Chapter 286 Leek Box
"Most people in the village know the full text of reading this. Don't go out and talk nonsense." Lian Shouxin said when he saw Lian Man'er was so surprised.
"Oh." Lian Man'er said oh. As far as she knew, beard was the local word here, referring to bandits. Lao Jin was a bandit who had been bandits. No wonder he dared to lend money to usury, Lian Man'er thought.
"It's true, your grandfather said this." Zhang nodded, "It seems that when he was very young, everyone in his family was killed by his enemies, and only he was left. He went to make a beard and killed his enemy's family. Later, he married his wife, but he stopped making a beard and landed in our village. He had spare money and started to lend money."
In just a few short sentences, Zhang said it in a slightly plain tone, but the content was so thrilling.
"Lao Jin is a man with wide hands and can eat well in the government and the county magistrate has to give him some face. He is a well-known family, and he is not the same as us." Lian Shouxin sighed.
"From today's attitude, I'm still doing things with a beard." Zhang said, "If we ask them to help farm today, he will definitely think that we are willing to promise his daughter."
"No, why don't I ask them to help me?" Lian Shouxin nodded.
"The father of the child, you are right today." Zhang said.
"The old Jin family is a bearded style, so why don't we be more arrogant? People have to be our daughter and have to marry his old Jin family. They have plans to come and talk to us, and they are afraid they won't dare to come to the door. We have to be more arrogant no matter what we say." Lian Shouxin said.
"Yes, I just spoke, we don't want to do this." Zhang said, "I guess the words will reach Lao Jin's house at this time."
"That's good." said Shouxin, "and he won't ask a matchmaker to come."
"Oh," Zhang sighed, "That child Xibao, to be honest, I look quite rare. It's his family, and this marriage cannot be done. We Zhi'er is soft-hearted, like me, and we will tell Zhi'er to marry him in the future. If the child has a good character, the in-laws must choose a good personality."
"Um."
"How fast this life is. In a blink of an eye, our Zhier is a big girl, and we are going to kiss her." Zhang started to talk again, "I just said outside that I wanted to stay with you for two more years. This child has been suffering after all these years. Life is just a little better now, so I can't bear to let her go out. What a good husband's family, and being a daughter-in-law is not a daughter. Let's touch her slowly, and almost make a marriage first. When she is older, we will prepare more dowry and other things for her before letting her go out."
"Okay." Lian Shouxin nodded
"I have to prepare for some dowry." Lian Man'er also nodded.
"That child Xibao, hey. It's his family. Zhi'er will definitely not be able to control him when he comes in. What kind of family will we marry in the future..." Zhang's eyes began to become distant.
Lian Man'er laughed in her heart. This is the complicated thought of a mother who has a daughter growing up in her family.
"Mom, Man'er. Haven't you done it yet?" Lian Zhi'er's voice came from outside.
"Okay, let's come here." Lian Man'er quickly stood up and responded.
"It's getting late, so let's go back first. You should rest early, and you have to get up early tomorrow." Zhang also stood up, told Lian Shouxin a few more words, and then came out of the house with Lian Man'er.
When we walked outside the house, we met Zhao, Lian Zhier and Lian Yeer, and we all came to the old house together.
I was speechless all night, and the next day, I finished my business in the shop early. The family drove a calf cart to the south again. The peanuts from the six acres of land had not been planted one day yesterday, and I had to plant them for another day today.
Even the old man and his family had been in the field for a long time, and the number of people coming to the field today increased compared to yesterday.
Lian Shouren, Lian Ji Grandfather and son were still following Mr. Lian, and Gu, Jiang and Lian Duoer followed Lian Jizu. Erlang was holding an iron pickaxe in his hand and was digging the ridges. He, who was working in the field yesterday, did not come. It seemed that he was implementing the arrangement of taking turns to cook.
Lian Man'er secretly smacked her tongue. Zhao Xiu'e's noisy energy was really great. However, she couldn't attribute all this to Zhao Xiu'e. When Lian Man'er thought of this, she couldn't help but glance at Old Master Lian.
The calf walked in front with a plow stick, and Lian Man'er followed closely with a basket. Because she was following tightly, she could hear the rustling sound of the plow stick plowing the soft land. Today, Lian Man'er took over Lian Zhi'er's work yesterday and was responsible for planting.
"Dad, do you think I ordered it?" Lian Man'er asked Lian Shouxin.
Lian Shouxin took a break from his busy schedule and looked back, then nodded with a smile.
"Okay, my Man'er does a beautiful job." Lian Shouxin praised.
Although she could not be as neat as Zhang, even the peanuts that were spotted by Man'er were quite even. She also liked to follow the plow stick, and the speed was getting faster and faster.
