Taoyuan Farmhouse Daily

After dinner, the three brothers came to talk to Chang Xile respectively.Although the three people said the same thing, they cared about his body, told him not to think about it, and the days would be long, but the different words allowed Chang Xile to have a better understanding of the three brothers, and roughly knew their respective temperaments .

Yuanzheng's memory didn't know much about the characters of these three brothers, and his impression of them was vaguely summed up as good people and treated him very well.Originally, Yuanshen was going to take the imperial examination road, which was very difficult, so it was understandable that he kept his ears shut and only read sage books.However, the current situation does not allow Chang Xile to be like this. If you want to do something for this family and make your life better, you have to pay more attention to the people around you.

Although these three elder brothers have different temperaments and have their own little thoughts, they are not villains at present.

The eldest brother Chang Xixing is honest and honest, with a sad face, a typical image of a farmer who is overwhelmed by life.He came to talk to Chang Xile to express his concern. It can be seen that when he saw Chang Xile, he always felt a sense of restraint, not like facing his younger brother, but more like an honest farmer meeting someone with a higher status.There is always a feeling of trepidation and fear of saying the wrong thing, and I ordered a few words upside down, but it seems that I am not good at words, I just know how to work hard.

The second elder brother, Chang Xisheng, is much more shrewd. He came to Chang Xile to apologize to his wife, and then told Chang Xile about the current situation of the family. He told Chang Xile that their family is not as good as it used to be, and life is going well now. It was very difficult.Although Chang Xisheng did not bluntly say that it was Chang Xile who caused it, he was also telling him that in the future he would not be able to support him as before, and these circumstances were not clear to the original body and the current Chang Xile.

The third house of the Chang family is now not only impoverished, but also heavily in debt, at least 50 taels of foreign debt.This is a very large number for farmers. In this world, it is not easy for farmers to have food and clothing. They are all self-sufficient. They seldom have cash on hand, which is not counted as their own property. Many people have never spent so much in their entire lives. money.

Chang Xisheng also expressed his desire to go out and make a fortune like his father when he was young, but what was distressing was that Chang's third son refused to agree, so he could only let it go.Although he didn't say it clearly, the words kept trying to encourage Chang Xile to be a lobbyist, and kept implying that if he could go out and make a living, the family's debts would be settled, and he wouldn't have to live so hard haha.Chang Xile didn't understand why Chang Laosan disagreed, but he probably had his own reasons, so he didn't dare to guarantee anything, but kept pretending to be confused, and Chang Xisheng didn't dare to speak out, so he could only leave regretfully.

When Chang Xisheng's wife said that during dinner, he didn't come out to say a word, which actually showed his attitude, and he apologized afterwards, which shows that this person is very shrewd.The two couples are deliberately singing a red face and a bad face.Not only can he express his own thoughts, but he won't be separated from Chang Xile.This kind of shrewdness may make some people feel unhappy, but for Chang Xile, an outsider, although he has inherited the original body's feelings for this family, but it is not his own experience, so it is more of an attitude of repaying gratitude, and thus also It doesn't matter if it hurts emotionally, but I think that if such a person can be used well, it will be a good helper.

The third elder brother, Chang Xiwang, is careless and doesn't take anything to heart. He didn't come to see Chang Xile for tonight's dinner. Don't have to eat those bran and wild vegetables with them bitterly. I don't know what that incident means at dinner today. I just think that there is no good food at home.Not to mention the family situation, the whole person is cheerful, not bothered by the current difficulties at all.

Chang Xile took care of her for another two days, and finally she no longer walked as if she was walking on cotton as before, her whole body was much more energetic, and she no longer needed others to take care of her.But even so, everyone didn't arrange any work for him, as before, they didn't regard him as one of the family's labor force.

Chang Xile knew that regardless of his hands-on ability or physical condition, it would be difficult for him to do the farm work like others, so he didn't force himself to follow, but planned to go out for a walk and learn about the entire Taoyuan Village with his own eyes.

Breakfast is taro and vegetable soup, and the rice bran cake that tastes like scratching your throat is much more delicious.The rice bran in this world is not as fine as a powder like the modern rice bran, but very rough with burrs, so it is unpalatable, not to mention the taste is extremely poor. He managed to drink it with vegetable soup yesterday.The taro is fragrant, waxy and delicious, but it is a bit small. The good-looking ones are selected and sold, and the rest are crooked melons and dates.

Chang Xile touched her stomach after eating, it was too little, and she was still not full. It would be great if it could be as big as Lipu taro, one would be enough.

"Ah! There are so many bugs!"

The children in the yard suddenly screamed, making Chang Xile, who was drinking vegetable soup, tremble.Quickly put down the bowl and took out a burning stick from the firepit, and rushed out. Farm children are not afraid of insects, but they can scream so loudly, the situation must be very dangerous.

