The safety and comfort of traveling through farming

Chapter 40

The Liu family has an only son, Liu Zhu, who is five years old. It was to treat his illness that the Liu family sold the fertile land and owed a lot of debts.Father Liu and Liu Shu both wanted to go to the ground to pull out the stubble, fearing that it would delay transplanting seedlings if the weather cleared, so Liu lived in the house and had no one to take care of them, so Liu Shu’s daughter-in-law took them to the Great Wasteland.

Liu and He's family shared a kang, with a wooden plank half a foot wide erected in the middle.Liu Zhu was just at the age of being mischievous, and when he had nothing to do, he would flip from Liu's side to He's side, flipping around and playing by himself.When he was about to turn back to his own land, Mrs. Zhou carefully picked off all the wheat grains on his clothes.Once or twice is fine, every time it happens, the Liu family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law finally understand, Da Zhou is afraid that Liu Zhu will take away their family's wheat grains, after thinking about it, the Liu family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law never give it away Da Zhou's face looked good.

He Lian secretly told He Tao about this, and He Tao laughed so hard that her stomach ached.Da Zhou's stinginess is really amazing!To what extent do you have to dig to think so much!

She thought that if Liu Zhu continued to play on the kang, he would definitely be stared at by Da Zhou as a "wheat thief". The next day, she simply hooked Xiao Liuzhu with snacks and candies, and let him Follow her to play in the bedroom by herself.

He Tao had a big belly, which was when he liked children.Liu Zhu looks like a tiger, and his personality is also very well-behaved. He Tao naturally likes it very much. It happens that she is making clothes for the babies in the future, so she sews a set of unlined clothes for Liu Zhu.

When Liu Zhu came the next day, He Tao changed it for him. Liu Zhu was so happy that he ran to the kang room in the west wing and said to Liu Shu's daughter-in-law: "Mother, look, Aunt A Tao gave me a new one." Made new clothes!"

When Willow's daughter-in-law touched it, she found that it was still made of fine cotton cloth, and a set cost about a hundred yuan!She quickly took it off for him, and brought it to He Tao to return it to He Tao.

He Tao waved his hand and said, "The clothes are made according to his size, it's useless if you return them to me!"

Speaking of which, if Liu Shu's daughter-in-law refuses again, it will be ugly. She can only thank He Tao for her son, and then put Liu Zhu on again.

Da Zhou's face darkened again, and he called He Fuguo to the front that night, and cursed: "Look at the good daughter you taught, you forget your mother's family when you get married, and don't think about us if you have anything. If you have a pulse, hurry up and send it to someone who has nothing to do with it! Brother Ming is her eldest nephew, go and let her make a suit of clothes for Brother Ming too!"

That night, He Fuguo came to the Great Wasteland again. This time, he could no longer make up the lie of "the son-in-law disagrees, and the daughter can't help it." Do you also make suits?"

The so-called eldest nephew is He Youdong's son, He Guangming.This must be the attention of Da Zhou's, He Tao didn't even need to think about it, he just wanted to spit on Da Zhou's face!
"Grandma asked you to come?"

"Uh, hey, yes, it was your grandma who said it." He Fuguo rubbed his hands and stammered.

However, she looked at He Fuguo's pitiful appearance of being angry on both sides, so she agreed: "Okay, I'll do it for him when I'm free!"

Before Mrs. Zhou went back the next day, He Tao handed her the newly made clothes, and Mrs. Zhou's face looked better.

The wheat of the three families was only half baked, and the rain stopped for several days. The three families breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to transport their wheat home.

The He family didn’t have an ox cart, only a rooster cart, and the burden of transporting food was naturally handed over to Dahuangdi. Fu Shi worked tirelessly to help load the cart and then drove the cart himself. In the future, I will continue to pack the wheat from the Liu family.

"Wait, Brother Liu, if the quality of the wheat is not good, won't the flour taste good too?" He Tao remembered a very important thing.

Willow nodded: "That's for sure, those germinated and moldy ones, even if they are dried in the sun, the flour that is ground will be gray, and it will be sour, astringent, and sticky to the teeth when eaten as a steamed bun!"

"..." He Tao lost his appetite when he heard that.

"As long as you can eat enough!" Father Liu said, "It's better than being hungry in a disaster year!"

