The husband's son-in-law

The couple waited for a meeting at the entrance of the pharmacy, and saw the clerk of the pharmacy remove the stone powder, settled the money, counted two hundred cash and handed it over.

Fifty catties and two hundred wen.

When the delivery man came out, the two stopped them, said politely, and asked directly how to sell the stone powder.

"Why did you buy this yourself?"

"Can't private individuals buy it?" Gu Zhao asked.

The delivery man replied: "You can buy it, but you can't eat or drink it. If you accidentally get it in your eyes, you may be blinded. Only medical centers and pharmacies are useful."

"If you want to buy it, it costs 230 Wen a bag."

Li Zhouzhou then said that the pharmacy had paid two hundred wen just now.

"It's been set by the pharmacy for a long time, so it's naturally different."

Gu Zhao asked, "How often?"

"About three bags a year."

Now the town and surrounding villages are safe and sound, and no epidemic has occurred. The pharmacy does not use much, which may be used for daily disinfection.Gu Zhao thought, if the [-]-acre paddy field at home is used for chemical fertilizers, it may be more than the amount required by the pharmacy, and it will be cheaper.

But there is no rush now.

Gu Zhao asked the address for sending the stone powder, and said that we can discuss it when we go back.Shifen's people live in the village outside the town, which is close to the town, and it only takes about twenty minutes to walk there.

"...When you enter the village, ask Shi Fen where the house is."

"Okay, thank you."

Shi Fen's family reckoned that this person didn't seem like he would buy it, so he didn't take it to heart after speaking, and left with a wooden cart.

"Is Xianggong's stone powder gypsum?" Li Zhouzhou asked.

Gu Zhao said: "That's not it, just add water." He knew what Zhou Zhou was going to say, and said directly: "No hurry, go back and discuss with dad first, paddy fields are a big deal, so let's make the decision."

"Is such that."

Paddy fields and wheat fields are all decent grain, and they can be sold at a price, but they dare not mess around.Besides, there is still more than a month before rice planting, so we can work on the fertilizer for dry field wheat first.

The two bought sauce, vinegar, salt, wine, etc., and returned to the village with baskets on their backs.

When I arrived at the entrance of the village, I found that Wang Ergou was drunk with a jar of wine, and was knocking on the door, his face was happy, and he shouted loudly: "The stinking woman is deaf, open the door, I won money, and I will make you chatter all day long!" Crooked..."

"This time I won two taels of silver, open the door!"

Bang bang bang on the door.

Uncle Wang came to open the door, but was pushed by Wang Ergou, and scolded: "What are you doing in there, you are going to steal someone again, so slow—"

Then seeing the figures of Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou coming back, Wang Ergou hurried into the yard, yelling at Wang Xue to close the door, and then cursed through the door, sometimes saying that he won the money and killing chickens to eat meat, and sometimes bragging that he was Winning over and over at the table, a grandpa made a pie and wanted to eat meat, so he didn't hurry to serve him.

There was a lot of noise in the courtyard of the Wang family.

Li Zhouzhou was quite happy when he came back from the town, but when he heard Wang Ergou scolding Uncle Wang from the courtyard of Wang's house, he was held by his husband.

"Go back and try stewed vegetables and stewed pork. Zhou Zhou can make it for me, I don't know how to do it." Gu Zhao drew his wife's attention back.It's not something outsiders like them can help with the Wang family's affairs. It's okay to buy a bottle of medicinal oil for a while, but it's too difficult to completely solve the problem for Uncle Wang and get rid of the entire Wang family.

In this era, it is no less than going to the blue sky.

First of all, he was an abandoned baby brother, without his mother's family behind him, and the Wang family had a kindness to support him. This is a great kindness.When you get married, it is the right way to teach your husband to teach your children to be filial to your parents-in-law. It is okay to quarrel behind closed doors, and it cannot be spread.

Don't look at the whole village saying that Uncle Wang is pitiful and sympathetic everywhere. If Uncle Wang proposes to divorce, those who sympathized with Uncle Wang and praised Uncle Wang before will definitely turn around and say that Uncle Wang is not a person, heartless and filial. over him.

It is also impossible for Oda to return to Uncle Wang.

