Volume 1: The Leper Ugly Girl, Chapter 379, The World of Two

She gave Grape a reward of 100 Wen. originally wanted to give more, not because she had a lot of money, but because she meant to help the Liu family by the way. But if you think about it, forget it, there must be a rule for everything, if she rewards 500 Wen today, and when she is able to do it in the future, she will reward another one or two silver, she will not feel too much. People are like this, wages and things have to rise every year, then the heart is happy, if you give a high salary at the beginning, it will not reflect the value of hard work later.

Grape's happy little face turned red, and he whispered, "Thank you, young grandma." I didn't do any work, and my young grandmother even bothered to teach me to read, and I was paid and rewarded...... My dad said yesterday that I was making more miles than he used to. ”

Chrysanthemum touched her head and said, "Why didn't you work?" You've helped me a lot. Aren't you still young now, but when you're older, you'll be able to help me with a lot of things. You put the money away and saved up for the dowry. ”

Grape blushed, nodded and said, "Bh! My mother said that she didn't want the money I earned, and asked me to keep it for myself. She didn't say a word, her mother wiped her tears and said, with her money from selling her body, how could she use the little salary she earned.

Chrysanthemum nodded, and then led her out of the room.

Huaizi greeted her, looked at her little daughter-in-law happily, her face was naturally smooth without fat powder, her lips were also red and bright, and she felt that her eyes were a little dark, so she said: "Later, you will take the time to make up for sleep, go back to your mother's house to sleep, we are afraid that there will be more people." As he spoke, he took the girl in the hands of the grapes.

Before Chrysanthemum could speak, Zhang Yang came in from outside, saw Chrysanthemum's eyes lit up, and then smiled and stuffed the chestnut into her hand, and then snatched the shallots from her brother's hand, and said, "Shallots, do you want the second uncle?" ”

Huaizi said: "Your second uncle is too eccentric, is there such a thing as you?" He took the chestnut from the chrysanthemum again, and before he could hold it steadily, he heard Zhang Dazhuan shout in the yard: "Who will bring this cow in?" ”

Chrysanthemum and the others took a look outside. I saw Zhang Dazhuan leading two cows, one big and one small, coming in from outside the courtyard, thinking that he saw his grandson getting up, so he didn't want to take care of the cow anymore, and wanted to find someone to help tie the cow, so he could hold his grandson.

Huaizi smiled helplessly, and Chrysanthemum took the chestnut and motioned for him to satisfy his father's teasing psychology.

Huaizi shook his head and went out. I feel like my dad is really like a baby. Before he got down the steps of the eaves, the little black skin trotted out of the west wing and said, "Young master, I'll tie it." I've had breakfast. ”

Zhang Huai thanked him with a smile, and then turned back to hug the chestnut; Zhang Yang laughed for a long time. said that you can't hug it hot, and your father is about to come to grab the baby with you.

Chrysanthemum smiled: "You grab it, I'm finally getting dressed neatly today, and with you to hug me, I don't have to wrinkle my clothes." As he spoke, he deliberately dusted off his new clothes with great care, and coughed.

"Hahaha......" Zhang Yang couldn't help laughing when he saw her pretending, and said, "Sister Chrysanthemum, you are Jing Hai skirt cloth." It's no worse than those wealthy ladies. He didn't shy away from praising it, and suddenly felt that it was not right, so he was a little embarrassed: It's not the time when he was young, what do you want to say, when Chrysanthemum is a sister, she hurriedly diverted the conversation, and smiled Zhang Dazhuo didn't even wash her hands. It's time to snatch the grandson.

Huaizi looked at his father in a hurry, hurriedly washed his hands by the well, and then came over and reached out to hug the chestnut, so he had to hand his son to him and hug him, and smiled at the chrysanthemum: "Let them hug, let's go eat dumplings." You're hungry, and you can't afford to eat all morning. After saying that, he took her to the kitchen.

The days when you don't have to work are naturally comfortable and lively, and the daughters-in-law who come and go to pay New Year's greetings gather together. There is more content of the conversation, that is, the baby who has just been added.

Another thing that people are curious and surprised about is chrysanthemums. Although she took off the face towel a few days ago, she didn't go out much, so few people had seen it, but now that she did, she opened her mouth wide. Amazed. However, it was Dr. Qin's medical skills that were praised more, which made Chrysanthemum breathe a sigh of relief.

On the first day of the new year, it was finally quiet, and the next day it was finally quiet, and the relatives went out, and those who didn't go out also entertained relatives at home. Chrysanthemum's maiden home is next door, and this day is naturally in her mother's house. Because Aoki and Liu Yunlan took chestnuts to Liujiatang, she and Huaizi accompanied Yang to talk. Zheng Changhe had the old rules, but he still went to his aunt's house.

After having lunch at her mother's house, and when the twins were asleep, Chrysanthemum saw that the sun was very good outside, so she said to Huaizi: "Let's go to the wasteland and take it away." ”

So they said hello to Yang, and the two of them scattered in a winter afternoon. Walking along the side of the mountain to the southeast, there are bursts of noise in the villages on both sides of the road, the sound of laughing and playing with the little baby, and occasionally a cannon battle, and the atmosphere of the New Year is full.

Sophora and chrysanthemum walked side by side, in a good mood. During the day, he is busy, and Chrysanthemum is also busy, except when they sleep at night, the two of them rarely spend time alone like this.

