The patriarch became Li Zheng again, and followed Mingyuan's nephew to the village to check the population and compare the household registration. The third uncle walked around the village with his hands behind his back, and the stuffy man was not there, and the boys' patrol team was wilting when they saw it.

Grandma Zhang walked around the ancestral hall on crutches, and saw the third uncle standing on his feet and shouting at him: "Wander around!" Don't be lazy! ”

The third uncle responded loudly: "Don't worry! Did you sleep well yesterday? ”

Grandma Zhang smiled: "It's delicious!" Soft pastries, I eat them every day! Enjoy, enjoy! ”

The third uncle smiled and nodded, and the old lady heard again, "Take a few steps and go home crookedly!" ”

Grandma Zhang waved her hand, "Go, go and see everywhere, go!" ”

There was smoke from the chimney of the roasting room in the back, and the sound of beating eggs in the roasting room came and went. In the warehouse next to it, the little daughters-in-law were holding spoons and putting the soap into the mold.

Now the men in the village are unemployed, and the women have become the main source of money. The daughters-in-law have a job to do, and they take the time to break eggs, bake cakes, make soap, soap, and are busy all day long, for fear that the old ladies will come back and bring back a lot of orders at once, which will catch them off guard.

In addition to going up the mountain to collect firewood, pick mushrooms, and pick wild fruits. Feed the pigs, feed the chickens, catch the ducks, and rush back to help with the cooking.

The men were also busy, building houses, going up the mountain to carry stones, cutting down trees, and helping to climb trees and pick flowers.

"O chick! Have you eaten it in the morning? The third uncle laughed and teased Fang Yue.

It was too stuffy in the baking room and soap room, so Fang Yue sat outside, nibbling on egg tarts and eating.

"Hmmm! The third grandfather is on patrol! ”

"Your patriarch grandfather is out, I'll take a look around."

Fang Yue stuffed the snack into his mouth and sent it to the third uncle: "Third grandfather, just when you go over and ask, have you typed out the sand board for our writing?" ”

"I'll ask!" The third uncle knew that Mingyuan's nephew said that the children were too young to write on paper, so they first used a wooden stick to write on the sand board, and then practiced with paper and pen.

The third uncle walked over, and the children lined up from the soap room, each with a tray in hand, and steadily sent it to each kang to dry.

The third uncle walked to the place where Fang Mingjiang was doing carpentry work, and heard that the children had already begun to study.

Fang Yue raised his head: "Review yesterday's content, Zhao Qian, Sun Li, Zhou Wu, Zheng Wang, Feng Chen Chuwei, Jiang Shen Han Yang!" ”

The children read in unison, shouting loudly and reciting it four times, Dong Xiaoying came out of the baking room and called the children to go in and drink milk.

Fang Yue hurriedly instructed: "There is not much milk, we can't drink more, let's eat the fruit later, there is gala fruit, today's book will be memorized, we can eat a gala fruit." ”

"The fourth uncle is out today, can you still teach us to write in the next day?" Changxi asked.

Fang Yue chewed the egg tart and walked into the baking room, "If no one teaches us, we will endorse it, and I will recite all the surnames of the hundred families, and when my father comes back, I will slowly learn to write!" ”

The skim milk left over from boiling butter can be drunk by the children in a few sips. There is no condition here for children to have a balanced nutrition, drink plenty of water, and eat some seasonal fruits is already good.

"Fourth aunt, do you have any bad snacks today?"

The temperature in the baking room dropped instantly, and whoever was unlucky was looking at how we were roasted!

Dong Xiaoying said with a smile: "It's not baked, but if you are obedient, I will give you a honey cake at noon, with the kind of red beans that are boiled." ”

After drinking the milk, the children stood in front of the baking room and continued to endorse, Zhu Qin Youxu, He Lu Shi Zhang......

The patrol team's Chang Pan ran over, "Fourth aunt, the delivery of the basket is here, and the third grandfather asked you to keep accounts." ”

Chang Pan is eleven years old this year, he can be an adult, although he envy his younger brothers and sisters to learn to study, but he also knows that the family is very busy, there are many things, he can't be lazy. When he gets off work in the evening and teaches literacy in the canteen, he must study more seriously, better than his younger brothers, otherwise he will not be able to command his younger brothers in the future. It's a pity that the fourth uncle is not at home today, and he can't learn the designation.

After reading the surname of the hundred families a few times, Fang Yue asked everyone if they remembered it, whether they remembered it or not, she waved her hand and went to work.

"I learned to recognize it last time, but now Uncle Kushiko is not here, let's learn to weigh charcoal by ourselves, we all look at it with wide eyes, don't give people less catties."

