After eating, the sun was hot at noon, and Uncle Huang didn't rush back to the dock to do his work. It was too hot at noon, so I had to rest at home and wait for the sun to be less poisonous before going to the dock.

Fourth Uncle Huang moved two large benches for Huang Laohan to lie on in the shade of the tree, and on the other two benches lay the shirtless uncle.

Huang Pear is still sleeping in the shake nest, and Huang Deli is sleeping on a small bamboo bed in the shade of a tree, with a bulging belly and sleeping on all fours.

Huang Dou refused to sleep, she did not have the habit of napping, in addition to the private school in the summer, she and her uncles and brothers could only go out to run at noon in the morning and evening.

Huang Dou obediently accompanied the fourth aunt in the yard to do work, the fourth uncle just left, the teenager studying in the west chamber opposite came back, a little boy with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, about the same age as the uncle, a comparison, the uncle is like a black charcoal block, this is like a white bread.

The young man's name is Zhang Liang, and he heard the fourth aunt say that he reads well, and he used to show off his talents in the family, but he was defeated.

Zhang Liang's father is an only son, Zhang's sister-in-law gave birth to Zhang Liang when she had a difficult birth, her body was broken, and she could not raise it again, so the whole family was at ease for Zhang Liang to study, and the place at home was planted by Zhang Liang's grandmother and father.

Zhang Liang went to the west backyard to read a book after eating, and the cool breeze was blowing in the shade of the trees there.

Sister-in-law Zhang is a fair-skinned woman with clear eyebrows and fair skin, very talkative, and sits side by side with the fourth aunt to accept the soles of her shoes.

"I heard that the landlord is going to move to the city, and his son's store is too busy, and the old couple will wait for the autumn girl to get married, and the house here will be bought."

"Sister-in-law Zhang, are we going to move?" The fourth aunt was a little overwhelmed when she heard the news.

"I don't know, it's not easy to move, we are lucky to meet a good landlord. If you meet a stingy landlord who kicks his nose in the face, he will be annoyed. ”

Sister-in-law Zhang scratched her scalp with a needle as she spoke: "Big sister, you just came, I don't know, I have been living in this town for four years for my family Zhang Liang to study private school." ”

"The landlord changed three houses, the first one, the old lady of the landlord came to the house every day to inspect the house, her broken tables and old beds could not be bumped a little, even the window paper was broken and a hole had to be managed. His father pulled some green onions from the countryside and put them at the door, and when he turned his head, half of them were missing! ”

Later, he changed another family, and his family was good at everything, but there were many children, seven or eight large and small. As soon as Zhang Liang came back, he ran into the house, and he had to take books and smear ink, and Zhang Liang couldn't do his homework. ”

"Later, I said a few times that I didn't come, and I beat the children in the yard every day, either crying or making trouble. Zhang Liang's father said to move, so he moved here. After speaking, Sister-in-law Zhang let out a long sigh.

Huang Dou was on the side, watching his sister Huangli burp, while pricking up his ears to listen to the four aunts chatting.

"My family's dock is doing well, and it looks like it's okay to do it for a few more years. Although our mother is here, we don't eat white food, but the rice, noodles, vegetables and vegetables are all taken at home, and it doesn't cost money. It's to rent a house and spend money, but it's really not okay, our mother will go back to the countryside, and she can also help her mother-in-law do some work. ”

Huang Si's sister-in-law felt that she couldn't go back to her hometown, but it was inconvenient for Huang Lao Sisi to run back and forth every day, and it was troublesome to eat at noon.

"Your in-laws are good, let you take care of the children here and take care of your fourth child by the way. Not to mention the delay on the road in the morning and evening, it is not good to stay and eat on the dock, it is expensive, and the body will collapse after a long time. It's better to find a house to rent again, if only there was a job to do while watching the children, and it would be good to subsidize some households. "Sister-in-law Zhang still thinks it's convenient to live in the town.

Huang Siniang has a gentle personality, and she can't make up her mind: "Besides, ask my in-laws when the time comes, my in-laws are people who can afford big ideas, and it's right to listen to them." ”

The two of them chattered about some short things about the east and west families, and Huang Dou listened drowsily.

After a while, the old uncle and grandfather woke up, got up and washed their faces with cold water, split the wood of the stove room, and trimmed the uneven corners of the courtyard wall, sat down and drank two bowls of boiled water, looking at the sun, it was already a little westward!

In the afternoon, the sun was less poisonous, and Huang Laohan led his youngest son and three granddaughters home.

Soybeans and Uncle ran around all the way, and they didn't feel tired.

At night, Huang Laohan lay on the bed and sighed: "Alas, it would be nice if Huang Dou were a male doll." ”

Before Grandma Huang went to bed, she was sewing a gown for her old son with an oil lamp: "What's the matter, aren't the male and female babies all of our old Huang family's species." ”

"The house they live in is about to be sold, and the fourth couple is still thinking about letting the fourth daughter-in-law move back with the child, and he will run a few more steps when he goes out early and returns late. Living in the town, he has to rent a house, and he can't take care of the work in the fields. ”

"There's nothing wrong with that, the fourth is right." Grandma Huang looked at the old man's frowning brows, shook the mended gown in her hand, and put it on the table next to the bed.

"That's true, but do you know what Soybeans say?" Huang Laohan glanced at the old woman.

Under the light, the white hair of the wife was faintly visible.

"What do you say?" Grandma Huang kicked her shoes and pushed Huang Laohan: "Move inside." ”

From the first day of their wedding, Grandma Huang slept outside, and Huang Laohan slept inside.

