The mulberry life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 30

In the afternoon, there was a gust of wind in the sky, and the blown wheat plants fell to one side. When the wind was blowing, the farmers felt much more comfortable. Everyone wiped off their sweat and continued to bend down and swing their knives to harvest.Soon the clouds thickened, the sun was gradually covered, the wind became stronger, and the sky began to darken. This was the first day of harvesting. If it rained heavily, it would be miserable!

All the harvest farmers stepped up their work regardless of their sore waists.

Nuan Bao looked at the dark clouds in the sky, she really wanted to follow her little uncle and grab a scythe, but there was only one set of farm tools at home, so she could only stand there and worry.

Zhong Caixin couldn't do anything, but it didn't prevent her from picking up a load of wheat and running to the thatched shed.

The thatched hut was built to put the harvested wheat, because the field of Nuanbao’s family is alone at the foot of the mountain, no matter it is far away from the fields in the village or the wheat field, it is impossible to pick the wheat to the wheat field for drying like other people .So Zhang De built a thatched shed on the open space. If it rains, he puts the wheat under the shed, and then covers the piles of wheat with oilcloth.If there is no rain, then he can also guard the shed at night. The rations harvested in summer are generally not stolen, but there are voles who come to steal them.

Nuanbao couldn't take care of the crops that were still planted on the ground, so he could only quickly collect the wheat that was spread on the ground into the thatched shed.Regardless of whether it rains or not, it is always safe.

As soon as Qin Chengyi came down the mountain, he saw Nuan Bao turning left and right like a headless fly, and after a while he turned into a hardworking bee carrying heavy sheaves of wheat.

Nuan Bao's heavy shoulders suddenly became relaxed. She looked up and saw that it was Qin Chengyi who took over her burden and walked steadily towards the shed.

Nice to see him again!

Nuan Bao packed up the joy in her heart, and continued to carry the sheaves of wheat.

The sky has been gloomy, but it didn't rain, which frightened everyone.

At night, the little uncle was guarding the edge of the field. Now that there was a trap, Nuan Bao and the others were not afraid of any wild animals coming down the mountain. Everyone slept soundly.

Qin Chengyi came again the next day, bringing a sickle to cut wheat with Zhang De.With Qin Chengyi's joining, everyone's progress was undoubtedly much faster. After the labor of more than a dozen people, the three mu of land was finally harvested on the evening of the third day.

Nuan Bao, Xiao Fu and other children were arranged to watch the wheat in the field, and Zhang De followed Aunt Zhang's family to their wheat field to harvest.Qin Chengyi asked his uncle to borrow a cow to run the field. He was pulling the cow in front, and his aunt was behind pushing the millstone. The two of them worked together to remove the wheat grains.Nuan Bao was sweeping the straw. Straw is a good thing. It is best to collect it and use it to burn fire. The wood ash after the fire can also be used to fertilize the field.

When Nuanbao finished threshing, Qin Chengyi led the cow to Aunt Zhang's drying yard to help.

Ever since Zhao Xiaohu caught him talking to Qin Chengyi that day, Qin Chengyi hadn't alienated himself as before, but he never took the initiative to talk to her. Nuan Bao felt that the relationship between them had become weird, but he always With a paralyzed face, she couldn't help it.

Mrs. Zhang asked everyone to work more than ten acres of land for more than ten days. During this time, the wheat in Nuanbao's house had been thoroughly turned and could be moved back to the granary.With food in hand, don't panic in your heart. Since the food has been put into the warehouse, Nuanbao has more time to make delicious food to comfort everyone who has worked hard.There are a lot of wild pork in the house, so Nuan Bao cooks meat dishes for everyone in different ways every day. After a summer, everyone has neither gained weight nor lost weight, which is better than those villagers who have worked too hard but failed to keep up with nutrition and have peeled off a layer of skin. Too much.

