Chapter 24: Cutting Hogweed
"Let's get down to business, when will they come over and formally propose? And when would you like to have a banquet? β
"It's okay, it's okay, I also like to talk nonsense; Uh~ If you propose marriage, you can just pick a good day, but why should you set your relatives after the autumn harvest and when the farm is slack! Or see if there are any good days a year ago, and her eldest brother should be there by then, and the people are complete. β
"Okay, then I'll go back and flip through the calendar, pick a good day for you, and let you know when the time comes, if you think it's not suitable, we'll discuss it then." This medium is really easy, the main parties are not short of money, and it is easy to talk.
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Whether it is a private plot in the backyard or a fruit tree in the front yard, Wormwood and her father get up early every day to water them with spiritual springs, resulting in a bumper harvest of vegetables and fruits, and they can't eat them all.
Ji Lao Niang is not ready to go to the ground now as long as she is not busy with farming, this is allowed by the village, anyway, there is no centimeter if you don't go to the ground; Ji Lao Niang is not the first one, of course, except for those whose families are relatively wealthy, or who can't leave the family, ordinary people are really reluctant to give up this centimeter.
The men in the family all went to work, and Mrs. Ji also took wormwood and the four tigers and began to pick vegetables and fruits, preparing to secretly send most of them to the farm, and a small part of them were made to make a show, dried vegetables in the yard, and kept for winter to eat, especially dried vegetable stew, which is mouth-watering to think about.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, open the door, I'm here!" Momoko began to shout from afar.
"It's coming, it's coming...... Wait a minute! "Luckily, the four tigers just carried a basket of cowpeas to the front yard, or they were all in the backyard, and Peaches shouted at the front yard door, and no one heard (except for Ash).
"How are you? What about the little sister? "Peaches is only two years older than the Four Tigers, and they are about the same age, and the relationship between the two is like that of happy enemies; The reason is that the life of the Ji family is slightly better than that of the Ye family, and the four tigers often open a small stove outside with their little brothers, so they are taller than Peaches, and they feel that calling Sister Peach has no face and refuses to call, which will offend Peaches, plus the circle of male and female babies playing is not the same, the chance of contact together is low, and the probability of repairing the relationship is almost zero, so ......
"Why can't it be me? This is my home. The four tigers gave her a blank look and gave way to the side, so that it was convenient for Peaches to enter the courtyard.
"What about them?" Peach ignored the four tigers and asked reluctantly.
"My mother and little sister are in the backyard." Sihu praised himself as a manly husband, with an open mind, knowing that she was mainly here to find Xiaomei, and he didn't bother with her.
As soon as the words fell, Momoko took three steps and two steps and ran to the backyard......
"Little sister, little sister ......"
"Sister, why are you here?" Wormwood asked, standing up.
"Sister-in-law~ Little sister, why do you all ask me like this, are you not welcome me?" When Peaches was asked, she couldn't hold her face a little.
"Of course not, aren't you busy every day! It's really rare to have time to come here! Wormwood also asked casually, not taking it to heart at all.
"I didn't meet you when you came to the house two days ago, I haven't seen you for months, I didn't hear that you came back, so I thought I would come over to you to cut pigweed together, and play together by the way."
Wormwood looked at Ji Lao Niang, she really hadn't gone out to play for a long time, since she had a farm, she earned gold coins every day, and she didn't have time to go out; But after all, it's not big, and I can't help it when I am so "hooked" by a peach.
"Go ahead! Go ahead! Here I can do it with the fourth brother. Ji Lao Niang didn't hold back the wormwood, so she shook her hand and let her go.
When the Four Tigers heard this, he also wanted to go out and play! I want to say something, but I didn't open my mouth when I thought about it, as an older brother, let's let my sister go!
Ai Hua happily pulled the little orange, went to the utility room to get the bamboo basket and sickle, and went out with Peaches......
"Where are we going to cut the pigweed today?"
"It's still Camellia Mountain, it's not a matter of coming to your house on the way!"
"Okay, okay, I can do it, let's cut the pigweed and go find Camellia oleifera fruit and Camellia oleifera chips to eat." Last time, because I saved people, I didn't find it.
"I guess they've all been found, right?" Although she is also hungry, she basically has no extravagant hopes.
"It's hard to get out anyway, look for it!"
In the middle of the words, he went to Camellia Mountain, and Peaches shouted: "Sister Hua, Xiaocao, we are here, have you cut it?" β
They usually play better, but their families are patriarchal, and they live a heavy life every day, so they basically have no personal time to play, and they usually work while playing for a while.
Especially Xiaocao, although her stepmother did not abuse her for the sake of face, she was full of arrangements every day, after all, the girls in the village came over like this, even if others knew, they couldn't say anything.
"Wormwood, you're here, if it weren't for the fact that I heard Peaches mention you, we would all think you lost it~" Xiaocao joked, don't think she has a stepmother, she is a cowardly little pitiful, this girl is not stupid! As long as her stepmother is too much, she will definitely sue, but her stepmother is also smart, and every time she gets stuck at that point, she can't go up or down, and she almost dies of depression Xiaocao; But it's this hearty personality that plays with wormwood, and wormwood doesn't look down on that kind of cowardly and incompetent character.
"It's just, I haven't been here for so long, but I want to kill us, do you think you have to be punished?" Hua Mei also said.
