Chapter 4 Life

There was such a big and small turmoil, and everyone was not interested in talking.

It didn't take long for everyone to finish dinner, Wang and Tao cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, Bai Lao Niang went back to the room, Bai Lao Dad and Bai Da took advantage of the fact that the sky was not yet dark, and took a knife to chop bamboo strips in front of the house, planning to weave some baskets and other bamboo products to exchange for money.

Bai Er has always been idle, but now he doesn't know where to hang out.

As soon as Bai Mingcheng put down the chopsticks, he said that he wanted to go back to the room to study, Bai Minglan took a broken bowl and planned to feed a few chickens raised at home, Bai Minghui didn't know what to do when he returned to the room, Bai Mingxin Bai Mingwei was full of food and drink, and happily went to play with his friends.

The hall was empty all at once.

Bai Mingxuan looked at it, didn't know what to do, and went back to the room.

The Bai family's mud-tiled house has been built for decades, and as the decades have passed, the Bai family has become more and more, and it has been several rooms before they can barely accommodate so many people.

Today, Bai Da's family lives in the east room, Bai Er's family lives in the west room, and Bai Dad and Bai Lao Niang live in a small room in the north.

There are a total of three rooms on Bai Da's side, one small is Bai Da and Wang's, the other two rooms live in one of the three Bai Mingxuan sisters, and one is Bai Mingcheng living alone, so although there are more rooms, it also makes each room extremely cramped. It's pretty much the same on Bai Er's side.

Bai Mingxuan stepped into the room and looked around.

The room is dilapidated and cramped, the loess surface is not very smooth, it has become uneven after stepping on it for decades, a small pit is irregularly distributed, the indoor light is insufficient, if you go in a hurry, and do not pay attention to the road, it is easy to step on the air and fall.

The walls are earthen walls, and although they are not as uneven as the floor, they are not smooth either.

Dusty spider silk hung from the high walls and beams of the earthen walls, hanging down for a long time, making people worry about whether it would fall on their heads.

There was not much furniture in the small room, a simple wooden bed, a small cage with paint off, a small bamboo table, and two small bamboo stools, which filled the room.

Bai Da's room is roughly the same, even if it is Bai Mingcheng's room, it is just an extra box for putting pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and a table and chair for reading and writing.

The room of the three Bai Mingxuan sisters was even more crowded because there were three people, but even so, everything was cleaned up neatly.

The pillowcases, quilt covers and tents on the bed, although they are seriously faded and patched one by one, are washed very cleanly, and the damaged places are also neatly repaired, most of which are due to her sister Bai Minglan.

The clothes that were not worn were stored in the cage and placed in the corner, and they were taken out to dry in the sun before they were worn, and there were combs and other miscellaneous items on the small table, as well as Bai Minglan's sewing basket.

Bai Minglan's needlework skills are all taught by A-Niang Wang, although Wang's personality is weak, but the needlework skills are very good, which is also an important reason why Bai Lao Niang was favored at the beginning.

In the past few years, whenever she is free, Bai Minglan has done embroidery work to earn a little income, which can be regarded as a good income.

Bai Mingxuan cleaned up the house, and when she looked up again, it was already dark, the sunset had completely set, and it was time to sleep.

Bai Minglan walked in and said, "Xuanxuan, go wash up." ”

glared at Bai Mingwei behind him again, "Weiwei, don't run around after washing, it's time to sleep!" ”

Farmers, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, generally do not use lights in order to save money, and they have to sleep as soon as it gets dark.

After washing their faces and rinsing their mouths, everyone went back to their rooms to sleep.

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When the moon is set in the west, the east is white.

"Oh oh

As soon as the day dawned, the industrious farmer began the day's labor.

Men go to the well to make water for the day, while women do housework at home and prepare breakfast, and the Bai family is no exception.

Bai Da took the pole and the wooden barrel and rushed to the well in the middle of the village, there were many people in the morning to fetch water, and when he went late, he had to queue up, but Bai Da was always one of the first people to go.

Daddy Bai is old, so naturally he doesn't have to do such physical work anymore, Bai Er has to stay at home to help, so the matter of fetching water falls on Bai Da.

When Bai Da filled the big water tank at home with water, Bai Lao Niang had already gone to the chicken coop to collect eggs, and released four hens and one rooster. Mrs. Bai marked the chickens in the house, so she was not afraid of confusion.

Bai Mingxuan was injured, so no one told her to get up early, and now she got up with Bai Mingwei and Bai Mingxin.

In less than half an hour, the family's breakfast was ready, and the Bai family's breakfast time was a little later than that of modern times, converted to modern time, about eight o'clock.

Breakfast and dinner are almost the same, but because everyone has to do farm work during the day, the adults in the family, regardless of gender, are all a big sweet potato and a bowl of multigrain porridge.

And the children in the family are all a small sweet potato, half a bowl of multigrain porridge, of course, Bai Mingcheng is still two bowls of multigrain porridge.

In addition to sweet potatoes and multigrain porridge, there are also two dishes on the table, a plate of radishes and a plate of wild vegetables.

In addition to sweet potatoes and multigrain porridge, Bai Mingxuan also got a boiled egg, which surprised her very much.

She put the sweet potato and multigrain porridge aside, took the egg and knocked it twice on the table, then kneaded it with her hands, and then carefully peeled the eggshell, which gradually peeled off, and the unique aroma of the egg came out.

Because they had to rush to work in the fields, everyone ate slowly, and no one spoke at the dinner table.

The young Bai Mingwei and Bai Mingxin's eyes were attracted by the egg in Bai Mingxuan's hand, and they drank porridge in their mouths, but their eyes stared directly at the egg in Bai Mingxuan's hand.

Dow glanced at it, and his face suddenly darkened a little.

waited until Bai Mingxuan swallowed a mouthful of eggs to find Bai Mingwei staring at her.

Thinking that he had eaten other people's precious eggs, which made the five-year-old child envious pitifully, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, and secretly thought in his heart that he must talk to the white lady and refuse to eat eggs every day.

Soon, breakfast was finished.

The men immediately took their farming tools and hurried to the fields, and the women immediately followed after packing up their housework. Bai Mingcheng had already brought pen and ink and went to the private school in the town, and only Bai Minglan and them were left at home.

However, children usually have things to do, digging wild vegetables, collecting firewood, and even working in the fields when the farm is busy, but now that the farm is over, they generally only need to dig wild vegetables and collect firewood.

Bai Minglan and Bai Minghui went out with a bamboo basket, leaving the injured Bai Mingxuan and the two children, but the children couldn't stay and had already gone out to play with their friends, so Bai Mingxuan was the only one left at home.

There was nothing to do at home, so Bai Mingxuan took a stool and sat by the door.

I wanted to sit in a silent daze, but I didn't expect someone to come.