The place to eat is very close to the tree where Song Chunhua is hiding, and you can smell the smell of meat.

Song Chunhua watched her son eat the Mei family's food in a big gulp, and Mrs. Li also asked the Mei family girl to put meat on her son from time to time.

After eating, the girl from the Mei family also prepared mung bean soup.

When his son drank the soup, the satisfaction between his eyebrows and eyes was something he had never seen before.

Song Chunhua still didn't have the face to go out after all, and silently returned the same way.

At noon, I returned to my yard under the sun and found that my little nephew was in the house, and the house was turned into a mess, and the candied fruit that I had put on the kang table was also turned out.

The little nephew's mouth was full of mouthfuls, and he saw Song Chunhua come in, "Auntie, let me ask you, why don't you send food at noon?" The family is waiting, where did you go? Why are you only coming back now?

The nephew is only over ten years old, and he is used to seeing his grandmother and father talking to this old lady on weekdays, and he is not polite at all.

Song Chunhua was stunned for a moment, and then stammered and explained, "I...... I forgot ......"

The nephew's eyes rolled, and he was very impatient, "Anyway, I brought my words, you hurry up and send it to our family!" ”

As he spoke, he grabbed all the candied fruit in his hand and trotted out.

Song Chunhua looked at the mess in the house, she was used to it, every time her nephew came, she would turn the house upside down, find something delicious and take it valuable.

She also wanted to say, but her mother said, her nephew turned it over, what's the matter? If you can support her in the future, don't you count on your brother and nephew?

Gradually, Song Chunhua got used to it.

Thinking of her nephew's words, Song Chunhua didn't even clean up the house, so she habitually got up and went to Anhua Hao's house to scoop noodles, opened the rice jar, only to find that there was not much flour left in it, and it couldn't even cover the bottom of the jar, which was estimated to be enough for herself to eat.

Song Chunhua muttered, "There is no face in the tank, I have to talk to Hua Hao-" The words didn't speak, and she froze first.

Where does anyone care about her now?

No matter how loud the shouting is, no one will add food to this rice jar.

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Song Chunhua hid behind a tree, others didn't know, but An Huahao and Mei Xiaotong knew.

Mei Xiaotong only looked at An Huahao.

Anwar Hao's face was colorless, just as if he hadn't found it.

Wash your hands and eat, very calm.

Can't see a trace of sadness, sadness, or emotion in the eyes?

It seems that with that letter of severance, the mother-son relationship between him and Song Chunhua was cut off, and it was really like a stranger.

Mei Xiaotong always felt a little weird, and couldn't say what was weird.

But I didn't think much about it, I just beware of Song Chunhua really shamelessly rushing out to cry, make trouble and hang herself, I'm afraid that the most difficult thing to do is An Huahao.

However, there is Mrs. Li's mother-in-law, ten Song Chunhua

Nor is it her opponent.

I never thought that Song Chunhua would still have a face at the critical moment, and finally went back silently.

Mei Xiaotong and An Huahao exchanged a look, "Then I'll go back too." ”

This land is smaller than the Mei family's land, and with the addition of An Huahao, a middle-aged laborer, he has been a journeyman these days.

In particular, he was humble, followed Mei Zhongzhong, and asked all kinds of farming questions.

Mei Zhongzhong already loves to show off his skills in addition to farming is carpenter's craft, the two eldest grandsons in the family are taught by the boss, the third is a slippery head, I can't wait to slip away, it is rare to have this prospective son-in-law so studious, it is really eager to take out the little inventory in the stomach for a while.

After eating at the moment, the two would-be sons-in-law taught one to learn one another, and they were both very serious.

Especially Mei Zhongzhong, looking at the eyes of this prospective son-in-law, it is called a liking.

Mrs. Li was surprised, and secretly pulled Mei Xiaotong and smiled, "My son-in-law is a thoughtful person, seeing that your father was coaxed, he was almost his own son." ”

Mei Xiaotong just smiled and packed up her things, not to mention, An Huahao really wants to please someone, and Mei is loyal to that rank, it is really effortless.

Even her mother-in-law, Mrs. Li, since yesterday, has been a son-in-law, more than the sons she gave birth to.

Seeing that Anhua Hao was like a fish in water, Mei Xiaotong didn't bother to worry about him, and went straight home.

