Chapter 273: Interesting Stories in the Field
Carpenter Zhou's father and son hurried slowly, and finally made the furniture that Lan Yi wanted before the end of the month. Carpenter Zhou's father and son sent Lan Yi over in an ox cart, and the ox cart only made five trips back and forth before sending all the furniture over.
Speaking of which, there was also a thing that could not be laughed or cryed, Carpenter Zhou, whose wife died early, came to Lan Yi's house last time and fell in love with Jia's family. After he went back, he thought about it several times, and finally invited Zhou Yueque, the daughter who made his fortune on Tuesday, that is, Zhou Yueque, who married into Zhoujia Village, to Beigou Village to inquire about Jia's situation.
Zhou Yueque married into the Zhao family in Zhoujia Village, and happened to be neighbors with Zhou Carpenter. She took the matchmaker's errand and happily took the child back to her parents' house, planning to go directly to Lan Yi's house to tell them about it. Although she and Lan Yi don't know each other, Zhou Yueque is Zhou Weiji's cousin, that is, Lan Yi's sister-in-law in the future, and now she is half a relative, so it doesn't hurt to come to the door.
But before she could get to Lan Yi's door, she talked about it with her mother, "Mother, my daughter is thinking, this is a great thing." Carpenter Zhou, don't look at him a little older, but he is down-to-earth and willing to work, he has money in his hands, and he is a good person, there is nothing messy, his two sons and a daughter are all grown up, and he can split up immediately. Aunt Jia is a dead man, it is not easy to find a carpenter like Zhou. â
Tuesday's wife, Wang, disagreed, "Que'er, don't mention this, you won't be able to do it." â
While breastfeeding the child, Zhou Yueque asked puzzledly: "Why did I hear Carpenter Zhou say that Aunt Jia is also a little interesting to him." Otherwise, why would Aunt Jia smile at him? Could it be that Aunt Jia is a ......"
"Shut up!" When Wang heard that his daughter was going to say something unpleasant, he immediately scolded, "You dead girl." I still don't have a door to this mouth, and I'm not afraid to let the child listen to it and learn it from you! Your Aunt Jia is not an ordinary person, not worthy of Carpenter Zhou, there are not one or two widowers in our village who have taken a fancy to her, but they are all honest, and none of them dare to be unruly. â
Zhou Yueque was interested, patted her son and asked, "I heard that this Aunt Jia is Lin Shan's daughter-in-law's aunt." Why is it so big? Could it be that he looks good? â
She naturally knows Lan Yi's appearance, and since Jia is Lan Yi's aunt, her appearance should not be bad.
"On appearance. She looks better than Lin Shan's daughter-in-law, what do you think your Aunt Xue looks like? â
The appearance of the Xue family of the rich man of Zhou is one of the best in the village, otherwise the rich man of Zhou would not like her, "Then it is needless to say." Could it be that Aunt Jia looks similar to Aunt Xue? â
Wang shook his head. "It's not the same, just in terms of appearance, your Aunt Xue is not as good as Aunt Jia. And your Aunt Jia is still one of the famous girls in our village, and her medical skills are very good, let's not talk about it from afar, let's just talk about the birth of the Liangxiu family a few days ago, right...... If it weren't for your Aunt Jia, whether the Liangxiu family would survive or not is still a matter of two words. Not to mention children. You don't want to mention this matter in front of outsiders, you Aunt Jia is a good person. Maybe one day you or your sister-in-law will have to point to her to help. â
The mother-in-law, who has never liked long speeches, actually said such a long sentence, Zhou Yueque was terrified after hearing it, a woman giving birth to a child is a ghost gate, and the beautiful daughter-in-law can survive Shun lĂŹ, thanks to Jia's family, "Mother, I remember, Zhou Laolang of Zhoujia Village said that among the girls with medical skills in our Beigou Village, isn't it Aunt Jia?" â
After receiving Wang's affirmative reply, Zhou Yueque secretly went around Lan Yi's house with her son in her arms, and when she saw Jia's face, she suddenly felt that Carpenter Zhou was a toad and wanted to eat swan meat, so she quit the matchmaker's job when she went back. This matchmaker's money is not easy to earn.
This matter was heard by Wang's daughter-in-law, Yang, and she brought it up when Lan Yi was chatting, "Although Carpenter Zhou is not suitable, but brother and sister, Aunt Jia is only thirty years old, is it difficult to get by?" â
Lan Yi was pondering, no wonder Carpenter Zhou took the initiative to run to his house a few times, and took the finished furniture to let them check it, it was this thought, if it is really a person who loves beauty, everyone has it.
"Fourth sister-in-law, I'm a junior, so why don't I ask Aunt Yao about her plans, but I see that she has no intention of remarrying."
