Chang Zhizhou, who was sleeping in a daze, was woken up, and saw Cheng Linghui sitting on the kang, and called out vaguely: "Mother." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info "closed my eyes and fell asleep again.

Cheng Zhibai woke up at some point and hummed in swaddling clothes. This child rarely cries loudly, and even if he lets go of his throat, it is not much louder than a cat's call.

Cheng Linghui reached out and touched it, and sure enough, the swaddling clothes were wet. She changed the baby's clean diaper and held it in her arms to feed. Looking at the skinny baby, I couldn't help but sigh: "Poor child." ”

Lu Xiaoxiao is now simply raising the second child of Cheng Linghui's family as her own child. He turned a blind eye to his son, and when he saw it, it was like he didn't see it. Mother knew better than she did, and could tell which was which. But she is blind and can't even take care of herself, how can she take care of a child?

Usually, when Cheng Linghui is not at home, the family is taken care of by Hua Ruyan and Lu Xiaoxiao's two girls. Lu Xiaoxiao is a person, what he likes is what he likes, and what he doesn't like is not at all. It is conceivable that Cheng Zhibai is no better there.

Cheng Zhibai was taken care of by Lu Xiaoxiao and the two girls most of the time. But Lu Xiaoxiao didn't like Cheng Zhibai, and as soon as she heard him crying, she deliberately separated the two girls. has such a mother who is a hindrance, and Cheng Zhibai's unluck can be seen.

Hungry and full until now. The two-month-old child is a lap smaller than the other children who are about the same age. and can eat and sleep, and Chang Zhisong, who has a round head and a round brain, cannot be compared.

Cheng Linghui fed Cheng Zhibai, put him aside, and lay on the kang without any sleep. Seeing that the sky was also bright, I simply didn't sleep. She changed her clothes and freshened up. When I opened the door, the smell of food came from the courtyard.

Lu Xiaoxiao, these two girls are really good, diligent and eye-catching. There is no habit of a big family at all. The little girl named Xiaohuan saw Cheng Linghui come out and said with a smile: "Third sister, the meal is almost ready." Let's eat before we go to the ground. "It's not like this girl screaming indiscriminately. It's really that these two girls don't know what to call Cheng Linghui. Their masters are confused, but they are not confused. knew that Cheng Linghui was not his uncle.

But if they call Cheng Linghui the third grandmother, Lu Xiaoxiao is unwilling to listen. It's obviously not appropriate to call Miss Cheng Linghui. If they call Cheng Linghui the 'third brother' like a flower like smoke, don't say that they can't scream at a woman, even if they can, Lu Xiaoxiao's vinegar won't tear them up? You can't open your eyes and talk nonsense, and call Cheng Linghui 'master', right?

made these two girls worried, and in the end, it was grandma who made a decision: "We are in the countryside, and we don't do the same thing as a big family." It's called 'sister'. ”

These two girls screamed smoothly, and Cheng Linghui was not so embarrassed to listen. The title of 'sister' was thus decided.

Although Cheng Linghui didn't sleep all night, she was very energetic. I only feel that the sky is bluer than before, and the wind is clearer than before. said: "You do it slowly, don't rush." "She was an idle person, so she went to find work.

Hua Ruyan saw it through the window, and said with a smile: "Don't just wander around the yard, go and see if anything has fallen under the old locust tree." ”

Cheng Linghui knew that she was laughing at herself again, so she ignored her, but she couldn't say the sweetness in her heart. She went back to the house and packed up some clothes, planning to take them to the pond in front of the door to wash. Cheng Linghui grew up and rarely did housework. She went to wash her clothes, which was definitely a scene in Chengjiazhuang.

Cheng Linghui went out with her front foot, and her heels came out like smoke. Looking at the old locust tree, he exclaimed, "Oh, you see there's something under the locust tree." ”

Cheng Linghui was afraid that she and Chang Jiwen really left something behind last night, so she looked around and didn't see anything. "What is it?" he asked. Where is it? ”

Hua Ruyan laughed "haha": "You still ask, isn't it your soul?" ”

Cheng Linghui was annoyed and angry, turned around and walked to the pond.

Flowers slapped on the door of the street like smoke, laughing breathlessly. A lady who also got up in the morning to wash clothes saw her and asked, "Hua Niang, what happy thing did you encounter this morning?" ”

Hua Ruyan pointed to the figure by the pond: "You go and ask Sanhuizi." ”

The lady glanced at it: "Hey, it's really strange." Why did Sanhui do the laundry? ”

The eldest lady is also interesting, you think it's strange, she also shouted: "Sanhui, you big man, what do you look like squatting there to wash clothes?" Where to put it, the aunt will rub it for you. ”

Cheng Linghui turned around: "No." I rubbed it out in three or two clicks. "She looks good, under the morning sun, and there is a vigorous and high-spirited air between her eyebrows. A few young daughters-in-law who lived nearby saw it and avoided it from a distance.

