Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 283 Going to Jinxiufang

"Sister-in-law, here, the bucket is full."

Ji Wenhe took the scoop and said, "Don't play in the water for too long."

"I understand, sister-in-law." He turned around and continued walking back and forth in the river, kicking the water with his feet.

Suddenly, a loud shout came from a distance, with anger: "Shen Huairen!"

It’s He Yuxiang.

She held a thick branch in her hand and walked towards me angrily: "If I catch you today, I will beat your ass into pieces."

Ji Wenhe looked back and saw that the people in the creek had already come ashore, put on their shoes, and ran towards the village entrance.

"If you have the guts, don't run away. I'll see if you come back for dinner today."

With a turn, Shen Huairen ran back home from the foot of the mountain in the north.

"I'm so mad." He Yuxiang pinched her waist.

"Aunt He, the river water is still very cold in April. Go back and tell Uncle Qingyang and let him scold him."

He was not afraid of her, and the only one who could keep her calm at home was Shen Qingyang.

"I have to go back and have a good talk with my father-in-law. This brat disappeared the moment I turned around. I still hope that he can pass the imperial examination. Forget it."

After saying that, he went home angrily with the stick.

It looks like Shen Huairen will inevitably get a beating today.

In a blink of an eye, it’s the end of the month.

Ji Wenhe had just come back from releasing the geese and ducks. He had just locked them up in the wasteland when he turned around and saw Su Xiaolian standing at the door. She greeted him with a smile.

"Xiao Lian, have you eaten yet?"

She is a bit shy, but a nice person.

"I have eaten. Has my sister-in-law eaten?"

"I've eaten too. Where's Anguo? Did he go to work in town?"

The two had been married for more than half a month. The next day, Shen Erniu went to work in the town and asked Shen Anguo to stay at home for a few more days.

"I left this morning and said I would wait until I came back from harvesting wheat." Su Xiaolian smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you are busy. I'm going to the river to wash clothes."

"it is good."

Ji Wenhe returned home and piled up the twigs he had cut outside the yard.

The foundation has been dug, and Shen Rongshan went to the mountain to cut trees in the next two days.

Shen Wenshan said something to Carpenter Li and stayed at home to help.

I will go to the town to purchase goods tomorrow. This time I will only buy 500 kilograms of black flour, and less of the others. There are more than 100 kilograms of black flour left at home that have not been sold.

Yesterday a peddler came into the village. He sold everything, and the villagers gathered around to look at him for a long time.

"Wen He, where is Rongshan?"

"Uncle Da Nian." I saw them coming down from the northern hill. "Over there."

Zhu Danian turned around and looked: "Why are you cutting trees over there?"

"He said Uncle Ping found a nice tree over there, and then he went there."

None of them knew much, so Shen Ping was the one who found the wood. They were responsible for chopping it. They used the axe to chop it into sections and two of them carried it back.

"Okay, I'll go take a look."

"Hey." He will come to help during this period, along with Shen Ping and Shen Anguo.

There is strength in numbers.

In the evening, Ji Wenhe finished cooking at home and heard a voice in the yard: "Brother Shen?"

He came to the kitchen door: "What's wrong?"

"Where's Uncle Da Nian?"

"The master has gone back."

"Why not leave it for dinner? I made a little extra so that he could stay for dinner tonight."

"I told him that he would go home to cook for himself." Shen Rongshan walked into the courtyard, lighting up the kitchen and the cave, "Wen He, let's live at the foot of the mountain and keep this place."

It is hot at the foot of the mountain in summer, so you can come to the cave to escape the heat.

"No, why would we tear it down?" Ji Wenhe threw the unburned branches into the yard and doused them with water. "It's cool in the cave in the summer, and we can come back and live there then."

"But the kitchen needs to be renovated. The two brothers didn't build it properly at the beginning, and I'm afraid it will collapse over time."

"By the way, let's go to town tomorrow to buy some fat pork and lean meat. The broad beans are ready to eat. If they are too old in a few days, they will become unpalatable."

The broad beans are very tender now, and they taste pretty good when stir-fried.

Shen Rongshan responded: "Okay, let's go to town early tomorrow. I'll go and call Wenshan and the others back for dinner."

After dinner, Ji Wenhe washed the dishes and asked them to take a bath.

The three of them worked hard all day and were sweating.

I boiled a pot of hot water and carried it to the river, the same place as before.

Shen Yuanshan picked up the loofah and said, "Brother, can we build the house before harvesting the wheat?"

"Uncle Ping said that by the end of June, after the construction is completed, we will build on the residential land selected by Wenshan."

He asked Shen Ping, if there were enough people, it could be completed by the end of June.

"It will probably take until the end of October for eldest brother's house to be completed," said Shen Wenshan.

"It's hard to say. Let's take it one step at a time and build your two houses first."

Shen Rongshan was eager to build a house for the two of them within a month and then ask Lin Yueniang to find a marriage partner for them.

After taking a shower and returning home, Ji Wenhe lay on the bed waiting for him to come back. When she heard the door close, she waited for him to come in and said.

"Brother Shen, harvest the broad beans and take them to the town to sell. Can we sell our three-mu piece of land for fifty cents?"

"We can't sell them. Every household grows broad beans. There are many people selling them in town, so the price is not high."

“Whatever we can sell, we can sell.” We couldn’t finish it at home.

Shen Rongshan lay beside her, facing inward: "Someone will come to the village to collect broad beans. We don't have to go to town. You can sell them if you think the price is good."

"Okay, I'll ask Aunt Lan and Aunt Wang then."

Ji Wenhe moved into his arms, leaned against him, and played with his fingers.

"Wen He, I'll take you to Jinxiufang tomorrow. I'll go buy the meat. You wait for me in the back alley."

"Okay, we have less stock coming in now, so we don't have to wait too long."

Shen Rongshan hugged her and closed his eyes: "Well, it will get better and better. Go to sleep and get up early tomorrow."

He was a little tired these days. Once he got into bed, he said only a few words and fell asleep quickly.

Ji Wenhe patted his hands and said, "Go to sleep."

the next day.

The two got up early and went to town.

After moving the goods to the back alley, he knocked on the door a few times. After a while, Yang Yun opened the door and came out: "Wen He, sorry to have kept you waiting. Come in."

Two baskets were placed under the eaves, with two more next to them, filled with cloth.

"Sit down, I'll pour you a cup of tea."

"Thank you, Boss Yang. No thanks. I'll just sit for a while and leave."

"Okay, I'll give you the money."

The dividend this month is eight hundred and fifty-three cents.

Ji Wenhe put the money under the basket and said, "Boss Yang, I plan to make more for Chinese Valentine's Day and Mid-Autumn Festival this year."

Yang Yun sat down opposite her: "It's still early, it's only April."

"I know. I want to take the fabric back now and let them start making it in July. Even if it takes two months, they can make as much as they can."

Looking at her expression, I asked the question in my heart: "Is your family short of money?"

She felt that she had guessed right, and it turned out to be true.

Ji Wenhe nodded: "My two brothers-in-law are fifteen years old, and they will look for marriage partners in the second half of this year. Although my husband is good at hunting, I don't want him to go into the mountains. It's too dangerous."

"My family is building a house now, so we need to give a betrothal gift. If we give 6.6 taels for two people, it will be more than 13 taels."