"Niang Qin, are you going to the new house?" Yi Er said, carrying a basket of wild vegetables on her back and waving from a distance.
Ever since Yi Yier, the old lady, came to the old house to ask for an account last time, she proposed to lend the Xu family two taels of silver. Regardless of whether the Xu family used it or not, the Xu family would appreciate it if they dared to borrow it.
At this point, Old Madam One-Ear and Madam Xu had fought for 300 embarrassing rounds in the land due to quarreling, and this was considered to be the end of the story.
When Yu Qinniang and Xu Laoer saw One-Ear Old Madam, they greeted her as if they were ordinary elders in the village. The two families were no longer embarrassed to meet each other, rolled their eyes, and vomited behind their backs:
"Yes, Auntie, did you get up early to dig wild vegetables?"
"There aren't any wild vegetables left at this time, just some wild celery and mountain carrot artemisia by the river. Didn't your mother-in-law mention it to some of us old sisters before she left, saying that they had nothing to do to look for wild vegetables, so we shouldn't get together. The host and the host always fall out after a short chat. Hahaha, I think she’s right. I’m used to collecting firewood and digging for vegetables. Come on, I’ll grab a handful for you. My family has saved a lot. You take it back and eat it."
Yu Qiniang had to stand her ground.
In fact, she doesn't like chatting with people she knows, as it will delay her work. She was busy one thing after another throughout the day, as if she were running around.
But she also knew that the people in the village were so enthusiastic because of her mother-in-law's face. Otherwise, who would care less about her? Don't tear it apart in a hurry.
Her family also saved a lot, and when she saw it, she dug it up and took it home to store it.
My mother-in-law said that she would wait until a restaurant opened in the mutual market to sell wild vegetable porridge mixed with side dishes, or simply sell wild vegetables directly to takeaway.
Although Yu Qiniang doesn't quite understand, are those businessmen fools? Will you spend money to buy wild vegetables? But my mother-in-law is always right in what she says. She just has to be obedient because she is not smart enough. What if Northland vegetables don’t grow in the places where those merchants are located? Isn’t this called a specialty? Maybe I’ll buy it back in the winter to try it out.
"I really don't want it, Auntie."
Only then did the old lady give up: "Isn't your yard flooded? I really didn't have time to go over and take a look."
Speaking of this, Yu Qinniang had something to say, so Quan should stop and take a breath:
"To be honest with my aunt, the last time the village across the street was flooded, my mother-in-law, as if she had the backsight, told her to pave the steps in front of her house.
It happened that my husband and two brothers-in-law came back from outside at that time. Thinking that it was just a little effort and not too troublesome, our family dug stones from the mountain and filled them with soil to build steps. For this reason the gates were dismantled and reinstalled.
You forgot, aunt, you were asking me what I was doing. Unexpectedly, this time it was really easy to worry about. The water did not cover the steps at all. "
Yu Qinniang couldn't help but smile and continued: "Then I, Tian Xin, was really clever. He even dug strange-shaped dark ditches in the corners of the courtyard. The rain from the sky and the rainwater accumulated in the courtyard would flow along. It flowed out into the ditch and under the backyard wall."
One-Ear Old Lady thought to herself: I am not doing well with others, do you think this is irritating or not?
It's not like half of her yard was flooded, so her corns were soaked, and half of the roof of her house was lifted.
On a windy day, her old man's long hair was blown up in the middle of the night. I don't know what happened, but I thought I met a ghost in the middle of the night, and saw that he was too breasty.
Alas, if we don't say anything, this will make the old Xu family completely in power. Even rain and strong winds will not bully the Xu family and will not let them in. Sometimes it's just luck.
However, he also admitted: "That girl Tian Xin is indeed smart. I heard her fourth grandfather tell her a few days ago that this time the river in our village entered the village, it did not flood the water kang on the east side, only the twenty-odd people in the depression on the west side. The family suffered a disaster, that is because Tian Xin took the lead in digging trenches last time and played a big role. You said how her little head grew, tsk tsk, you don’t know, everyone is praising her behind her back."
Yu Qinniang is very sorry, don’t praise behind your back:
"It's either my mother-in-law or my eldest uncle and eldest uncle's sister-in-law. Anyway, her uncle and I definitely don't have that kind of brain. Even though I, Tian Xin, am just a girl, I know everything. Just like some people live by their brains, and some rely on their strength. , I, Tian Xin'er, am determined to rely on my brain to make a living in the future."
"That's right, you can make money just by sitting at home with your brains, and you don't have to work hard. That's like sitting on a pile of blessings."