"Don't move, where are the bugs?!"

Seeing Chang Xile's posture, the children were stunned, and Yang Zi's face collapsed, as if he was about to cry, "Uncle, can I have one?"

Chang Xile couldn't understand, "What are you eating?"

Yang Zi pointed to the wooden stake that was split in two on the ground, "There are several of these worms, and Yang Zi wants to eat one too."

Xing'er patted Yang Zi's head directly, "Little greedy cat, uncle said to eat it, let us not move, you still want to snatch it, be careful if grandma knows and beat you!"

Yang Zi trembled, he didn't dare to say anything anymore, his eyes looked eagerly at the white and fat worm in the stake.

Chang Xile didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and put back the fire stick in his hand, only then did he realize that he had made a mistake.The scream just now was not fear at all, but excitement.The bugs in the firewood are too late for people in the city like Chang Xile to lose them. How can they look like a poor farmer seeing meat, and his eyes glisten.This is one of the kids' favorite snacks!

"I made a mistake. I thought you were frightened by bugs. You can eat them."

Yang Zi asked cautiously, "Uncle, are you really giving us something to eat?"

Chang Xile smiled, "I am so old, can I still grab your things?"

Xing'er muttered in a low voice, "It's not like I didn't snatch it."

Huaizi gave Xing'er a hard look, "What nonsense are you talking about! You won't find bugs for you anymore!"

Xing'er stopped talking immediately, lowered her head and dared not speak any more.

Chang Xile just pretended she didn't hear, "Why do these bugs eat?"

Yang Zi's eyes lit up, and he said happily, "It tastes delicious when roasted!"

Chang Xile looked at the thick and long white worms in the firewood, like silkworms, and couldn't imagine how they could get their mouths out.But the children didn't care at all. They picked out the worms, roasted them in the fire until they turned yellow, and put them in their mouths, chewing them very deliciously, with a look of satisfaction on their faces.After eating, he looked at Huaizi eagerly, hoping to meet again when chopping firewood.

"Uncle, why don't you try it too? It tastes really good." Huai Zi handed Chang Xile the white worm, and Chang Xile subconsciously took a step back.

"Cough, cough." Chang Xile coughed awkwardly, "Eat, I'll go for a walk."

"Uncle, where are you going?" Several children asked at the same time.

"I'll just walk around and have a look."

Huaizi frowned suddenly, with a worried expression on his face, "Uncle, your body is just right, you should rest at home."

Chang Xile laughed, "I'm such an old man that I can take care of myself. It's fine. I won't go anywhere, just walk around the village."

Huaizi still had a face of disapproval, but he didn't care about the elders' affairs, and said: "Why don't you let Shanzi follow you, if there is anything, you can have someone to take care of him, he is also very familiar with the village, where do you want to go?" Just tell him."

When Shanzi heard his name was called, she nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, I'll accompany uncle, don't you want to eat snails, uncle, I'll take you to find them."

Chang Xile didn't refuse, and she could understand the situation faster if she had someone to lead her. The things in Yuanshen's memory probably didn't know as much as Shanzi, who was only six years old but ran around.

Yang Zi got excited when he heard it, and hurried over, "I want to go too! I want to go too!"

Chang Xile smiled and touched his head, "Okay, let's go together, but you can't run around like a jerk, my uncle can't chase you."

Yang Zi patted his chest and assured, "I won't run around."

Xing'er hesitated for a while and finally didn't go out with her, but went to find her little friend.

Although Chang Xile has recovered physically, she was injured badly before, so she walks at a leisurely pace.Shanzi followed him all the time, while Yangzi ran here and there, jumping there, without stopping all the way.

There are not many people in the village at this point, most of them have gone to the fields, only some old ladies are weaving while basking in the sun in the yard.Occasionally, people in a hurry would pass by, no matter how anxious they were, they would stop to greet Chang Xile and ask him about his health.Chang Xile answered one by one with a smile. Although Shanzi is young, she can remember who is who, and can tell the relationship between them, so that Chang Xile will not be caught blind.

"Uncle, let's sit in the front and rest for a while."

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Chang Xile was a little out of breath and sweating.Although Shanzi looks very simple and honest, she is careful and quickly let Chang Xile rest.

Chang Xile didn't dare to show off, so she found a shady place to sit down.

"Uncle, Uncle, look at the puppy Brother Gouzi just helped me weave!" Yang Zi ran over from a distance, holding something up with a happy expression on his face.Kele was extremely sad, and when he was approaching Chang Xile, he fell suddenly and made a loud noise.

Chang Xile was startled, and stood up to help Yang Zi up.I saw that Yang Zi's face didn't change at all, he jumped up like a monkey, he didn't care about the pain on his body at all, but looked nervously at the crushed straw puppy, seeing that the puppy was crushed It was broken, and I burst into tears directly.

