Chapter 8: Working in the Fields
Out of the village, there is a turquoise pond, a small pond is connected to a pond, which is full of lotus leaves, the lotus leaves are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are different red. In the pen "Fun" pavilion www.biquge.info several children are picking lotus seeds in the lotus leaves, and from time to time the children's laughter and singing can be heard from inside.
Liu looked at this picture, thought of his child, sighed secretly, and crossed an arched bridge towards the direction of the vegetable field.
To say that there are more than three people in Lotus Village,
First, there are many mountains, backed by two large mountains, rolling and undulating, and the mountains are covered with tall pine trees and bushes.
The second is that there are many bridges,
Different bridges, there are many waters, ponds, and natural bridges, there are flat, arched, slate, wood, bamboo, extending in all directions.
Third, there are many lotus ponds, and almost every household has ponds of different sizes. Distributed in all corners of the village, the pond is overgrown with lotus leaves.
Passing through three or four lotus ponds, near the foot of the mountain is a large vegetable field, and the vegetable fields that live in the east of the village are basically here.
A variety of vegetables are planted next to each other on the vegetable ground, such as beans, greens, bitter gourd, etc.
Dong Banshan and his wife were digging a pit with a hoe and lighting beans.
"It's still good this season, there is no shortage of vegetables to eat in the field." Dong Banshan used a hoe to break the soil little by little, and then wiped a handful of sweat with his sleeve.
"Yes, some of them have eaten for a while, and the children don't look as thin as before."
Liu thought of a few sensible children and sighed.
A woman with a headscarf wrapped in her hair next to her passed by with a basket of vegetables and looked in their direction, "Xinghua, have you eaten?" ”
Liu got up and looked at the ridge, it was from his mother's village, and the two married in the same village, so the relationship was naturally better, "It's Xiaofeng, eat, what about you?" ”
Have you eaten? It is a way for everyone to meet and greet each other.
Xiaofeng put down the basket in his hand, "Eat, are you planting beans, so early?" ”
Liu was also happy to see her, and forgot to put down the dustpan in his hand, so he walked to the ridge, "Yes, plant early, you can take some and sell it early." ”
looked at each other's baskets again, "You are picking so many vegetables, it grows so well, you and your two are capable." ”
Xiaofeng was also happy when she heard her boast about herself, "Yes, I will sell it on the street tomorrow and make some money." What about you, do you want to go along? ”
Liu Shi thought about the situation of his family, but he couldn't make up his mind, "You also know my mother-in-law, I'll go home and ask." ”
"Okay, if you go, just tell me, and we'll be in company. I heard that in the last market, bitter gourd sold very well, and the people in the town said that the weather was hot, so eat this to clear the heat. You see I've picked a lot of them."
After speaking, Xiaofeng took out a few uneven melons and fruits with thorns on them and showed them to her.
"My mother-in-law doesn't eat this, it's bitter, and she doesn't grow it at home." Liu likes to eat, except for going back to his parents' house to eat, he has rarely eaten it over the years.
"We can sell some vegetables on the ground, anyway, it will be bad if we can't finish eating at home, so my mother will agree to sell it." Dong Banshan couldn't help but interject when he heard it next to him.
"Okay, tell your mother, anyway, there are still a few pieces of cloth woven at home that are going to be sold.
Liu Shi turned his head and glanced at it, since you said it, you can get your mother by yourself.
I turned my head again and saw that Xiaofeng's mouth was dry, "Are you thirsty, do you want to drink some water." ”
"No, I'll be back right away. By the way, I heard that your second brother in charge of the family has come back and made a fortune? ”
"Where did this happen?" The Liu family has never been greedy for the second room, and the money is spent by the second room.
"What his daughter-in-law said in the village, it has spread all over the village."
"It's so hot today, it's much hotter than yesterday." Dong Banshan fanned the wind with his sleeves, he knew his own home, and he was busy interrupting.
"Yes, it's so hot, I don't know what's going on, I feel very irritable when I go out today." Liu also felt strange.
"I think it's about the same as yesterday, maybe you're working in the fields." Xiaofeng lifted the basket, "Okay, then I'll go back first." ”
Liu looked at Xiaofeng who was far away, and was also about to pick some vegetables and go back, "This cucumber is good, it can be sold at a good price." There are too many worm eyes in this bean, and you have no way to get rid of this worm. ”
"The ancestors have all planted like this, whose beans can not grow worms?"
"Boss, the vegetables in this field are a little bit ugly, isn't there no fertilization?"
Dong Banshan thought about it, indeed, "Daughter-in-law, my brain has not been fertilized for a while. ”
"You don't know what's going on in your head."
In exchange, the other party smirked, "Daughter-in-law, you have bent over for so long, why don't you rest for a while and go back to get some plant ashes." ”
"Okay, I'll bring some water by the way, it's been a terrible day."
Liu is also afraid that the vegetables he just picked will be left in the ground for a long time, and he will not look good tomorrow.
She got up by the way, picked up the empty kettle inside, and looked in the direction of the village, "Look, there is a carriage over there, who in our village bought the carriage?" ”
Dong Banshan put down his hoe and looked up, and there was a carriage in the distance heading towards the village. "Yes, the richest person in our village is the village chief's family, but he doesn't have money to buy a carriage."
"I guess it's a relative, I can't covet others, then I'll go back first."
The feeling of irritability in my heart is getting stronger and stronger.
At this time, on the back mountain, the two brothers and sisters of Ping'an and Ruyi had already chopped the firewood.
This time the mountain is farther away than the previous one, the jungle is more lush, and the sun shines through the pine leaves on the ground, like a little golden light.
From time to time, there is a bird cry of "Ya Ah...", the sound is long, and it also has an echo, with the sound of insects in the grass, it seems more distant.
Ping'an raised the few branches in his hand, picked the black fruit from the top and put it in his mouth, "Do you want to eat it?" ”
Ruyi looked at the branch, I don't know what kind of fruit it was, it was black, the size of a soybean, densely covered with branches. But it should be good to watch his brother eat with relish.
Ruyi shook his head, "If you don't wash it, you dare to eat it, what if there are insects crawling." ”
"It's okay, everyone eats like this, it's fine."
"Don't eat it either, it's better to go home and wash it before eating."
"Okay, I'll take it back to Kang'er and them to eat, they like it tightly." Ping An found another one in the nearby bushes and pinched down quite a bit.
The brother and sister each carried a load of firewood, and the newly cut firewood was wet and heavy, and the two walked and rested, and it took a lot of effort to get out of the mountain.
A person walked in front of him, and when he saw them, he hurriedly shouted, "Why are you still here, your mother was beaten by your second uncle, covered in blood, and lying on the ground."
The two of them were shocked, the firewood on their shoulders fell to the ground, and they couldn't care about it, so they picked up the firewood knife and ran home quickly.