The weather is getting hotter and hotter, Ziqing's heart is getting more and more irritable, there are many trivial matters at home, and she is the only one in charge, worried that Zifu is out and about, worried about whether Lin Kangping's business is going well, worried about whether Zilu's exam can pass, and worried that this year's rent will definitely not be collected. In short, I am irritable all day long, and I can't lose my temper with my grandmother.

Fortunately, within a few days, the shopkeeper Zhou came to pull the peaches, this year's drought, there are fewer peaches, but it is sweeter than in previous years, the shopkeeper Zhou took the initiative to increase a penny per catty, Rao is like this, the income is still not as good as the old year. However, it is much better than planting rice, and thinking about it like this, Ziqing is much more relieved.

On May 15, the first batch of watermelons was sold, the weather was hot five days earlier than in previous years, there were more local watermelons planted in recent years, and only sold to three or four pennies a pound in June and July when they were ripe and in the peak season, when Ziqing's melon field had been pulled out of the vines. Right now, it is also the Wen family for the sake of the old customers, the Zeng family's watermelons are indeed a month earlier than others, and the taste is still relatively sweet, so the high price is given, and the first batch can only be sold for 12 wen a catty, and 18 is impossible. Therefore, the income of fifteen acres of watermelons is now maintained at one thousand taels of nods, thinking that the best season of the year is to catch up with the income of two thousand taels of silver, fortunately, Ziqing has long expected it, and now the orchard in the back mountain has almost a thousand taels of silver a year, of course, the big head is still oranges, Ziqing took care of it very carefully, and also found some knowledge of fruit trees from the book, and also let Zeng Ruixiang take some experience from the people who have fruit trees in the village.

It was not until the beginning of June that there was a heavy rain, but the crops were still severely reduced, and the rent would certainly not be collected, and it would be good if the tenants could have food and clothing without starvation. The rain began to go on and on, and the orange trees were just gone. Xiaoguo was knocked off a lot, and Ziqing felt distressed when she saw it. Fortunately, most of the watermelons were sold, and Ziqing had received more than 800 taels of silver, and Ziqing felt a little relieved.

Two days later, Zishou and Zixi went home and let them share some housework. Ziqing's mood was much better. In late June, the Shen family and the others also went home, and the Shen family returned with a full bag, and Zilu's mood was still a little nervous. Nervous, reluctant to go out to meet people.

For this reason, Zeng Ruixiang specially took a few children to fish and touch loaches. Looking for eels, I have not been idle, and the food at home has improved a lot. It's all Ziqing's favorite food, especially eel, she never gets tired of eating it, but it's a little troublesome to clean up, Ziqing naturally didn't dare to touch it, but taught Zilu to nail his head with a nail and cut his stomach. Remove the internal organs and remove the bones. Cut into eel segments. Shen also laughed at Ziqing for this, "It's all because you are in trouble, just because you love to eat, your second brother has not worked hard." I don't know where you got those ideas. ”

Ziqing replied eloquently: "Mother, this is a good method that I thought of by chance, the chili fried eel section, everyone borrowed it, full of appetite, don't thank me, why are you still to blame?" "When Ziqing first brought the eel segments fried with red pepper and green pepper and chives and garlic to the table, it was drooling all over the place, the color and flavor were complete, and it was more enjoyable to eat than the field chicken, because there was no need to spit out the bones, and the meat of the eel was particularly smooth and tender.

Shen has also learned a lot of words with Zeng Ruixiang for a while, but he also understood Ziqing's words, looked at Ziqing and shook his head and smiled: "You are a big foodie, you still have to pull others?" ”

Zilu and the others laughed when they heard it, and since then, Ziqing has been nicknamed "big foodie".

On this day, Zeng Ruixiang said that he was going out fishing, Qiu Yu came over with the child, saw Zeng Ruixiang and they fiddled with fishing gear, and hurriedly said: "Second brother, you take Zilu and a few of them to help me plant the late rice seedlings, and you are idle and idle, my family's early rice has been dry, and you also know that I have no labor to carry water, and there is no harvest. ”

Zeng Ruixiang saw Qiuyu's tone as it should be, and learned that his brother-in-law was at home on vacation, so he rejected her and said: "There are only two acres of land in total, and the two of them will finish it in two or three days, don't always think about relying on others." I wanted to talk about you in the old year, for the sake of your first year of separation, my brother-in-law was not at home, so I helped you. Now you are not in a hurry, and your brother-in-law is idle at home, even if you are too lazy to go to the field, your brother-in-law can finish the two acres of paddy field by himself for a few days. Back then, your sister-in-law, a woman was still taking a seven or eight-year-old child to the ground, and a five- or six-year-old child was watching the house. ”

Qiu Yu was ashamed and annoyed when she heard this, her face was red with anger, and when she wanted to distinguish two sentences, she couldn't find anything to say, so she had to leave with hatred and shame.

Here Ziqing listened and said: "Dad is really good today, I like it, I'm afraid that Grandma will be angry when she finds out, my sister-in-law is lazy, and now she doesn't even cook, she eats with Grandpa and Grandma." ”

"Don't care what she does, we're going to go this year, and we won't be able to run next year, so we spend our own money to hire people to work, but we go to her field to be busy, and we don't even care about a meal when we turn around, and we have to run home to eat. She is used to her grandfather and grandmother, and her ten fingers do not touch the spring water. Zilu pouted and said.

