farm daughter-in-law

Chapter 1

At noon in the scorching sun, He Sheng bent down and poured two wooden barrels of water into the rice field. Once the water was poured down, it quickly sank into the ground and left only a wet trace. Beads of sweat rolled down, and there was a trace of salty taste in his mouth. He Sheng wiped his face casually with a sweat towel. He looked at the layers of dry ears of rice, and there was a trace of sadness in his dark eyes... …

After resting for a while, He Sheng continued to pick up the wooden barrel and headed for the distant river.This river is called Yushui River. As the name suggests, there are many fish and the water is deep. It has nurtured the people of the land.

But now the water level of the Yushui River has sunk by a foot, and the place where the river water receded is covered with fine sand. The fine sand absorbed the heat of the sun, and the feet were scorching hot when stepped on it. He Sheng only had a pair of straw sandals on his feet, the soles of which were worn away. Bad, it's time to weave another pair of straw sandals.

It was not only He Sheng who was carrying wooden barrels to the river, but most of them were villagers from Xiaxi Village. There had been no rain for two consecutive months. Seeing the earing rice fields dry up a little bit, these peasants who leaned on the loess soil and turned their backs to the sky , almost all sleepless nights with anxiety...

A stout man was walking towards him. He was shirtless and sweating profusely. When he saw He Sheng, he said, "He Sheng, why are you still taking care of it? Why don't you go back and eat?"

"Water the ground a few more times before going back." He Sheng poured himself a few sips of water and did physical work for a day. How could he not be hungry? In fact, he was already very hungry. He was too hungry, but he didn't feel hungry. .

"Ah..." The strong man shook his head, and walked towards his own field step by step.

Zhang Xihua is a newlywed daughter-in-law. She just married He Sheng a few days ago. At this moment, her mind was in a daze, as if she had lost a lot of memory all of a sudden, and suddenly had a lot of thoughts that didn't belong to her.

For a moment, Zhang Xihua even forgot who she was.There is only one fact vaguely known in her mind. She just got married a few days ago, and her husband is a 21-year-old man named He Sheng.

After being confused for a while, Zhang Xihua's memory gradually became clear. She knew that she often suffered from headaches a long time ago. The strange thing is that after the whole head went through the violent boiling just now, those painful symptoms suddenly disappeared without a trace. , She even had a strong feeling that she would never have a headache again.

"Boss, daughter-in-law, are you going to starve your man to death? Since the boss didn't come back for lunch, why are you staring blankly? Why don't you bring your man food!" Said the old but vigorous female voice, an old woman wearing a blue cloth scarf Yes, she is doing netting under the shade of the tree in front of the house. The old woman's eyes are not very good, so every time she rubs her hands, she has to carefully identify and rub them again.

"Understood, mother, I will go."

Zhang Xihua walked into the stove with light steps. The fire in the stove had been extinguished, but due to the hot weather, there was still a kind of sweltering heat. A pot of thin porridge, I said it was thin porridge, but it was an exaggeration. In this porridge, I really had to look for rice grains in the water, and I couldn't see a single one for a long time.

After going to the latrine twice, the porridge she had just drank had already been digested. Zhang Xihua resisted the urge to take a sip, took a clean clay pot and poured all the porridge into the pot. There were tongs by the stove. Use tongs to pull off the plant ash, and there are two fist-sized roasted sweet potatoes buried inside.

This roasted sweet potato was reserved by Mrs. He Zeng for the men who went out to work. A daughter-in-law like her who couldn't do rough work could only drink a few bowls of clear water and gruel.

Roasted sweet potatoes have a burnt aroma, and the smell is very appetizing.Zhang Xihua took a deep breath while hugging the still hot sweet potato, then took the bamboo basket and put the sweet potato in the clay pot together.

There was still a bit of caramel in the kitchen, and from memory, she knew that the last time my sister-in-law He Yuanyuan fell ill, her mother-in-law He Zeng bought it for her sister-in-law.

It was too hot this day, and wearing heavy coarse linen seemed to be soaked in wet skirts. People who stayed in the house could not bear it, let alone men who went out to work.

Sweating a lot, losing salt quickly, heatstroke easily, weak people with low blood pressure and even fainting, this kind of thought suddenly popped up in Zhang Xihua's mind, she didn't know why she just understood these things, because her mother-in-law was old and easily drank No raw water is allowed, so the He family’s kitchen is kept warm with clay pots filled with hot water all the year round.

She took a leather bag and pinched a little caramel into it, then poured hot water and shook it vigorously to melt the caramel as much as possible.It will also be good for her husband He Sheng to replenish his strength later.

After finishing all this, Zhang Xihua wore a bamboo hat and walked towards the field in Xiakeng with a basket on her shoulders. The field on the Xiakeng side is far away from the river. When the weather is dry, the water will be cut off easily. For a good harvest, we can only Watering the ground manually.Her husband, He Sheng, has been watering the water for several days.

(End of this chapter)