It’s just that the little aunt lost her appetite. At first, Nuan Bao thought it was because she couldn’t bear such high-intensity labor. Later, she found that her aunt often beat the sides of her waist, and her waist seemed to be tighter and stiffer. Finally, the wheat harvest was over. The little aunt still couldn't catch her breath.

Seeing Nuan Bao's worried expression, Zhong Caixin couldn't help but feel scared. Could it be that she hurt her waist while picking wheat? You must know that a woman's waist is very important, especially for a childless person like her.

On this day, the tax officer came to Zhangjia Village to collect taxes. According to the usual practice, he had to pay [-]% of the ration.

Fortunately, the weather was good this year, and no one had to sell their sons and daughters because of paying taxes. Everyone happily sent the tax official away and started planting corn seedlings again.

Corn can be planted in June, and it can be harvested before winter. Most of the farmers eat cornmeal, and the wheat is sold to the grain store in the city for some copper coins for a year's expenses.

Zhang De was busy replanting corn, so naturally he didn't notice Zhong Caixin's physical discomfort, but Zhong Caixin saw her husband started to be busy again, thinking that she should recover after a few days of rest at home, so she didn't seek the doctor's pulse in time.

Nuan Bao felt that the aunt's discomfort must be due to being too tired, and she wanted to make more meat dishes to supplement her.

She cut a section of bacon and steamed it on the rice, and made a soup with sliced ​​meat and vegetables.It's too hot in summer and I don't have an appetite for anything. If my aunt still can't eat, it's good to be able to drink soup.It's best to buy some fruit when you go to the market next time. People who lack vitamins will also become lifeless.

Nuan Bao brought the food to the table, and Zhong Caixin smelled the greasy smell of pork from a distance and immediately covered her chest and became suffocated.

"Take it away. The smell is unbearable!" Zhong Caixin turned her face away and turned to avoid it.

Nuan Bao hurriedly brought the food back to the kitchen, "What's the matter, little aunt?"

Zhong Caixin calmed down the shortness of breath, and said listlessly: "I don't know what's wrong, but I can't smell it anyway, chest tightness!"

"Let's go to the county to see a doctor." The situation of the little aunt is much worse than expected, and the disease is most afraid of delay, so it is better to treat it as soon as possible.

After thinking about it, he said to his aunt: "I'll go to my uncle now and ask him to borrow a car to take you there. Go early and return early, and now you can come back in the evening."

Zhong Caixin felt uncomfortable and wanted Zhang De to be by her side, she couldn't help but nodded in agreement.

When Zhang De heard that Caixin's health was not good, he didn't even care about the corn stalks, so he hurried to borrow a cart from someone with an ox cart to take his aunt to the county seat.

The bumps along the way made Zhong Caixin even more uncomfortable, his face had already turned pale, Zhang De was frightened, and he kept praying to the gods in the sky.

Putting the cart at the management office, Zhang De carried Zhong Caixin on his back and walked quickly to the largest Miaoshou Hall in Ning County.

The guy in front of Miaoshou Hall had seen an anxious man walking towards his pharmacy with a woman on his back, so he hurriedly let the people in line get out of the way and cleared an empty path for Zhang De to squeeze through.

The young man led the way and led Zhang De into the inner hall, and the people queuing up at one side did not complain when they saw the pale and painful expression of the woman on her back.

In the inner hall, an old doctor who was over half a century old was sitting beside the case to diagnose and treat an old woman.

"Doctor, show my wife quickly, she doesn't know what's wrong." Zhang De shouted while letting go of his love.

The young man also said: "This woman is sweating on her forehead and her face is pale. Doctor Wu should take a look."

Even the old woman from before couldn't help stretching out her head to watch.

Dr. Wu got up and quickly let the patient lie down, stretched out two fingers to rest on the patient's pulse.

"Does it hurt somewhere?" the doctor asked.

"When the wheat was harvested, it seemed to flash down to the waist, but it was still stiff but didn't hurt, and I only felt pain today." Zhong Caixin clenched her teeth, and sweat dripped from her forehead down her cheeks.

