Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 320 Girl

Ji Wenhe found a clean wooden board and covered the millstone.

Shen Yuanshan came back after sending her off and said, "Sister-in-law, do you want to cook for lunch or should I cook for you?"

"You do it." She was going to the foot of the mountain to turn the soil.

Grab a rake and shovel and go to the foot of the hill on the west side.

There was a click as the shovel was used.

"Tsk."

This land is not easy to plow. Every time I dig with the shovel, I hit stones of all sizes.

The dug stones were thrown into a pile.

The nasty goose standing by the fence called to her, and when it saw her looking over, it flapped its wings twice.

"Quack quack..."

Ji Wenhe ignored him and continued to turn the soil.

After a while, he shouted at her again.

He put down the shovel in his hand, walked over calmly, slowly pushed open the gate, and when it rushed over with its neck stretched out, he seized the opportunity, grabbed its neck and lifted it up.

Facing its face, shoot left and right, three times on each side, throw it in, and quickly close the door.

"Quack quack..."

"I'll beat you again if you call me that."

"Quack quack..."

Ji Wenhe stared at it with a blank expression: "If you scream again, I will pluck out all the hair on your body."

The goose turned around and went to the water basin to drink water.

There are four geese in total, and the other three are very well behaved.

Unlike this one, it stretches its neck to bite people when it sees them, and it doesn't learn its lesson even after being beaten.

Maybe it was because she often hit it, but the goose would bite her whenever it got the chance and sometimes even provoke her.

Li Yujiao slept for a while at home, and then she came out for a walk. Seeing her beating the goose, she walked over with a smile and said, "Sister-in-law, this goose in your house always likes to bite people."

Not long after I got married to the village, I ran into her one day when she was out herding geese. He ran over from a distance and tried to bite her. Fortunately, she ran fast.

"This goose is very annoying. I have been bitten by it several times."

It's hard to guard against, and its bite is so painful that I get so angry that I want to kill it and eat its meat.

Ji Wenhe looked at her growing belly and said, "Don't come down the mountain. There are too many rocks here."

"Hey, I'm being careful."

Li Yujiao paid attention to the road under her feet and walked slowly.

"Sister-in-law, how long has this wasteland been abandoned?"

"I don't know either. I didn't ask. With so many weeds and stones, it must have been abandoned for more than ten years."

"That was a long time ago. There are also a lot of wastelands in our village. They cost 500 coins per mu, but no one wants to buy them."

Ji Wenhe picked up the shovel on the ground and said, "It's the same as in our village, 500 coins per mu. It seems that the price of wasteland in each village is the same."

Li Yujiao said: "The price of wasteland is set by the government, and the village head is not allowed to raise the price privately."

Confused, he asked, "What about the land? The government didn't set a clear price for the land?"

"I heard from the villagers that there are, but there are many people buying land, and some of them will raise the price privately, and the buyers dare not go to the government to sue."

She lowered her voice and continued.

"We are raising the price of farmland in our village. It's not just our village. I heard that many village heads are doing the same."

After marrying into Shenjia Village, she asked about the situation in the village in detail and found out that the head of the village was the same as them.

"Alas, there are only a few officials who are not corrupt. There are too few honest officials."

Ji Wenhe echoed, "Let's not talk about others, let's talk about myself. If I were an official and saw all kinds of benefits and interests, I can't guarantee that I wouldn't be greedy."

"I am a vulgar person, I have desires, and I cannot control my heart. If I were an official, I would definitely be a corrupt official, so people like me cannot be an official."

Li Yujiao smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, don't talk about you. If it were me, I would also be greedy. Who doesn't want to live a good life? But we are all women and can't be officials."

"Yujiao, why did you go there? Come back soon and don't run around everywhere." Wu Caifeng shouted beside the house.

"Yujiao, go back soon. Aunt Wu is worried about you."

"She's not worried about me, she's worried about the baby in her belly."

She is almost annoyed by the fact that he keeps talking about his grandchildren all the time.

"Sister-in-law, I'm home."

"Hey, go ahead, walk slowly."

Ji Wenhe raised his arm and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Turning around, I saw that only two lines of soil had been turned over.

He sighed, threw the shovel into the ground, and went home to eat before coming back.

The dinner table.

Shen Rongshan said, "Yuanshan, go help your sister-in-law turn the soil this afternoon."

"No need." She raised her head. "Let him help you build the house. I'll do it slowly by myself. Let's finish the house as soon as possible."

"Okay, take a rest if you're tired, don't try to be brave."

Ji Wenhe nodded: "Yes, I know, you too."

After dinner, several people sat in the yard to rest, each holding a fan.

"In a few days, we can harvest corn from the vegetable garden," Shen Yuanshan said. "We'll tie straw ropes to the pillars of the shed and hang the corn up to dry."

"I can go to the vegetable garden alone to harvest the corn. When we harvest the corn in the wasteland, I need you all to go over and help."

Even if it was just three acres of land, she would have to work for several days by herself.

"You'll be busy all morning." Shen Rongshan said, "I'll go with you. We'll go together to harvest corn from the wasteland. By the end of September, the house will probably be ready."

Shen Yuanshan took over the conversation: "We will go too. There are many people so we can finish the work earlier and come back."

"That's fine. Once the house is finished before the frost falls, we can move in." Ji Wenhe looked at Shen Wenshan. "I'll draw a blueprint for you when I come back tonight. Ask your master to make three beds and show him the design. Tell me the approximate price when you come back."

"What kind of bed do you want, sister-in-law? Is it different from the ones in the village?"

She shook her head. "Bring a bedside table. You can put things behind it. The beds people in our village use are too simple. They are made of wood and don't look very sturdy."

"We don't want anything fancy, just something flat and neat, with a cabinet and a table. If you know how to make these two, take your time. We don't need them right now."

"I can play, a little slowly, but by the beginning of next spring, I will be able to play well."

If it doesn't work, he will go to his master.

"Okay, then take your time."

Shen Rongshan stood up, holding an axe: "You guys stay at home for a while, I'll go to the mountain to chop trees."

"Where are you going to cut trees?" Ji Wenhe asked.

"On the eastern hill."

"okay, I get it."

The three of them rested at home for a while, then got up and went to work.

She was turning the soil. When she looked up, she saw Miao Zhaodi jogging towards her, looking like something was wrong.

Suddenly I remembered that I didn’t see Shen Liang after I came back from town.

Normally, he would go home to rest at noon.

It's almost three o'clock now, and I haven't seen him yet.

"Aunt Miao, what's the matter with you in such a hurry?"

Miao Zhaodi ran to her side, looked behind her, and lowered her voice: "Wen He, I want to tell you something. Don't tell anyone else. Think of a solution for me."

Ji Wenhe stopped, held onto the shovel and asked, "What's the matter? Tell me."

She opened her mouth and closed it again, as if thinking about how to start.

"Aunt Miao, please tell me. I will definitely help if I can."

"It's like this. Shen Liang got up early in the morning and said he couldn't sleep. He carried a basket and went outside the village to cut grass for pigs. But after a while, he came back with a girl."