[Red House + Space] Falling Spring

After buying the river beach, Jia Lian naturally hired people from nearby villages to clean it up during the slack season.Luo Chun was discussing with Zheng's sister-in-law in the kitchen to cook a few pots of mung bean soup every day and send it outside for the workers to drink.I saw Jia Lian coming from outside and calling her, "Sixth sister, come out for a while, I have something to discuss with you."

Luo Chun came out of the kitchen, faced the sunlight and saw Jia Lian and Liu Xianglian behind him, he squinted his eyes unconsciously, wondering why these two people got mixed up.Putting down the doubts in his heart, he walked up to Jia Lian and asked, "Second Brother, what do you want from me?"

Jia Lian said: "Sixth Sister, you told your wife to divert the water from the river to our field. Let me ask you how to dig this ditch?"

Luo Chun was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and said puzzledly: "How to dig? How else can we dig? Of course, we dug ditches along our field to divert ditches." Come and ask her.

Jia Lian looked at her with the eyes of "Why are you so stupid in Luochun", and felt very depressed, and said helplessly: "Of course I know that we are digging along our field, but our field is not connected. Together, there are a few fields of other people in the village in the middle, how do we dig this?"

Hearing what Jia Lian said, Luo Chun immediately understood.At the beginning, the fields that Xing Dequan bought were not connected together, but a few pieces of the whole field were dug out, and these pieces belonged to other families in the village.At that time, Xing Dequan also wanted to buy these fields together so that the fields could be connected together. In this case, it would be convenient for sowing, irrigation, fertilization, harvesting, etc., right?

It's just that people in this era regard their land as their lifeblood and the foundation of their family heirlooms. Even if they encounter any disasters, the first consideration is to sell people, not the land, so Xing Dequan came to ask, even if the price was high. People are willing to sell.Of course, he did not pay too high a price. After all, this land is not a fertile field, and the yield is mediocre, and although it is convenient to cultivate together, it is not Mrs. Xing who bought this field to cultivate it in person, so even if it is not connected It doesn't matter much together.So in the end, this field is what Jia Lian sees now, separated by the fields of several other families.

Luochun felt that it didn't matter if it was separated by other people's fields, so he said: "It's separated, just dig it like this. Even if the ditches pass by the fields of those villagers, they have never occupied their land. If you want to come to them They don’t have any opinions. On the contrary, if they want to divert water for irrigation, they just need to dig a hole in the ditch brought by our house and divert it to their fields. Anyway, the water by the river is free and abundant. Even without their fields, we still want to dig like this, so we don’t care about them, just think that we are doing a good deed.”

Hearing Luochun's words, Jia Lian snorted coldly and said, "You are generous. Yes, the water in this river does not cost money. Don't we spend money hiring people to dig ditches? These villagers are really cunning. Originally, I and I They discussed that they were all the same fields anyway, so we took out the fields on the side and replaced the fields in the middle that were separated from ours. In this way, our fields would be connected together, even if I paid a little more for the replacement. It’s also possible. Originally, they had already agreed, but when they saw our family digging a canal to divert water, they regretted it and refused to change it. At the beginning, I said that I would make a written statement, but because they said they were illiterate, and I wanted to It’s all already agreed, it should be no problem, how could I expect this to happen? I knew they could not read or write, and it’s not that there is no private school in the village, nor is there no teacher, so I asked my husband to help me write it. , read it once and it’s over, write in black and white, make a proof, let’s see how they go back on their word? It’s not like this.”

Hearing this, Luochun laughed, looked at Jia Lian with a gloomy face, and said, "I said why the second brother, who has always been generous, has become so fussy today. So there is such a story in it."

"It's just the second brother, you are smart, and they are not stupid. When they see you digging ditches to divert water, they naturally know what you are going to do. Their fields are in the middle, so they can naturally take advantage of them, but if they are on the side, you won't dig ditches." In the past, they did not have the financial and manpower themselves, so even if they exchanged a little more fields, if they did not pay back, when the river water came over, the output of this field would not be less than that of the field after the exchange, or even more. Yes. Even if they are illiterate, the account can still be settled, so do you think if it were yours, would you change it, or not?" Luochun asked Jia Lian to think about this issue from one point to another.

