in2ebook Chapter 58 Why did they suddenly stop accepting it all of a sudden?
Chapter 58 Why did they suddenly stop accepting it all of a sudden?
Shen Qingchuan suddenly realized and couldn't help but think that his daughter was really smart.
His brain isn't even half as sharp as his daughter's!
"Tang'er, your father and mother are both stupid, how come you are so smart? If we hadn't hired a midwife, and your mother had given birth to you at home and raised you all this time, your father would have thought he had brought the wrong person home."
Shen Xiaotang grinned and comforted him, "Hehe, your parents aren't stupid, they're just too honest and conservative."
Shen Qingchuan nodded and said, "That's right. What you're saying is something I never even dared to imagine before."
Before the family was divided, his father was in charge of the household. What could be planted on the twenty acres of dry land was entirely up to his father. So the couple never considered how to divide the land and just kept working hard!
Now, we have been allocated four acres of dry land. Although it's not much, the grain we grow is barely enough to eat after paying taxes. We can grow whatever we want and distribute it however we want.
This feeling of breaking free from shackles is simply wonderful!
Separating the family was definitely the right decision!
My daughter is right. With the whole family working together, we are better off than before when we had no money and still couldn't get enough to eat or wear!
"Tang'er, are you tired? Daddy will carry you."
"Dad, I'm not tired, let's go together."
Shen Qingchuan asked his daughter halfway home, but she didn't want him to be tired, so in the end he insisted on carrying her on his back and carrying the bamboo basket home.
By the time they got home, it was past noon. Liu and her youngest daughter had already eaten. When she saw her husband and eldest daughter return, she immediately got up to cook for them.
Shen Qingchuan handed the bamboo basket to his wife, "Mother, Tang'er and I bought two catties of fatty meat today. You can render the fat and save it for cooking. We can cook the rest together tonight."
Liu scolded, "You two have been busy all day and traveled such a long way. Why do you have to wait to eat together? I'll cook some for you two first, and we'll divide the rest into two meals."
Now that the weather is getting hot, especially in May and June, meat can't be stored properly; it will spoil if not eaten the next day.
Shen Qingchuan himself was reluctant to eat it, but he had his eldest daughter to consider, so he immediately agreed.
"Okay, you can cook some for Tang'er to nourish her, and let Yu'er have some too."
Xiaoyu, who was playing nearby, was overjoyed when she heard there was meat to eat, and she was as happy as a little sparrow.
When the sun wasn't so strong in the afternoon, the couple carried wooden buckets, farm tools, and sweet potato seedlings out the door.
The dry fields have been mostly plowed in the last two days, and some of the neighboring families have already planted rice or corn while the sun is still warm in the early morning.
Following their daughter's plan, the couple left half an acre in the middle to plant turmeric, and planted sweet potato seedlings all around the other half acre.
To ensure a good survival rate, I even watered the plants thoroughly.
Turmeric should not be planted too early; it must be planted after the sweet potato seedlings have taken root and the corn seedlings have grown tall.
To avoid being seen and questioned, thus avoiding unnecessary trouble.
After they finished their work, it was still a bit early, so the couple planted the corn as well.
Three to five days later, the corn in the field sprouted and the sweet potato seedlings all survived.
Many villagers have started weeding in the fields.
The couple started getting up early and working late to weed.
Now that there are accidents, everyone is making the fields into ridges to make it easier for the fields to get water.
This season, their family didn't plant rice, so they didn't need much water. Shen Qingchuan simply covered the edges of the field with soil.
All you need to do is open a small opening every now and then and let some water in.
When it rains frequently, people usually stop their vehicles to avoid letting too much water in and flooding the crops.
Eight or nine days later, the corn seedlings in the field had grown to about knee-high. The family got up early in the morning and went to the field to plant turmeric while it was still dark and no one was around.
"Dad, Mom, this turmeric has sprouted several buds. Let's cut them apart with a knife, cut a section from each bud, and plant each section in a hole. The turmeric leaves are quite large, so let's space them out, a bit wider than the spacing between corn kernels."
"Alright, we'll do whatever Tang'er says."
"Yes, our Tang'er is the smartest. She does whatever she says."
Xiaoyu is still young and can't help much, so I let her sit aside and play by herself.
The little girl was very well-behaved, sitting still and quietly waiting for her parents and older sister to finish their work and come home.
It took Shen Xiaotang and her parents almost an hour to finish planting all the turmeric.
Because the turmeric was divided into sections according to its sprouting, each turmeric root was cut into several sections, and the spacing between the plants was large, it was barely enough to fill half an acre of land.
By now, some villagers had already started weeding in the fields, and the family members tacitly refrained from mentioning turmeric again.
Shen Qingchuan wiped away his sweat and saw that his eldest daughter was covered in mud. He immediately instructed her, "Tang'er, take your sister home first. Your mother and I are already here, so let's weed for a while before going back."
"Okay, I'll take Xiaoyu back to make breakfast first. You two can go back and eat when you're done. Don't wait until it's cold before you come back. There's work to do in the fields every day, so there's no rush. It'll be finished in one day."
The couple readily agreed, and only after watching their two daughters leave did they bend down and begin weeding.
Shen Xiaotang led her younger sister home, unlocked the door, and found that the pigs in the pigpen had already woken up and were squealing with hunger.
They got up too early, and the pigs were still fast asleep when they left, so they forgot to throw some pig feed in.
"Xiaoyu, you feed the chickens, and I'll feed the pigs. After you're done, I can cook dinner earlier."
"it is good!"
The two sisters divided the work: one carried pig feed and threw it into the pigpen, while the other carried a feeding bowl and poured it into the chicken coop.
For breakfast, Shen Xiaotang steamed a pot of cornbread and cooked rice porridge with some cornmeal sprinkled in, making it thick.
Then I stir-fried green peppers and green beans, cooked eggplant with eggs, and stir-fried loofah, for a total of three dishes.
After a while, my parents came back carrying farm tools, and everyone washed up and ate together.
The family lived a warm and comfortable life.
The Shen family has been in complete chaos lately.
Sun had been harvesting crops for more than half a month, threshing rice and sowing seeds. She was so tired that she kept complaining, with aches and pains in her back, legs, and arms.
The whole family was complaining about being tired and aggrieved!
After a long and tiring day, everyone could finally catch their breath once the rice seedlings sprouted in the fields.
The second son, Shen Jiangchuan, would carry a shoulder pole to town before dawn to deliver eggs and tofu, until his feet were blistered and bleeding from the effort.
But the manager of Yunlai Restaurant refused to accept it, no matter how much he pleaded.
He had no choice but to angrily carry the shoulder pole back home, his face dark and head hanging low as he entered the door.
When Mrs. Sun noticed that her second son's expression was a little off, she immediately asked him what was wrong.
"Second brother, what's wrong? Did something happen on the way?"
Shen Jiangchuan was holding back his anger and resentment, and when he heard his mother ask him a question, he immediately lost his temper.
“I’ve said it before: my eldest brother and sister-in-law have moved out, so there’s no one to grind tofu and no one to carry it to town every day. You’re unwilling to part with that little bit of income, so you insist that my third brother and I take turns delivering it.”
"It's been busy with farming lately, so I haven't been able to deliver anything for a while. I went out before dawn today, carrying a heavy load on a shoulder pole, and worked myself to the bone to deliver it, but they just wouldn't accept it!!!"
Mrs. Sun was dumbfounded and immediately asked, "Why did you suddenly stop accepting it?"