The big house is divided into three acres of land, which is connected next to the Xiaohuai River, which is not only fertile, but also convenient for irrigation during drought.

After Mrs. Chen learned that these three pieces of land were given to the big house, she scolded Mr. Chen privately every day.

Because of the fertility of these three acres of land, grain is grown every year, and the yield of wheat and corn is half that of other fields. It's no wonder that the other rooms were red when they heard that the land was given to the big house, and even the always sleek Cai family sighed to Chen Zifu in private: "The good land has been allocated to the big house, what will we do in the future." ”

Regarding what to plant on these three acres of land, Li discussed with several children, and decided to plant wheat, after all, food is the foundation of this era, and if you have food, you will have food, and you will not be afraid of famine. Rural people, there is no place to make money, and what they are most afraid of is that they will encounter a famine year, and they will have to sell their sons and daughters when they have no food.

Chen Xuejiao was satisfied with Li's decision.

There are 12 acres of land in the upper house, plus 5 acres of land from the tenants, a total of 17 acres of land, and the amount of labor is not a lot. Chen Zi's long arm in the second room is just right, and he can't do heavy work, so Zhao regained Mrs. Chen's celebrity position, so naturally he doesn't have to go to the ground; The Cai family in the third room has a body, and only Chen Zifu has a laborer; Not to mention the four rooms, Chen Zigui and Zhang's lazy and slippery two people can't afford a laborer; The big house was divided again, and in this way, there were only two laborers, Old Man Chen and Chen Zifu.

Old man Chen planned to help Dafang farm after sowing wheat seeds on his seventeen acres of land.

Early in the morning, Mr. Chen summoned the second, third, and fourth rooms to the upper room to discuss the matter of planting wheat.

Chen Xuewa and Da Dan communicated with Chen Xuejiao, and Chen Xuejiao squeezed under the curtain of the upper room to listen, and Chen Qiping also followed.

“…… The purpose of gathering everyone is to discuss the matter of planting wheat. Old Man Chen said slowly, "The entire village, except for the land of Han Laojiu's family. Other families have planted wheat on their fields, and our family has pulled down the wheat planting this autumn because of a lot of things on the stall. In the past two days, everyone has worked hard in one place, except for the third daughter-in-law, who is pregnant with her belly. Your mother cooks at home, and everyone else goes down to the field with me to plant wheat. Your eldest brother is injured, let's finish planting, and plant the boss's three acres of land. ”

As soon as Old Man Chen finished speaking, except for Chen Zifu and Cai, the rest of the people quietly bit their ears.

"Dad, my arm is just right, I can't use my strength. How can you go to the ground," Chen Zichang howled first.

Zhao followed closely and said in a coquettish voice: "Dad, my old problem of heartache has been committed again, I should stay at home and help my mother cook." ”

Old Man Chen didn't speak, looked at the third room, Chen Zifu stood up and said respectfully: "Dad, I listen to you." ”

Cai's also helped: "My sister-in-law still has to take care of my eldest brother, and I really should help her family farm." My mother and I were left at home to cook, and although I couldn't bend over to stir-fry, it was still okay to make a fire. ”

Old Man Chen nodded with satisfaction.

Zhang jumped up: "Our guys don't eat well these days. People have no strength, how can they do it? If we eat meat and drink soup every day like Dafang, let alone fifteen acres of land. Even if it's a hundred acres, we're willing to do it. ”

Chen Zichang, who was sitting next to Zhang, spoke: "Dad, our family has enough land, and we have to help the big house farm the land, why?" I heard the big Danniang say that the eldest sister-in-law is not willing to help our family cook, and every day we drink thin soup and eat meat by ourselves, why should we help them. Besides, I gave them the best three pieces of land in Xiaohuaihe, what do you want. ”

listened to the words of several sons and daughters-in-law who blamed each other. Old Man Chen's angry beard smoked.

“…… Okay, you don't want to work, do you? Old Man Chen was furious. slapped his palm on the table, "Do you also want to divide it out like the big house?" Cheng, if you have this mind, we will divide it neatly today. ”

When Old Madam Chen heard this, she frowned.

When Chen Zichang and Chen Zigui heard this, they were frightened, they didn't want to break up, so they still had their backs to the upper room to enjoy the coolness.

"Dad, how can our family be divided, this big brother has just been divided, and he is dividing us, how can outsiders look at it......" Chen Zichang stood up, "Mother, you also persuade Dad, who said that you want to divide the family and pull the big house and divide the family, it was proposed by the sister-in-law, what does it have to do with us......"

"I don't want to separate the family and I don't want to work, you guys are all thinking clearly, don't think I don't know. I still want to learn to eat meat every day, if you leave the public middle school, you can't find a place to drink the northwest wind. Old Man Chen interrupted Chen Zichang's words.

Everyone saw that Old Man Chen was really angry, and they didn't dare to say anything. Mrs. Chen helped her son out of the siege: "What are you doing with such a big fire, breaking up?" How much else do you have to give them, and the best ones are gone. Okay, don't talk a few words, your father will let you do the work, and I will cook with my second daughter-in-law. ”

Everyone didn't squeak, and followed Old Man Chen to the ground one by one, and even Chen Xuemiao followed. Chen Xuejiao returned to her north wing and told her family what happened in the upper room.

“…… These three acres of land were originally what we deserved, but the second uncle and they all felt that we took advantage. Chen Xuejiao said slowly.

"These lands were bought with the money that my father got from sitting in the museum, and our family should have a share." Chen Xueru's temperament is becoming more and more bold, and she has begun to express her views on some things.

Li glanced at Chen Xueru lightly, Chen Xueru was silent, and looked through the window at Mrs. Chen coming out of the upper room to feed the chickens.