When asked by Luochun, Jia Lian was immediately stopped by the question, her face flushed red, she was so speechless that she couldn't speak.After a long while, he said: "It's just that we are at a loss. We spend money and find people. After a long time of effort, they don't do anything and wait for ready-made ones. If it has something to do with our family, it's fine." It's easy to say, but it has nothing to do with it, it's really, really... too cheap for them."

"Second brother, if you think so, then you can go to the door and discuss with them, let them join our family's canal-digging team." Seeing this, Luo Chun gave Jia Lian an idea, but seeing Jia Lian's heartbeat She said again: "However, I don't recommend you to do this. Because if they agree, everything will be fine and everything will be fine. But if they refuse, what should you do? Anyway, no matter whether we dig or not, no one will Loss. On our side, if we don’t dig, the ditch has already been dug halfway, and if we give up halfway, wouldn’t we have spent money and wasted manpower but got nothing? If we continue to dig, the ditch will pass by someone’s house When you are in the field, you must be very depressed and feel that you are in a panic, so it is obviously a good thing that should be happy, but in the end it makes you very unhappy, so it is better not to ask, just treat it as a good deed .”

Jia Lian was noncommittal to Luochun's suggestion, but afterwards, she learned from Sister Feng that Jia Lian still went to find the families in the middle of their fields. Some of these families agreed to work on the ditches, and some The others refused, and not only did they not go, but they also acted like rogues, telling Jia Lian whether you like to dig or not, our family doesn't care anyway.As a result, Luochun was talking, and Jia Lian came back full of anger.

Ever since Jia Lian approached Luochun to inquire about digging ditches, Luochun met Liu Xianglian at home from time to time, and she was puzzled, so one day she pretended to be casual and told Mrs. Xing about him: "That one named Liu Xianglian What's going on, why come to our house all the time, and always walk with the second brother? Also, the second brother is also, what's the point of always taking him home and leaving him to eat at home?"

Mrs. Xing said with a smile: "Our family bought the land on the side of the river beach, and that Liu Xianglian bought the wasteland on the other side of the river. Originally, he bought the land over there to dig a pond for raising fish and growing mulberries. But he changed his mind when he heard your second brother talk about how to deal with the wasteland. So these days, following your second brother is to learn, what our family does, he does what he does, copying it."

"As for your saying that your second brother took him home, that's nothing. Although the village is good, the villagers here are vulgar. After all, there is no one to talk to. Your second brother is also depressed. No matter what Liu Xianglian says, it's the same. He is a child of a family, and you can talk to your second brother to go together, which is another job, and this Liu Xianglian's parents died early, and he is the only one in the family. He is alone. There is no one else except an old servant who looks after the house. And even if they stay in Beijing, most of them will not come home on time, and usually eat outside. This old servant is used to him not being at home, so he never Prepare his meal, and according to what he said, even if the old servant made his share of the meal, he wouldn't want to eat it, because it was too unpalatable. It's rare that he had an agreement with your second brother, and he had friendship with our family before, and didn't It’s not because our family looks down on us now, so it’s nothing to keep him at home for a few meals, it’s not difficult for our family.”

After hearing Mrs. Xing's words, Luo Chun couldn't help but coquettishly said: "That's not what I'm talking about, am I the one who can't bear to part with those few bowls of rice?" They all looked at her with scorching eyes, and put the eggs on it with scorching eyes, and they probably would have been cooked.But it's not easy to tell Mrs. Xing this, because he only looks at her like this when other people can't see her, but once someone, especially in front of Mrs. Xing, Liu Xianglian will turn her eyes straight He is a gentleman, so now that Liu Xianglian is mentioned up and down in the family, everyone has a good impression of him, and they all say good things about him.This made Luochun not know how to say that this talent is good in front of his family.

