Chapter 12: A New Life
In this way, Liu Zhu and Zhang's sat on several baskets of steamed buns, and then asked Liu Yue and Liu Fang to take a few from each family, Liu Yue and Liu Fang took the fragrant and soft steamed buns, and their hearts were beautiful, and Zhang's eyes were also squinting with a smile.
Liu Fang and Liu Yue sent a circle of steamed buns, but when they came back, they both brought things back, and it turned out that the people in the village gave gifts in return. Some brought back four or five eggs, some returned a small piece of meat, and then there were cloth shoes or something.
Liu Yue felt so moved, a few cheap steamed buns from her own house, but in exchange for so many things from the people in the village. Zhang and Liu Zhu were also moved when they looked at it, but they immediately asked the two sisters to tell which one to send and which one to send, and the two couples wrote down one by one for fear of missing which one.
In this way, it will be difficult to repay the favor in the future, and no one in this village is rich, so naturally they can't take other people's things for nothing. So write it down, and in the future, the village people will return the red and white ceremonies, this is the exchange of people.
Liu Zhu and Zhang's separated everything that could be eaten and what could be used by the villagers, and then they were busy and the family gathered around to eat. It is rare to eat white-flour steamed buns at home, as well as wild vegetables dug up by Yue'er, although it is very simple, but in the eyes of the two sisters, it is already very rich and delicious.
Liu Zhu looked at the sweet girl, and his heart became more and more uncomfortable, he had really wronged the two daughters and the Zhang family over the years. In the future, we must do more work, so that the girls can eat white flour steamed buns and drink rice porridge every day. It's best to have a piece of meat to eat, and it's beautiful.
After dinner, the family gathered around and chatted again, Zhang asked the two sisters to come to the kang, and Liu Zhu put charcoal in the brazier. Because it was just put in, it was a little choking, Zhang and Liu Yue didn't care, but Liu Fang couldn't help coughing. Liu Yue hurriedly got out of bed and poured a cup of hot water for her sister,
laughed and said: "Sister will be fine when she drinks saliva, but Yue'er thinks it smells good, as long as her father and mother and sister and brother accompany Yue'er, Yue'er feels very happy." ”
Liu Fang stuck out her tongue: "Are you ashamed, you will say things to make your mother happy all day long, and you nest in your mother's arms every day, you are really a little doll that doesn't grow up." Liu Yue didn't care, she didn't care at all, Liu Fang felt that her sister was so strange, she didn't like to talk about her little doll the most, saying that she was not ashamed. Now it seems that she is not angry about what she says, and she looks very happy, is it possible that her sister has really grown up and sensible. However, since her mother's confinement, Yue'er has indeed been very obedient and sensible, and she has really changed sex.
Liu Yue looked at the puzzled look on Liu Fang's face, and felt a little flustered in her heart, so she hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Liu Fang seriously: "It's because of the little brother, so Yue'er has to be as sensible as her sister, and she must be a good sister to the little brother, otherwise the little brother won't call me my sister in the future?" ”
Liu Fang and Zhang looked at Liu Yue with a serious look, and they both laughed, they didn't expect Yue'er to care so much about being a sister, Liu Fang couldn't help but think that her sister seemed to be unqualified, and her sister wanted to be a good sister so seriously.
Sometimes I don't really want to help the family, and I always like to bully my sister, so I can't help blushing when I think of it. I secretly thought that I would take good care of my sister and younger brother in the future, otherwise I wouldn't look like a big sister.
Liu Yue naturally didn't know what she said, but it made Liu Fang change a lot from then on, maybe rebirth is the tragic fate of God's pity for Liu Yue's family in the previous life, so let Liu Yue be reborn to change her fate!
Zhang picked up the sewing kit at the head of the bed and began to make small clothes for Liu Cheng, and Liu Fang and Liu Yue played with flowers. Liu Zhu felt very satisfied when he saw the family so quiet and peaceful.
Zhang suddenly said: "His father, you also know that our family does not have much land when we are separated, so I want to go and open up the wasteland in our backyard, although it is a little barren, but you can fertilize more material, and when the soil quality is good, you can plant anything." ”
Liu Yue knew about the wasteland behind her house, because the terrain was a little low, so she couldn't grow food, and no one wanted this land, so it became a wasteland. The Chen family divided this piece to their own family, and then the mother took the private money, so she reluctantly made these three rooms and surrounded a large courtyard.
Later, a back hood room was added, and a firewood room was built out of mud and weeds. It's finally decent. I didn't expect my mother to think of opening up the slope behind her, so that no matter what, you can grow some vegetables, or peanuts or something, and you can exchange some money.
Niang is really a smart person, but unfortunately because she didn't give birth to a son before, she felt that the dwarf was third-class, so she didn't dare to say anything. Now that I have a little brother, I naturally have the confidence to say my thoughts. I don't blame my mother for this, if this rural person doesn't give birth to a son, he has no status, and his mother-in-law and husband will not like it. There is no place to speak, so I can only be beaten and scolded by my mother-in-law.
Liu Yue thought that she wouldn't marry such a person in the future, she had to discuss everything with herself, she wouldn't look down on herself, no matter what she had, he could like it, otherwise what would be the strength of life!
Liu Fang was a little afraid of getting tired when she thought of clearing the wasteland, and couldn't help but pout: "Mother, how much time does it take for this wasteland to be cleared!" And we don't have any labor at home! ”
Liu Yue also saw her sister's displeasure, and secretly felt anxious for her sister. My sister is still afraid of hardships and fatigue, so this is not good, and she may want to be a concubine again in the future. couldn't help frowning: "Sister, the two of us can also help my mother!" At most, it will take some more time, and besides, there is no work in the field now that it is winter, and there is no time to do it now and wait for spring.
