Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 247 Help

Shen Erniu smiled and said, "Okay, then An Guo and I will go with you."

They had planned to sell the food and go to town on the 14th.

Now that I think about it, I might as well follow them.

With the help of the four of them, we finally finished the work at around three in the afternoon.

Several people carried the food onto the donkey cart.

Shen Erniu turned around and said, "An Guo and I are going to town. We think we will be back late, so you don't have to wait for us for dinner."

"Okay." Lan Qiuhua nodded, "Go slowly on your way."

Shen Rongshan was pulling the donkey cart and looked back. Ji Wenhe raised his eyebrows and said, "Go ahead and come back soon."

He curled up the corners of his mouth and smiled, and asked the two to get in the car.

Watching them leave the village, Shen Suya bent down tiredly: "Mom, I can't move my arms, and my waist hurts."

"You're in pain, and so am I." She was even more tired than she was. "Wen He, let's go to my house and rest for a while. You've worked really hard today. Let's have dinner at my house tonight."

"No, Aunt Lan, I haven't had much of an appetite these past two days. I'll go home and make some cabbage soup tonight, take a bath, and go to bed early."

"I don't have much of an appetite, and I don't have the energy to eat, so I force myself to eat." Lan Qiuhua motioned for her to sit down. "I can't fall asleep when I'm tired, unlike you young people who fall asleep as soon as you lie down."

I haven't slept well these past few nights and there's a bruise under my eye.

"Sister-in-law, I'm going back to my room to lie down." Shen Suya hunched her back and walked slowly into the house.

"Go ahead." Ji Wenhe took off the straw hat on his head. "I used to have trouble sleeping. I would force myself to sleep even when I couldn't. After coming here, my sleep has gradually improved."

"I think you're thinking too much, Aunt Lan. As soon as An Guo came back, you started worrying about his marriage proposal. You're so worried that you can't sleep well at night."

"I don't want to think about it, but when I go to bed at night, I start to think about it. He is a big problem in my heart."

Lan Qiuhua turned around and looked at the house behind her.

"In the early years, I thought that when the children grew up, the family would build a new house, but it has been delayed until now. When Anguo proposed marriage and gave the betrothal gifts, I had no money to build a house."

The layout of the houses in the village is roughly the same, with two rooms in the main house, a kitchen and a woodshed on both sides, or a small room separated for daughters to live in.

Ji Wenhe held his chin and yawned: "Take your time, don't be impatient."

"That's what I said, but I'm really worried. I want to sell the grain and collect the money so that Lin Yue Niang can see him."

"Wait until they come back in the evening. You have at least 400 kilograms of grain. If you calculate based on 400 kilograms, you can sell it for 2 taels."

She wanted to ask how much the betrothal gift was, but she didn't say it out loud.

When it comes to how much savings her family has, it's hard for her to tell you.

After chatting for a while, he got up and said goodbye.

When I got home, the two twins were sitting at the door knitting.

"Why don't you two lie down on the bed and take a rest? You've been tired after so many days. Luozi is not in a hurry. You can send it over later."

Shen Wenshan said, "I lay down for a while, but couldn't sleep. I was just sitting there doing nothing anyway."

Ji Wenhe went into the room and took out the book. He opened one of the pages and picked the one with the least strokes: "I'm going to teach you new characters. First, write down all the characters I taught you before for me to see."

"Okay." The two responded.

After teaching them the new words, I turned around and went to the kitchen to cook.

The meal was simple in the evening, cabbage soup, cabbage pancakes, and some pickled vegetables.

After the meal is ready, call them to eat.

Shen Yuanshan walked to the kitchen door and asked, "Sister-in-law, aren't you going to wait for big brother to come back and eat together?"

"Let's not wait for him. We don't know when he will be back. Let's eat first. The rice will stay in the pot."

Ji Wenhe looked at the cabbage soup in the pot. He was not hungry at all, so he took a piece of wild vegetable cake.

"You guys eat, I'm going to walk around the foot of the mountain."

The weather is getting cooler and the leaves are falling.

Wander from the foot of the mountain to the river, and then from the river to the foot of the mountain on the west side.

It would be a shame if we don't gather the fallen leaves from the trees and use them for firewood. We will come and gather some grass tomorrow.

When I went to the southern foot of the mountain, I saw Zhao Sanniang picking up leaves with a small bamboo rake.

She walked over slowly and leisurely: "Aunt Zhao, why are you out picking leaves? Where's Uncle Ping? Isn't he home?"

How can a pregnant woman work? There are so many gravels at the foot of the mountain. If she accidentally steps on empty space, she will slip...

"Wen He." Zhao Sanniang turned her head. "Your uncle Ping is cooking at home. I have nothing to do at home, so I came to collect leaves from the foot of the mountain to use as firewood in winter."

Recalling something, he said, "Wen He, I want to borrow your donkey cart to transport the rice to town."

"Brother Shen said that everyone will be busy the day after tomorrow, so we will help you pull the rice to town. We will pull the donkey cart back to sell the goods, and the wheelbarrow will take it to town."

"People in our village should all be selling grain to a grain merchant. When the people in front use up their grain, the wheelbarrow will be passed on to the people behind. You don't have to carry it by yourselves."

"But after you sell the food, I'm afraid you'll have to walk back on your own."

"Okay, thank you for your help." Zhao Sanniang smiled at the approaching people, "Auntie won't use it for free, give me money."

Ji Wenhe shook his head and said with a smile, "No money."

Shen Rongshan had discussed with her that the villagers did not borrow the donkey cart every day, but only once or twice a year to sell rice or wheat, and they would not charge for it.

"That won't do. It will delay your business for a day."

"We are all from the same village, and we have the same surname, so please don't be polite." Looking at the two piles of leaves, "Aunt Zhao, you are pregnant, please be careful, there are many small stones at the foot of the mountain."

"Hey, I seldom come here. Since it hasn't rained these few days, the grass is dry. I'll hurry back and collect some."

She did not help with the rice harvest. After she brought back a few loads of rice, Shen Ping asked her to rest at home and did not let her do anything.

In fact, she is not that delicate. She worked in the fields from the time she got pregnant until she was about to give birth.

Seeing the smile on her face, Ji Wenhe asked in confusion, "Aunt Zhao, what are you so happy about?"

Zhao Sanniang looked at her own yard and said, "I think I married the right man. Your Uncle Ping is much better than my previous one."

Shen Ping was not like him. He would not take his anger out on her for no reason, let alone hit her.

He glanced down at her belly which had not yet bulged: "Aunt Zhao, what if, I mean what if, you give birth to a daughter, will Uncle Ping ask you to have another child?"

She shook her head. "Your Uncle Ping said that he only wants one child. The family can't afford to raise more. He wants a son. Of course it's good if this one is a son, but if it's not, he doesn't want me to have another one, for fear that it will be a daughter."

He touched his belly and continued.

"He also said that if he gave birth to a daughter, then he would not be blessed with a son. Just like your Aunt Li's family, they gave birth to three daughters in a row. Your Uncle Xiaoxian would not be blessed with a son, that's what he said."