Chapter 6: Hard Work
The afterglow of the setting sun stains the village red, and smoke rises.
In the courtyard of the Mu family, the eating chickens looked up at the two people at the entrance of the courtyard, "clucked" twice, and then staggered back to the chicken coop.
Xie Shi heard the footsteps outside, opened the curtain and walked out, and when he saw Mu Tianxiang and the two of them, his eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and then a smile appeared on his face.
"The eldest girl and the second girl are back." Xie Shi smiled and said softly, "You put the dry firewood in the yard into the firewood room, and then go to feed the cattle at home, and finally sweep the yard clean, and then you can go to rest." ”
"Oh, look at my memory, there's still food burning on the stove, I'm going in. You two hurry up, or the cow should be hungry. After a few words, he turned around and went into the house.
Mu Tianxiang frowned slightly, Xie's smiling tiger, the cow will be hungry, won't they?
The curtain fell, and laughter was heard in the room. The second girl next to her was very calm, and she looked submissive, which made her feel even more uncomfortable.
The two dragged their heavy steps, walked to the firewood room and poured the dry firewood on the ground, Mu Tianxiang's body was too weak, and he was too tired after a while, so he simply sat on the ground and sighed.
"Sister, are you hungry?" Erya asked with a small face.
"Sort of." Mu Tianxiang smiled reluctantly.
Since the crossing, she has only eaten one nest, and she has long been so hungry that her chest is close to her back, and she is completely supported by willpower.
"Sister, you wait, I have a way." Erya's tone was a little mysterious, and she whispered, "I'll bring you water to drink, so you won't be hungry." ”
After speaking, he got up and prepared to scoop water, and his thin back was so sensible that it was distressing.
"No, my sister can't drink water." Mu Tianxiang hurriedly stopped her, and then said with some hesitation, "Erya, you...... Hungry all the time? ”
"Anyway, I didn't eat enough, and my grandmother wouldn't let me eat more, saying it was a waste. Xie Niang didn't let me eat it, saying that it was thinner and better. Erya replied while sorting out the dry firewood.
Looking at Erya's accustomed expression, Mu Tianxiang felt stuffy in her chest. She secretly made up her mind that in the future, she must let Erya eat well and eat well.
After a while, she was deflated, not to mention the future, this level in front of her is very sad. It's all to blame for the king of Hades, who sent her to this ghost place where she couldn't get enough to eat.
No, it's not.
Thinking of Hades, Mu Tianxiang's eyes lit up.
She was really hungry and confused, she could forget such a shining golden finger, and she suddenly remembered that she was a person who could do everything!
Mu Tianxiang hurriedly closed her eyes, called out the Taobao interface with a thought, and immediately put a lot of delicious food into the shopping cart, and when she was about to pay, she suddenly stopped.
Even if it is Taobao that follows her crossing, it costs money to buy things, and the Taobao store she opened also has a certain amount of income, but she will withdraw all her earnings every weekend, and there are very few left in her Taobao account.
Mu Tianxiang's heart was cold for a while, and she trembled and clicked on her account balance, which was only a few hundred yuan.
So, she silently canceled the order.
I have nothing now, and the future is even more out of reach. Now that I'm eating, I don't know how many times I'll go hungry in the future. After thinking about it, I ended up buying only one loaf of bread.
When the bread appeared in her hand, Erya happened to turn her head and asked curiously, "Sister, what is this?" ”
The matter was really complicated and mysterious, Mu Tianxiang had to answer perfunctorily.
"This is the dry food I got back from Ma's house, and I have been hiding it in the firewood room. I had forgotten that I was too hungry at this time, but I suddenly remembered. ”
As soon as she heard that it was food, Erya's eyes lit up. Mu Tianxiang put the bread aside, planning to enjoy the bread in peace after work.
"Erya, let's do the work first, and then come to eat, okay?"
Er Ya nodded hurriedly, and the two of them thought that there was something to eat, and the movements in their hands were much faster.
After stacking the dry firewood, they went to feed the cows. When the last fallen leaves in the yard were swept away, the two straightened their waists and let out a painful *.
There was a strong aroma of food wafting in the house, Mu Tianxiang took a deep breath, and became more and more hungry, and the same was true of the second girl next to him, the two looked at each other, smiled slightly, and then turned back to the firewood room.
Mu Tianxiang divided the bread into two and handed the large part to Erya.
Erya waved her hand and refused to answer, Mu Tianxiang deliberately straightened her face, and Erya took it. Then, the two devoured it.
"Sister Eldest Girl, Second Girl, are you there?"
