Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 259 Being a cook

Miao Zhaodi nodded helplessly.

Sometimes she would think that he might as well stay at home and do nothing like before, so that she wouldn't have to worry.

"Wen He, Cai Feng's family is having a banquet the day after tomorrow. Have you been invited to cook?"

"Yes, I went to Shen Ruoyan's banquet. When her son gets married, she will definitely ask me to cook."

After all, it costs a lot of money to hire a cook, and her price is cheaper.

"That's true." She sighed, "They all said that their families didn't have money to marry their sons, but then they turned around and gave 6.6 taels of silver as a betrothal gift. Only my family really didn't have money."

Don't show off your wealth. Everyone says that there is no money at home. In fact, everyone's thoughts are simple: they don't want others to borrow money.

Including herself, she has not bought any residential land or land for her family, and does not want to lend out the money.

It is easy to lend, but difficult to take back.

“Aunt Miao, your family has a reason, and things will get better in the future.”

"Yes, it will be fine." She was looking forward to her son getting married.

Ji Wenhe hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Aunt Miao, does your family still owe debts?"

"I don't owe it anymore. I've paid it off by the end of September. When I make money in the future, I can save it myself."

In the past few years, her son has been the only one who has been earning money to pay off the debt. She doesn't make much money from sewing, and she is also busy with housework, so she can't make any money at all.

Miao Zhaodi heaved a sigh of relief: "Now that the money has been repaid, I feel a lot more relaxed. I don't have to worry about people coming to my house to ask for money at the end of the year."

She nodded in agreement: "I feel relieved if I am debt-free. I don't want to borrow money from others unless it is absolutely necessary."

"It's the same. If your uncle hadn't gotten into that trouble and we really had no other options, we wouldn't have asked anyone to borrow money."

I borrowed money and it took me several years to pay it back.

After planting the broad beans, Ji Wenhe returned to his own field and helped water the plants.

"Brother Shen, please bring some manure water to water the land after a while. There is chicken manure on the land. If you water it with manure, it won't burn you to death, right?"

"No." Shen Rongshan lifted the bucket, "Pour some water into the pit, or wait until it rains."

"Okay." Wait for a while, and then come back to water the fields after it rains.

"Wen He, go back and rest first. I'll fetch a few buckets of water for Aunt Miao's family."

"Yeah." Ji Wenhe responded and went to the river to wash his hands.

Passing by Wang Erfeng's vegetable garden, the mother and daughter came over carrying broad bean seeds.

Shen Qingdai smiled and asked, "Sister-in-law, have you guys ordered the broad beans?"

"I just finished watering. My family has three acres of land, and the number is fast."

"Your wasteland will be good enough to grow vegetables next year." Wang Erfeng said, carrying a hoe. "But you can keep it for another year. If you take good care of the land, the crops will grow well."

"Yes, in the second half of next year. I plan to plant all the corn so that the chickens, ducks and geese will have food to eat in the winter."

"We only have two chickens, so we don't have to worry about anything. But if you have so many chickens, you have to grow more corn."

She was worried about their family. There weren't enough vegetables at home, so how could the chickens, ducks, and geese be well fed in the winter?

"That's why I want to plant crops in the second half of next year." Ji Wenhe greeted, "Aunt Wang, Qingdai, you guys are busy."

"Hey."

After she walked away, Shen Qingdai whispered, "Mom, why doesn't my sister-in-law's family plant wheat? Wheat is valuable. Planting corn to feed chickens is such a waste of land."

Wang Erfeng dug the hole, and when she had finished planting the broad bean seeds, she continued: "Your sister-in-law has her own ideas. We are outsiders, and some things have been mentioned, and it is not good to say them again."

She and Lan Qiuhua had talked about growing wheat and selling it before.

But what to plant on the wasteland in the end depends on their own wishes.

Ji Wenhe washed his hands by the stream and walked around the ridge of the field.

The wheat sprouts are emerald green.

The wheat seedlings of the village head next door were planted late, so they have only just poked their heads out, and are not as tall as those planted earlier.

After a walk, he returned home, cut the remaining styles and sent them to Li Chunhong's home.

The second day of the Chinese New Year.

It was just dawn and Shen Rongshan had just gotten up when he heard a knock on the door.

"Rongshan, Wenhe, are you awake?"

"Aunt Wu is here."

When Ji Wenhe heard the sound, he suddenly sat up from the bed and quickly put on his clothes.

I only heard the person at the door say, "Is Wen He up?"

"I'm up." She called out, "Aunt Wu, I'll go to your house after I wash up."

Wu Caifeng responded from outside the door: "Okay, I've made breakfast, come over and eat."

"Okay, got it." He put on his shoes and quickly fetched some water to wash up.

Shen Rongshan added water to the pot: "Wen He, Wenshan will stay at home today."

"Okay, let him cook for himself at noon. Brother Shen, I'm leaving now."

"Slow down, don't be in a hurry."

Ji Wenhe trotted down the hill and saw Lan Qiuhua still in the yard. He called out, "Aunt Lan, let's go."

"Wait for me." She hung the clothes up and said to the people in the room, "Xiaoya, you can cook for yourself at home at noon."

He closed the gate and walked slowly to her side: "Why are you in such a hurry? It's still early."

"Aunt Lan, Aunt Wu came to see me yesterday and asked me to watch her cook the dishes. Please help me with the side dishes."

"Sure, I'm here with your Aunt Wang." She smiled, "We'll have fun in the bridal chamber tonight, we'll watch the fun from the sidelines."

Ji Wenhe looked puzzled: "Isn't it just lunch? Everyone left after lunch. Why do we have to wait until the evening?"

Lan Qiuhua explained: "It's not lunch, it's dinner. We used to have two meals here, lunch and dinner, but later we only had one meal in the evening."

"I thought it was just like marrying off my daughter, with only a lunch at noon. If it was in the evening, why would Aunt Wu rush me to come so anxiously? There are still several hours to go."

When I came here, I saw villagers marrying their daughters-in-law for the first time. I thought it was the same as marrying their daughters, with only one meal at noon.

In the previous life, it was the same as what she said. When marrying a daughter-in-law, there were two meals, lunch and dinner, but only direct relatives would be there at night.

"Oh, she's happy. She wants us to go there earlier. If there's anything, it can be done sooner."

Ji Wenhe slowed down his pace: "If we wait until night to cook, then there's no need to rush."

If I had known, she would have had breakfast at home before coming.

When I arrived at Wu Caifeng's house, she was running around in the yard. She looked very busy, but I didn't know what she was busy with.

Lan Qiuhua smiled and said, "Look how happy you are. Fei Ling said he would bring the bride back with a donkey cart."

"Qiuhua, Wenhe, please come inside and have dinner. He went to Zhaojia Village to borrow a donkey cart and will be back soon."

They originally wanted to borrow the donkey cart from Shen Rongshan's family, but they had to sell goods, so they had to go to Zhaojia Village to borrow it for two cents.

"Come in and have dinner. I've made some soup and some pancakes. You can have lunch at my house. Don't eat too much. Save some space for dinner."

Ji Wenhe smiled and decided to go home for lunch at noon: "Aunt Wu, have you eaten yet?"

She nodded with a smile: "I have eaten, I have eaten, you guys eat, I will go out to see if Fei Ling is back."