Chapter Twenty-Eight: Raising Some Livestock

When the two returned, the surroundings had already darkened, and only the afterglow of the sunset shrouded Zhaojia Village. There was a sound of frogs in the paddy fields, and one or two frogs jumped over their feet from time to time. In the rice fields, those planted relatively early have already borne flat fruits, and they will only be harvested in a few months. The ones that were planted a little later were blooming with small, milky white flowers, hidden in the brittle green beans.

"When the beans in these fields are ripe, we will be busy!" Su Mi sat on the ladder of his house, holding his trouser legs, which were stained with a little mud, and a pair of white and slender calves were placed in the basin, washing with water in both hands.

"This year's weather is good, and there is plenty of rain in the spring, so this bean will definitely have a good harvest." The man put away his hoe and brought a wooden basin and scooped a basin of water in the well to wash away the sweat and mud from his body.

Fortunately, Zhao Laosan was diligent, he dug a well in the yard, and when he got up early every morning, the well was full of well water, which saved him the hard work of carrying water. On weekdays, you can also use water more generously.

"Husband, how did you deal with the bean leaves at home before?" After washing the mud on his feet, Su Mi poured the water in the basin under the pear tree, just in time for the pear tree to drink the water.

"In the past, the Luo family naturally wanted to give it, he took it to feed the cows and pigs, and the rest was cleaned up by the village women themselves!" Zhao Laosan has never fed livestock, and this bean leaf is given to others every year. Some women said to Zhao Laosan when they went to pick bean leaves, and some were not polite, they went directly to the field to pick them, and they didn't say hello when they broke the beans.

Zhao Laosan didn't care, he only always let the women in the village pick it, and he was silent in Su Ri, and he never blushed with anyone.

"With such a big bean leaf, it's really a blessing for people in this village to meet someone like Fujun!" Su Mi is not a stingy person, and she also hopes to be harmonious. But she is also a housekeeper, and it would be nice if this green bean leaf could feed her own livestock.

"What is the lady thinking?"

"Husband, this year's bean leaves, I want to keep more at home to feed the livestock!" Su Mi saw that although the two rooms were bright and tidy up inside and out, after all, they had to live a long time and feed some livestock.

The man's eyes were bright and he looked at Su Mi with a clear eye: "The lady looks at the arrangement!" ”

"Do you think it's too troublesome to feed the livestock?" Su Mi knew that Zhao Laosan was used to being alone, and in addition to eating some tofu every day, if he wanted to eat meat and fish, he would buy it back in the town. She suddenly wanted to feed some livestock, afraid that men would be a little unaccustomed to it.

Seeing that the woman's eyes were clear but worried, the man stretched out his hand to rub his hand on her face, and his thin lips opened slightly: "What the lady said is that now that she has become a parent, and if she has a little lady and a doll in the future, this yard will add some vitality." ”

The man's eyes were warm, and Su Mi was relieved: "Then I want to buy a piglet to raise, anyway, the house is spacious and tight, and we don't have to sell pork for a year in the future." I also want to have a few hens, a few roosters so that I can have eggs at home and some chicken! ”

The woman said, a peach lip was particularly bright in the night, Zhao Laosan had never thought of adding these before, but now he had a bit of a life: "The lady thinks that what should be added to this house, and it will be done according to your wishes." ”

When the woman heard this, her heart was sweet, and when she was a girl, she and her mother fed the livestock at home, and at that time, she had to raise one or two little piglets every year. She and her mother went out to cut pigweed to feed, and during the Chinese New Year, there were one or two round pigs in the pigsty.

Su Mi made the night dinner, she knew that men like to eat pasta, so she changed the flour to make it. Today, mix with an egg, wait for the water in the pot to boil, and then pick up the batter with chopsticks and put it in the pot. As soon as this batter is put in the pot, it becomes a small dough that rises from the bottom of the pan and floats on top of the boiling hot soup.

When cooked, throw a handful of green leaves down. After putting it in the bowl, seeing that the man liked to eat chili peppers, he put some chili peppers and lard in it.

When a man eats well, a woman is very happy. After the overnight dinner, the woman was about to go to soak the beans, but the man hurriedly stopped: "I have to go to the field in the next few days, and I won't go to the street to do business for the time being." ”

Su Mi didn't think much about it, but felt that the beans were about to ripen, and after hoeing the grass, the soil had to be loosened, and after loosening the soil, they had to fertilize these: "Then these days, we will go to the field!" ”

After the two arrived at the bedroom, it was another rainy day.

Early the next morning, Su Mi thought about getting up early, so he had breakfast and went to work in the field. I never thought that I was still one step too late for a man,

After grooming, I didn't see the man everywhere, and I heard the sound of ding-dong in the side room very thin, and I paced to the side house and saw the man sawing wood: "Husband, get up so early, don't sleep for a while?" ”

The man turned his head to see that his little lady was neatly dressed, standing at the threshold and looking at himself, and the movements of his hands stopped: "Isn't it too noisy?" ”

"I woke up when I woke up, and my husband is like a person born in the night, always sleeping late and waking up early." Su Mi looked at the wood, estimating that the man wanted to make a pigsty, and only yesterday he told the man about raising livestock, and today he began to move, only to feel that his heart was warm.