This is what Grandma Huang instructed before she got married, "As a daughter-in-law, sleep outside at night to serve men." You get up at night, sleep inside, and get up and startle a man, he can't sleep well and how to work during the day. At night, the man is going to drink water, and if you sleep outside, it is convenient to pour water for him. It's convenient to wash a veil or something. ”

Huang Laohan moved his nest inside: "Huang Dou said, it's better to buy this house." ”

"Oh, this Nizi's heart is really big, and people are not as tall as a stool, what do you think." Grandma Huang didn't lie down yet, so she simply sat up cross-legged.

"I made a settlement on Huangdou Road, and she said that the house was facing the market on the east side, and the road in front of the house was the only way to the wharf, and the house was right in the center of the second street. On the surface, it seems that you can't open a shop and make a living. However, as long as the door of the two rooms in the east chamber is opened to the alley, it is definitely a good place to make a small restaurant and quiet in the middle of the noise. Huang Laohan looked at the roof and sighed deeply.

"I've thought about it all the way, and this kid is right! You see, we have a lot of children, although there is a lot of land, but five brothers are one point, which is basically not too much. In the future, there will be more grandchildren, relying on these dozens of acres of land, I am afraid that I will not be able to support a large family! ”

"So, you mean you want to buy it?" Grandma Huang asked tentatively.

"Well, I kind of think about it, but I don't have enough money." Huang Laohan heard a dog barking in the distance, and turned over: "Sleep, sleep, tomorrow the four of them will come back, and our family will have a meeting." ”

Nothing was said all night.

As soon as the morning dawned, Huang Tao helped her mother cook in the kitchen, corn stickers, mixed bean porridge, and dried shrimp to boil sauce.

The dried shrimp is soybeans, and they have nothing to catch when they are idle, and soybeans like to catch fish and shrimp the most. Dried shrimp and small fish, fresh can not taste good, soybeans are dried half a basket of dried shrimp and small fish.

Soybeans were busy going to the stream to pick up the fish basket in the morning, Huang Delei was not at ease, and followed all the way.

"Brother, what do you want to do in the future?" Huang Dou asked Huang Delei, in fact, she wanted to ask, what is your ideal, but I'm afraid that her brother won't understand.

"Read more books, read more words, and when I turn twelve I want to do a little business and earn money to build a house, like the green brick houses of the rich families in the town." Huang Delei thought about it and replied seriously.

"Don't you want to be the top student in the show?" Huang Dou asked strangely, it stands to reason that people who study in private schools will want to take the exam to become officials.

Throughout the ages, reading is indeed one of the most direct and fair ways to change one's fate.

"I don't want to, look at Grandpa Seven, after a lifetime of Xiucai, the poor people in the family almost can't open the pot. Xiucai is so easy to test, how many Xiucai are piled up with money, I can earn money with peace of mind, and my mother will have a little brother in the future, maybe there is hope. ”

Huang Dou looked at his brother, this is a pragmatic person, not bad.

Lao Sanhuang Fugui went to the field to see the rice, and three acres of paddy fields were planted with rice, and the annual yield per mu was more than 300 catties.

Six acres of corn planted on dry land will be planted with wheat after the autumn harvest, and vegetables and fruits will be planted in the vegetable garden all year round. Soybeans have calculated that as long as the wind and rain are smooth, the public grain is paid, and taxes are deducted, the family can basically have food and clothing.

The Huang family belongs to the rich families in the village, there are many people and many places, and there are not many people in the village who do not have enough to eat. However, according to soybean observation, this is a relatively prosperous era. There is no war, and the officials are clear.

Huang Delei and Huang Dou finished reading the fish basket, came back and shaved earthworms on the dung pile to feed the chickens, there were a few chickens at home, and there was an old hen in the spring, twelve eggs, one was not yellow, and there were twelve chicks.

These twelve chickens have become the treasures of the three brothers and sisters of soybeans, and every morning Huang Delei goes to dig through the dung heaps that the family has saved, and sometimes he goes to touch some small fish and shrimp to come back for them to eat.

When Huang Tao cleans up the vegetable garden, he will also pick some tender grass, and the old vegetable leaves come back and chop them up and feed them to the chickens.

And the soybeans, pestering her father, picked up a pile of fine sand for her and piled it in a corner of the yard. It is the favorite place of the chickens, and they have to rummage through the small stones to eat every day.

Huang Laosan carried the shovel to the paddy field first, and looked at the ridges of each field one by one to see if there was any water leakage in the field, and whether there was a shortage of water in the field. I went to the dry land again, and the crops were growing very well, the corn was almost ripe, the peanuts were blooming, and the soybeans were bearing fruit.

The Huang family is not lazy, the brothers are very diligent, and there are basically no weeds in the fields. Several concubines are also diligent, each with its own advantages, I have to say that Huang Lao Han and his wife will choose a daughter-in-law.

After turning around, the sun had already risen, and Huang Laosan had just washed his hands and sat down to eat when he entered the courtyard. Huang Guigui ran in: "Third brother, my father said that I should go to the big house after lunch at noon, and the fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law are also back, and there is something to discuss." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Huang Laosan to answer, he dragged his shoes and ran away, looking at the direction, he should have gone to his eldest brother's and second brother's house.

Huang Laosan looked at the daughter-in-law who was scooping porridge for himself at the table and asked, "You say, what can my father do with our brothers?" ”

Song San's sister-in-law was even more at a loss: "This, how can I know, let's eat, it's not early, and I'll know at noon." ”

Soybean looked at his father and then at his mother, and thought, I know, but I just don't say it!