Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

After the Dragon Boat Festival, Mrs. Chen arranged for Zhixin and others to pick up Huixin. Mrs. Xue was worried that the two men, Zhixin and Zhiming, could not take good care of them, so she took Mrs. Zhu with her and went to the town to pick up Huixin. Wenhan was going to deliver fish to the restaurant, so he naturally followed him. Anyway, the work in the ginseng field has been pretty much done these days. With the old man leading Mrs. Chen and the children, it's okay.

It is not easy to bring the daughter back home. She has to prepare some gifts for her husband's family. It happened that in the morning, a lot of fish came out. Xue and the others picked out two thin scales, some crickets caught by the children, and two hares. This hare was picked up from a trap dug by Zhixin and the others. Didn't Zhixin and the others put sticks on them when they were free? They made many traps around the sticks. Every morning, the children would check to see if there were any traps in them. what. Like this morning, there were not only rabbits, but also a roe deer. Zhixin sent this roe deer to the restaurant to see if it could be sold.

When we arrived in town, we went to a restaurant first. Sure enough, when the steward of the restaurant heard that Wenhan said there was another roe deer, he said he wanted it. So, even the roe deer and fish were sold for a total of one or two and a half silver coins. Wen Han quickly collected the money, said hello to the manager and came out of the restaurant.

Mrs. Xue went to the snack shop and bought two packs of snacks, and then everyone went to Tao's house. As soon as I reached the door of Tao's house, before I could knock on the door, I heard something moving inside.

"What's so great about having a child? What woman has never given birth to a child? How come you are so rich and rich and don't do anything else? How come our old Tao family is so unlucky to marry a sick man like you and follow the paper? It's like it's pricking, it can't be touched, it's like it's coming when the wind blows." The voice inside was the old lady of the Tao family.

"Isn't that right? Sister-in-law, I'm not talking about you, sister-in-law. I just want you to help wash some of Jingming's clothes. Anyway, you wash clothes for Qingnian and take care of things. Do you need to push back? I'm pregnant. When I was in Jingming, I didn't delay doing anything." This voice was Tao Qingfeng's wife Yu.

Xue and Zhixin could no longer listen outside. Zhixin stepped forward and knocked hard on the door.

As soon as someone knocked on the door, he said quickly, "Wait a minute, come here." Someone inside quickly came to the door, opened the door and took a look, "It's the eldest brother and sister-in-law of the Xu family, come in quickly." It was Yu who opened the door.

Zhixin, Zhiming, Xue and Zhu all looked a bit bad. They walked straight in and saw Huixin washing clothes in the yard with her head down, tears falling continuously into the basin. In front of Huixin, there was actually a lot of children's clothes. These were not just a few pieces, but a pile, including single, cotton, and quilted ones.

Mr. Xue stepped forward and pulled Hui Xin up, and saw Hui Xin's eyes were red. "Sister, what's going on? Where's the New Year celebration?"

Huixin didn't expect that her sister-in-law was here, so she quickly wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, "Sister-in-law, I'm fine." She didn't know what to say.

"You said it's okay. You are less than three months pregnant, which is when you should be careful. Why are you washing so many clothes? How many clothes do you and Qingnian have? Whose are these? You don't have any either. "Child, where did the children's clothes come from?" Mr. Xue had heard it from outside and asked deliberately now.

Mrs. Yu said quickly from the side, "Sister-in-law of the Xu family, these are the small clothes that my family Jingming wears. I was thinking that Huixin also has it, so I will give these clothes to Huixin to save me from having to make new ones when I can. You Look, I just found this and wanted to wash it and keep it for future use.”

"Oh, I have to thank his sister-in-law, but why do I see these clothes are worn by three or four-year-old children? Even if our Huixin gives birth, we won't be able to use them for the time being, right? I think his sister-in-law is still on my own Keep it, don't you have a second child at home? "There are two children in Tao Qingfeng's family. The eldest is four years old, and the second is only two years old. These clothes belong to the eldest. .

The old lady of the Tao family also came forward at this time, "Huixin, sister-in-law, where are you coming today?"

"Auntie, my mother misses her daughter. Let's come and take Huixin back to stay for a few days. Anyway, Huixin can't do anything like this now. She just wants to go back to her parents' house for a while." After all, the two families are still in-laws, so they can't have too much trouble, Xue said. Shi smiled and said.

"Huixin is sister-in-law. You are not just an aunt, but she has a body. It takes more than an hour to get from the town to your venue. Besides, there are not many good things on this mountain. There are still so many Hui Xin can't go to the wild bobcat. What if there is a bump in the road? "Old Mrs. Tao won't let her go.

"Auntie, don't worry. We are Huixin's brother and sister-in-law. We have treated Huixin like a ball in our eyes since we were little. How can we let her bump into her? Head, go to the drug store and tell Qingnian that we will take care of her." Huixin took him back to stay for a while and told him not to worry about it." Mrs. Xue ignored this and asked Zhixin to go find Qingnian.

