Blessed Peasant Woman of Time Traveling

Chapter 4

Usually Zikui would not give up when sharing things, but today she seemed quite bold, especially seeing the second uncle’s son Yusen and the third uncle’s sons Yurong and Yuxi each wearing new clothes, Zikui was nothing special It makes sense for everyone to be quite surprised by the reaction.

Yusen usually doesn't like to talk. Although he is only 11 years old, he looks very mature.He squatted alone on the ground with a stick to write and draw, ignoring everyone.

Yurong of the third uncle's family is ten years old this year. Although he is four and a half years younger than Zikui, he always loves Zikui.Maybe it's because Zikui never gave in to him on weekdays, but he felt that his sisters had to let him go, so he always quarreled with Zikui.

This time Zikui didn't say a word when she saw them wearing new clothes. Yurong thought that Zikui didn't see it, so she deliberately jumped up and came to Zikui, "Sister, look, I'm wearing new clothes. A few days ago, my second aunt So I took my brother, Yuxi, and I to buy cloth, and even asked a tailor to make it, do you think it looks good?"

In the past, when making new clothes, Mrs. He, his second aunt Chen and third aunt Qi sewed them by himself. This time, the second aunt was willing to spend money to hire a tailor. In Zikui's opinion, it was extravagant.

Zikui snorted, "Looks like the family is very rich. You can wear whatever you like. Anyway, the family will be separated tomorrow morning. It's not a matter of who's life is going well in the future. Let's wait and see!"

Yurong made a gesture towards Zikui, then ran away again, he was afraid that Zikui would catch up and beat him.

The youngest child of the Meng family is Yuxi. He trotted over and stuffed a nut into Zikui's hand, "Sister, I found this on the road. You can eat it."

Yuxi is only eight years old, but he is clever and cute. He likes all his brothers and sisters.

Zikui finally showed a little smile, "Thank you Yuxi, I will eat the clothes after drying them."

Everyone felt relieved when they saw that Zikui was not making trouble. Rose and Narcissus moved the dining tables and chairs to the door and put them at the door, and wiped the table by the way, because the second uncle’s family had already moved the bed into the house, so many people could not squeeze in. Went to eat and could only eat outside.

Yurong and Yuxi surrounded Yusen to see what he was scribbling on the ground.The second aunt and the second uncle seemed to be discussing something when they entered their house. The two of them are the housekeepers of the house, so they should be hiding in the house to settle accounts.In addition to buying flowers and making clothes, they also bought necessities such as iron pots and bowls. Every family has a share. It seems that they spent a lot of money.

The third aunt and the third uncle were beating on the newly bought pot to see if it was strong enough, and they even argued, saying that it was too expensive to buy a pot for twelve yuan.

Grandma Wushi and Grandpa Meng saw that everyone was looking forward to the separation of the family, and they were also happy. The sixteen people lived together and everyone wanted to be lazy, so the more they passed, the poorer they became.After the separation, everyone knows that if they work hard to support their families, they will work hard. Just like Zi Kui said, it depends on the ability of each family to decide which family is better off.

Ding Xiang has already shoveled up a pot of Chinese cabbage and filled an iron basin full.Then I cooked another pot of wild vegetable soup, enough for one bowl for one person.

She brought the pot of Chinese cabbage to the dining table, Rose brought out a small bowl of pickled radish sticks from the cabinet, and Narcissus brought out a small bowl of potherb mustard. In everyone's opinion, this lunch was already good, although the dishes were not very good. But there are cornmeal cakes and steamed buns that are not mixed with wild vegetable foam.

Not long after, Wushi finished frying the cornmeal cakes and steamed the steamed buns. She shouted loudly, "Dinner's ready! Dinner's ready! After eating, everyone except Yuxi has to look after the house. Go up the mountain to open up wasteland, open up some more land, so that we can grow food in the coming year!"

Ding Xiang was afraid when she heard that she was going to go up the mountain to open up wasteland. She had been digging up wasteland for the past few days, and her palms were covered with blisters, but her grandma and second aunt kept blaming her for not being able to do it, and kept urging her to dig faster. dig!
In fact, Rose and Narcissus were also afraid of going up the mountain to open up wasteland. They all drooped their heads after hearing this, and then picked up chopsticks to grab bigger corn cakes to eat.

Wu Shi shouted: "Whatever to grab, I'll divide it!"

She took out sixteen bowls, and put a corn tortilla and a steamed bun in each bowl.Now everyone obeys the rules, because each bowl is engraved with words, everyone can only take their own bowls, and they can't pick the best ones.

Only then did Wushi think of Meng Gui and He Shi, "Ding Xiang, why did your parents go and why haven't you come home yet?"

"They went to cut the thatch, and they said they wanted to put the roof on the firewood house. Otherwise, it would rain heavily outside and light rain in the house." When Ding Xiang said these words, everyone was silent, as if they felt that the eldest family should live in the firewood house.

Wuzhi thought of Haitang again, "Ding Xiang, serve your sister's bowl to her, and add more vegetables. Let's eat first, don't wait for the boss and his wife."

"En." Ding Xiang immediately picked up the bowl of Haitang, picked up a lot of Chinese cabbage and pickled vegetables, and found a bowl full of wild vegetable soup and brought it over.

As soon as Ding Xiang walked away, the second aunt Chen muttered, "Haitang really thinks she is pregnant? I don't know which wild species she is pregnant with. Isn't this a waste of food to raise wild species! "

Second Uncle Meng Qing glared at her with bull's eyes, "Hurry up and eat yours, don't talk nonsense!"

