Chapter 31 The Crazy Watermelon Seedlings
Du Qimei was stunned, but she didn't expect her mother to care about it, and finally put her mind at ease, picked up the buns that fell on the table, and continued to eat.
"Mother, I will never take my younger brothers and sisters to the mountains in the future." Du Qimei said softly, she originally thought that her mother would beat them, but she didn't expect it to be easily revealed.
Seeing that the four children were well-behaved, Yang said, "If you are obedient, I will be relieved." I don't ask for anything else, I just want you to be safe and sound. ”
Du Wulang didn't speak, he ate with his head bored, and when he saw that his mother finished speaking, he whispered: "Mother, I saw my uncle in the county seat today." ”
The uncle that Du Wulang said is Du Dahai, Du Dashan's brother.
"When?" Yang was surprised, she was worried that if the old woman knew that she had made money doing embroidery, she would come back to the house to make trouble and ask for money.
Du Wulang smiled bitterly: "Uncle saw me, I just wanted to greet him, but he pretended not to see me, turned around and left, as if I was looking for him to ask for money." ”
Although the two families were unhappy because of the separation before, in Du Wulang's heart, the uncle was his father's elder brother and his elder after all, and he should come forward to salute and say hello.
"Humph!" Yang snorted coldly, "He's not worried that you'll ask him for money, but he doesn't want to invite you to a meal." Pretend not to see it, and even if it spreads, others will understand it and won't say anything, so he will save money for inviting you to dinner. ”
Since his father died in battle, Du Goro forced him to grow up overnight, and naturally he also wanted to understand the key, so he has been sullen along the way.
Du Jiumei saw her mother's anger and eldest brother's unwillingness, and said: "Mother, fifth brother, those are all outsiders, don't be sad because of outsiders, our family lives well, and what other people do has nothing to do with us." They are not rare to us, grandparents, uncles and aunts are rare to us. ”
"Yes, grandpa and grandma love me the most." Du Balang stinks and says, a few cousins used to bully them, but the two cousins won't, he likes to go to grandma, grandpa.
Yang looked at the children with satisfaction, but his father and mother tried their best for them, but fortunately, these children were all in mind.
"Xiao Jiu'er is right, it doesn't matter if those people ignore us, as long as we live a good life, eat well, and be healthy, it's better than anything else." Yang made a concluding statement at the end, saying that life is to live a good life by oneself, and it has little to do with others.
Du Wulang, who was originally a little depressed, heard his mother's persuasion, and no longer drilled into the horns, he was not angry that his uncle did not recognize him, and he was sad for his father, who defended the so-called brothers during his lifetime, but in exchange for his brothers treating his wife and children so slowly.
If my father knew that the peace he had exchanged for his life would be nothing in the eyes of the eldest uncle, second uncle, and fourth uncle, I would have regretted going to the battlefield!
"Got it, mother." Du Wulang smiled and gulped down the buns.
"They are all very capable, tomorrow we will eat pork stewed dried beans and rice." Yang was going to treat the four children, and before her husband went to the battlefield, she could still eat a few bites of rice, but since her husband went to the battlefield, they could only watch others eat rice.
"Great, I love rice." Du Hachiro is still a child, he has no worries, and his biggest hobby is eating.
Du Jiumei dismantled the stage and said, "Starling, you like to eat everything." ”
Hahaha・・・・・・
The room was full of laughter, unprecedented joy and comfort.
Early the next morning, Du Qimei got up to clean the courtyard, and when she arrived at the backyard, she was startled, remembering that these watermelon seedlings were not so lush a few days ago, but they had climbed all over the backyard in just a few days, and the roof, wall, and trees in the corner of the wall were all climbing, and even the path to the thatched house had been occupied.
"Mother, the watermelons in our backyard are too lush, what should we do?" Du Qimei was embarrassed, so she cut it off or stepped on it directly, in case she killed the watermelon seedlings, wouldn't it be in vain?
Yang was surprised, she had never planted watermelons, and said: "I don't know how to grow watermelons, it's a pity to cut the seedlings, why don't we set up a few shelves and let them climb along the shelves to the house and the wall?" ”
Du Jiumei followed behind and snickered, the spring water is really easy to use.
There are also seven or eight fist-thick tree trunks left over from the repair of the house, which are placed directly at the back of the house, and some bamboo poles are tied horizontally in the middle, and then these watermelon seedlings are guided to climb up the roof along this shelf.
Sure enough, within a few days, the watermelon seedlings in the backyard lived up to expectations and climbed onto the roof. This is a common occurrence in the village, where some families have planted pumpkins in front of and behind their homes, and many roofs are covered with seedlings.
Not only does it save space, but it also provides shade in the summer, and the inside of the house is cool, and in the fall, you can harvest a lot of pumpkins and put them in the cellar to eat for a winter.
On this day, my grandmother brought two cousins, star flower and pear flower, to visit relatives. These two cousins are very capable and diligent, have a good temperament, and have a good appearance, just like Yang's youthful appearance. He is only thirteen or fourteen years old this year, and many matchmakers from all over the neighborhood come to propose marriage.
"Mother, how did you send the peach blossoms and pear blossoms, learn from me earlier, and you can learn early." Yang said with a smile, "I made twenty purses last time and earned two taels and five dollars of silver. With this skill, there is no need to work in the fields in the future. ”
Of course, Grandma Fahrenheit understands this truth, in the past, her daughter lived with that family, even if she wanted her two granddaughters to follow her, she had no chance, and now she moved here.
"Yes, my jade is a treasure, that is, Du Pozi can't see it blindly. For a little deposit, I didn't let you embroider, short-sighted. Hua Shi said with contempt, the original thing was that Du Pozi had a lot of ghosts, in order to pinch her daughter, she broke Yu'er to complete most of the embroidery work, not only could not get the money, but also had to lose money.
Of course, Du Pozi was unwilling to take money to accompany her, and of course Aunt An couldn't suffer a loss, so she deducted a deposit of ten taels. Since then, my daughter is angry and doesn't embroider, and it's thankless to save her efforts, not to mention her eyes, and the three concubines say that she doesn't work all day long, and she doesn't mention that she can earn a few taels of silver a month by embroidering!
Du Pozi is even more ruthless, if you don't embroider, then you can work in the field, and if you don't work, you won't have anything to eat. Yang took his two children to the ground every day and night, but he insisted on not continuing to embroider.
Yang smiled and did not judge what the evil mother-in-law did.
"Mother, since you're here, I'll stay here for a few more days." Yang said with a smile, although there are only two kangs at home, they are very wide and can sleep several people.
Fahrenheit shook his head and said, "No, the old hen at home is holding the nest, and the little rabbit at home is about to give birth, so I don't have time to stay here." Pear Blossom and Peach Blossom are here to learn embroidery from you, although they are close and it is more dangerous to go back and forth, so it is good for their sisters to stay and stay. ”