The children ran to the river, pointed to the non-smoking charcoal kiln, and asked the brothers to dig it, "This is enough for three hours, dig quickly!" ”

Fang Yue looked at the sky, it was only nine o'clock in the morning, and I had already gotten up for six hours, I was living too hard, I don't know if I slept less, would I not grow tall!

If Dong Xiaoying knew that her daughter complained about getting up early, she must have asked her, we had dinner, washed up at six o'clock, went to the kang at seven o'clock, and fell asleep before eight o'clock, are you going to sleep for twelve hours?

After harvesting the charcoal, the children become dirty children. Queue up to wash your hands, wash your face, and then run outside the baking room to wait for the multigrain biscuits, and eat the biscuits with hot water.

The multigrain biscuits are made of the princess's settling grain, baked into modern multigrain biscuits, with sugar and salt added to them, and adults also eat this at noon. However, there are no eggs in the multigrain biscuits that adults eat.

Ning Zhong came early today, waited for the third uncle to come back after a walk, and squatted in front of the village gate to chat with the third uncle.

"Uncle, everyone in the village is called Patriarch Uncle, why is it called Aunt Zhao, aunt?"

The third uncle said with a smile: "The patriarch of our village is ancestral, and the patriarch is a branch handed down from the long house, and I don't know which life started, the patriarch gave birth to a baby late, and his age is not the oldest in the village." Calling him uncle is a sign of respect for the patriarch's house.

However, we are used to seeing older mothers-in-law calling aunts. The third uncle was talking in his mouth, and he wondered in his heart, why didn't this kid invite a matchmaker to the door!

"Uncle, who are the relatives in that village!" Ning Zhong asked again.

The third uncle patiently explained: "If you want to talk about it, I am cousins with the patriarch, and my father is his second uncle. The grandfather of the fourth child is my grandfather and my grandfather.

Mingyuan's father and Mingming's father are brothers, and further up, Mingtong's grandfather and Mingyuan, Mingming's grandfather, and Akashi's grandfather are brothers......"

Therefore, the village is the relatives of the nine clans of the Fang clan! The Zhang family, the Zhao family, the Guo family, the Wang family, and the Zheng family all have in-laws in the village, which can be regarded as a wife family and a mother family.

The granddaughter of the Wang family married the grandson of the patriarch, and the daughter of the Guo family married Fang Mingwen, the eldest daughter-in-law of the fourth uncle's family. The Zheng family married Fang Minghui, and the daughters of the Zhang family married Fang Mingyuan's eldest brother and Fang Mingzong.

It must be remembered that he is an orphan and his daughter-in-law's family is his relatives.

After talking for a long time, Ning Zhong plucked up the courage to ask: "Uncle, I know that the village is busy moving, everyone is busy, and my aunt is also busy, and I have to work hard every day, that ...... I just wanted to ask, that ...... When will you propose...... It was the old lady who said that she would say it in person, uncle...... When do you think it's the right time? ”

Stinky boy, it's a question! The third uncle said with a straight face: "There are big men talking about this matter!" You...... Wait, I'll discuss it with your aunt, and I'll write to you later. ”

Ning Zhong smiled, just give Xin'er, "Uncle, there is another matter, what do you think of Qiangzi?" In fact, the small station is also good. ”

"Lao Tzu is just a girl, what are you talking about!"

Ning Zhonghan smiled: "No, uncle misunderstood, Huanghua is fifteen this year!" Qiangzi bought a house in Leping, and there are more than 70 acres of fertile land in Ningyuan, which is now planted by refugees, and rents are collected every year to ensure that there is enough to eat. Small station ......"

"Wait a minute, what are you talking about? Hadron has a crush on yellow flowers? When? "The third uncle is happy! I am worried that the eldest girl in the village is not found, and the young ones can wait for a year, but when they reach the age, they can't afford to wait! What's the deal with smashing your hands?

"Uncle, this is not our way ......" can't say that I fell in love with it when I was in the mountains, the old lady said, I can't get through this, lest people think we're going on!" What, let's ......."

The third uncle didn't listen to his explanation, Huanghua will be sixteen after the New Year, our rules over there, the family must stay at home for a group member year before leaving the cabinet, this year's Huanghua can't be fixed, next year's marriage, the year after tomorrow out of the cabinet can not be in the cabinet, seventeen before the cabinet, let people pay attention to our daughter.

"Mingcai's daughter-in-law, learn for a long time, go and call Mingcai's daughter-in-law, I have something to tell her."

Ning Zhong hurriedly added: "Uncle, do you want to ask Uncle Mingjiang." ”

"Ask Mingjiang what's the matter?"

Ning Zhong scratched his head and called Ning to stand up, "Malt!" What does Uncle think the small station is like malt? ”