The second aunt, Chen Shi, was so angry that she took a bite of the vegetable and chewed it in her mouth, then slurped the soup.Fortunately, these words she said were not heard by Wu Zhi, otherwise Wu Zhi would give her a mouthful.Wu Zhi is a powerful mother-in-law, she manages the three daughters-in-law submissively, even the strongest second daughter-in-law, Chen Shi, dare not gossip in front of Wu Zhi.

If it wasn't for the fact that both Wushi and Meng's father didn't know a single word, and they didn't know how to settle accounts, they wouldn't let the second eldest husband and wife manage the accounts, because the second eldest, Meng Qing, has studied for a year, and Mrs. Chen can be regarded as a clever , She usually buys in and out of what is sold at home, and has never suffered a loss from outsiders.

The third aunt Qi who was sitting next to her was focused on eating with her head down. She usually looks gentle, but she also has a temperament that will never suffer. She is afraid that others will eat too much, so she eats without distraction.

The children are rushing to eat. In this season of late autumn and early winter, and in the valleys, there are only a dozen days left to eat fresh vegetables. In the deep winter, they have to eat pickled vegetables for more than two months. dish.

Ding Xiang came to the east room with two bowls in her hand. There was a broken table and an old stool in this room, and two narrow beds.On weekdays, Haitang, Lilac, and Zikui share a narrow bed, while Meng Gui and He Shi share another.

Although it is not suitable for adults and children to live in the same room, there is nothing to be taboo about this condition in the house, that is, there is a curtain between the two beds.

"Sister, let's eat." Ding Xiang put the bowl on the table.

Haitang had passed the pregnancy reaction period long ago, and was not discovered by the sharp-eyed village women until her belly grew bigger. At this time, she was more than four months pregnant, and it was time to appetize and eat.

She was already very hungry, so she lowered her head and ate vigorously when she picked up the bowl. She ate a piece of cake and more than half of the vegetables in one go without looking up.

Ding Xiang didn't have the appetite to eat just now, but now that Haitang was eating so deliciously, her stomach started to wriggle, and she seemed to want to eat too.She hurried out, brought her own bowl, and specially added some extra vegetables, and then went to the house to eat with Haitang.

Chewing slowly, Ding Xiang felt pretty good, at least it was the first time in the half a month she came here that she thought the food was pretty tasty. "Sister, grandma said that she was going to open up wasteland in the afternoon, how can I find an excuse to go to my cousin's house?"

Haitang finally raised her head, and the bowl was almost empty.She frowned slightly and thought for a while, "You go to work first, and halfway through the work you say your stomach hurts and you want to have diarrhea, pretend to be a little bit, and grandma may let you go home."

"That's all right?" Ding Xiang felt that it was too simple. She has been pretending these days, and it shouldn't be difficult to pretend that she has a stomachache. "By the way, since I'm going to my cousin's house, I have to go back early. Is there a shortcut? I've been ill for a while, and my mind is always dizzy, and I don't remember the way very well."

Ding Xiang was a little guilty when she spoke, it's not that she couldn't remember the way, she didn't know where her cousin's house was at all.

Haitang didn't notice it at all, and lowered her head to eat again, and said: "You didn't like your cousin's family since you were young, and you rarely went to his house. Of course, you don't know where there is a shortcut. You remember, when you get to the town, you go all the way north. Then there is a fork in the road, you take the narrow road, and when you get to a pond, you can see your cousin’s house. His house is at the westernmost end of the village, you should remember that.”

Ding Xiang nodded quickly, "Well, of course I remember that."

When Ding Xiang finished eating in the bowl and was about to order some food and drink some soup, he found that his parents had come back and sat there and started eating.It's just that the vegetable bowl is empty, the pickle bowl is empty, and even the wild vegetable soup bowl is empty.Meng Gui and He's only ate the cornbread and steamed buns in the bowls, but they ate quite deliciously.

At this time, Wu Zhi said rather displeasedly: "The whole family should sit together to eat, and you also hide in the house to eat, what do you mean? Also, the whole village knows about your sister, she There's no need to hide in the house all the time."

Ding Xiang hummed in a mosquito-like voice, and when she turned around, she suddenly found that Hai Tang had walked out.Everyone looked at her stupidly, especially at her belly.

Haitang usually doesn't like to talk, and now she is even more silent. Although her expression is a bit cramped, she still holds it together.She put down the bowl quietly, and went to fetch water from the well as usual, because she was the one who fetched water to wash the dishes.

Seeing Haitang gently throwing the bucket into the well, Ding Xiang shook the rope, and then pulled up the bucket full of water.

Ding Xiang hurried over, "Sister, let me come."

Haitang shook her head, insisted on pulling it by herself, and pulled up a bucket of water after a while, "Look, I'm no different from before, I can do any job."

She suddenly turned her head to look at everyone again, "I will go to open up wasteland with you later."

Except for the astonishment on Ding Xiang's face, everyone didn't react much.In Ding Xiang's view, how could a four-month-old pregnant woman go to land reclamation? It was hard work.Don't pregnant women have to be raised at home? Even if they want to exercise their muscles and bones, they can only do some simple housework.

Haitang was going to open up wasteland, but no one objected!
Everyone's expression did not change much, but seeing that Haitang was willing to go out to meet people was a bit inconceivable, and they felt that she should be afraid of losing face and dare not go out, why did she dare to be so grandiose?As for working in the fields, there is nothing wrong with it.You must know that there are many women in the village who still go to the fields to do heavy work with their eight-month-old bellies, without any ambiguity.

(End of this chapter)