Chapter 15 Sunscreen Sheds
"Okay, Yue'er will eat it too. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info don't bask in the field when you go to the field next month, otherwise the eldest brother won't let you go. Zhang Jiahang replied with a smile as he ate the chicken she had sandwiched in the bowl. Yue'er was going to the field, and he already knew about it when he was drying the grain.
"Big brother, when I go to the field, make a small shed with dry straw, and fold the straw thickly underneath, and Yue'er can sit and lie down in it."
"Well, Jiaze has a good idea! Remember to take a few well-proportioned, sturdy, and uniformly long sticks from home. The top is tied with thicker teng strips, and then covered with straw. Bring food and a small quilt as well. ”
Zhang Yue'er saw that they kept discussing the matter of her going to the field, just to make her more comfortable and moved, but more regretful. If she didn't mention going to the fields, they wouldn't have to do it for her. Now they are all interested in collecting grain in the fields besides eating, and if she goes, they will surely patronize her. I wanted to refuse, but I was afraid that they would be too careful, so I pretended not to care.
Zhang Yueyao kept paying attention to Yue'er, but she didn't ignore her regretful expression, and hurriedly reassured: "Yue'er, don't worry, there are a lot of us, and that little place can be done all at once." I don't feel at ease if you're alone at home, it's best to follow us. "Yue'er thinks it's embarrassing for them! You can't let her have that in mind. Otherwise, she wouldn't have asked them for it after the keeping.
Zhang Jiahang, who was in the heat of discussion, reacted suddenly and hurriedly remedied. "Yue'er, looking at this situation, we may have to scavenge in the field for many days, and we can't take care of you. We've made the shed better, so we can give you a few days! The land of the landlord Wu is large, and we only picked up a few pieces of land today. If you don't build it well, you have to fiddle with it once a day. ”
"Got it, big brother. Then build a bigger shed, and you can use it to rest, and don't patronize me all the time. She knew that her eldest brother was right, so she stopped refusing and planned to take this opportunity to let them speed up the progress of scavenging. Now the weather is fine, but I am afraid of rain, otherwise all the grain in the field will sprout. Therefore, she plans to ask her eldest sister to cook a day's food for her tonight and store it in the space, so that she will be in the field for the days of scavenging, so she doesn't have to run back and forth at noon and night.
After eating, everyone packed up the baskets, baskets and tools and led Zhang Yue'er to the field of the landlord Wu's house. As far as the eye can see, there is a large field, and in addition to piles of straw, there are only sporadic grains on the ground. The staple food grown here is relatively mixed, most of the fields are rice, and the fields are generally sorghum, soybeans, and sweet potatoes.
As soon as they arrived in the field, they quickly built a sunscreen shed with thick straw underneath. Just now, the eldest brother asked her to collect some dry straw in the space, waiting for tomorrow to change. It's a wet autumn morning, and the straw that is put on top of the shed today won't be usable tomorrow.
When the shed was set up and the things were put away, she sat in the shed and watched them look down in the field to collect grain, and when they saw something on the straw, they would also pick it off with their hands. They are very smart, the three of them divide a piece of the field and pick it up from the bottom up, so that the speed is much faster, and it will not be messy, and they can clearly know where to pick it up, where they didn't pick it up, and they can also know where to start next time.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, after Zhang Yue'er woke up, she beckoned her eldest brother and them to go back to the shed to drink water and rest. They all wore hats made of wheat straw to protect them from the sun, and they also wore long coats and trousers. As soon as I took it off, I was sweating profusely. She didn't dislike it at all, and took out the basin and towels in the space for them to wash their faces, cool and cool. The shed was built on the edge of the straw, and it was impossible to see from the outside. She received all the grain they picked up in the space, because of the harvest in the morning, the eldest brother ordered the grain to be hidden, so as not to be seen by the people in the village.
When they had rested enough and the sun outside was gone, she followed them to pick it up. To outsiders, she was just playing around in the field. I didn't know that she had collected all the food she saw into the space. She has good eyesight, and she doesn't have to bend down like them, she just needs to walk back and forth, and her speed is much faster than theirs. It's just that her body is not as good as she imagined, and she is a little out of breath for half an hour, so she can only take a break, and from time to time she makes them worry, and finally she can only stop.
Next to the landlord of Wu are three families, Zhang Yongchang in Dongzhuang, Man Ziye in Xizhuang and Brother Fugui's family. Now only Zhang Yongchang's family is left to collect it, and the other two have finished collecting.
"Yo, isn't this a family voyage? How did you get to the land of the landlord Wu's house? What if this is known by Steward Wu! As soon as the harvest was finished, they came to pick up the waste, how poor and sour this must be! It was Brother Yongchang's daughter-in-law, Zhu Xiuying, who spoke. She is the cousin of the second daughter-in-law of the uncle's family, and she usually talks a lot, and she likes to take advantage of some small profits. However, she is very filial to her father-in-law Zhang Hongfa, who has been paralyzed for many years, and she also takes care of Brother Yongchang, her thirteen-year-old eldest son Zhu Kaijing, and her eleven-year-old son Zhang Kainian. Therefore, as long as she doesn't do too much, the people in the village will generally let her do something for the sake of the elderly and children.
"Alright, I won't stop delivering water. If you have nothing to do, come over and help. Zhang Yongchang had already seen a few of them, and he had the heart to come over to say hello, thinking of his mother-in-law who had stopped in the end. If he can't help, he won't make trouble for them.
"Mother, my brother and I are also thirsty, bring us some water bowls." Zhang Kaijing, who was busy, saw that his mother was about to cause trouble again, so he hurriedly spoke up. He and his younger brother knew that they must not mess with the children of the fifth grandfather's family, otherwise their father would definitely fire at them. Besides, with Uncle Jiahang's temperament, this matter must have been approved by Steward Wu.
His mother actually has no bad intentions, but she just has a bad mouth, as long as she sees and hears it, she can't control her mouth. As far as she said just now, if Steward Wu really knew, she would definitely say that it was his mother's complaint. In fact, she was really just talking, but as soon as she opened her mouth to say it, it was spread as soon as people heard it, and then it depended on her like this.
However, if something really happened, his mother was not wronged. As for love taking advantage, my mother is also for the family, but she herself eats the least. It's not that Dad and they didn't say anything, but they will fight back to their original form in a few days. It's a real headache for them.
Zhu Xiuying heard that her two precious sons were thirsty, and she didn't care about Jiahang's side, so she hurriedly stepped forward to send them water to drink. Looking at the tanned faces of her two sons, she was also distressed, but the situation of the family could not be invited, and her mother's family had to do it herself.
"The opening of the scene, the beginning of the year, tomorrow you take care of your grandfather at home, and your mother and your father will come to work in the fields."
Zhang Kaijing drank a large bowl of water and handed it to her. "Mother, we're fine, just be busy for a few more days. It's not easy for you at home. Then he said: "Mother, it was Steward Wu who agreed to go to the field to pick up waste, don't talk nonsense." If you make Dad angry, we can't help you. ”
"Yes. Mother, they didn't provoke us, you can't cause trouble. Zhang Kainian on the side echoed.
"Okay, my mother knows. Rest for now. There's still some time before dinner, so I'll go over and help your dad first. I'll go back later. How did she know that it was Steward Wu who agreed, and besides, she just said it casually. Why do the two children have such a big opinion!
Zhang Kaijing saw that his mother agreed, but her face was not serious, and shook her head with a wry smile. Take a break with my brother first, I'm so tired!