"Go call Rong'er and massage both sides of the patient's abdomen." Doctor Wu ordered the young man and then said to Zhang De: "Your wife has been pregnant for more than a month, but now she hurts her waist. Take the pulse to see the abdomen." The fetus should be fine, but the damage to the waist can affect the growth of the fetus at any time."

Zhang Dexian was stunned for a moment when he heard that Caixin was pregnant. Before he could be happy in the future, he was told that the fetus would be in danger in the future.

Now he panicked and grabbed Doctor Wu's cuff, "Doctor, show me, what should this grown-up and child do?"

Doctor Wu reassured: "It's nothing serious now, I'll find out when my female apprentice comes over to give your wife a massage."

"Master..." A woman said as soon as she stepped over the threshold.

"Come on, show this patient's waist, she is still pregnant for more than a month, be careful."

The woman named Rong'er asked the two to evade, opened the corner of Zhong Caixin's clothes and reached in, stroked it from left to right, and then concentrated on both sides, realizing that it was because she suddenly did too much farm work and her waist couldn't bear it. It hurts, and warned: "Auntie, fortunately, you are usually in good health, otherwise I am afraid that you will be pregnant for more than a month..."

Even if he didn't say it, no one would know what it meant afterwards, Zhong Caixin was so frightened that his heart was pounding.

"Now I will teach you a massage technique. After you go home, massage three times a day in the morning and noon. You must lie on the bed and have a good rest. You must not go to work in the fields. You will come back for a follow-up visit after half a month. If you feel unwell during the period , we must see a doctor immediately."

Zhong Caixin nodded straight, not daring to miss a word from the little girl.

The nurse helped the patient up and kneaded her sides separately, with neither light nor heavy force. After a quarter of an hour, Zhong Caixin's tight waist gradually loosened.

"Also, giving birth at your age is not easier than others. After your waist heals, you need to walk more, but you can't get tired. Walk slowly several times a day, and you won't be able to do heavy work in the next few months."

Zhong Caixin stroked her belly, feeling the magic of life for the first time in her life, this little belly actually contained flesh and bones connected by muscles and bones, she couldn't help laughing out loud.

The doctor's daughter Rong'er walked out of the inner room, told Zhang De about his wife's situation, and then let him go in to pick her up.

Zhang De strode into the inner hall, supported Zhong Caixin excitedly, and looked at her stomach vigorously, wanting to touch but dared not, with a look of anxiety.

Zhong Caixin is also very scared. Although the two are over [-] years old, this is the first time they are parents.

When Zhong Caixin's condition stabilized, Zhang De took the anti-fetal medicine prescribed by Dr. Wu and helped his wife get into the ox cart to go home before dark.

Nuan Bao stared at the road outside the yard from time to time, until an ox cart approached, and she rushed to meet it anxiously.

Zhang De drove the bullock cart along the way, thinking that he was going to have a child, he couldn't keep his mouth shut. When he saw Nuan Bao, he couldn't help joking, "Nuan girl is going to have a younger brother!"

Nuan Bao thought of the situation when her little aunt couldn't eat, she was lucky to see a doctor earlier, otherwise the child...

In the evening, the little uncle returned the ox cart to someone else's house, and went to Aunt Zhang to tell Caixin that she was pregnant.Aunt Zhang had long been looking forward to Zhang De having a queen, and she shed tears when she heard it, and said that Zhang De's parents would feel at ease even if they were here.

Zhang De couldn't help feeling sad when he thought that he couldn't support his parents, and his parents couldn't see him getting married and having children.

Uncle Zhang scolded Auntie: "Look at what you said, it's a happy event, but you are troublesome. Go over and show Ade's wife, the young man has no experience for the first time."

Aunt Zhang also slapped herself, and hurried to the next door to see Zhang De's wife.

(End of this chapter)