The corn that the man took back, and the woman helped to peel and dry it in the drying field. Because Xiaohu and the three of them have many families, the eldest uncle, the second aunt, and their daughter-in-law are also working in the drying field.

The second aunt picked up a stick and asked Xiaohu's aunt while tearing the skin: "Sister-in-law!" The fruit did not come out? ”

The eldest aunt tore the skin of the corn cob, didn't raise her head, and lowered her head to reply to her: "No! I'm busy with my dowry at home, and I'm going crazy with her. A room full of her dowry, but she always dislikes it! Pick this problem today and pick that problem tomorrow, my father and I have already changed several slots! ”

The second aunt smiled: "Sister-in-law! The fruit is disgusted with the bad dowry! She was reluctant to leave home! I was like that at the beginning, I tossed my mother enough, but my mother let me toss, not to mention keeping me at home for a year and a half, and then I cried and begged my mother to let her keep me for a year, but she was ruthless! Ignore me, marry me! ”

Uncle Niang: "Poof! "Laugh!" What nonsense are you talking about! The fruit is already eighteen, and if she doesn't marry, she will become an old girl. She just cried and begged me to stay at home for a year, and I wouldn't agree! When a woman gets married, this is not a mother's heart! ”

The second aunt asked again: "What dowry have you purchased?" ”

Daman's daughter-in-law and Dahong's daughter-in-law also immediately pricked up their ears. Seriously, that's what they want to know!

The eldest aunt hula, hula, non-stop in her hands, and her mouth is not idle: "Those desktop things, basins, baking blue, basin shelves, quilts, tents, and things that break into small bodies are all prepared by us, and the big ones are all prepared by Xiaohu's daughter-in-law, so let's not care." Probably a lot more than your leaves! ”

"More is more! It's a good time for the two girls in the back to catch up. Xiaohu's daughter-in-law is a good one again, and she doesn't clasp her hands. Otherwise, how could they have a good life now? ”

Daman's daughter-in-law and Dahong's daughter-in-law pouted and said secretly: "Here are you putting gold on people again!" ”

The eldest aunt pulled one out and threw it aside, picked up another one, and said in the words of her brother-in-law: "It's not! If it weren't for Xiaohu's daughter-in-law entering the door, I'm afraid our two families wouldn't have been able to marry a daughter-in-law back until now! ”

The second aunt happily knocked her thigh with a stick and laughed, and several people looked at her inexplicably. The second aunt laughed for a while. Stopped laughing and said to the eldest uncle: "Sister-in-law! There are some things that I used to be ashamed of, and I didn't dare to say anything about them. Now that I have a son, I'm not afraid to say it and make you happy! ”

"What's the matter? So happy! ”

"You don't know! I, when I asked someone to find a daughter-in-law for Xiaohu. also gave Xiangzi a look, and looked at a good family. I asked my sister-in-law to go over to probe my breath, and you know what people say? ”

The eldest aunt pursed her lips and said angrily: "What else can I say!" It's nothing more than disgusting our poor family, afraid that my daughter will suffer! ”

The second aunt shook her head and smiled: "Sister-in-law." You're wrong, people! It's not just that I'm afraid that my daughter will suffer! The man said, Ah, I was involved in such a poor family. It's all big trouble in the future, not the in-laws. Help or not no one says anything! Once you become an in-law, if you don't help, others will be blamed, help! I can't help a lot, and these people who don't help once actually offend people even more. Therefore, no matter how good a person is, it is useless, even if he raises his daughter for the elderly, he can't marry our family. ”

The eldest aunt stopped what she was doing, looked up and smiled: "What kind of funny are you, people are quite polite." Do you remember that there was a family that disliked Xiaohu for having no father and no mother? ”

"Remember! What's wrong? ”

The eldest aunt smiled mockingly: "What's wrong?" I was stupid and believed it, and after a few days I secretly ran to the house to say goodbye to my family, and at that time they sent me out with words, and then I was afraid that I would be entangled, and I was still standing outside the door and didn't leave, and I heard people say loudly in the door: 'This family wants to go crazy for their daughter-in-law, right?!' The family is poor like that and still wants to marry a daughter-in-law! It's shameless and skinless! 'His second aunt, I'm ashamed! ”

The eldest aunt suddenly stopped talking and waved her hand, "Forget it!" Don't talk about the past, now the grandchildren are running all over the ground, and they still say that those are boring! Then he lowered his head and got busy!

