50. Work in the fields
When the two returned to the house, it was already night, Yunyun was already asleep on the bed, and Li Feng was lying on the side watching.
"Why hasn't Feng'er slept yet?" Lin Xue asked softly, afraid of waking up her daughter.
"Don't be sleepy, mother, what are you doing, you came back so late." Li Feng got up and got into Lin Xue's arms.
Lin Xue stretched out her hand and hugged her, "Your grandfather has something to tell your father, so he came back late." ”
Li Feng nodded, got out of Lin Xue's arms and got into the quilt, "Mother, I'm sleeping, good night." ”
"Good night." Lin Xue responded, Li Qi listened quietly to the conversation between the mother and son, and saw Li Feng asleep and asked, "Xiaoxue, will you really agree to your mother's request?" ”
Lin Xue walked over and said in surprise, "Is there any problem?" ”
"No, it's just that she ......," Li Qi scratched his head, "what if it's too much." ”
Lin Xue smiled, "I said that I would agree if I could do it, but as for whether I can do it, that's not my final say." Lin Xue secretly changed the concept from the Wang family, and glanced at Li Qi with a smile, "Master, you did a good job today, I thought you wouldn't lie to your father." ”
Li Qi lowered his head, "I don't want to lie to my father, but I have you and my children, so I always have to think about you." ”
Lin Xue sighed with emotion and touched Li Qi's head, "Thank you." ”
Early the next morning, the Li family was busy and was going to the field to collect grain, the old man took the men and women of the family with sickles and carried the frame to the field, Lin Xue was the only one in the third room because of something.
After Lin Xue cleaned up, she took the two children to Osmanthus's house, first made the meal to be delivered with Osmanthus and Osmanthus, and then made some food for Li Qi and Dazhu, after eating, Li Qi drove an ox cart to deliver food to the construction site, and she and Osmanthus took Li Qi's place and continued to work.
When the family was first separated, the old man gave the worst six acres of land to Lin Xue's family, and it was a separate one, not with the rest of the Li family, Lin Xue of the two generations was still working in the field for the first time, looking at the sickle in his hand and not knowing how to start, next to the osmanthus has been seasoned in cutting wheat, Lin Xue carefully observed for a while, carefully learned the movements of osmanthus, grabbed a handful of wheat with his left hand, raised the sickle with his right hand and cut it to the heel, the first success gave Lin Xue great encouragement, and happily attacked another piece of wheat.
In less than half an hour, Lin Xue felt that her arms couldn't be lifted, she threw away the sickle in her hand and pressed it with her left hand, Lin Xue looked around, there were villagers who were working hard everywhere, rested for a while and continued to work, enduring the pain, Lin Xue vowed to buy more land next year, plant more grain, and the most important thing is to hire someone to work when harvesting grain, she couldn't stand it.
"Sister-in-law, take a break, I'm too tired." Osmanthus wiped the sweat from her head with her sleeve and piled the cut wheat together and sat on it.
Lin Xue also sat up, although she was a little awkward, she still felt comfortable, maybe she was very tired, "Osmanthus, why is there no one planting fruit trees around us." ”
"Fruit trees are not easy to feed and cannot be eaten, so no one grows them." Osmanthus replied casually.
In this era of low output, eating a full stomach is the most important thing, as for fruits, it is something that only rich people think of, Lin Xue rolled her eyes, since no one planted it, maybe she could try it, she hadn't eaten fruit a few times in ancient times for so long, and she would go to the town in a few days to see if there were any saplings to sell.
Lin Xue's life has been very fulfilling these days, except for cooking, she works in the field, and she falls asleep as soon as she gets home every day with a pillow, and finally Lin Xue spent five days harvesting six acres of land.
Although there is more land on the old man's side, there are more people to harvest the grain in less than three days, since yesterday they have been going to harvest the red fruit, the people who laughed at the Li family to buy the red fruit regretted it, because the sugar gourd made of red fruit has been sold in the town, a string of two pennies, the purchase is endless, every time it is just put out it is snatched up.
On this day, Lin Xue's family was busy with their own affairs, and also went to the red fruit field to help, those who can climb trees climb up to pick red fruits, and those who can't climb will pick up the ground to pick up, Lin Xue picked up a small box of red fruits and poured it into the sack, and then continued to pick up the empty frame.
"Third brother and sister, your family's business is over." This is the first time Zhao has greeted her since the last time, maybe he is a little guilty, and there is a hint of flattery in his tone.
For this kind of person, Lin Xue can't like it, but I hate it, the Zhao family didn't do anything bad, and smiled reluctantly, "Yes, the work in the field is done, so I'm here to help you." ”
"Brother and sister, what happened that day was not right for my sister-in-law, I hope you don't blame me, I didn't know what was going on with me at the time, so I said something like that in a daze." Zhao tried his best to save her friendship with Lin Xue, but the effect was not good.
"It's okay, second sister-in-law, I don't have a good memory, I forgot what happened that day." So the previous friendship between you and me has long been forgotten, Lin Xue said in her heart.
"That's good." Zhao Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and his tone became casual, "Third brother and sister, let's not mention the previous things, you see that your restaurant is still short of people, there is nothing to do when the work in the field is over, I want to find something to do and earn some pocket money for the child." ”
Recently, there is indeed a shortage of people in the restaurant, but she can't ask the Zhao family for help, she will definitely go to the Zhang family as soon as she goes, and the rest of the Li family, when the time comes, you can't refuse if you want to, this mouth can't be opened, Lin Xue thought about it, "Second sister-in-law, I can't sit on the Lord for this matter, you have to ask Osmanthus, after all, she is the big boss." ”
"Okay, I'll go back in the evening and ask, if I can, we can work together." Zhao picked up the red fruit and walked away.
"Dad, come and see, it's really strange that this tree doesn't have a single red fruit." Li Fu's loud voice attracted everyone's attention.
Lin Xue looked at it curiously, and sure enough, there was not a single red fruit, but the other trees next to it were full of fruits, such a scene was really weird, and suddenly Li Qi climbed up and dragged a branch to study for a while, "Dad, the red fruit on this tree was picked by someone, maybe it was a thief." ”
"Third brother, how do you know that someone else picked it, maybe it didn't bear fruit in the first place." Li Ping stood up and said.
Lin Xue wondered in her heart, this Li Ping has always cared about things that have nothing to do with him, why did he suddenly change his personality today, looking at the corner of his eye, Li Ping's eyes kept flickering, and there was an unnatural flush on his face, and an idea suddenly came out of Lin Xue's mind, could it be that this red fruit was stolen by Li Ping.