Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 343: Husk the Corn

At this time, the child in Zhao Sanniang's arms started crying.

"You guys chat, I'm going back."

"Okay." Wang Erfeng watched her walk away.

Then he said, "Wen He, you are busy, I will go back."

"it is good."

Ji Wenhe put the chopped corn stalks in a pile, straightened up to rest when he was tired, and then continued to chop.

After finishing his work, Shen Rongshan went to get the plow and plow the land.

The three men carried the corn stalks out of the field and spread them out on the open ground to dry.

"Yuanshan, Wenshan, you guys plow the fields, I'll go cut the corn, and you guys make lunch."

The two nodded.

Ji Wenhe closed the courtyard door, threw the husked corn into a pile, and waited to tie them up and hang them on the clothesline in the yard to dry.

After returning home for lunch at noon, Shen Rongshan and Shen Wenshan went to build the house, and she and Shen Yuanshan came over to tear corn.

"Busy now."

The two turned around and saw that it was He Yuxiang.

"Aunt He, come and chat."

"Okay." She took a stool and sat by the door. "We harvested a lot of corn."

"Yes, there are quite a few, but the cobs are too small. Look, many of them have only a few kernels on them. They are not as big as the corn grown in the vegetable garden."

"The wasteland has been abandoned for many years. I think it will take another year for the crops to grow well, but it looks pretty good to me."

Ji Wenhe nodded: "Take care of him slowly, Aunt He. I heard from Huairen that Jingzhu is going to work in town."

"Yes, he's with his father. It's time to look for a husband in two years." He Yuxiang turned her head and looked outside the door. "Time flies. In the blink of an eye, the child has grown up so fast."

"I have bought the homestead for my three children. I plan to build a two-story house like yours."

Their house was well built. They discussed it with their parents-in-law at home and asked the villagers to build the house.

"Okay, the more rooms the better. If we don't build a house, we won't have anywhere to live when we marry our daughter-in-law."

Three children live in one room. If the eldest child gets married, there will be no room for him.

Ji Wenhe continued, "Aunt He, please ask the villagers for help. Uncle Ping, Uncle Shen, and An Guo are all good at building houses. The villagers will not be perfunctory when they help build the house."

"Yes, my parents-in-law said the same thing, but we are not planning to build it this year. We will wait until next year." She turned to look at Shen Yuanshan, "Yuanshan, I am waiting to drink your wedding wine."

He smiled and replied: "Soon, next year."

"I don't know if Shen Liao can make it this year. Maybe you three can do it next year."

She asked Wang Erfeng, Shen Liaoxiang had looked at several girls but failed.

He Yuxiang sighed.

"Aunt He, why are you sighing for no reason?" Ji Wenhe asked.

"I was thinking that with three people in our family, the betrothal gifts alone would cost a lot of money, and there are also some miscellaneous things, which would cost more than twenty taels."

"More than that. If you give eight taels and eight betrothal gifts, it will probably cost nearly thirty taels. But once your daughter-in-law is married, you can enjoy the happiness in the future."

She smiled and said, "I dare not think about enjoying happiness. After we get married, they are all fine and don't come to me for money. That's considered enjoying happiness."

"No, they all have their own abilities, and they are afraid of not making money."

If worst comes to worst, there is still Shen Qingyang's relationship.

"I don't have to worry about the two above, but my third child is very naughty. I need to find a strong wife in the future, otherwise I won't be able to control him."

Ji Wenhe nodded: "Huairen is a little naughty."

Not as steady as his two older brothers.

When He Yuxiang heard her mother-in-law calling her, she immediately turned around and said, "Wen He, Yuan Shan, you guys are busy. I'm going back."

"Hey."

After everyone left the yard, Shen Yuanshan said, "Auntie Ma is not in good health. Auntie He needs to stay at home to take care of her. I've heard about this from the villagers before."

"They said that Aunt He and Uncle Xiucheng wanted to move to town, but they have three sons, so a small house would not be enough for them, and they don't have enough money to buy a big house."

"I think it's good to live in the village. A house in the town costs more than ten taels. They have a large family and each person has a room. How can they live there without buying a big house?"

Ji Wenhe agreed: "Besides, it's impossible not to have conflicts when living together for a long time. Huairen and his family have wives and children. There are more than a dozen people living together. Just cooking a meal is exhausting."

Unless they hire a maid, they don’t have to do any cooking or cleaning.

Otherwise, I would be busy all by myself, and I feel exhausted just thinking about it.

"Yuanshan, I see the bed in your room has not been assembled yet. Go and assemble it in a couple of days when you have time. You can buy the mat in town next month."

Shen Yuanshan shook his head: "No, we won't buy it. After the rice is harvested, we can make a straw mat and not waste that money."

"That's fine. Please help us weave our mats as well. I will go and learn from you guys when the time comes. I haven't woven mats for a long time and I almost forgot about it."

How could I forget? I simply don't know how to do it.

After coming here, I learned a lot of skills.

Basket weaving, basket making, embroidery, straw sandals and so on.

the next day.

Shen Yuanshan went out to sell goods, and there was still a pile of corn left that had not been peeled. It would take him several days to peel all the corn.

Ji Wenhe hung the corn out to dry.

"Wen He."

"Hey, Uncle Qian, do you have something to talk to me about?"

Zheng Liutao's husband, Shen Daqian, is not tall, less than 1.75 meters. He works in the town all year round and only comes back when the farming season is busy.

"Your house is finished. Let's take a look inside."

"Please come in. It's actually the same as the one in the village, except there's an extra floor on top."

Shen Daqian lit up the courtyard and praised, "Your house is well built. With four extra rooms, you won't have to worry about having no place to live for your family."

Ji Wenhe smiled and said, "Uncle Qian, come in and take a look."

"Hey."

Then he asked again: "Uncle Qian, you came back a little early this year."

"The work is done. There are still three or four days to harvest the rice. I want to come back early."

In previous years, they would only come back the day before the rice harvest.

"Wen He, the tables and cabinets haven't been built yet."

"Yes, after Wenshan is slowly conquered, we will be able to buy everything for the house in the early spring of next year."

He nodded and went upstairs: "When I came back, your Aunt Huang said that your house was well built. I said I saw it, but I didn't know what it looked like inside."

I passed by Shen Yuanshan’s house and took a few glances from outside.

Ji Wenhe followed behind him: "Actually it's just like that, whether it's good or not, it's the same place."

"That's different. It's comfortable to live in such a nice house. When your family has money in the future, you can rebuild a brick house."

"We'll talk about it later when we have money. We can't build it now."

Shen Daqian stood upstairs and looked at their yard: "It is said that the higher you stand, the farther you can see. This is absolutely true."

Following his line of sight, Huang Guihua was looking at them with a smile and called out, "Auntie Huang, come over and play."

She replied: "No, I'm going to clean up the house."

"Wen He, I'm going back too."

"Hey, Uncle Qian, take care."