"Husband, I'll go make breakfast!"

Su Mi never thought that he was an orphan, and he was disgusted by these village women and said that he was a Shaxingke man, but the man he married took his words so seriously. Originally, the family was dominated by men, but now Zhao Laosan relies on her for everything.

There was still a little pork and wild vegetables left in the stove room, and Su Mi just chopped the meat and vegetables, kneaded the dough and wrapped it into buns and steamed it on the stove. After a while, the stove room smelled the smell of meat.

I didn't grind tofu in the past few days, and I didn't have soy milk to drink in the morning, so I was afraid that the man would eat the bun and it would be unpleasant, so I boiled a pot of porridge, so I went to the side house to call the man to eat.

"The pigsty in the side house is finished, and you can raise two pigs. In the outer yard, I will build a shed and I will be able to raise chickens and ducks. If the lady likes cats and dogs, she can also keep them together. The man broke open the bun in his hand, ate a bite, and drank another mouthful of porridge, his mouth full of the smell of meat.

"Husband doesn't have to work so hard, the house at home is spacious enough." Su Mi served a bowl of porridge to the man, and when he saw that the man's sturdy shoulders were red, he estimated that he was carrying those trees, and his eyebrows frowned slightly and he couldn't help but feel distressed.

After eating, Zhao Laosan went to the side house again, and Su Mi cleaned up the stove room unhurriedly. Fetch a basin of hot water, take a brocade cloth, soak it in the water for a while, pick it up, wring out the water, and put it on the man's shoulder.

"I can't finish this work today, I'll do it tomorrow, my husband is so desperate, I will feel distressed!" Su Mi's voice was very small, warm as spring water, and a pair of small hands pressed on the man's shoulders.

Over the years, Zhao Laosan has come and gone in the wind and rain, and he has carried all the big things alone. The shoulders were red, but I didn't care, I never thought that my little lady would be so concerned.

"Don't worry, lady, it's okay, I have my own measure!" After Zhao Laosan finished speaking, he reached out and patted Su Mi's waist, and then buried himself in sawing wood.

The weather is good, and the peach blossoms and plum blossoms in the village are almost gone, but they are still milky white from a distance. Su Mi went to the river to wash his clothes and came back, and dried the bamboo shoots and tofu pieces in the dustpan.

He brought a bowl of water to the man and went to pick vegetables in the vegetable patch. In this small vegetable patch, lettuce and beans are growing most vigorously, and peppers and eggplants are already blooming. I picked a few lettuce leaves, and saw that the verdant leaves were so tender that they could bubble up water, and my heart was very happy. I thought that if the two of them couldn't finish eating, they could dig some up for my mother to take in a few days.

Back at home, the man had already set up a small part of the pigsty. Su Mi saw that it was not yet noon, and he was not busy cooking. I remembered the cloth I had bought in town a few days ago, so I went to the bedroom and took it out and sat on a stool, making a summer dress for the man, and making a few pairs of pants under it.

After the two had lunch, the man rested for a while. When he saw that the sun was softer, he took the woman and carried her hoe down to the ground.

On the way, I happened to see the Luo Qing woman in the field, Su Mi looked at her very kindly, and looked at Zhao Laosan after saying hello: "The daughter-in-law of the Luo family is big, with big shoulders and a thick waist, and she is a good hand in the field, if I can be like her in a few years, it would be good!" ”

The man walked in front, Su Mi followed, hearing the woman say this, Zhao Laosan couldn't help but smile: "It's good for a lady to be like this, although a woman like her is a good worker, but there are such women everywhere." ”

"If my shoulders are bigger and my legs are thicker, I will have more strength to go to the field, and my husband will not have to work so hard." Su Mi followed behind, completely unaware that the man in front of him was laughing, and said seriously.

"The lady is like this, I like it a lot, these women in ten miles and eight towns, I like the lady like this." Zhao Laosan laughed and responded to Su Mi.

"What does my husband like about me?" The woman only cared about walking on her own, but she didn't know that the man's pace had slowed down, so she actually walked up and hit the man's back. I didn't stand firm on my feet, and I almost fell off the ridge. Fortunately, the man's hands are relatively fast, and his strong arms encircle the woman's ungraspable waist.

"Be careful, lady, you are small, unlike these women, if you fall off the field, you will definitely fall." This ridge is relatively high, one or two feet full.

"My husband just said that he likes me like this, and now he dislikes my small size?" Su Mi's heart was twisting, envying the daughter-in-law of the Luo family for her big shoulders and strong strength, and she hadn't come out of that reason yet.

Seeing the red face of the little lady in her arms, her eyes were clear and anxious, Zhao Laosan liked and felt that she was so cute, and said softly for a moment: "I like a delicate and gentle villain like the lady, those with big shoulders and thick waists, I don't like any of them." ”

After Su Mi heard this, he only felt very hot. Seeing that a woman in the field was looking at them, she hurriedly pushed the man away: "Husband, speak softly, I'm ashamed!" ”