Farmer’s Blessed Girl

When the villagers in Qili Village heard that Zhou Yin had learned so many characters without spending a penny, they all praised him, "Zhou Yin is still smart."

"It's a pity that I was born in Zhou Jin's family. If I was born in the village chief's family, or other wealthy people's family, I might still be able to study in school for a few years."

Zhou Yin didn't feel sorry for himself.

There are quite a few quarrels between brothers in the village, and it seems that not many brothers are so harmonious (Zhou Jin expressed doubts).

After all, his biological parents have passed away, and his brother and sister-in-law not only raised him, but also treated him better than his nephews, even better than his nephews.

During non-farming seasons, he could go to the county town and escape from his family work to go up the mountain to find things, but Zhou Dalang and the others could not.

Although the eldest brother has been keen to teach him a lesson in the past two years, he has a bad temper, and picks up a stick to throw him out every now and then, but it doesn't really hit him very often.

So he didn't think there was anything wrong with being born in the old Zhou's family. Although his elder brother was a bit stupid, lazy, and irritable, he still had a good heart.

Not to mention my sister-in-law.

Zhou Yin was raised by his sister-in-law. The sister-in-law told him that to judge whether a person treats you well, you can't just look at what they say, but also how they behave.

Some people say they obey you, praise you, and are good with you everywhere, but what they do is not good for you;

And some people, when they lecture you, they seem to see you as bad everywhere, but everything they do is beneficial to you.

His elder brother belongs to the second category.

The life of the old Zhou's family has always been uneventful. Although his eldest brother and sister-in-law have added many nephews and nieces to him, they can still afford to support him.

It's just a bit troublesome. After the eldest nephew Zhou Dalang got married, he was followed by his brother and sister-in-law.

But he didn't want to get married at all, so Zhou Jin often talked about him, "You are fourteen, make a marriage, and then prepare for it. You will be sixteen when you get married. How long do you want to delay?"

He said: "You have to think clearly, if you don't make an engagement now, when Sanlang grows up, the family won't have much money to make an engagement for you."

Zhou Yin: "Then let Saburo decide first."

Zhou Jin gave him a nod, "You are an uncle who is not even engaged, so why should he do it? Don't interrupt me."

He glanced into the room and saw his wife was busy inside, so he moved closer, lowered his voice and said to his younger brother: "Do you know why I appointed Da Lang as your sister-in-law's niece?"

Zhou Yin looked blank, "Didn't they see each other right?"

"Then if I hadn't urged them, would they have made the decision so early?" Zhou Jin lowered his voice and said, "I've heard from the Qian family. It’s just right for me to marry you, I asked your sister-in-law to talk to the matchmaker, you can farm, you can read and write, and you are good-looking, you can look for them in big villages and towns.”

Zhou Yin's eyes widened, and he couldn't help saying loudly: "Brother, you are bullying sister-in-law and the Qian family!"

Zhou Jin covered his mouth and dragged him behind the wall to speak, "Keep your voice down, my brother-in-law loves your sister-in-law and Dalang so much, that's why I agreed."

Zhou Yin was angry, "Knowing that you still do it?"

"Who am I doing this for?" Zhou Jin complained irritably, "It's not for you. There are only a few dilapidated thatched huts at home, and they can't even build a yard for you. You have to be sixteen years old to share the fields. , those lands are not considered good now, and it will take at least two years of planting to get a better harvest."

Zhou Jindao: "Parent and mother are gone, you follow us. When those people outside heard that you were brought up by your brother and sister-in-law, and we still have so many children, they thought you were not easy to marry. Do you know how hard it is for you to get married? No Give more gifts, can you talk about a good girl?"

Zhou Yin lowered his head and kicked the stones on the ground unhappily.

Zhou Jin took a look into the yard and saw that there was no disturbance inside, so he continued to talk to him heart-to-heart, "Brother, as someone who has been here, I will tell you that you must marry a good wife, otherwise you will not be able to live this life."

"Like your sister-in-law, if we didn't have your sister-in-law in our family, let alone raising your nephews and nieces, I wouldn't even be able to support you."

Zhou Yin couldn't hold back, "You actually knew."

Zhou Jin stretched out his hand and gave him a pat on the head, "I'm not stupid, you think you're the only one who is smart. Well, if it's not because of my seniority, I actually want to tell you about the big girl, how capable she is..."

Zhou Yin shuddered at the thought of the daughter of the Qian family who would only follow behind him with Da Lang and call him uncle, "Brother, don't mess around..."

"What a mess, she has already given it to your eldest nephew."

Zhou Yin wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a sigh of relief.

Zhou Jindao: "Anyway, don't run to the county town these days, and don't go to the mountains. Take care of your face. If you have nothing to do, you can walk around the field with a hoe so that people can see how hardworking you are. When you turn over During the Chinese New Year, I will take you to a few nearby villages, and I will definitely find a good wife."

Zhou Yin: ...

Zhou Yin yearns for places other than the county seat, and doesn't really want to get married.

After getting married, he could only stay in Qili Village, work at sunrise and rest at sunset, just like his elder brother's life now.

He couldn't leave his wife and children behind.

So after weighing things up, he still seriously said to Zhou Jin: "Brother, let Saburo talk about kissing first, and there is also Xi'er."

"Xi'er, don't worry, she's a girl. When the time comes, I'll get the dowry. Just bring the dowry to her as a dowry. We can keep a little bit. We'll see if it's enough to tell Saburo a family relationship. If we can't say it, just delay it." Delay, now you are the most important thing."

Zhou Jindao: "When you talk about your marriage, I will complete the explanation to my parents."

"Okay, I knew it. You just disliked me for being a fool, so you wanted to get rid of me." Zhou Yin jumped up and said, "I don't want to get married, so you have to support me."

"You brat..."

Zhou Yin ran away as fast as he could, Zhou Jin pushed him a few steps away and saw him running like a rabbit, and disappeared in a flash. He couldn't help being so angry that his nose was smoking, and he turned around cursing and went home.

In the end, Zhou Jin still couldn't tell Zhou Yin about his marriage, because the weather was not so good after the new year.

First, there was very little rain in the beginning of spring, so we planted the fields with water, thinking that there was little rain at the moment, and it should rain after planting the rice seedlings.

Unexpectedly, from February to May, there was only one drizzle, less than half an hour before and after.

The atmosphere in the old Zhou's house was getting worse and worse, Zhou Jin and Qian's eyes were boiling red, how could they have the heart to talk about Zhou Yin's pro-marriage?

Zhou Yin was also very worried. Last year's year was not very good. The autumn harvest was less than two-thirds of the previous year's. Originally, he thought that this year's year would be better...

After paying the taxes last year, there was not much food left in the family. In March, the family ate porridge once a day, and only two meals a day during the busy farming days were also porridge.

The busy farming season is over, and the family has resumed one meal a day. By May, there will be fewer rice grains in the porridge.