NOVEL NEXT Chapter 14 - autumn harvest
The Yue family spent a lot of money to go out, but the family had 30 acres of grain waiting to be harvested, so they still gritted their teeth, spent some silver, and hired two short-term workers to come back to help.
Perhaps God also knew that the farmers wanted the autumn harvest and gave the sun a lot of appreciation. In the cool morning of autumn, the whiteness of the fish only appeared on the east slope, but every household in Cuifeng Village had already brought their family with their mouths and carried agricultural tools to the field outside the village.
The farmhouse spends little time free, and the farmhouse’s children have been in charge of it for a long time, but the children who are four or five years old and have some staggering walking also slowly follow behind the adults, carrying the basket to the ground to pick up the ears of rice. You can pick up a catty and a half catty of rice ears in a day. For those who are short of food, they are more or less an entry.
Earlier, due to the good condition of the family, Yue Dafu did not care about this idea of food. Moreover, taking such food to get a good reputation was also a plan to earn no compensation, so he did not stop the children in the village from going to their own fields. Pick up.
The old Chen has always been very distressed about the food, but in the past, due to Yue Dafu’s character, he could only bite his teeth. But now almost all of his family members have been hollowed out, and the old Chens ca n’t wait to break a copper coin into eight petals. Where can they let others pick up the food in their own land?
So this morning I prepared baskets for the sisters Youzhu, Youya and Youluo. The vicious glances turned around the three men and threatened terribly: “Today I will not fill the basket, at night You will not be allowed to eat! “Youjin and Youyin are going to be the main force to harvest rice in the field, and the old Chen’s stared fiercely at them, and then twisted their buttocks to drink water for Yuedafu. The used gourd was filled with a large pot of well water.
You Bao was almost drowned by the old Chen’s bucket when she was born. Although she was rescued later, her body was still worse. She was stronger and did not fall ill. Therefore, Youbao was asked by the young Jin for the old Chen, and then stayed at home to look after Xiao Jiu, and also helped Xiao Chen to cook lunch. And the three sisters who were sent to the ground to pick up the rice spikes had to carry the basket and quickly follow the young Jin behind to work in the field.
At this time, the sun hadn’t come out yet, and a little chilly autumn wind didn’t feel uncomfortable on people. Instead, it also blew away the early waking sleepiness, and the young Jin got a lot of spirit, and took three younger sisters to the ground Afterwards, he urged him again: “Don’t rob with other children’s children, don’t you know, Youzhu is your sister, take care of Youling Youluo, can’t you let my sisters go to the river?
Youzhu nodded seriously: “Three sisters, I will take care of the little sevens and eights.” Although you are only seven years old this year, but from the age of five, she is carrying a basket and following the adults to pick rice Sui, it is a small seven and a small eight. This year is the first time to come back.
Youjin watched Youyaoyouluo cleverly follow behind Youzhu and went to the harvested field to find the ear of rice, and she was temporarily relieved to take a sickle and walk to the young silver who had cut the small half of the rice. Standing with front and back feet, bent over and buried his head, pursed his mouth, and cut the rice without saying a word.
The sun climbed over the hillside, and it didn’t take long for a small sun with a duck-egg glowing soft light to a scorching sun. The sun came out in just an hour, and the people harvesting rice in the field were already sweating.
Squinting at the sun, not far from the hill on the east side, Young Jin wiped the sweat bead on the forehead with the sleeves of the white washed burlap clothes, swallowed hard, and then watched After watching the eyes, the three sisters were still not far from picking the ear of rice, and they continued to cut their heads.
Young Jin played a small job at Yue’s family, and now it’s not even the hottest time, she is still within the scope of her. However, the young silver, which had fallen far away from the young gold, was too much to eat. She suddenly sat down and bent down to cut rice, and then whispered: “Three sisters …”
Young Jin, who was still digging his head to cut rice, heard a weak voice and hurriedly looked back. It turned out that the young silver, whose eyes were scorched by the poisonous sun, was already sitting on the ground and shouted her weakly.
Young Jin hurriedly put down the sickle in his hand. After three steps and two steps, he walked to the side of Young Silver and carried him up to the root of the old locust tree at the edge of the field before putting him down. A bottle of gourd water that I was carrying came over and let You Yin drink a few sips of water and wipe off the sweat beads on her little yellow face: “You Yin, are you okay?”
