Sister Qiu quietly thought about it, and asked in confusion: "Mother, do things for my father, my grandmother hasn't paid a penny?" It's all borrowed money? "No, even if Xiucai's father doesn't sit in the museum for many years, he still has a fixed income to hand over to the Mao family every month, how can he get mixed up to the end of his life, and even borrow all the money for his own white affairs.

Jia's heart is also confused, but in the Mei family she is not qualified to speak, Mao said on the surface that she has no money in her own hands, but in fact, maybe the child has money, not for the others, for the Mei family who is studying in the town, and the old man who has no money to study can only go home. However, the Jia family was obedient, and they didn't dare to doubt their mother-in-law, hesitating, and whispered to Sister Qiu: "Your uncle is studying in the town, eating and living in the town, and he needs to spend a lot of money. ”

It seems that Mao's is determined to confess a golden champion, otherwise he will not give up! Sister Qiu crooked her mouth, it is not wrong to invest in the teaching of her children, but Xiucai's father is gone, the Mei family has lost the largest source of income, and it has to rely on selling the daughter of the Mei family to pay off the debt.

Seeing that Sister Qiu didn't say a word, Jia Shi still felt that she was worried about the debt situation at home when she heard it, and patted Sister Qiu's back with a smile, "What are you worried about as a child?" Mother worked hard for two years, two days ago you milk two small grass pigs on credit, mother is good to give birth to grass pigs, to December sold the grass pigs, the money will be earned back. ”

Jia's words are light, Sister Qiu understands in her heart that for the Zhuang family, where is the money so easy to earn, farming has to pay public taxes, and the yield per mu in this era is low, and it is nothing more than barely making ends meet after working tirelessly for a year, not to mention that the Mei family has more land and less land, and it is not easy to make a living. It is not easy to raise grass pigs, grass pigs also need food, and they must be vigilant against grass pig diseases.

"My mother didn't think about trading to make money?" Sister Qiu asked tentatively, she didn't dare to say directly that she wanted to sell water tofu to make money, in Sister Qiu's memories, no one made water tofu in the entire Xiaohe Town, and the little lady had never been out of the village, where would she understand how to make water tofu.

Jia Shi was surprised, and then patted Sister Qiu's back with a smile, this girl was afraid that she went into the city and looked at the Zhuang people who were carrying the burden to do business, "None of us have made up our minds, where is it so easy to do business?" What's the idea? Where do you do business? "It's not good, the money from the sale is not enough to pay public taxes, these are all practical problems, Sister Qiu is a child, I can't think about it so much.

"Let's give it a try...... Sister Qiu almost couldn't wait to talk about her own thoughts, although she couldn't just say that she was selling water tofu, she could gradually lead Jia Shi to the water tofu industry. Not only can you make water tofu, but you can also sell all kinds of water tofu snacks and soybean sprouts...... These are all necessities for people's lives, she has skills, Jia is hardworking and capable, she does not have to worry about paying off her arrears, and she can make a fortune.

"Sister Qiu! Sister Qiu! What are you doing in the lazy girl's nest? Mao's shrill voice came from outside the room, interrupting Sister Qiu's words.

Jia Shi hurriedly got up from the kang and responded, "Mother, what's the matter?" ”

Sister Qiu got up from the kang, gently pushed the window open a crack, and saw Mao standing outside with his face crossed and his waist crossed, frowning at the corners of his eyebrows, pouting and exclaiming, "What's the matter?" There's nothing in your eyes! As soon as I entered the house, I poured it on the kang, I am really blessed to have a few of your mothers and relatives! ”

Jia's got up from the kang quickly, and Sister Qiu hurriedly got dressed, so far she had just entered the house and lay down for five minutes, and Mao couldn't see their mothers and relatives when they took a breath.

Mao crossed his waist and stood in the courtyard, and asked Jia to go to the field to give wheat grass, and when Jia went out with an iron plowshare, Mao turned out a bamboo basket from the house where the grain was piled up and handed it to Sister Qiu, the bamboo basket was used for many years, and the color was all black and brown, and two ears protruded on both sides, tied with a straw rope, which could be carried on the back.

"Go, get a basket of pigs grazing." Mao asked, and then quenched: "The grass pigs have nothing to eat, and they are hungry and screaming, and you can't see them in your eyes, just know how to sleep upside down......"

Sister Qiu lazily listened to her muttering and nervous scolding, and walked out with the basket on her back, although the basket was not high, it was very wide, and it could almost fit two Sister Qiu in.

"Come back!" Seeing that Sister Qiu turned her head and left, Mao hurriedly stopped her.

Sister Qiu couldn't hold back the corners of her eyebrows that were about to frown, and turned her head softly and asked, "What's the matter, milk?" ”

Mao got up and entered the east room, took out something after a while, and said to Sister Qiu: "This is the clothes that your eldest aunt wore when she was a child, you change into this, the clothes on your body are not worn for work, take them off, and wash them for you." ”

Sister Qiu glanced at the green coarse cloth clothes on her body, this is worn by the Wang family, a big family in the city, for rough work, it looks like this is already a good dress, at least it is clean and clean, the cloth is thick and wear-resistant, and the most important thing is that there is no patch on it. Sister Qiu originally wore a thin jacket full of patches in the spring, and she changed it when she entered Wang's house, and she was in a hurry when she left, she just entered this body, her eyes were black, and she forgot to take back the set of torn clothes.

