Zeng Ruixiang came back the next day, went to the old house to deliver watermelons, Shen asked him to go to a barn, who knew that his face was a little bad when he came back, it turned out that Tian said that Chunyu was about to give birth to a child, and asked Zeng Ruixiang to send a belly gift as soon as possible, (that is, the meaning of giving birth.) So I helped my sister harvest the rice. Zhou has been inquiring about where Ruixiang's watermelons came from, and when he heard that he planted them, he asked how much he planted and how much silver he sold, but Ruixiang vaguely said that there was not much.

"It turns out that this is the case, then after our family finishes collecting, I will go for a trip, this thing is usually done by women, how can there be a big man to send this. I'll discuss with my sister-in-law when I go back, and we can't get past her, otherwise, she should stir up trouble again. I'll just say you're busy at home. Although our family only has one acre of land, but you don't work all year round, and we have to spend two or even three days in a day of other people's time, work slowly, don't exhaust your body. ”

The next day, Zeng Ruixiang and Shen took their two sons to cut rice, and when Ziqing came back at noon, he heard that cutting rice was not tired, but he was tired of beating rice, so Ziqing hurriedly asked: "How to beat rice?" "It turns out that this rice is not the same as rape wheat, this one has to be used in the field with a trapezoidal big wooden barrel, a bit like the shape of a bucket, the top is big, the bottom is small, people grab a small bundle of straw, beat it in the bucket, knock the grain down, this is really physical work.

Ziqing has seen the threshing machine in her previous life, in fact, it is to use the foot pedal conveyor belt to drive the rotation of the gears, it should not be difficult to study, but the question is how does she speak? Fortunately, there is only one acre of land at home, and no matter how tired you are, you can still overcome it, and if you want to buy a paddy field in the future, you will persuade your father and mother to go out.

Finally finished cutting the rice, Shen asked everyone to rest for two days, she went to Zhou to discuss the matter of going to see Chunyu, Zhou said that he wanted to take Ziping with him, and Shen came back and said that he would also take Ziqing. Ziqing hadn't been to her aunt's house yet, Zifu smiled and said, "You go this time, you don't want to go next time." Ziqing didn't know what it meant.

Early this morning, Shen packed up twenty eggs and a small piece of white muslin, which Shen had newly bought to make underwear for his family, which cost fifteen yuan and one foot. Shen and Ziqing both wore new summer clothes, which were still made of yarn, and Shen made one for his family. Ziqing's is light pink, and Shen's is light blue. The two came to the butcher shop to buy a pork belly, and when they arrived at the old house, Qiu Yu also went, and Tian looked at the things in Shen's basket and didn't seem to be very satisfied. "Didn't you let Ruixiang go? Why didn't he go? Tian asked.

"Mother, I'll go to the bento with my sister-in-law, besides, how can there be a big man to send the belly, the child's father repairs farm tools at home, these days the rice can make him tired, you know, he doesn't often do these farm work, I let him rest for a day, and plow the field tomorrow, if you are tired, you are also distressed, isn't it?" Shen's words were soft, but they also made Tian unable to say anything.

"You've fed so many chickens, what are you going to do with these eggs? Even the chicken woman is reluctant to catch one. Tian was clearly dissatisfied.

"Mother, take as much as you want, I discussed it with my sister-in-law, I can't go past my sister-in-law, if I want to do things like this, my sister-in-law should not be happy, the mother-in-law at the other end should laugh at us, sister-in-law, do you say this is the reason? Besides, I don't have a good piece of muslin to make two baby clothes. Also, I haven't eaten a single chicken during my confinement sitting, and I've only eaten about 20 eggs, and her aunt hasn't seen anything for me? The Shen clan still endured the fire and distinguished carefully.

Ziqing is very helpless, every time she comes here, she always has to make trouble unpleasantly, Tian is a nonsense, the old man is not here today, Ziqing feels that Ah Gong is relatively reasonable.

"Who said that Chunyu didn't bring anything, isn't that not a separation? Everything is brought to me. Usually you don't like to squeak, why do I say one sentence today, you have eight sentences waiting, you do this daughter-in-law? "This big hat is pressed down, and the Shen family can't say anything more.

"Still can't go? What time is it? Qiu Yu asked.

So, Shen grabbed Ziqing's hand and left, and when they arrived at the street, Shen said that it was better to hire a donkey cart to go, they didn't squeak, Shen himself discussed with the coachman how many people to go to Yancun, and the coachman said that Yancun is about the same as Anzhou, and it also needs ten copper plates, and it seems that Shen rarely goes to the child's aunt's house. There was no separation before, and it was not the turn of the Shen family to give away the stomach or anything. During the Chinese New Year, after their family was able to live here until the Lantern Festival, it was clear that they didn't want others to go to his house.

A few people got on the donkey cart, but they didn't have to be exposed to the sun, although the ox cart was cheaper, but the ox cart basically had no canopy. There was almost nothing to say all the way, Ziping stared at Ziqing's new clothes, full of envy. Ziqing saw that although her dress was old, it was not broken, I don't know if she still remembered that she would not give Ziqing old clothes during the New Year, of course Ziqing would not provoke her.

Half an hour later, five people stood at the door of Chunyu's house, Chunyu's house was not small, but they lived with their brothers, but they had been separated for many years. Chunyu has a big belly, but it's not very bulky. Yan Renda took the children to the field to cut rice, and there is a two-year-old cousin of osmanthus at home, and even the four-year-old Sanmao is said to have picked up ears of rice.

Ziqing always felt that the name of her aunt was not like the name of the Zhuang family, so she secretly asked her mother, saying that the family ranking was Renzi, and Da was taken by the learned old man in the village. Ziqing felt that it was a pity to have this good name.

Chunyu asked Qiuyu to go to the field to call her eldest brother-in-law back, and led the two sisters-in-law to the stove room to make lunch. On the way, I met my mother-in-law and said hello, and the old woman's eyes kept looking at Shen and Zhou's baskets, with a smirk. After taking the basket in Ziping's hand and about to carry it, Chunyu hurriedly took it and said, "Mother, you can go busily." ”

The mother-in-law's face was sneering, Ziping's basket was Qiuyu's, in addition to eggs, there was also a cloth bag, which was estimated to be made of Qiuyu's needlework. Ziqing also took a look at Zhou's basket, which was also eggs and a pork belly.

After a while, Yan Renda came back with the children, he was going to cook lunch, and the Zhou and Shen families had to help make it, but he disagreed, saying: "How can you let the two sisters-in-law do it, or the brother-in-law will come by himself." Sister-in-law wants to help sincerely, so she lives here for a few days and helps her brother-in-law cut the rice. ”

Shen glanced at Zhou, Zhou said that he was still very busy at home, Shen said that his field had not been ploughed yet, besides, there was a nursing child at home, how could he leave.

Yan Renda was a little unhappy when he heard this, his enthusiasm suddenly decreased, and he hastily made a lunch, put a few pieces of fat in a dish to boil oil, and left a bowl of bracken cabbage and a bowl of Chinese cabbage. This only meat dish was immediately divided by a few hairs, and Ziqing had seen their speed. Chunyu boiled a poached egg alone and ate it. No wonder Zifu said that he didn't want to come again after coming once, Ziqing was afraid that they would stain their clothes, so he tried not to pick up vegetables and stayed away from them.

After the meal, Shen went back, saying that the child was still waiting at home to feed, and Qiuyu stayed, saying that he would help Chunyu cook for a few days.