Chapter 64: Pastoral Life
The two of them didn't know what to say in the house, and Du Mei couldn't listen to the corner, so they had to sit in the courtyard and bask in the sun.
After a while, Qian Maoda came out and beckoned to Du Mei: "Du Mei, you come." ”
"You don't count?" Du Mei asked as he walked.
"What else to order, all the ones in the courtyard will be given to you, according to 100!" Qian Maoda said with a smile.
"Then what's the matter, you're at a loss!" Just now I was going to sell it to her at a higher price, and now I actually give it away so much for nothing?
"No loss, no loss, my aunt has to thank you, if my leg is good, then it will be really earned." The woman on the bed patted Du Mei's hand.
"That's 200 wen?" Dume asked uncertainly.
"Yes, yes, it's 200 Wen." Qian Maoda smiled so much that the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes bloomed.
"Then you order." Du Mei took out the purse and placed it on the table.
Qian Maoda covered his purse and pushed it back to Du Mei: "Put it away, put it away, the duck seedling money will be on credit first, and when you make money, it's not too late to give it to me!" ”
"Ahh And such good things!
"I know it's not easy for orphans and widows in your family, it's really hard for you to be a girl, and you can be in charge of the house at a young age. Money, you keep it for emergencies, and we don't lack you for the time being. The half-leaning woman looked at Du Mei sympathetically and said.
"Then, I'll write a note." Du Mei really needed money too much, and when he heard them say this, he was not polite, and put away his purse.
"What kind of note, you did us such a big favor, I don't know how to thank you, and it's rare to have that thing." Qian Maoda waved his hand.
"It's not too early, let Uncle Qian send the duck seedlings to your house." Qian Maoda's wife said intimately.
"Then it's troublesome for Uncle Qian to run away." Du Mei smiled, a little embarrassed.
"Don't bother, you can't take it alone." Qian Maoda said, and went out of the house to take out the flat round cage.
I caught all the ducks in the yard and brought some leftover duck food with me. Qian Maoda carried it easily, and went back with Du Mei all the way.
In the two-bedroom courtyard, the original low shacks where farm tools were placed were divided. According to Du Mei's arrangement, Du Ying cleaned the inside and spread dry straw to make a duck's nest. It turned out that the chickens and ducks in the middle school were all locked in the corner of the courtyard nest wind.
As soon as the more than 100 ducks let go, they filled the shack, and they were crowded yellow and white.
Du Ying brought in the duck food that had been prepared a long time ago, and these duck seedlings didn't recognize it, so they just swallowed it in a big gulp.
At the dinner table, Du Mei talked in detail about buying more than 120 ducks on credit for 200 yuan. The three little ones were amazed, and Chu Lin felt that this was what Du Mei's kindness deserved.
Xu Shi even recited Amitabha, and looked at Du Mei gently: "Meizi, remember these kindnesses, and you will have to repay them if you have the opportunity in the future." ”
"Mother, I know, once I make money, I will pay them back immediately." Du Mei nodded.
The spring rain is as expensive as oil, after a few tricky spring rains, the old elm tree in front of the door bursts the buds, the wheat is secretly jointed at night, the rape is also quietly pumping, the broad beans bloom lilac flowers, and the breath of spring is getting closer and closer.
The days passed day by day like the flowing water of the mountains and rivers, and in a blink of an eye, it had been more than ten days since Chu Lin arrived at Du Mei's house, and the injuries on his body had been healed, but he missed this kind of busy ordinary life.
He gets up early every day, practices boxing and sword dancing in the morning light, and is in good shape. During the day, chopping firewood and carrying water, tending to train duck seedlings. At night, under the dim light, the four sisters talked about the ancient mythical beasts in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" vividly, and taught them to recognize more words
It's the happiest moment in the second house.
Juniper was awake or asleep, not crying or making trouble, the confinement Xu was silently embroidering beside him, the three little ones were playing by themselves, Du Mei occasionally smiled, and Chu Lin became more and more infatuated with the bright stars in her eyes.
In order to train the reflex ability of the ten and a half big ducks, Du Gui drove them to the mouth of the fish on the river beach every day, and repeatedly summoned them by whistling and tapping the food bowl.
The more than 100 ducks in the family saw that all of them had lost their yellow fluff, and their black and gray feathers were revealed. From the first day he arrived home, Du Mei trained in the above two ways, and it has been quite effective so far.
The panther and the black girl are inseparable every day, and they can't find the dog during the day, but they will definitely come back to lie in the courtyard at night to watch the house.
On this day, Du Mei was making breakfast, and when he looked up, he saw Chu Lin dancing his sword in the courtyard, tossing and turning, his posture was elegant and chic, but his sword was a bamboo. Seeing that his sideburns were slightly wet, Du Mei handed out the cloth towel, as if he was a member of the family.
After breakfast, the Du Mei sisters drove the ducks out, Chu Lin still chopped wood and carried water, he had a thin cocoon on his hand because of practicing swords on weekdays, and now even his shoulders were grinded out. He also learned to feed the ducks and clean the duck house, and what a clean person he was, he was able to do these things calmly.
It is rare to see the black panther and the black girl come back during the day, only to see the black panther holding a gray hare that is still struggling in its mouth. It seems that these two dogs are not all crazy these days, and the black girl taught the black panther to catch living creatures.
The black panther threw the hare at Chu Lin's feet and circled around Chu Lin as if he were invited. Chu Lin smiled and touched its head, which was an affirmation of it.
The hare was bitten on the neck, although it was not dead, but it could not live, he was afraid that Xu was afraid, so he hung the hare outside the courtyard wall and skinned it, ready to add vegetables at night.
The news that Du Mei's family had come to his aunt's cousin reached Ding's ears in a twist and turn. On this day, she pulled Wang Fuquan to see, she was afraid of Du Mei's big dog, so she didn't dare to be as arrogant as before.
