"You guys should go back to the house and sleep. There's nothing going on in the fields right now. Why are you getting up so early?"
"Ah... But sir, everyone in the village has woken up. If we still sleep, we will be drowned by saliva." Zhao Baozhu looked at his face carefully and said.
"My mother is already dead and you don't have a mother-in-law, why are you still afraid?
I said yes, if anyone dares to say anything to you, let them come to me."
Yunfei felt inexplicably domineering that he was the head of the family.
In short, the last four girls all returned to the room under his coaxing.
He can understand those who get up at four or five o'clock to do housework and farm work.
But I can’t understand that there is no work at home, just some chores that you have to get up before dawn to do.
If you have the time to sleep until seven in the morning, wouldn’t it be nice at eight o’clock? Then do it slowly.
Pregnant women themselves feel more sleepy.
They are still children who have not yet developed well.
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The chickens and pigs in the family were all divided when the family was divided, and they had no share of the original family.
Therefore, their family does not need to feed chickens, pigs or cows.
Daily chores include cleaning the yard, cooking, washing clothes, fetching water, collecting firewood, chopping firewood, etc., but Zhao Baozhu and Zhang Dujuan will go to the fields to clean up.
Then the two of them would find work, go to town to help people wash clothes, or move goods to earn money for the head tax.
As for Du Qingliu, he makes some money by embroidering handkerchiefs in his spare time.
Anyway, we are living in poverty and still very busy.
After they rested, Yunfei fetched water, chopped firewood, and cooked breakfast.
After all, if they were allowed to cook, not to mention whether they would be able to eat enough, even he wouldn't be able to fill his teeth.
In a pot of vegetable noodle soup, beat two eggs.
By the time the cooking was done and all the heavy work was done, it happened to be around seven o'clock in the morning.
The room was tossing and turning, and a few people who had actually slept again woke up.
I rinsed my mouth with willow branches and washed my face with an old handkerchief.
Yunfei noticed that the veil might have been brought over from their parents' family. It might have been the one they had used since childhood, but it was too old and worn.
But he didn't say anything, he just took the porridge back to the main room.
Behind him was Zhang Dujuan, who was carrying bowls and chopsticks.
Two days of good food can make a woman feel confused.
After all, they have been together for three months and have some superficial understanding of this husband.
It's just that in the past two days, they really can't see through it.
I don't even know the reason for his change.
When the first person was pregnant, there was no abnormality in him. The only abnormality recently may be that Du Qingliu is pregnant. Is he happy?
They don't know the reason, but this change is beneficial to them, so of course they hope this change can last longer.
"After dinner, Du Juan should not collect firewood, Baozhu should not chop firewood, and Qingliu should not do heavy work."
"Sister, you are responsible for sweeping the yard today. Your sister-in-law and the others had better not bend down. Then you all can help me wash the soybeans on the stove. After washing, go back to the house to rest.
You don’t have to worry about the poll tax from now on, I’ll pay it, so you don’t have to look for work anymore.”
It's really hard for Yunfei, it feels like it's very difficult to find some work for them.
This poor family really doesn’t have much to do. How do they stay so busy every day?
After washing the beans and soaking them, even he had nothing to do.
I simply went to the village chief's house and told him that his six acres of land were being leased out and we could talk to whoever wanted it.
For the field tax of 50% of the harvest, just give him 10% of the field rent, and the rest will be given to the tenant.
The rents in the surrounding ten miles and eight villages are similar, with rents at 20% or 15%.
If we can save on field taxes, we can also have some income from food rations.
The rent for bad land is generally 15% and 20% for good land.
With the planting technology of this era, it is actually difficult to even have a full stomach after a year of busy work.
If your yield is low, you still have to pay half of the field tax. And it doesn't mean you can pay less if your harvest is poor. If it's not enough, you have to use money to make up for it, or buy grain to make up for it.
When the year is good, 50% is indeed enough, but when the year is bad, you have to pay more.
It’s really about watching the weather.
Everything in this era is relatively barren. Tofu has not yet appeared, and noodles have not yet appeared. There is only that kind of gnocchi.
So Yunfei planned to make some tofu, bean sprouts and other things to test the water.
When the weather gets cold soon and there aren't many vegetables to eat outside, bean sprouts might be able to sell for a good price.
Washing the beans was so easy, it took all three women just ten minutes to finish it, which wasn't much in the first place.
After washing, I looked at you and I saw that you didn't know what to do next.
Yunfei asked them to go out and chat, or go back to the house to rest and do needlework, but they couldn't sit for a long time.
Du Qingliu chose to go back to his room, while Zhao Baozhu and Zhang Dujuan went out.
He seemed a little bored, and Yunfei thought about catching some chicks for them to raise some other day, and he would also have eggs to eat.
He didn't know where Zhao Baozhu and Zhang Dujuan had gone. Anyway, they were in the village and they couldn't be bullied.
As for him, after returning from the village chief, he went to the third grandfather's house in the clan and bought a chicken to make soup.
Afraid of being too greasy, the oil and water poured out in the first pass.
Seeing Du Qingliu sitting obediently in front of the door, embroidering a handkerchief, he pinched a bag of green plums and handed it to her.
"Try this to see if you like it."
Du Qingliu reached out and took the oil paper bag, slightly curled his lips and said thank you, "Thank you so much, sir."
"There is no need to be so polite between you and me as husband and wife."
Seeing that the man had returned to the kitchen to continue handling the chicken, she reached out and picked up a plum and put it into her mouth.
It has a sour and slightly sweet taste, which instantly suppresses the bitterness in your mouth.
For some reason, she suddenly felt a hint of sweetness in her heart.
If it goes on like this, it's actually not bad. Although the family is a little poorer, there are people who feel the pain.
But in my mother's family, not only was she poor, but no one cared for her.
When it comes to making chicken soup that tastes good to pregnant women, Yunfei can be said to be an expert.
He has served countless pregnant women, so he knows very well how pregnant people feel.
When it was almost time for dinner, Zhao Baozhu and Zhang Dujuan came back, but neither of them looked very good.
Seeing that he had already prepared the meal, he immediately admitted his mistake and said, "I'm sorry, husband, I forgot that our family is going to have lunch now."
Zhao Baozhu was also a little annoyed, "It's all my fault that I met the third aunt. We argued for a few words and then got angry and forgot about it."
"We had a fight? Third aunt bullied you?"
"Yeah, she said bad things about you, so I was so angry that I had a few quarrels with her." Zhao Baozhu felt a little uneasy.
I was angry at the time, so I didn't pay attention and contradicted my elders.
Zhang Dujuan beside her kept trying to dissuade her, but she couldn't hold back her tone.
Her husband is such a good man, he can read and cook. Why should she say bad things about his husband and she won't obey him!
"Next time something like this happens again, you come back and tell me. Don't go into it alone. What if there is a conflict and you and the child are hurt? I'll just go back and talk to my third uncle later."
Zhao Baozhu was a little surprised. Didn't her husband blame her for contradicting her elders?
Instead, I cared about her and the child immediately. What should I do if I suddenly feel so happy...