Older people speak straight. The eldest lady walked over: "Look, you are here, and the little daughter-in-law is embarrassed to come to wash her clothes." Aren't you trying to hurt people and go back and get beaten? ”

Cheng Linghui raised her head, don't say it, it's true. I can't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Hua Ruyan came over, stood on the shore and tilted his head to look at her: "You haven't come up yet?" How many people do you want to provoke? ”

Cheng Linghui glanced at her: "It's all you, shouting early in the morning." ”

Hua Ruyan wrinkled her good-looking nose: "The dog bites Lu Dongbin, and he doesn't know the hearts of good people." ”

Cheng Linghui threw down her clothes and went home for dinner. Flowers are like smoke, roll up your sleeves and wash them. I don't know what to say to the lady, and there is a burst of giggles from time to time between the two. Cheng Linghui's heart was suddenly filled with a feeling of happiness. I think the house finches on the eaves are particularly pleasing to the eye.

After breakfast, He Kun and the coachman set up the car and went to the field. Even if the wheat grows miserably, it is still necessary to harvest what should be harvested. Cheng Linghui asked Chang Zhizhou to study well at home, and fed Cheng Zhibai again, and then went to the ground.

At noon, Hua Ruyan came to deliver the meal as usual. Chang Zhizhou followed behind, carrying a small swaddling cloth on his back. When he got closer, he didn't bother to wipe the sweat from the sun, and said to Cheng Linghui: "Mother, my brother is hungry." Feed him quickly. It turned out that he was carrying Cheng Zhibai.

Cheng Linghui helped him unwrap his swaddling clothes, and while holding him in his arms to breastfeed, he helped him wipe his sweat. distressed: "Xiaohuan and Xiaozhu will take care of their younger brother, why did you carry him all the way?" ”

Chang Zhizhou said: "They don't have milk." My younger brother is still young, and he grows up fast when he feeds milk. You don't know how old your sons are. That's how my brother is. He only found out today that there were two little brothers in the family. I haven't seen him for half a year, and Chang Zhizhou has long been unable to tell which one is Chang Zhisong. Naturally, he thought that it was his younger brother who slept with his mother. Chang Zhisong has a round head and a round head, and he is several months older than Cheng Zhibai, so of course that head is much bigger.

A child's desire to win is often unreasonable. He felt that his mother must be patronizing her work and not caring about her younger brother, so that his younger brother was so hungry. Therefore, when the flowers came to the field to deliver food, he had to bring Cheng Zhibai with him.

Cheng Linghui knew that she couldn't tell him clearly, so she didn't waste that tongue much. It's just that there are some distressed Chang Zhizhou who has a red face that has been sunburned. He instructed: "Your flesh is tender, don't burn it anymore." I'll go back early in the future, and you won't come." ”

Chang Zhizhou squatted on the side, watching Cheng Zhibai breastfeed seriously. Wen Yan shook his head: "I'm already a big child, and I can take care of my younger brother." The eldest aunt said, my mother died when I was born. I didn't eat a mouthful of milk. So it grows slower than others. At the age of two, he could not walk. My younger brother now has a mother and a brother, how can he be hungry and not grow up? This is said just like an adult, who would have thought that it would come from the mouth of a child. Cheng Linghui felt even more sorry for him, and hugged him to his chest: "Good boy, don't you have a mother in pain?" ”

Chang Zhizhou's attention was obviously not on Cheng Linghui's words, he stared at Cheng Zhibai's wriggling little mouth, and subconsciously swallowed his saliva.

Cheng Linghui asked, "What's wrong?" Are you thirsty? ”

Chang Zhizhou shook his head a little embarrassedly. After a while, I couldn't help but lean into Cheng Linghui's ear and asked, "Mother, what does milk taste like?" ”

Cheng Linghui didn't say a word, lifted the other side of his shirt and pressed his little head.

Chang Zhizhou took a bite hard, raised his head and looked at Cheng Linghui: "Sweet." ”

Hua Ruyan saw it and said with a smile: "Zhizhou, you are really not ashamed." is about to marry a daughter-in-law, and he is still grabbing milk with his younger brother to drink. ”

Chang Zhizhou's little face suddenly turned red. quickly climbed out of Cheng Linghui's arms. Hide yourself behind Cheng Linghui.

Cheng Linghui put down her clothes and smiled: "Your Aunt Hua is playing a game with you." ”

He Kun didn't know what was going on here, he heard the laughter and looked straight at this side, and was scolded by Hua Ruyan. I only hate my father and mother, why did I give birth to two eyes. Flowers are like smoke, but he was wronged to death. He really didn't see anything.

Cheng Linghui finished feeding the child and ate something. Send flowers like smoke and take Changzhizhou back. Keep doing the work yourself. Three people, seven acres of wheat can't help but pick. It's almost over after dark today.

Who knew that in the second half of the day, Chang Zhizhou came again with Cheng Zhibai on his back. No reason, Cheng Zhibai is hungry again.

