Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 354 Divide the land

"Okay, we'll go the day after tomorrow." Ji Wenhe nodded, "Aunt Lan, I saw Doctor Zhao went to Aunt Miao's house. I guess Xiaoxi is pregnant."

"That's possible. She's been married for a long time. I think she's probably pregnant. Let's go to their house and take a look."

When I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, I heard Miao Zhaodi's hearty laughter.

Lan Qiuhua pushed the door open and went in: "Sister Miao, what's going on at home that makes you so happy?"

"Qiuhua and Wenhe are here." She waved them into the house, "My Xiaoxi is pregnant."

"Congratulations, Sister Miao."

Ji Wenhe smiled and said, "Congratulations, Aunt Miao, you will be able to hold your grandson and granddaughter soon."

"It's almost done. Come, sit down."

Zhao Xiaoxi leaned on the bed and Shen Liang stood.

Lan Qiuhua said with a smile: "Shen Liang, don't let her do housework outside in the future. She has to be careful in the first three months."

He nodded: "I understand Aunt Lan."

"By the way, where's your dad? Why don't I see him at home?"

"He just went out and said he was going to check the fields."

Miao Zhaodi took out some dried pumpkin seeds and gave them to the two of them: "Now that we have finished our housework, we can relax from now on."

Ji Wenhe smiled and said, "We will invite the villagers to dinner tomorrow. Aunt Lan and Aunt Miao's family will all go."

"How can the whole family go? Let Xiaoxi go tomorrow and we won't go."

Lan Qiuhua agreed: "We will also let Xiaolian go. We will go to your house to help tomorrow. You will be busy all day long by yourself."

"Okay, it's a good opportunity for you all to stay for dinner."

They both shook their heads.

Miao Zhaodi sat on the bedside: "If too many people go, people will have something to say. Besides, our whole family goes, while other families only have one person going. They will talk about you behind your back."

Then he changed the subject: "Your house is finished, can your uncle come over?"

"I mentioned it several times, but Uncle Da Nian couldn't explain it. He said he was used to living there, and it was comfortable for him to be alone, without anyone to control him."

The two twins mentioned it twice, but they just didn't come. Later, they never mentioned it again and let Shen Rongshan speak on his own.

"If he doesn't want to come, then don't come. He can walk and move around on his own. When he's older and can't move around well anymore, we can bring him over."

Ji Wenhe nodded.

Several people chatted in the room for a while, then got up and left.

When she reached the door, she saw Li Chunhong coming from the east and waved at her: "Wen He."

"Aunt Li, what's wrong?"

"Where's your Wenshan? I want to ask him to pack two boxes."

"He's in the front room, Aunt Li, has Wanqing's marriage been arranged?"

"No, I'm still looking at each other. I want to pack the two boxes, in case I'm too late."

"Okay, go tell Wenshan that he should build a cabinet in the yard."

Li Chunhong looked at the house in front and asked, "Wenshan has moved here?"

"No, she will move down with us tomorrow." Ji Wenhe asked, "Aunt Li, which village is Wanqing looking for?"

"Not far, go east and pass by Zhaojia Village. Lin Yue Niang said she would bring people from that village here the day after tomorrow."

The two men in Zhaojiacun looked at each other, but neither of them was attracted to each other.

I visited several villages heading north, but none of them worked out.

"By the way, Wen He, the marriage is settled. I would like to borrow your donkey cart to go to town to buy some dowry for her."

"Okay, come and tell me when the time comes."

Li Chunhong smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go talk to Wenshan, you go ahead and get busy."

"it is good."

Ji Wenhe went into the house and cleaned all the rooms, wiping them clean. He would officially move in tomorrow.

The newly woven straw mat was taken out for airing. Now we just had to wait for Shen Wenshan to finish finishing the table and cabinet.

On the other side, Shen Zhong’s home.

Qin Hehua sat under the eaves and turned to look at the man smoking a pipe without saying anything: "Boss, I think it's better to listen to the children. We can plant two acres of land ourselves and let the villagers plant the rest."

"It's easy to say. If we let others farm, how much money will we lose every year? Besides, are you willing to let others farm the land?"

"Then what do you say we should do? The children won't come back next year. You have the ability to harvest all the land at home, but I don't have the ability. I'm exhausted from working so hard."

Shen Zhong knocked on his pipe and cursed: "You have no conscience. Don't you think about how they have lived to this age? They rely on these fields. Now you feel tired, but why don't you complain about the rice when you eat?"

"Boss, there's no point in saying this right now."

Qin Hehua sighed in her heart. She thought about it for a long time and realized that what the two children said was right.

"We won't sell the land, we'll let the villagers farm it and earn some money. We also have to think about our children. The jobs in town are so good. If the boss doesn't want them anymore, do you really plan to let them come back to farm?"

"What's wrong with farming? What's wrong with farming? You've been a farmer your whole life, and after just a short while in town, you already think that there's too much land at home and you're exhausted. You want to divide the land, sell it, and live a good life in town, right?"

"Master, the two sons don't mean that. Besides, who doesn't want to live a good life? Farming is better than living in the town. I don't want my sons to be farmers all their lives."

Shen Zhong glanced at her, took a puff of cigarette, squinted his eyes and said, "I have been farming for my whole life, and now I am asked to divide the land among the people. How can I bear to do that?"

"You are reluctant to leave, and neither am I. If the children don't come back next year, how are the two of us going to harvest all that land?"

She was even more reluctant to spend money to hire someone.

"I think we should just give the land to the villagers to cultivate, and we'll get half of the money from selling the crops."

"Half?" He snorted. "People work so hard to grow crops, and you want to take only half of the money. It's better not to grow crops at all."

Qin Hehua said unconvincedly: "If we hadn't given them the land to grow crops, they wouldn't even get half of the money. It's not too much for us to take half."

"Then go talk to the villagers and see who is willing to plant it."

"Let's go." She stood up. "We'll keep three acres of good land for ourselves, and divide the rest."

Shen Zhong didn't reply to her and just smoked his pipe silently.

Ji Wenhe was peeling corn kernels at home when he heard Qin Hehua calling out at the door.

"Aunt Qin, please come in."

He opened the door and looked at the person under the eaves with a smile: "Wen He, you are shelling corn kernels."

"Yes, Aunt Qin, we're inviting you to dinner tomorrow. You and the head of the village should come over."

"Hey, come, I must come." Sitting on a small stool, "Wen He, do you want to plant some land?"

Ji Wenhe asked: "Auntie Qin, is your family planning to divide up the land and give it to the villagers to cultivate?"

Qin Hehua nodded: "Yes, if the child doesn't come back next year, how can we old couple come? It's better to give the land to the villagers to plant, and we will collect some money."

"How much?"

"Not much, just half."

...Isn’t half enough?

She smiled and said, "Aunt Qin, we have a lot of land, enough for our family to work on. Planting a few more plots would be too tiring, and we have pigs at home."

"We don't plan to plant anything. We still have several acres of wasteland here. We can use some of it. Why don't you ask other families in the village?"