So much so that Mao said that she wanted to wash her clothes, Sister Qiu couldn't believe it, but Mao was watching from the side, Sister Qiu could only take the clothes and go to the house to change, and Mao followed in.

Her aunt's clothes are also not good, and the patches are stacked with patches, that is, the fabric of the patches is all polished and shiny, and they have been left in the cupboard for many years, with a wet and moldy smell.

After Sister Qiu changed her clothes, Mao took away the green cloth clothes that Sister Qiu had changed in, "Go hunt pigs and eat grass, and your milk will wash your clothes at home." ”

It's already February, and although the planted vegetable seedlings have just sprouted, the weeds and wild vegetables with tenacious vitality have already grown. You only need to pick the tender wild vegetables and cut them home, chop them and feed them to the grass pigs, and the grass pigs will all eat them, otherwise they can not afford to feed the grass pigs by relying on the bran and vegetable leaves.

The cotton wool in the eldest aunt's clothes is estimated to be gone, and Sister Qiu only feels a wisp of cold air around her when she wears it, and she walks quickly with a big basket on her back for a long time, and then she feels a little hot on her body.

Sister Qiu followed the place in her memories to the gutter to the west of Xiaohe Town, where there was a large vacant land with pigs that could be cut home.

At the beginning of February, the countryside has been covered with oil and green, birch and willow trees have all sprang out of tender shoots, after a short time, eucalyptus trees will also grow elm leaves, wash and clean, mix with noodles and steam, mix with sesame oil and garlic, it is a fresh and delicious dish, and eat raw is not to have a flavor.

Looking at the still bare eucalyptus tree, Sister Qiu swallowed her saliva, as if looking at the oily elm leaves of the tree beckoning to her, she felt that she was thinking too much, not to mention sesame oil, even the fine face Mao would not give her food, it would be good to chew on elm leaves.

Xiaohe Town is called this name, because there is a red tower in the mountain in the east of the village, the age is old, the red tower has already collapsed, only the broken wall remains in the mountain, there is a big ditch in the west of the village, the area is not small, full of miscellaneous trees and weeds, the adults say that there are snakes in the gutter, and it is strictly forbidden for children to play in the gutter.

There is a vacant lot near the gutter, where Sister Qiu used to hunt pigs and graze. At this time, the mountain vegetables did not grow much, Sister Qiu took the sickle to pick up the slightly larger mountain vegetables to cut, ran a long distance, only barely cut enough baskets of pigs to eat grass, she also did not dare to press down, if a pressure basket is not full, after going home, I am not sure how Mao will scold people.

After cutting the pigs and grazing, Sister Qiu sat on the ground and rested in the gutter, looking high up from her position, the gutter was as big as a football field, and the lush green onions were full of trees and weeds.

"Sister Qiu." A familiar voice came from behind Sister Qiu.

Sister Qiu turned her face back and looked at it, then smiled, "Brother Zhun, are you also here to cut pigs and eat grass?" The 14-year-old boy had already elevated his figure, his eyebrows were handsome, his expression was gentle, and the sun shone on his side, gilding his cheeks, which were still childish, with a soothing golden light.

Da punctual nodded, he just stood behind Sister Qiu for a long time. At noon, when his mother said that he wanted Sister Qiu to be his daughter-in-law, he was upset, he originally regarded Sister Qiu as a little sister, and the people in the village mentioned that the difference between men and women was one or two years more, and he was 4 years older than Sister Qiu, he had never thought of this, but as soon as his mother said it, he felt as if his heart was stirred, and he was shy.

Mother thought that Sister Qiu was told to Dayin, and for a moment his heart was empty, as if he had taken away his own things, thinking about the time when he met at the door of Mei's house today, Sister Qiu's clean and white smile, and the soft touch of the palm of her hand touching the top of her hair, Lin Zhun was itching in his heart, it was like the beautiful little white cat raised at home when he was a child, he liked to hold it in his arms the most, clean and soft.

This kind of messy mood has always plagued him, he didn't sleep well when he wanted him to take a nap, he couldn't fall asleep on his side, and Sister Qiu wanted to go to the city to marry the Rong family as a young lady! Besides, Sister Qiu's background is pitiful, she has no father when she urinates like this, he has a big brother who looks like a good student to take care of Sister Qiu, he is 4 years older than Sister Qiu, and his age is not suitable......

couldn't sleep, Lin Zhun has always been diligent, so he simply carried a basket out to hunt pigs and graze, but he didn't expect to run into Sister Qiu again.

Looking at Sister Qiu's clothes, they have been changed to the old ones, but the laughter is still clean and good-looking, whether it is a talented daughter, and the girls in the village are all different, Lin Zhun quietly thought.