It is not easy to go out on the fourth day of the first lunar month, and the sisters are honestly working at home to do laundry and embroidery.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, cotton peach went out early in the morning. She wants to contact the bricklayer team, pick materials, negotiate the price, and go to Dazhao Village to ask Zhao Santian about her eldest cousin. And if Mita is willing, he has to go to Kitado Village again and talk to the big Jinzi family, so that the big Jinzi can invite the matchmaker and officially go to the door to discuss the matchmaker.

The cherries and walnuts left at home boil water under the stove for the rice peaches and star fruit to do laundry.

Speaking of which, now the laundry at home has always been the simple washing machine made by Cherry herself, most of the clothes can be cleaned, and those that are stained and cannot be washed can be picked out and washed separately, which is much more convenient and trouble-free than before. It's just that because of the New Year's Festival, there are a lot more clothes to pick up than usual, so the work is a little tired.

The four sisters were busy until noon, when the clothes were about to be washed. Star fruit and rice peach went into the yard to dry their clothes, while cherries and walnuts began to prepare lunch. Cotton peach had just returned home at this time.

As soon as he entered the house, star fruit ran over: "Three peaches, what's wrong?" ”

"What's going on? It's done. Mian Tao entered the door with a light smile, joking: "What a big peach, can you let me rest for a while and drink saliva?" After running all morning, I was dying of thirst. ”

"It's getting bigger and smaller" Carambola glared at her, turned around and ran to bring water: "Sakura is just burned, it's hot, be careful of scalding." ”

"Hey." Mian Tao took the bowl, blew and drank a few sips, and wiped her mouth: "I'm really tired." ”

"Just say it quickly!" The star fruit was anxious, and her eyes were red. The rice peach cherry and walnut who came over also stared at her anxiously.

"Look at you, you're in a hurry again." Mian Tao unhurriedly found a stool to sit down: "I told Sister Sandian about our eldest cousin's situation, and Sister Sandian said that she was willing." ”

"And then? Have you been to Kitado Village? What did the uncle say? ”

"What are you anxious about, you told me to finish the numbness." Mian Tao drank saliva again: "Da Jinzi is naturally very happy, she said that she is going to find a matchmaker, pick a day, and go to the Zhao family to discuss the matchmaker." ”

"Good, good, great." Star fruit clapped its hands

"Third sister, did you say that our eldest family can only give two taels of money?" Cherry asked, a little worried. It's another thing to be poor and poor, but not being able to pay the dowry. Most people would rather marry someone who is poorer but can scrape together the money.

"It's all said, Sister Sanda is willing. She said that she doesn't care about anything else, as long as the person is good and willing to work hard. Besides, Sister Santian's family situation is not very good, she is also old, and her in-law's family is not so easy to find. Mian Tao saw that several sisters and sisters were all looking at her, one by one, as if there were 100,000 questions to ask, and hurriedly waved her hand to stop: "Okay, okay, don't ask about this, okay?" So far, I have only asked the matchmaker to come here. I haven't picked a date yet, so I don't know what will happen next, and I'll have to wait a few days to inquire. ”

"What happened to the bricklayers?" Cherry is still very concerned about this.

"It's negotiated. It is the people of Dazhao Village who are invited, and the price in their village is cheap and the workmanship is good. The materials and labor added up to the total of no more than four taels of silver. After the fifteenth day, we will start the work. ”

"Great" Cherry thumped her left palm with her right hand into a fist, and finally put her mind at ease. When the yard is turned over at home, she doesn't have to be afraid of outsiders knowing what she wants to do, and she doesn't need to explain so much. Life at home will get better and better, save more money, and don't have to worry about thieves entering the house. In the future, if there is something at home, you can also lock the door and go out with confidence, and you don't always have to leave someone at home to watch the door.

"Eldest sister, we have to take care of a meal then, and we have to prepare it in advance." Cotton peach told star fruit again.

"I know." Carambola got up and walked to the hall: "It's been a good thing these days, I have to go and put incense on our father and mother." ”

The spirit tablets of Yue Gui and Yue Gui's daughter-in-law were placed on a small square table against the wall in the middle of the hall, with an incense burner in front of the table, and a little white flour steamed buns, a little green vegetable leaves, and a little pork pieces were placed in the tribute plate.

The star fruit burns incense and closes its eyes reverently.

Cherry stood behind her, and also closed her eyes reverently: Yue Gui and his wife, I will become Yue Cherry, and I will also be your daughter. Now that this home is getting better step by step, you can rest assured. Bless the sisters with safety, and bless the next heavy snow this winter.

It's a pity, I don't know if Yue Gui and his wife don't recognize Cherry's daughter, or if they are small and have no power, after the Spring Festival, until the fifteenth day of the first month, there has never been a snow in half a month. Not a single snowflake has fallen.

The sisters never went into the mountains to catch hares. Fortunately, there is still a lot of savings left over after the yard is turned, enough for Mian Tao to implement her plan to land more and raise more cubs in the coming year. Maybe there are a few left, save for star fruit.