The daughters of Yue’s family, except for the young gold because they are the eldest, plus Lu Chang, who was two years old, was looking forward to the first child, so she was not abused by the old Chen when she was born, although she was thin Some, but compared with a few younger sisters, she is much stronger.
The young silver was weak, leaning against the old locust tree, but slowly came out in the shade, showing a feeble smile: “Three sisters, I’m okay, just take a break, please go and collect rice “Yu Yinsheng was afraid that the third sister would be with her here. After a while, Dad saw that she would come and scold the third sister.”
When Youjin saw her like this, she knew that she must be suffering from heatstroke, but she also knew what Yuyin said. If the rice she and Yuyin were not cut off today, it would be impossible to eat tonight. Now: “Then you have a good rest here. If your head is dizzy, don’t move around and drink more water.” Then she went back to the field and continued to cut rice.
On the other side of the field, Yue Dafu saw the situation on the young gold side from afar. Although he didn’t say anything, he glanced at the past, and his dissatisfied expression was just right. Yue Changlu had developed a sensitive and irritable temperament for so many years, and his father also noticed the same. He looked at Yue Dafu ’s eyes, and it turned out that two money-losing goods were lazy and hid under the tree to cool off. I just want to teach those two losers a meal.
“Why are you the second son!” Yue Dafu didn’t distress the two worthless grandchildren. He was just afraid that his son would teach the children outside and let the villagers read the joke: “There are people everywhere, come and go, don’t come. ! “
Moon Changlu naturally understood the meaning of his father, and nodded somberly: “Dad, I just went to drink some saliva.”
Seeing that he understood what he meant, Yue Dafu no longer said anything.
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Yueyueyin didn’t rest for half a quarter of an hour, and Yuechanglu came over with a sullen face. In fact, Yuechanglu’s original skin was not bad, but he was naughty when he was 8 or 9 years old, and carelessly focused on his eyebrows. An inch made a long mouth towards the ear, disfiguring. Also because of this, Yue Changlu’s temper became more and more gloomy, and the sorrowful face looked a bit sorrowful all day long, so later he said that several people who were right in the door did not succeed. Later, the old Chen also looked at Su It looked like Zhou Zheng, and only spent one or two silver gifts on it. He bought “Su” from Uncle Su, and Yue Changlu settled down.
It was easy for Yuechanglu to marry a bright-eyed daughter-in-law, and Su’s eyes were alive and diligent in her hands. The old Chen was just satisfied with her when she was just married, and her husband and wife lived very well. happy. But two years later, even the younger sister-in-law of Su’s back door had already given birth to a baby, but Su’s stomach still had no movement at all. Old Chen’s face became more and more ugly, Yue Changlu’s face It took a long time for me to disappear, and then come back again.
It was not until the third year of marriage that good news came out of Su’s stomach, and then she gave birth to a young child. At that time, Yue Changlu felt that as long as his wife could give birth, he would have a son sooner or later, so he still liked the young gold. However, in recent years, Su’s stomach has been bulging and disappearing, disappearing and bulging, and gave birth Six children and seven daughters, but still no son. Old Chen ’s face is ugly year by year, and Yue Changlu ’s temper is also getting worse year after year. After Su ’s birth of the twins, You Changlu, began to violently develop Su ’s family. Up to now, as long as there is something uncomfortable or something irritated outside, either Su Su or a few daughters come back.
So when Yin Yin saw her father walking towards him with a sullen face, he shrunk involuntarily, then shouted timidly, “Dad.”
Yue Changlu picked up the gourd prepared for them by the old Chen under the old locust tree. He first slurped a few sips of water, then covered the gourd, hit the silver with a hand, and lowered his voice and scolded: “One Every day is lazy except to eat! I will not work anymore, believe it or not, I will kill you! “
Although Young Silver was guarded, she still dared not resist when Yue Changlu smashed it. She was hit by a kettle heavily on her thigh. Young Yin ’s tears came out immediately, but she dared not say anything. He helped the old locust tree stand up, and then limped back to the edge of the ridge field where he had just cut the rice. Seeing that his father couldn’t notice it, he reached out and wiped the tears from his face.