Lian Man'er was praised and was happy in her heart and face. She thought that she could farm well and harvest more peanuts in autumn. If she harvested more peanuts, she could sell more money. With other income, she could buy dozens of acres of land. Then she would discuss with Zhang and Lian Shuxin. They were responsible for peanuts and kept all the peanuts, which was enough for them to satisfy their usual cravings.
Lian Man'er was just thinking about it and suddenly heard a scream from the ground next to her. Lian Man'er was startled and quickly raised her head and looked over with the scream.
In the field next to him, Gu stood in a ridge ditch, shook his body and fell to the ground. The peanut basket she was carrying also fell to the ground, and the peanuts inside were scattered all over the ground. Jiang stood not far behind Gu and went forward to help him, but instead of helping Gu, she fell to the ground. Then Lian Duoer ran over, of course she couldn't help two of them alone, and the three women with small feet were entangled in a ball, making them covered in soil.
Everyone stopped their work, Lian Shouren and Lian Jizu rushed forward and helped Gu, Jiang, and Lian Duoer up from the ground.
Gu'er screamed, saying that his feet had twisted, and Jiang said that he had twisted his waist, and Lian Duoer was crying in a low voice.
There are no flat roads or small paths in this area, but they are all ditches and ditches. The ditches are narrow and deep, and the soil is very soft. Lian Man'er doesn't feel anything when he steps on his big feet, but if he is a small foot, he is still not used to doing work in the field. Bumping and falling are almost inevitable.
The scene was a little panicked.
"Or why don't you send my mother back first." Lian Jizu said, in an inquiring and discussing tone.
"Yes, send your mother back first." Lian Shouren also said, in a positive tone.
Even so, both father and son looked at Mr. Lian.
"Help the side to rest for a while first." Old Master Lian said with no expression on his face.
Even Shouren and Lian Jieshi Grandfather and son did not dare to say anything else. They helped Gu and Jiang aside, and then returned to the field to work.
"No one is allowed to leave if you don't finish your work." After saying this, Old Master Lian buried his head and digging the ground.
Thinking of the scene when Lian Jizu twisted his feet and asked Mr. Lian to send him home when he was harvesting autumn last year. Lian Man'er thought to herself that Mr. Lian had made up his mind this time.
Gu and Jiang took Lian Duoer to rest for a while. I don’t know if they couldn’t stand the gazes from far and near, or if they finally couldn’t bear to watch others do their work, they all slowly walked back to the ground.
"It should be like this. Don't talk about how much you do, you have to look like you." Lian Shouxin whispered with his plow stick.
Every time the farmhouse family plows and harvests in spring, the number of people in their families is calculated as much as the population, except for the extremely old and the very small, they all have to go to the ground. Just as Wan Shuxin said, not to mention how much they do in the end, everyone must do their best.
"It should have been like this for a long time." Lian Man'er whispered. If the family had been like this, no one would have said anything. But after all these years, even the old man was like this. Even Shouxin and Zhang were kind-hearted, and Shouli and Zhao were honest. But even Shouren and Gu people.
They must have been complaining about the old man Lian and Lian Man'er thought.
At noon, He smiled and brought Lian Yaer to deliver food on time. Lian Man'er's family temporarily finished work and went home for dinner. Then they heard someone talking among the people who were eating.
"The child in Xiu'e's belly can be replaced!"
"There is sand in the rice, but I haven't cleaned the rice."
"It's a bit of a clump."
"Why are there so many choices? I'm very good at eating."
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After a while, even Man'er's family planted all the peanuts, and they finished work just in the evening.
Lian Man'er and Xiao Qi were still sitting in the calf cart. The two children were whispering, turning their heads to look at Zhang from time to time.
"What are you two muttering about?" Zhang asked.
"Mom, Sister Ye'er said that they would eat leek-filled pies and white noodles tonight." Xiaoqi and Lian Man'er exchanged a wink, and then smiled and said to Zhang.
How could Zhang not see the little bit of his younger son's scrupulousness? He smiled too.
"If you want to eat pies, let's eat them too." Zhang said.
Farming is a heavy physical work, so you should eat some good things to supplement your physical strength.
"Mom, our leeks have not grown yet." Lian Zhi'er said.
The newly grown leeks they have only grown by about two inches tall this year, and it will take a few days to eat them. In the garden in the backyard of the old house, there are old leeks that can be cut off and eaten.
"Chunzhu's wife told me yesterday that her leeks can be eaten. If we want to eat them, we will go to her house to cut them." Zhang said, "I'll go to her house to cut some leeks later."
The farmers all planted vegetable gardens and often wanted a handful of onions and bundles of leeks.
"Then I'll buy some more meat." Lian Man'er said, "Dad, give me some money."
"I don't have money in my hand, and I have to deduct it from my wages, right?" Lian Shouxin smiled bitterly, "Man'er, to be honest, what year and month have you deducted my wages?"
Lian Man'er turned her head and laughed secretly, and the whole family started laughing.
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Chapter completed!