Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 139 Food
In the evening, when Zhang Dafei came back from cutting firewood, he piled up all the firewood he had cut today at the door. When he opened the door and entered the house, he saw his daughter-in-law sitting on the edge of the Kang and sulking.

"Daughter-in-law, what's the matter with you?" Zhang Dafei took off the torn clothes on his body and put them aside, then flattered Wang Cuifeng who was at the side, Cao'er and the maids had already fallen asleep in another room.

"Hmph, what else can I do? Ask your good brother and mother, our daughter is almost too hungry to eat today." Wang Cuifeng rolled her eyes, and spoke out today's events suddenly like a machine gun.

Zhang Dafei was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and smiled, with a look of disbelief on his face, "I can't, my mother is not such a person? Is there something you two haven't explained clearly?"

Zhang Dafei knew that his daughter-in-law and mother had always been at odds, especially his mother's thinking, she was a bit patriarchal, she didn't like the girls in the family, and always thought that the girls were losing money to the family. Normally, he often complained about his mother in private, Zhang Dafei also felt a little uncomfortable at first, after all, the peasant family likes their sons, and the sudden ones are all daughters, so he was not reconciled.But after seeing that the daughters in the family were so well-behaved and sensible, Zhang Dafei stopped complaining, um, the daughters are fine too.

As soon as Wang Cuifeng heard Zhang Dafei's words, tears came down immediately, and she pointed at Zhang Dafei's nose and began to curse, "What do you mean, what is your mother not such a person? Zhang Dafei, you are heartless, Are you saying that I lied to you? Well, I’m the troublemaker when it comes to feelings. I gave birth to five daughters for you. , who made me unable to give birth to a son, but what does your mother mean today? She put all the rice noodles left at home in her own house, and Cao'er would not give it to her if she didn't go to my mother's house I took some back, I am afraid that several children will starve, what am I wrong about..."

"Oh, daughter-in-law, don't cry, don't cry, am I wrong?" Seeing Wang Cuifeng's tearful appearance, Zhang Dafei didn't look the same as before, and immediately became flustered, and quickly lowered his head to apologize.

Wang Cuifeng didn't listen to Zhang Dafei's words, and cried softly on the sidelines, "I don't mean anything? It's just that my mother can treat Cao'er and the others better, what's wrong with my daughter? It's not as delicious as her, lazy, and doesn't do anything. My little son is good, I don’t even look at how old I am, I can’t do anything..." Wang Cuifeng lowered her head and complained, her heart was in a panic, Zhang Dafei finally came back, Wang Cuifeng still didn’t mean to hold back, she was This family has been wronged for so many years, why can't they say it, besides, is she willing to give birth to five girls?What does the dead old woman mean?Who can show a face that wants to die?Wang Cuifeng protects the calf. Although she has many daughters, she has no intention of favoritism and treats every daughter very well.

Zhang Dafei was worried about Wang Cuifeng's mood, and he didn't dare to say anything bad, so he could only softly coax the daughter-in-law at the side, "Daughter-in-law, don't worry, don't worry, I'll go to the town to buy food tomorrow, I won't starve the children... "

"That sounds good." Wang Cuifeng cried a little loudly, and sniffed hard, "Our family doesn't have any money, the money for selling grain before is with mother, can mother give it?" Speaking of this, Wang Cuifeng held her breath even more Not only other things, she used her big house for food and drink, but she still clung to the money. If her mother hadn't told her to bear it any longer, Wang Cuifeng really wanted to tear this dead old woman up.

Zhang Dafei saw that his daughter-in-law stopped crying, so he quickly got up thanking God, and repeatedly patted his chest to Wang Cuifeng and assured him, "Daughter-in-law, I will go to my mother to ask for it tomorrow. There are so many people in the family, and there is not enough food to eat..."

"Really? When the time comes, don't tell me. Let me tell you, our family's money is the dowry for our children, so we can't touch it." Wang Cuifeng couldn't believe Zhang Dafei, so he directly cut off his escape route.

