Chu Mufeng glanced at Song Erniu, didn't say anything, and took Xiaobao to the house.

Song Erniu didn't delay, took the wooden basin to the well, fetched water and began to wash the quilt cover, thinking while washing, how good it would be if there was also a well on the other side of the paddy field, so that she didn't have to go to the river to fetch water.

There is a small stream in the paddy field, which is not very far from the field, but I have picked too much, and I feel tired after walking two more steps. How can you mention the ease of watering the fields. The well at home was made by Song's mother who was not in good health back then, and Song Laohan felt sorry for his daughter-in-law, so he deliberately found someone to beat it, but it also cost eight taels of silver.

At the beginning, the Song family spent eight taels of silver to fetch water, and the village talked about it for a long time, saying that Song Laohan had money and nowhere to spend, and the well in the village was not far from the Song family, so why waste this money. But Song Laohan was very persistent, no matter what was discussed outside, he insisted on digging wells.

Now that it is convenient for Song Erniu, she is very grateful for it. The fabric is clean, just wash it a little. Drying the cloth, Song Erniu took out the cotton she bought and dried it again, and it was still early after she was busy, so Song Erniu went to the field with a flat pole and a bucket.

Aunt Fang's family was also fetching water in the field, and when they saw him coming, they hurriedly greeted, "Just now I was thinking about whether to go to the house to call you, we will finish watering it immediately, and I will ask your uncle and Brother Chunxi to help you later." ”

"Auntie, I really don't need it, the second aunt poured some down yesterday, I'll get it slowly, don't worry."

"Hmph, I don't know who your second aunt is? I must have picked up a lot more water than before, okay, I have a good relationship with your father, and now your family is like this, if I really watch, how can I go underground to see your father and mother after you let me die. ”

Song Erniu saw Aunt Fang's insistence, so she could only accept, "By the way, Auntie, do you have time later?" I just went to town and couldn't buy cotton, so I'm going to make a thin quilt later. ”

"This weather is really going to cover with a thin quilt. You've thought it through. Okay, I'll do it for you later. ”

"I'll learn from my aunt too. Now that my father and mother are gone, I can't always ask my aunt for help in the future, even if my aunt won't be annoyed, I'll be embarrassed. ”

Seeing that he was so self-motivated, Aunt Fang smiled happily, "If you could think it through earlier, your father and mother would be so happy." But it's not too late. That lady will carry water with you, and wait for the next one to go back. ”

After being busy for more than an hour, Song Erniu said that she would not let Aunt Fang's family help, carrying water was a hard job, and their family had been picking for most of the day. Now she is coming to help her non-stop, she can't really let her family help her for an afternoon. In addition, she also hurried back to sew the quilt, so she took Aunt Fang home.

"You kid, the sun is still so high, why don't you do it? If you have something to do today, forget it, and tomorrow you can't be so willful. We are croppers, relying on the output of the field, this year's annual period is not good, if you don't serve carefully, you will regret that day. ”

"Yes, yes, I remember what my aunt said." Song Erniu saw that the fabrics were all in a hurry, so she went to the house and took a mat to pounce on the yard, first pounced the fabric underneath, and then hugged the dried cotton over, "Auntie, take a look, is the cotton evenly pounced on it?" ”

"Yes." Aunt Fang was a good worker, and when she was talking to Song Erniu, she had already begun to spread cotton, and Aunt Fang looked like a veteran, her hand speed was fast and smooth, and she made a third of it after a while.

"Mother, the village chief has graphite at home, and the village chief said that if my mother wants to use it, she can use it later."

At noon, Song Erniu and Xiaobao talked about making pastries, and asked her to help pay attention to who had graphite in the village, but I didn't expect the little guy to remember. smiled and took her hand, "Xiaobao is really good, wait for my mother to make mung bean cake and give it to Xiaobao first." ”

"You're going to make pastries?"

Aunt Fang hadn't heard him say that pastries were expensive and not hungry, so she thought she would live, but now it seems that she said it too early.

"Well, now there is no money at home, and there is no food, and the husband is also sick, so he must find a way to make money, and the pastries I saw in the town today are single, and the taste is average, so I plan to come back and make it myself, if it is delicious, I will take it out to earn a few pennies, and also give the family more income. If it's not delicious, eat it yourself, and don't waste it. ”

I see. Aunt Fang breathed a sigh of relief, "I almost forgot that the little food you bought at my house last time should have been eaten long ago." My family doesn't have much food this year, and I can't help you. You're right, no matter how much you earn, it's better to have a little income than to wait. Are you going to grind flour? You don't have to go to the village chief's house, we have graphite in our house, but it's a little smaller......"

"I bought some soybeans and red beans, and I plan to make some pastries, the graphite doesn't need to be too big, it's really nice that Aunt Fang's family has it."

Next, Aunt Fang asked about some things at home, and Song Erniu avoided the important and light. Aunt Fang is kind to them, she is grateful, but she can't rely on everything. Aunt Fang's family is just enough to eat and wear, and talking more and less is a burden for him, Aunt Fang is kind-hearted, she shouldn't let him worry about their family.

An hour later, two people made a quilt together. The sun is starting to set, and it's time for Aunt Fang to go back to making dinner. Song Erniu steamed the rice, leaving Xiaobao to watch the fire, and she took the beans to her arm.

"Mother, aren't you at Erniu's house in the afternoon? Why did you come back here, and you brought the second girl back. ”

Chunxi only got married this year and married Wang Guihua from Arm Village. is also the daughter of Fang's sister-in-law's relatives, at the beginning, Aunt Fang thought that the two families knew the roots, and they were easy to talk, but they didn't expect that after Wang Guihua passed the door, she seemed to be a different person, greedy, lazy, and didn't do anything all day long, and she liked to say that the east family went to the west house. Aunt Fang said it a few times, and Wang Guihua not only did not repent, but also intensified.

A few days ago, Aunt Fang helped Song Erniu to forget it, and in the past few days, she has asked the people in the family to also help Song Erniu work, and she began to put on a face.

Wang Guihua has been arranging Song Erniu at home for the past two days, so as soon as Wang Guihua opened her mouth, Aunt Fang understood what she meant. Song Erniu was slow for a while, but she also heard her dissatisfaction. Worried that Aunt Fang was quarreling with Wang Guihua because of her, she hurriedly explained, "I heard from my aunt that there is graphite at home just now, and I bought some mung beans when I went out today, and I plan to grind them to make something." ”

"What can mung beans do?" Wang Guihua is lazy to eat, and she has the most research on eating, so she thought of something after speaking, "You want to make mung bean cake?" Song Erniu, I didn't say you, your poor family can't even afford to eat, can you not toss? lest in the end our family also suffer. ”

"Wang Guihua, what does it have to do with you that the second girl wants to grind mung beans, why do you suffer with it."

"Mother, you're just too honest. Who Song Erniu is, no one in the village knows. She must think that you are so deceitful and want to trick you into lending them food. Mother, their poor family is almost unable to open the pot, and no one in the village knows now. That is, the mother still doesn't know anything, and she helps her. ”

"What are you talking about, what nonsense are you talking about, I helped Erniu because of her father, what does it have to do with whether he has money or not?"