Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Seed
The Liu family is really kind, this is the biggest feeling of the two brothers of the Zeng family eating at the Liu family these days, generally speaking, hiring people to do work is to pack Chinese food, but this Chinese food is also good and bad, some kind-hearted people will treat the hired people well, some people are not, they feel that they have spent money to others to work is a matter of course, and the Liu family is the kind people mentioned above, a table full of dishes, meat and vegetables are properly matched, rice and steamed buns are enough, the two brothers of the Zeng family feel that this is even comparable to the level of the Zeng family during the New Year, the Liu family treats people kindly, and the Zeng brothers are not that ignorant people, so they are very attentive to help during this time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
After eating lunch, a few people got up after a little rest, taking advantage of the good weather, it is best to finish cutting the remaining two acres of land this afternoon, so that tomorrow they can rest assured that they will be able to beat rice and dry grain, in other words, today is also the last day of the Zeng brothers working in the Liu family, according to the previous agreement, one person a day one hundred and eighty copper coins, two people came to help for a total of four days, a total of 1,440 big money, Aunt Liu made up a whole for them, and gave a total of 500 big money to the consistent copper plate, said that he would come to the house to get the money after the evening work, because he planned to finish all the rest of the land in one afternoon, so the last day was a little late, Aunt Liu felt a little embarrassed, not only gave the money to the two brothers of the Zeng family, but also invited them to finish eating at home, or the brothers of the Zeng family repeatedly postponed and did not insist, and the brothers of the Zeng family also rushed home, and the family waited for the money earned here to buy things.
Then Sister-in-law Liu washed the dishes, and Aunt Liu had to rush to the grain field to turn over the grain, in the morning it has been dried on one side, in the afternoon to turn over, so that the other side that has not seen the sun can also see the sun, this is also a big project, basically all turned down without half an hour is not possible, Aunt Liu told Ah Miao before leaving: "Don't go out again, your face is red." "Miao's skin is tender, the sun in autumn is not very strong, and it's still morning, that's how Miao's face is also tanned, if it continues to be sunburned in the afternoon, it will be sunburned, Aunt Liu was very distressed when she washed Miao's face, so she told it again before leaving.
Ah Miao is very self-aware, even if Aunt Liu doesn't say that she won't go again, she didn't expect that she was so fragile, just a morning sunburn and almost sunburned, this is a rare thing in the peasant family, no one's skin can be delicate like this, saying that Ah Miao's skin is the skin of the official lady has been believed.
I can't dig the ground anymore, Ah Miao can only take the little fat man to play at home, occasionally run out to turn the dried potatoes over, 'I don't know how long it will take for the potatoes to sprout' Ah Miao thought, now it's the beginning of September, and it's relatively late to plant in mid-September, and the potatoes will take at least three months to mature, which is basically in the first month, and the potatoes that have just been harvested in the first month can't be sprouted and planted immediately, so you can't plant another stubble when it's not spring? Thinking of this, Ah Miao planned to put away the potatoes that had not yet sprouted on the ground, and wait for the first month to sprout, and plant them in February, so that he could not only keep some of the 'seeds', but also gain some lessons, in case of failure this time, he would not even be able to find a little seed, all the thoughts turned in Ah Miao's mind, and he immediately decided to do so.
While picking the potatoes that have not yet sprouted, Ah Miao is glad that he now remembers the truth that eggs cannot be put in one basket, otherwise it will be miserable if he does not succeed in planting potatoes this time, and it is not a simple matter to find potatoes again.
So when Sister-in-law Liu came out, she saw Ah Miao squatting under the pumpkin shed muttering, saying something in her mouth, while carefully picking something, and when she looked at it, it turned out to be the seed that Ah Miao said.
"Miao, what are you doing?" Sister-in-law Liu wiped the water on her hands, took out the pumpkin seeds in the pumpkin that had just been cut at noon today, and dried them on the stove when they were dry, fragrant, but delicious, Liu Zhengxing loves to eat this the most, so Sister-in-law Liu is always very fine when she does this.
"Pick the seeds." Ah Miao replied without looking back, "I want to save some seeds, I have never planted flowers before, if I plant all the seeds in one go, in case I fail, there will be no seeds." ā
Sister-in-law Liu nodded secretly after listening to Ah Miao's words, thinking that although her sister-in-law was only four years old, she was really smart and could think a little more about things.
"Our family is so smart." Sister-in-law Liu just wanted to praise Ah Miao, but Liu Xiucai praised Ah Miao through the window.
"Grandpa, why don't you take a lunch break?" Seeing Liu Xiucai standing in front of the window with a cane, Sister-in-law Liu was a little worried, Liu Xiucai used to take a nap, in the past, Liu Xiucai was still asleep at this time, but today he didn't sleep.
"I don't want to sleep today, I'm going out to bask in the sun." Liu Xiucai said to his daughter-in-law with a smile.
"Wait a minute, I'll come out to help you." Sister-in-law Liu heard that Liu Xiucai was going out to bask in the sun, and immediately prepared to go in to help her, Liu Xiucai is old after all, and he doesn't have much strength on crutches, and he is a little floating when he walks, and his family is very worried about Liu Xiucai's health.
Seeing that Sister-in-law Liu went into the house to help Ah Gong, Ah Miao immediately stood up and prepared to move out the chair that Ah Gong often sat on, this chair was specially made by Liu Manhai, it felt like a recliner, it can be regarded as Liu Xiucai's special, Liu Xiucai usually likes to sit at the door for a while after eating, so now this recliner is still at the door, and what Miao has to do is to move the recliner to the yard.
Xiaoshi saw that her aunt was going to move the chair, and immediately moved to the other side, not to mention, the wood used in this chair is good, it is very heavy, it is really difficult to move the chair to the yard alone, or she and the little fat man worked together, blushing before moving the chair to the right position, just moved the chair out Liu Xiu came out, saw that the chair he usually used had been put in the yard, and said several 'good' in a row, and sat down with a smile and was supported by Sister-in-law Liu.
"Good girl, how did you think of keeping some seeds?" Ah Miao stood next to Liu Xiucai's hand, and Liu Xiucai stroked Ah Miao's hair with his rough hand and asked.
"That's how I thought of it." Ah Miao wondered, isn't this a very simple thing? I didn't think that I was stupid if I wanted to keep some potatoes.
"Hahaha, good, good." Seeing Ah Miao's natural appearance, Liu Xiucai burst out laughing again, touched Ah Miao's head even more lightly with his hand, and then patted her again, "Go and move the bench over, Ah Gong will tell you about Emperor Taizu." This sentence was said with Ah Miao and the little fat man. Hearing that Liu Xiucai was going to tell the story, Ah Miao and the little fat man both had bright eyes, and immediately ran back to the hall to get the bench, Liu's sister-in-law saw that Liu Xiucai looked good, and the two children were by her side, so she went back to the kitchen to cut pigweed, as long as she took a look at the three grandchildren after a while, so as to kill two birds with one stone.
Ah Miao and the little fat man each took the bench and found a comfortable position to sit down, Liu Xiucai glanced at the two of them, lay back a little, and asked the two: "Where did we talk last time?" ā
"Speaking of Emperor Taizu, he met Empress Xiaoyi when he hit Yangzhou." Miao immediately reminded.
"Oh, that's all for now, let's move on." Liu Xiucai paused, as if he was about to sort out his thoughts, coughed and then spoke, "When Emperor Taizu fought Yangzhou back then, our south was already under the rule of Emperor Taizu, and Empress Xiaoyi was the last princess of Emperor Wai, and she was ...... back then."