After thirty nights, it’s the beginning of a new year!
On the first day of junior high school, everyone put on their best clothes. Qiaoyun wore silver earrings and velvet flowers, and a neem bracelet Errui made for her. Even the little wild boar was tied with a red headband.
Neem, slightly poisonous, promotes qi, relieves pain, and kills roundworms. Fresh neem meat can be pounded into mud and applied externally to treat chilblains.
Internet picture, neem bracelet
After everyone has eaten, they will go out for a walk.
"Take a walk and get rid of all diseases! Go out empty-handed and return home with wealth!"
Naturally, Xiaomanye took Xiaomannai around the ground.
Xiao Mannai rarely goes out, and she is looking at the wheat on the slope with joy.
A night rain made the land moist, and the wheat seedlings grew rich green, with water droplets rolling on their long leaves.
It is good to have more land. The wheat from this land can definitely be harvested.
But when she thought about the land at the foot of the mountain, Xiao Mannai began to scratch her head again. It was also good land and couldn't be wasted: "Old man, what should we do with our land at the foot of the mountain?"
Mr. Xiaoman was not idle at this time. He stretched out his hand to pull out a weed in the wheat field: "There is always no free time. Leave it to Er Ruiniang to arrange it! We will take care of the things on the mountain."
"Ah! That's good!" Knowing that Er Ruiniang was in charge of the land under the mountain, Xiao Mannai immediately stopped worrying.
After living in the mountains for a year, she has become convinced of Jiang Zhi. Now everyone has food, drink and clothing, but they still rely on others.
"Alas! Such a capable person has really suffered in the past few years!"
Xiao Mannai has accepted the current Jiang Zhi, and in her mind she has taken the initiative to clean up her past behavior.
Xiaoman's wrinkled face also expressed regret: "Grandma Errui's temperament is too biased. She burdened her family with a daughter who got married, and she taught Xiaotian to be ignorant... Errui's father was beaten so hard that he could still hold on. After more than ten years, it seems that I still rely on Erruiniang herbal medicine... Alas! What a pity that the older child is six years old!"
"Yes! I once told the old woman to think more about her grandson, but she said that Xiaotian has no father or mother. If she doesn't protect her more, no one will hurt her..."
The old couple here were chattering about old scores. Jiang Zhi had no idea that they were walking around in the mountains with the little wild boar.
At this time, wet mist shrouded the woods. I don't know if it was rain or dew. Sparkling lights hung on the edges of the leaves. As soon as I moved, they would splash down and drenched everyone.
The little wild boar followed beside him, humming and turning over the bark of grass stems and trees.
The cold air turned Jiang Zhi's nose red, and her mind became clearer.
In the first year since I arrived, I have been working hard to survive and trying to hide my true identity.
The new year is here. Magistrate Zhang proposed pharmaceutical production and the medical shed will be evacuated in half a year. These are all opportunities.
If you want to rebuild your home or renovate the house, money is the first priority... Jiang Zhi thought clearly in his mind.
At this time, every shack in Xujia Village was filled with smoke.
No matter what, they still have to celebrate the New Year, take out the fine grains saved at home, cook the most sumptuous meal, survive the chaos of war, and imagine a better future.
Like tenacious weeds, every person in the shack stood up again with hope and vitality.
Xu Genbao and his eldest brother Xu Gen have separated, but now they can't build another shack. They still live together, but they cook alone.
"Genbao, are you going out?"
Xu Genyou saw that his younger brother and his wife were going out early in the morning with their children, so he hurriedly shouted.
In the past few days after the separation, the two families had not spoken to each other, and Xu Genbao was tightly controlled by his wife.
Seeing his eldest brother calling him, Xu Genbao nodded: "Let's go to Xiaoju's house in the town..."
Xu Genyou looked at the food, clothes and quilts placed beside the couple, and sighed: "Genbao, it doesn't matter if you go and join your father-in-law now. Your father-in-law is also in trouble. You have to do more to help..."
