Chapter 14
When we were building the house previously, we discussed building three rooms. After the construction started, Uncle Mei felt that a home cannot be without a main room, otherwise there would be no place to entertain guests.
Uncle Mei's original words were, "Nanfeng will be a member of Meijia Village from now on. He can't keep away from the villagers. It doesn't matter if the family members go to him to have a main house or not, but it doesn't matter to others." '
Father Mei thought his brother's words were reasonable, so he still built a house with three rooms, but only deepened the kitchen, turning it into a house with three rooms side by side, with the kitchen next to it. Nowadays, there is the main room in the middle, the warehouse on the left, and the bedroom on the right. The kitchen and the warehouse are connected by a small door.
As for the thatched house, it was built in the backyard next to the warehouse. Even for the thatched house, when the house was built, the eaves were made with a width of nearly two meters, so that it would not be afraid of rainy days. Gu Nanfeng could walk along the bottom of the eaves. Go to the hut.
After the house is built, it is time to build the fields. Although there is no autumn harvest yet, we must first spread the word about buying the fields. People who are so interested may come to us. Even if no one comes, the villagers can help. inquire about.
Gu Nanfeng had brought back the iron tools he had ordered a few days ago. During this period, the Mei brothers went to the town to sell cucumbers twice more, earning hundreds of dollars each time. Each time they sold the money, Mei A Mother wanted to make delicious food for them, so the two brothers became even more excited.
The small pot that Gu Nanfeng ordered has been placed on the stove. Looking at the empty stove pit next to it, Gu Nanfeng thought that he would wait a few days to see the income in his hands. How could the Mei family rely on the family's youth? Gua earns spare money, but now he has nothing at home and has no choice but to go out and look for it.
There are a lot of white grasses in the back mountains. Wait a minute, there are other wild grasses in the mountains. As long as you are diligent, you can cut a lot of them every day. If you can make money, you can buy a big iron pot and raise it in the future. For pigs, you need to use a big pot to cook pig food.
On this day, Gu Nanfeng got up early in the morning. His bed was still a randomly built wooden bed, but in a few days it would be better and he would have a bed to sleep on.
When he started building the house, Mei's father had already thought about the bed problem and had already asked Jiang Carpenter in the village to start the work. The wood was produced by the Mei family, and he only needed to pay a little labor to the carpenter.
For people with skills in the village, wages are not cheap. They can hire people to do menial work, and people with whom they have good connections can provide them with food. But people like carpenters, masons, wall builders, and pig butchers, etc. You have to pay for it. Everyone has the strength, but not everyone has the skills.
After getting up and washing his face casually, Gu Nanfeng took the sickle and went out. He went to the field next to Fengshan to cut grain poles to use as firewood.
When harvesting the corn, Aunt Mei said that after the corn poles in the field were cut down, she would let Gu Nanfeng carry as much as he wanted. She had a lot of firewood at home, so she would not be able to carry all the corn poles in the field. Go home and work as firewood.
Corn stalks are more resistant to burning than straw handles and are easier to chop. How could Gu Nanfeng not be reluctant? He was just about to stock up on firewood for the winter. He didn't have the shamelessness to wait for someone to chop it down before carrying the ready-made ones. I just did it myself.
When Gu Nanfeng arrived in the field, he met the eldest of the three children he had seen on the day he broke off the grain harvesting. That child seemed to have also gone to the field to chop the grain harvesting poles.
The Mei family's land here does not belong to the tenant landlord's family, but to themselves. It only has two acres of land. Gu Nanfeng has been cutting all morning yesterday. He can finish cutting the corn poles here today and won't come tomorrow. .
Gu Nanfeng had cut more than half of it yesterday morning, and it was still early to finish work today. After finishing his work, he felt that he was not very hungry, so he jumped off the ridge and prepared to help the child for a while. As soon as he jumped down, he smelled a familiar fragrance. He quickly lowered his head and pried open the sweet potato vines under his feet, and found that there were many big fungi hidden under the sweet potato vines!
It's August now, and he can still pick up big fungi that are only available in June and July. Gu Nanfeng smiled so hard that he almost lost his sight. He hurriedly started picking up the fungi, but he didn't even see the child not far away from him. Just when he was about to stop crying, he showed an aggrieved face, and even the strength to chop the grain pole was a little weaker.
The kind of fungi that Gu Nanfeng encountered was called three-tower fungi. There were a lot of them in a nest, sometimes hundreds of them. However, the fungi he encountered were not so many. After picking them all, there were almost a hundred.
When picking up the fungi, Gu Nanfeng had already thought about it. This kind of fungus was very expensive, so he would keep some of it and sell some of it. There is a big landowner in the village, and the landowner's family is not short of money. He will deliver it to the door and the landlord will probably buy it. If it doesn't work, he can sell it in the town. The remaining part will be sent to Mei's family for everyone to have a taste.
When he was about to go home, Gu Nanfeng's excitement had passed, and he noticed the child in the field. After a moment of confusion, he still stepped forward and gave the child ten mushrooms.
This wild thing belongs to whoever comes across it. There is no such rule that it belongs to the person who grows it on the land. But Gu Nanfeng saw that the child was pitiful and thought it didn't matter if he gave it to him. Besides, the child's land was still there. It's under the fungus field, and I'm not sure if it belongs to his family.
When he happily went to Mei's house, Gu Nanfeng carefully looked at the mushrooms in his arms and thought about how much the mushrooms could be sold for. According to the price of the mushrooms he bought in the past, these mushrooms should only be sold for half. It can be sold for two hundred copper plates.