In the spring of the next year, the idea of more tenants and more cubs, cherries are the same as cotton peaches. It's just that Cherry still wants to try to grow yam next year. She kept all the yam beans. But Mian Tao never agreed to this, and she had to convince again.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the small courtyard of the Yue family was full of things.

There are a total of five bricklayers in Dazhao Village, four strong men and one strong-armed woman. A few people also brought a lot of tools and utensils.

Because it is not suitable to burn firecrackers during the filial piety period, it is just a matter of burning the pillar incense, and everyone starts work in a big way.

The Yue Fu family next door heard the movement and came out to take a look, only to know that the sisters were going to turn over the yard. After complaining for a while, why didn't you say it earlier, if you said it earlier, you don't need to invite so many people, and save some money, the three fathers and sons of the Yue family also joined the bricklayer team and buried themselves in it.

Star fruit and cotton peach ran back and forth to lay hands and greet each other, while rice peach with cherries and walnuts began to prepare meals early. The bricklayer is very edible, five bricklayers, plus Yue Fu's family of three, and five sisters, but a lot of food.

Winter is inherently small, and in the first month of the year, most people will sleep at home until three strokes in the sun. At the end of the day, every household started one after another, and there were gradually people on the riverside path.

Only then did Runsheng discover the big project of the cherry family, and he also came over to help.

The leader of the bricklayer team is surnamed Zhao, and he laughed: "Look, so many helpers, it will be done in two or three days, what do we earn to eat?" ”

"Uncle, it's three days of work, I won't give two days' money. If we had done it early, we would have saved money, but you would have saved time, wouldn't you? Besides, if there are more people to help, you should be more light, right? At noon, my second sister stewed meat, you eat more!! Mian Tao greeted with a smile.

"Look at you, baby, you can speak." The big man surnamed Zhao smiled again: "Just for your little mouth, I just gave such a low price." Or, when you go out, you won't find anything like this. As he spoke, he poked the woman next to him and winked at her.

The woman was busy comprehending, stretched out her hand to wipe the apron in front of her, leaned over to Mian Tao, and said with a smile: "Mian'er, is that your eldest sister?" She pouted at the busy star fruit nunu.

"Yes." The cotton peach didn't feel abnormal, and her hands didn't stop, yard by yard to the small board car with bricks.

"He's a nice guy." The woman nodded, and said, "Are you the only sisters in your family?" ”

"Yes. My father and mother both went a year ago, and my eldest sister took charge of the house and took us sisters with her. Mian Tao replied again, as if sensing something, and raised her eyes to look at the woman.

The woman laughed: "I heard that your eldest sister has just decided to marry, and we have nothing to say, your uncle can do carpentry work, and he has made many small tables at home on weekdays, and I will bring you one tomorrow." ”

"What's the use?" Mian Tao was taken aback: "Why are you embarrassed to ask for something from your aunt?" Besides, my eldest sister's incident has long passed, so don't be polite!! ”

"Look at you, what are you polite to your aunt?" The woman smiled, stuffed something in Mian Tao's arms, and said as she walked away, "Mian'er, if you have time, you can go to your aunt's house to play there." ”

Mian Tao looked down at the thing that the woman had stuffed, and it was a hosta. Although jade is not good jade, and the workmanship is rough, it is still quite valuable in the eyes of rural people.

This...... Mian Tao's eyebrows were slightly raised, and he glanced back and forth at the hosta in his hand a few times, didn't say anything, gently took it into his arms, and continued to do things.

"Hey!! What is this doing? "Coincidentally, the third aunt who was passing by here and her youngest son Liming came in from outside the courtyard with a smile: "Tut-tut, look at this busy, you actually want to renovate the yard?" Yang'er, you are really, such a big matter, why didn't you say it earlier, so you could ask your third uncle to come and do a favor. If I hadn't happened to pass by, I wouldn't have known. As he spoke, as if frightened, he screamed and pointed to a pile of green bricks on the ground: "This is a brick courtyard wall?" It costs a lot of money, Yang'er, where did you get so much money? ”

The sisters all buried themselves in their work and ignored her. Star fruit also pretended not to hear, and was handing bricks to a bricklayer.

Ding Juhua was not discouraged when she saw that no one was paying attention to her, and walked to Zhao Lan, who was helping Heni: "Sister-in-law, you all know about this, why don't you say anything?" Seeing money is the separation of brothers, the third brother of my family has always been good to the eldest brother. Outside the words, it seemed that star fruit had given the Yue Fu family some great benefits, and they didn't dare to say it outside.

Zhao Lan glanced at her lightly: "We also just knew in the morning." Don't you know that now? If you feel that you can't get over it with less help, you can make up for it by doing more. So saying, he handed her a shovel: "You can help you get some soil, and the soil is almost gone." ”

Ding Juhua took the shovel in a daze, and was stunned for a while.

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