The Landlord And His Wife

It's a little more troublesome to distribute the grain. This year's buckwheat harvest is good, but the population of Lao Liu's family is still tight. In the end is divided according to the family or the head, everyone is a little muttered in their hearts.

According to the situation of the eldest and the second, it is definitely hoped to be divided according to the head, otherwise it will be less, and the food can only be supported for half a year.

However, in the case of the third and fourth children, the population is small, and the family will take advantage of it.

In the end, the whole village will definitely know how the old Liu family's family is divided, so they didn't speak for the time being.

Lao Siliu Changshi has a straightforward temperament, and immediately said: "It's still divided by head! You can't starve the children."

The old man Liu nodded slightly, and squinted at his silent third son, Liu Changgui. Li Zheng and the elders in the clan also looked at the third child. Although Liu Changgui was reluctant, he calculated it in his heart. If it was averaged, the loss would be in one person's ration, and he could only nod his head and agree to divide it according to the head.

He was a little dissatisfied with the fourth child rushing to express his position, didn't this put himself up? ! He glanced at Liu Changshi.

There are not enough boxes for each family, so each family can only give a large piece of things, whether it is a box or a cabinet. Pots and pans and spoons are also divided according to the head. Farm implements are divided according to the number of people who work. Basically, each family can be divided into a few. If it is really indistinguishable, those who are willing to be humble should be humble and wait for their own to buy and prepare.

The humility is basically the eldest and the second child. They all say that the third child gets married and has no foundation. The good thing is to stay with the old man Liu.

There are not many livestock at home, three pigs and a dozen chickens. Each family is divided into two hens, but the pigs can’t be divided, and the boss and the second are still humbled. When they said that when the food was just divided, the third was at a loss. Now this pig gives the old one third, the boss and the second. No, the remaining two pigs are left to the old man Liu.

A pig is sold for several taels of silver, the boss Liu Changqi thought, if the third sold the pig, can he still give it to the brothers? And Liu Changgeng had no hope at all.

This is the end of the house. Lao Si Liu Changshi hasn't married yet, so he gets a share and Liu Lao Han will not be separated for the time being, and they are still together.

Families started packing up and preparing to move the next day.

When Mrs. He and Liu Changgeng went to clean up their new home, Liu Xuer had to follow him, first to find a place to live for his rabbit.

The new home is just east of the old one, near the big slope. Shicheng's house built a large brick house on the slope, while Liu Xuer's new home was much closer to theirs.

Following her parents to the new home, Liu Xuer was overjoyed when she saw the small ditch in front of the new home passing by.

Liu Changgeng and Mrs He cleaned up the house, while Liu Xuer was running around in the courtyard. There used to be people living here, and there was a yard with crooked walls. In some places, the earth walls were half collapsed, and the yard was overgrown with weeds. But this yard is not bad, there is a well in the middle.

Liu Changgeng was tidying up the well right now, cleaning up the surrounding area, then removing the big stone on the well cover, and looking inside, fortunately, the villagers did not spoil the well, this well Although the water has not been used for a long time, it is still clean inside.

Liu Xuer turned her head to look at the house. Generally, there are several rooms in the middle of the house. In the hut is the accumulation of debris or livestock.

Liu Xuer took a fancy to the hut on the far left. It was very small. Only children like her could come in. Adults like father and mother had to bend over when they came in. It used to be a woodshed. What.

She found a broom and began to clean the house. All the broken wood and rotten branches in the house were cleaned up, and the wood that could be used was kept as a fence. After a while, the house was full of dust, and even people could not see it clearly.

He was tidying up over there, not worried about her, came over and looked at him and laughed: "Oh! Where is Xu'er? This is to sacrifice your clothes?"

Liu Xuer came out from the inside, her face was covered with gray, raised her head and bared her teeth and smiled at her: "Mother! This hut is for rabbits, right?"

He patted the gray smile on her head with her hand: "Well, well! Just serve your two ancestors... rabbits!"

Xu Er immediately smiled and went in to continue cleaning the house. After the separation, even she was very motivated!

We cleaned up here for a day and went back to the old house. Brother Liushu and Liulin looked at Liusen and packed up the big things in the house, and packed all the things that were distributed. .

Three or five days, everyone cleaned up, found good weather, and several people moved.