"Wow, my puppy is broken, my puppy is broken!"

The corners of Chang Xile’s mouth twitched. It was okay to fall so badly just now, but the straw dog that has been crushed made him very sad. Is this a compliment to the farm children for their solid skin, or is it a sigh that there are too few toys, so the hard-won little ones are especially rare stuff.

"Yang Zi, come over to Uncle, don't cry, isn't it just a puppy, I'll make one up for you."

Yang Zi's tears stopped immediately, and he choked and asked, "Uncle, can you make up?"

Chang Xile looked around, pulled out a few dog's tail grasses around her, moved her slender fingers quickly, and after a while, a lively puppy appeared.Chang Xile looked at it, but was not too satisfied, as his right hand still hindered his performance.

But Yang Zi's eyes lit up, he wiped away his tears with his sleeve, and jumped up happily, "Wow! This puppy is even better than Brother Gouzi!"

Chang Xile handed it to him with a smile, and Yang Zi held it carefully, "Uncle, can you make another one for me? I want to give it to the kitten."

Shanzi explained, "Little Cat is Brother Gouzi's younger brother, and he usually plays best with Yangzi."

Chang Xile couldn't help laughing. It was really easy for the two brothers to come up with their names, and she joked, "There's no one in their family named Xiaozhu."

"Yes, but don't call it a little pig or a fat pig. It has grown fat since birth. I heard the adults say that we have never seen such a fat doll in our village. The eyes are narrowed into a line. The kitten said just now When they were born, everyone was worried about not having eyes, so they even opened the flesh to see, and they were relieved when they saw the eyes."

Chang Xile laughed even harder, really wanting to see with her own eyes that such a fat child really exists.While Chang Xile said this, she didn't stop moving her hands. After a while, she made a kitten and a piglet.

"Give these two to Kitten and Fat Pig."

Yang Zi couldn't put it down, and looked at his puppies again. He always felt that these two were better, his expression was so conflicted, but he finally decided to give them away.He no longer cared about Chang Xile and Shanzi, and ran away with the gadgets.

"Shanzi, is the place where the snails are far away? Is it appropriate for me to go there dressed like this?"

It was only when Chang Xile walked in the village that he realized that something was wrong with him. He wanted to go out for a walk, but he forgot to think about anything else.He is now wearing a round neck robe and cloth shoes. He felt awkward in Chang's house before, because his clothes are the best in Chang's house.Others, including children, had worn-out clothes, and everyone had a patch on the left and a patch on the right.Moreover, men are all short sleeveless shorts and trousers, and the trousers only reach the knees; while women are not so particular about it, and for the convenience of work, they also wear hip-length skirts. Few people usually wear long skirts. I will roll up the trouser legs, and I will only pay attention to it when I go out or during the Chinese New Year.

However, women who have not left the cabinet are generally more particular. They are usually busy with household chores, such as washing and cooking, and only go to the fields to help when the farming is busy.Married women didn't care that much. Chang Xile had just seen a woman sitting at the door and breastfeeding, and she didn't shy away from seeing someone coming, which made Chang Xile feel embarrassed.

Chang Xile woke up and saw so many people, no matter men, women, young or old, they were all wearing straw sandals, none of them had cloth shoes like him.And Chang Xile discovered that his robe was not made of cotton, but linen, and the same was true for his shoes.He asked his family members about this, and only then did he know that there is no cotton in this world!

Shanzi took a look at Chang Xile, "Uncle, I'm afraid you'll scratch your clothes if you go like this. There are too many weeds on the road, and the road is not easy to walk. Wearing these shoes on those roads is easy to be worn out."

Hearing this, Chang Xile didn't dare to touch snails in this suit anymore. He now only has two clothes that can go out to meet people. These are all made by the Chang family for him to make it less shabby for him to go out. .

Taoyuan Village is rich in ramie. The women in the village will use ramie to weave cloth. The clothes they wear are relatively thick, and the ones they sell are carefully crafted, which are much softer and more comfortable.Chang Xile was wearing the softest and most delicate one, which was made for him by several women in the family, just because he didn't want Chang Xile to be laughed at outside.Chang Xile is usually very protective, which is one of the reasons why he doesn't run around.

The original body also has these memories, but Chang Xile didn't remember it for a while. When I walked into the village, I found that everyone was dressed in rags, especially those who went to work in the fields. They picked out the most shabby clothes and put them on. It was so out of place that he reacted.

Chang Xile was also reluctant to ruin this good dress, and would rely on it to go out for errands in the future, so she had to go back home first, but when she got home, she welcomed an unexpected visitor—the younger brother of the second daughter of the Qian family, the treasure of the Qian family Pimple Qian Xin.