Chapter 8: Only magic can defeat magic
Half an acre is not small to say, especially since Xu Ling only planted a small part of the seeds.
He dug twenty or thirty pits, tired and panting, and this body really had some vegetables, especially when the head injury was not yet healed.
Out of the space, when he went to the kitchen to look for a water scoop, there was no figure in the yard, so Xu Ling returned to the space and scooped water and watered the vegetables.
Although he was born in the countryside in his previous life, he could also identify common grains, but it was still too difficult for him to recognize what vegetables from the seeds.
Xu Ling was busy with the affairs of the space, washed the plaster between his fingers with the space spring water, and when he returned to the room, the family had already returned.
Mother Xu was scolding outside, Xu Ling listened for a while, and then knew that she stopped a cotton coat today, and who knew that she would ask someone to go back and forth.
The people in the village knew that she was picking up things downstream, and she was used to messing around, so she brought a few helpers, and Xu's mother was afraid of being beaten, so she was unwilling to return the clothes to others, and scolded all the way when she came back.
Xu Ling hurriedly went out of the room, Gu Zhen squatted in the yard to wash wild vegetables, the eldest girl was playing in the water, and Xu's mother sat on the threshold and scolded at the sky.
"Mother, you're not hurt, are you?"
Mother Xu cried: "I'd rather they beat me than give her that clothes!" That's a cotton coat! ”
Xu Ling: ......
Only Xu Ling has cotton clothes in their family, and the others can't go out in winter, so they can only shrink at home.
When you think about it this way, cotton clothes are quite important.
Xu Ling didn't know how to comfort her, so he only said that he planned to dig a garden, grow some vegetables, and then sell them for some money.
"When the time comes, maybe I can exchange some money and tear cotton clothes for my family."
Don't look at it now is August, the weather is cold early, an autumn rain and a cold, maybe there will be frost one day.
Mother Xu took the cloth bag from his hand, opened it and took a closer look at the seeds inside, and said speechlessly: "Ah Ling, this shallots and leeks are not rare, they are planted in every family, if you plant them now, will anyone buy them?" ”
Only then did Xu Ling know that two of the original four seeds were shallots and leeks, and he hurriedly asked, "What are the other two?" ”
Mother Xu recognized, "It should be pumpkin and wead." ”
Woad is the cabbage of the previous life.
Xu Ling scratched his head, "Can you plant?" ”
Xu's mother didn't know why her son suddenly wanted to plant vegetables, there was no well at home, so she relied on going to the river to fetch water and water vegetables, and went to the village well to fetch water to drink.
Anyway, it's better to grow vegetables than to steal chickens and dogs, and the family is lazy.
However, Xu's mother still knows more than Xu Ling, she thinks about the habit of farming when her deceased husband is there, "You can plant it, but it doesn't grow well, and you may freeze to death when it snows in winter." ”
"The cabbage is planted right now, and it can grow in winter, and the pumpkin has to wait for next spring to be planted."
Xu Ling suddenly realized, and took the pumpkin seeds aside, "Then let's open a garden to grow vegetables." ”
Mother Xu said distressedly: "The injury on your head is not healed yet, but you can't do these heavy work, let her open the ground, I will go and fetch water, you sit and rest." ”
The Xu family, one thing that makes Xu Ling happy, is that they never ask Xu Ling why, why did he suddenly change his temperament, anyway, he supports the family, he has the final say, and everyone eats together, and everyone is hungry if they don't have to eat.
Xu Ping Xu An took over from Xu Ling to steal chickens and dogs in the village, aren't these two women able to work at home?
Xu Ling went to the back of the house and saw that the wild grass in the vegetable garden grew taller than the big girl, no wonder Xu's mother would rather go to the river to fetch water.
Xu Ling thought that he was a man anyway, and he couldn't even do these jobs, but Xu's mother just didn't allow him to do it, and muttered: "The family still depends on you, what should I do if I'm tired?" ”
Xu Ling was helpless, so she had to watch her go to the river with a flat shoulder.
Gu Zhen put the washed wild vegetables back in the kitchen, and went to the vegetable field to pick grass, very consciously.
Xu Ling found a branch, stopped in front of her, hit the grass first, and explained to Gu Zhen: "No one is coming, in case there is a snake." ”
Gu Yu was silent, put the eldest girl back in the house, and bolted the door from the outside, so as not to run around.
The eldest girl was very well-behaved, Xu Ling saw that she was playing on the bed for a while, and fell asleep holding her little feet, so she was relieved to accompany Gu Yu to work together.
In the end, it was a man, with rough skin and fast work, Xu Ling learned from Gu Zhen's appearance, bent over and squatted there to bury his head in the grass, and when he encountered some difficult weeds, he pulled them out with a little effort.
The weeds were piled aside, dried and fired.
"I'll just pull this grass, do you have a shovel at home?"
After pulling the grass, the ground must be turned over, and the roots of the grass inside must also be eradicated, otherwise the grass will grow bigger than the vegetables.
Gu Yu was actually quite strange, thinking that Xu Ling didn't know what kind of wind he was smoking, and he really wanted to open a garden to grow vegetables.
By the time the vegetables grow, maybe the family will starve to death.
However, Xu's mother went with him, she was an "outsider" with no status, and she was afraid that she would be beaten if she said her thoughts.
"There's nothing at home." Gu Zhen said.
Xu Ling was speechless, "Don't even have a spade?" "Isn't that what every family in the village should have?
But thinking of the Xu family's lazy character, it's really possible.
Gu Zhen lowered his head and shook his head.
Xu Ling was stumped.
Is it possible to dig a little bit with branches and hands?
Forget it, when he was pulling the weeds just now, he found that there were small broken stones in the backyard, and it was estimated that he couldn't dig a pit by hand.
Gu Zhen took two steps back, and his voice was like a mosquito humming: "I'll go back to my parents' house to borrow it." ”
This is the first time she has taken the initiative to go back to her parents' house to borrow something.
Xu Ling was a little surprised, and there was still some emotion in his heart, could it be that Gu Yi was moved by his change?
He scratched his head, thinking of the dislike of Gu Zhenniang's family, and muttered, "Are they willing to lend it to you?" ”
Gu Zhen picked at the dead skin in his hand and was silent again.
Xu Ling was also very embarrassed, saying that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, but in Lotus Bay, whoever sees the Xu family will take a detour! I'm afraid I'll be entangled!
He just wants to borrow it from his neighbors, and they are afraid that he will not return it!
The two of them waited until Xu's mother came back, but they didn't make up their minds, Xu's mother heard that Xu Ling was in trouble because he didn't have the tools to dig the ground, so he split his head and covered his face and began to scold Gu Yu, and some mothers didn't know how to go back to their parents' house to borrow, and they didn't know that they felt sorry for their man.
Gu Yi didn't say a word, turned around and ran, it seemed that he was going back to his parents' house.
Xu Ling was helpless, "Mother, you should be nice to her." ”
"Phew! Not even an egg will be laid! Do you still expect you to feed her every day, and you still want me to provide for her? Mother Xu's eyes were bigger than the copper bell.
"How long has she been married to me, didn't she give birth to a big girl? The eldest girl is still young, even if we can't afford another one, you don't treat her well, make her angry and leave, where will you get the money to marry me a daughter-in-law? ”
Xu Ling directly defeated the magic with magic.