Wormwood looked at Peaches, but the other party didn't look at her at all, and instantly understood that this caused public outrage, and everyone wanted to crusade against her!
"Okay, understood, have you cut it?"
"What do you want to do?" The three of them asked in unison.
"Let's go find Camellia oleifera fruit and get you some delicious food at that time, which can be regarded as compensation for your mental losses during this time."
Moral Damage Fee? The three of them looked at each other, they hadn't heard of it, but the meaning was understood, anyway, the two of them were almost there, Peaches was lazy for a while, and it was no big deal, not to mention wormwood, people originally came out to play, pigweed is just a pretext, good fate, and it can't be envied.
The four of them reached a consensus, carried the bamboo basket, and walked to the tea forest......
Wormwood had already made up her mind, it didn't matter if she could find Camellia oleifera fruit or not, she decided to plant a few Camellia oleifera trees by herself, and there would definitely be no shortage of Camellia oleifera fruit at that time; She took out the slingshot made for her by Father Ji, and prepared to shoot sparrows and give them a tooth sacrifice, such a "gift of reparation" is interesting enough!
It's no longer what it used to be, and there's no chance that you won't be able to hit the sparrowsβthey stopped without hitting eight, just two each.
"Wow~ Little sister, how did you do it? I haven't seen you for a few months, and you've become so powerful? It wasn't until Wormwood stopped that the three came back to their senses, and Peach cried first.
The other two also nodded frequently, and her handsome posture deeply fascinated the three little sisters.
"Why don't I have time to come out and play? It's just that every day at home......" looked around, looked at them, and whispered in his ear: "Practice martial arts." "Let them know appropriately, she also wants to have the opportunity to help them, especially Xiaocao, if there is martial arts to defend herself, she doesn't need to worry about her stepmother.
But not now, she herself is half a bucket of water, and she can't teach people.
After standing up straight, he said again in a normal voice: "Don't tell anyone!" β
The three looked at wormwood with envy, if they had such a hand, they would be able to eat meat every day (they are all foodies)......
"Okay, I'll tell you when I have a chance later; Now let's hurry up and roast the sparrows, if it's too late, Xiaocao and Huamei will not be able to explain when they go home. β
To prevent the woods from catching fire, I found a wide place and began to roast the sparrows......
At this point, Camellia oleifera Mountain is full of dolls cutting pigweed, picking up firewood, etc., and the fragrance of this non-roasted meat attracts dolls who are working and playing next to it......
Wormwood also saw the boy Erzhu who was saved last time, his neighbor Caohua and several other village ...... Doll?
"Erzhu, whose family are the two of them? How do I feel raw? He asked, pointing to two of the skinny girls in patched clothes.
Erzhu turned his head and looked, and said: "Uh~ That's recruiting younger brother and taking younger brother, their family is newly moved, uh~ It seems that it is said that the hometown is in trouble, and it can't go on-uh~ It seems to be a relative of the dog and their family, just like that, I don't know anything else." β
I asked casually, since they are all from the same village, then treat them equally, look at the sparrow in her hand, anyway, she is not short of meat, then her ......
"Erzhu, come here, let you share my one, everyone will taste it."
"Really?"
"Really, it's no good to lie to you."
Thinking about it, a few dolls didn't resist the temptation and threw themselves directly into the arms of wormwood, but fortunately she didn't have a bad heart.
"Then let's divide it again!" Xiaocao said, the sparrows are all made of wormwood, and it can't be that she, the master, didn't eat it in the end!
"No, no, I'm not hungry, you eat, and this is my apology, and I can't get distracted." As he spoke, he glanced at them, worthy of being little sisters, second understood, with the hand of wormwood just now, she must not be short of meat, plus they can't eat meat a few times a year, they are really greedy, and they eat it themselves with a weak heart.
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The white horse passed by, and in the blink of an eye, the autumn harvest time had come......
The students who went to school were on vacation again......
For the peasant comrades, food is life. Because of the failure of the last crop of grain, they all hope that the grain in this field will be harvested smoothly.
If you want the autumn harvest to go smoothly, the most important thing is to stimulate the potential of comrades and improve their efficiency.
After discussion, the cadres of the village committee decided that it would be safest to harvest the grain early and put it in the warehouse, so that everything would settle.
In order to organize manpower to the maximum extent to go to the field, the implementation of the mu as a unit of centimeters, more work and more rewards, everyone worked together to overcome the difficulties.
At the critical moment, not a single laborer was spared, and all village cadres also went to the ground, and as for how many centimeters an acre of land counted, we will count it at the end of the year.
The scorekeeper went up the mountain with the large army to hunt two days ago, and was injured and could not go to work.
After careful consideration, the village secretary decided to appoint a temporary scorekeeper for wormwood: first, she is literate, second, she is not an adult, and third, she is a girl, so she can't do much work and delay much.
How many acres does each household claim, and which acres are they? After it is confirmed, register it with wormwood. Then after each mu is cut, it is sent to the village secretary, and it is weighed and received on the spot, which also makes some careful people dare not make more small movements.
The drying task is handed over to the five guarantee households in the village, in general, this autumn harvest is free to play, just don't delay the harvest.
In fact, the peasant comrades are very simple, as long as they can earn more centimeters and more grain, they will not starve to death at that time.
They worked overtime and desperately harvested before the rain fell.