Unless Wang Ergou is dead, Uncle Wang can stand up by himself.

Gu Zhao thought.

The two arrived home.Li Zhouzhou put away the things he bought and started cooking. After the new year, he would not be able to eat meat again. He cooked a pot of multigrain porridge, cut the sour radish into shreds and poured some vinegar. After thinking about it, he still burned it Drizzle a spoonful of lard over it.

Get some meat.

A family of three finished dinner in Mahei.Today is a lot longer, and I save oil lamps for meals.

Li Da said: "The soil can also be melted away, so we can dig a hole tomorrow."

"Okay, Dad." Gu Zhao had no objection.

The whole family has a hot-tempered personality, and they do what they say, without delay or delay.

After washing in the evening, they went back to their houses and went to the kang.When it's not cold, we don't burn the kang and cut off the firewood.

Today, when I was walking, when I soaked my feet after eating, Li Zhouzhou was still worried that the soles of my husband’s feet would be rubbed and blistered like last time. I asked carefully, and my husband said no, and he still waited for his praise. Li Zhouzhou’s heart softened Yes, I really like such a husband.

"Sister-in-law is awesome today."

"There are no blisters on my feet."

Gu Zhao got into the bed, he was physically exhausted today, he didn't really intend to do it, his body is young, so he still needs to restrain himself, if it affects his long-term sexual life in the future, it won't be good.But he also likes Zhou Zhou very much. Knowing that Zhou Zhou likes his childish appearance, Zhou Zhou will be happy if he deliberately makes such a fuss, and he can even let him hug and stick to him.

Now he is entangled, like an octopus hugging Zhou Zhou, his head is still pressed against his wife's chest.

"It's so cold, wife~"

Li Zhouzhou tucked in the quilt for Xiang Gong, "Sang Gong, put your hands on my stomach to warm me up."

Gu Zhao raised his head, showing innocent and pure eyes, "Can I put it on my chest?"

Li Zhouzhou blushed, but he was happy in his heart, so he hummed.Gu Zhao happily put his head on his wife's shoulder and put his other hand on his wife's chest.

A spoiled man is the best life.Gu Zhao learned.

The couple were chatting small words and fell asleep after a while.The cock crowed for the first time the next day, and Li Zhouzhou wanted to get up, but he was entangled by his husband and lay down for a while, and then the two got up together,

Li Zhouzhou built a fire to cook, Gu Zhao changed into a bunt, went to the backyard to clean the chicken coop and pig coop, took out the eggs and came back to present treasures to Zhou Zhou, saying: "Today there are eight eggs."

The family killed two chickens during the Chinese New Year, and now there are only seven left. It was cold before, and four or five eggs a day is the best. Now there are eight, and one of the chickens laid two. This one has to be raised well. .

"Sister-in-law wash up quickly, we will have dinner later, hot water is ready." Li Zhouzhou said.

Before Li Zhouzhou didn't let his husband do these things, he was the one who did it in the backyard at home. Later, his husband said that he did some work to exercise his body, and he did it in the morning when he was free.

Washed hands and face, poured water.

A family of three ate breakfast, one egg per person.After eating, Li Zhouzhou cleaned up the dishes, Li Da went to the firewood room, and carried his head to dig a hole in the backyard.

Li's toilet is of course a dry toilet, and the cesspit is left in the yard, not outside the courtyard wall. I heard from Zhou Zhou that someone in the village stole the excrement.

Gu Zhao: ...

We all know that manure can fertilize the field, but a small amount is not enough.Some people’s lives are poor, so they secretly pick up a few loads of other people’s homes to water their own vegetable gardens. Those who have been stolen can’t fight over some dung, but they can’t bear it. In the end, every household leaves the dung pits in their own yards .

Li's latrine is in the corner of the backyard near the back wall, far away from the pigsty, not next to each other, and it smells bad in summer.Now just dig a hole next to it.

Li Da scratched his head on the ground and asked Gu Zhao, "What's the size?"

"Father, I'm inexperienced. Look at our ten-acre dry field. Of course, it can't be done in one go, but it shouldn't be too small. What do you think of the size?"

