After dinner, Aoki moved the bed into the new room with the help of Zhang Huai.

Chrysanthemum asked, "The ground hasn't been leveled yet, so I moved the bed in, what should I do under the bed in the back?" ”

Aoki laughed, "Just move the bed." If you wait until everything is done before you move, when will it be? You'll sleep in a new room tonight, and I've specially asked you to live in this south-facing room on the east side, which is better to be on the east side. ”

Chrysanthemum was also happy when she heard this, looking at the room that had not yet been leveled, and felt that her heart was settled. Because this room is divided into two rooms, north and south, it looks small and compact, not so empty, and when everything is sorted out, it must be warm.

At night, I slept in this new house for the first time, and even though I slept with my aunt, it was very peaceful. When it was dawn, I also woke up to the sound of birdsong in the back mountain, and as usual, there was no discomfort at all.

In the next few days, thanks to the neighbors, they continued to help, and built up the kitchen, pigsty, and courtyard walls in one go.

At night, Zheng Changhe, Aoki and Chrysanthemum's two uncles, even Zhang Huai and Zhao San, also stayed, lit oil lamps, and leveled the floor in the house with stone rollers and big hammers. In this hurry, after the kitchen yard wall is covered, the house will look a little better.

At this time, the new house is truly completed, and the rest of the chores have to be done by the family little by little.

After all the helpers left, Chrysanthemum stood in the courtyard that was twice as wide as it was and smiled comfortably.

It turned out that the wild chrysanthemum under the fence wall was also carefully dug up by Aoki and others under the special care of the chrysanthemum, and moved to the root of the wall in the new courtyard wall; The hibiscus also moved outside the courtyard wall; Even the vegetables in the vegetable garden were moved to the backyard if they could. If it is all shoveled, even if it is replanted, then there will be no vegetables to eat for a while.

The pigs have been driven to the new pens; But the chickens and ducks were wandering around the yard, without the joy of moving to a new house. They are no longer like they used to, and they go straight to the door as soon as it gets dark, and now they are like headless flies, and they don't know where to go.

Chrysanthemum couldn't do anything, so she had to slowly drive them into the chicken pen and duck pen in the backyard. It will take a long time for them to get used to their new home.

At dinner, Zheng Changhe said with a smile: "Ming'er is going to pick up acorns, and I will pack up the basket and sacks later." Our wheat is planted in a hurry, so busy that we don't have time to take care of it, I'm afraid we won't be able to harvest much next year, and if this pig is not fed well, it will be even more of a loss. ”

Aoki said: "Don't be afraid, the wheat still has a winter to pass." When the time comes, you can grow well with more fertilizer. Tomorrow, let's pick up acorns first. ”

Yang smiled: "After this house is built, my heart will be steady, and other things will be done slowly." Pick up some acorns, enough for pigs to eat, and grab them. Anyway, we're just going to feed four pigs - it's not possible to catch more pigs at the moment, and the piglets are not easy to catch. You have to take your time in this matter, you can't become a big fat man in one bite. By the next year, it will be easier for those who feed the sows to have a piglet baby and catch the piglet. ”

Zheng Changhe: "Aoki, you've taken so many days off, it's time for Ming'er to go to school." I'll do it slowly with your mother, you better go to school, don't take this book seriously

Aoki said, "I'll pick up acorns for a day tomorrow and go to school the day after tomorrow." In the future, I will make up for the missing books with Yang Zi at night. ”

Chrysanthemum doesn't know how to say it.

Because of this house, a lot of their own work has been affected, if the acorns are not picked up more, resulting in not enough pigs to eat next year, it will be a big loss. After all, this year, the whole village will come to pick up Yuzi, if you slow down, you may not be able to pick it up.

Yu She said: "My brother will help pick up a day tomorrow, if it can be like last year, a lot of bags a day, then there is no need to go in the future." ”

Zheng Changhe smiled: "Where can it be so cheap? Last year, we picked up miles as a family. ”

In the following days, it was as busy as when the rice was harvested, and the Zheng family had no time to clean up the new home, tidy up the front and back of the house and the courtyard, and pick up acorns. Even in the morning and evening, chrysanthemums also have to pick wild chrysanthemums - these flowers are not waiting for anyone, they bloom on their own, and if they are not picked, they will wither.

This chrysanthemum soaked water is much better than boiling water, and the pillow is also very soft. Therefore, when it blooms, the girls and little babies in the village are dispatched and scattered in the fields to pick this wild chrysanthemum. By the time the chrysanthemums came out to pick, they had been picking them for several days.

The chrysanthemum pickers wandered around the Xiaoqing River, on the ridges, by the mirror lake, and by the mountain. Chrysanthemums are naturally picked in the fields near Jinghu Lake, close to home.

In the early morning of this day, Chrysanthemum got up early in the morning, and went to the mirror lake with a basket on her back, but found that Liu Xiaomei and Meizi came to pick wild chrysanthemums on the far village road.