Yu Qinniang likes to hear this, but
No matter how much I like to listen, I still have work in mind: "Okay, Auntie, let's stop nagging for now, I have to go to the new house."
However, I didn't chat enough, and yelled at Yu Qinniang's back: "When will your cabbage be harvested? Do you want to wait for your mother-in-law to come back?"
One-Ear Old Lady asked Baicai because she wanted to borrow some luck. She always felt that the Xu family had been very lucky since they started to gain momentum.
For example, the Xu family was not greedy for potato seeds and sweet potatoes when they grew up. They dug them out long ago, but the potato seeds and sweet potatoes were not produced at all, with more than half of the potatoes and sweet potatoes left.
Then plant radish for the first two days and vegetables for two days, and plant autumn cabbage for three days.
After Lao Xu's family finished raising potatoes, sweet potatoes, and sweet potatoes, while the land was still damp, they quickly planted two acres of radish, cabbage, and green onions. They also planted the radish seedlings that had been pulled out and drowned in the back garden a while ago. A lot more were collected. The Xu family did not show off to everyone, but this matter was not a secret in the village.
Otherwise, this is called taking a good step and keeping up step by step. Unlike them, they can't keep up with the hot ones even if they eat shit.
But now the weather is getting colder, the leaves are turning yellow, and the cold wind blowing will make people unprepared for the snow falling one day. The autumn cabbage in the fields must be harvested.
Just watch, Yi Er Yi Niang thought to herself: She has specially observed that the autumn cabbage harvest of Lao Xu's family is about to be bumper again.
Because Chinese cabbage is not afraid of rain, it grows well if there is enough rain, and the autumn cabbage grown by the Xu family has high ground cages, so the heavy rain and wind did not cause any damage.
Yesterday, she passed by Xin'er, picking up some vegetables from Xu's family's field, and found that the cabbage cores were tightly held tightly, unlike some of the cabbage cores at her house that were rotten and black.
One-Ear Old Lady was looking for a way to borrow some money. Anyway, she would be harvesting any day. She wanted to be tied to work with someone who was lucky. I didn't want to take advantage, so I just used the Xu family to bring luck. There is a saying that borrowing the wind to make a fortune. If someone is close to the red, it will be red. Just think of it as a blessing, just hope that there will be a bumper harvest next year.
"I will go to the fields tomorrow without waiting for my mother-in-law. I really don't have any free time today."
"That's it, then my mother and I will sit on the ground together and fix the cabbage."
One-Ear Old Lady was very moved when she saw Yu Qinniang turning a corner before leaving.
As early as half a year ago, the Xu family was not in this situation, and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was not like this. It feels like since Hao Xianghua became the convener, everything has changed in the blink of an eye.
What she envies most right now is that the Xu family does not have to fill in the dam or participate in village work.
Unlike her, even if the house is flooded, she has to put down a lot of work first, and will soon go to the village center to participate in collective work, such as digging stones, cutting pigweed, pulling urala grass, making thatched roofs, and helping with transportation for the new house. Tu... If her family members dare to be disobedient, they will not be eligible to receive work points and share the fish, and they will be ostracized by the villagers.
When the Xu family goes out to buy goods, three people go out. Yu Qiniang and the second and fourth Xu children who stay at home do not have to go to work and can still divide the fish.
Moreover, not only were they embarrassed to argue, but they also directly missed Xu Jiarenyi.
Because she didn't have to go to do what she had agreed to do, she would still go out to work with the women in the village every three days, presumably because her mother-in-law had warned her before she left. People in the village also knew that Xu Lao Er and Xu Lao Si were very busy, so it would be nice to have Qin Niang here. How can we not think about benevolence and righteousness?
However, when it comes to benevolence and righteousness, it is really not a thing for Old Xu's family to have Yi Er's mother-in-law speak her mind. People in the village really talked about this when they were working.
Talk about how busy the Xu family is.
That's called my nephew's house. My brother is gone and the family is busy building a large house. Why don't you come to visit even though the river is flooded by heavy rain? It's the same thing if you take a look and ask.
For example, the old lady's temper has not subsided, and as an elder, she can't live with her face, so she didn't come. Unexpectedly, her cousins and her uncle didn't show up.
It seemed that she was going to stop moving around in the future, and I planned to tell Xianghua about it when she came back.
Don't be sad, relatives are here.
At this time, outside the Xu family gate, "Brother-in-law!"
Yu Qiniang's eldest brother came to the door. Behind him was a cart full of valuables.
The Yu family’s wife also said, “You can live with your sister and help your brother-in-law with the work.
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