Two hundred copper coins can buy a lot of white rice, enough for him to eat for a long time.
The Mei family’s yard was very large, but they didn’t build a yard wall. They just used the terrain and bamboo fences to block it, forming a dam as a yard.
When Gu Nanfeng arrived at Mei's house, there was no one in the yard, and he saw smoke coming from the kitchen chimney, so he went directly to the kitchen. As soon as he approached the kitchen, he heard the sound of quarreling inside.
After Gu Nanfeng arrived in Meijia Village, he only interacted with the Mei family. Not only did he not get along with other people, he rarely talked to them in person. When the unfamiliar voice in the kitchen uttered many unpleasant words, he called someone loudly before he even entered.
"Auntie." Gu Nanfeng moved to Meijia Village with government documents to settle down, but why he came here was unknown to others.
But there is such a kind of person in this world who always doesn't see good things in others. He only likes to laugh at other people's jokes and think the worst of others.
"Who knows who he is? What if he was a thief who was kicked out by his husband's family? The village chief is really honest. He dares to take in any unscrupulous person without fear of tarnishing the reputation of our village." The woman was about the same age as Mei A Niang, but she was on the thin side. She had her hands on her hips and her eyebrows slightly raised. After seeing Gu Nanfeng at the door, she deliberately spoke loudly.
Gu Nanfeng didn't worry when he saw someone speaking mean and slanderous words, because he knew that most people would have this suspicion.
Reputation is very important to everyone, especially to girls and brothers. Most of the people whose natal family refuses to accept them after being abandoned by their husband’s family have a reputation that has been damaged. The natal family is afraid of being implicated, so they are unwilling to do so. Accept people.
After Gu Nanfeng arrived in the village, the Mei family never asked him about the reason for leaving home, and he did not explain it. He knew that the Mei family cared about him, and he did not want to receive too much sympathy, and he did not want to mention it again. Those people.
But now, he wanted to explain himself.
In the future, if anyone makes wild speculations again, he still has people who care about him and can refute them with confidence.
"Auntie, I took a government document to settle down in Meijia Village. If you have any objections, go to the magistrate instead of coming to Meijia to cause trouble." Gu Nanfeng looked straight into the woman's eyes and just said He stared so hard that he turned his head away and headed towards Mei A Niang.
As soon as he arrived at Mei A Niang's side, Gu Nanfeng just pretended that the woman didn't exist and had no intention of talking to her again.
"Auntie, I just picked up mushrooms. There are quite a few. I want to take some of them to the landlord's house to sell. Can you help me estimate the price." As Gu Nanfeng spoke, he began to take the mushrooms out and put them away. Two piles.
The anger on Aunt Mei's face had not faded yet. She was about to lose her temper, but when Gu Nanfeng came, she could only endure it. At this moment, Gu Nanfeng was talking to her, and she had no time to reply. Looking at the person who still refused to leave, she directly took the broom next to her into her hand, and walked towards the person angrily.
That woman is the daughter-in-law of the Xu family at the entrance of the village. She is usually a shrewd person and loves to take advantage of others. She is unwilling to suffer losses.
When she saw Mei Aniang taking the broom, there was wind in her steps, and she ran away cursing. After seeing the person running away, Mei Aniang explained to Gu Nanfeng why this person came to the door today.
"Didn't you say you wanted to buy a field a few days ago? Your uncle and I both meant that it would be best to buy your field near your family's paddy field." Aunt Mei's eyes had not yet returned from the door, and there was still some discomfort on her face. Don't worry, maybe it was because the broom in your hand just fell on the woman.
Looking back and arriving at Gu Nanfeng's side, Mei Aniang put down the broom before continuing: "You don't know, there are some very bad people in this village who specialize in bullying orphans, widows and good-tempered people. This is June every year. When the rice in the fields is most critical, the amount of water needs to be ensured. Some evil-minded people will block the water inlets of other people's paddy fields, and they have to go to the fields every day to check." Gu Nanfeng's field If they can buy it near their home, even if someone blocks the water inlet of their paddy field, they can detect it in time and prevent the rice from drying out and affecting the harvest.
Gu Nanfeng naturally knew what Mei Aniang meant, and he even guessed more.
"That man just now has his eye on the same field as us?" If not, that man would definitely not have scolded him. He had been in Meijia Village for half a month. If he had been dissatisfied, he would have come long ago, and he didn't have to wait until now.
"It's his that he likes? It's a voluntary purchase!" Mei Aniang curled her lips in disgust, and then said firmly: "Nanfeng, don't worry about this matter. The Deng family came to the door themselves and wanted to sell the land to them. It's ours. We're not fighting against the Xu family. If that woman dares to come to the door again, let your brothers come to the door and teach that family a lesson. No one is easy to bully."
Everyone in the village depends on the land for their livelihood. No one would sell their land unless they had no other choice. When it comes to buying land, there is no shop like this in this village, so no one can let it go.
Gu Nanfeng knew that the fields were a big deal. After he nodded, he struggled for a moment and decided to tell his family about the family affairs.
Today, the two brothers from the Mei family went to work at the landlord's house. At this time, Mei's father and Mei Mei went out to pick vegetables. Fortunately, Mei's mother was the only one at home, which was a good opportunity.
"Auntie, I haven't done anything to offend others. I just don't want to live a life of inferiority to others just for the sake of a free meal." I only said it roughly to the other person, but Mei Aniang was so angry that she couldn't squat. Just when Mei Aniang couldn't help but was about to curse, Mei Xiaomei ran in in a hurry.
"Auntie, there's a fight! Second brother is fighting again!"