Li Dashi drew a big circle again and said, "Do it like this first, and make a few more trips."

Without further ado, he started to work. Li Dali was very strong and natural. After working for a while, he became hot. He was wearing a quilted jacket and took off his coat, only wearing a single shirt.Gu Zhao wanted to help, but Li Da dismissed him with a wave of his hand.

Leave it in the way of his work.

Gu Zhao went to boil water to make tea, and brought water to his father for a rest.

Such a big pit was dug by Li Dayi in the morning. In the afternoon, he began to tamp the surrounding ground with a stone hammer.

After digging the hole one day, we started to make fertilizer the next day.

Since Xianggong talked about the fertilizer, Li Zhouzhou piled up all the excrement from pig pens and chicken pens that he cleaned. In the past, he would scatter it in the vegetable field by the way, but now he keeps it. A small pile has been accumulated throughout the Chinese New Year, mainly because pigs can eat and eat. pulled.

The feces are not too fine, even the mud on the ground of the pigsty and chicken pens is fine.It's not that plastic bags can't be decomposed, and the land absorbed by these dung over the years is also a good thing.

The ash from the burning of wheat straw, the hay that was laid on the floor of the pigsty and the chicken pen, and the manure of the family, whether it is from the pigs or chickens, should be saved, poured in, stirred, and then poured with water.

Li Zhouzhou and Li Da alternated going to the river to fetch water every day, and they didn't need to go upstream, as long as the downstream was close to home, they could fetch water.This move of the father and son attracted the villagers, but fetching water was fine, guess it was for washing clothes?

Water was poured in, and most of the entire pit was filled with water.

"That's it, Xianggong?" Li Zhouzhou asked.

Li Da saw that the whole big pit was full of water, so what kind of dung? There was not much plant ash, but there was not much water, so he didn't expect the crops in the field to have a good harvest.

"Let's ferment for five days." Gu Zhao couldn't make up his mind, thinking about fermenting for a few more days now that it's cold today.But one thing is certain, that is, the 'fertilizer' in this pit cannot burn the crops, it is too thin.

The year is too early, and now it is only the beginning of February, so it has reached the middle of February.

Gu Zhao didn't know when to apply the fertilizer, so he asked his father when to apply it?Li Da said: "No one has done this before. It is reasonable to sow the seeds, or else it will be done once in three or four months, and the crops will be ready later."

Sow in October and harvest in June next year.The water in the ground for several months in the coming year depends entirely on the accumulated snow during the Chinese New Year, or the few rains in the spring.Seeds sown in October will have a fertile field ahead, which is no problem.

"When it's done, let's go. I'm looking at ten acres of land. This thing is done again and again. It will take three or four months when it's really finished. It's just right." Li Da said.

The Li family began to fertilize the fields, and the main labor force was Li Zhouzhou and Li Da.Apart from going to Mr. Zhao's house in Dongping Village to ask questions, Gu Zhao usually works as a support staff at home, cooking, cleaning up the house, and cleaning the yard.

At first Li Zhouzhou didn't allow Gu Zhao to work around the house, fearing that his husband would be laughed at.But Gu Zhao said seriously that he was not as strong as his father and Zhou Zhou, and he couldn't help with the field work, so he couldn't do nothing. The whole family is like this. They help each other when they are in trouble, and they don't say that they stand by and watch coldly. Hilariously idly by.

Do whatever you can.

Li Zhouzhou is traditional at heart. After all, he has lived for more than ten years and was educated like this since he was a child. However, he has lived with his husband for less than half a year. Little by little, Li Zhouzhou has been influenced by him, and he feels that what he said is right.

He only takes care of the fields, and doesn't need to cook, chop firewood, and carry water in the house, which is indeed much easier than before.Physical relaxation is far less important than inner peace and happiness.

It was the first time that Gu Zhao went to wash clothes by the river with a laundry basin. Even though it was an afternoon when there were few people, it was said that the whole village became lively, and both men and women chatted and joked.But Gu Zhao didn't care.

The men in the village laughed behind their backs that Gu Zhao was a son-in-law who had lost face as a man and was a cowardly person living in the house.The women in the village were talking and laughing, but in fact they were somewhat envious in their hearts, which meant that Gu Shulang would love others.

