farm daughter-in-law

Chapter 21

The mosquito nets have just been washed, so there is no need to change them. Bamboo mats, quilts, beds, etc. have been opened and the cabinets are opened, and the ones that have been washed not long ago are replaced.This set of bedding was used by Zhang Xihua before she got married, so it is not impolite to use it at this time.

Mrs. Cai temporarily took some miscellaneous things of her youngest daughter to the utility room for storage.After this communication, Zhang Xihua's father Zhang Dafu came back together with Zhang Qiyuan.

Coincidentally, after He Sheng took a bath, Zhang Xihua took the clothes her husband had changed to the river to wash. Now that they have been washed, they will be dried in the morning.The couple had already planned to stay one night and then go home, so there would be no delay.

Seeing He Sheng in the main room, Mrs. Cai asked, "I've made the bed for you. If you're tired, I'll go to sleep for a while, and I'll wake you up when the food is cooked."

He Sheng repeatedly said that he is not tired for the time being, so there is no need to be so polite.

After washing his face, Zhang Dafu sat chatting with his son-in-law in the main room. He was a clumsy person, and he couldn't talk nonsense with his son-in-law. He only talked about things like the weather and the crops in the field.

In such a bad weather, a poor harvest is inevitable. After talking about it, the two men were silent for a while, and He Sheng said his thoughts: "Father-in-law, in my opinion, in the second half of the year, you will change the crops." Just sweet potatoes. Drought-tolerant and high-yielding, don’t grow corn and wheat.”

Zhang Dafu agreed deeply, and clapped his hands in agreement: "I also intend to do so. A Sheng, what do your parents think? The water in the lower west village is more difficult than ours. I think you can grow sweet potatoes together."

He Sheng thought this way at first, and nodded, "I'll tell my parents, now I can only fetch water every day to see how much rice I can harvest."

With uninterrupted watering every day, the ears of rice in the He family's rice fields are growing well, and Zhang's rice is also watered without interruption. However, the Zhang family's fields are small. Even if the harvest is good, there will be no food left after the tax is paid every year. How many.This year is difficult...

After Zhang Xihua finished washing her clothes, she went to the kitchen to help her mother.There was a younger daughter Zhang Hehua who helped watch the fire, and Cai started to cook much faster. She thought that the men in the main room had worked all day, and the son-in-law came again, so she must be very hungry, so she planned to post more crude dishes. Noodles.

Zhang Xihua took the wooden basin from Mrs. Cai's hand as usual, and made dough by herself.Knowing that her daughter was good at craftsmanship, Cai didn't stop her. She only expressed her concern and asked, "My lord, can you tell me the truth about how your son-in-law treats you?"

Zhang Xihua replied in a low voice: "He treats me very well."

As someone who has experienced it, Mrs. Cai carefully observed the elder daughter's expression and found no signs of lying. She was very relieved and said, "Their family is having a good life. It is only serious that you serve your parents-in-law and son-in-law well."

"Mother, you don't have to worry about me." Zhang Xihua said, how could she have a hard time in the He family?Both the parents-in-law are sensible elders, and the younger sister is innocent and lively. Although the husband doesn't talk much, the two are very respectful to each other at present, but it is the family that makes her worry. Thinking of this, she asked: "Mother, have you taken the medicine according to the prescription recently?" ?”

Mrs. Cai lowered her head with some guilt, and said in a low voice: "Where did I take the medicine, your father urged me to decoct it every day."

Zhang Xihua was very suspicious of the credibility of her mother's words, so she asked her sister who had been silent all this time: "Hehua, tell me..."

Zhang Hehua wanted to interrupt a long time ago, when she heard her sister's roll call, she immediately said: "Sister, my mother often carries me and my younger brothers to dig wild vegetables and wild roots in the mountains. Although I drink it every day, I don't always drink it at any time."

Mrs. Cai became anxious, and said angrily: "What are you talking about, Erya, you don't need to make your sister anxious. She is a member of the He family now, so you can't let her be distracted by family affairs."

"Mother!" Zhang Xihua's face turned serious, and she gave Cai a stern look. Cai was wronged by the stare, and lowered her head uncomfortably. In front of her eldest daughter who had made up her mind since she was a child, she always seemed lacking in confidence.

After a while, seeing that Mrs. Cai calmed down and listened to people's persuasion, Zhang Xihua said earnestly: "Mother, my siblings are so young, the family cannot be without you. No matter what, you have to take good care of yourself... "

"Mother doesn't want to, but the family will soon be out of steam, what can I do?" Cai said depressedly.

The wild vegetables, kudzu roots, and dried fruits in the mountains are all things that can make a living. If you don’t dig them out when you have time, they will be dug up by the village soon. No matter how bad your health is, what can you do?
These days, poor farmers, when will their days be better?
How could Zhang Xihua not understand?Sighing: "Even if this is the case, you still have to decoct the medicine according to the time, and watch the time every day, do you know that you will go home when the time comes?"

Tsai nodded.

Zhang Xihua said to her sister again: "Lotus, when you are doing housework at home, you must cook the medicine according to the time, and mother will drink hot one when she comes back. Do you understand?"

Zhang Hehua had listened to her elder sister's words since she was a child, and Zhang Hehua said: "Sister... I will, but my mother always doesn't come home on time, and the decoction is hot again and again."

(End of this chapter)