dtnovels Chapter 166 Looking for Shen Shuisheng
Chapter 166 Looking for Shen Shuisheng
Ji Wenhe took a shovel, cleared a small piece of land, dug a small hole, and soon put up a fence.
The fence was put up and the land was turned over.
She went home to cook the sorghum, and then went out with Shen Rongshan to cut thatch.
When I walked to the river, I ran into Shen Zhong unfortunately.
"Rongshan, I didn't pick any goods to sell."
"I was going to go, but she was alone at home tilling the soil and had to go out to cut thatch. I was worried, so I'll go in the afternoon."
Ji Wenhe smiled and said nothing.
"Li Zheng, you are busy, we will go cut the thatch."
Shen Zhong nodded: "Okay."
Zhou Xiaoyu walked to the edge of the field to carry seedlings. She heard the conversation between the two and curled her lips.
Throwing the seedlings in the field, she whispered to her mother-in-law, "The head of the village wants Shen Rongshan to plant rice for their family."
Feng Xiayun looked up and said, "I saw them going out with sickles."
"Well, he said he was going out to cut thatch, but I don't know what he was going to do."
"I guess he doesn't want to help, so he's lying that he has something going on at home."
Zhou Xiaoyu poured her a bowl of water and said, "Mom, we won't go to their house to help this year. We go every year, but nothing goes well every year."
Qin Hehua always finds fault with everything.
"Mom, I'm not going anyway. If you and father-in-law want to go, it's up to you, but don't ask me to go."
Feng Xiayun sighed and glanced at the man bending over to plant rice in the east: "Your father is a man of honor. If the head of the village comes to look for him, he will definitely go."
Shen Shuisheng is a person who cares a lot about his reputation. He suffers for his reputation. His family is obviously very poor, but he still likes to pretend.
Zhou Xiaoyu really disliked her father-in-law who spoiled her son every day and asked him to do whatever the headman asked him to do.
"Mom, if Dad wants to go, then let him go. I won't go this year no matter what I say."
"If the grain harvest is bad this year, who knows if we will be blamed. It will be a thankless job for our efforts."
In previous years, she didn't want to go because her father-in-law kept saying something: one village, one surname, and a whole family, it would be bad if she didn't help, and he kept saying a lot of nonsense.
Feng Xiayun sat on the ridge to rest for a while, pounding her waist: "No, I don't want to go. This waist pain makes me unable to sleep at night."
Zhou Xiaoyu sat beside her: "Mom, what should we do if our father-in-law asks us to go?"
The two of them had to stand together and fight together.
"If he wants to go, let him go. He's the one who's tired. He won't go this year no matter what."
She also couldn't stand her husband's insistence on saving face.
If you want to suffer, then go by yourself. Why do you have to take your family with you?
At this time, Shen Shuisheng's voice came from the east, scolding: "Hurry up and work, why are you taking a break? When will the rice seedlings be planted? You still have the mind to rest."
The two looked at each other and stood up resignedly.
They didn't want to quarrel with him.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law get along the best in the village. Maybe it's because their personalities are similar. After they got married, they have never had a fight.
Here, Ji Wenhe and Shen Rongshan came back from cutting the thatch, sprinkled the cooked sorghum rice on the turned over ground, and then covered it with thatch.
By the time everything was done, it was already past noon.
"Wen He, I'll go back and cook. Please change the water they drink."
"Okay, go ahead."
Looking at the water in the basin that had become dirty again, he sighed helplessly.
"You guys, you said it was for drinking, why did you jump in there?"
A duck was swimming happily in it.
Ji Wenhe grabbed the duckling and put it on the ground by its neck.
"Go, go, go play in the puddle over there and let others drink your bath water."
The basin is still too big. After a while, I will make a rectangular one that is only a few centimeters wide.
She poured the water in the basin into the puddle and replaced it with clean water.
After returning home and having dinner, Shen Rongshan packed two baskets of noodles and took the shoulder pole.
The shoulder pole was made by a carpenter. It is thicker than usual because it carries heavy goods and they were afraid it would break if it was too thin.
The three new shoulder poles cost a total of thirty cents.
"Wen He." He walked into the yard carrying the goods and turned to look at the person coming out of the toilet. "I'm leaving."
"Don't go to Aunt Lan's house. Call Xiaoya to our house. It's cool in the cave. I'll be back early."
Ji Wenhe nodded: "Okay, drive slowly on the road."
After watching his figure go down the mountain, she turned back to the house and took out the cloth from the basket to start cutting.
After noon when it was hottest, I took a shovel and went to the vegetable garden to turn the soil. I bought the vegetable seeds and will come back to plant them tomorrow morning.
After turning the soil, he went to Lan Qiuhua's house to borrow a dung bucket.
I carried the water back and forth several times and changed the water in the puddle along the way.
When I finished my work, I felt like I had just been fished out of the water, my back was soaked.
"Aunt Lan, I put the dung bucket behind your house."
"Oh, I see." Lan Qiuhua poked her head out of the house. "It's such a hot day, take a rest at home. Is Rongshan out?"
Ji Wenhe walked to the door, took off his straw hat and fanned himself, panting: "I didn't want him to go. He's been tired for a few days, and I wanted him to have a good sleep at home."
"When I came back from the town, I ran into the head of the village. He wanted Brother Shen to help them plant rice, but I took over the conversation and said that I wanted to go sell goods."
"If we don't go out, it will be bad if the head of the village sees us. Brother Shen, just say go out and rest at home tomorrow."
"That's right." Lan Qiuhua looked towards the east. "Both sides of your house are his land. With just the few people in his family, they will have to work for several days."
They had not planted any seedlings on the three plots of land on both sides of their house as they were busy with a few good plots of land.
Ji Wenhe looked over and said, "Their rice seedlings are almost planted. Will the head of the village go door to door to ask for help?"
"Yes, the two sons can't come back, Liuyun won't come back either, and with three people missing, and the head of the village not going to the fields to help, they will have enough time to work for a few more days."
"Look, the village head went to your Aunt Zhou's house. They estimate that they will finish the matter tomorrow morning."
Lan Qiuhua shook his head and continued.
"Shen Shuisheng is a man who values his reputation. He will definitely go if the head of the village invites him."
"Then Aunt Zhou and Aunt Feng will also go with them?"
"I went there every year, but I don't know about this year, maybe."
Shen Zhong walked on the ridge of the field and came to Shen Shuisheng with a smile: "Shuisheng, can you finish planting the rice seedlings tomorrow morning?"
"This year my family is short of three people, please come to my house and help me, otherwise with only the few people in my family, I'm worried about when we can finish planting the seedlings."
Before he could speak, Zhou Xiaoyu, who came over carrying seedlings, took over the conversation.
"Village head, my mother and I can't help you plant rice this year. We have to go to town to buy seeds, plow the land when we come back, and carry manure water to plant vegetables."
"You know, my wife does nothing at home, just waiting for free meals. Her clothes are still piled up at home and haven't been washed yet."
"Mom is old and her waist is not in good condition. She told me last night that her waist hurts and she can hardly stand up straight. I want to take her to the town to have a checkup."
After hearing this, Shen Shuisheng said coldly: "She is the only one who has backache. Others don't have backache. They go to town to see a doctor. How much money does her family have?"