Guo scolded her so hard that she still couldn't get rid of it.
Chunhong said, fearing that her man would not work again.
"Mom, I really can't think of it. If the Li family doesn't want to help, then they won't help. That land has no legs, it's just there. In the autumn, we will help harvest a few acres. It's not like everything is covered!"
Guo and Su Niang heard this. My eyes are shining, what a great idea!
The Li family's thirty acres of land are scattered in several places. It would be too easy to secretly collect some of it.
But if the plan is good, the land at home still needs to be planted.
The next day, the family was in a state of panic, and Mrs. Guo also threw her son and daughter-in-law into the fields.
After three full days of work, he had planted two acres of land, and with three acres left, Liu Tiezhu could no longer move.
It must be left to Liu Laifu!
And Liu Laifu was hanging out in the city. Ever since the Wu siblings moved to the city, he had a place to stay, and he didn't come back for ten days and a half.
How could he come back to farm?
As a result, the Liu family's three acres of land became empty.
But Qingshui Village has fewer people and more land.
In the past few years, too many people died, the village fell into decline, and everyone despised the bad luck.
Even if someone buys land, they won't come here.
Therefore, it is not surprising that a few acres of land are empty and no one is cultivating it.
The young and old of the Li family ate dumplings, and Jiaren went to school.
Seeing that nothing happened at home, Li Laosi also went to escort with Jiayi.
Li Laosan had nothing to do. He went to the city to find some odd jobs doing brickwork, and occasionally he could come back with thirty or fifty cash a day.
Tao Hongying also got busy, taking Zhao Yuru and Jia Huan to take over the banquet.
She is cheerful, hardworking, and the food she cooks is delicious.
As long as you take over a business, all the relatives and friends of this family will be interested in it.
Whenever something happens at home, he always comes to Qingshui Village.
After the spring planting, this rare month of leisure is also the peak season for weddings in various families.
As a result, at the end of the month, Tao Hongying actually earned eighteen taels of wages.
Mrs. Li was so happy that she wished she could provide her daughter-in-law with him.
Jiayin took the opportunity to quit breastfeeding, so that her mother would not have to worry about coming back to breastfeed her while she was busy outside.
She is now a grown-up child and can go inside and outside the house on all fours.
Sometimes, she could still walk upright for a few steps when her hands were being held.
Even though it was only a few steps, it meant that she had broken away from the ranks of reptiles.
What a joy!
Mrs. Li is at home, and her main tasks are cooking and taking care of her granddaughter.
Big pot rice is easy to make, it is nothing more than sorghum rice, millet porridge, pancakes, and stews. Occasionally Tao Hongying would bring back meat dishes and add a meal to everyone.
The rest of the time, she concentrated on thinking about food for her granddaughter.
Soak the red dates until soft and peel them off, then put them into the millet porridge and boil them into a whole body, which is fragrant and sweet.
Egg custard, two bowls a day, is absolutely indispensable.
Add eggs and chopped green onions to the thin noodles and bake them into soft pancakes.
Stir-fry the minced cabbage and meat and add it to the white rice porridge.
Occasionally, when there is no one at home, I clean and chop the fish and shrimp that my granddaughter brings out.
In short, the grandfather and grandson cooperate tacitly.
Everything is for the sake of growing up quickly and for good news and good health!
At first, Tao Hongying was reluctant to let go. The eight-month-old child was weaned too early.
As a result, she felt relieved when she saw that her daughter did not cling to her, that her porridge and custard tasted delicious, that she was white and fat, and that her face was rosy.
It's May in the blink of an eye, and tender seedlings are growing in every field.
The mountains and forests are also completely dressed in green robes.
Women and children in the village go up the mountain when they have nothing to do. Dig some wild vegetables back, wash them and eat them with dipping sauce.
Be more particular and add some sweet, sour and salt to serve.
These are good things to put on the table and go with meals.
It seems that everything is developing for the better.
The world is full of vitality, just waiting for the harvest in autumn, but the old people feel a little uneasy in their hearts.
Everyone, including the village chief, goes to the fields every day.
Because, from the Chinese New Year to now, not a single drop of rain has fallen.
Now the moisture in the fields depends entirely on the melting winter snow.
