Farmer one or two things

Chapter 88 Watering the Ground

In the past, it was good for the Song family to have enough food and clothing, but they had no ability to help others, but now it is different.Song Tiancai bought a property in Quanzhou, and he has money in his hands, and Boss Huang also has a share of dividends.He was more relaxed than many people, and he could do more things. Song Tiancai found that the longer he stayed here, the softer his heart became.

Seeing the poor life of Gouzi, I felt a little uncomfortable. It happened that Liujia Village sent money to the door, and Song Tiancai sprouted the idea of ​​directly distributing food to the elderly and children in the village every year.Fortunately for the children, the rice and noodles are usually left for the children to eat.But as people get old, their teeth become loose. Except for the thin food they eat every day, they just swallow those coarse grains whole.

Song Tiancai thought about it and gave some rice noodles to the children and the elderly, so as to save some food and eat it for two months.By September, when the grain was harvested, the rations of rice and noodles could be supplied.In winter, giving them rice and noodles again, to give them a good year, is a little bit of kindness.

Song Tiancai got emotion from Liujia Village. He used to think that he had a good life, so he didn't care what others said.In fact, in a village, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors in a village. If they treat the Song family more kindly, their lives will be more comfortable.Of course, this is also because he raised the prestige of the Song family and showed his strength. After so many things, Song Tiancai believes that no one in the Song family village will treat the Song family as a soft persimmon anymore.

A person who always has a stern face suddenly smiles at others, which will make people impressed.He used to be strong and merciless in doing things, but now he does good deeds and benefits the villagers, and those people will be more grateful.Otherwise, if he had been doing good deeds from the beginning, the people in the village guaranteed that he would not be as polite and respectful as he is now.

The rice noodles were delivered by Song Tiancai and Zhao Yanxiu to the doors of every family in the village. Since they want to do good deeds, they must do it properly.They divided the rice noodles from house to house in Song's house and delivered them directly. It took three days to finish the delivery.Of course, like Song Sanlei's family, Song Tiancai was biased, and as soon as he let go, there were more than ten catties in the bag.

After Song Sanlei and Mrs. Liu collected the rice noodles, they went up to Song's house the next day carrying a wooden barrel, in which were two eels as thick as thumbs.Mrs. Liu smiled and said to Chen Guizhi: "Mrs. Tiancai, my old man caught two eels. I thought Xiaobao was young. This is the most delicious thing. I'll give him some to try."

Chen Guizhi didn't refuse, but when he returned the bucket, he secretly put a piece of pork that he bought in the morning into it.When Song Sanlei and his wife came to the Song family to deliver things, it was as if a floodgate had been opened. Most of the families in the village who had received rice noodles sent things over.There are duck eggs, vegetables and fruits, and even a pot of crayfish.These things were piled up in the Song family kitchen, and every time Song Dashan went into the kitchen to look at them, he would laugh for a while.

Afterwards, things about Liu Cailian really got out.Fortunately, Song Tiancai first said that Liu Cailian was persecuted, and he also determined the nature of the yamen.Once the news got out, everyone said that the Song family was unlucky and that Liu Cailian was pitiful, and when they heard that Liu Cailian had gone to the nunnery to eat fast and chant Buddha, no long-mouthed woman would say anything about the Song family.

During those days, Song Tiancai kept Song Xiaobao at home and didn't let him go out to play.Fortunately, Gouzi reported to the Song family every day, accompanied Song Xiaobao, and Zhao Yanxiu began to teach Song Xiaobao to squat, which greatly increased Song Xiaobao's academic pressure, but he couldn't remember going out to play.

Based on the mentality that one sheep is herding, and two sheep are also herding, Zhao Yanxiu directly taught Dasuo, Xiaosuo, Gouzi and Song Xiaobao to read in the study.Song Tiancai specially made four small tables and chairs and a podium table for Zhao Yanxiu to teach and educate people.

It's getting hotter day by day, and it hasn't rained for half a month, and the Song family's rice fields are about to start watering.Song Dashan felt sorry for Song Tiancai, and he didn't intend to tell Song Tiancai at first, he just thought that he would water the ground every morning and night.Song Tiancai found out on the first day that Song Dashan couldn't water [-] mu of land by himself.

The next day, Song Tiancai got up early, put on his clothes in the dark, and met Song Dashan and Zhao Yanxiu as soon as he went out.Song Dashan felt awkward looking at Song Tiancai and Zhao Yanxiu, two gentle scholars.In his eyes, his son should hold a pen in his hand, and he can't follow him to water and do rough work.

Song Dashan would let Song Tiancai farm with him if his son was unable to study and earn money in the past.Now that his son has earned so much money, why does he still have to suffer.And Zhao Yanxiu, a young son from a rich family, didn't he feel wronged and treated poorly by following them in farming.

