Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 336 Meeting

"No, Shen Wanqing and her friends made the dolls, and Boss Yang asked us to send them to her today."

Shen Liao asked curiously: "Sister-in-law, why don't you do it yourself? Why do it for them?"

He heard from the villagers that making this doll was more profitable than embroidering purses.

Ji Wenhe smiled and said, "Because I can't embroider, I help Boss Yang to make connections and earn a little money in the process."

"So that's it."

No wonder she doesn't do it herself.

I learned embroidery from Lan Qiuhua, but I haven't practiced it for a long time and now I have almost forgotten it.

"By the way, are you working with Uncle Daguo?"

"Not necessarily. Sometimes we are together, sometimes we are apart. We live together, but if we are far apart, I have to find a new place to live."

Shen Rongshan asked: "Is it still hard to find a job in town?"

Shen Liao sighed and said, "It's not easy to find a job. There are too many people working there. It's easier to find a job during the busy farming season, but I have to be busy at home, so I don't have time to come to town to work."

"By the way, Brother Rongshan, how is the construction of your house going? It should be almost finished."

"Not yet. Yuanshan and Wenshan's houses have been built, and your sister-in-law and I are digging the foundation for our houses."

Ji Wenhe took over the conversation: "With more people, the construction will be completed quickly. It will be completed by mid-October."

"Will you treat the villagers to a meal when your new house is finished?"

Generally, when a family builds a new house, they will invite the villagers to a meal, and each family will send some gifts.

"Yes, but you have to wait until my house is built. If I build a house and treat everyone to a meal, I don't have that much money."

"Yes." Shen Liao agreed, "How much would it cost to treat the villagers to a meal three times?"

Moreover, when inviting villagers to dinner, no gifts are accepted.

The villagers don’t have any good things, most of them just give some fruits as gifts. It’s not worth it to treat us three times.

Arriving at the village, Shen Liao jumped out of the car and said, "Brother Rongshan, sister-in-law, thank you very much. I am going home now."

"Okay." Ji Wenhe turned around and said, "Brother Shen, take the things home, and I'll send the basket to Aunt Li's house."

The rice and flour were unloaded at Shen Yuanshan's house and soon pulled to the fields by a donkey.

"Aunt Li."

"Hey." Li Chunhong came out of the house, "Wen He is back."

"Yes, I'll bring the basket over."

"Put it in the yard. I'll bring it inside later. Come in and sit down."

"No, Aunt Li, there are still many things to do at home. Come back another day."

"Okay, walk slowly."

Ji Wenhe responded and came to their homestead, where several people were busy.

He said goodbye and went home, separated the two pieces of cloth, and gave one to Qian Hongjuan on the day he went to Shen Guyan's house.

The remaining cloth would be left for the three of them to choose from and make three sets of clothes for themselves.

When you wash clothes on a rainy day, they will smell after drying in the shade, so you have to wait for a sunny day to wash them again. You have to prepare a few more sets of clothes to change into.

Find the needle and thread and do some handicrafts for a few months.

I have to change my menstrual belt every three months. Now that I have money, I don’t have to live frugally.

Ji Wenhe wants to grow some cotton next year and save it for her period.

My menstrual flow is very heavy, seven days a month. It’s too expensive to go to town to buy cotton, so I just grow some to use for myself.

If it is really not enough, use wood ash.

This time I bought two feet of cotton cloth. The coarse cloth and linen were uncomfortable to use.

It's not that she's being pretentious, the linen menstrual belt rubbed her legs hard and it hurt.

Make three and put them in the cupboard, and make the rest when you have time.

There was some dried corn in the yard, with a few kernels still left.

Ji Wenhe moved a stool, took an empty basket, and sat down to shell corn kernels.

The bad corn kernels are thrown into a basin and saved to feed chickens in the winter. The good corn kernels can also be eaten by humans and ground into flour.

"Wen He, I'm busy."

She turned her head and looked: "Auntie Feng."

He got up and went to the kitchen to bring a stool for her: "Please sit down."

Feng Xiayun sat on the side and picked up a corn: "Auntie came to see you because I have something to tell you."

"You say."

"I heard from Zhuyue that if Wanqing gets married, she won't be able to be a puppet anymore."

Ji Wenhe nodded: "Yes, Boss Yang from Jinxiufang told me that we won't hire people from other villages to do the work, and we can't take them away. We have to do it in our village."

She looked regretful: "There's nothing I can do about it. I was just about to tell you about this."

"Auntie Feng, this is not something I can decide. I will do whatever Boss Yang says. Has anyone come to see you?"

"A relative of mine invited our family to a full-month celebration for his grandson, but Zhuyue wasn't there, so I told her about this."

"I told her that you can't make the decision. Boss Yang of Jinxiufang only wants the four of them to do it. She insisted that I ask. We are all relatives, and I can't just say no and let her go, so I came here to ask."

Ji Wenhe threw the corn cob in his hand into another basket and said, "Auntie Feng, Zhuyue probably didn't tell you that the puppets will be discontinued after June or the end of next year."

"I heard from Boss Yang that the pattern painter can't draw new patterns anymore, and by November, they have to come up with a new pattern every two months, so this doll won't last long."

"Just tell her that we won't be making dolls next year. If she wants embroidery, she can go directly to Jinxiufang to find Boss Yang. I'm just helping to find someone, I don't have the right to make the decision."

Feng Xiayun nodded: "I understand, I couldn't bear her urging me to come over and ask, now that you said this, I can answer her better."

She put down the corn in her hand and said, "Wen He, I'll go back and talk to her."

"Hey."

Ji Wenhe looked at her back and decided to stop making puppets and focus on raising the pigs at home in May or June next year.

Corn cobs are laid out in the sun to dry and used as firewood in winter.

The corn kernels were packed into sacks and carried to Shen Wenshan's house to feed the pigs and chickens as it was close and convenient.

The corn on the wasteland can be harvested next month. With nearly three acres of land, we should be able to harvest a lot.

In the blink of an eye, it was early September.

"Sister-in-law, I'm going to sell the goods. Pull the bed back at night."

"Okay, go slowly on the road."

"I understand." Shen Yuanshan nodded.

When he reached the foot of the mountain, he said hello to a few people and drove the donkey cart out of the village.

Ji Wenhe washed the dishes and took the rake.

The weeds on the two wastelands in the south have been removed, the land was plowed last night, and the land will be prepared today.

During this period, Shen Rongshan got up as soon as the sun rose, ate, and went down the mountain to work.

I want to build the house before harvesting the rice.

But she felt it was a bit risky and estimated that she would have to wait until the middle of the month for the house to be completed.

When I came to the edge of the field, I saw Li Yujiao standing in the yard and walked over to her: "Yujiao, why are you standing in the yard?"

"Sister-in-law, it's boring to stay in the room. I'm going to come out for some fresh air."

"Where's Aunt Wu?"

"I'm going to cut the grass in the vegetable garden." Li Yujiao walked out of the yard, "We've finally cut the grass in your fields."

Ji Wenhe pinched his shoulders: "That's right, I'm so tired."

"It's a bit tiring now, but it will be easy later."

"Who knows what will happen in the future? Anyway, I'm very tired now, so don't stay at home all the time. If Aunt Wu doesn't let you go out, you can just walk around in the yard."