Chapter 23 The Quarrel at the Dinner Table
Yes, it is natural for Qiao Jiarong to be filial to her grandparents. Even if she is adopted, she is still the granddaughter of her grandparents.
Who told her that Qiao Jiarong was the daughter of the third uncle and the third aunt? The third uncle and the third aunt never adopted her.
Qiao Meili thought she had found a way to deal with Qiao Jiarong, and she was so happy that she ate an extra bowl of rice.
Now, other people in the Qiao family have opinions.
After all, the Qiao family's cooking is all about rationing. Little girls like Qiao Meili and Chen Jie are stipulated that each of them can only eat a small bowl, and the height of the rice cannot exceed the edge of the bowl.
Now that Qiao Meili has eaten so much food at once, the rest of the Qiao family will naturally eat less. Qiao Meili is taking food from their mouths, can anyone else be willing?
Of course, the adults of the Qiao family didn't say anything. After all, it was just a small bowl of rice, and each of them could save by eating one less bite. There was no need to go online with the children, just let Meili pay more attention to it later.
But Qiao Miao and the other half-grown boys couldn't bear it anymore. Qiao Meili was not their biological sister, so they didn't have to bear it.
Qiao Miao finished the food in the bowl first, and then said to Qiao Meili: "Meili, you eat so much at once, what do you want us brothers to eat?"
"Second brother, I'm sorry, I ate too much today." Qiao Meili also knew that she was being unreasonable. After Qiao Miao finished speaking, she immediately got up and apologized.
"Accidentally? Then everyone should not be careful to eat more. Let grandpa, uncle, and a few uncles eat what they want. Qiao Miao looked at Qiao Meili with evil eyes and said.
"That's right, I didn't have enough to eat to begin with. Now you've eaten a big bowl more. What do you want us boys to eat?"
If everyone accidentally eats more, what will the grandparents and uncles eat?" Others followed suit.
The adults in the Qiao family didn't say anything. They had to finish eating and go to the ground quickly.
There was no time to fight with several children over this bowl of rice. They finished the rice in the bowl and then went to add another bowl.
Because there was not much food today, they were not as full as before. Each of them took half a bowl less, which saved some food for the boys.
When the boys saw that there was food to eat, they stopped arguing.
But some people looked at the girls next to them while eating, fearing that they would eat too much and not be full.
Now that the Qiao family does not have the financial support of Qiao Weimin, they naturally have no money to buy rice.
No longer daring to eat casually like before, Jiang Ermei is more careful about money. They also discussed letting the Qiao Zezhi brothers go out to work after the busy farming season is over!
I heard that wages in big cities outside are very high, much higher than those paid by Qiao Tieniu. If you save a little bit a month, you can save one or two hundred yuan! You can have a thousand yuan in a year, and it won't be long before you
Can become a household worth ten thousand yuan.
If you are lucky and become a small boss, your salary will be even higher.
When Jiang Ermei heard that she could become a householder worth ten thousand yuan, she was no longer as reluctant to let her son go out as before. That night, she ran to the family who went out to work, gave a gift, and asked them to take her sons out with them.
Of course, not all her sons went out. One son was left at home to take care of them. As for who will stay, she has not decided yet.
Anyway, this matter will be decided after the busy farming season, so there is no rush now.
Qiao Jiarong, who has been busy learning to draw talisman, doesn't know that Qiao Meili is trying to figure her out again, nor does she know what happened recently in the Qiao family.
Qiao Jiarong originally planned to help plow the fields in front of and behind the house, but his grandfather Qiao Tieniu wouldn't let him.
He felt that the child was too young to do such work, so he said that he would come over after he finished the work in the field, and then ask Qiao Jiarong to help grow vegetables together.
Qiao Jiarong was afraid that her grandfather would worry, so she agreed. She felt that it was better to listen to her grandfather for family matters.
One grandfather is an elder and should have listened to her; the other is that Qiao Jiarong is afraid that her grandfather will have an accident because she is worried about her digging at home.
After all, many farm tools used in the fields are very sharp and may bleed if not careful. In order not to worry his grandfather, Qiao Jiarong decided to stay at home and do logistics.
In order to save time, Qiao Jiarong always made it in the space. Then, when his grandfather was about to come back, he took it and put it in the pot to warm.
After the busy farming season was over, Qiao Tieniu went to plow the field. After picking up the stones, bricks, grass roots and other things in the field, he plowed it again. Then he started planting vegetables.
When picking up grass roots and bricks, Qiao Jiarong also participated. The rocks were too big, so Qiao Tieniu didn't let her move them, so she only asked her to pick up some grass roots and bricks.
After the fields were plowed, Qiao Tieniu and Qiao Jiarong started planting vegetables together. At this time, the countryside basically grew some cabbage, leeks, and beans, but there were not many varieties and the quantities were not large.
Qiao Tieniu's new homestead is very large, with a total of two acres of land. Except for some condiments such as leeks, ginger, onions, and garlic planted in front of the door, everything else is planted on the west side of the house and behind the house.
On the west side, Qiao Tieniu planted various kinds of melons and beans, such as winter melons, pumpkins, cucumbers, cowpeas, edamame, lentils, potatoes, etc. Behind the house, he planted some corn and sorghum.
They are all relatively tall, so planting them next to the house will block the wind.
Therefore, Qiao Tieniu planted these at the back of the house, which is relatively far away from the house.
Seeing that there was still space on the edge of the ditch in front of the door, Qiao Tieniu went to find a few pepper seedlings and eggplant seedlings to plant. In this way, except for meat and soy products, other vegetables would be enough to eat.
After planting vegetables, Qiao Tieniu bought two sheep and raised them, planning to raise them for meat until winter.
Originally, Qiao Tieniu wanted to buy pigs. But there was no pig pen at home, so he had to raise sheep instead. There was no need to pen the sheep specially, just give them a place to shelter from wind and rain.
Qiao Tieniu built a small tent in the southeast corner of the courtyard wall for the two sheep to live in, and dug a hole under the courtyard wall specifically for cleaning sheep dung. In this way, even if it rains, the smell will not spread.
Come home.
After settling the two sheep, Qiao Tieniu wanted to buy chickens to raise. He felt that it was not a problem to always go up the mountain to catch pheasants. Now he was not alone.
He was worried that his granddaughter staying at home would be in danger, and he was worried that someone would come to bully her. Therefore, he thought it would be better to raise a few chickens. In this way, his granddaughter could eat chickens whenever she wanted.
But Qiao Jiarong stopped this, and her space was almost overrun with chickens. Even if grandpa wanted to raise chickens, there was no need to buy chickens.
So, she said to Qiao Tieniu: "Grandpa, there is no need to buy chickens.
Didn't I tell you before that I raised a few chickens in the valley? Now that I have moved to Grandpa's place, I no longer have to hide them, and I plan to bring those chickens down from the mountains."
"You raised chickens on the mountain? Oh! I forgot about it."
Before, Qiao Tieniu was wary of Qiao Jiarong. She didn't take anything she said to heart, but now she remembered how courageous her little granddaughter was.
She, a child of only five or six years old, dared to go up the mountain and even raised chickens on the mountain.
Chapter completed!