Blessed Peasant Woman of Time Traveling

Chapter 5

After a short rest, grandma drove everyone up the mountain to open up wasteland with a hoe.

Before starting to work, Ding Xiang was almost exhausted, because it took a lot of effort to climb this steep mountain.If Ding Xiang's body hadn't worked for a long time and experienced wind and rain all year round, she might not even be able to climb this mountain.

Not only Ding Xiang was tired, everyone was tired and sat on the ground.Due to the steepness of this mountain, very few people open up wasteland on it.Everyone knows that if you want to open up wasteland on this steep mountain, not to mention how difficult it is to work up the mountain, you are afraid that if you open up wasteland to grow food, the harvest will not be high, because it is even more difficult to irrigate.

But as far as the eye can see, all the mountains that can be reclaimed have been opened up, and the remaining ones are steeper than this mountain, and there are even rocks and cliffs in many places, or dead plants that do not even grow a single grass all year round. Mountain.

Some people really can't bear the hunger, so they think about this mountain.Father Meng and Wushi were afraid that someone else would take the opportunity to open up the mountain, so they asked the whole family to open up as much as they could.There are only more than 60 families in Mengling Village, but more than 20 families have come here to open up wasteland.

Father Meng looked into the distance for a while, and said to Wuzhi: "No wonder no one has come to open up wasteland these two days. There is no good place at all. The steeper you go, the more people can't stand, and there is no way to grow food. Let's put Let’s just finish opening the slope in front of us.”

Wuzhi sighed and said, "This is the only way to go. Even this mountain has already been opened, and it is impossible to get more land in the future. The slope in front of me is estimated to take three days to finish."

Ding Xiang heard that it would only take three days to finish blooming, so she let out a sigh of relief.She opened the lid of the gourd and took two sips of water.Looking at the barren mountain, she thought in her heart, in this ancient times, the situation of the Meng family might not be too poor, at least they would go hungry for only one month in four seasons, and although the clothes were worn out, they could still cover their lives. body.

At this time, Wuzhi started nagging again, "Don't complain about suffering, when the time comes, you will know the benefits of opening up wasteland. During the four seasons, there are three months of starvation. During those three months, they either go out to beg for food, or go to the city to sell their children, and many people starve to death. In our Qingshan Town, there are very few Not only did our family never die of starvation, but we can also make new clothes every three years, and the girls also wear head flowers. I don’t know how many people envy us for our good life.”

Ding Xiang grinned silently, thinking that what Grandma said was right, in this ancient village, in this ravine, it is indeed not bad to be able to live like this.Compared with the terrible years in the middle of the twentieth century a few hundred years later, wouldn’t a large number of people still starve to death, wouldn’t there be people who ate black steamed buns, and wouldn’t there be people who were naked and ashamed to see others?
Thinking about this, Ding Xiang is very content. She has food to eat, clothes to wear, hair flowers to wear, and green mountains, green waters, blue sky and white clouds to watch. It is good to be alive.

Haitang, who was sitting beside drinking water and resting, found Ding Xiang's smile inexplicable, "Second Sister, why are you smirking at the sky?"

"Grandma said our family is living a good life, I'm happy." Ding Xiang laughed.

Wushi yelled again in her loud voice, "Okay, okay, don't sit still, hurry up and work!"

Father Meng had already put on his thick gloves and began to cut the dense thorns, and the others followed him and started digging.Ding Xiang got up and brushed the dirt off her buttocks, and joined the ranks of laborers.

It was late autumn and the weather was getting colder, but standing at such a high place, the wind was blowing, making it even colder, but everyone was sweating stinky as they worked.Ding Xiang was really worried that Haitang's body would not be able to stand the cold if she continued to do this. She was pregnant with a child, and if she got a cold, it would affect the fetus.

Ding Xiang came to Haitang's side and whispered: "Sister, I'll pretend to have a stomachache later, and you will pretend to be in pain too. It's not good if you work like this and hurt the child in your stomach."

Ding Xiang didn't wait for Haitang to answer, she fell to the ground with a "boom".Haitang was startled, and hurried forward to help Ding Xiang up, "Second Sister! Second Sister! What's wrong with you?"

At this time, Meng Gui, He Shi, and the whole family who worked here all surrounded them.

"Hai Tang, what's wrong with Ding Xiang?" Meng Gui was a little panicked, for fear that Ding Xiang would suffer from a serious illness like half a month ago, had a high fever and hadn't eaten a single meal for three days, and almost died.

Haitang didn't expect Ding Xiang to fall to the ground as soon as she pretended to have a stomachache. She didn't know whether Ding Xiang really fainted or just pretended.She shook her head in a daze, "Father, I... I don't know either, the second sister may be... Maybe something is wrong."

As she was talking, Ding Xiang slowly opened her eyes, "Father, mother, grandma, grandpa, I'm fine, it's just... I feel weak all over, I can't use my strength, and my stomach still hurts, maybe it's because I ate something bad at noon. "

Hearing what Ding Xiang said, Hai Tang realized that she was pretending.

Wu Zhi was a little displeased when he heard that, why did this girl fall ill again, and after less than an hour's work, she just yelled that she was hurt here and there was uncomfortable.Wushi curled his lips and said, "Didn't everyone eat the same thing at noon, why is it that you have a stomachache?"