Yesterday, An Huahao's clothes, after he changed them, he washed them by himself and dried them in the yard.

Mei Xiaotong saw that it was already dry, so she took it and took it to the house, planning to tailor clothes better than the material of the clothes.

Only then did I find that the clothes had long been raw, the material was not very good, the crunch nest, and the place where there was needlework and thread at the back waist, the stitches were rough to the touch, and they could barely be connected together.

Mei Xiaotong looked at An Huahao's clothes, and for some reason, she suddenly felt a little sad.

Pick out the stitches that are sewn together casually and make up for them thinly.

Originally, he only planned to make a set of clothes for An Huahao, but he took out an indigo cloth and cut it.

I thought that this dress would take a few days to be made, but I didn't expect that because of An Huahao's addition and the carriage, the efficiency of the Mei family has been greatly improved.

The next day, Mei Xiaotong's five acres of rice fields were harvested.

All that's left is to thresh the grain hauled home in front of the door in the threshing field and then dry it.

These things, naturally, it is not Mei Xiaotong's turn.

The bundles of rice that had been hauled back were spread out and spread evenly on the drying floor, and then the stones were dragged behind the mule, and Mei Zhongzhong led the mule and crushed it round and round on the rice.

Behind him, Zhou and Mei Xiaoque turned over the straws with a fork so that they could be stressed more evenly.

Wait until all the threshing is successful, then fork the straw to the side and pile it up, and then use the large impurities on the threshed rice

After the broom is gently brushed off,

After being exposed to the sun again, after a period of time, people will go to the paved rice and kick out two ways with their feet, so that the rice can be evenly dried and watered.

At night, when the sun is about to set, the rice will be gathered, and then a special shovel made of wood will be used to see the direction of the wind, and gently raise it, and the heavy rice will fall to the ground, and the impurities and shriveled rice husks in the rice will be blown away by the wind.

The rest of the clean rice comes.

The rice would then be packed in baskets and sacks and placed in the house, so that it would not be left in the barn and soaked with dew overnight.

The next day, the undried rice will be moved to the drying floor to dry again, which is much easier at this time.

Leaving the children to take care of it, one of them held a bamboo pole with strips of cloth tied to it, and each person was divided into a position, guarding the rice, not letting chickens, ducks and poultry come to steal food, and telling them to kick the rice every half an hour.

The adults were busy bunching up the threshed straw one by one, and then stacking them neatly into straw stacks.

This is the winter fodder for mules, cattle and horses, and can also be used as firewood.

The higher the straw stack, the more strength is needed, the people below lift the straw bales into the air with a lifting fork, and the people standing on the straw stacks must take off the straw bales, and the two must cooperate well.

In the Mei family, in the past, Mei Xiaoque and Mei Changgui cooperated, and both legs were injured this year.

Fortunately, there are An Huahao and Wang Laosan.

Although Wang Laosan is a little lazy, these days, he has been scolded by Mrs. Li so that he doesn't dare to be lazy, of course, he still picks a lighter one at the moment and stands on it.

Mrs. Li endured and endured, and only reluctantly didn't see it.

At dinner in the evening, he took a spoon and put it into Anhua Hao's bowl

Scooping meat, for fear of flashing An Huahao's waist, this man, the waist is the most important, and there can't be anything wrong.

While scooping meat for An Huahao, he also asked with special concern, "Hua Hao, are you tired today?" Didn't you flash your waist, did you? ”

An Huahao's piece of meat was caught in his mouth, and he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, "Auntie, I'm fine, I'm not tired!" ”

Mrs. Li was stunned for a moment, and continued to distribute delicious food to An Huahao, "It's okay, it's good if you're not tired!" Eat more meat to replenish and replenish ......"

This child is young, and she is embarrassed to say that she is embarrassed to say, no, she will have to go to Dr. Liu tomorrow to ask if she can get some medicinal oil back.

Although she is now An Huahao's mother-in-law-to-be, Mrs. Li already considers herself a mother-in-law, and her mother-in-law is also a mother-in-law, and her son-in-law hurts a lot for the sake of her daughter.

I love my son-in-law a lot, and my son-in-law will hurt my daughter more in the future, this deal is a good deal!