"What hurts people, tossing around, I've seen that kind of fertilizer, it's just water mixed with manure, it's a waste of effort." The man in the village curled his lips, thinking that Li Da was messing around to find trouble for him.

"That's right, how much dung can the three members of the Li family save? It's better to water the vegetable field. The cabbage and radishes will grow well in the coming year."

The whole village was watching the excitement to see the Li family's father and son getting fat. Some people really watched and came back eager to learn: "Hey, I bumped into Li Zhouzhou today. The bucket is indeed Xishui."

"What's the use of that?"

Aunt Wang also loves to listen. She only found out about the stove some time ago. It also provoked many people to learn from her and laugh at her behind her back. Who else could Zhou Zhou say?

Now the village jokes about the Li family's father and son fertilizing the fields, and Aunt Wang is of course happy to participate, she said: "Isn't it? There have been so many snowfalls during the Chinese New Year, and you are still afraid that there will not be enough rain in the fields? "

"No, who doesn't know that manure is good, but what's the use of water?"

There is not enough manure to flush it with water, and there is no shortage of water in the field. Isn't this a waste of work.

"No wonder some time ago, Da Li and his son carried water to the house all day long."

"I heard it was Gu Shulang's idea."

"That's even worse. Gu Shulang is a scholar. When it comes to crops, he is a layman. Why did Li Da listen to the idea of ​​a layman and come here blindly."

Aunt Wang's face was happy, but she said on her mouth: "People like to be busy and tossing around, anyway, it's not you who are tired, but just be careful of Li's family stealing excrement."

"Then you have to be optimistic about your family, your two families are close."

The joke is over.But no one said anything, the main reason is that the Li family has less excrement, not that the Li family will steal excrement, Li Da father and son's character is not that good, but they are afraid that the Li family will come to ask for it, and then they will have to find an excuse to refuse.

But after waiting for a few days, no one from the Li family came to ask for excrement.On the contrary, the father and son of the Li family finished farming an acre of land, and they said they would have to wait a few days before going on. These few days have not been idle. Li Zhouzhou and his father went into the mountains with baskets of grass and mud , are all dry and some are rotten.

Anyway, it doesn't look like pigweed, so I don't know how to use it.Then carry water again.

By the time of the second fertilizer application, it was already the end of February and the beginning of March.

The weather is getting better every day, the sun is longer and warmer, but it is still cold in the morning and evening.People in the village pay attention to covering spring and autumn cold. Even if you are hot at noon, you can't take off your cotton-padded clothes in winter.

Gu Zhao had lunch and came to do the laundry as usual.There are few people at this time.

Unexpectedly, I met Uncle Wang who also came to wash clothes. Gu Zhao saw that the clothes in Uncle Wang’s basin were wet, obviously washed, but there were still dust and footprints on the clothes, as if the clothes had been washed to dry. When the person got it down, he stepped on his feet to vent his anger.

Brothers and women in the village like to do laundry in the morning, eat at noon, and get together and chat while working in the afternoon.Uncle Wang has no time to chat, and there is endless work at home. To make tofu, beans must be ground.

"Uncle Wang." Gu Zhaoxian greeted him.

Uncle Wang nodded, hummed, a little restrained, turned his head and went downstream with a basin.Gu Zhao didn't bother, and found a place far away, and the two of them were ten meters away, and each washed his own.

Just washing clothes, Gu Zhao thought about Uncle Wang's expression just now, as if his face was blue?

After washing for a while, Gu Zhao stood up and asked Uncle Wang to borrow some acacia envoys. He took the acacia and thanked him without looking at Uncle Wang's face. Put on the underwear, the single clothes are easier to wash and lighter."

"It will be cold in a few days, you young people, be careful not to get cold." Uncle Wang replied.

Gu Zhao nodded and said, "I shouldn't talk too much. I heard people say that if you drink too much alcohol, your body will be bad and your life will be short. If you fall down while walking one night, in today's weather, you are afraid that you will fall down on the ground." In the paddy fields, there will be no people there that night, so I still have to persuade them."

Advise fart.

Wang Ergou drinks as much as he likes.I don't know if Uncle Wang understood.