Yang shook his head regretfully, "Aunt Jia is not something that a country woman like us who circles around the pot can figure out, and when Zhi'er grows up in the future, I want her to learn medical skills from Aunt Jia, do you think it will be successful, brother and sister?" When Zhi'er is seven years old, I will send her to school, and she can no longer be blind like me.
Lan Yi looked at the three-year-old Xiaohuazhi who was following the Yang family, and said with a smile: "Our Zhi'er is a clever girl, if she has this hobby and talent in the future, Aunt Yao should not object." â
Yang Shi was excited when he heard this, "Brother and sister, I'll take you down!" Don't worry, even if Zhi'er doesn't have this mind, she will definitely have it when she grows up, let's not do anything else, just so that the child can have some ability and make people look down on it. Your fourth brother and I are incompetent, we can only carry a hoe to farm, and we are looking forward to the children having a future in this life, don't be like the two of us, we will die on the ground when we are old and tired. â
"Fourth sister-in-law, what are these words, you and Brother Thursday are both capable, otherwise you can earn the peony on this hillside?" Lan Yi said with a smile.
"Isn't that still up to you, if it weren't for you, how could we have this ability." Yang took Lan Yi's hand gratefully, "When you and my second brother get married, we are a family, and the family will not speak two words, second sister-in-law, Zhi'er, this child, I will ask you and Aunt Jia in the future." â
Carpenter Zhou was told by Zhou Yueque that he didn't dare to mention that he wanted to marry Jia's again, but his attitude was still as positive, and he pulled the furniture with his son to help Lan Yi set it up directly.
belonged to Zhou Weiji's courtyard, and was directly placed in Zhou Weiji's middle courtyard. The current three courtyards, Lan Yi and they are habitually called the West Courtyard, the Middle Courtyard and the East Courtyard, which are kind and natural. The courtyard where Lan Yi lives now is the westernmost courtyard, which is the west courtyard; Zhou Weiji's courtyard is in the middle, which is the middle courtyard; Su Yongshen's courtyard is east and is the east courtyard.
After the furniture in the west courtyard was ready, Lan Yi and Jia Shi cleaned up the old furniture and old things in the house. The old things in Wang Linshan's house were sorted out and won the unity of Second Uncle Wang. Put it into a low cabinet and put it into the west wing, and the rest of the broken furniture was split into wooden boards and went directly into the kitchen as firewood.
In addition to the kang table, kang cabinet, low cabinet, wardrobe, high table, and stool, there is also a dresser in Jia's house. Yishui's new furniture looks bright. Jia Shi was naturally very happy, after the furniture was moved in and placed, she put her things into categories, and felt more at home.
Zhao Lizheng's wife, Hua, came to Lan Yi's house to visit the door, and was amazed when she saw this brand-new furniture, and praised Lan Yi for her ability. Jia has been in the village for more than half a year, and he is not only familiar with everyone. He also made friends with two women, these two are the Hua family of Zhao Lizheng's family and the Xiao Jia family of Wang Dexi's family, both of whom are literate and have seen some of the world among the women in the village. The temper is also similar to that of Jia. The two often come to sit, sometimes with the children at home, so the baby has another playmate: Zhao Lizheng's four-year-old grandson, Zhao Xiaopang, Zhao Shiqiang. This kid is as his name suggests, a whole ball of meat. Laughing like a Maitreya Buddha. Very flattering.
As the weather became hot and dry, the wheat in the field ripened. Lan Yi was not in a hurry to harvest the two acres of wheat field this year, Zhou Weiji told him several times before leaving, saying that he would wait for him to come back and harvest it, Lan Yi naturally waited obediently.
When the wheat can be harvested, Yixue is also on vacation, and Lan Yi's family helps Second Uncle Wang's family to harvest wheat. The Li family had to take care of the Liu family, watch the children, and feed the living animals, and the cooking work fell on the Jia family. Lan Yi followed the field or worked in the wheat field every day. Yu'er and Daifuku also followed to pick up ears of wheat in the field. Now I am tired, but this is the harvest. Taking it back is the family's food and clothing, and the more tired the big guy, the happier he is.
The 20 acres of paddy fields newly bought by Wang's second uncle's family have been irrigated and ready to be planted. After buying the paddy field, Lan Yi thought that they would rent it out to collect rent, but he didn't expect the second uncle to keep it for himself. In his words: "For farmers' families, the fields are the foundation." Our family has a large population and cultivated cattle, and 30 acres of paddy fields can still be cultivated. You are busy with the oil mill and the hillside, and our old couple can also take care of the fields on weekdays. â
Farmers of all ages have a deep attachment to the land and regard it as their lifeblood. Peasants are the most thrifty, always thinking that they can earn more than a penny, and saving more is a hanging, so they sweat regardless of the cost, soak in the fields all day long, just hoping that God will be beautiful, have a good harvest, and have more surplus grain after paying rent to the imperial court.