"Presumptuous, your grandfather and grandmother are also what you can discuss." Zeng Ruixiang pretended to shout. Ziqing and Zilu secretly made a grimace, this matter must not be over.

In mid-July, I finally looked forward to the official messenger to deliver the letter, Zilu won the Xiucai exam, although the ranking is relatively low, but after all, it has also passed this hurdle, and it is still worth celebrating. Zeng Ruixiang asked Zilu to send a letter to the old house, and the old man knew about it and said that he wanted to come over for a lively meal.

Qiu Yu didn't want to come over at first, but Tian didn't know what was going on after asking for a long time, and ran to question Zeng Ruixiang angrily. Zeng Ruixiang didn't know anything at first when he heard it, but just told Zilu to come over and invite his sister-in-law over.

"What the hell do you want, you offended two of the three sisters, and the only eldest brother left also broke off contact. You don't plan to have this family, you are disgusted, you live your own little life, I also figured it out, maybe one day, even your father and mother don't want it? Seeing that his son ignored him, Tian continued to ask angrily.

Zeng Ruixiang was very sad when he heard it, Shen was about to speak, Zeng Ruixiang waved his hand, took a deep breath, and said: "Mother, if you say this, my son is really chilling, and now I will give you a good idea of what has happened over the years, I have never treated anyone badly." Big brother, I won't talk about it before the separation, after the separation, I have been picking the big beam to support you, the eldest brother took out the silver for two years, and then saw that he was in difficulty, I offered to raise my parents alone, which is nothing; The sister-in-law and Yumei gave birth at the same time, and the sister-in-law had a difficult birth, so it was nothing to detain the stable woman I invited; Ziyu gave birth early, and everything pressed us, even the child's birthday was a day late, and it was nothing; My sister-in-law gave birth to a child, and she was so angry that she was born prematurely, and she was also the stable woman I ran to invite, and it was nothing; Ziping had an accident, he didn't care, her aunt who gave birth to a child or something went to take care of it herself, and it was nothing to buy this and that; But Zihe is gone, can we blame Ziyu? Ziyu and Zixi both had acne at the same time, and we couldn't take care of it ourselves, who ever asked? His children are gone, and the fortune teller said that he would break off the relationship, and the brotherhood of these years is not as good as the few nonsense words of the fortune teller. ”

Zeng Ruixiang paused for a moment and then said: "I don't want to talk about Chunyu, it's not enough to calculate me, I have to calculate Ziqing, Ziqing didn't calculate, and calculated Kangping, my heart is also made of meat, and it will hurt and hurt." Qiuyu didn't help her go to the field this time, because she knew that her brother-in-law was at home, and there were only two acres of paddy fields in total, and it was enough to do it for two more days alone. Now that I feel sorry for my children, I spend money to hire people to do farm work, and I take the children to help Qiuyu, and others don't laugh at me for being crazy? If my brother-in-law is not at home, Qiu Yu can't do it alone, so if I'm in a hurry, I'll help me like that in the old year. Mother, you feel sorry for Qiuyu, and I also feel sorry for Zilu and them. ”

"Can that be the same? Zilu They are boys, they have been used to beating since they were children, your sister has been delicate since she was a child, how can she suffer this? Tian argued, but the momentum was weaker.

Zeng Ruixiang saw that he said so much, Tian still didn't understand, and said impatiently: "No matter how delicate you are, you can have Yumei when she was a child, what conditions can our family have, what conditions can Yumei have when she was a child, if she is married, that is her life, she has to recognize what kind of life, and she has the ability to toss it herself." My Qing'er is still busy working at home and in the back mountains all day long, isn't my Qing'er delicate? Whose child is not distressed? ”

Tian glanced at Shen angrily, and was about to open his mouth to refute again, the old man and Qiu Yu came in with the child, as soon as the old man came in, he heard what Zeng Ruixiang said, and he thought that Tian must come to mess around again, this old woman, the older she gets, the more confused she becomes, the whole thing that doesn't go in with oil and salt, the old man sighed a few words in his heart, and said: "Old woman, I told you so much, why can't you listen to it?" Do you have to toss your son and daughter-in-law so cold that you give up? ”

Qiu Yu heard it and hurriedly said: "Mother, don't blame the second brother, it was indeed that I didn't think well that day, I went back and carefully thought about what the second brother said, I was too lazy, and Mu Mu's father also scolded me, saying that it was not impossible to do it, and I was not in a hurry." After speaking, he said to Shen: "Second sister-in-law, can you do something with me?" ”

Shen waved his hand after hearing this, and said, "The child is still so young, take a good look at it." Me and Qing'er will be fine. Then he went out of the hall and into the stove room.

Ziqing and her grandmother He were already busy at that time. Ziqing found that every time she saw her grandmother coming over and said hello, her grandmother took the initiative to avoid it, and she never mixed it with every quarrel, at most she untied her daughter afterwards, so her grandmother could gain the respect of a large family.

Because of Qiu Yu's initiative to admit his mistakes, this Xiucai meal was quite satisfying. As for the true thoughts of Qiuyu and Tian after returning home, Ziqing does not know. (To be continued)