Chapter 282: Gentle and quiet sister-in-law
It took five days for the people in the village to harvest the most wheat, and they also collected the wheat at home, and the sky was very powerful, and there was no rain, and it was very sunny these days, and the sun was bright during the day.
After the wheat is harvested, the wheat stubble in the field is dug up first, and the fire is directly lit in the field to serve as fertilizer, and the fertilizer is applied to the field again.
Anyway, there is farmhouse fertilizer, Zhang Xiaoxue didn't take fertilizer from the farm anymore, thinking that when the corn seedlings appeared, she would consider whether to use the fertilizer again depending on the situation.
Zhang Xiaoxue's family has a total of eight acres of land, and after the wheat is harvested, all the corn planted was discussed, and it was originally planned to plant four acres of corn and another four acres of sorghum.
Of course, Zhang Xiaoxue did not favor one over the other, and also gave corn seeds to her grandparents' family and uncle's family, so that they could also plant corn, and explained to them that this corn seed is a very high-yield seed.
After listening to Zhang Xiaoxue's introduction, they naturally had no doubts, and they were very happy to plant all the land at home with corn.
The grandfather's family has a total of 10 acres of land, while the uncle's family has more land, with 12 acres of land, of which four acres belong to the lobby brother's family.
Because Brother Lobby is an apprentice in the carpenter workshop in the town, he is usually not at home, and the work in the field is not expected to be done because the sister-in-law is pregnant again, so it was handed over to Zhang Xiaoxue's uncle.
After the crops are harvested, the rest of the grain is divided equally between the two families, in addition to paying taxes.
This time, because he had to harvest wheat, the master carpenter in the carpenter workshop was also a very enlightened person, and he didn't embarrass the lobby brother, so he asked him to go home to help harvest wheat.
Brother Lobby came back, just because this year was different from previous years, Zhang Xiaoxue's family had a lot of slaves, and he was supposed to be busy for four or five days, but it took one morning to finish it.
Brother Lobby is tall and thin, and the second cousin looks seven points alike, worthy of two brothers, the two stand together, others know that they are brothers at a glance, although Brother Lobby has a little dark complexion, people look very energetic, and their eyes are very bright.
When the lobby brother first saw Zhang Xiaoxue, he praised Zhang Xiaoxue for becoming beautiful and quiet, and said that Zhang Xiaoxue was beautiful in his heart.
Although the family finished the work so quickly, Brother Lobby did not rush back to the carpenter workshop in the town, but helped plant all the corn in the house, and only returned to the carpenter workshop in the town after the family had a meal.
This time at the dinner, the lobby sister-in-law also came over, this is the first time Zhang Xiaoxue has seen this lobby sister-in-law, usually the lobby sister-in-law stays at home and doesn't go out, for fear of bumping into it, and there will be something missing.
Because the sister-in-law in the lobby has been pregnant for more than seven months, she has a very big belly in Zhang Xiaoxue's opinion, and usually the lobby brother is not at home, and the work in the field is also handed over to the uncle's family to plant.
The baby conceived by the sister-in-law in the lobby is the first child of Zhang Xiaoxue's next generation, and everyone in the family attaches great importance to this child.
She didn't do heavy work at home, and the heavy physical work of carrying water and chopping firewood at home was also handed over to Zhang Xiaoxue's third and second cousins to help do.
According to the words of the eldest uncle, it is the sister-in-law in the lobby who can enjoy the old blessings, like her and Zhang's mother, when they were pregnant, they all had a big belly, and they had to go to the ground to help, so they gave birth to the child in the ground.
The sister-in-law in the lobby is not fat, her face is round, although she is not beautiful, but she is not ugly, but she is very attractive, she sits there after people come, except after greeting the elders, she does not talk much, giving people a very gentle and quiet feeling.
Although the sister-in-law in the lobby doesn't speak much, she is not as careful as Zhang Xiaoxue's second concubine, whether it is to people or things, although she is pregnant, she is not pampered, and her first impression on Zhang Xiaoxue is very good.
After the lobby sister-in-law saw Zhang Xiaoxue staring at her stomach, she smiled faintly at Zhang Xiaoxue, and the lobby sister-in-law was actually very surprised in her heart.
Zhang Xiaoxue was black and thin before, she had also seen it, she really didn't expect that she hadn't gone out these days, and this sister had changed so much, it was like a different person.
If others didn't tell her that this was Sister Xiaoxue, she really didn't recognize it, not to mention the beautiful dress that Sister Xiaoxue was wearing, not only did her skin become whiter, but even her temperament was different.
She doesn't look like a little girl in the country at all, but like a young lady in the city, she can't find the way she used to shout when she used to play with those boys.
During the meal, the eldest aunt thought that now the life of the family has become better, the second brother's family has a pancake business, and her eldest son can come to work when he comes back from the town, which is better than going to the town to be a carpenter apprentice, and it is close to home.
The eldest aunt asked Brother Lobby if he wanted to refuse the job of the carpenter's apprentice in the town, but went to Zhang Xiaoxue's house to work, but was rejected by Brother Lobby.
Brother Lobby thought that since he had already learned half of it, he didn't want to give up halfway, and he wanted to learn the carpenter's craft before it was too late to make other plans.
For Brother Lobby's decision, the family also agrees very much, there is indeed nothing wrong with doing things from the beginning to the end, learn the craft first, even if you don't use it in the future, it will not be wasted, and it can be passed on to the next generation when the time comes.
The corn and potatoes planted on Zhang Xiaoxue's 100 acres of wasteland had actually sprouted two days ago, and the germination rate was 100 percent, so there was no need to replenish the seedlings.
Zhang's father was happy about this phenomenon for a long time, and said to Zhang Xiaoxue that these corn and potato seeds are high-yield seeds, and he was convinced again.
Normally, the crops they planted don't germinate so quickly, but it's been many days, and they have already sprouted on the third day of planting, so Zhang's father goes to inspect them every day.
I don't know if it's his psychological effect, but I always feel that the corn and potatoes are growing at a visible rate every day.
And Zhang Xiaoxue's brother and sister, running around the village every day for physical training, although this matter is hidden from other people in the village, but the second cousin and third cousin of the uncle's family are actually suitable for practicing light exercises, and finally the family discussed it, and also told the two cousins of the uncle's family about this matter.
Their main time is also to make money by grinding grain paste at Zhang Xiaoxue's house, and they also practiced this light skill in the remaining time, although it is not as long as Zhang Xiaoxue's brother and sister practice, but it is also a daily practice without interruption.