"I want you to take more care of yourself! You should take more care of yourself. My father and brother want me to go back!"
Genbao's wife was full of joy and raised her chin towards Xu Genyou.
She should be happy because Genbao's wife's natal family is in Lihua Town.
When the war broke out, she left on her own. When she came back, she found out that her parents' family had been hit by the disaster and she hadn't visited her. During the Chinese New Year, her parents' family came here with a letter.
Knowing that their father and brother were fine, the couple immediately decided to go to their parents' home after New Year's Eve and even the first day of the new year.
Even if they were hit by a disaster, it would still be better than the Xu family who didn't even have a house.
Mother-in-law Mrs. Liu knew that her youngest son was going to join his father-in-law, so she went aside and secretly wept.
Before leaving, Xu Genbao kowtowed to Mrs. Liu: "Mother, my son's land is left to my elder brother to work on, and the grain collected is your ration. My son will come back to see you in the future."
The couple took their children away, and the allocated land was left to Xu Genyouzhong.
Mrs. Liu's eyes were filled with tears: "Son! Do you think it's easier to live by relying on others? You will regret it in the future!"
Hearing this, Genbao's wife jumped up and said, "My father and brother will not treat us badly!"
After kowtowing, Xu Genbao bowed his head and left with his wife. Despite the pain here, he couldn't stay here.
A few days ago, news about Xu Changshou's family came. Magistrate Zhang did not punish them, and they no longer returned to Xujia Village. Instead, they were sent to other severely affected villages to become migrant households.
The good farmland was gone, and he became a refugee. Xu Genbao, who wanted to perjury, even separated the family because of this. Now he has become a joke in the village. He took advantage of his father-in-law's request to live with him and his wife, so he left.
Li Laoshi only ate the glutinous rice balls on the first day of the Lunar New Year on the mountain and then left. After a few days of leisure, Jiang Zhi came to the village again on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
This time, she came to farm.
Years ago, she was too pressed for time and did not plow the land. Now that spring has begun, planting is imminent.
Although the government wants to send seeds, we can't be too reassured.
She had already heard from Xiang Dejin that the seeds the government could send were sorghum, corn and some miscellaneous beans.
Moreover, the fields I want to work on are different from others. I still follow my own plan.
As soon as he entered the village, Jiang Zhi noticed changes. Several members of the Xu family started to greet him when they saw him.
The outsiders were even more affectionate, shouting "Sister-in-law Jiang!" "Auntie Jiang!" all the way.
This surprised Jiang Zhi.
Li Laoshi, who came over, was very happy, but he pretended to say: "Sister-in-law Jiang, these people volunteered!"
"What do you mean?"
When Jiang Zhi saw the fields of his family and Xiaoman's family, he would know the reason.
All the fields have been dug, and the soil has been hoeed into fine pieces. Only the seeds need to be spread into the ground.
Xu Errui chased Li Laoshi and asked who did the work. Li Laoshi said proudly: "I said whoever wants herbs should help dig the ground. In the future, I will hire anyone to do the work, including food and money! I just say one thing, they They rushed to dig the ground!"
He was so proud that he just pulled some herbs and let people work. Sister-in-law Jiang was free, and of course she didn't have to work with him.
Xu Errui and Xiao Man both praised: "Brother Lao Da is really capable."
Li Laoshi was very happy with the nicknames given to these two people: "Hey, it doesn't matter, we don't have to work in the future."
He couldn't do anything well, so he was lazy and took the first place.
This is using chicken feathers as arrows. Jiang Zhi couldn't laugh or cry.
Li Laoshi made the decision without permission, but he asked her to find a way to work.
After all, there is such a long mountain road from the mountain to the village. It is very tiring to run back and forth and then work.
When I moved back to the village, farm work became a problem for at least two years.
Now it seems that it would be good to just let Li Laoshi keep an eye on him.