Second aunt: "Hey! With a sound, he also stepped up his peeling.

The middle rice field on the other side of the river, that is, after the flood, Erya has never crossed the river. Xiaohu said that he wanted to go over to see how Zhongdao was doing, and Erya said angrily: "Look at a fart, it's all called the big water to be flushed!" ”

Xiaohu opened his mouth and said suspiciously: "Can't it!" I stood here and watched, and the rice didn't fall! Why don't you come with me and have a look?! ”

Seeing that Xiaohu didn't shed tears when he didn't see the coffin, Erya snorted angrily and said, "Just look at it, I obviously saw the big water rushing over, can I still lie to you?!" ”

The two crossed the river and stood on the dam, where they could finally see the actual condition of the rice. As Xiaohu said, the rice is still standing on top of the muddy water, it has been filled with rice pulp, and the green and yellow ears of rice are hanging heavily in the straight and straight grass leaves.

Xiaohu smiled and said to Erya, "What? I said I didn't drown! Although this field is blocked by the woods, our field can still be seen in the row of trees. ”

Erya looked at the rice fields and saw that there were several large ditches dug in order to drain the water of the reservoir and aqueduct, so that the fish, loaches, and eels had a temporary stocking place. I didn't expect the rapid drainage of the rice fields to have an unexpected effect, but it can be regarded as a crooked hit.

"Hey! Xiaohu, I'm so happy! Look at this field, it's been another bumper year! Erya let out a joyful exclamation from the bottom of her heart.

Xiaohu happily responded: "Yes! Grandpa Tai said that when the Northland people leave, let our family bring them some grain, so that they can eat at least until next year's harvest. When we have this food, we give them all the grain in the warehouse, and our family doesn't care. ”

Erya nodded and said to Xiaohu: "Uncle Chen's family hasn't heard from it yet, and I don't know when I'll leave." This time, you can simply go with the people from the Northland, just to load the people and pull the food cart, and you can bring some more wool and fur when you come back! The yellow wolves and rabbits that families have only started to raise now will take two years to supply at the shortest. ”

"Yes! That's what I'm going to do! Xiaohu said, remembering another thing. That's right! Daughter-in-law! Do you remember that there were more than 200 acres of land to sell in the east of Huangjia Town, but our family didn't have that much money, so we didn't ask for it. ”

"Remember! What's wrong? Erya walked towards the reservoir downstream. He asked rhetorically.

Xiaohu replied: "Later, I bought his farm, and now I have to sell it again, I wonder if my family has money, can I buy it?" ”

Erya stopped, turned around and asked, "How much does it cost?" Why sell? Where is the seller from? ”

"Asked! It is the big households in the capital who buy Huangjialand, because of the drought in the past few years, not only the harvest has not been at all. I also subsidized a lot. And the head of the village is not a person who does anything. The family didn't want to be angry for such a small piece of land, so they thought about selling it at the original price.

There is also a large area of barren mountains of thousands of acres, as long as you add 500 taels of silver, you can follow the field to get a land deed. What I really want to buy is the barren mountain, where our horses need a place to graze. You don't know, I often take horses to the mountains, and I don't let the ridges I pass by. said that they had trampled on their ridges. ”

Erya heard that there are thousands of acres of barren mountains, but she was very happy. Such a big barren mountain. Not only can you herd horses, but also sheep, cattle, chickens, wild boars, you can also grow mulberry trees, raise silkworms or make mulberry paper, mulberry paper is a precious item. It can be said that it is no less than tea. The more I think about it, the more excited I get!

