Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 305: Cutting Pigweed

They became enemies, seeing each other every day, and it was always wrong for the two children to be caught in the middle.

Ji Wenhe sighed, "It seems that we should not marry anyone from the village."

After lunch, Shen Rongshan went to deliver food to Zhu Danian.

"Wenshan, there are washed cucumbers in the basket, take them over."

"I understand, sister-in-law." Shen Wenshan responded, picked up the pottery jar, and carried the basket down the mountain.

After washing the dishes and resting in the house for a while, Ji Wenhe put on a straw hat, took a sickle and a basket, and went to the vegetable garden to cut grass.

When we got to the foot of the mountain, we saw Wu Caifeng walking around the newly built house.

"Aunt Wu, it's hot, why don't you go home and rest?"

"I'm here to take a look at your newly built house." She looked up, "Wen He, can I go in and take a look?"

"Sure. I'll take you in." Ji Wenhe pushed open the gate and stepped aside. "It's similar to the house in the village, except that we have an extra floor on top."

Wu Caifeng stood at the kitchen door and looked around: "It's different. Your house is great. There are four more rooms upstairs. You won't have to worry about having no place to live even if you have more children."

Then he came to the bedroom and saw a small door inside. He asked curiously, "What's in there?"

"It's a small room. I take a bath in it in the winter. I built a pot to heat water."

When he walked in and took a look, he said, "That's great, that's great! If I rebuild my house, I'll do the same as yours."

Ji Wenhe smiled and said, "Sure. Our homestead is small, and building two floors will give us a few more rooms. We have a lot of stuff at home, and we have room to store it."

"Yes, what a nice house. Let's go upstairs and take a look."

She walked up the stairs, looked both ways, and went to the bedroom on the right first.

"Wen He, the more I look at your house, the more I like it. I even want to tear down my house and rebuild it from scratch."

"It's okay to rebuild it. Yujiao is pregnant. If there are two more children, each child will have a room."

Wu Caifeng shook her head: "My family can't rebuild it. We don't have that much money. If you want to rebuild it, you can give them the money. His father and I don't have any money."

It’s not like the house is uninhabitable. If you have extra money, you might as well buy some more meat to eat.

Ji Wenhe smiled and didn't respond.

After looking around upstairs and downstairs, he came to the yard.

"Oh my! The new house is so nice. When can we move in?"

"Look at Yuanshan himself, this is his house."

But from what he said, he doesn't want to move down here for the time being because there are too many people in the cave and they are talking.

Wu Caifeng came out of the yard and looked to the west: "The houses in Wenshan are being built very quickly. They are all good at building houses. I don't think your house will be completed by the end of October."

"We also want to finish building it as soon as possible and move in as soon as possible. The cave is too cold."

"Oh, I really envy your family. You run a business and raise pigs. The house is almost built. Your life is getting better and better."

Ji Wenhe closed the gate and said, "There's nothing to be envious of. The money was earned through hard work. If the business was stable, our family would not plan to raise pigs."

I had this idea before, but the business was good, but now it is not doing well, so I want to raise pigs.

"Yes, it's all hard-earned money." Wu Caifeng looked at the sickle in her hand, "Go to the vegetable field to cut grass."

She nodded and pointed to the vegetable field in the south: "The grass over there hasn't been cut yet."

"Then go ahead, I'm going home."

"Hey."

Ji Wenhe came to the vegetable field. Half of it had been harvested in the previous two days, so there was still half left. It would probably take an hour to finish harvesting it.

He lowered the straw hat on his head, squatted down and started mowing the grass.

After finishing the work, I was sweating all over.

"Wen He, why don't you wait until the sun sets before coming over? It's very hot now." Wang Erfeng ate pumpkin seeds and walked slowly to her side.

She turned her head and took a look, still mowing the grass: "It's windy today, I want to finish mowing this little grass early."

Then gather the cut grass into a pile and carry it to the foot of the mountain later.

"Aunt Wang, why aren't you knitting at home today?"

"I've been playing, my waist and neck are sore from sitting there, so I came out for a walk."

The grass in her fields has been cut and there is not much farm work left.

Ji Wenhe wiped the sweat from his forehead, his face flushed with heat: "We can't sit for a long time. It's cool at the foot of the mountain. We can move a small stool and get together with a few people to chat."

Wang Erfeng spat out the melon seed shells in her mouth and said, "Your aunt Lan's family is going to have a wedding these days, so we haven't been together for a while. I think she will come out to talk to us after Xiaoya gets married."

Ever since Shen Suya's marriage was arranged, Lan Qiuhua often went out of the village to inquire about the man's family and so on.

"Soon, we'll get married tomorrow."

"It's so fast, it's gone in the blink of an eye. My Shen Liao hasn't settled down yet. Qing Dai said she will wait until his brother settles down before she looks for him."

Ji Wenhe picked up the basket and looked at her: "Don't worry, take your time, Aunt Wang, I'm going back now, why don't you come to my house and have a seat."

"No, I'm going home to make silk lace. You can go back now."

"it is good."

Seeing her turn and leave, she also walked towards the foot of the mountain to the west.

The weather is hot and no one wants to go out.

Passing by the homestead, he said to the people working there, "Uncle Shen, if you are tired, go sit down at the foot of the mountain and come back when it is cooler."

"Okay, got it." Shen Erniu nodded with a smile.

Shen Rongshan is not here, so he should go to the mountain to cut trees.

Ji Wenhe dumped the weeds at the foot of the mountain, and a few chickens ran over.

He patted the bottom of the basket and walked over to the pigpen to take a look.

The water in the pit was just changed yesterday, and there is pig manure in it. The weather is too hot, so the water has to be changed every few days.

I went home, carried the basket on my back, and went outside the village to look for pig grass.

When we reached the foot of the mountain, we saw Shen Rongshan carrying tree branches down.

I walked over and said to him, "Brother Shen, you said we should make a large wooden basin with a higher rim and put it in the pigpen. This way the water won't turn into muddy water and the pigs will be cleaner."

"Otherwise, the pigs' excrement will mix with the water, and they will lie in the water, which is too dirty. I'm afraid the pigs will get sick after a long time. How about getting two big wooden basins?"

"Anyway, we built a big pigsty, so putting a big wooden basin inside doesn't take up much space."

"Okay, let Yuanshan go tomorrow, and tell him how big you want it." Shen Rongshan poured a bowl of water and drank it in one gulp. "Wenhe, don't run too far, I'm going up the mountain."

"Be careful, walk slowly down the mountain, don't be in a hurry."

"Okay." he responded.

Ji Wenhe carried a basket out of the village, came back after cutting grass for the pigs, and then went out again.

When he came back again, he saw Miao Zhaodi walking towards him and waved with a smile: "Aunt Miao, you went to the west."

"Yes, there is a river to the north of Zhangjia Village. There is a lot of pig grass there. I will take you there later. I have been cutting pig grass there these two days."

"Okay, where's Brother Liang? I didn't see him in the pigpen, so I thought he was out cutting grass for the pigs. I want to discuss something with him."