Uncle Qian raised his head and asked Qian Dalang to go to the kitchen to get some food for Brother Zhou Dalang. Zhou Dalang said quickly: "Dad, we came here just after we were full. We are not hungry yet."
Zhou Zhoulang nodded repeatedly and said with a smile: "Uncle, why don't we just go to bed now? I guess we can get up at the fourth watch."
Uncle Qian thought the same thing and quickly asked them to vacate the room and go to sleep.
The Qian family's housing was much tighter than that of the old Zhou family, so Sister-in-law Qian and Sister-in-law Qian carried the children into a room, where they took them to sleep while the four cousins crowded together.
Fortunately, it's summer now. You can just close the doors and windows, swat the mosquitoes, and lie down on the ground to sleep.
After sleeping for less than three hours, Uncle Qian, who had never slept much, got up in the dark, went to the room to wake up the four of them, and then walked to Uncle Qian's house not far away under the moonlight.
The eldest aunt also went to wake up the third child and his wife. The man went to carry out the wheat, and the woman went to the kitchen to make some noodles for them to fill their stomachs.
Everyone acted quietly and did not dare to make any loud noise.
Not far away, the light came on at the second uncle Qian's house. After a while, the light dimmed again, and then came the third uncle Qian's house.
Everyone had been busy for most of an hour. Before the fifth watch, they gathered together to eat a bowl of noodles, and then picked up the wheat placed in the yard.
Each person has one load, put two bags outside the wheat, and tie them tightly with hemp rope, so that one load can carry two bags.
Zhou Erlang felt a little regretful and whispered: "I came out in a hurry, I should have pushed the cart over."
Zhou Dalang also felt a little regretful, "I was a little panicked at the time, how could I have expected so much."
Qian Sanlang laughed sullenly when he heard it, and comforted him nonchalantly: "It's okay, it's okay. You will remember it the more times you do it."
Zhou Erlang nodded with deep understanding.
Zhou Dalang secretly said: If you come here a few more times, I will lose my life.
He didn't sleep much last night either.
A few people finished setting up the poles and were waiting for Uncle Qian to come back before setting off. Then Uncle Qian came back, but Uncle Qian was followed behind them.
He waved to Erlang and said: "Erlang, you and your third uncle go to your second uncle's place. There are two bags of grain there, one for your second uncle and one for your third uncle."
Zhou Erlang didn't ask any more questions, just took the pole and left.
Third Uncle Qian was very happy. He stepped forward and put his arm around his shoulders before leaving. He whispered, "Come on, let's go. Third Uncle Qian's house just made pancakes. Do you want to eat some?"
Zhou Erlang smiled, "No need, Third Uncle, I just ate noodles."
"Okay, take it with you and I'll feed you some on the way..." Qian Sanjiu pulled Zhou Erlang away.
Qian Sanlang couldn't help but pouted, "Dad, what is Third Uncle doing?"
Uncle Qian glanced at him and said, "Why are you talking so much nonsense? Let's go and wait for them at the entrance of the village."
After that, Uncle Qian also took a pole to pick up the grain bags.
"But as soon as the second cousin left, our family only had two bags left." Qian Sanlang was a little unhappy, "One dou is one hundred and fifty cents. This bag doesn't have ten dou, but there are eight and nine dou, right?"
Uncle Qian gently patted his back with a pole and scolded him in a low voice: "Auntie is not only your aunt, but also the aunt of your cousins. Your eldest cousin is here."
"My eldest cousin is my brother-in-law!"
"Well," Uncle Qian said calmly: "So he picked two grain bags from our family."
Qian Sanlang stopped talking.
Zhou Dalang smiled naively at them and huddled aside, not daring to speak.
Aunt Qian didn't have much at first, but after hearing her youngest son's calculations, she felt heartbroken. She glanced at the two bags of wheat that had fallen in the yard, gritted her teeth and said to Aunt Qian: "Go and get two more bags."
Come, let’s carry it together separately.”
Uncle Qian: "...Aren't you just joking?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Our strength is a little small, but who in the family has never carried anything? We women still carry the water at home. It's not much if we divide two bags of wheat into four bags."
Aunt Qian finally separated the wheat, then told her two daughters-in-law, and then she and her eldest daughter-in-law picked up the burden to follow.
The village is quiet, and no one has a dog. As long as you move gently, the sleeping people will naturally not know that someone is walking by holding a torch outside.
When we arrived at the entrance of the village, we stopped and waited for a while. Not long after, Uncle Qian and Third Uncle Qian came out with Zhou Erlang and his sons.
Among the three families, Uncle Qian's family has the most people and carries the most wheat.
Qian Sanlang was filled with envy. He used to feel that having too many sons was a burden, but now he realized that having too many sons was also beneficial.
Uncle Qian took the time to look at his two sons while carrying the grain bag, feeling a little unhappy.
As soon as they were together, everyone picked up their grain bags and set off together. Because the journey was still far, they simply extinguished three torches and only used the remaining ones to light up. They decided to light up these three when they rested midway.
Because they were carrying grain bags, they walked for more than half an hour and took an hour to arrive, even resting for a while.
When we arrived at Qili Village, it was already five o'clock in the morning, and cocks began to crow all over the village.
Lao Zhoutou and Mr. Qian woke up a little when the rooster crowed. While sleeping with their eyes closed, they raised their ears to listen to the sounds outside.
So they got up whenever there was a sound outside, but Xiao Qian was a little faster than them. She was sleeping with her clothes on, and when there was a sound from the door, she got up and opened it.
Outside the door is the crowded family.
Xiao Qian was stunned for a moment when she saw her eldest aunt, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Mom, why are you here too?"
The eldest aunt smiled at her and bent down to pick the load in. Xiao Qian quickly took over and whispered: "I'll do it, I'll do it."
Basically everyone in Lao Zhou's family woke up, except the children.
Manbao didn't wake up at all. She didn't even hear any movement. She was sleeping soundly with her belly on her back. Her chubby white hands reached to the side of the bed and she chewed with her little mouth. She didn't know if it was...
I dreamed about something delicious.
When a ray of light from the sky shone into the bedside from the window and the chickens behind her house began to crow again, she yawned, stretched and got up from the bed.
She rubbed her eyes and looked outside. Seeing that it was getting light, she climbed out of bed and ran to the yard to wash up.
In order to make it easier for people in the small courtyard to wash and wash, and also to divert traffic so that a large group of people would not be crowded in the big courtyard to wash and wash themselves, Lao Zhoutou spent money to buy a large vat and put it in the small courtyard.
This way.
Manbao Shukou washed his face and ran into the house to comb his hair. He simply tied two small hairpins to let his hair hang down and ran out.
Of course, she took her little bookcase with her.
As soon as I ran to the courtyard, I saw a group of people sitting in the courtyard, taking a nap and talking.
Xiao Qian was busy in the kitchen. He heard the commotion and came out to see her. He smiled and waved to her, "What are you doing standing there in a daze? I don't recognize my uncles anymore. Please call me uncle."
Man Bao was the most familiar with Uncle Qian and Third Uncle Qian. He greeted them familiarly and went into the kitchen to see Aunt Qian and found that her mother was there.