The decision was made immediately: "Buy!" There is money, but in the past few years, our family has basically not spent a lot of money except for distributing profits to the uncle, the second uncle, and the third uncle. You can't still get this bit of land out of it?! Tomorrow you go. It's okay to spend a little more, just buy it. I can also turn a barren mountain into a mountain of gold. ”

Xiaohu didn't expect Erya to support him so much, and responded happily: "Okay! Good! I'll ask my uncle to come with me early tomorrow morning. Daughter-in-law, is it good to buy this for my own family? I won't share it with my uncle and second uncle. ”

Er Ya smiled and nodded, "No need, I give a lot to my uncle and second uncle every year, if they want to increase the land, the silver is not a problem, we don't need to distribute it to them again!" As long as the uncle and the second uncle don't speak, don't worry what the others say! ”

The uncle followed Xiaohu and bought the field connected to the barren mountain in a few days.

The eldest uncle and the second uncle, seeing that Xiaohu's family had increased their acres of land, also thought about exchanging the money in their hands for fields. It's a pity, except for the one that Xiaohu bought, there is no one who sells a large piece of land.

The corn was dried, and the tribesmen of the Northland helped with the grain grains. Er Ya watched them retreat with their hands like that, and she was really tired and panicked, so she asked Xiaohu to use the thinnest bamboo tube, break it in half, and carve regular convex and concave points inside. When threshing, insert a Z-shaped rocker made of wood on the side of the big end of the stick, put the small head into the bamboo tube, and shake it clockwise, and the corn kernels will fall off easily!

The people of the Northland are relaxed, trouble-free, and time-saving, and they are all good at saving, and they say that they will do one like this when they go back.

The corn was dried, the seeds were picked out, and the Northlanders knew it was time to go back.

Grandpa Nandi and Grandpa Beidi discussed for a night, and finally made a decision that the children who want to continue their studies stay, and the girls who want to marry here and have not yet decided on marriage can also stay.

The next day, pack up the things you want to bring over, there will be no shortage of seeds, and there will be enough food for at least a year. It should be cold when you go back, and you should also prepare cotton clothes and quilts, so as not to buy too expensive over there. Miscellaneous and tidy up, there were more than a dozen or nearly twenty carriages, plus the people who sat down, and Xiaohu and the tea they wanted to bring to the grassland, there were at least thirty carriages.

However, the sum of several families is only twenty-five or six, and the county has to hire a few carriages.

Ready to leave the next day, the first night, the grandfather of the Northland held a meeting for the people of the Northland, and adults, children, men, and women all had to attend.

Grandpa stood on the podium and said to the big guy: "I discussed with Uncle Six last night, and Uncle Six said, if any of your children still want to study here, you can stay, and they will take care of it." If there is a girl in the family who wants to settle down here, as long as there is no marriage, it is okay. Tonight you will discuss with your family.

The sixth uncle also said that his grandson Shoucheng will go north to the grassland once a year, and the children here can let them send them back by the way, play at home for a while, and when they come back, they will bring it back by the way, so that you and the children don't have to worry about not seeing each other for a few years. ”

Before Grandpa's words were finished, a buzzing whisper began to be discussed.

On the day he was leaving, the children left behind at home grabbed their mother's clothes and refused to let them go, crying all over their faces.

The girl who wants to stay, with both joy and parting sadness, sends her grandparents and parents with tears.

After eating, the convoy was busy leaving, and the sun was about to set, and it didn't make it.

The drying field was full of people who were going to leave and people to see them off, as well as a dragon-like carriage procession, just when everyone was still saying goodbye, from the newly built stone road in the town, came the government's chariot and horse procession, and beat gongs and drums all the way into Wang's Zhuangzi. (To be continued)

PS: Long waiting! It's still a change today, sorry!