The safety and comfort of traveling through farming

Chapter 16

Now that the first step has been taken, He Tao intends to proceed steadily, and the next day, she visits another family with whom she has a lot of ties—the He family.At the beginning, Fu Shi was still refusing to go, He Tao acted coquettishly and cutely, and even sold his body - lent him the little meat bag for one night, and then Fu Shi agreed to go to He's house with her.

Undoubtedly, the He family was surprised and resisted the young couple's visit, especially Zhang Dahua, humming left and right, just like a cervical spine patient doing neck rehabilitation.They failed to enter He's house in the end, so they chatted with He Fuguo, He Youliang and He Lian at the door for a while.

"Sister, when will we start doing the needlework you mentioned last time?" He Lian reminded He Tao of what she had agreed before: "I told Chunya and Chunni, can I bring them both with me then? ?”

Because she was so busy making tofu during this time, if He Lian didn't say anything, she really forgot the few bags of rags at home.As soon as He Lian said that she was in a hurry to do this again, five days later it would be the last fair of the year - a three-day big fair, if you don't catch up with the goods and start the spring, there will be no time to sell them!
He Tao secretly scolded himself for being single-minded, as expected, he could only focus on one thing, and it would be too much.

"Okay, you call them, come to me tomorrow, if you don't tell me, I'll forget about it!"

The next day, He Lian brought her two little sisters to the Great Wasteland.Chunya and Chunni, two juniors of the Zhonglin family with three surnames in Rongshu Village, are a pair of cousin sisters. Chunya is ten years old and Chunni is nine years old.The three little girls stood in a row, all of them thin and small, with their unfit old cotton clothes hanging empty on their bodies, which made He Lian feel sad for a while.These days, the daughters belong to other people's family, and she has to be close to her son when eating, drinking and dressing. In the month of Rongshu Village, she has never seen a girl who is white and fat, but she has seen a few fat boys.

He Tao greeted the three little girls into the kitchen - they couldn't take them to the bedroom to do work, maybe if she was going to lead them there, Chun Ya and Chun Ni could run away immediately.

"Come in and enjoy the fire!" He Tao asked them to sit over the fire pit, and poured hot soup for them to go to the cold.

Since the fire pit was dug, Fu Shi sat on a hook and hung it above the pit, and hung a kettle to drink hot water at any time.In order to look good, He Tao throws a handful of red dates, longan, and wolfberry into the pot first thing every day when she wakes up. Now that she has mastered the ratio, the soup tastes more mellow, and she is willing to show off.

"Drink it," she asked after adding a rock candy to everyone's bowl, "how does it taste?"

Lin Chunya and Lin Chunni smiled shyly and nodded without speaking.He Lian was more lively than usual today, and said cheerfully: "It's delicious and sweet. Eldest sister, your family has a lot of delicious food!"

"I'm just saying this to you, sister must come out with something good to stop your mouth!" He Tao smiled and grabbed melon seeds and peanuts and put them on a plate, and then took a bag of maltose and osmanthus cake and put them on the low table : "Eat some snacks first, let's go to work after eating and drinking."

"Thank you big sister!" He Lian hugged her arm coquettishly: "By the way, where is brother-in-law? Why didn't you see anyone else?"

"I went hunting, I guess I'll be back in the afternoon!"

Fu Shi heard that two little girls were coming to his house as guests, so he felt that he had to avoid it, but He Tao said that this job would take a whole day, and he couldn't stay in the bedroom without going out. In the end, he had to go to the mountain. Hunting to pass the time.

"Sister Tao, what are we doing today?" Lin Chunya asked curiously when he saw the bundles piled up in the corner.

In fact, He Lian did not take the initiative to invite the two of them to participate, but simply showed off that she could earn some pocket money.A little girl like Lin Chunya hadn't seen a few copper coins all year round. After hearing this, she fell in love with it, and quickly asked what kind of work it was. After hearing that it was simple needlework, she begged He Lian to take her with her.At first, He Lian was worried that she was jealous of He Tao's reputation, so she hesitated and said nothing, but later she couldn't help but she kept asking and told her, thinking she would give up, who knows that nothing can stop the temptation of copper coins.Not only that, but she also brought her cousin Lin Chunni into the group together - they are all unfavored in the family, and they have sympathy for each other.

When she came to He Tao's house, she saw that He Tao was so generous, and the things she brought out were only tasted during the New Year's Eve. After eating the soup, I couldn't help asking questions.

