Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 344 Delivery

Open the yard door and hang the corn out to dry.

The torn corn was tied together and hung on the fence.

I didn’t dare hang too many, for fear that the fence wouldn’t hold up.

Miao Zhaodi came out from the yard and said, "Wen He, are you done with the housework?"

"After finishing the work, we are just waiting to harvest the rice."

"Soon. My family plans to harvest early this year."

She turned around and said, "We plan to harvest on the 4th, and go to town on the 3rd. It doesn't matter if we harvest rice a day earlier or later. People outside the village harvest rice earlier than us."

"By the way, Aunt Miao, where is Xiaoxi? I ​​didn't see her yesterday or today."

"She was sick and had a slight cough. I asked her to lie down at home."

Ji Wenhe asked: "Why did she get sick? She was still alive and kicking the day before yesterday."

Miao Zhaodi said helplessly: "Take a cold shower and catch a cold."

"You have to be careful, the water in the creek is quite cold."

Although Zhao Xiaoxi is tall, he is rather thin and looks malnourished.

If you take a cold shower, your body will not have strong resistance and you will easily catch a cold and get sick.

"I told her yesterday that she should use hot water when taking a bath from now on, otherwise she will suffer."

Her daughter-in-law is sometimes very stubborn and there is nothing you can do about her.

"Wen He, you are busy."

"Yeah." Ji Wenhe nodded.

I closed the gate and went to Li Chunhong's house.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw several people sitting inside.

"Aunt Li, let me take a look."

"Come on, sit on the bench."

Shen Wanqing asked: "Sister-in-law, number three is going to be delivered, right?"

"Yes, I'll deliver it on the morning of the 3rd." Ji Wenhe continued, "Pick up last month's money on the way, and pick up this month's money at the end of the month."

“Then I won’t be able to do it anymore.”

"What's wrong?" Then he remembered, "I remember Aunt Li said before that she would find a match for you in the second half of the year. Has she already found one?"

Li Chunhong nodded: "I found Lin Yueniang some time ago. I will show it to her after the wheat is planted at home."

"It's a good match. The marriage will be arranged in November. I've put my mind at ease. Next year or the year after, they will be her two younger sisters."

Shen Wanqing said: "I want to look for it near our village, Zhaojia Village, or the village next to Zhaojia Village, and the village next to Zhangjia Village."

"It's close, so I can come back often to visit and help with things at home. I don't want to find a place that's too far away, as it's not easy to come back."

"Yes, being close makes it convenient for you to come back, but you can't just settle for it. It's a matter of a lifetime, so don't treat it casually." Ji Wenhe reminded.

"That's what I told her too. If it works out, I'll have to find out more about it. I can't do it like me and her father did."

When she married Shen Xiaoxian, her family did not ask about her affairs. If she had known he was such a person, she would never have married him.

Shen Wanqing said: "Mom, don't worry, I won't find a husband like Dad."

"Well, mother will find out more for you. We won't marry into a bad family."

Ji Wenhe said in a low voice: "Aunt Li, when I came in just now, I heard a cough coming from the next room. How is Uncle Xiaoxian now? He won't scold you again, right?"

"I do get angry sometimes, but I only say a few words. I dare not say more." Li Chunhong sighed, "He and I are enemies in this life. He tortured me in the first half of my life, and I tortured him in the second half."

"Your uncle Xiaoxian sometimes grumbles that his family has been extinct under my rule and that I am a sinner. Let's see how I will explain this to their ancestors in the underworld."

Shen Wanqing took over the conversation: "Mom, don't take his words to heart. Let him say whatever he wants. If he dares to scold you or hit you again, don't be polite."

"At worst, when I get married, I'll take you over and support you. I'll sever ties with him and leave him alone at home. We won't care whether he lives or dies."

"Look at you, saying these things again. Didn't mother tell you that if you really cut off ties with him and didn't care whether he lived or died, what would your in-laws think?"

"Mother knows what's going on. You guys take care of yourselves and be good to your husband's family in the future. Don't say these things in front of your husband's family. Do you hear me?"

The three nodded.

Li Chunhong understood that they were thinking about her, but some things were not as simple as they thought.

"Wen He, our Wanqing's marriage is settled, and we would like to invite you to come and cook."

"No problem, Aunt Li. I'll take charge of all the cooking work in our village." Ji Wenhe said with a smile, "I think I can be a chef."

"Okay, you can cook as well as a chef. If someone outside the village is hosting a banquet, why not invite you to go?"

She shook her head quickly: "I am not as good as the chef. The villagers hired me because they don't mind. Besides, if I really go to other villages to take the job of cooking for banquets, the professional chefs will hate me to death."

"I just help out in the village and make a little money. I won't go to other villages. If I'm targeted and someone does something bad to me, it will be too late to regret it."

Li Chunhong agreed: "That's true. If a person has bad intentions, he might do anything."

"Yes."

After chatting for a while at their house, Ji Wenhe got up and said goodbye.

After the wasteland was cultivated, water from the pigpen was carried to irrigate the land every day.

The roof beams of our house are being erected and it is in the final stage. It will be completed before the Descent of Frost.

Today is the delivery day.

Shen Yuanshan went to Li Chunhong's house to pick up the goods. He saw someone walking on the road and said, "Sister-in-law, where is my brother?"

"Your eldest brother has gone to the fields, go over and call him."

Many people in the village were walking around in the fields, and Miao Zhaodi's family had already started harvesting.

I met Shen Zhong by the river.

Ji Wenhe stepped forward and said hello: "Village head, Uncle Cong and Uncle Lin haven't come back yet?"

"No, I'll be back tonight."

Those who went out to work also came back today.

Shen Rongshan came over from behind: "Village head."

Shen Zhong nodded and said, "Rongshan, I want to borrow your donkey cart this year."

"Okay, come over and tell me when you're done."

"Hey, you guys go to town quickly, I'll go check the fields."

The three nodded.

After leaving the village, Ji Wenhe said, "I always feel that the head of the village is a little sad. Is it my illusion?"

Unlike before, I was cheerful all day long.

Now when we see him, he is always squatting under a tree or sitting on a rock, smoking a pipe by himself, and he rarely goes out of the village.

Shen Yuanshan replied: "Is it because of the two sons?"

"Yes." Shen Rongshan took over the conversation, "I went to the mountain to cut trees a few days ago, and I met him at the foot of the mountain and chatted for a while."

"Uncle Cong and Uncle Lin were unwilling to return to the village, saying that he could give the position of village chief to whomever he wanted. He also said that he would sell the family land and take them to live in the town."

Ji Wenhe looked at Zhangjia Village and said, "How can we just sell the land? The head of the village and Aunt Qin will definitely not agree, and I guess they won't go to the town with them."

"Well, the village head disagrees with selling the land, saying that one of them must come back."

He didn't ask in detail what the plan was.