Suddenly, the door of the firewood room was pushed open, and the two looked at Li Chun'er at the door in horror, and hurriedly lowered their heads and swallowed all the bread, choking in a panic!
*
A moment ago.
In the Mujiatang house, the Mu family, who had worked all day, gathered together to enjoy the farmer's coarse tea and light rice.
Feng Shi suddenly put down his chopsticks and said, "I saw that the corners of our house were empty, and I thought I might as well buy some soybean seeds to plant, and then I can make tofu after harvesting soybeans." Let's talk about it, who will go to town tomorrow to buy seeds? ”
"Mother, soybean seeds are not cheap!" Feng's third son, Mu Fengcai's eyes lit up.
"I know, so I took fifty wen out." Feng Shi had a generous expression on his face and advised, "By the way, pick some plump soybean seeds." ”
"Ahh I'm going to chop wood tomorrow! As soon as he heard this, Mu Fengcai patted his head and pretended to apologize, "Mother, it looks like I can't go." ”
It takes a whole pound of soybean seeds to fill those few corner plots, and the average soybean seed in the town costs nearly sixty yuan. Feng Shi only took fifty wen out, and asked to buy good seeds.
Not only can't you get any oil and water, but it is also clear that you want to add money, who is stupid to do it.
Feng pouted, skipped his second son Mu Fengju, who was working in the town, and looked directly at Mu Fengren.
Mu Fengren saw Feng's eyes and knew that his mother was deliberately letting him go, and when he was about to agree, Xie Shi beside him secretly tugged at the corner of his clothes.
Ignoring Mu Fengren's doubtful eyes, Xie Shi smiled gently and said, "Mother, you forgot, Fengren is still busy with the work in the fields, how can he have time to go?" ”
Looking at the people who were pushing back, Feng's face gradually became gloomy.
She glanced at the second daughter-in-law, Hu Shi, and then looked at the old family, and finally fixed on the Li family: "The third family, I see you wandering around all day long, if you don't know, you go, right?" ”
"Mother, what's the matter!" When Li heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand.
Seeing this, Feng's old face suddenly fell, his eyes looked at Li sternly, and he said dissatisfiedly: "What are you going to be busy with?" ”
Hearing this, Li Shi realized that he had just lost his temper, and hurriedly smiled: "Mother, daughter-in-law doesn't mean that." I thought, I stayed at home all day and never seen much of the world, and when I went to town, I didn't know if I would be deceived.
Feng Shi couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore, threw his chopsticks on the table, and scolded: "It's just that you are asked to do something so small, pushing three and four one by one, do you still treat me as a mother?" ”
The atmosphere gradually cooled down, and everyone did not dare to speak.
For some reason, Li always felt that Feng's words were directed at him.
She thought about it, offended Feng Shi and definitely didn't have any good fruit to eat, and suddenly thought that the Ma family also sold seeds, and the eldest girl also worked in his family......
Thinking of this, Li's eyes rolled and he immediately spoke: "Mother, the eldest girl has been staying in the town, and she is still working in the Ma family, she must know where to buy cheap and good soybean seeds." ”
"How does this work?" When Mu Fengren heard this, he hurriedly persuaded, "Mother, the eldest girl is still young, I'm afraid it won't work to go to the town alone." ”
"Big brother, Brother Liu next door to Ming'er is going to drive the ox cart to the town, why don't you just let him bring the big girl with him when the time comes?" Mu Fengcai, who had been bowing his head and shaving, raised his head and said vaguely.
Li Shi also hurriedly said: "That's right! If it doesn't work, let the second girl go with the eldest girl, what do you think? ”
When Mu Fengren wanted to say something, he was pinched by Xie Shi and fell silent.
Feng Shi felt reasonable, and immediately clapped his decision: "Then it's decided!" Chun'er, you go and call the big girl and them. ”
Li Chun'er answered sweetly, then put down the dishes and chopsticks and went to the yard.
After looking for a while, I finally found the two of them in the firewood room, and seeing the two of them hiccups, Li Chun'er smiled slightly: "Sister Eldest Girl, Sister Er Ya, grandmother asked you to go to the hall." ”
Mu Tianxiang thumped her chest and responded, "You wait, I'll go and Erya to drink saliva." ”
Who knew that Li Chun'er stepped forward quickly, and pulled Mu Tianxiang and Erya out as soon as she walked to the right, "Sister, grandmother is waiting, let's drink it later!" ”
When the three of them walked to the hall, everyone looked over in unison.
When Feng was about to speak, Mu Tianxiang and Er Ya hiccuped one after another, and her face sank.
"Big girl, second girl, did you steal food?"
The two of them were shocked, and the hiccups stopped.