Willow's daughter-in-law also said with emotion: "The bad ones are delicious mixed with the good ones, and the taste is not that different. After all, our good ones account for the majority!"

Before, the Liu family and He Tao and the others had popularized the food tax.Each mu of land needs to pay two buckets of grain tax. They have a total of 23 mu of land, and they have to pay three stones and six buckets of wheat in total.Moreover, the wheat to be paid for food tax cannot be moldy or germinated, and must be paid with the good part.This time all the harvests add up to an estimated [-] shi, the good ones account for the majority, and it is completely fine to pay the grain tax.

The Liu family's father and son said that when the grain was distributed, the good wheat and the moldy wheat were counted separately. He Tao and the others estimated that they could get about [-] catties of good wheat, and [-] catties of moldy wheat. Indeed, the good ones accounted for the majority.

He Tao turned his head to discuss with Fu Shi: "Moldy noodles sound like you don't have an appetite, I don't want to eat them, or let's sell them all!"

Fu Shi himself doesn't care about food, as long as he can be full, but his pregnant daughter-in-law made a request, he naturally wouldn't do it the other way around, so he said to Liu's father and son: "The moldy wheat in our family will help us together." Sell ​​it!"

"Half of the good wheat is also sold, we can't eat that much!" He Tao added.

Father Liu shook his head: "Don't panic if you have surplus food in hand! What if the harvest in autumn is not good? I advise you to keep all the good flour. If you really want to sell it, you have to wait. After a while The price may be higher!"

When He Tao heard it, it was true. The crops depended on the favor of the gods. If there was another flood or drought in the second half of the year, their family would have to live on this crop of flour for the next year.

"Okay, just listen to Uncle Liu!"

Fu Shi also nodded repeatedly.

After the wheat is harvested, it is transplanting. Due to the weather, the wheat harvest is postponed, which means that the next transplanting has to be rushed.

The first step is to pull out the stubble.

Days of rain not only softened the soil, but also the wheat stubble rotted away after a few days of soaking, and only half of it could be pulled out with hands, and the rest was still buried in the mud. Everyone in the village is scolding and working at the same time.

After a busy day, He Fuguo replied that his back was sore at home, and he didn't want to do anything. He just wanted to eat, go to bed, have a good sleep, and continue working tomorrow!

Unexpectedly, he just got home, and Da Zhou called him again: "Boss, go to Tao girl's house and ask them to borrow a cow."

"It's still grandma who is thoughtful!" He Youdong flattered beside him.Ever since that incident happened, He Youdong had been a man with his tail between his legs for a period of time, and seeing that his family didn't deliberately isolate or reject him, he simply broke the pot and smashed it, completely losing face and losing his dignity.

"Many of us didn't expect this, but ginger is still old and spicy!"

Zhang Dahua was sitting next to He Youdong with Brother Ming in his arms, when he heard this, he said goodbye, and whispered: "I'm not afraid to overwhelm us..."

Mrs. Da Zhou glanced at her and said: "The clothes that Brother Ming is wearing are made by Tao girl herself. Why don't you dislike this clothes? It's all a matter of taking advantage. Why would I be punished if I asked to borrow a cow?" Ke?"

He Lian covered her mouth and looked at Zhang Dahua and smiled, seeing that you still have the nerve to despise the big sister!
Zhang Dahua angrily wanted to tear Brother Ming's clothes off, but was reluctant to touch the fine cotton material, and finally snorted and lowered her head, pretending that she didn't hear Da Zhou's words.

"Boss, hurry up!" Mrs. Zhou raised her hand and said to He Fuguo, "After this time, I think I can catch up with your daughter to eat too!"

If one person is missing, others can eat two more bites!

He Fuguo responded helplessly, straightened his sore waist, and walked out slowly.

"Father, let me go with you! I, the eldest brother, also go to taste the food at the eldest sister's house!" He Youdong stood up.He finally figured it out, if he wanted to take advantage of He Tao, he had to be thick-skinned and post it up, isn't the younger brother and younger sister always like this!

"What's the matter with you!" He Fuguo didn't dare to show his face to his mother, and he was afraid of his own son, so he said to He Youdong angrily, "Sit down and eat your meal!"

(End of this chapter)