Liu Xiaomei ran over, and could see that her hair was braided in a hurry—a little twisted, and smiled at the chrysanthemum: "You can come out, if you don't come out, we will pinch all the flowers." ”

Chrysanthemum smiled and said for so many miles, where can it be pinched? ”

Meizi saw Chrysanthemum, and asked with a quiet smile, "Chrysanthemum, are you busy?" It's not like I saw her laughing loudly and shouting "Chrysanthemum, I'm looking for you" in the past.

Chrysanthemum looked at this plum that was very different from the past in surprise, why has her heart changed so much?

She hadn't seen Meizi for a few days because of the house she had built at home. When Shangliang ate the wedding wine that day, Meizi didn't come to play, and this marriage was different.

She smiled and said, "Where is it busy?" It's just a matter of choosing what matters in advance. This flower doesn't wait for anyone, so I'll pinch some in the morning. You two got up early. ”

Liu Xiaomei bent down to pinch the flowers, and said to her: "Can't you do it early?" There's still a lot of work to do at home.

Many of them went to the river to pinch it, so I came to this mirror lake with Meizi, and I didn't have to squeeze a piece. ”

As they spoke, the three of them scattered, bowing their heads and bending over to work.

Mei Yi gradually approached Chrysanthemum, came to her side, and kept asking her, "Chrysanthemum, are you angry with me?" ”

Ju Bao glanced at her and said, "Angry." Why don't you like my brother? How good it is to be my sister-in-law. ”

Meizi was stunned in embarrassment, muttering that she didn't know what to say, and her hand stopped.

Seeing her appearance, Chrysanthemum chuckled and said, "I'm joking with you." I've long seen that you like Brother Changming. But at noon that day, I went with you to pinch the water chestnut vegetables, and I was not at home, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to let my mother answer this kiss, and your mother wouldn't have to come to the door to withdraw from the kiss. My mother doesn't blame you, you can relax. She just can't bear to be a good daughter-in-law like you. ”

Meizi's face turned red, and she whispered: "Your brother is so capable, and your family has built a new tiled house, and you will definitely be able to marry a good one in the future." ”

Chrysanthemum smiled, "I think so too." ”

After a pause, she glanced up at Meizi, who was no longer as lively as before, and asked seriously, "Meizi, have you thought about it?" ”

Seeing that Meizi was slightly stunned, she added, "Brother Changming is good." But you haven't suffered much, to be honest, you might as well work with my little sister for more miles, do you want to live with him? ”

Meizi's eyes turned red, she sniffed and said, "I thought about it, my mother said that this is what I owe him in my last life." Chrysanthemum, you're obviously younger than me, but I always think that you talk like my sister-" Chrysanthemum said in her heart, I'm not much older than you-" I always don't care about things, it's better for you to live with your little sister, and when it comes to housework and growing vegetables, it's always a set. I'm going to take care of it from now on. My mother said that it doesn't matter if you are poor, as long as you are diligent, you can always live a good life, and I can afford to endure hardship. ”

Seeing that she knew what kind of life she would face in the future, Chrysanthemum thought that she should not be impulsive.

Meizi said again: "I will come to you to play in the future, and talk to you and my little sister about raising chickens and growing vegetables, you won't dislike me, right?" ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "Why do you dislike you?" You just have to play. You're still the same as usual, I'm not used to you being like this. ”

Meizi smiled.

Liu Xiaomei also came over and asked them what they were talking about.

Maybe it's because the matter is said that there is no longer a mustard, or maybe it's because she told people what is on her mind, and she feels a lot happier in her heart, Meizi gradually talked more, and told them some things that her family and the Li family agreed upon.

"My mother said that they must live separately, so that they can live well after two years of hard work; Mixed together, I am the new daughter-in-law who enters the door, and it will be difficult to talk when the time comes. ”

She heard Liu Xiaomei ask about getting married, so she said: "When I get married next year, I can also accompany my mother for one more year." Besides, you can do more needlework and save some dowry in your mother's house. is married, I am in charge of my own house, I don't know how many things I have to be busy, where can I be as light as being a girl? I'm making shoes at home now, and I'm helping Brother Changming make a few more pairs, but he doesn't have a decent pair of shoes. ”

She was sad to think about it.

Chrysanthemum and Xiaomei listened to her talk about these lives so organized, and they were not shy when they talked about their family affairs, and the more surprised they were when they looked at each other.

Liu Xiaomei looked at the needle on Meizi's finger and couldn't help but say: "Then you don't have to be in such a hurry, look at your hands have a lot of needle holes." Even if you get married, you still have time to do needlework in winter. ”

Meizi glanced at her hand absently and said, "I used to be lazy, just accepting shoe soles and sewing clothes, but I was afraid that the soles of my shoes would be too thick." Nowadays, it is not a loss to make shoes. This was pierced some time ago. I'm making shoes a lot faster now, and I can't get my hands tied easily. ”

Chrysanthemum was really stunned by her reborn changes, and first thought that she was just because of the divorce with Aoki, and she was a little embarrassed to see herself, but who expected her to change from the bones.

This is a kind of growth forced by life, which is distressing and gratifying! Clear

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