"Then what do you mean?" Mrs. Xing asked puzzled.Luochun faltered for a long time before saying: "He is a foreigner after all, and he just comes and goes in and out of our house at will. Is it inappropriate or against the rules?" Because after Liu Xianglian came to the door, the female family members did not have anything to avoid , So Luochun thought about it for a long time, and brought up this one.

After hearing Luochun's words, Mrs. Xing couldn't help laughing out loud, nodding Luochun with her hand and said: "No matter who said this in our family, it is more convincing than yours. Who moved the house?" On the first day, you told me not to be a lady of the family, and then you did it yourself, ran out, and wandered around the village? And who refused to take a car, but just rode a donkey, and followed Jia Lian to the capital? Who put the four Pull the girl out to tell her not to hide in the house and be the lady of the family, and then go to play with the little girls in the village? And who is it, because the boys in the village bully the girls and have no regard for decency, so they get into a fight with someone? ...Now you're here to tell me about the 'rules'? Ouch, I'm dying of laughter, this is really the funniest joke I've heard this year!"

Following Mrs. Xing's words, Luochun's face turned red. Faced with Mrs. Xing's teasing, she couldn't help but stretched out her hand to grab Mrs. Xing's arm, and said coquettishly, "Mother!" Mrs. Xing finally laughed enough, and then rubbed Rubbing her sore cheeks, she said: "Okay, don't laugh anymore." Stretching out his hand to stroke Luochun's head, Luochun took her arm in his arms and sat down beside her. Mrs. Xing sighed: "Liu Xianglian, You all know each other, and he has seen you. When the old lady introduced you, she said that she is a family friend and a good family friend, so there is no need to avoid it. That being said, after our family moved to the country, the rules It’s also a lot looser, but Liu Xianglian is a sensible child. Look at him, has he ever walked casually when he came to our house? He has never been to the backyard where you live, but only plays in the front yard. He is a good boy. In our family, you are the most unruly person now, and the fourth girl has been led astray by you, but the second girl..." Speaking of welcoming the spring, Mrs. Xing couldn't help but have a headache.

Hearing Mrs. Xing talk about Yingchun, Luochun's thoughts were taken away from Liu Xianglian.As for Yingchun, she didn't know what to do.Now Luochun and the others live in five main rooms in the backyard, with two side rooms on each side.The doors of the five main rooms are opened every other. Yingchun and Luochunfen live on the east and west sides, and Xichun lives in the central room. The doors are open on both sides, and she can go to whichever side she wants.Originally, according to the logic, Yingchun should live here, but Yingchun refused to say anything.Xichun wanted to give up the room to Luochun, Luochun knew why Yingchun refused to live in the center, and naturally she would not bother with that, so she chose the room on the side.

Ever since the house was allocated and Yingchun moved in, she was silent. If she hadn't seen her every day when eating, she would have thought that there was no such person in the house.Since Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing did not need their children to greet her, since she lived in the backyard, she never came to the front yard unless necessary, let alone appearing in front of Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing.Even in the backyard, she spends most of her time as a female celebrity in the house, and either hangs out with Xichun, how should I say to Luochun, anyway, she talks when they meet, but she is polite, showing a kind of strangeness, It's not as good as having a close relationship with Xichun. As for Luochun's house, she has never even stepped into it.

Seeing that she was so indifferent, Luochun didn't know how to put her face on someone's cold ass, so she took Xichun out to play, but she never called Yingchun. As a result, the relationship between the two sisters became more and more awkward.Even Jia She, who has always been careless about his children, noticed it, and rarely said a few words about it.However, among the four women, he only singled out Luo Yingchun, and Yingchun probably had other thoughts in his mind.Because Luochun clearly felt that since she was reprimanded by Jia She, Yingchun not only did not get close to her, but treated her more politely and estrangedly.

Regarding Yingchun's current temperament, Luochun felt that the word "hypocritical" was an appropriate evaluation.But now she is just tofu falling into the ashes, she can't blow it up, she can't shoot it.Faced with this situation, Luochun, who knew that Yingchun didn't want to go to the countryside with them and wanted to stay with Jia Mu, felt that if she had known this, she shouldn't have let Xichun try to persuade her. She might as well have stayed there. This saves both parties trouble and worry.