But the weather is getting hotter and hotter. If it doesn't rain, the fields will be dry.
Not only that, the river outside the village has gradually become shallower.
The tolerant villagers persuaded everyone with a smile.
"The big river flows from the south, and rice is grown in the south. It requires a lot of water, and maybe it will divert all the water."
This statement appeased many people. But the old people still felt something was wrong, but they couldn't say much.
Mrs. Li carries her granddaughter on her back and goes for a walk by the river every day.
Jiayin pretended to take duck eggs from the small courtyard twice and asked grandma to carry them back in her lapel pockets.
After all, no one at home picks up duck eggs, but they eat salted duck eggs every now and then. It's a bit weird no matter how you think about it...
Jiayin also frowned, feeling a little worried.
She had seen the crop seedlings in her own field. They were the same as those in the village, neither good nor bad.
But compared to the five acres of land in the space, it is a bit insufficient.
This year may not be a good year after all!
As the days passed, more and more people felt something was wrong.
Because the heat is so scary!
In previous years, at this time, outer shirts were still worn, but this year the naughty boys were already bare-backed.
The solar term seemed to have advanced by more than a month, but still not a drop of rain fell...
That night, Mrs. Li lay next to her granddaughter, shaking the cattail leaf fan and sighing.
"Fu Niu'er, do you think this year is not good?"
"Ah."
Jiayin pulled her bellyband hotly and was also irritated.
If you grow too fat, you can see your shortcomings now.
There were beads of sweat on her legs and groin. I already have eczema and it is itchy and uncomfortable.
Mrs. Li rarely noticed that her granddaughter was feeling uncomfortable and continued to worry.
"What should we do? We have so much land at home. If there is a drought, it will be bad if we can't get food."
"Ah, ah!" Jiayin wanted to say that the family should quickly collect food.
But she couldn't speak, so she could only take out a handful of sorghum from the space.
This is the seed that was stolen originally, only a little bit is left.
The old lady was afraid of pricking her granddaughter, so she quickly got up and cleaned up.
Finally, after holding the handful of sorghum and thinking about it, she took out the money box again.
There are more people in the family, more food to eat, and more money to make.
Set aside twenty taels for emergency use, and there are still more than fifty taels that can be used.
This is the time to start stocking up on grain, at least enough to feed the family for a year, and be prepared for no harvest in the fall.
Only if you hold on until next spring, when the wild vegetables come out, can you breathe a sigh of relief.
There are more than a dozen members of the Li family, young and old, plus six old men next door. Even if he had two meals a day and was 70% full, he would still need more than 2,000 kilograms of grain...
It was barely enough to buy the cheapest sorghum with these fifty taels.
Jiayin couldn't bear to let her grandma worry, so she quickly squeezed into her arms, hoping that her grandma wouldn't have to worry because she still had her strong backing.
Sure enough, the old lady held her granddaughter in her arms, barely feeling relieved.
With a granddaughter like me here, we can't let the family starve to death at a critical moment, right?
But we still have to make the plans that need to be made, and we can't just count on our children.
Early the next morning, after dinner, Mrs. Li called her second and third sons, as well as Tao Hongying and Zhao Yuru.
"I think the weather is bad, and I'm afraid there will be a severe drought this year. Everyone in the village has food rations left over from last year, but our family doesn't have any. I think I'd better go to the city to buy more food and prepare it."
Mr. Li Er and Li Laosan both nodded.
"It doesn't look good to us. If there is a drought, at least the family won't be hungry."
Mrs. Li took out the money.
"This is most of our family's money. Let's buy food. I'll buy twenty kilograms of white rice for Fu Niu'er. Whatever else is cheap, I'll buy whatever I'm hungry for."
Li Lao Er took the money and went out to set up a car with Li Lao San. .
Tao Hongying and Zhao Yuru were also flustered and said quickly.
"Mom, let's go dig wild vegetables in the mountains, dry them and put them in the sun. Then we can put them into porridge to satisfy our hunger."
"Okay, let's go, don't go too deep into the forest."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking. Mr. Li in the courtyard Er and Li Lao San were already shouting in surprise, "Mom, Li Lao San is back!"