Song Tiancai had been to the ground at the beginning, and his back pain was unbearable.The family is young and strong. Although he is afraid of suffering, it is even more impossible for him to watch his father suffer and suffer. He stands by and looks at himself at ease.But Zhao Yanxiu had never been in the field, and it was too hard to go watering with them, and Song Tiancai was a little distressed and reluctant.

However, Song Tiancai also knew that just like how he told his father Song Dashan that he would go back without him going to the field, Zhao Yanxiu would definitely not want to let him go to the field while he was idle.In the end, Song Tiancai had to give the two smallest barrels to Song Dashan, and the medium barrel to Zhao Yanxiu, and chose the largest wooden barrel himself.

The three of them had been busy all morning, and only watered half of the fields. Watching the sun getting higher and higher, they were also drenched in sweat.Song Tiancai immediately called the man home, planning to water the rest in the evening.Fortunately, this field can be watered every two or three days, otherwise, just watering would drive them crazy.

I didn't know until I got home that Zhao Yanxiu attracted mosquitoes, and even though he was wearing a long-sleeved gown, he got bitten on his legs and hands with several big bumps.Song Tiancai saw it himself with sharp eyes, otherwise, Zhao Yanxiu would have insisted not to let everyone know.Song Tiancai couldn't do anything about his little brother, so he had to carry him into the house, take out Song Xiaobao's mosquito repellent ointment and wipe some on Zhao Yanxiu's bags one by one.

After pouring water all morning, Song Tiancai felt that his face was itchy from the sun.Looking at the scorching sun outside, and thinking that half of the ground was still waiting for them to water it, Song Tiancai hoped that God would rain.

Chen Guizhi was distressed that the men in the family had done heavy work, and there was really no business at the hot tea stall.Chen Guizhi put Lin Xiaoman on leave, closed the tea stall, and planned to rest for a few days.Wait until it rains or the weather is cooler before opening. Otherwise, if the weather is too hot, it will spoil if you eat too much. The cost will increase, and there will be no customers, and you will not make a lot of money after a busy day.

At noon, Chen Guizhi hand-rolled the noodles, cooked them and took them out, and cooked twice-cooked pork and shredded pork in sauce as toppings.Fearing that the hot weather will lose everyone's appetite, they even took a cucumber and steamed eggplant with sauce.When the meal was served on the table, Song Tiancai's hand was shaking while holding the bowl.It's been a long time since he did any heavy work. Song Tiancai was so tired that he still hasn't regained his energy after pouring water ladle after ladle and carrying water from the pond.

Zhao Yan is better, but his face is also a little tired.Chen Guizhi didn't want children to suffer, so he helped Song Tiancai and Zhao Yanxiu squeeze two spoonfuls of shredded pork in sauce, and then went back to the kitchen to get some sugar-watered eggs and brought them out for Song Tiancai and Zhao Yanxiu's meal.Of course, everyone else has it, it's just that they are the two most.

Seeing Song Tiancai's poor appetite, Chen Guizhi felt distressed, and said, "Tiancai, Yanxiu, you two haven't done any farm work, and if you go to the fields recklessly, you will hurt yourself. I think, today Don’t go there in the afternoon. The tea stall is out of business now, so I simply closed the tea stall for two days. In this way, I will go with your father in the afternoon. We have been doing farm work all our lives. How to water and weeds is comparable to You two novices know a lot."

Song Tiancai shook his head and said, "Mother, who didn't become a proficient from a novice? You are so old, and it's time to enjoy the blessings at home. How can I ask you to go to the fields to work hard. I have great strength. Let my dad take me first for two days, and after a few days I'll be proficient at work, so I won't even let my dad go with me. It's a hot day, if you have heat stroke, it's not a joke."

In the Song family, Song Dashan was generally silent.He agreed on everything, and was cheerful all day long, either herding cattle or chopping firewood, or just looking for something to do at home.Anyway, I can't stay idle, now that I heard that Song Tiancai is not going to go to the field, I immediately said: "Tiancai, your mother and I are only in our early forties, and we are not too old. Who in the village is not as old as us?" Your mother and I know your filial piety when you go to the fields. But if I am idle at home, I will feel uncomfortable all over. Besides, just watering, pulling weeds, you have hired short-term laborers to do the work during the autumn harvest. , there is only a little left of the work in the field, and there is nothing to be tired of."

In their early forties, they were indeed in their prime in the previous life, but Song Dashan and Chen Guizhi looked like people in their 60s and [-]s.In the early years, the Song family had [-] acres of land, and the two children were studying. Apart from working hard in the fields to earn money to support the family, Song Dashan and Chen Guizhi had no other way to earn money.In addition, Song Dashan's hands were still loose, and the money was spent, so he could only do more work to earn money.

