Chapter Ninety-Three: Building the Stacks

But now is not the time to fall out with her family, and she must hold back.

When she gets more jobs in the future, her income will come up, so that she can be completely independent, find a place to live outside, and no longer have to live this kind of life of acting and begging for a living.

The time is not yet ripe.

"Mom, I came back late because I didn't have the money to take the car, so I intercepted the tractor all the way back. If you're not happy, give me more money later. ”

She lowered her head as she spoke, and glanced at Mother Wen with grievances in her eyes.

Mother Wen glared at her fiercely, "You asked for it, you deserve it!" ”

Although the cruel words were said, Mother Wen did not continue to scold her, Wen Xueqi got cheap and did not sell again, and obediently put down her schoolbag to help Mother Wen work.

Now it's time to raise the land, and every household has hurried to put away the things in the field, in case it delays other seasons and affects the autumn planting.

The old Wen family still has some late maize that has not been recovered, and he is very anxious.

Mother Wen angrily instructed Wen Xueqi, "You go and build a stack, don't bother me in front of me!" ”

The old Wen family's late maize has not been recovered because the Wen family has no place to dry maize.

It is easy for accidents to pile up the old and the new together, and Mother Wen must quickly stack the maize in the yard into a pile to make room for before Father Wen takes back the late maize.

Building a stack for maize is actually a very simple job, as long as you make sure that it is ventilated, ventilated and dry, it is a good stack.

Of course, it is very important that the stacks have a certain height.

First, it is convenient to drain water, so that it will not soak the maize when there is a lot of water; On the other hand, a little higher also prevents rats from building nests directly to eat food.

The habit of Yishui Village is to put the maize stacks outside the courtyard, on the side of the dung, and it is the rule not to crash into the gate.

Wen Xueqi followed the traces of previous years, and soon planned a rectangular place to build a stack, and she drew a thick line with a branch to circle the place.

Wen Xueqi first moved a few large stones, put the stones one by one along the thick line, and put hollow bricks in the middle of the four corners and the thick line to ensure height and balance.

When all this was done, she pushed the cart to the back of the house and picked up a lot of small stones and rotten bricks, and put them evenly in the middle of the big stones. There is a certain gap between each small stone to prevent the water from flowing through.

After putting all these stones, Wen Xueqi picked up the shovel, which should be flat and neat, and tried to make this area highly consistent to prevent the battlements from collapsing or crooking in the later stage.

After finishing the stone, Wen Xueqi was tired enough, she poured a bowl of herbal tea and sat under the old peach tree to rest and blow the breeze.

Mother Wen glared at her, disgusted that she was lazy and slippery. Wen Xueqi didn't argue much, after all, if you say one sentence, she has ten sentences waiting for her.

Mother Wen was sitting on a mazazi and loading maize.

They have a new breathable purple mesh bag called "violet net". After putting the maize into it, it can be effectively ventilated and dried, and it is very popular without delaying drying.

Mother Wen first packed the maize into bags, and when Wen Xueqi set up the stacks, she stacked all the bags of maize and dried them naturally.

When the winter is free, the maize happens to be dried, and when you are idle, you will come out with a bag.

Pour the maize into the sieve, make an appointment with the women and women, find a corner of someone's house, bask in the sun and chat, rub the corn, and work and leisure without delay.

Wen Xueqi thought to herself, her mother has always disliked her, and it has been exhaustive to win the opportunity to go to school, not to mention that Wen's mother is busy now and she is idle, no wonder she is unhappy.

Then let her continue to be unhappy.

You can't exhaust yourself to make her happy.

I get angry when I don't agree with each other, and I make myself look like a tsundere baby, and I don't bother to coax her.

After drinking two bowls of herbal tea, Wen Xueqi continued to build the stack with satisfaction.

Next is the upper part of the stack, which is the upper part of the wood.

After building the wood, you can make the stack a section higher, and you can also stack the maize bags directly on it, which is a very critical step.

The family has to build a stack every year, so there are old logs left behind.

Wen Xueqi put on white nylon gloves, put a rag on his shoulder, found old wood from the westernmost corner of the courtyard, and carried them out one by one.

It's good to put it in the root of the wall, except when it's windy and rainy, it's hard to get wet. Dry wood doesn't have much weight, so it's easy to carry it out.

But the outer layer is not very good, the roots are wet, and some even grow small mushrooms, which resist them and waste their old lives.

Wen Xueqi gritted his teeth and picked up those wet old logs, staggering with every step, feeling like he was about to lose his balance at any time.

She first put the longest heels vertically, and if the length was not enough, she used hollow bricks as fulcrums, and arranged for the two logs to intersect to ensure that the length was just within the range of the thick line.

You only need to put the vertical wood on the stack, and you don't need to worry about the horizontal one.

So next, Wen Xueqi only needs to make sure that the wood can stay on the stone and not roll around, and this part of the work will be completed.

Then, just go and choose some long stones, broken bricks and round stones.

In autumn and winter, there will also be strong winds and precipitation, so cover the maize with plastic sheeting. In order to prevent the plastic sheeting from being scraped off, some measures are needed.

The most basic measure is to tie a rope to the ends of the rotten rope with long stones and broken bricks.

