Leisurely Farmer's Family: A Strong Man and His Broken Leg Son-in-law

After Xu Hong and Qi Chunhua left, Nian took out a bamboo basket from the woodshed and handed it to Liu Yu: "Today you are engaged to Changsheng. This is a great event, and you should let your parents know about it."

Liu Yu silently took the bamboo basket and saw that the yellow mounting paper inside had been distributed, as well as a small hanging of firecrackers, and she hummed softly.

"I, I'll go with you." Changsheng tugged on Liu Yu's clothes and said softly.

Liu Yu looked sideways and saw Chang Sheng's eyes full of concern. Grandpa was silently carving out the money without saying a word. Grandma's eyebrows were slightly drooped and her mouth was slightly pursed. Liu Yu's heart felt painful and sour.

"That mountain is not easy to climb. I can go there alone. It will be the same when your legs and feet are better." Liu Yu pretended to be relaxed, patted Changsheng's hand, picked up the basket and left.

There is not much difference between the mountains in winter and summer. It seems that there are more fallen leaves and thicker rotten leaves. Some trees have bare branches and leaves, but more trees are as green as ever.

Liu Yu held the bamboo basket and slowly walked towards the burial ground of her father and mother. It was far away from the village. Usually, whether collecting firewood or picking up wild fruits in the mountains, Shan Zhenduo would not come here and stand between the two tombs. In front of the package, Liu Yu sighed softly, lit firecrackers, then slowly lit the paper in the bamboo basket with flint, and threw them one by one in front of her parents' graves.

"Dad, I am engaged today. I will get married around the twelfth lunar month. You also know Chang Sheng. He is very good. I will be very good in the future. I will take good care of my grandpa and grandma."

Liu Yu looked at a tomb next to him and heard that the person lying inside was his mother. He had lost his mother when he was born and had no memory of his biological mother. In the past, when he encountered unsatisfactory things, he had thought about what would happen if his mother was still alive.

But my mother was gone after all. There was no memory of her at all, and few people in the family mentioned it. Apart from this grave, there was also him, which seemed to prove that his mother had been in this world.

"Mom, I'm engaged today. My longevity is very good. We will live a good life. You, you can rest assured underground."

A gust of wind blew by, and the unburned fire paper flew up in a swirl. Liu Yu's tense heart suddenly relaxed, and her pursed lips loosened. As the old saying goes, if the paper money leaves the ground, it means that the people underground have received the money. Mind.

Liu Yu waited quietly for the paper money to burn away, and when she was about to leave, she pulled out the dead weeds beside the grave.

"Father, mother, I will come to see you next time. If Changsheng's legs are better by then, I will ask him to come over and kowtow to you."

When coming down from the mountain, Liu Yu did not go directly home. Instead, she walked into the fields with a basket to see how the wheat at home was growing. She had been busy with the shortbread business for several days. I didn’t come to the fields to wander around.

Their family has a total of ten acres of land. These ten acres of land are not all in one place. They are somewhat scattered. Liu Yu followed the path beside the field ridge and first went to the nearest land. This was a flat land, not next to the Moon River, but There is also a small ditch at the edge of the field. I don’t know what year or month it was dug. It is convenient to use water for growing things.

It was cold in winter, and the wheat seedlings grew slowly. It was already November, and the wheat seedlings were only a little above the ankles. Liu Yu walked through the wheat fields through the gaps and looked carefully. The wheat fields were growing well, and the leaves were dark green in color. There are not many weeds, so I feel quite satisfied.

The rapeseed planted in the ditch at the edge of the field also stretched its leaves and was not frozen to death. Liu Yu pulled out the weeds next to the roots of the rapeseed and moved to the next piece of land.

On the way, I met villagers who were also pulling weeds in the fields or looking at crops, so I stopped to say hello. Farmers rarely have free time, which is called "cat winter". In the eyes of living people, they can find work no matter what time. .

On the way to the riverside, Liu Yu accidentally glanced at a field and couldn't help but be surprised. Whose field was this? The wheat fields were so long that they could be distinguished from the wheat fields next to them. Other people's wheat fields were green, but this wheat field was yellow. , it seems that there is less manure.

If there is no top dressing by next spring, the production will be reduced. Other families’ fields are either planted with rapeseed or broad beans, but this family’s field is occupied by salad seedlings. Judging from the description, they are growing better than wheat seedlings.

