dtnovels Chapter 412 Ding Family
Chapter 412 Ding Family
"Take your time. I'm not in a hurry."
Ji Wenhe said, "Aunt Zhao, you stay at home, I'm going back."
"Come when you're free."
"Hey."
She had originally asked Shen Rongshan to go to the mountain to chop trees in the afternoon, but now she had to help with the stove at their house, so it seemed that only Shen Wenshan and the other two could go in the afternoon.
After lunch, Ji Wenhe carried the dung bucket and fetched water.
Carrying two buckets of water, He Yuxiang came to the vegetable field where she and her mother-in-law were busy working.
Ma Shuangping asked: "Wen He, are you and your family raising rice seedlings together this year?"
"Yes, Auntie Ma, we plan to separate them next year and each plant our own crops."
"That's fine. There's no way to separate them this time. When your two brothers-in-law get married in the future, it's better to separate them. If they stay together every day, there will definitely be conflicts."
He carried the dung bucket and came to the southern field: "The girl's family is easy to talk to, but even the easiest people will have conflicts after a while, and everyone will be unhappy."
"Just like you said, it's better to separate early. Besides, cooking for a whole family is very tiring. I'm a lazy person and I want to take it easy."
He Yuxiang looked at her and said, "You're right. We all think the same as you do. When my three sons get married, they will all be separated and not together."
"Aunt He, it's still too early for your family. Jingzhu and Chuanbai have gone to town with Xiuchengshu. Huairen will probably follow in two years."
Ma Shuangping said worriedly, "My little grandson is very naughty. Only his grandfather can control him at home. He may not even listen to his father. I am worried that he will get into trouble in town."
"Huairen is a little naughty, but he has good intentions. He should be much better when he grows up. You and Aunt He should not worry too much. You can't always beat a child when he grows up."
"I have to beat him. He won't listen unless I beat him. Of my three grandsons, he is the one I worry about the most."
He Yuxiang walked over carrying a hoe and said, "Wen He, girl, come over for dinner tomorrow morning, or go back after dinner."
"Come over for lunch. It's a little too late in the evening. Send them back after lunch. Ask someone to arrange a date. Once the date is set, it's time to do the work at Yuanshan."
"If the time is right, we can get there and come back."
Ji Wenhe nodded: "Yes, it's very fast, Aunt He, your corn has been ordered."
"Yes, the rest of the land has been tidied up and we can start growing rice seedlings in a couple of days. Wen He, you go ahead and do your thing. We'll go back now."
"Hey."
After the water in the dung bucket was used up, he carried two empty buckets and continued to fetch water from the pigpen.
After pouring the manure water, I went home, changed my clothes, and wiped all the stove and cupboards in the kitchen.
The two brothers went to the mountain to chop firewood, and then they went back to the mountain to bring back the firewood they had chopped.
After carrying all the firewood, he came up and said to the two men, "Fill the firewood room in your house with firewood, and then fill up the shed on the mountain with firewood, so that you don't have to come to the mountain every few days to chop firewood. When you have burned all the firewood at home, go to the mountain to carry more firewood."
"Got it, sister-in-law." Shen Wenshan pointed to a big tree not far to the right, "There is a big branch on it. We can't reach it. If we can reach it, pull it down."
Looking in the direction of his finger, I saw a large branch that was broken, but not completely severed, and was hanging there.
"Then be careful and don't go over there. If it falls and hits someone, it will probably fall after a while. Don't go to the village head's house to borrow a ladder. It's halfway up the mountain and the slope is steep. It's not safe to climb up and down."
Mr. and Mrs. Shen Zhong did not return until the third day after the Lantern Festival.
When they learned that someone was coming to their house to steal things, they were very angry. They handed the four thieves over to the government and found his grandson-in-law, Li Tianba.
I heard that the four people will have to be imprisoned for at least two to three years before they can be released.
Later he came back from the town and said that the government jails were filled with thieves, and many thieves were caught every New Year.
Ji Wenhe went down the mountain carrying firewood and met Wang Erfeng at the door of his house.
"Aunt Wang."
"Wen He, I came to find your Wenshan, but I didn't see him in the front."
"He and Yuanshan went up the mountain to chop firewood. Are you looking for him to make something?"
"Yes, isn't my Qingdai going to look for a husband? I thought I'd pack her dowry first so that we don't have to rush when the time comes."
"Okay, then you wait until he comes back and tell him, or I'll tell him."
"Tell him to make two wooden boxes and a dressing box. Make it a three-layered dressing box. It should be the simplest and cheapest one."
Ji Wenhe smiled and agreed: "Okay, I'll talk to him when he comes back."
"Oh, right." Wang Erfeng said, "When your Wenshan decides on a date to go to town to buy meat, let me know and I'll go with you to buy some dowry for Qingdai."
"No problem, I'll come find you then."
"Well, I'm going to go back now. Tell him when he comes back."
"I understand, Aunt Wang."
On the other side, Ding Hongye’s house.
Father Ding held the vegetable seeds and said, "Mother, come out quickly and plant the vegetables in the vegetable field."
"I'm coming." Mother Ding came out from the house. "When we get back from Wenshan's house, we'll go to town to buy some fabric for Hongye to make clothes and buy her a pair of shoes."
"Boss, when we go to their house tomorrow, should we ask them to give us some fabrics for Hongye?"
Father Ding picked up the hoe and said, "They gave us 6.6 taels as betrothal gift. Can we ask for something else? Besides, why didn't you mention it yesterday?"
"Then didn't I forget yesterday that he has a younger brother? I was also afraid that his family had given 6.6 betrothal gifts and didn't have much money, so they wanted to save it for Wenshan's younger brother to get married."
"Why don't you go there tomorrow and ask for their approval? If they don't want to buy it, forget it. We can make two sets of clothes for the girl ourselves."
Father Ding thought for a moment and said, "Let's raise it. We can give you 6.6 yuan, and it's not much more than the money for these two sets of clothes."
"Okay, then you can tell me when the time comes. I won't say anything."
The two of them walked towards the field, and Ding's mother spoke again.
"I heard from Hongye that Wenshan's elder brother was a soldier and had a scar on his face. He was tall and strong, and looked scary, but he had a good heart, not a bad one."
"Master, you said that he has killed people on the battlefield, so he must have a bad temper. I am a little worried. If our daughter says something unpleasant, do you think his eldest brother will hit our daughter?"
"What are you thinking? You saw his sister-in-law yesterday. She was wearing new clothes. You can tell she's living a good life. Her face was rosy. She doesn't look like someone who suffers from bullying at home."
"Besides, people are not judged by appearance alone. After living for most of their lives, some people look like honest people, but they don't do anything. Some people look difficult to deal with, but they are warm-hearted people."
"Don't let your imagination run wild. Let's go to their house tomorrow and see if his elder brother is really not a good person. Then we won't do this marriage."