Yun Cuihe looked at Chu Yue with some distress.
"You are such a hard-working kid. I originally thought that if my income is not good now, we and I will just stay at home and live a good life. I will try to find ways to make money next year, but I am not enterprising anymore."
"Mom, it will be good if you can take good care of yourself and tidy up the house. I just want to see that our house has enough water. If we can make some money, our family's life will be easier."
There are so many mouths to eat at home, and if you don’t think of ways to make money, you will have to sit back and have nothing, and you still don’t know what the market will be like next year.
After Chu Yue finished speaking, she stood up and put away the bowl.
When he took the bowl outside, Lu Xingping had already filled the water and was waiting by the basin.
"Sister-in-law, let me wash you. The water is cold now."
Chu Yue said a little funny, "Aren't you afraid of the cold?"
"I'm a man, of course I'm not afraid." After saying that, he picked up his sleeves and started washing the dishes.
Chu Yue shook her head, scooped hot water from the clay pot of hot water on the stove and mixed it into the basin, "This way the water will not be so cold."
Lu Xingping tilted his head and looked in Chu Yue's direction, and said with a smile, "Thank you, sister-in-law."
Chu Yue smiled.
"You, sometimes you are heartless, and sometimes you are showy. Men are human beings too. Don't let yourself be wronged too much."
Lu Xingping looked stunned. No one had ever said such a thing to him before, and he was moved for a moment.
"Sister-in-law, you are so kind."
Chu Yue put the water ladle in the kitchen, turned around and saw Lu Xinghe walking in.
"Ms. sir, what are you doing in the kitchen?"
Lu Xinghe took the hoe leaning against the kitchen door in his hand, "Isn't there an open space next to our house? I'm thinking that instead of going to the old house to grow vegetables, I might as well open up a piece of land next to it and put up a fence when the time comes. It’s also convenient for us to take care of it, and we don’t need to carry it over again to water it.”
It turns out that the drought has lasted so long and the water shortage in the ground is severe. This girl is quite good at persuading others not to show off. When it is her turn, sometimes she wishes she could be used as two persons.
Perhaps she was afraid that it would affect her studies, so she went to the old house again and again to fetch water.
The little girl next to her smiled with her eyebrows arched.
"My husband is still smart. I didn't even think that we could open up wasteland." The key point was that she couldn't cultivate land, and she was afraid of delaying Lu Xinghe's studies, so she didn't think about it. Chu Yue ran to the corner, picked up a dustpan, and followed Lu Xinghe. They walked out of the yard together, "Ms. sir, let me go with you. I can pick up stones behind you."
When they learned that Lu Xinghe was going to open up wasteland, brothers Lu Xingping and Lu Xingan were not idle either. They also went out to help with a small shovel.
Yun Cuihe sat under the eaves, embroidering a handkerchief, and occasionally glanced at the children who were busy next to the house. She felt that today's life was sweeter than eating honey.
The four of them worked hard all afternoon and finally dug out five ridges of land two feet long and half a foot wide.
Lu Xinghe put down the hoe and took a long breath, "Let's stop here today. In another half day tomorrow, this land will be completely cultivated."
After Chu Yue handed the dustpan filled with stones to Brother Lu Xingping to carry away, she washed the handles and went to the house to drink water. After drinking, she also poured a glass for Lu Xinghe.
"Ms. sir, let's take a rest first. I've been working hard all afternoon. I'm really tired."
Lu Xinghe took the water Chu Yue handed him, drank it all in one gulp, and then put the cup back into Chu Yue's hand, "You haven't been idle all afternoon, go and have a rest. I'll leave the meal tonight to my mother." .”
"good."
Chu Yue smiled and put the cup away.
Lu Xinghe washed his hands, then went to the kitchen to pour a basin of hot water and took it to the bathroom.
The little girl has been very clingy recently and always likes to sleep holding his arm. She needs to wash away the sweat and earthy smell from her body, otherwise it will burn her.
After eating, Lu Xinghe went inside to read while the sky was still slightly bright.
Chu Yue entered the room and saw that the room was dark, so she took an oil lamp from his desk and lit it and placed it next to his desk. The whole process was done gently, for fear of disturbing him.
But Lu Xinghe was still disturbed. He looked away from the book and looked at Chu Yue, with the corners of his lips raised slightly.
"Thank you Yue'er."
Chu Yue blushed and turned around and walked to the bed, muttering in a low voice: "How can I thank you for following me."
Lu Xinghe listened to her words and shook his head in amusement. After getting along for a long time, the little girl became more and more lively.
The next morning, several people continued their efforts to open five more ridges of land before giving up. After clearing out the land, Lu Xinghe took a machete to chop bamboo and build a fence. Brothers Chu Yue and Lu Xingping first spread a few pieces of land with base fertilizer and The soil was mixed evenly, and then the seeds were sprinkled. After covering with soil and watering, he went to help Lu Xinghe.
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As soon as September passed, Lu Shanshan finally married to Yaojiagou. Chu Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief. Lu Shanshan was married, and she would no longer keep an eye on Lu Xinghe.
After winter, the weather gets colder and colder, and wild vegetables can no longer be dug in the mountains.
As Chu Yue expected, the price of food seems to be rising now. Many people have already boiled the porridge in the pot thinly and thinly, and they have to count the rice one by one to put it into the pot.
Many people who have inconvenient access to water at home and are too lazy to take care of their own food have not even used vegetable gardens. Now they not only have difficulty eating, but they also don’t even have food to eat.
For Lu Xinghe and his family, who have already saved enough food, these are not their worries for the time being. The old rice and new rice at home are enough for their family to survive next summer.
Wang Xuelan came to sit in the room, with a look of joy on her face, "Let me tell you, it's thanks to your previous reminder, otherwise we would have spent a lot of money in vain. Now brown rice is sold for eight cents. It is said that it will go up, but it is not I know how high it will go."
Yun Cuihe nodded, "Presumably the price of food will not drop until next year's food harvest. Can my mother-in-law's family stock up on more? At least it will last until next summer."
"Shoucheng went to the town to buy two hundred kilograms before. I'm afraid I can only last until next spring." Thinking of this, she stood up as soon as she slapped her thighs, "No! We have to let Shoucheng buy more. There are many people in the family. Maybe there won’t be enough to eat.”
After saying that, he went down the mountain in a hurry.
Yun Cuihe glanced into the room.
"Galaxy."
Lu Xinghe put down the book in his hand, "Mom, what's wrong?"
"Should we buy some more brown rice? Some time ago, our family ate it, and we built a house and dug a well at home. We have finished eating the brown rice, and there are only a hundred kilograms of old rice left. The two hundred kilograms of new rice have not been touched yet. But I’m afraid it can only last our family through next spring, and if we buy some rice back, if anything happens next year, we will have food and won’t panic.”
Lu Xinghe nodded, "Okay, I'll go there early tomorrow morning."
At this moment, there was a rapid knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Yun Cuihe hurriedly ran to open the door. When she saw Wu Yong, she looked surprised, "Wu Yong? Why are you here?"