"Okay, I'll go and talk about it right away. The young couple must know where their daughter-in-law is." Zhixin followed the instructions and went out. Today, Mr. Tao and Qingfeng were not at home and went out to do carpentry work for others. . The old lady and Mrs. Yu were left at home. It was not easy to get Zhixin now, so they could only watch Zhixin leave.

Here, Mrs. Xue stepped forward to hold Hui Xin and went back to the house to pack her things. Mrs. Zhu, on the other hand, took out the New Year's celebration clothes in twos and twos, hung them on the rope to dry, then poured the water out, and then went into the house to help pack things.

Inside the house, Mrs. Xue helped Huixin pack a few clothes, "Sister, tell the truth to your sister-in-law, do they always bully you?"

"On weekdays, it's okay. When the old man is at home, they don't dare to bully me. If the old man and Qingnian are not here, the old lady will speak sarcastically, and the sister-in-law will still murmur. I won't talk back to others. I can only listen." Hui Xin sat on the edge of the kang and shed tears as she spoke. "It was better before, but just now, I heard that our family moved to the mountain, and the nose is not the nose, and the face is not the face. The old lady also said some strange things every day. I couldn't understand it at first, but later I realized that she was talking about me. I gave the money to my parents' family and refused to spend it on them," Huixin said while crying. "I'm pregnant with a child, so I wash and cook every day without delay, but I don't need to wash my nephew's clothes, right? If I don't wash them, they will be like this. I am useless and I won't follow them. If my sister-in-law hadn't come, I would have just kept it in my stomach."

Mrs. Xue sighed, they were worried when they first entered into this marriage. But seeing that Tao Qingnian was sincere towards Hui, and Hui Xin also liked Qingnian, this made the two of them happy. Mrs. Chen knew at that time that she would be offended if Huixin married her. "Sister, gather all your things and lock everything that needs to be locked. This time we will go back and stay for a few more days."

Mrs. Zhu came in and helped to pack things together. Huixin's dowry box was in the back room and was all locked. When you come out of the inner room, lock the door of that room as well.

At this time, Zhixin also found Qingnian from the drug store. Everyone helped Huixin to the car, and spread a small quilt underneath for Huixin to sit on it.

Qingnian had just been scolded by Zhixin, and then he realized that his mother and sister-in-law were bullying Huixin at home. Looking at Huixin's red eyes, he felt very uncomfortable. "Go home and stay for a while. I'll pick you up after I figure out things at home. Take good care of yourself, you know?" Qingnian took Huixin's hand and warned her.

Huixin nodded her head as she listened to Qing Nian's words. She was reluctant to leave Qing Nian, but she felt really depressed living in this house. "Qing Nian, I'll wait for you to come."

Zhiming drove the bullock cart back home. Qingnian kept watching the bullock cart disappear, and then turned around and returned home. Old Mrs. Tao looked at her son's face and knew that Zhixin must have complained just now, "You don't have to show off like that, we didn't do anything to your wife. We just asked her to wash a few clothes, who cares?" My daughter-in-law doesn’t wash clothes or cook? Why is she so delicate? "Tao Qingnian was the second child in the family and was not taken seriously by the family since he was a child. However, Qingnian worked hard and learned a lot from others. Nowadays, most of the money at home is earned from celebrating the New Year. In this way, the old lady was a little frightened about her second son.

Qing Nian didn't say anything, just looked at her mother, which made the old lady feel terrified. "Mom, you didn't like Huixin from the beginning. I know this. I thought you could treat Huixin kindly for the sake of me and the child in Huixin's belly, not to mention being like your sister-in-law, but you have to be considerate. It's okay, I didn't expect you to push Huixin like this when I was not at home. She has been weak since she was a child, and now she is pregnant, so she can't get angry. "What do you mean by pushing against Huixin like this?" It's not hard to say too much, and the tone is very calm.

The old lady was a little unable to answer some of her son's questions. She was not optimistic about the Xu family. If her son hadn't said that if he couldn't marry Huixin, he would be a bachelor for the rest of his life, the old lady wouldn't have agreed to this marriage. When Huixin got married, she brought a small dowry, but she didn't say that she would give some money to the family. This made the old lady feel very unhappy. Coupled with the affairs of the Xu family, I always think about embarrassment for Hui Xin. But who would have thought that Huixin's belly would be so promising that she would become pregnant just three months after getting married. Now, Qingnian treated Huixin like a treasure and wouldn't let her do anything. The old lady and Mr. Yu felt uncomfortable, and they couldn't help but feel embarrassed when they looked at Kong. This Yu family is a relative of the old lady, so the two of them naturally have the same heart.