My sister is so capable, she will definitely be a good helper for her mother, and when her mother earns money, she will make new clothes for her sister and Yue'er! Our family can also eat white flour steamed buns every day, and my sister can also pull a new head rope. ”
Liu Fang was praised by her sister like this, and when she thought of the new clothes and new headdress, she was a little moved. Forget it, I have always hoped that my family would become rich. Liu Fang nodded: "What Yue'er said is, mother, don't worry, my sister and I will definitely help."
When the land is prepared in the winter, and the seeds are sown in the spring, when the vegetables are not finished, they can still be sold in the city, and they can be exchanged for silver. Of course, Liu Fang's words later were that she could buy new clothes for herself and her sister after changing the silver.
Liu Zhu saw that the family agreed, so he no longer objected, but he still frowned and said: "But damn it, you are not in good health now that you have just come out of confinement, and Cheng'er is still so young, I am afraid that your mother and wife are too tired." When I finished my work in the evening, I would have hurried back early, and it would have been much easier to borrow a plow and an ox. ”
Seeing that Liu Zhu agreed, Zhang was also very satisfied, and said with a smile: "Okay, his father will go and talk to Aunt Li later, and I will borrow oxen and plows tomorrow morning."
Just before you go to work, open up some land, and I will reorganize it with Yue'er Fang'er. You can finish it every day for a few days, and the wasteland behind it is not a big piece. It's right behind the yard, so you can also take care of Cheng'er nearby, which is also convenient.
When spring comes, I will plant some thorns, so that the chickens and dogs in the village will not be allowed to eat vegetables, and the vegetables in the field will grow well. Looking at Zhang's excited and expectant look, Liu Zhu and the two sisters also became excited. It seems that everyone has seen a bright future at home, and has seen a large vegetable patch in the backyard.
When Yue'er thinks of the vegetable field, she thinks of the pigs she fed in her previous life, because there are many vegetables planted, and the old vegetable leaves are not eaten by herself, and she can't sell them. So it's best to feed the pigs. Pigs are sleepy because they have vegetable leaves to eat, they can grow strong and fat, and they don't have to go to pigweed every day. At the end of the year, the pig was slaughtered and sold, but it was a lot of income!
Yue'er tugged at Zhang's sleeve and asked innocently: "Mother, can Yue'er raise more chickens and ducks, Yue'er also wants to raise a pig, so that she can earn a lot of silver at the end of the year."
Yue'er saw that Mrs. Zhang's family raised a big pig, and Yue'er heard from Zhang's sister that this pig could earn a lot of silver a year? And the sister of the Zhang family also taught Yue'er to raise pigs? Sister Zhang said that as long as there are old vegetable leaves, pigs can eat strong, and there is no need to beat pigweed? Our backyard has become a vegetable patch, so we should raise a pig! Mother, do you say it? ”
Zhang's heart lit up when he heard the pig, he had long wanted to raise pigs, but because the family had no silver, there was not much money to buy piglets, so the matter of raising pigs was put on hold, and now when he heard Yue'er say that raising pigs, he was immediately moved. Now there is Liu Zhu's income at home every month, so there is money to buy piglets.
Zhang nodded approvingly: "Yue'er is really a little ghost, his father is a good idea to raise pigs, I wanted to raise pigs before, but because the family has no money left to buy germanium, so it has not been possible." Mrs. Zhang's family raises pigs every year, and I heard her say that raising pigs is a large amount of input?
The land in our backyard happens to grow vegetables, and this pigweed does not need to go to the mountains to fight, but it is not troublesome. ”
Yue'er knew that Zhang's would agree, but she didn't expect that Zhang's had always wanted to raise pigs, but the family really couldn't come up with the money to buy piglets, so they couldn't raise noodles, and now the Zhang family is naturally very happy to raise pigs.
Liu Fang now feels more and more that her sister has changed, and she didn't expect to be able to give her mother ideas, but if raising pigs can make the family rich, it is also a good thing. Today may be the happiest day for Liu Zhu's family! Everyone is looking forward to the future, and it is a bright future.
Yue'er also feels much more down-to-earth, and now she has finally changed a lot, maybe because she is just a little doll, so Yue'er is a little sleepy.
Zhang looked at Yue'er's appearance of being obviously sleepy but trying to fight her spirits, touched Yue'er's head with a smile, turned to Liu Fang and said, "Fang'er, take your sister to sleep together!" Seeing that Yue'er is sleepy like this, we only care about talking, and we don't know that it is so late. ”
Liu Yue's face flushed, so she got up and followed her sister to the next room to sleep, now she can't hold on, how can she help her mother work tomorrow if she doesn't sleep well at night? Liu Fang watched her sister fall asleep as soon as she got into bed, and couldn't help snickering in her heart, seeing that you are like a little adult, but you still fall asleep as soon as you get into bed like a child.
In fact, I am really a little afraid that my sister is too sensible, so that my sister is not too useless, thinking of the changes in the family, Liu Fang feels a lot happier in her heart. I used to feel that the family was poor, and there was no hope for the poor, but now my father doesn't have to hand over all the wages, and my mother also works hard to help the family earn money, and even my ignorant little sister wants to help the family come up with ideas and help my mother work together.
On the contrary, I am a little lazy and afraid of things, and I am even more afraid of hardship, which is really not as good as my sister.