Chen Xuejiao glanced at Chen Qiping, and Chen Qiping went to the chicken pen with a comprehension.

Five chickens, two roosters, and three hens were given to the big house when they were separated. Two roosters were killed, and three hens were left to lay eggs. Mrs. Chen is quite angry, these days often wandering in front of the chicken pen, as long as she sees the three hens in the big house laying eggs, she instructs the second or third eggs to go to the chicken pen to pick up eggs.

This matter was not hidden from Chen Xuejiao's eyes, she observed that her chickens generally lay eggs after breakfast in the morning, so every time in the past two days, let Qi Ping keep an eye on it, and the chickens will go into the chicken nest to pick up eggs when they lay eggs, so as not to give Mrs. Chen a chance.

Sure enough, after a while, Chen Qiping came in with two eggs, and the angry Mrs. Chen pointed at Sang and scolded Huai next to the chicken pen.

Dafang heard a lot, but he didn't hear Mrs. Chen's scolding.

Li discussed with a few children about planting wheat, which was more important than going to Weishan Lake, after all, it was related to their own rations. If in normal times. The Li family can take it alone, but now they have to take care of Chen Xiucai.

“…… We don't have much work on our three acres of land, so we plant it ourselves. No one counts. Li said to the children, "Qi An took two days off from school. Let's start planting wheat from now on, I told Xianglian's father that I would borrow his plow, and I estimated that it would be planted in two days, and I would not delay Xuejiao to go to Weishan Lake. ”

So after discussing for a while, Chen Xueru stayed at home to cook and take care of Chen Xiucai, and everyone else went to the ground.

I'm going to go to the ground. I heard someone in the yard greeting Mrs. Chen: "Auntie, have you had breakfast?" ”

Chen Xuejiao looked outside, and it turned out that her uncle Li Yuntian had come in with her second cousin Li Danian, followed by a swarthy and slightly old boy.

"Oh, my uncle is here, my uncle is here." A few children ran out.

Chen Qiping threw himself into Li Yuntian's arms, and Li Yuntian lifted him high, giggling laughter all over the courtyard.

"Big brother, why are you here, doesn't it mean that the genius is here?" Li asked in surprise. He glanced at the swarthy young man behind him and shouted, "The bigger the stronger, the more capable he becomes." ”

It turned out that this swarthy old boy was his eldest cousin Li Dazhuang.

"After the work at home was done, my father took me and Danian to plant wheat for my aunt. After planting, go to Weishan Lake. Li Dazhuang opened his mouth and asked again, "We brought a cart of dry goods, pulled them into the yard, and left directly from my aunt's house when the time came." ”

Li Shi was so happy that he let his eldest brother and nephew into the house.

"Da Zhuang has reached the age of talking about his daughter-in-law, how do you look at each other?" After meeting Chen Xiucai, Li Shixi took Da Zhuang's hand and asked.

Da Zhuang blushed and writhed.

Danian replied on his behalf: "It's the girl from Wang Shanwo." He Jing has a good surname, and he has already fallen in love with each other. When I came back from Weishan Lake, I made a small decision. My aunt had to go for a glass of wine. ”

Li Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Dazhuang blushed and smiled innocently.

The Li family also brought two bags of wheat seeds. Li smiled and said how could he get so much, and he sighed in his heart, in the end, he was his mother's family, and he was afraid that his family would not be able to eat enough, nominally for wheat seeds, but in fact, it was for grain in disguise, and a bag of wheat seeds for his own three acres of land was enough.

The late autumn weather was slightly cold, the leaves had all fallen, and a thin layer of frost began to fall on the grass.

Long before the separation, the three acres of land in the big house had been ploughed and leveled, waiting to be sown with wheat.

Li Yuntian and Li took the children to the field, and on the way, they met Chen Qi'an, who had asked for leave, followed by Han Xingjian and Zhao Yiming, and it turned out that the three of them took leave together to help plant wheat.

According to Chen Xuejiao's knowledge of the ground in her previous life, Xuzhou Mansion is located in the Jianghuai Plain, and the wheat here is winter wheat, so it is sown in late autumn. In winter, there are a few snowfalls, and the wheat absorbs enough snow water, and it can grow wildly in the spring of the next year.

When they arrived in the field, Li Yuntian took the older brothers and scattered the dried manure on the ground first, and used a plow to level the ground. In ancient times, there was no chemical fertilizer, and the fertilizer was generally human and animal manure, so the wheat grown was pure and natural, so the wheat flavor of flour was far more fragrant than that of modern times.

Li took a few children to sow wheat seeds behind, and the wheat seeds should be sprinkled one by one, not too much, if the wheat is too dense and will dry up; Don't sow too little, because if the wheat grows too thin, it will be blown down by the wind.

Chen Xuejiao quickly got started, but it was not difficult, she followed her grandmother to plant wheat in her previous life, which can be said to be a matter of hand-to-hand capture.

At noon, Chen Xueru brought food to everyone, baked white flour cakes, pork stewed cabbage, autumn eggplant and boiled potatoes, the amount of three pots, and everyone ate it on the ground.

Li Yuntian is a capable person, one person tops the labor of three people, plus Li Dazhuang, Li Danian, Chen Qi'an, Han Xingjian, Zhao Yiming and other boys, by the time it gets dark, two acres of land have been planted, and one acre of land is left to be planted the next morning.

Everyone began to go back, Li took Han Xingjian and Zhao Yiming to the house for dinner, and the two said that they wanted to rush home when it was dark, and they didn't want to live or die.

When I walked home, I found Chen Xueru sitting in the yard choosing vegetables and wiping her eyes.

Looking at the way she looked, she was crying. (To be continued)