"This is the land of Tian Fugui's family. The couple did not know what they were doing. A piece of land that was once good has been ruined like this." A middle-aged woman passing by saw Liu Yu looking at the land in a daze. Can't help but say.

Ah! It's not surprising that Liu Yu is from his family. Shui Sanmei has been running around for longevity, Chang Xi has been sick, and Tian Fugui is lying at home, rarely going out. In previous years, the fields were tended by immortals.

The couple had sold Changsheng out, and no one would do the work in the fields. The most disgusting thing for farmers was for people to ruin their fields. Liu Yu felt even more disgusted with Tian Fugui and his wife.

Feeling unlucky in her heart, she raised her feet and was about to leave when she saw the woman pointing to somewhere on the field and saying: "In the autumn, that girl Xiu Xiu looked for rape seedlings and planted some. Only this girl has never done it. As for the work in the fields, I don’t know if the pits were dug shallowly or there was not enough water. When the weather got cold, they all died due to lack of resistance to freezing."

Liu Yu looked intently, and sure enough, she saw dry rape seedlings among the lush grass.

Regardless of farming or not, people at least know how to work in the fields. Liu Yu shook her head and said goodbye to the woman. She looked at Tian Fugui's family's fields again and felt a little sympathy for Tian Xiuxiu and Ying Geer who was about to marry into this family.

Such a family of lazy people who are not engaged in production would be exhausted if they were replaced by diligent ones.

Liu Yu looked at the land along the river again. The wheat fields here were greener and growing better, and the rapeseed seedlings previously planted on the ground had also survived.

With the Tian Fugui family's fields that she had just seen, Liu Yu became more concerned about her own fields. After inspecting all the fields, Liu Yu went to the manure tank again and used a shovel to look at the manure. Can there be another pool of manure coming out of the pool?

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At the same time, under a large bare locust tree at the head of the village, several women were chatting their teeth while looking at the people coming from the Bluestone Bridge, and their voices became louder and louder.

"Bang Zi, my brother Yu is engaged to Chang Sheng today. Have you eaten the wedding candy that was given to you? It's generous. My little fish went to beg for candy and came back with three pieces of caramel. The child didn't want to part with it. I said that I would share it with my sisters."

Mrs. Xu looked at Shui Sanmei, who was walking over with a solemn expression, and said helplessly to the woman who started the conversation: "My Xu Bang is already fourteen years old. It's no longer good to follow the half-grown boys to please the sweets."

"We, Li Peng, went there. That kid was a glutton. He didn't leave any for me and my two sisters. All the food went into his own stomach." The big-mouthed ladle smacked the melon seeds, spat out a mouthful of melon seed rinds, and interjected.

"Oh, you have to take good care of me. Otherwise, you, the old lady, will be the one who cleans up the mess and wipes your ass every day." The woman exclaimed, very excited.

"No, it's just a matter of three or two pieces of candy, we Li Peng just behave!" Big Mouth Poop was a little unhappy.

"Why not? Some people just don't discipline their children well. Otherwise, they won't be able to drink wife-in-law tea today, and they will have to beg grandpa and grandma every day to borrow money to redeem their children."

The woman raised her eyebrows and glanced contemptuously at Shui Sanmei, who was getting closer and closer.

"Oh! Oh! You are talking about immortality. That's right. If you hadn't sold your immortality that day, you wouldn't be drinking your wife's tea today." After realizing it, Da Zui Lao looked at Shui San who was approaching with a serious face. Sister, Tu Lu said.

"Maybe, I heard that immortality is a marriage, and the children they will have will be named Liu. The child is not named Tian, ​​so there are no grandparents. They are buried on the mountain!"

When the woman heard what Big Mouth Ladle said, she felt even more happy, and her eyes when she looked at Shui Sanmei were even more proud.

"Just keep talking, I have something to do at home, so I'm going back now." The Xu family pointed out something casually and left in a hurry. These people were so nonstop that they didn't see that girl Shui Sanmei carrying a full When the anger comes back, he insists on hitting the knife edge no matter what.

Suddenly it occurred to me that the Qian family seemed to want to tell Xiuxiu to her natal nephew, but Shui Sanmei refused with a slap and a slap. She thought that before she could swallow her breath, she was looking for something to do today.