Chapter 10: Stirring up trouble
Early the next morning, Mei Lan was called up by Deng Hongying, Deng Hongying and Mei Baoping went to the field first, and had already negotiated with others last night about renting the harvester, so the two of them had to lead people to the field early in the morning.
After Mei Lan got up, she steamed the rice in a rice cooker, and then went to the vegetable field with a basket to pick some chili eggplant and water spinach.
At this time, Mei Ju also got up, yawning and brushing her teeth.
"Mei Ju, you wash the vegetables, I'll feed the cows." Mei Lan explained.
When Mei Lan put down the bucket and came out with a large bundle of straw, Mei Ju was still washing her face slowly by the well platform.
"Mei Ju, hurry up, I'm going to the field in a while, you cook by yourself." Mei Lan was a little annoyed.
In the past, because Meizhu was at home, Meizhu and Meiju did these jobs at home, but this year, Meizhu didn't go home, and Meiju couldn't carry it alone, so Meilan stayed at home to help her.
"Second sister, don't, don't, I'll wash the vegetables, you still cook the rice, you make it much better than me." When Mei Ju heard that she was allowed to do it alone, she also knew that she was afraid, so she hurriedly washed her face, squatted on the ground and began to choose vegetables and wash them.
After Mei Lan fed the cow, he took out some meat and eggs from the refrigerator, when the rural people were busy, breakfast was generally rice and stir-fried vegetables, after all, after this day's farm work, it was absolutely unbearable to eat if there was not enough to eat, and if there were conditions, not only to eat enough, but also to eat well.
Deng Hongying is not at a loss to everyone.
Mei Lan cut vegetables neatly, made a fire, fried a chili scrambled egg, a chili fried meat, a roasted eggplant and a vegetarian fried water spinach, and then took out the leftover fish and meat from last night and heated it, ate two bites indiscriminately, explained a few words about what Mei Ju wanted to do, and hurriedly changed into an old long-sleeved shirt, and carried some food in a basket to the field.
At this time, everyone is in a hurry, and people are resting on their planes, so they usually send the food to the ground and eat two bites.
Mei Lan took advantage of their time to eat, tied up the straw in the field one by one and stood up to wait for it to dry, and after doing it for a while, she saw Mei Baoping and Deng Hongying carrying bags of rice to the small cart, and Mei Lan hurriedly ran over to help.
Mei Lan is five or six centimeters taller than Deng Hongying, although she doesn't often carry things, but she still has the strength, as long as she is there, she will usually try to help her mother do more, because she knows best how hard Deng Hongying is in a day.
Mei Lan and Mei Baoping pushed the rice and sent it home, and then carried it upstairs again and again, Mei Lan's shoulders were also a little worn out, not only Mei Lan, but even Mei Baoping didn't do this kind of thing, he was also gritting his teeth and enduring it.
Mei Xin and Mei Ju took the initiative to take over the job of drying rice this year, one on the roof and the other in the backyard, which made Mei Lan a little easier.
The harvester harvested most of the rice in Meilan's family in one day, and Meilan, Deng Hongying, and Mei Baoping were busy for two more days before they cut the two pieces of fragmented rice at the foot of the mountain by hand and sent them for threshing, which can be regarded as harvesting all the early rice.
Next, it's time to harvest the straw. Mei Lan's family has three cows, and this straw is the main feed for the cattle, so this straw must be recovered.
It's just that harvesting straw is also a chore, mainly in the summer, and you can't wear short sleeves, you have to cover it tightly, otherwise, the straw will rub on the skin and it will itch uncomfortably.
On this day, Mei Lan just entered the door with a large load of straw, Mei Ju came over with her mobile phone in her hand and said with a smile: "Second sister, my uncle called and said that he had checked it for you, and you have been admitted to R University." ”
"Why did you get my phone again?" Merlin was upset.
She wanted to go to the field to do things, and it was inconvenient to hold her mobile phone, so she put it in her own room. There are no other conditions for the Mei family, there is still one room for one person, a two-story house, a total of eight rooms, Mei Lan's four sisters and brothers live upstairs, parents and grandmother live downstairs, and the extra two rooms are stacked with sundries and barns.
"She's your sister, what's wrong with your phone? The loser's stuff, what kind of mobile phone do you use at such a young age, and what about the money you earn from working these days? Wang Ximei came out of the hall shaking a fan.
