Chapter 17 Planing Rice Straw
In the afternoon, Su Miaoqing did not go up the mountain, and led Tong Yi and the two to the field to dig the budding rice straw. At this time, it was the middle of September, and many families had planted wheat, but my own family had not been planing because of the many things in the past two days. There's nothing else going on today, it's time to go and fix it! There is little land at home, but it is only two acres of land, Su Miaoqing has nothing to worry about!
The land of the second room is connected to the land of the third room. As soon as Su Miaoqing led Tong Rui to the ground, she saw Tong Laosan shaving shirtless and shaving rice straw.
"Sister Qing, Brother Yi, just the two of you?" Tong Laosan put down his pickaxe and said hello.
"Hello third uncle, we have little land, just dig more for the two of us." Su Miaoqing smiled sweetly, she still has a good impression of this third uncle, and his own farm work is often taken care of by him! And the third aunt Li is also a kind person, and she is usually very good to a group of children in the family.
"Look at the small body of the two of you, don't worry, your third aunt Brother Lin and Sister Yu will come in a while. Let them help you, the third uncle's family, the third uncle will do it alone! Tong Laosan honestly touched the sweat on his forehead and said with a smile.
"Miaoqing, thank you Third Uncle. I caught a rabbit yesterday, and I'm in town at this time, so I turned around and stewed it to send wine to the third uncle. For such a person, Su Miaoqing is not stingy, anyway, for her family, wild meat is now available if she wants to eat.
Tong Laosan didn't shirk it, he responded with a smile, and just shaved it with a pickaxe, and then put it down again: "Sister Qing, has the rabbit skin been handled?" That thing can be sold for money, and when the time comes, it can be sold at the big market, and it can be exchanged for a few big bucks. If you don't deal with it, the third uncle will get it for you when he is free. ”
"Third uncle, Brother Rui has been cleaned up, and Ming'er is ventilated, and it is familiar. Turn back just in time to catch the big set! Su Miaoqing didn't hide it.
Tong Laosan listened, nodded, and said no more.
After a while, the figures of Brother Lin and Sister Yu led by the Li family also appeared in the sight from afar, and when they got closer, they saw that Su Miaoqing and Tong Yi were also planing, and greeted with a smile: "You two slow down, don't worry, let your third uncle plane." ”
Tong Yi listened, raised his head and showed a mouthful of white teeth, and said with a smile: "Third aunt, just now my third uncle said that you and the eldest brother and second sister will help us plane." ”
When Li Shi heard this, he sneered: "Okay, then the three of us will help you plan." ”
With the addition of the three Li clans, the speed is much faster, I originally thought that tomorrow morning I would have to do a morning's work, and the sun will be done before it sets!
"Uncle, aunt, Ming'er, I and Brother Yi will help you." The corners of Su Miaoqing's mouth curled, and she touched the shiny sweat on her forehead.
"Don't, don't." Li hurriedly waved his hand, "Our family is just like this, if you still come to help, isn't that to make others laugh at your uncle and aunt?" ”
How could Su Miaoqing not know that the Li family refused so much in order to let them have a good rest. Who doesn't know that the more people who do the work, the better? However, since she refused, and there was indeed not much land left in her family, Su Miaoqing didn't insist much, waiting to get more game meat for them to give to them so that they could improve their lives.
When he returned home, Su had already cooked a meal, and when he saw that the two of them came back covered in dust, he first took a basin of warm water and let the two of them wash well, and then he said a little apologetically: "Sister Qing, my mother's body...... It's really hard for you two! ”
Su's body is weak, and her father never asks her to go to the ground when she is at home on weekdays, in case she gets tired, it will be more than worth the loss.
"Mother, this little work, I did it easily with Brother Yi, and besides, the third uncle's family is also there today, but the third aunt, Brother Lin and Sister Yu have all helped us! Those two acres of land are not enough to plan! Su Miaoqing grabbed a nest head and took a bite and said, I've been working all afternoon, and I'm really hungry!
Su Shi is not hypocritical, the children feel sorry for her, she should pay more attention to her body, take care of everything at home, and don't let the children worry about it. According to previous years, his father is about to come back at this time, when the time comes, the family will plant wheat, go back and cut some cotton slivers back, weave some baskets or something, and sell them for some money, and then he will embroider on the side, so that the life of the family together, even if it is bitter, there is a rush.
After eating, Tong Rui led a few small ones to spread out the books in Tongchen School under the oil lamp, and learned to read carefully. At home, paper and pen are luxurious, Su Miaoqing made a few sand boards with fine sand and gave them a few words to read, not to mention, this thing is easy to use, it is full of words and it is gone when you touch it with your hand.
Su Shi was afraid that they would burn their eyes under the oil lamp, so they ordered a few more lamps and put them far away, so that the light was bright and there was no smoke on their eyes.
The gentleman of the school is a talent in his fifties, and he didn't pass the exam several times, so he set up a school in Tongjia Village, and what he teaches every day is not something profound. The children in the village are mixed, and at this stage, they have been learning big characters. Su Miaoqing felt that there was nothing wrong with this, and when the time came, she would wait for a few little guys to recognize all the words, and it would not be too late to learn poetry or anything.
Looking at the hourglass, it was already the end of the hour, Su Miaoqing got up and blew out a few oil lamps, and the light in the room dimmed in an instant.
"It's getting late, let's all go back to the house and go to bed. The work and rest time is stable, and the learning of words is fast. Su Miaoqing helped them put away all the sand boards, told Brother Rui to watch them sleep, and walked to Su's house.
Su Shi was still embroidering patterns under the lamp, raising his hand to rub his eyes from time to time.
"Mother, it's not early, hurry up and rest, and embroider again tomorrow." Su Miaoqing took off her cyan short coat and shook it and hung it on the cabinet on the kang head.
"This look is just a few stitches away, just finish embroidering, you go to sleep first." Su Shi turned around and smiled, and continued to fly the needle and line, this picture is also drawn by Sister Qing, plus the previous one, she has saved several pairs of patterns in her hand, and she sold them on the big set, in exchange for some money to buy some food for the children, these looks drawn by Sister Qing, plus her embroidery, how can it be sold for three or four more than the previous one.
Su Miaoqing bent her arms to support her head, looking at Su's hands turning up and down, she felt inexplicably satisfied. Although the family is poor, they are happy, and no amount of money can buy such an atmosphere!
It was about the afternoon work, and it didn't take long for Su Miaoqing to feel that her upper and lower eyelids were fighting, look at Su, just after the last stitch was over, she yawned, lay down and pulled the quilt on her body, and soon fell asleep.