The third young master of the Zhou family has not only grown taller this year, but his brain has gradually become more useful, unlike before, he has to be teased by his second brother three or two times every day.

The third young master tightened the glass bottle in his arms, didn't even give him a look at the second brother, turned around and ran away.

Young Master Wednesday, knowing that people can't cut it casually, but the wound on his calf will be fine in three or two days, he really can't hold it, so he secretly scratches a shallow wound on his other calf and applies a little secret medicine.

Uncle Zhang got up early every day before the stars went out, and the stars came out before they went home, repaired wells and dug canals, transported water to save seedlings, and worked hard for two months in a row, and the summer grain was harvested, only two percent of last year.

Mrs. Zhang laughed:

"I've been busy for two months, and I've been tanned, and I look like a lot of strong men."

The girls and the housekeepers all laughed at Mrs. Zhang's jokes.

Mrs. Zhang said:

"Call the aunts."

Uncle Zhang's tanned face became even darker, he threw off his sleeves and went to a nursing home.

In Mrs. Zhang's nursing home, the old lady was eating, and a small table was placed on the big kang, with only two dishes, a small bowl of porridge, and two steamed buns were miscellaneous grains.

When Uncle Zhang saw the dish, his eyes were a little red.

The old lady scolded him a few words:

"This old Zhang family has never seen any catastrophes, just follow the routine of previous years."

Uncle Zhang hurriedly said yes.

There are examples from previous years.

Only 20% of the summer grain was collected, so the tenants were exempted from rent, and the seeds for the autumn grain were also distributed. Small-scale farmers have taken land deeds to borrow money, and they have also borrowed according to the mortgage, and they are not forced to sell their land.

The county magistrate of Ping'an County, who arrived last year, really has a set of drought management, worships the Dragon King, begs for rain, and invites the opera troupe to sing for three days in a row.

The Zhang family's singing money is not in vain, and when it comes time to sing, a shed is specially built to entertain the female relatives of the old Zhang family. Mrs. Zhang took Mrs. Zhou with her and went every day.

On the last day, I also brought the eldest girl Zhang Meixi.

Singing is Shandong Bangzi, this kind of play, also known as sacrificing life Bangzi play, the actors' frame is very exaggerated, and the voice is like breaking the sky.

sang lively for a day, and Zhang Meixi also watched it with a smile.

When I got home and drank tea, Mrs. Zhang said:

"You should have been called to listen to it."

Zhang Meixi said:

"It's enough to watch for a day, they sing too hard, and I'm tired to watch."

"Shandong Bangzi is like this."

The girls and the housekeepers laughed one after another.

When Zhang Meixi returned to her room, the little girl peach and apricot filled a large French white porcelain bathtub with water for the eldest girl to bathe.

Zhang Meixi said:

"Just use a small basin" and told them all to go out and take a bath by themselves.

After washing, Peaches came in to clean up, and sure enough, the eldest girl only used a little water.

For several days, I used only a small copper basin for bathing.

One day, Xiao Tao sat for a while, and suddenly clapped her hands fiercely:

"Yes, it's a drought, and the big girl wants to save water."

The apricot on the side said:

"Sister Xiao Tao is so powerful, you know what the big girl thinks."

The two little girls looked at each other and smiled, like bosom friends.

The elder of Ping'an County is still a little useful in begging for rain, and the dragon lord also seems to be moved. A few rains fell sporadically. The seedlings in the field are barely complete.

In the eldest girl's ten-yuan room, she no longer cooks things every day, but when she changes to burn things, there are often colorful smoke coming out.

Little Peach and Apricot are guarding the door and flipping the flower rope to chat:

"I heard that in the early years, the big families all made their own incense."

"It's not going to be a good idea now, it's all toilet water, made in foreign factories."

Uncle Zhang still goes out every day to be busy, and when the autumn harvest is approaching, Shanghai sends something over, there are a few latest popular records, and Mrs. Zhang waved her hand in disgust:

"Put it away, and listen to it when you're free."

And then she never had time.

The third young master of the Zhou family learned to ride a bicycle, and he was very happy to come to Zhang Meixi to offer treasure:

"Big sister, let's ride a bicycle to the back mountain, I'll hunt rabbits and roast them for you to eat."

Zhang Meixi was very interested, brought peaches and apricots, and followed the third and second young masters of the Zhou family out to ride bicycles and roast rabbits to eat.

Mrs. Zhang didn't want her to go out, and Mrs. Zhou helped speak:

"The mountain behind my own house, I brought some old people."

Zhang Meixi was riding a bicycle, the autumn wind blew slightly, and the air was dry.

Soon a few rabbits were hit, and some sweet potatoes were made, they set up a fire to roast, and the young master clapped his hands innocently on Wednesday:

"There are also benefits to the heavenly stem, and it is easy to ignite."

Zhang Meixi stood on a high rock, cloudless and wide.

The trees on the hill are wilting, and the crops in the fields are beginning to wither, not like the harvest is about to be harvested, but there are more reasons for the lack of water, and you can see one or two small villages near and far, and the houses are low and dilapidated.

When they returned, Zhang Meixi's bicycle stopped to see a fallen tree on the side of the road, its branches were very white.

On Tuesday, the young master knew a lot and explained to them:

"This is an elm tree, and the bark of the elm tree can be eaten, which must have been stripped by the victims of the famine in other counties."

Zhang Meixi went home and went to Mrs. Zhang's room to talk.

Shanghai sent things again: half of them were for the eldest girl, and they were magazines written in English; The other half is for Mrs. Zhang, the new Indian fabric.

Mrs. Zhang didn't even look at it, and waved her hand to put it away.

Zhang Meixi said:

"It's better for us to buy some grain and store it, it's also convenient to transport grain by sea, and those big ships are hundreds of tons or thousands of tons."

Uncle Zhang answered on the side:

"There is no shortage of food at home, you can buy some, you want less things, from Shanghai to Qingdao, and then to the land, as long as seven or eight days, how many horses will be exhausted, and it will be difficult to change food."

After saying this, Uncle Zhang got up and went to the nursing home to discuss with Mrs. Zhang.

The old lady of the Zhang family made a decision, and on the same day, she ordered to buy grain, and sent a telegram to Shanghai, but the grain she bought was still foreign, and I heard that it was transported by ocean ship, which was cheaper than the locally produced one.

The grain arrived in Qingdao to unload the ship.

Uncle Zhang brought a strong man, a coachman. Mrs. Zhou took the security team and went to Qingdao to pick up food, and it took seven or eight days to leave.

On this day, Zhang Meixi was tossing alone in the real room, and Xiao Tao knocked on the door happily and said:

"Big girl, the eldest young master of the Zhou family is back."

The eldest young master of the Zhou family, who studied martial arts in Jinan, is said to be a militarized management of the West, which is similar to being a soldier, and has not returned home for two years.

Zhang Meixi walked to Mrs. Zhang's room, and sure enough, she saw a tall young man.

Broad-shouldered, thin-waisted, long-legged, green military uniform, black military boots, armed belts tied around the waist, and bulging in the leather box, it is a real gun.

The young man turned his head and smiled at Zhang Meixi:

"Big sister."

The eyebrows are like sharp swords, the eyes are like black diamonds, and the neat teeth are snow-white.

Zhang Meixi only felt that her head was dizzy.

This is a very unproductive nymphomaniac.