Zhou Weiji discussed with Lan Yi in the spring and bought Su Yongshen three acres of paddy fields in the village, not far behind their house. The family who sold the land had to sell the land because they sent their son to take the exam, and the family lacked money. Su Yongshen's health has improved a lot these days, and he will come out to walk around the fields during the day. Three acres of paddy fields he also rented to make a fortune on Tuesday, and the men who made a fortune on Tuesday had more fields and less, only Lan Yi's few acres of land were not enough to plant, and the rent of the landlord's family in the village was high, and after paying taxes, there were only two percent left, which really didn't fit. Su Yongshen's land was rented out according to Lan Yi's lease method, because he was a talent and didn't have to pay rent, he could leave fifty percent of his fortune on Tuesday, which is a great thing.
When the wheat of the second uncle's house was threshing and drying one after another, Zhou Weiji rushed back. He asked his second uncle's family to continue to work, and he set up an ox cart to receive Lan Yi's two acres of wheat to the wheat drying field in just one day, and asked Lan Yi to help remove the wheat roots and dry them. Yu'er and a few little guys were busy with the work in front and back, and Su Yongshen also helped clean up.
On the second day, the wheat was threshed and dried in the yard, and Zhou Weiji picked up the oil residue fertilizer from the hillside into the field and sprinkled it, put on a plough stick and asked Uncle Wang to help turn over the land and plant it, and planted mung beans according to Lan Yi's plan, and it took three days before and after. Lan Yi sighed that this is the benefit of having a husband! The differences between men and women are inherently irreparable. It is no wonder that every family in the village is dominated by men, and the work in the fields really depends on the strength of the men, and the women can only do it.
After harvesting the wheat, Jia Shi did not allow Lan Yi to go to the field again, she took care of all the work, and only let Lan Yi embroider the dowry at home to nourish her body. In the past few days, she has been exposed to the sun in the ground every day, although Lan Yi has done enough protective measures, she wears a big hat on her head and gloves on her hands, and even this is a layer of tanning.
There are a lot of cosmetics here, and there are a lot of skin care products, high-end such as pearl powder and other Lan Yi are reluctant to use, and other skin care products and cosmetics are mostly added with lard, and she doesn't dare to use them, so Lan Yi's maintenance method is very simple: goat milk honey mask and various vegetable masks are replaced and pasted on the bare skin, herbs and petals are added when bathing, goat milk, eggs, dried fruits and other nutritious things are also eaten every day, plus she is still young, and her skin is naturally not bad.
Although the weather in May is hot, but it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, although the noon sun is difficult, fortunately it is cool at night, Lan Yi and they are also used to this kind of weather, Jia's made incense to repel mosquitoes and prevent heatstroke, and light it in the room every day, the taste is very quiet. In the countryside, mosquito and fly prevention is the most head-scratching, since these incense incense is easy to use, Lan Yi and Jia Shi made some more, divided the people they knew, and also made curtains for Su Yongshen and Zhou Weiji to hang up, so that they can also sleep peacefully.
Because this incense is easy to use, the eight mothers and two sisters-in-law and Yang and others in the village who are lively in the village came to follow Jia's learning to make it, and the eight mothers and two sisters-in-law put this incense in the grocery store they opened under the old locust tree to sell, and Yang and her husband pulled it to the surrounding markets to sell it, and also made a sum of silver.
Lan Yi can eat cucumbers, eggplants, beans and other vegetables in the vegetable garden at home and behind the house, and what makes her happiest is that there are many big red fruits, and the larger ones are already slightly red. Now she will spray sour juice for the big red fruit every day when the sun goes out, which makes people angry, the insects here also like the big red fruit very much, and they have drilled a lot of green fruits, which makes Lan Yi feel very distressed. These insects not only angered Lan Yi, but also angered Cheng Xiaoqi, he only planted thirty acres of big red fruits this year, and the workload of taking insects in the field is very huge, fortunately, there are still mirage and other methods to repel insects, otherwise the harvest of the big red will definitely be greatly affected. The people who planted big red fruits with Lan Yi in Beigou Village, without Lan Yi's care, the red fruits did not grow well, but after they tasted Lan Yi's big red fruits, they were all hearted, and they worked hard to get insects every day, even if the adults didn't have time, they would send the children to get them.
The children are highly motivated, after all, the fruit grown from the fruit tree as tall as them is what they love to eat! The taste is not as good as ever, it is the best, the adults in the family have said, as long as it is red, they will give it to them, the children are naturally energetic, watching the little guys shuttling between the big red fruit plants and playing tricks seriously, so that Lan Yi wants to laugh when he looks at it.
Words outside the text: Thank you for the valuable monthly tickets voted by the book friends Yue Shenying, 197067 and liwen7643, and thank you for your support. Antarctic Blue wiped cold sweat, participated in physical labor today, was so tired that he almost fell asleep, but fortunately he woke up suddenly and sent the manuscript out before twelve o'clock. Sorry for keeping you waiting. (To be continued......)