Cheng Linghui had no choice but to stop what she was doing to feed the child. By the way, I will teach Chang Zhizhou a lesson. But it's not the best thing. The kid didn't know who he looked like. has a lot of tendons, he just thinks that Cheng Zhibai is hungry when he grows small. As soon as Cheng Zhibai cried, he went to Cheng Linghui to breastfeed.

When Mai Zixu comes back, no matter how bad he grows, he has to fight, right? He Kun was born as a bandit, and the coachman was simply a slave born in the Lu family. Neither of them had ever done farm work. Without Cheng Linghui, he couldn't use his strength.

Cheng Linghui was working here and forgot to go home for a while. Chang Zhizhou went to find the child on his back. In less than three days, no one in Chengjiazhuang didn't know this kid. Cheng Linghui was afraid that he would delay his homework and would not let him come. Later, he took the book and carried Cheng Zhibai on his back. didn't go home anymore, Cheng Linghui was working, and he was studying with his younger brother on his back. So, that summer, the fields of Chengjiazhuang could always hear the children's clear reading. Many years later, when people mention it, they have to teach their children and grandchildren: "You have to work as hard as anyone else, and you will glorify your ancestors early." ”

Chang Jiwen occasionally comes and helps with the work. But Cheng Linghui didn't say to go back, and he didn't urge. He is now a gentleman at the Gusu Academy on the mountainside of Jingshan Mountain. It's not a big turnaround to the water city.

Chang Zhizhou didn't go to private school again. His homework is all taught by Cheng Linghui. He and the children of Chengjiazhuang are also familiar with each other. Cheng Linghui plans to wait for him to be older and go to the 'Gusu Academy' with the children in the village to study.

This kid likes his younger brother Cheng Zhibai very much, and he has to carry it on his back almost everywhere he goes. At first, Cheng Linghui was a little worried. Later, Cheng Zhibai gradually got older, and it was up to him. In the village, it is not uncommon for older children to carry their children around on their backs. It's just that Chang Zhizhou has one thing that is different from other children. He had to write 200 big characters a day, and he got up early in the morning to memorize them.

This year, God seems to have forgotten Shaxi County, and it has not rained yet. Even the villagers kept carrying water to fight the drought. But the speed of watering is nowhere near as fast as the transpiration in the scorching sun. The spring crops are seen drying in the ground. The autumn crops are sown and sparse, like a stone pheasant. If it doesn't rain again, even these two seedlings will be scattered.

Last winter's drought caused a poor wheat harvest, and this year it is the same again. Seeing that the life of the people in the village is not good.

Nowadays, people's impression of disasters is actually very vague. Many people just look at it on TV and hear about floods and droughts. Thinking about it, it means suffering some loss of property, and I can't understand what it was like to starve people to death in the old society.

At that time, productivity was low. Transportation is also underdeveloped. Most of the farmers farm to eat according to God's face, which is commonly known as 'looking at the sky and harvesting'. At that time, food production was also far less than it is now. The family's chewing bread pointed to the produce in the field. In a year of famine, there is no place to buy food if you have money.

At that time, the imperial power did not go to the countryside. It's good that the county magistrate can take care of the people in the city. Very few rural people can get relief. It's not like now, even if there are only living people left in the disaster, they don't have to worry about eating. If this is changed, it will really starve people to death.

Cheng Linghui looked at the situation in the village. After all, she has some knowledge. The sense of crisis is much stronger than that of others. I went to the sixth master and discussed with the sixth master to see if I would organize the villagers to store some food in case of emergency.

The sixth master is old, but he is not confused. He has experienced many things in his life. After listening to Cheng Linghui's words, I felt that it made sense. went to summon the children of the Cheng family to the ancestral hall for a meeting. It is said that Cheng Linghui is a woman and is not allowed to enter the ancestral hall. However, since the reunion, she has taken the name of the Cheng family's children and grandchildren. The people of Chengjiazhuang have also become accustomed to her presence. So, I wasn't surprised by her appearance.

The sixth master said the purpose of the meeting. Although the people of Chengjiazhuang are a big family, they also live their own lives in private. Ten people have ten minds. Discuss coming, discussing going. In the end, the sixth master made a decision. Each family gave at least five taels of silver to sell grain. If you want to sell more, go to Cheng Linghui to register separately. The grain purchased in a unified manner shall be kept in a unified manner. Each family contributes a laborer, who takes turns to take care of it.

If you sell more food yourself, you should be willing to put it together with everyone. If you don't want to, find a way to store it yourself.

As soon as the sixth master's words came out, it was fried. Five taels of silver is not a small amount. It is equivalent to the net income of a moderate family for one year.

Let's conservatively estimate that one tael of silver is exchanged for a thousand copper coins. Five copper plates are one bucket of rice, and ten buckets are one stone. One tael of silver can buy twenty stone of white rice. One stone is almost equivalent to 110 catties now. One tael of silver can buy two thousand two hundred catties of white rice. Five taels of silver can buy 11,000 catties of white rice. If you sell relatively cheap sorghum and buckwheat, you can buy more.

Is it much? No less, indeed. It can be seen that this kind of thing is not uncommon in any dynasty.

But...... (To be continued.) )