Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 147 Selling Pork

Shen Zhong snorted coldly: "If you don't tell me, who will know?"

After leaving Lan Qiuhua's house that day, Li Tianba asked him to always pay attention to the situation at Shen Dadong's house, so he asked his wife to keep an eye on it.

The next night, Shen Hubiao sneaked into the village and was seen by Qin Hehua who was about to go to Shen Dadong's house to investigate.

But when he was about to go to the town to inform Li Tianba in the morning, he met Shen Dadong. Seeing that he did not look abnormal, he asked him casually, and he said that he did not know where his son had gone.

She thought Shen Hubiao had come back and escaped again, and they had made a wasted trip to the town. After several nights of investigation, they finally saw Shen Hubiao unable to hold back and strolling in the yard at night.

Only then did they dare to go to the town to inform Li Tianba and ask him to bring people to arrest them.

Qin Hehua was still afraid that the villagers would find out and tell on her.

Shen Zhong tapped his pipe and said in a low and cold tone: "You better keep your mouth shut. If you let anyone know, get out of this house."

She nodded submissively, not daring to breathe.

If something bad happened, she would definitely be divorced. The husband in front of her would not have any feelings for her.

Seeing her sitting there motionless, he said in annoyance, "Go and drain the water from the field."

Qin Hehua stood up, went out, quickly calmed down, and picked up the shovel.

The two sons are in a restaurant in town and can't come back.

We have a lot of land at home, and with two fewer people this year, they will be much more tired.

In the evening, the two brothers Shen Yuanshan came back one after another.

"Brother, you can go sell for a day tomorrow, and I will stay at home to plant rice the day after tomorrow." Shen Wenshan put down his carrying pole.

Ji Wenhe motioned for them to wash their hands: "After planting the rice seedlings, you can continue to sell the goods. Your eldest brother and I will go to other people's homes to help."

"Uncle Daguo has a sprained waist and can't get out of bed. Aunt Wang asked us for help, so you don't have to go."

The two nodded.

Last time I made spicy and sour shredded wood ear mushrooms, several people fell in love with them.

Shen Yuanshan sat opposite her and took a sip of porridge: "Sister-in-law, transplanting rice is very tiring. How about I stay at home and let Wenshan go."

"It's okay. Our business is more important."

I tried planting rice seedlings when I was a kid, but I didn't do it well, they were crooked.

Shen Rongshan also said at this time: "Wen He, you stay at home, I will go to Aunt Lan and Aunt Wang's house to help."

"Brother Shen, don't worry, I will come back to rest by myself when I am tired."

Since Ji Wenhe decided to live here, he naturally had to learn various survival methods. Transplanting rice is a technical job, so he had to learn it well.

He tried to persuade her for a while, but seeing that she wouldn't listen, he had no choice but to listen to her.

night.

The two of them lay on the bed, with the quilt covering only their stomachs.

"Brother Shen, let's clear out the rice seedlings. What vegetables should we plant in that empty space?"

“Grow radishes and summer cucumbers, pickle them, and then plant cabbages in two months. If you keep the cabbages well, they won’t spoil easily in the winter.”

"Pickle the long beans and add chili peppers."

She has eaten sour beans fried rice and also fried with minced meat, which are especially delicious with rice.

Shen Rongshan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

There was a thick quilt between them. Ji Wenhe approached him and said, "Wait until the end of the month to buy some cotton and make two thin quilts."

"Wen He, buy some more cotton and make two more thick quilts. Aunt Lan knows how to make them. Ask her how much she wants."

"it is good."

It costs a lot of money to make four quilts.

She wanted to make two very small long quilts that could be used to cover her stomach in the summer and could also be used as pillows.

Shen Rongshan said softly: "Wen He, go to sleep."

Ji Wenhe responded and fell asleep thinking about things.

Before dawn, Shen Rongshan got up and went to Zhaojia Village to borrow a donkey cart, then rushed to the town and bought 30 kilograms of pork, and bought one kilogram of fat and one kilogram of lean meat for his own family.

He did not delay on the way, bought the meat and hurried back to the village.

The two brothers Shen Yuanshan were waiting at home. Today they would not sell noodles, but only meat.

"Sister-in-law, let's go to Aunt Lan's house and wait." Shen Wenshan carried a basket with a scale inside.

"Okay, you guys go." Ji Wenhe took out the quilt to dry in the sun and looked at the backs of the two people going down the mountain.

Then she locked the door and took a shovel to go to the field.

When they reached halfway up the mountain, they found that Shen Rongshan had already returned. Everyone gathered by the vegetable field, surrounding the donkey cart, and were buying meat.

Before I got close, I heard a man in the crowd speak angrily: "Who will eat the three taels of meat you bought? You don't want to eat it, right? How long has it been since you had meat at home?"

Wang Erfeng said with a smile: "Auntie Huang, transplanting rice is very tiring. If you don't eat something oily, you won't have the energy to work."

"There are six people in your family. What can you eat with three ounces of meat and oil?"

The man who spoke was Shen Ligen, Huang Guihua's husband.

"Rongshan, weigh five taels for me."

Huang Guihua's face looked a little ugly. It was not that she didn't want to buy more, but that there was not much money at home.

He went to work in town but no one wanted to hire him because he was too old.

My son couldn't find a good job in town, and my grandson was only eleven years old, too skinny, and no one in town wanted him as a worker.

My granddaughter is twelve years old and not yet old enough to visit her parents.

She, her daughter-in-law and granddaughter made lace and embroidered purses, and supported two people who lived on free meals.

He glanced at him unhappily, paid the money, and went home with the five taels of meat.

Others didn't buy much either, only Shen Zhong's family bought one pound, and He Yuxiang's family bought half a pound.

After everyone bought the meat and left, Shen Rongshan put the remaining meat into their baskets.

Shen Yuanshan said: "Brother, sister-in-law, let's go."

One went to East Village and the other went to West Village.

Ji Wenhe nodded. She waited at the side but didn't come closer.

"Wen He, I'm going to return the donkey cart. You go to Aunt Lan's house. I'll go to the fields later."

"understood."

She didn't listen and went around the field. She found that the water inlet was blocked after water was added yesterday.

After one night, the water in the fields had dried up a lot, so we have to continue to release water today.

Ji Wenhe took a shovel and shoveled away the mud at the water inlet.

The stream was higher than the fields, and her land was on the east side, so the water flow was very strong.

When water is released from several plots of land on the east side at the same time, the land on the south side will be released very slowly, so when they see that someone's land is full of water, they will come over and block it.

Qian Hongjuan came over from the south and said with a smile: "Wen He, you just came to release the water."

Her family's land was at the southernmost end, and looking over there, the fields were full of water.

"Yes, Aunt Qian, I thought you guys have almost finished draining the water, so I won't delay you."

I heard from Shen Wenshan that there have been fights over releasing water in the past.

"Your land is small, so you can shed it quickly. It's okay for you to come early in the morning. No one will say anything."

Ji Wenhe smiled, stood holding the shovel, and put one hand on his waist.

She asked, "Seven mu of land won't yield much food. If you have some money saved, when the rice is harvested, you can go to the head of the village and buy an acre."

"My family bought three plots of wasteland and one and a third of dry land. We don't plan to buy any more dry land. We only want to buy paddy fields."

"Okay, but the price of paddy fields is higher, so it's better to buy them together with dry land to save money."