He had heard from Zhou Zhou that Wang Ergou beat Uncle Wang again. The last time they ran into each other back in town, Wang Ergou won a bet and made two taels of silver. Alcohol addiction is infected, and if you drink too much, you will beat people for money.

Uncle Wang has been saving money all these years. Of course, he is saving some money for his son, Xiaotian, to build a house and buy fields, and to marry Xiaotian a wife. .

But Wang Ergou won a lot last time, played more and more, and had to drink, so 23 coins were not enough.Uncle Wang would be beaten if he was reluctant to part with the money.

After going back and forth like this, Wang Ergou scolded a cheap bone, and I had to beat me to give it.

Take care of Zhaoxiang, what else is there for this family to save? Anyway, when I was saving money, I didn’t see Uncle Wang and Xiaotian Jiantian eating meat and drinking soup. I don't want to eat this meal.Anyway, the first thing that should be anxious at that time is whether the old Wang family believe it or not.

The two elders seemed to hand over the family to Uncle Wang, and they didn't care about anything. In fact, they believed that Uncle Wang should save for Oda and not offend his son. Anyway, Uncle Wang earned all his money for the Wang family.

I can relax by myself.

Whenever Uncle Wang figured it out, and spent money to buy meat to eat meat, the old couple was anxious to jump their feet first, and said that Uncle Wang couldn't live in a hurry, so that's easy to handle, just push Wang Ergou on him, saying that your son wants to eat meat and drink , Don't hit people, the parents-in-law are so old, they can't bear it.

If Wang Ergou wants to drink, he buys it, drinks it hard, and drinks it to death.

But now the concentration of this wine is not high, if there is white wine, it would be great to perforate Wang Ergou's whole stomach.Gu Zhao shook his head in disappointment and rubbed his clothes.

This can be regarded as "stirring the flames", but seeing Uncle Wang's shrunken appearance, he might not be able to withstand it.

In vain.

The second acre of land requires a lot of proficiency, and it will be over in a day or two.The weather is hot these days, and it can be fermented in three days, so it is easy to make.The wheat stalks were burnt out, and there was no plant ash, so Gu Zhao thought that the damp and rotten mud in the mountains could be used as fertilizer, and the dry grass growing beside it could be used as plant ash after burning.

Three acres, four acres, five acres of fields, such a busy work, in the end, because of the hot weather, weeds grew in the fields, and weeds were hoeed when fertilizing.

During this period, Gu Zhao had never met Uncle Wang, but he heard from the villagers that Wang Ergou was not a human being, and he would yell and curse at people all day long at home, begging for money, drinking and beating others.

It doesn't appear to have changed.

At the end of March, it was sunny and rainy for a whole month, and the temperature dropped sharply.

"Sir, you know how to cook."

Li Zhouzhou is making steamed buns in the stove house. He and his father are busy this month, and their husband-in-law is not free. The family is concerned about their studies. Now that it is raining and the mud is wet, it is not easy to make fat. If they can rest for a few days, they may as well spend some time with their father. The husband likes to eat it, and he will make up for it when he sees the meat.

The rain was dripping from the eaves, and after a while it became louder and became heavy rain.

Gu Zhao sat in front of the stove and lit the fire. Half a chicken was stewed in the pot, and the aroma was gurgling.

The aniseed material I bought last time was said to be trying to make lo mei, but I was busy with the fertilizer in the field and had no free time. Now it is raining and I finally have time.

The stewed chicken today, Li Zhouzhou followed what the husband said, put a small piece of brown sugar in the lard oil pan, melted, poured the chicken pieces blanched with ginger slices, and pulled it twice, the color of the chicken changed It's red, and it looks good in color.Pour in the sauce, fry for two more times, add wine.

After submerging the chicken, add more ingredients, such as bay leaves, cinnamon bark, small horns, hay, grass cardamom, etc., when it is boiled, add tofu, and more tofu will be more delicious.

Simmer on low heat for about 20 minutes, add cabbage.

Li Zhouzhou took advantage of his kung fu to make steamed buns, and Xianggong said he wanted to eat sauerkraut and pork stuffing. He also mixed small pieces of tofu in it, which was refreshing.The pleats made by the buns are beautiful, and they are placed on the steamer one by one, so there is no rush to put them on the stove.

