On the day of the famine, without Jiang Jianye’s instructions, the men, women, old and young in the village spontaneously guarded some on the ground and some on their own stacks of firewood.
Cheng Xue left Li Hengdu at home and watched the two young children with Li Yue, while she took Yan Yixin to the fields to help Li Hui.
The weather is sunny and dry, and the dried fence catches fire.
The sound of "cracking" heralds a bumper harvest this year, and the faces of the villagers are full of expressions of hope.
The scene was grand and filled with smoke, and soon I heard the sound of "cough..." coughing.
Li Hui's family had a lot of land, so he asked several households with less land to come over to help. Li Qingchuan was the first one to come. He was really good at grabbing money, just to leave more for the family before leaving.
Geng Shiliao finished her share and came over to do the work. The share she and Xu Daguo got from the split was forcibly divided into two halves, and they were divided into different parts without interfering with each other.
There is a saying that "late love is like grass", and Xu Daguo is like this.
No matter how he showed his kindness and tried to please him, Geng remained unmoved.
Anyone with long eyes can see that Xu Daguo has lost weight, and his clothes and energy are not as good as before. On the contrary, Geng is full of energy, radiant, and completely different from before.
When the fire is halfway through, everyone goes to the ground with rakes to make sure the grate is fully burned. Each family has a limited amount of manure piles, and plant ash is the most important fertilizer.
After burning for a full hour, the smoke decreased and the intensity of the fire weakened. Finally, after waiting for another incense, we went back to our homes with peace of mind.
Cheng Xue didn't leave in a hurry, and experimented with the strength of the hand-pulled plow in the field. Although the family bought an ox, there was so much land that a set of plow poles was simply not enough.
It was a bit difficult to push at first, but it became much smoother after I pushed it away.
A ridge is about 60 centimeters long, and ridge formation is very demanding. The ridge height needs to be 25 centimeters and the ridge width 30 centimeters. Simply roll out two ridges and look at the depth and width. Although the artificial ridge formation is not as effective, it is enough.
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This year we have plow sticks again. Once the manure is aired and raised, we can raise the land for planting. I specially hired someone to plow the land again to loosen the soil and make it strong.
"Well, the effect is not bad."
Li Hui nodded when he heard this and took the hand-pulled plow from her hand.
"We have hired enough people. Don't do anything this year. Just supervise."
"Don't worry, I know it."
Cheng Xue waved to Yan Yixin as she spoke, and the three of them walked back side by side. When they passed the house in the west of the village, they took another look. I thought no one was here, but when I looked closer, I realized that Li Qingchuan and Xu Kun were both there.
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A house costs thirty cents, and you can do whatever you want with that amount of money, so the faster you work, the better.
Li Hui thought of Wen Tian's incident, hugged Yan Yixin and went aside. Cheng Xue walked around the house twice and happened to meet Xu Kun face to face.
"Brothers and sisters are here."
"Ah, what are you doing? It's almost over."
"Almost." Xu Kun replied, "Brother and sister, can I ask you a favor?"
"I can't help. I have to farm and I'm too busy." Cheng Xue shook her head and refused.
From that day until now, the two daughters-in-law have not apologized to Mr. Geng. Now, if she is asked to help, how can she help? How can she help?
In order to avoid having another awkward conversation with him, I turned around and left quickly.
The leeks in the backyard seem to be edible. I will serve the leeks with eggs and some dried shrimps...
Okay, let’s do this tonight!
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Xu Daguo’s rough voice——
"Honey, I really know I was wrong, please forgive me this time. You know, I am an honest person with a dull mouth, and I can't express myself..."
"No, don't waste the word 'honest'."
Geng interrupted him impatiently and said:
"Xu, you have nothing to do with the word 'honest'. I don't understand you who only have yourself in your heart? You are hypocritical, arrogant, falsely noble, and incompetent. If you hadn't been worse off recently,
Can you come over and apologize to me?"
"That's not the kind of wife..."
"Don't call me that, I can't bear it."
The two of them should have been chatting here for a long time, with many villagers around watching the fun.
Xu Daguo's pitiful helplessness and Geng's aggressiveness. In the eyes of uninformed people, they will indeed take Xu Daguo's side.
No, Wei Laowen "speaks for justice" and scolded Mr. Geng:
"Oh, Damn Da Kun, this is your fault. It's been half of your life, how can we still be separated when we grow old?"
"Yes, Sister-in-law Xu, everyone has to live with their tongues and teeth. These days, I see that your grandson has a runny nose and is not as clean as before."
"What you are saying is wrong, Si Lai's daughter-in-law. The Xu family's grandson Mi Tai has nothing to do with Daguo's daughter-in-law, so she has to find the child's mother."
Li Qingshan's mother's timely correction made Mr. Geng feel a lot more comfortable. Looking around at the crowd, he suddenly had a sense of "revenge in this world".
"Okay, I've made a lot of people laugh over the years, and now I'm tit for tat, so I have to let you guys see the joke. Why did I separate from the guy named Xu? The reason was that on that day, Li Zheng, Hui Zi, and Dong Cheng
They all know it, but you don’t know it. Now you are just like me who was inquisitive at the beginning, and I understand that curiosity. In this case, I won’t hide it, I..."
Xu Daguo, who had been silent, suddenly interrupted her with a loud voice and said:
"Geng Yufen - are you really going to get into an irreversible quarrel? More than thirty years have passed between us and our grandchildren are all over the place. Do you really want to break up with me? In this case, I might as well divorce you that day!
You are unruly as a woman, disobedient to your husband, and your father was still a government servant when he was still alive. Can you be worthy of him?"
"You must be sorry for my father! Do you still remember what you swore in front of my father? It was the engagement between our two families, the promise you made under the willow tree at the head of the village. Qingshan mother, you were there at that time, you still remember
No?"
Compared to the excited Xu Daguo, Geng's voice was particularly calm. After she mentioned it, many elderly people in the village suddenly realized.
Like Jiang Jianye and Dong Lisong, they have forgotten Geng's sixteen-month dowry and Xu Daguo's high rise.
When Cheng Xue saw that the direction of the wind had turned, she let go of Dong Xu, who had been being dragged by her, murmured in a low voice, and let go.
"Mom, you've been confused lately, don't stay too long. We have to go back quickly, Tiedan Niang will have to give you an injection later."
She also learned well and did not express her position against anyone, but she told everyone in a few words that her mother was ill.
Between a sick woman and an honest man, the former is naturally more sympathetic to everyone, not to mention that none of the vows Xu Daguo made back then have been fulfilled.
Li Qingshan’s mother is a special existence.
He is jealous of evil and likes to fight against injustice.
It had been several days since Li Wanshan beat Li Wanming that day. When she came back, she scolded Li Qingnian to the point of being bloody.
In this situation, she naturally couldn't just sit back and watch, she said "yo——" and said with a strange tone:
"The emperor and heaven are above, and my father-in-law knows it well. In this life, I, Xu Daguo, will definitely have my wife with a phoenix crown and a robe, and I will surpass the first level of imperial glory..."