Mei Xiaotong almost didn't hold back her internal injuries, seeing An Huahao's expressionless face, Mount Tai collapsed in front of her

People who can be quiet are stunned and forced to break their work by Mrs. Li.

An Huahao couldn't see that Mei Xiaotong was laughing at him, and lowered his eyes.

After dinner, An Huahao took advantage of everyone's busy work and slipped into Mei Xiaotong's house.

Mei Xiaotong was stunned: "What are you doing in my house?" Don't get out yet, be careful that my dad sees you pumping! ”

An Huahao's face was expressionless, but there was a hint of grievance in his voice, "Yongzhu, I didn't flash my waist, I don't believe you touch-"

Mei Xiaotong......

I didn't expect you to be such An Huahao!

"I believe it! You're not flashing! You've got a good waist! Mei Xiaotong saw that An Huahao didn't believe it, so she was about to grab her hand and touch it, she was really a little unbearable, and she hurriedly said that she absolutely believed him.

An Huahao withdrew his hand regretfully, "Yongzhu, are my clothes ready?" He can see it these days, Yongzhu is making clothes every day after finishing housework.

The mother-in-law has already said that this dress is made for him.

As soon as he thought of being able to wear the clothes that Yongzhu made for himself, An Huahao was very excited.

The clothes he changed from last time were neatly folded and placed on the kang later, and as soon as he put them on, he felt the same.

It turned out that the clothes that I had casually sewn with two stitches have been properly repaired, and at first glance, there are no traces of repair.

Who else but Yongzhu?

An Huahao touched the traces that had been repaired, and the feeling in his heart was indescribable.

Ever since he was sensible, he seems to have been accustomed to relying on himself for everything.

My mother shouted that she was uncomfortable every day, lying in bed, and taking medicine, where did she have the heart and strength to control him?

He wants to support his mother and himself, in the first years, he was really a copper plate and wanted to be two flowers.

Other people's clothes are torn, and they have their mothers or sisters sewn up, but he doesn't, and his mother takes a while of needlework and thread and says that his head hurts.

As for those people in the An family, they will not give him anything but ridicule.

Later, when he was older, the so-called big girls who liked him wanted to mend his clothes one by one, but he stayed away.

Now, there is Yongzhu, she is the girl she likes, she will be her daughter-in-law in the future, and in the future, she will still be the mother of her own children, she will cut her own clothes, cook for herself, and give birth to her own children......

Thinking of this, An Huahao's expression softened, and his eyes were full of yearning.

Mei Xiaotong now knows that An Huahao also has a slight cleanliness habit, and he always asks him to wear his fourth brother's clothes, which makes him uncomfortable.

In addition, in the past few days, she can't use the rice and straw stacks, so she has time and has already made a set.

Seeing An Huahao's appearance, he took out his clothes from the closet and stuffed them into An Huahao's arms, "Let's wear them first, there is another set that will be made in a few days." ”

Anhua Hao happily took his clothes to himself

He gestured and asked, "What about my purse?" ”

Mei Xiaotong regretted her headache when she thought about it, so she had to say vaguely, "I'll talk about it in a few days......"

"Can we do it when we get engaged?" An Huahao is determined to get the purse.

He has heard that this purse can only be made by his daughter-in-law, and he is a person who has a daughter-in-law, how can he not have a purse?

Mei Xiaotong couldn't drag it on, so she could only nod, "Okay, okay, okay, it's okay, right?" ”

Anwar Hao's purpose was achieved, and he went out with his new clothes.

Mei Zhongzhong saw it in the upper room, and couldn't help but shake her head, "Old woman, Ming'er, you will go to the blind man at the entrance of the village to calculate, ask for a good day in the near future, and finalize the marriage for them as soon as possible." ”

No matter how uncertain, what else will happen?

Mrs. Li nodded again and again, this is a big deal.

This year's autumn harvest, God gives food, and it has always been a sunny day.

Within a few days, the Mei family's millet was all dried and the grains were returned to the warehouse.

Leave enough food for the family to eat for a year, and pick out the best seeds, and the rest is taxes and money to be sold for silver.

In previous years, the Mei family's largest income came from here.

This year, with Mei Xiaotong's income from five acres of land, the Mei family's barn is piled up slowly, and as soon as it is opened, the golden rice makes people feel happy when they look at it.

