I heard that the furniture store in that town is very expensive to buy and sell things."

"No need for Mrs. Six, Chu Ge and I went to the town to see it a few days ago. There are several rooms in the backyard of the paving workshop, and there is an attic attached to the paving workshop. There is everything there. "

Mrs. Liu just nodded when she heard this. Although she wanted to ask Xiuniang why she moved to the town, she saw that Xiuniang had no intention of saying anything, so she didn't say anything else.

Looking at it, Xiu Niang knew what Mrs. Liu was thinking, and that was why she liked to associate with Mrs. Liu.

"Oh, by the way, Sixth Sister-in-Law, I think Chu Ge and I will go there tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and then I will give you the key to the yard. Come and see if you are all right, and my chickens, I still have to trouble you to feed it."

Mrs. Liu responded heartily, and said with a smile, "Hey, why don't you bother, I'll show you these chickens, maybe you can't get a few eggs to eat."

Xiu Niang laughed when she heard "puchi", Liu's cheerfulness was really unbearable.

Mrs. Liu also smiled when she looked at it, and she chatted with Xiu Niang, "Hey, sister, where is Chu Ge? I saw him pull the cart boards in my shed this morning. He said he was going to the town. But why haven’t you come back so far? It’s almost time for Shen Shi.”

Xiu Niang said, "It's okay, he's a big man, so we don't need us to worry about him, I guess there's something to do and we haven't finished it yet, maybe we'll be back after a while."

After hearing what Xiuniang said, Mrs. Liu didn't say anything, but chatted with her elsewhere.

In fact, Xiuniang knew that Chu Ge didn't go back to the village so quickly today. A few days ago, she, Chu Ge and old man Li went to see the paving workshop, and thought it was a really good place. There are empty houses, one of which has been converted into a kitchen, and there is a well outside.

At that time, the three of them discussed, let old man Li move here first, and simply tidy up the inside and outside of the house, and wait for Chu Ge and Xiu Niang to finish the business in the village, and then the two of them will move here. At that time, they should take a good look at the paving workshop, and then they can prepare to open the door for business...

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Xiu Niang finished the food and put it in the pot to warm it up. She watched the sky getting dark, so she lit two oil lamps in the main room and the yard to brighten the yard, and then took one Deng, just like the time when Chu Ge came back late, stood at the door and waited for him.

Although Xiuniang has lived in Xiayang Village for almost a year, she is the only woman left in the house at night, and it is a lie to say that she is not afraid of anything.

Fortunately, Chu Ge came back when it was getting dark. He saw Xiu Niang waiting for him at the door, so he pulled the carriage and walked a few steps to catch up. First, he told Xiu Niang that he was safe.

Seeing him, Xiuniang finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked him to put the carts and horses in the shed outside Liu's house. Anyway, the day before yesterday, Ji Laoliu drove a bullock cart and took Hei Wazi for a long trip. Hurry up and be empty.

Waiting for Chu Ge to return to the yard, Xiu Niang had already brought out the food swiftly and brought him a basin of hot water outside, "Chu Ge, wipe your face quickly and come over to eat."

Chu Ge looked at it, smiled unconsciously, closed the courtyard door, answered, went over to wipe his face, and went to the main room for dinner.

Xiu Niang handed him the bowl and chopsticks, "Chu Ge, didn't you send Uncle Li to the town today, why did you go all day?"

Chu Ge was probably hungry, took a mouthful of rice with the bowl, and then drank two spoonfuls of soup before saying, "Well, I sent Uncle Li to the shop today, and helped him tidy up the house by the way..."

Xiu Niang sat next to him and listened, but even helping Old Man Li clean up the house would not take a day.

She thought about it and asked again, "Well, what then?"

Chu Ge was full of food, and said, "Oh, this morning, I went to a few wooden shops in front, and took away their waste wood from the past two months, which happened to be placed in our shop. in the backyard."

Xiu Niang asked, "Have you collected all those from those houses?"

Chu Ge swallowed the food in his mouth, "Well, I'll collect it all, and I'll take some money with me."

Xiu Niang thought about it and said, "There are five wood shops in the town that sell wood to us. This one pulls a cart and needs five carts of wood. Can you put it in the back of the shop?"

Chu Ge smiled and said, "It can be put down. Uncle Li and I stacked the wood one by one this morning, just in front of the house on the west side. There is still a lot of space in the yard."

Xiu Niang said, "Chu Ge, didn't we tell Uncle Li to clean up the yard first? Uncle Li is not unhappy with you pulling so much wood over here?"

Chu Ge smiled and said, "Uncle Li didn't say anything, he even helped me move to the shop, when he left in the morning, he brought all the woodworkers with him, he said our yard is big, so Pound woodwork."

Xiu Niang smiled happily when she heard it, "That's good." It's good to let old man Li make more boards these two days, and wait for them to tidy up the shop, and then they can start buying and selling after taking over.

Chu Ge smiled at Xiu Niang, took some meat and vegetables with his chopsticks, and picked up a few mouthfuls of rice. He hadn't had enough to eat just because of his hard work today.

Xiu Niang watched as she scooped up a bowl of egg soup for Chu Ge, and said softly, "Chu Ge, drink some soup to moisten your throat, and be careful not to choke."

(End of this chapter)