Ding Xiang had already thought of an excuse, shook her head and said, "Grandma, it's different. Before you went home, I was really hungry, so I pulled some green festival grass to eat at the back of the house. Sister, you ate too, your stomach Doesn't it hurt?"

Ding Xiang looked at Haitang, squinting her eyes.Haitang understood that Ding Xiang was reminding her to pretend to have a stomachache, so that she would not have to work.

Haitang rubbed her abdomen, "I eat less than you, and I feel a little gassy. I don't know if it will hurt later."

Wushi stomped his feet angrily, "If you want to eat green knotweed, you have to go to the mountains to pull it. Why eat the grass behind the house? Don't you know that the cows of the frame family always graze there? The cows are dirty. You guys go eat too, it’s no wonder you don’t have a stomachache! Ding Xiang, you’re really getting more and more confused! Haitang and you too, can you eat blindly while you’re pregnant?”

Ding Xiang didn't want to hear this, so she covered her stomach tightly and began to hum.Suddenly, she got up abruptly, "No, I'm going to have diarrhea!"

Rose, Narcissus, Yurong and the others hurriedly covered their noses, "Go farther away, or you will stink to death!"

Ding Xiang snickered, of course she had to run farther, but they couldn't let them see that she was faking it.Ding Xiang sat and rested behind a big rock, pulling grass and playing.After a while, she walked over weakly. Just as she picked up the hoe, she suddenly covered her stomach again, and then threw the hoe, "No, I still want to pull!"

At this moment, both Meng Gui and He Shi worriedly looked at Ding Xiang's running back, fearing that she would have some serious illness again.He muttered, and looked at Wushi again, "Mother, how about... let Ding Xiang go home and rest, she can't work like this."

Wushi shouted to Ding Xiang's back angrily: "Go home, go home, don't be an eyesore here!"

"Oh." Ding Xiang replied weakly and innocently.

She sat on the big rock for a while, and then swaggered down the mountain. She had to go to Doctor Wu to see what the bag her cousin gave her, and she had to go to her cousin's house to find out.She had already reminded Haitang just now, I believe Haitang will pretend to have a stomachache later.

In fact, Haitang didn't want to pretend to have a stomachache, so she just did the work. If others can work with a big belly, she can do it too.Now that the whole village knows about her, it doesn't make any sense for her to hide at home.

But as she dug, she couldn't hold the hoe tighter and weaker, her hands were weak, she was sweating profusely, and her stomach ached.She really has a stomachache, so there's no need to pretend!

Seeing that something was wrong with the eldest daughter, Mrs. He walked over and said, "Haitang, do you have a stomachache? If you feel uncomfortable, you can go home too."

When He said this, he still looked at Wushi with some guilt. Ding Xiang went home, and now he let Haitang go home, it was a bit unreasonable, after all, everyone else was working, so why is it that her girl has more things to do.

Haitang gritted her teeth, shook her head and said, "Mother, I... am fine."

Wu Shi didn't want to see anything happen to Haitang, after all, Haitang is a healthy person, she sighed: "Go, go, you go home too, but you and Ding Xiang will cook the dinner tonight."

At this moment, Haitang really had more energy than she wanted, so she didn't hold back anymore, and replied, "Yes, grandma."

As soon as Haitang left, the second aunt Chen began to complain, "Sister-in-law, how long have Haitang and Dingxiang in your family's work? They just have stomach pains one after the other. Who knows if it's just pretending. They are the eldest and the eldest in the family. Second child, I don’t feel a little bit self-aware, my rose and Yusen are much older, and they are still working hard.”

He's face was blushing at the words, Meng Gui didn't know how to reply, but just worked hard.

At this time, the third aunt Qi also complained: "That's right, my Narcissus and Yurong are younger, why don't they have a stomachache?"

At this time, Wuzhi was a little annoyed, "Okay, okay! Every time you have something to fight, are you so afraid of losing money when you work for your own family? Ding Xiang and Haitang have a stomachache, and they are not sent home for no reason. Mr. The second daughter-in-law, Yusen broke his leg last time, didn't he always let him stay at home, and the third daughter-in-law, Yuxi, is now eight years old, I can always let him play at home, other people's children live They all go to the ground at the age of seven."

After Wu Shi said this, Chen Shi and Qi Shi fell silent, digging lazily.

Wushi urged: "Hurry up, the lunch at noon was for nothing?"

Zikui snickered and said, "Second Aunt and Third Aunt, after the separation tomorrow, if you don't want to work, you can play whatever you want at home."

Mrs. Chen turned her head, "Children are not allowed to interrupt when adults are talking!"

Zikui stuck out her long tongue towards her.

Rose and Narcissus also know how to be lazy, but whenever Grandma is not paying attention, they will stand there to rest, and when Grandma looks over, they will dig desperately.Unlike Zikui, she works hard whether someone is watching or not.

Yusen is thin and thin, although he works slowly, at least he is not lazy, and Yurong knows how to play tricks and lazy better than Rose and Narcissus, urinating for a while, catching bugs for a while, and then sprained his ankle again.

Every time Yusen works with his back to Yurong, he just doesn't want to see Yurong tossing endlessly, he finds it an eyesore.

(End of this chapter)