With the rabbit in that hut, there is no need to make a wooden nest. Catkins use a wooden board to separate the two rabbits first, and they will be raised together when they are older.

Liu Xuer got out of the hut, and saw the eldest brother and the second brother came out of another room, the same dusty, He took a black hand towel and brushed it one by one , This is called going in to wash your hands and eat.

Liu Changgeng just came back from the ditch, carrying four or five pieces of wood, ready to make some kang tables, benches, etc. As soon as he was in the slack season, he went to the town to find work. He also learned to work as a carpenter in bits and pieces, and he could do small things by himself.

When the family split, there were not enough kang tables, and now they don’t even have kang tables for eating, so they can only make do with mats on the kang. In the square wooden tray, there were six or seven black-faced wowos. This was the family's last lunch. Liu Xuer took a wowo and sat beside He.

"I'll go to my uncle's place to borrow tools next morning, and quickly set up the kang table." Liu Changgeng took a nest, and seeing that he didn't even have pickles, he simply leaned against the kang wall, gulps.

He nodded: "And the door, the house where Willow and Willow live, the door is crooked, we need to fix it quickly, it's too cold to bear this night."

Liu Changgeng smiled: "The advantage of moving here is that the place is wider, and even Xu'er can live in one room..."

He didn't wait for him to finish and hurriedly said: "Of course not! Xu'er is still young, so she still lives with us and waits until she is older."

Liu Xuer hurriedly said: "Mother, I want to live by myself, in the house next to the rabbit, I'm optimistic, there is a kang, didn't it all burn when I came here the day before yesterday, I can live in that house, right?"

He frowned: "No, you are too young. The reason for burning the kang is because no one has lived in the house for too long. living."

"Mother...but can't live now? Just ask me to live there."

"Xu Er, how dare you live alone? There is a wolf howling at night!" Liu Lin scare her with a smile.

Liu Xuer pouted: "I'm not afraid." She turned to look at He and continued to beg: "Mother, tell me to live there, I promise not to be afraid, I will take care of it Where's the rabbit?"

Liu Changgeng laughed: "You treat those two rabbits as treasures, do you want to live next to them?"

Liu Xuer nodded vigorously: "That's right, this place is far from the rabbit. If there is anything kicking at night, you can't hear it. What if something happens?"

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Liu Xuer pouted: "I won't! I just want to live there and take care of the rabbits!" After speaking, she nibbled at the nest.

He had to say more, but Liu Changgeng stopped him: "Forget it, anyway, these kangs are all burnt, so I asked her to try it, and she would cry if she stayed overnight. Call me mother!"

Willow laughed immediately.

He was still a little reluctant. Before she could say anything, she heard someone shouting from outside: "Second brother? Second sister-in-law?" It was the voice of Liu Xuer's aunt Liu Hong.

He brought out a small plate and said, "This is the pickle that my mother cut, eat it! Second sister-in-law, here are some seasonings and a piece of meat, which my mother asked to bring to you."

He hurriedly took over the grateful thanks, Liu Hong waved her hand: "This is the separation of the family, why are you being polite?" Then she walked out, but her hand still took He's arm.

He understands, and hurriedly put down his things and came out. After walking outside and stopped, Liu Hong said in a low voice, "Mother also asked me to deliver pickles seasoning to the eldest brother and the third brother, and told me to see what everyone eats. Sister-in-law has already eaten fried pork belly. Garlic sprouts! Oh, we all know who she is, so it's not surprising, guess what the third brother is eating today?"

He shook his head: "I don't know."

Liu Hong shook her head angrily: "They still eat the best food in the three families you moved out of, chicken stewed with mushrooms! It must have been given to the third sister-in-law's family this time...you said They don't have any children at home, why are these two adults so embarrassed? What about taking them out when they live together in the past few days and giving the children something good to eat?"

He shook her head when she heard this, she knew that the little sister-in-law was completely kind, and it was difficult for her own children to see even an oil star all year round. Hope the kids can eat it. But Mr. He still said: "It's nothing. When they came back, they already said they would split up, so it's not too much to keep something for themselves. It's nothing."

"I just think... Since her uncle is running a boat, he must have brought some things and take out a little bit for the children to eat. How much can he suffer?"

"Oh, forget it, let's not talk about it, we don't have any jealousy, it's delicious only if we earn it."