Mei Lan sneered, this is to see that the big work at home is almost done, and she can't help it, it's time to jump out.
No, I went to rummage through my own things to find money again.
"Mother-in-law, this mobile phone was given to me by my uncle, I didn't spend any money, I haven't spent the family's money since I was fifteen, don't put the word loser on my head."
"Ouch, you have no conscience, you didn't spend the family's money, what do you eat and wear? Do you think you grew this big by eating? I want to fly before the wings are hard, and I don't want to recognize this home? ”
Wang Ximei has always been the queen mother of the family, and when she saw Mei Lan talking back, she scolded Mei Lan with a pu fan.
"Mother-in-law, what are you talking about? Who wouldn't want to recognize this home? Take a good look, who is busy all day in this family? ”
As soon as Mei Lan heard the Queen Mother's words, the more she spoke, the more unpleasant she became, and she was also blocked in her heart, and she didn't pay attention to proportions when she spoke.
Anyway, she also knows that no matter what she does or says, the Queen Mother will not like her, otherwise, she would not have scolded so ugly, where do these words seem to come out of the mouths of relatives?
Fortunately, Mei Lan is used to it, and she has learned it no matter how ugly it is.
As soon as Wang Ximei heard that Mei Lan was still talking back, she was so angry that she slapped Mei Lan with the fan in her hand and slapped her face on Mei Lan, scolding her mouth while beating.
"You short-lived ghost, your father and your mother don't dare to talk to me, what are you, talk back to me all day long, see if I don't kill you......"
Mei Lan knew Wang Ximei's temper, if she resisted, Wang Ximei was a person who could definitely lie on the ground and splash, and it was her parents who would be embarrassed at that time, so she didn't dare to be strong anymore, so she hurriedly stretched out her hand to stop her, ran away from her quickly, and went upstairs to harvest rice.
"Ouch, my heart hurts so much, Ju Li, you go and call your father back." Wang Ximei stroked her chest and hummed.
"Mother-in-law, it's going to be dark in a while, and my parents should be back soon." As soon as Mei Ju's words were finished, Mei Baoping and Zheng Hongying entered the house.
"Ouch, Baoping, your mother and I were so angry with the short-lived ghost that my heart hurt, I said a few words to her, and talked back to me, I just slapped her twice with a fan, and she threw me away, ouch......" Wang Ximei snorted again.
Deng Hongying knew Wang Ximei's temper very well, seeing this, she glanced at her husband, Mei Baoping naturally knew her mother's character, and knew that she was impatient to wait.
Forget it, this abscess will be squeezed out sooner or later.
"Mom, don't make trouble, after dinner, I'll talk to Lan Li." Mei Baoping had no choice but to agree.
"Baoping, is this appropriate? Can it be done? ”
"Why can't it be? If you can't do it, you have to do it, you want to leave this family and live a good life, but there is no door? ...... over the years"
"Mom, don't say it, I agree." Deng Hongying compromised.
When Mei Ju went upstairs to look for Mei Lan, Mei Lan was bending down to sweep the rice, and at this time, it was the time of sunset.
"Second sister, look, how beautiful this sunset is." Mei Ju stood by the railing, looking at the sunset on the horizon and the fields, villages and green hills under the sunset.
Mei Lan also glanced up, she had seen such a scenery many times in books and computers, gorgeous sunsets, golden rice fields, green mountains with mountains and mountains, flowing rivers and rising smoke, no matter how you look at it, it is a quiet and peaceful pastoral scenery.
Of course, the premise is that you don't need to work hard.
"If I were idle, like you, sitting here every day with a cup of tea, enjoying the fresh air, the warm breeze, bowing my head to play with my phone or computer, and occasionally getting up and stretching, I would also pretentiously say, 'What a beautiful sunset.'" ”
"Second sister, you're really boring." Mei Ju pursed her lips.
Mei Lan didn't pay attention to her anymore, when Mei Lan heard others praise and envy before, she scoffed, let you go to the ground to do a day's work to know whether it is bitter or not, envy or not envy.
Seeing that Mei Lan didn't speak, Mei Ju thought about what she was going to talk about for a while, and hurriedly picked up a handful of baskets and put the rice into the basket.
The two sisters went downstairs after harvesting the rice, Mei Baoping and Deng Hongying had already prepared dinner, and after the meal, Mei Lan was just about to reach out to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, but Mei Baoping stopped her.
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