Mei Zhongzhong remembered one thing: "Girl, how much is the rent of the five acres of land?" Shall we hand over the grain to the Wu family, or will we directly convert the silver? ”

Mei Xiaotong......

It's over, completely forget about it.

An Huahao next to him said, "Uncle, the land rented out by the Wu family is generally converted into silver, and their family's land is four or six points, just convert four layers of silver to the Wu family, and everyone will save trouble." ”

Nowadays, in the world, if renting someone's land, the rent is either five or five points, or even more vicious and seventy-three points, and the Wu family only needs four or six points, which is already very kind.

Mei Zhongzhong nodded: "Sure enough, it's Wu Dashan." ”

Mei Xiaotong was silent, if Mei Zhongzhong knew that it was not Wu Dashanren's land, but his own, it was estimated that he would not call Wu Dashanren, but would call the evil girl.

Although the Mei family's millet has been harvested, other people's families have not yet.

Villagers, generally at this time, will go to work, that is, you come to my house to help, I come to your house to help.

The Mei family is so fast this year, and others are envious.

I especially envy the carriage of the Mei family, and many people who have a good relationship with the Mei family come to the Mei family to borrow a car.

It's not in vain, it's three meals a day, and ten big dollars a day.

The money was automatically sent to the door, and if there was anything that didn't make money, Mrs. Li immediately agreed.

Mei Changqing was still rushing to go at first, thinking that if she brought a little bit to other people's families in the middle, she could also earn an extra penny or two, and save a private house or something.

As a result, I went one day, and the next day I was killed.

When I asked him why, he was very depressed, because he went to someone's house and had three meals a day, either pickles on the head of the nest or pickles on steamed buns

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It's finally a little meaty, one person is enough for one chopstick, what's the use? It's better to be at home.

Not to mention anything else, coming back this time, Mei Changqing has so far, although he has always been forced to work in the field, and he is as tired as a dog every day, he really has no intention of leaving.

The first is that I haven't made any money in my hand, and second, the life at home is too good, and I have some meat to eat at every meal.

Especially after this prospective brother-in-law arrives at home, he has nothing to do with his sister to go up the mountain, and when he comes back, he can carry a chicken, two rabbits or something.

Just because of this, he looked at An Huahao more and more pleasing to the eye.

After almost half a month, the taxes were paid, the grain was sold, there was grain in the warehouse, and there was money in hand.

The villagers of Lingshan Village can finally take a breath.

The Mei family has been preparing for a long time, and they have found someone to calculate an auspicious day for the zodiac, and everything is suitable.

I had already invited Li Zheng, as well as the patriarch of the Mei family, and several respected elders in the village to be engagement witnesses for An Huahao and Mei Xiaotong.

The Mei family generously ordered more than half a pig, a dozen large grass carp, chickens and ducks, and also ordered a large plate of tofu with the one who sold tofu in the village.

When the people in the village saw it, they were all amazed, and knew that the Mei family was going to do a big deal.

An Huahao even goes out early and returns late every day, searching in the mountains, every time he goes down the mountain empty-handed, hunting some prey, and the small pheasants and rabbits are left at home, and they are used at the banquet when the time comes.

The bigger ones are taken to the town and sold.

Mei Xiaotong has been doing nothing for the past few days, making new clothes for herself and An Huahao at home.

This fabric was sent by the shopkeeper Zheng who learned the news, and said that on the day of the engagement, he would definitely come to eat and drink in person.

Wu Dashanren, Wu Zhongbao, the land manager of the dart bureau, and Guan Yifei all received the wedding card, and they all promised to come to congratulate them in person when the time came.

An Huahao's clothes are steady cyan, and the clothes on Mei Xiaotong's body are the crimson cloth taken away by the chief steward of the palace last time.

She originally wanted to pick another color, but the shopkeeper Zheng asked someone to send her this color, and explained it, saying that the palace lady had tried it and liked it very much.

Ordered to pay more tribute to the palace with this color, and now the capital is proud of wearing crimson.

So there is no taboo.

Mei Xiaotong buries her head in making clothes every day, and Mrs. Li is busy outside, and her feet don't touch the ground.

Shopkeeper Zheng not only sent clothes, but also borrowed a chef from their restaurant to be the chef that day.

Naturally, it was the daughters-in-law of the Wen family and other families in the clan.

(End of chapter)