Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 424 Lin Yue Niang

"It's the same in our village. The lady boss of Jinxiufang is a nice person. She doesn't find fault with others and is very generous in paying us, so we often get work from them."

Yang Yun is indeed a nice person and easy to talk to. If he had not offended someone in the previous place, he would not have come to their small town.

After the meal was ready, Ji Wenhe went to call them back to eat.

Shen Rongshan was carrying a bucket of manure and was about to shovel out the manure from the pig pen when he heard her shout, "Brother Shen, go home for dinner. Come back to clean up the pig manure after dinner."

Turning around, he asked, "Brother Liang, have you eaten yet? Come to our house for a bite to eat."

"I've eaten. My family eats early. Rongshan, go back and eat. Come back after dinner."

"Cheng, Brother Liang, I'm going to go back to eat first, and wait for me to come over later."

As they were walking back, Ji Wenhe said, "Pile the pig manure aside first, and then add it to the fields for fertilizer after a while."

Shen Rongshan nodded.

The pig manure is piled at the westernmost end of the field. If it were piled on the east side, it would smell very bad.

With a wheelbarrow, it saves a lot of trouble to push it over and no need to carry things back and forth.

The only thing to consider when pushing it through the ravine is stability, but she couldn't do it. The two of them were quite relaxed and pushed it steadily.

When he got home, Ding Hongye and Shen Wenshan had already served the meal. He called out, "Brother, sister-in-law, it's time to eat."

"Okay, you guys eat first, we'll wash our hands." Ji Wenhe scooped a bucket of water and poured it into the basin. "Do we have to wait until the rice is harvested before we can carry pig manure to the fields? Otherwise, when we bring water in, there will be a layer of pig manure floating on top, and we won't be able to step in at all."

"Brother Shen, when the rice is ripe, see if you can harvest it two days earlier, transport the pig manure over, and plant the wheat two days later. Do you think it will work?"

"Okay, we'll see when the time comes. Let's go inside and eat first."

When I entered the room, I saw them sitting at the table, neither of them picking up their chopsticks.

Shen Rongshan said, "We are all a family from now on. You don't have to wait for us. Let's eat when the meal is ready."

Ding Hongye nodded with a smile.

Ji Wenhe took a sip of the bone soup and said, "I'll give these bones to Dahei and Erhei later."

The two dogs took turns coming to their house. Sometimes they came in the morning and went back in the evening, and sometimes they came in the evening and went back the next morning. They came when they wanted to and left when they wanted to.

"Hey, Dahei is here." Shen Yuanshan pointed to the door.

A few people turned their heads and saw a big black dog walking in, wagging its tail.

Shen Wenshan smiled and said, "Maybe you knew there was a bone in our house, so you came here specially this morning."

As soon as he finished speaking, Erhei followed in.

They sat at the door, one on each side, like door gods, staring at them eagerly.

Ji Wenhe smiled and stood up: "I'll go get the bones out of the pot."

Calling them: "Dahei and Erhei, come over here."

Ning Hongye asked curiously, "Are these two one male and one female, or are they both male?"

You can't tell from the outside.

Shen Wenshan replied: "They are all male, brother, and they are easy to tell apart. Dahei's eyes are bigger, and Erhei's eyes are smaller."

"Why don't you bring back a male and a female? They can still give birth to puppies."

"Uncle Da Nian made a mistake. He didn't expect that the two dogs he brought back were both male. He said that he would take these two dogs to someone else to breed in a while. If they give birth to puppies, we can bring one back home too. Do you want to keep a dog?"

Ding Hongye shook her head: "I don't want to raise it."

Most people don’t keep dogs. There is not enough food for the people at home, so how can there be extra food for the dogs?

"Then I'll listen to you. We don't raise them at home."

Seeing that she had finished the bone soup in her bowl, Shen Wenshan picked it up and scooped another bowl from the pot.

Ji Wenhe took the bones out of the pot and put them in the dog bowl.

Zhu Danian said that they would bury the bones quietly. He used to give them the bone soup made at home, but it had lost its taste and people were reluctant to throw it away, so they buried it at the foot of the mountain.

There must be a lot of bones buried in that place.

Shen Rongshan put down his bowl and chopsticks and said to them, "Take your time to eat. I'm going to go to the pigpen to help."

Several people nodded.

After he left the door, Ding Hongye looked at the second piece of cake in her hand and said, "Brother, you eat really fast."

Shen Wenshan smiled and said, "Big brother usually eats faster, but he ate a little slowly today."

Ji Wenhe entered the room carrying a bowl. "He eats very fast, a habit he developed in the military camp. If he eats slowly, someone might snatch the food from his hand."

"Here, there's one bowl left. Drink it. Don't keep it. You can roast the ribs for lunch."

"Sister-in-law, can you see a doctor to treat the wound on my brother's face? I heard from Wenshan that because of the wound, his face was hurt and he can't smile anymore."

"He consulted a young doctor, who said that it was incurable. Maybe a good doctor could cure it, but he didn't want to be treated. He didn't like to laugh anyway. As long as his life was not in danger, let him be."

Ning Hongye nodded in understanding. She had heard Shen Wenshan talk about his eldest brother, but he only said a little bit and she didn't know much. She would ask him when she returned home in the evening.

Ji Wenhe was about to speak when he heard Lin Yueniang's voice coming from the door: "Oh, your family is just having dinner."

"Lin Yue Niang, you are here. Have you eaten yet? Come and have something at our house."

"I've already eaten. I'm taking people to look for marriages. I passed by the girl I met in Yuanshan and asked her about it. The girl's father said he would be back today. I asked her mother about her opinion and they probably want a betrothal gift of 660 taels."

"Okay, we'll give her 6 taels and 6, but we have to wait for her father to come back. We've discussed it as a family."

"Yes, I'm here to tell you so you can be prepared." Lin Yueniang pulled her out, and when they reached the door, she asked in a low voice, "If the girl wants 8 taels and 8 cents, can your family afford it?"

In fact, there is no need to ask, they can definitely afford it.

Ji Wenhe sighed, "To be honest, we can afford 88 taels, but the one above gave 66 taels as a betrothal gift, and we want to give the same amount to avoid the two families accusing us of being biased because of the betrothal gift."

"Besides, we have built a house and bought piglets. We don't have much money. If we give them 828 yuan, we will have to live a tight life in the future. You think we are rich, but we spend all the money we earn. We only look good on the surface."

Lin Yue Niang patted her arm and said, "I understand. I will take care of this matter for your family."

Before, because she said she was grown up, a family asked for ten taels of silver and also wanted her to make a gold bracelet.

"Okay, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go to the girl's house tomorrow to ask. If it's 60:60, then I'll come over and tell you that the betrothal gift has been given, and we can discuss a suitable date."

Ji Wenhe thanked him: "Hey, thank you for your hard work."

"Oh, it's not hard." She got in the car and waved her hand, "You go ahead, I'm leaving."