When it is windy, put the rope on the plastic sheeting, one end in front and the other in the back, and use the weight of the stone to protect the plastic bag, which is very stable.

As for the round stones, they are used to press the plastic sheeting in the ground to prevent rain from leaking in.

Out of the consideration that the plastic sheet is not wear-resistant and fragile, it is best to choose those stones that have no edges and corners, and round stones refer to stones without edges and corners.

After tying the stones and bricks, and placing the round stones with plastic sheeting evenly, the stack is considered to be built.

Mother Wen had already packed all the maize into a purple net bag, just right to stack them.

Wen Xueqi helped her carry the bags onto the trolley together, and the four bags departed once every four bags.

The two of them took turns pushing the cart and stacking the stacks together, which was not much work, and it took a while to get it done.

Mother Wen pulled a face, went to the east to push the bag, went to the west to take a look at the stacks, in short, she was not idle for a moment, and she had nothing to do for herself.

The more Wen Xueqi looked at her, the more wrong she became, it stands to reason that the harvest of maize is good, she should be happy, how can she be like this.

She thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Mom, where is my eldest sister?" ”

Mother Wen was furious, and turned her head suddenly, her expression seemed to be about to eat Wen Xueqi.

"If you're fine, go to work in the fields, don't ask questions here."

Wen Xueqi understood, this was for her eldest daughter's heart.

It is said that her eldest sister Wen Xueyan was afraid that Father Wen's whip would dip her in cold water and whip her, so on the day of the coming day, regardless of other people's statements, she followed her fiancΓ© Xiao Zou to her mother-in-law's house.

escaped a beating, not to mention, and the child in the womb was saved.

The fetal pill Wen Xueqi bought for her had already been thrown into the dung by her, and she was determined to keep the child and would never take the initiative to have an abortion.

However, I can't help myself.

She and Xiao Zou are young and vigorous, and they are married again, and they have no scruples, dry firewood, just one point.

I got carried away in the depths, and when I lost control for a while, the child was gone.

Yesterday morning, Xiao Zou called and informed the old Wen family of this matter.

Wen's father and Wen's mother were originally worried about the eldest sister's pregnancy, and if they were born, there would be no kind of turmoil.

Now that the child is gone, it is good news for them, and they are very happy.

But in a blink of an eye, I was worried that if the eldest daughter had no children, would her in-laws complain about her, whether she could serve her well, and whether her body would suffer a deficit?

In short, I miss it very much.

Mother Wen was angry with her eldest sister, she couldn't pull her face to look at her, and she thought of her in her heart, and when she came and went, her temper became like that.

What else should Wen Xueqi do, she is still making such a fuss about such a good thing, she really convinced her mother.

"Mom, don't worry, I'll go to the county seat early tomorrow to see my sister."

"Really?"

As soon as the words came out, Wen Ma felt that she was too eager and lost the majesty of being a mother, so she stood there again, deliberately with a cold face, and said,

"I can say it first, this is your own go, but no one wants you to go."

The people in the village are more particular, believing that dead people and miscarriages are ominous and unlucky things, and no parent will let their children go to that kind of place, especially underage children.

Wen Xueqi laughed self-deprecatingly, her status in Mother Wen's heart was still so low.

"Don't worry, I miss my sister, I'm going to go by myself."

Mother Wen patted her thigh, happy, she was not a little worried about her eldest daughter.

"I'll touch an old hen for you tonight, pick up a basket of eggs, and you take it to your sister to make up for her body, so that she can live well."

"Later, let your father go to the river to touch a bucket of grass carp, you can also bring it, and let your sister also drink a grass carp tofu soup; And tofu, I'll get up early tomorrow and make it......"

Mother Wen was busy talking to herself there, and Wen Xueqi was not idle.

She thought that she finally had to go to the county seat in time, but she couldn't go in vain, she had to do something.

At night, Mother Wen stepped on a small stool, climbed a small branch, and touched the old hen's buttocks while the chickens were sleeping at night.

Those old hens couldn't see anything, and they didn't dare to fly away rashly, so they could only cry out in fright.

Mother Wen found the fattest old hen, put her in the chicken frame, and then fell asleep contentedly.

Early the next morning, Wen's mother called Wen's father up again and asked him to go to the river to touch the grass carp and make up for the eldest daughter's body.

Father Wen turned around impatiently, his eyebrows furrowed, "Touch it yourself, don't delay Lao Tzu to sleep!" ”

Mother Wen was afraid of waking up her little son, so she scolded in a low voice, "You have the ability to beat Dawei to death, what kind of tantrum do you have with your daughter, can you blame your eldest daughter for this?" If your daughter is not the meat that fell from your body, you won't hurt her! ”

Father Wen lifted the blanket and glared at Mother Wen fiercely, "You taught your daughter like this, are you embarrassed to rely on me?" I see that you woman is underwhelmed! ”

Having said that, Father Wen was still worried about his eldest daughter, so he put on his pants and shoes, carried two buckets and went to the river.

The first rays of the morning sun caressed the earth, gently climbing on his dark and strong shoulders, but it had no effect on the haze in his heart.

He sighed and looked at the calm waters, full of worries about the future of his family.