The rice is stewed in the back stove, and the chicken is stewed in the front stove.

When the time was almost up, Li Zhouzhou lifted the lid of the pot, and a scent hit his face, it was so fragrant.

It is different from the aroma of stewed chicken before.

Not to mention Li Zhouzhou, even Li Da, who was chopping firewood in the yard, was too busy with his work. He put down the axe, patted the dust on his hands and entered the stove, "What is Zhou Zhou doing?"

Dad rarely rushes to ask what to cook.

Li Zhouzhou knew that his father had also smelled it, and the smell was too fragrant, so he said: "Father, it is the method that my husband told me last time. I bought the stewed ingredients. I don't know whether it is good or not after I try it for the first time."

The aroma was so strong that Gu Zhao could smell that even if it wasn't the original braised chicken, it would still be much more fragrant than the way it is made now.

"Let's eat." Li Da said.

Li Zhouzhou sprinkled salt, and when the cabbage arrived, put the rice here for dinner. When the rice was served, a pot of chicken stewed in the pot was ready. Pour a pot full of it, and poured cold water into the pot. Steamer.

Multigrain rice with a large pot of stewed chicken.

"Oh~ it's so delicious, Zhou Zhou~" Gu Zhao gave his wife a thumbs up, it was really delicious.

The chicken is tender and smooth, even the soup bibimbap is fragrant and oily.

Li Zhouzhou was overjoyed and looked at his father.Li Da pawed the rice and didn't have time to talk, but it looked delicious and delicious.This meal, even the juice was eaten clean.

Li Da ate four bowls of rice, but in the end he used no vegetables to make rice with juice.

"Mister, is it braised meat?" Li Zhouzhou asked the gentleman.

Gu Zhao: "Almost. We can eat at home. If we want to make money from this, we have to figure out the ratio."

"Sister, do you want to sell this for money?" Li Zhouzhou was stunned for a moment, a little nervous, "Can I succeed in this craft?"

"What's wrong with it? Look at Daddy's eating happily and cleanly. Besides, this method is the first in our family now." The food is rare.

Li Zhouzhou found some confidence, what Xianggong said was right.

This cold winter lasted for half a month, during which time the rain kept falling, and the wind blew at night like it could blow into the cracks of human bones. Li Zhouzhou wanted to restart the stove that had stopped in the main room, but his husband He refused, saying that holding him for warmth was enough.

It happened to coincide with the Ching Ming Festival, and the family of three went to the hillside to burn paper at Dad's grave.

The old people in the village said that the reason for the cold and wet weather is that ghosts do not walk on dry roads.Li Zhouzhou finished it for his father, and bought double copies of joss sticks, ingots and yellow paper, and said that he would also burn it for his grandpa and mother.

Gu Si's family, I'm afraid that no one remembers Gu Zhao's mother, could it be that Li Guihua and three sons are still expected to burn paper for the person in front?

Li Guihua was born in the first month, and gave birth to another son.

Originally, he wanted to ask Li Zhouzhou to serve the confinement child, but he hadn't brought up the words yet. Thinking of the fish that Gu Zhao took during the Chinese New Year, when Li Zhouzhou came over, Gu Zhao would follow him, so maybe he would yell at her chicken.

I simply asked my sister-in-law to help, but I didn't dare to ask for this or that, even after spending a piece of candy.Li Guihua felt distressed.

Gu Zhao thought that the original body was not a thing, but he took over the body, and it was nothing to burn paper money for the deceased mother, so he went to Dongping Village with Zhou Zhou.

After burning the paper money and returning, at the entrance of the village, the door of Uncle Wang's house was tightly closed, and it was quiet inside.

It is rare to be quiet, that is, Wang Ergou is not at home.

On the second day, when Li Zhouzhou was making breakfast, he suddenly heard the sound of a gong knocking outside the door, and someone shouted: "He is dead, he is dead, Wang Ergou fell into the paddy field and drowned..."

Wang Ergou is dead?

Gu Zhao was originally adding firewood to his wife's stove, but now he suddenly wants to eat melons!