Chapter 17: Go and play the quilt
Huang Laohan also went back with his son and a few older grandsons, and built three shacks at the head of the village to live, preparing to sort out the land and plant autumn grain.
The shack is very simple, that is, bury it in the ground with a strong and thick trunk, and build a shelf with four roots.
Tie a thick stick with an arm in the middle of the trunk, tie a few sticks in the middle like a bed support, and then lay a bamboo fence woven with rope, and the roof is simply covered with thatch, and you can sleep.
The shelves are high, and the shelves are also large, and there is no problem at all to sleep three or four people, what Huang Jiaye thinks is that there is definitely no way to build a house for the time being, so he can only wait until spring.
Therefore, this shack should be erected, and then it will be reinforced, at least it can be used until the end of autumn planting, that is, next spring spring harvest and spring planting, as long as the roof is replaced, you can still live.
The only disadvantage is that there is no shelter on all sides, and it is very cold when the wind blows, but there is no way to do it.
Huang Guigui slept all night and felt that the cold could not stand it. The next day, Huang Delei was called, Huang Deluo went to cut the thatch and reeds, weaved them into a fence, and surrounded the three shacks on all sides and on three sides.
The other side is not fixed, it can be disassembled, and people go in, tie it with a rope, and block it up. Not to mention, although it is breathable, it is much warmer. It was covered with sun-dried straw and no mats, and when they slept all night, they all got into the grass.
When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I do is not to freshen up, but to beat my body first and fix the straw in my hair.
This is not the hardest part, the hardest thing is to tidy up the fields, to harvest the crops, even if they can't be eaten, otherwise the land can't be cultivated.
There used to be a mule at home, and he could go to the field, but he was busy informing the villagers that night, but the family forgot about it and didn't bring it out, and Huang Laohan didn't sleep for a few nights in distress.
A few masters, first put away what can be eaten, and put it on the ridge to dry. When all that can be eaten is harvested, we will cut down those that cannot be eaten and make room for autumn grain.
Huang Guigui proposed that those who can eat should be collected, and those who can't be eaten should not be collected at all, and they should be set on fire to reduce labor.
Not to mention that Huang Laohan disagreed, even his brothers did not agree. Although people can't eat these grains that have begun to mold, they can be eaten by dried animals, and it is no problem to feed chickens and pigs.
After a busy day, in the evening, when they got into the shack, Huang Guigui and Huang Delei whispered side by side. In fact, it's not a whisper, there is also a Huang Deluo sleeping in a shack, this fourth boy of the Huang family is the same age as Huang Guigui, and he is his soldier.
"Leizi, I don't think we can live our lives by farming. It's so hard. "Huang Guigui lay on the bed and felt pain all over his body, and he felt uncomfortable everywhere.
"Uncle, what you said is good, if you don't farm, what can you do, my father said that it would be good to have land to plant. You didn't look at the fifth grandfather's house, the land is small, and the land is noisy every day, and there is not enough food to eat. Huang Deluo wanted to turn over and face Huang Guigui, think about it or give up, this day is tiring, it is difficult to turn over.
"What do you know, you can run a boat and do business without farming, only honest people who have no ability can rely on farming to eat."
"Grandpa won't let the boat run." Huang Delei lay on his back, looking at the thatched roof.
Huang Guigui finally turned over and faced Huang Delei who was sleeping in the middle: "As long as you want, I'll figure out a way to do this, let's go out and try it." ”
"It's not possible in autumn, there is so much land to plant, there is no house at home, and I can't live in the fourth uncle all the time, so I have to get a few rooms first. I don't know how much money my grandfather still has. Huang Delei looked at the roof and sighed, life at home is really difficult!
"If you can't do it, just build a few earthen huts with thatched roofs, which shouldn't cost much. The two of us went to sea with the boat in the spring, and after a year and a half of earning money, we brought it back, so that the family could build a house, and it was okay, and people could be suffocated to death by urine. ”
"Uncle, you have to take me with you, how can you two go, I will go too." Huang Deluo was anxious when he heard that there was nothing wrong with him.
"Three people, I'm afraid grandpa may not be able to agree." Huang Delei was a little hesitant.
"What are you afraid of, wait until you go back and ask Huang Dou, she must have a way, the three of us will go out to rest assured, didn't he keep saying, Lu Chai Cheng is hard." Huang Guigui is the Lord who is not afraid of heaven and earth.
"Well, go to sleep, it's next spring. Go back and talk to Soybean, she has a lot of ghost ideas. Huang Delei pulled the quilt and buried his head in the straw nest and fell asleep.
Most of the quilts at home have been soaked in water and dried hard, and the cover is not warm at all, at most blocking the wind.
Huang Dou insisted that his grandfather and uncle bring the best three-bed quilt in the house, and Grandma Huang and several daughters-in-law also felt that the best should be used by their grandfather.
At home, they can make do with a house and a bed, while they sleep in the fields, uncovered, and at least warm up with a few good quilts.
At home, I used a quilt that was soaked in the rain and dried, and after sleeping for a day, the soybeans couldn't stand it, so I grinded Grandma Huang to find someone to fill these old quilts with new cotton and flick them.
There are two bullet babies in the town, one lives in the east of the town, surnamed Li, and is called Lao Li Tou. The surname of the family is Zhang, and he is the brother of Uncle Zhang, who sells meat, and the shop is next door to Zhang's butcher shop.
Early in the morning, the four little soybean sisters followed Grandma Huang and went to Zhangjiapu to play cotton with four quilts on their backs.