I saw a big man carrying them outside the small courtyard of the second room, and he didn't know what he was doing. Wang Fuquan was born burly, and he wanted Du Mei to be his daughter-in-law, so he stepped forward to check unconvinced.
Chu Lin had already sensed that someone was peeping closely, because the other party's breath was not a person who practiced martial arts, he just thought that the villagers were curious about his face, and he didn't care.
But this does not mean that in addition to the mother and daughter of the Du family, there are people who can appear within three steps of him.
Without waiting for Wang Fuquan to get closer, Chu Lin turned around suddenly, the birthmark on his face was already human, plus the blood of a hare on his hand, the whole thing was a monster that drank blood.
Ding snorted and fainted, Wang Fuquan was also startled by Chu Lin, and was even more frightened by his wife.
Xu heard the movement and hurriedly went out to see.
"Brother of the Wang family, please stay." Wang Fuquan hurriedly woke up Ding, and just as he wanted to leave, he was stopped by Xu.
"Erjin family lady." Wang Fuquan had to stand still.
"Your child's business, no matter what, has nothing to do with my plum, I hope you don't come again in the future, no matter how many jokes you make, it won't do your child's future at all. The two of us are well water and do not interfere with river water, so we will not see each other in the future. Xu's face was like frost, Chu Lin's hands were bloody, and it was even more cold that it made people's bones hurt.
Ding's trembling was like a withered leaf in the cold wind, Wang Fuquan was a man after all, he said: "My five sons are also good-looking, you would rather have this ......"
Chu Lin didn't wait for him to finish, then said coldly: "In the future, my aunt's home will be my home, I don't think anyone will dare to go wild here!" ”
"Let's go." Ding urged like crazy, it turned out that she saw two black dog heads squeezed out of the gate of the courtyard at the same time. One is scared, let alone two.
Xu Shi was not as scared when he saw the skin of a hare as Chu Lin imagined, but told him to clean up the blood stains on the wall and ground.
This night, Xu's made braised hare snow vegetables, which were fragrant and spicy, and before they knew it, everyone ate an extra corn tortilla.
"Mother, the ducks are almost trained, I want to move them to the river beach in a few days." More than 100 ducks are bigger, not counting how much they eat, but also pulling more, even if Chu Lin cleans up every day, the taste is still a little rushed.
"This climate is cold and warm, is it okay to move out?" Although Xu has never done farm work, the four solar terms are still clear, and there are still a few days before the sting.
"Wait for a good day, and then move." Chu Lin interjected.
"It's okay, it's cloudy these days, I'm afraid there will be rain, and the duck dung in the yard should be sprinkled into the field as soon as possible, otherwise it will be washed away by the rain." Du Mei felt that they were reasonable, and the work at home was put in her heart.
Du Mei felt a little uncomfortable these days, thinking that she was tired, but she didn't care, and she didn't tell her mother and sisters. Seeing them say this, I thought that I would just take the opportunity to rest.
The next day, the whole family got up early in the morning, had breakfast, Du Mei went to Fang's house to borrow a cart, dragged back and forth three times, and sent the duck manure to a separate two-acre field in the distance.
These two acres are planted with wheat, and now they are being jointed, and they are most lacking in fertilizer, although Du Zhong and his son have already topped the field with fertilizer, but there are still some places that grow sparsely and yellow.
Duck manure is temporarily piled up in the fields, and the manure needs to be dispersed into the wheat fields. Du Mei and Chu Lin picked two people, three small ones, and one person stood on a ridge and spread the fertilizer evenly at the wheat roots.
At noon, Xu's came to deliver the meal. In the afternoon, a strong east wind suddenly blew, and the bursts of blowing made people's brains hurt. Du Zhong and Du Shu passed by at the end of work, and without saying a word, they all came to help.
Du Shu seems to be deliberately competing with Chu Lin, he is used to doing it every day, not to mention how much he picks, and he walks fast with a dung basket. Chu Lin was born in a rich and noble family after all, and it was not obvious to pick two loads of water on weekdays, but now after picking for a day, the shoulders on both sides have hurt so much that they can't touch it, and his face is cold, but his body is wet with sweat.
But he saw that the Du family sisters' noses were red from the cold, and they were still working hard, what reason did he have for a man not to do it? Coupled with Du Shu's obviously provocative hostility, he was also a strong one, so he gritted his teeth and insisted.
In the case of two acres of land, it should have been done in the evening, but because of the addition of two strong laborers, the result was completed in four minutes. Du Mei thanked him a lot, but Du Zhong just smiled faintly and responded, and took Du Shu home.
Xu had already boiled a lot of hot water at home, and asked the four sisters to take turns to bubble and go to the cold. I didn't feel it when I was working in the field just now, sitting at home, Du Mei only felt a faint pain in her lower abdomen, but she still endured it and let the three little ones wash first.
Chu Lin took his clothes and the black panther to the hot springs in the mountain pass, this house is full of female dependents, and it is really inconvenient for him to bathe at home as a man.
Perhaps the sky is about to change, the east wind outside the mountain is tight, but the temperature in the col is very high, and the clouds cover the fog. The black panther was lying on the edge of the pool, Chu Lin took off his clothes, and saw a dark scar from his left shoulder to his chest, appearing on his muscular body, adding to the roughness of the man.
He slowly dived into the hot springs, the right hot water enveloped him, washed away the sweat stains, but also tired, he relaxed and closed his eyes, enjoying the moment.
A hint of cold wind broke through the fog, "Who! With a loud shout, Chu Lin's phoenix eyes widened, and at the same time, he jumped out of the water, scooped up his clothes, and unscrewed them to wrap his whole body. 2k reading web