Staring at Wang Cuifeng's dubious gaze, Zhang Dafei gritted his teeth and nodded fiercely to assure, "Really, really."

"That's fine, ouch, my eyes are hurting." Wang Cuifeng covered her eyes. She cried too hard before, which made her eyes a little astringent now.

After Zhang Dafei heard it, he immediately felt distressed, surrounded Wang Cuifeng, and asked anxiously, "Daughter-in-law, is there nothing wrong, do you need to wash?"

"No, it's getting dark, go to bed soon." Wang Cuifeng waved her hand to indicate that she was fine.

"Really?" Zhang Dafei was worried.

"Really" Wang Cuifeng finished speaking, glanced at Zhang Dafei, and dragged him up, "Stop dawdling, I have to get up early tomorrow, go to bed quickly" Wang Cuifeng disliked Zhang Dafei's ink marks, and pushed him directly into the quilt , turned around and blew out the oil lamp on the side...

Early the next morning, because of Wang Cuifeng's confession last night, Zhang Dafei got up early and knocked on Zhang Li's door directly.

"Mother, I'm flying!" Zhang Dafei stood at the door and shouted into the room.

"It's Da Fei, what's the matter?" He was old and was in a light sleep. Mrs. Zhang and Li had woken up early, and greeted him directly when they heard the noise at the door.

After Zhang Dafei entered the door, he saw Mrs. Zhang and Li sitting cross-legged on the side of the kang, and said with a naive smile, "Mother, the rice at home is not enough. I want to go to the town to buy some."

"Huh? Is it not enough to eat? Why are you looking for me to buy something?" Zhang Li pretended to be stupid.

Seeing his mother's appearance, Zhang Dafei patiently explained, "Mother, our family sells all the grain, and only keep the spring grain, which is grown and cannot be eaten." Years ago, because Zhang Li Coveting the rise in grain prices, the family directly sold all the spring grain at home, but the harvest of autumn grain was not enough. Wang Cuifeng was right, if you want to pass this time, you should go to buy grain.

"...How much do you want?" Mrs. Zhang Li understood Zhang Dafei's words, and she wanted money.

Zhang Dafei made a number, which made Zhang Li shake his head again and again, "No, no, too much, the food money sold before was used for your brother to marry a wife."

"Mother" Zhang Dafei wanted to cry, "Er Fei married a wife, don't we still have spring? If we don't buy food, our family will starve to death." The food in front of me is the most important thing. As for Er Fei, what? There is no need to be so anxious.

"That can't be so much, it's five taels of silver, how much grain can you buy?" Zhang Li still doesn't want to give it, this is not copper plate, this is real silver, I couldn't buy it before selling grain Ten taels of silver is good now, and I asked for half of it to buy food. Doesn't this make Mrs. Zhang feel distressed.

"Then... three or two, we can't eat less, we still have two months to eat, I'm afraid there won't be enough to eat by then" Zhang Dafei looked at her mother's penniless appearance, and finally compromised, and if he continued to consume like this, Don't talk about three taels of silver, take out all of it.

"Then three taels." Seeing that the eldest son let go, Zhang Li breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly took out three taels of silver from the cabinet beside him and handed it to Zhang Dafei, "Call your brother when you go, The two of you can hurry up too." Mrs. Zhang Li was worried about Wang Cuifeng.What if he was greedy for the money to buy food? It's better to let Er Fei follow him.

Zhang Lishi paid attention to the call Zhang Dafei didn't know, thought it was Zhang Lishi who saw him working hard, and specially asked Er Fei to come over to help, and immediately nodded in agreement without thinking, "Mom, then I'll call him now."

After Zhang Dafei finished speaking, he turned around and went out, and then called Er Fei who was still asleep. The two brothers first went to a family at the head of the village to borrow an ox cart, and then drove away from Yangjia Village...

(End of this chapter)