Fifteen acres of land, the two of them worked from dawn to dusk for more than ten years, and their waists were bent from exhaustion.When Song Tiancai saw Song Dashan and Chen Guizhi for the first time, he couldn't believe that they were in their early forties.Earlier, Song Tiancai took the two elders of the Song family to the town to see a doctor. Although no serious illness was found, it was true that they were weak and almost all had some old illnesses.Although it's not a big deal, you need to pay more attention to maintenance.

From then on, Song Tiancai didn't let the elders of the Song family do much physical work.When I was young, I did it hard and hurt my body, and when I was old, I was sick all over.Song Tiancai doesn't want his parents to suffer in old age, so he can only take care of them from now on, so as not to make them tired.

Song Tiancai didn't expect that Song Dashan, who was always quiet at home, would disagree, so he could only explain: "Father, you and mother seem to be in good health, but you suffered a lot when you were young, and the doctor said early on that you should take care of your body." I still count on you and your mother to help Xiaobao take care of the children in the future. Naturally, you should pay more attention to maintaining your body. You usually do some light work at home, and I have nothing to say about the bones in your body. But you look at the sun, young and strong Even the men can't stand it, so don't be brave. You have taught me the work in the field. I really can't do it. I will find someone to do it. Now that your son has money, he won't suffer too much. .”

Song Dashan and Chen Guizhi didn't say anything, but when they went to water in the afternoon, Chen Guizhi hugged Song Xiaobao, and Song Dashan went to the field together with a big wooden basin on his back.Looking for a shaded place, Chen Guizhi asked Song Dashan to put down the wooden basin, put Song Xiaobao in the wooden basin, and took out two sand fruits for Song Xiaobao to hold and let him eat and play by himself.

Song Xiaobao nodded obediently. Chen Guizhi held the rope in his hand and wanted to tie Song Xiaobao to the tree. Song Tiancai saw it and quit immediately.Although he saw many women in the village put their children who had to be watched by Shuan under a big tree that could be seen when they were doing farm work, but if this happened to Song Xiaobao, Song Tiancai still couldn't bear it.

"Mother, what are you doing. Xiaobao is not a puppy. If you tie him up, he will feel so uncomfortable. If you don't worry about us, just take Xiaobao here and watch. Otherwise, leave Xiaobao like this , none of us can settle down to do things." After finishing speaking, he took the straw rope in Chen Guizhi's hand and threw it into the basket he brought.

Chen Guizhi felt that being tied to Song Xiaobao was not a big deal, and even though Song Tiancai was so big, he was not very smart and filial.Song Dashan's parents left early, and no one took Song Tiancai with him when he was a child.Chen Guizhi brought them all by herself. She used to leave Song Tiancai to Song Jinbao to watch at home when she went out to do work.But Song Jinbao was a boy after all, he was naughty and careless, he missed him a few times, he either threw Song Tiancai or scalded Song Tiancai.Chen Guizhi felt sorry for his son, and he took it with him when he went out, tied Song Tiancai to a tree, and came over to have a look after he worked for a while.

Song Tiancai didn't speak loudly to the two elders of the Song family. Chen Guizhi was a little unhappy when he saw Song Tiancai, and couldn't quite understand Song Tiancai's objection to this matter.But thinking about Song Tiancai usually hurting Xiaobao like his eyeballs, and after so many years of reading, some things are very particular, so he didn't insist, picked up Song Xiaobao, and said to Song Tiancai: "Okay, okay, look No one in this village has ever been chained, if they are as spoiled as you are, the work in this field will be endless." Although he complained, Chen Guizhi still didn't intend to go against Song Tiancai's intentions.

Song Tiancai took a look around, God, it hasn't rained for many days, but there is no shortage of water in the fields, almost every household is mobilized by men, women and children.Many families tied their children to trees as Chen Guizhi said. Song Tiancai looked around and felt sore.

It was also at this time that Song Tiancai truly realized the hard work and hardships of the farmers.If you want to live decently, you have to fill your stomach first. If you can’t fill your stomach, other persistence will look ridiculous.Song Tiancai doesn't have that great ability to rescue the suffering, but he wants to do his best to give his relatives the best.

He looked at Chen Guizhi and said, "Mother, you can take Xiaobao home and wait for us. Don't leave it in the sun, or you will suffer from heatstroke. I will ask Dad to go back later, and you cook at home and bring Xiaobao together." Bao is fine. The others have sons.”

When Chen Guizhi went back, Song Tiancai glanced at Zhao Yanxiu, feeling conflicted.He knew that Zhao Yanxiu would never go back, but he felt sorry for his hard work.Thinking about it, he was cruel. He and Zhao Yanxiu were going to be relatives for the rest of their lives. At this time, being polite would hurt Zhao Yanxiu's heart.Since Zhao Yanxiu is regarded as a family, the good and the bad must be taken care of together.

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