He Tao took out a few bags of rags and showed them: "It's not a complicated job, it's just turning these rags into treasure. With your sewing skills, it's no problem at all."

Rag?Not only Chunni, but even He Lian were stunned.The rags in the cloth shop are usually bought by people to stick the soles of shoes. Is it sold as shoe soles?

Just as he was thinking, He Tao took out another small bundle, opened it for them to see, and saw a flower inside, a purse in the shape of a strawberry, and a bag made of rags.

"I made these yesterday, all made of rags, take a look." He Tao said with a smile.She is very confident in her "creativity and craftsmanship". These cute gadgets are the favorites of little girls.

Sure enough, the eyes of the three little girls brightened when they saw this.

"Look at the hair flower on my head." He Tao turned his head again to let them see clearly: "This one is also made of rags."

I saw her wearing the simplest bun, but surrounded by a circle of colorful small flowers, she looked very happy.He Tao even untied it on purpose so that the girls could see clearly that it was a hair band with small flowers sewn next to it.

"You can do all of these?"

"Yes!" The girls nodded in unison.It is just the most basic sewing, which they can do at the age of seven or eight.

"Then let's start to make it. You choose the cloth ends yourself and see what the color and size are suitable for. Of course, if you can think of new styles, you can also make them."

Only then did He Tao let them start working, and the three little girls began to grope about doing it. They were a little timid at first, but after getting He Tao's affirmation, they let go of their hands and feet.

Seeing that they were doing well, He Tao picked up the rabbit skin and sewed up a small satchel.Fu Shi is a good hunter, and of course he is good at tanning furs. The furs he got in the year since he returned to Rongshu Village were all stuffed in the box under the bed.A few days ago, they went hunting in the mountains, and He Tao didn't know what was going on until he tanned the rabbit skin.Among them, rabbit fur is the most. He Tao originally planned to sew it up to make a blanket, but after estimating it, he found that it was not enough. After thinking hard for a long time, he finally decided to make a leather bag.

The rabbit fur was exposed, and it was sewn into a rectangle of four inches long and three inches wide. The leftovers were used to make rabbit ears and sewn on both sides of the bag mouth. A small fur ball was dropped under the bag to make a rabbit tail.The fluffy little satchel looks very cute and has been unanimously praised by the little girls.

All four of them were good at handwork, and they were quick to do the work. When Fu Shi came back, each of them had a small pile of finished products beside them.He Tao sewed a dozen rabbit satchels, and the three little girls also made hair flowers of various colors, various fruit purses, and nearly a hundred hair ties.

When the little girls saw Fu Shi coming back, they got up and said goodbye.He Tao gave Lin Chunya and Lin Chunni [-] cents each as wages, and the two little girls thanked them repeatedly.You know, the average adult man spends about [-] Wen for a day of hard work, but for a girl of their age, [-] Wen is a lot of money!
"Look, there are so many stones!"

He Tao cheerfully introduced the results of the day to Fu Shi, planning to make a small profit in the market a few days later, but Fu Shi didn't buy it very much, and asked sullenly: "Daughter-in-law, do you want to do it tomorrow? "

"Of course, I've done half of it today, and I'll have to work another day tomorrow to finish it!" He Tao glanced at him: "What's wrong with you?"

"Then I will continue hunting tomorrow..." Fu Shi said weakly.

He Tao hugged his arm with a smirk and asked, "Are you reluctant to see me for a whole day?"

Fu Shi really wanted to tell her, no!

There are few prey in the winter, and it is too boring to wander in the mountains all day without harvesting!He didn't even catch a pheasant today, but seeing his little daughter-in-law smiling so happily, he could only reply against his will: "Well, I miss you!"

Five days passed in a flash, and finally it was the day of the big fair three days ago.The second room of Fu's family also went to the town to buy new year's goods, so Fu Shi couldn't borrow an ox cart, so he had to take a ride with him.

This was the first time that He Tao met Fu's family other than his second uncle.Compared with the declining population of the first house of the Fu family, the second house has three generations under one roof.Fu Quan and Wu's couple have four sons, two daughters and six children. Except for the youngest son, Fu Lei, who is still unmarried, the other five children are married, and even the third generation has four or five children.Fu Quan, Wu's couple, and their eldest son and daughter-in-law Fu Lei and Tang Wenmei went to buy new year's goods on this day.

Originally, He Tao was still a little worried, but after meeting her, she realized that although the Fu family was not very enthusiastic, they did not particularly reject Fu Shi's existence.She wondered why Fu Shi only dealt with the second uncle?

(End of this chapter)