Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 117 Beating someone

Ji Wenhe smiled and agreed: "Okay, but we don't make much money. I went out with the goods today, but many of them were not sold out. I was worried that I couldn't sell all the goods I bought at home, and I was wasting my money."

"No." Tao Xing'er wiped her hands and moved a small stool to sit opposite her. "Black noodles sell well, so you should buy more and less fatty pork."

"Farmers eat meat once every few months. When the farming season comes, they can buy more fatty pork, but not too much. Don't sell the lean meat, or it won't sell."

She nodded. Fortunately, not much lean meat was purchased. She would go and try selling it tomorrow. If she couldn’t sell it all, she would pickle it at home.

Jiang Hongxi sat down next to her and said, "It will be hot later. The meat can't be kept for too long or it will go bad. You might as well ask who wants meat first, and then you can go in."

Ji Wenhe thought about it and nodded in agreement.

The three of them chatted for a while, and Shen Rongshan came out of the house: "Aunt Tao, Aunt Jiang, we are back."

"Hey, go slowly."

The two looked at their backs as they walked away and asked Shen Zhong curiously.

"Father-in-law, what does Rongshan want to see you about?"

“Buy land.”

"Buy land?" Tao Xing'er was surprised. "Buy land in the east?"

"The wasteland in the west." After saying that, Shen Zhong walked into the house.

Jiang Hongxi bumped her with her arm and said, "Their family has made a lot of money. It hasn't been long since they bought more land."

"Wasteland is not worth much. If they have money, why don't they buy the land in the east? Why buy wasteland?"

"Wasteland isn't cheap either, it's five hundred coins."

Tao Xing'er shook her head: "I don't know what they are thinking. If it were me, I would never buy wasteland. Sister-in-law, I'm going back to sleep."

"Yeah." Jiang Hongxi returned to her bedroom.

Seeing his eldest daughter and youngest son fighting on the bed, he walked over with a grim look on his face, grabbed her arm, and slapped her twice on the face.

"You stupid bastard, if I don't beat you for two days, you'll feel itchy, right?"

The boy next to him said aggrievedly: "Mom, she hit me and it hurt my head so much."

Tears come as they please, like they are free.

Jiang Hongxi pulled him into her arms out of concern and examined his head.

The little girl who was beaten covered her face with her hands. Even though it hurt, she didn't dare cry out loud because her mother would beat her even harder.

Shen Lixia watched her sister being beaten and did not dare to speak out in defense. It was obviously her brother who started the fight first, but her mother did not listen to their explanation and only listened to her brother.

"Get out of the way. If I see you hitting your brother again, I'll chop off your hands."

Shen Yu lay timidly at the edge, covered with a quilt, and cried silently.

the other side.

Ji Wenhe held Shen Rongshan's hand and said, "Brother Shen, the weather is getting hot. The pork we bought won't last for a few days."

"I just heard what Aunt Tao and Aunt Jiang said. We can first ask who needs pork and go over to sell it at the end of the month. We can order as much as they want."

"Well, your idea is good. I'll talk to Yuanshan and the others when I get back."

Then he said.

"Starting tomorrow, I will go out to sell goods at night and go to dig wild vegetables in the morning."

"It's okay, you go and I'll dig."

He shook his head. "Ducklings and gooselings eat a lot. I don't know how long it will take you to finish digging them by yourself. Besides, you still have to make nets."

"I walk fast, so I can go out early and come back to dig wild vegetables."

Ji Wenhe held his hand tightly and said softly, "I can finish the weaving. I am familiar with the village. Aunt Lan told me where to find wild vegetables."

After finishing this month's netting, take less next month.

"Well, you look for yours and I look for mine."

He obviously didn't listen to her.

Helplessly, he said, "Okay, whatever you want. Take a rest when you are tired. Don't force yourself."

"I know you are full of energy, but you are the pillar of the family, you can't be exhausted."

Shen Rongshan glanced sideways, and under the faint moonlight, he could clearly see her raised eyebrows: "Okay, I will take care of myself."

"By the way, what did the headman say?"

"Go get the title deed in a few days."

"Didn't you say anything else?"

They chatted for a long time inside before coming out.

"I asked about the family business and whether it was profitable."

Ji Wenhe nodded in understanding: "Aunt Qin said that her two sons are managers in the restaurant in town, one in the front hall and the other in the kitchen."

"I reckon the wages are good, she was so happy about it."

When Shen Rongshan was in the main hall, he also heard Shen Zhong say: "The head of the village talked to me about this matter."

"Well, that's strange that the news hasn't spread in the village."

Judging from Qin Hehua's boastful tone just now, she probably couldn't help but tell the villagers.

Niu Guilan knew that her son was going to the restaurant in town, and guessed that it was Qin Hehua who said that. Tao Xing'er and Jiang Hongxi did not seem to be big talkers.

After returning home and washing up, Ji Wenhe lay on the bed sideways and said, "Brother Shen, you can sell the lean meat tomorrow. If you can't sell it all, bring it back and I will make pickled meat."

"I'll take the pork belly as well." Shen Rongshan lay down beside her. "If you can't sell it tomorrow, you can pickle it together. Do you have enough salt at home?"

"Not much left. Take the salt back too. Add more salt so it won't spoil easily in the summer."

I bought a pound of salt, but I haven’t sold it all yet.

"Cheng, Wen He, go to sleep."

Ji Wenhe moved closer to him. There was still some distance between them, but the distance between them was gradually shortening.

"Good night, Brother Shen."

"OK, good night."

It started to drizzle outside at night.

Shen Rongshan got up in the middle of the night to feed the children, opened the door and looked outside. The rain was not heavy.

"Brother Shen?" Ji Wenhe raised his head in a daze.

He closed the door, carried the oil lamp into the room, and lowered his voice: "It's okay, it's raining outside, go to bed."

"Yeah." He responded and continued to lie down and sleep.

It drizzled for half the night, and when I got up in the morning, the rain outside had stopped.

Shen Rongshan got up early, prepared the meal and kept it warm in the pot, letting the two twins eat first, and then he went to sell goods.

He carried a basket on his back, took a sickle, and went to the mountain to find a basket of wild vegetables.

After Ji Wenhe finished his meal, he didn't see him come back, so he went to the foot of the mountain with a basket to look for him.

Glancing at the people in the village coming in and out, he came to Lan Qiuhua's vegetable field and asked, "Aunt Lan, what are you planting?"

"Eggplant." She raised her hand. "I went to Zhaojia Village early this morning to buy eggplant seedlings. Would you like some?"

"No, I have no place to grow vegetables in my garden."

Her land is small, so the crops she grows can last for a long time.

"When mine grows up, come pick them if you want to eat them." Lan Qiuhua pointed at the seedlings beside her. "I also bought a few tomato seedlings. I don't know how big they will grow this year."

"You don't know, one year my family planted tomatoes, and each one only grew this big."

She made a shape about the size of a quail egg.

"Aunt Lan, is it because of the variety? The seedlings you bought only grew this big."

"I don't know, but it's very small."

I wanted to go to town to find someone selling rice seedlings, but I couldn't find anyone the second year.

Ji Wenhe greeted her, "Aunt Lan, I'm going to look for her somewhere else."

"Hey, go ahead."