After leaving the village and leaving the last house with small bricks and tiles behind, Huaizi took Chrysanthemum's hand and asked with a smile, "What do you want to plant on that land?" ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "Plant bamboo." After thinking about it, he said, "Plant some fruit trees around, keep them if they can grow, and make up for them when they die, and don't plant them specially." Bamboo is easy to feed, as long as it is not too dry, you can run a large area in two years. ”

Huaizi was very surprised: "You bought so much land just to grow bamboo, to harvest bamboo shoots?" That can't be planted with 150 acres of bamboo. Chrysanthemum, have you thought about it? ”

Chrysanthemum shook her head and said nothing, at this time, they had already come to the side of the mountain where Chrysanthemum bought. At the foot of the mountain, a large stretch of rolling land, which had been turned over, revealed yellow soil, which was the fifty acres that had been bought first; Further up is the slope of dwarf trees, thorns and shrubs, and a small number of oaks and green pines, which were bought later and have not yet been cultivated.

There is also a large area of land above the mountainside, and the higher you go, the denser the trees become, and the surrounding area is barren mountains and wilderness. Originally, the village was going to come here to plant oak trees this year, but it happened that the Zhang family and the Zheng family bought hundreds of acres and left, so they changed places to plant them.

The chrysanthemums looked silently into the wilderness in front of them, the withered grass and dead branches were less depressed in the warm winter sun, and the hillside away from the village was quiet, except for the little sparrows jumping on the lonely branches. She silently calculated in her heart, feeling that there was still something insufficient.

Huaizi stroked her back and smiled, "Do you want to live in a bamboo forest?" Although our family is not bad, there are too many people in that area. ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "Yes, it's not." Fifty acres under this mountain are planted with peanuts, soybeans and other sundries, and what is lacking is planted; Fifty acres of bamboo were planted on the mountain, and some chickens were raised in the bamboo forest. In this way, bamboo shoots are an income, as are chickens and eggs. Plant some more fruit trees around, and you can harvest some fruit. However, we are not good at planting fruit trees, and we have not grown in the past few years, just like your fungus, harvested by the sky. But I can't lose these two items, I think, we often mess with them, and one day we can find some way. ”

When Huaizi heard this, he asked with interest: "Raising chickens?" That's a good idea. There are a lot of insects in the bamboo forest. In this way, you can not only harvest bamboo shoots, but also save some fertilizer, not to mention chickens and eggs. It's just chicken, how are you going to sell it? ”

Chrysanthemum smiled and said: "Just make lotus leaf roast chicken, and then give it to Xiaomei to sell on the market." ”

Huaizi nodded and said: "Just set up a small piece in Laixi's shop, make a door to sell roast chicken, sell more than a dozen a day, it won't hinder him from doing business, and it can also let the little sister earn some pocket money." At this amount, the chickens raised in this bamboo forest are enough to sell. ”

Chrysanthemum chuckled, of course, she didn't just sell this, otherwise Liu Xiaomei would be busy and wouldn't be able to make a few dollars, she would definitely not be reconciled. Besides, if you raise chickens, you will have eggs, so she doesn't want to sell those eggs, how can it be a mile!

Huaizi asked again: "Another fifty acres on the mountain?" What do you want to plant? ”

Chrysanthemum winked at him and said, "Guess what? ”

As soon as Huaizi saw her show this appearance, she suddenly remembered that when she was not married to herself, although she was busy all day, she always looked leisurely and energetic.

He understood her best, so he smiled and said, "No matter what you plant in the other fifty acres, I'm afraid you don't care much about the harvest, it's for your own living, right?" It's easy to move to the side of the mountain, but more and more people are living here, and it's not clean anymore. I was going to set aside a piece of land to build a garden in the wasteland that our family bought, and then our family moved over, and compared with your fifty acres, it was a little worse. ”

Chrysanthemum said: "Our family lives well, just those few people, Yang Zi is going out again, why spend that spare money to move?" I'll take care of it here, and I'll talk about it later. I want to plant acorn trees and bamboo, all kinds of patches, and of course, a little bit of fruit trees. There are no chickens in this. ”

Huaizi said: "Still planting acorn trees? How many miles are there in the village? ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "This thing is easy to feed, it's not so difficult to serve, acorns can still be eaten as food, and trees can be cut down to grow fungus, anyway, it won't be a loss." Besides, I didn't prepare for this piece of land, as you said, in order to live by myself in the future, this bamboo forest and oak forest grow very good, and collect some acorn fruits and bamboo shoots, which is also incidental. ”

Huaizi looked at her with a smile, it seemed that she had never planned to go to Zhang Luo's residence in the city, even if she bought land and built a house in Xiatangji back then, it would be rented out as a shop, and the only garden was used by Dr. Qin, so she had no intention of living at all.

Chrysanthemums, always like the mountains.

He held her hand and rubbed it, and looked up at the mountainside with her, as if there was already a big mansion there, and the cheerful laughter of the children came from the garden, and for a time his heart was full of happiness and sweetness!

He listened to her allocating these pieces of land, planned and resettled them very properly, and rejoiced on her behalf, not as in the past, because he was always in a hurry because he was not as good as her, because he understood what Chrysanthemum wanted.

Accompany her to farm and raise chickens and ducks, break bamboo shoots and pick mushrooms in spring, pick fruits and lotus leaves in summer, pick water chestnuts and melon seeds in autumn, and eat with an open belly in winter!

What she wants is not those big riches, but a simple and comfortable rural life. ()