After the Dragon Boat Festival, Ziqing went to the back mountain to pick peaches, in the spring, Ziqing found that the earliest three peach trees bloomed sporadically, very surprised, every time I came to pick up eggs, I had to stand under the tree to see, and now I finally saw the peaches with a little red tip, so I couldn't hold it anymore, picked seven or eight big ones, went home to wash and share them with everyone, Zishou and Zixi both said that it was delicious, but Ziqing felt average, not sweet enough.

Since then, picking up eggs every day Ziqing has to bring back a few peaches, when she encounters something delicious, she will leave the peach pit and bury it in the nursery, so after seven or eight days, the peaches are all red, Ziqing discussed with Shen, send some to the old man, and then go to Baitang Village to send some to He's them, since Zeng Ruixiang was at home after the year, he sent a few letters to He and didn't come, Ziqing missed her grandmother a little.

Shen listened and discussed with her husband, Zeng Ruixiang said, "In this case, I will personally run after school, you can rest assured, I will definitely pick up the old man." ”

After He came, Shen and Ziqing's days were a lot faster, Ziqing no longer took care of the stove room, only took care of watermelons and fruit trees in the back mountains every day, this year is a good year, there are more chickens and sheep, more fertilizer, and the growth of watermelons and fruit trees is good. Watermelons have been sold several times since May 20, Ziqing looked at the large and small watermelons all over the ground, estimating this year's income, and her heart was happy.

Who knew that on the day of drying clothes on June 6, Shen had just taken out the fabrics, clothes and bedding in the box and turned them over, Ziqing was drying her father's good sheepskin, more than 30 sheepskins, Shen didn't let them sell, saying that they would be used to make a few sheepskin mattresses, and they should be warmer in winter. The wooden floor of the study is covered with a woolen blanket in winter, and it is not cold to sit on it. At about three o'clock, Ziqing was sitting under the corridor in the center of the courtyard, and suddenly found that the sky was still clear just now, and immediately the dark clouds rolled in.

At first, everyone didn't care, and laughed and said that it was a loss to be a lot of people. There is no loss of clothing and leather. Later, seeing that a fist-sized hailstone could smash a pit on the mud ground, Ziqing thought of the watermelon in the ground. "Mother, it's broken, the watermelon is probably going to be finished, and the chickens on the mountain have to be smashed."

Shen was anxious when he heard this. wanted to rush out to see the watermelon field, Ziqing and He Shi grabbed her, "Mother, the lightning is thundering." You can't get out, how dangerous. Anyway, our family has sold so much. ”

"That's silver, a thousand taels of silver. That's it. Shen sighed and cried, and as soon as Shen cried, Zixi didn't know what was going on, and he also cried with Wow.

"Mother. If there is no planting this year, how can the crops be harvested every year. People are better than anything else. Ziqing persuaded, hugged Zixi again, and coaxed.

"That is, why are you not as stable as a child? Be obedient and go into the house. Zixi cried, and Ziyu should wake up after a while. If you can't find you, it's time to cry. He also persuaded.

The big hail fell for more than an hour, and Zeng Ruixiang was trapped in the school and couldn't come back, and he was also worried about the situation at home. As soon as the rain stopped, Ziqing rushed out, the watermelon field was a mess, miserable, it was estimated that there was nothing to harvest, but fortunately, the melon seeds Qing had collected some, but I don't know if it was enough. Ziqing picked up some ripe watermelons and picked out some watermelon seeds, and Shen also came out, looking at the melon field in front of him in a daze. When Zeng Ruixiang arrived home, Shen hugged him again and cried bitterly. "Woo, there must be thousands of taels of silver, it's gone, I'm distressed...

Zeng Ruixiang saw his wife like this, suppressed his frustration, and patiently explained his wife. He also said that fifty percent of this year's grain is estimated to be unharvested, so if he turned over the land and planted potatoes quickly, he could still catch up with a good price.

Ziqing saw that the two of them were like this, it was not easy to disturb, and she came to the back mountain alone, and many of the fruit trees were broken and their branches were all over the ground, and the only thing that was relieved was that the main pole had not been broken. Some chickens were hit before they had time to enter the nest, some were lame, some couldn't move, the sheep were fine, most of them entered the circle, and dozens of geese were also smashed.

Ziqing went back to tell Shen, and when Shen heard it, tears came out again, and he said that the big ones would be sold again, and they would not die anyway, and the smaller ones would be made into cured chicken, but fortunately, there were not many, there were more than 100 in total. It took several days for the family to clean up the mess.

Zifu Zilu came home from vacation, they also had something to delay for a day, caught up with the hail, were anxious about the situation at home, and hurried back as soon as the weather was good.

The children in the family were all around, and Shen's mood quickly adjusted, because Zifu persuaded her to think from a different angle, after all, the family still has an income of thousands of taels of silver this year, and I don't know how many times stronger than before.

Shen Shi also heard this reason, so he devoted himself to the children's food and clothing, Zifu and Zilu have grown a lot in the past six months, and their clothes need to be redone. Although Zeng Ruixiang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, he also complained to Shen and said: "As soon as my son told you, you listened, I advise you not to see you smile for a few days, and I am not as important as my son in your heart?" It was very awkward for a few days, and Shen coaxed him for a few days in turn.

At the end of the month, the rent was only collected 30%, and it is estimated that the loss of this hailstorm is really more than 1,000 taels, and the hens are frightened, and they don't even lay eggs. Fortunately, the chickens at home are all free-range in the mountains, and the taste is fresh and tender, and the shopkeeper Zhou gave a good price and pulled them away in batches.

Because Zifu is preparing to end next year's spring, so this summer harvest holiday is basically studying hard at home, Zeng Ruixiang will go fishing if he has nothing to do, Zilu always accompanies him, Ziqing does some needlework at home, Shen is on the side, and now Ziqing can also embroider some handkerchiefs, purses or something, there is no shortage of money at home, Ziqing does not plan to sell it, keep it for giving away or rewarding. It's only later that I do too much so that I sell it to save some private house for myself, which is with the permission of the Shen family.

Suddenly, a friend of the Shen family, Liu Yulan, a widow in her thirties, who had no children and no daughters, came to visit her, helping the cook in the carpenter's shop in the town to support herself. Shen sympathizes with her pity of having no children and no daughters, and often talks with her, Liu Yulan sympathizes with Shen's husband who is not around and has a hard time with a few children, and often comes over to help wash and sew the children's clothes, and occasionally brings some food to relieve the children's hunger.

Later, after the Shen family was separated and moved to the village, the Liu family almost didn't come over, after all, it was a little far away and inconvenient. Now Liu Yulan is ready to remarry, and she specially came to say that her newly married husband is working as an account office in Anzhou City, and her children are older, so she wants to continue the strings. Before leaving, Liu Yulan left an address and invited Shen to be a guest. (To be continued)