Four quilts, add some new cotton, and pop up six quilts, in fact, it is far from enough to use at home. But it can only be like this, there are so many things brought out by the family, and the quilts brought back by Huang Laohan and his father are still the dowry of Aunt Huang.
Grandma Huang talked to the proprietress Aunt Zhang while removing the quilt, the Zhang family has many brothers, seven brothers, and no sisters. Four of the seven brothers opened shops in Nanshan Town to do business, and three opened shops in Fucheng, so it can be said that the Zhang family is also a big family in Nanshan Town.
Huang Dou stood impatiently in this dirty and cramped room, flying everywhere with cotton wool, and pulled Huang Tao to stand at the door and speak. After a while, Huang Mi and Huang Pear also followed.
The four young ladies simply said to Grandma Huang and went shopping.
From ancient times to the present, there are few girls who don't like shopping, as if spending money can be addicted.
There are four little sisters in the Huang family, except for Huang Lixiao, who has no private money, and the other three have more or less private money.
Out of the cotton shop, the four sisters prepared to walk all the way to the west wharf.
As soon as he went out, he heard Uncle Zhang, who was selling meat, cursing people, and then a figure came out of the butcher shop and bumped into Huang Tao.
The yellow peach sisters were startled, and when they saw it, they knew the youngest son of Uncle Zhang's family, Huzi, who sold meat.
Uncle Zhang is the eldest of the seven brothers in the Zhang family, and gave birth to five sons, the first two of which are very solid, and the third and fourth children are sick and die before they are one year old. finally gave birth to this little fifth son, and Uncle Zhang and his family hurt so much that they were afraid that they would accidentally die.
When she was more than eight months old, Aunt Zhang was cooking, and Xiaohuzi fell asleep in bed, who knew that she would wake up after a while. I didn't cry when I woke up, I peed on the bed, probably disgusted with the uncomfortable wetting place, got up and rolled on the bed, and rolled off the ground!
I heard that he fell on his back and almost suffocated to death, and this old son was even more spoiled after waking up.
is thirteen years old this year, half of his age, and Uncle Zhang is reluctant to let him and his two brothers go to the countryside to collect pigs, and let him sell meat by his side every day, not to mention practicing a lot of strength.
It's just that there is Uncle Zhang in the meat stall, and basically there is nothing wrong with Xiaohuzi, most of them are running around outside to cause trouble.
Here, Uncle Zhang saw that his son ran out, so he didn't chase after him, scolded and sat back behind the meat case.
Zhang Xiaohu ran out and hit someone, and he didn't run away, and when he saw it, he was still a little girl he didn't know, so he quickly stood up and apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." ”
"You didn't mean it, you did it on purpose." Huang Dou couldn't help but scold him.
Xiaohuzi looked at it, oh, and recognized: "Little yellow bean, it's you, I didn't mean it or mean it, I was just careless." ”
Huang Tao pulled her sister and said to Xiaohuzi: "It's okay, it's okay, pay attention next time." ”
They are all children, and Xiaohuzi is also a self-cooked, and he knows soybeans and pineapples, but he doesn't know them with yellow rice and yellow peaches, but this doesn't affect him, and he follows the four little sisters all the way to the dock.
"Soybeans, you can go play with me tomorrow, I and Da Niu and they have found a very interesting place, you can also catch fish, and you can touch mud snails and loaches."
"Isn't it that you can't eat fish, my father said that those fish eat human flesh in the river, and they can't eat it."
"Oh, it's been so many days, those fish have already rushed downstream, it's okay, it's okay, and if you don't eat fish, you can catch other things, mud snails, loaches, turtles."
Xiaohuzi thought for a while and said, "By the way, the water by the river has receded, and there are many strange things on the riverbank. You don't go and look at it. ”
"What's weird?" Soybeans are a little interested.
"I don't know, when I went yesterday, the water was still receding, and we didn't dare to go down, the shore was very slippery, and if it fell, it would be our turn to feed the fish. A few of us discussed that we would wait for the ground to dry a little in two days before we went, and no one would go to that place anyway. ”
Huang Dou looked at Xiaohu and thought for a while: "Okay, then you call me when you go in a few days, and I'll go see if there are any strange things." ”
"Okay." As soon as Xiaohu saw that Huang Dou agreed, he immediately turned around happily and left: "I won't play with you girls, I'll go find Da Niu and them." ”
As soon as he spoke, he didn't wait for Huang Dou to reply, Huang Dou didn't care about him, saw him go, and continued to go shopping with his sister and sister.
"Doudou, they boys are going to play, don't go with them." Huang Tao was a little worried.
"Sister, it's okay, if you don't feel at ease, you can go and play together."
"When the time comes, you guys go play, I won't go." Huang Mi grinned and took Huang Li's hand and walked two quick steps to follow.
Huang Mi is already a big girl, if it weren't for this disaster, Aunt Huang would have been ready to show her in-laws.
Huang Dou looked at Huang Mi helplessly, at the age of 15, he was about to get married, so terrible!
However, the Huang family is already a family that spoils children, and Huang Laohan has decided after Huang Dou secretly brainwashed several times that his granddaughter will start to look at each other at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and wait until he is seventeen or eighteen years old to get married.
In this way, you can also see the character of your granddaughter-in-law, and if your granddaughter marries older, it will be safer in terms of childbirth.
You must know that in the countryside, it is normal for those fourteen or fifteen years old to get married!