Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 137 1 Snakes

She smiled happily and turned to look at her land.

"Your rice seedlings are not bad. Our village is OK, and the vegetable seedlings are growing well."

"It has been fertilized. We have used fertilizer for several years to irrigate the land. How can it not grow well?"

Lan Qiuhua waved to the three people and asked them to go back first.

Wang Erfeng got up from her low head and came to the dirt road in the middle: "You and Xiaoya went to the town to see your man and her brother. What kind of work did you find?"

"The head of the family built a house for someone, and An Guo and Shen Liang went to fetch water for the family, but they didn't see anyone there."

"Being a water carrier is hard work. An Guo and Shen Liang have to endure a lot of hardships. Sister Miao probably doesn't know this. If she knew, she would be heartbroken."

He is the only precious son in the family. Fortunately, Shen Liang is aware of the family's difficulties, and Miao Zhaodi does not spoil him.

Lan Qiuhua nodded, a little distressed: "Do you want to tell her that she gave me something to send along with it?"

"I think you should just say it. It's hard to find work in town. Although being a water carrier is tiring, as long as I can earn money, it's fine."

"Well, let's go to her house later. Erfeng, take your time walking around. I'm going home now."

"Hey." Wang Erfeng responded.

Ji Wenhe went home and called the Shen Yuanshan brothers to help unload the goods.

"By the way, Uncle Da Nian came here. Weren't you at home at that time?"

Shen Wenshan looked clueless: "No, we went to the east mountain to pick wild vegetables. When did Uncle Da Nian leave?"

As soon as they returned home, they heard her calling them from the foot of the mountain, but they did not see Zhu Danian.

"Then maybe you just missed it. We saw it when we entered the village. He sent us a pheasant. It's under a branch in the yard. You can go back and look for it later."

"I know, sister-in-law."

Seeing them unloading, Ji Wenhe came to the edge of the wasteland and looked at the small animals running around in the grass.

"Chuckles..."

As soon as she called, all the chicks came running over. The ducklings and geese were in the puddle, but they just turned their heads. They would only come over when they saw food.

The chicks were very friendly, and some of them were brave enough to peck at her fingers.

After playing with them for a while, I got up and went to Lan Qiuhua's house. They had almost finished unloading the goods.

"Wen He." Shen Rongshan came out from the courtyard, "I'm going to return the donkey cart. You and Yuanshan go home first."

"Okay, go ahead."

Ji Wenhe carried her basket, said hello to Lan Qiuhua and Shen Suya, and the three of them walked on their way home.

Shen Yuanshan said, "Sister-in-law, don't we have pickled meat at home?"

"The meat at home is salty. Salty meat is eaten occasionally. Fresh meat is the best."

If there was a refrigerator, the meat could not be frozen. She didn't want to eat pickled meat. She didn't like pickled food in her previous life.

But it’s not good to keep frozen meat for a long time. If you want to eat fresh meat, you have to go to town and buy it.

Looking at his own cave, Ji Wenhe wanted to try making ice cubes in the cave in winter, wondering if they could be preserved until summer.

"Yuanshan, go prepare the pheasant. Marinate the fat and grill the lean meat the day after tomorrow."

If you keep it in a cave, it won't go bad within a day or two.

"Okay, then I'll go."

He found the pheasant from under the branches, took the basin, and went to the river to process it.

Shen Wenshan cut the fat meat and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll light the fire and you can braise the oil."

"it is good."

Ji Wenhe didn’t know how to brine oil before, but later he learned it from them.

"By the way, sister-in-law, the pheasant meat is ready. Would you like to send half a bowl to Aunt Lan's house?"

"Send it. Our goods are stored at Aunt Lan's house, which has caused a lot of trouble for her family."

"It's not a good idea to keep it at her house all the time. When Uncle Shen and An Guo come back during the busy farming season, there's no place to put it at her house."

Shen Wenshan thought so too. He couldn't always trouble others: "Sister-in-law, we will carry it up by ourselves in the future. It will be tiring."

"Okay, come back and tell your brother."

"What did you say?" Shen Rongshan walked into the yard and only heard the last sentence.

"Brother, you are back."

He told him the story again.

"Okay, we'll pick it up ourselves next time. Wen He, I'll make the marinade."

Ji Wenhe handed him the spoon and said, "Brother Shen, call me when it's time to eat. I'll go cut the cloth and send it to Aunt Lan."

Shen Rongshan called her and took out his purse: "The remaining money."

She took it, went into the house and put it under the pillow, then went to find some scraps of cloth of suitable sizes, and carried the basket to Lan Qiuhua's house.

They are braising oil at home.

"Aunt Lan, I'm here."

"Hey, come in quickly." Seeing the scraps of cloth in the basket, he understood her purpose and said with a smile, "The scissors are in Xiaoya's room, go get them."

Ji Wenhe responded, moved a small stool, and sat at the kitchen door: "I won't be a raccoon slave this time. I'll show you how to embroider eyes later."

"Okay, I'll embroider whatever you say."

Shen Suya sat behind the stove and burned a fire. She tilted her head and looked at the person cutting cloth at the door: "Sister-in-law."

"Huh? What's wrong?" she asked.

"Sister-in-law, can your family buy a homestead by the end of the year?"

Ji Wenhe looked up at her and said, "Maybe, maybe not. To put it bluntly, if the money is needed somewhere, and you spend it all at once, how can you have money left to buy a homestead?"

"No matter how good the plan is, it can't keep up with the changes. The higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment. We are not in a hurry. We will take our time. The foundation will be bought and the house will be built."

Lan Qiuhua echoed, "We can't be impatient, we have to take it slow."

Suddenly, Ji Wenhe screamed, the scissors and dustpan were overturned to the ground, and she jumped up.

"Aunt Lan, there's a snake, a snake!!!"

She suddenly screamed, startling the two of them.

"Where's the snake? Where's the snake? Where's the snake?"

Shen Suya was afraid of snakes. She jumped up and kept looking around to see where there were snakes.

"Aunt Lan, there she is. She ran into the house."

As soon as it heard her cry, the snake swam quickly into the master bedroom.

Lan Qiuhua came out and saw only a snake's tail: "Don't be afraid."

Shen Suya crawled out crying and hugged Ji Wenhe's arm tightly: "Sister-in-law, where is the snake? Where did it go?"

"In the house."

What she fears most is snakes, and she doesn't even dare to search for pictures of them.

"Mom, mom, it ran into your room, ran inside."

Lan Qiuhua walked to the bedroom door, looked around inside, and spoke softly, as if coaxing a child: "Just take a look and then leave. The children are afraid, don't scare them."

"My family is poor and we don't have much good stuff. I leave the door unlocked at night. Just go back to where you came from and don't scare anyone."

After saying that, he calmly returned to the kitchen and continued to marinate the oil.

Ji Wenhe looked confused: "Aunt Lan, is that all?"

"That snake is black and red, I don't know if it's poisonous. If I get bitten, then..."

Shen Suya nodded: "Yes, mother, there is a snake in the house. Where will you sleep at night?"