Chapter 390: My biological mother is no longer a stepmother (5)
Chapter 390: My biological mother is no longer a stepmother (5)
In the evening, Yang Yong came back from the fields. When he entered the house, he still had two empty pesticide bottles in his hand, and he placed them on the open space next to the gate.
At this time of year, not long after the wheat harvest, the corn seedlings have already emerged. Yang Yong went to inspect the fields to help thin out the corn seedlings.Wherever there is an extra tree, pull it out; where there is a missing tree, replant it.
From now until the autumn harvest, weeds are pulled regularly in the cornfield.Most of the energy is spent on cotton, and bollworms are no joke.This thing is highly resistant to pesticides. It requires several pesticides from emergence to harvest.
While Li Xiaoxi was getting him water to wash his hands, he complained: "You picked this thing up again!"
It’s a complaint, but it’s also distressed.After all, these pesticide bottles are not just thrown on the roadside and can be picked up casually. They are thrown on the ground. If you want to pick them up, you have to cross the nearly two-meter-wide ditch dug by the village collective organization.I’ve been busy all afternoon and I didn’t want to go home and have a good rest. I saw a pesticide bottle thrown away from a distance on the road, so I walked a little further to pick it up. Are you tired?
Speaking of this big ditch, Li Xiaoxi became angry.
Two years ago, when we organized everyone to dig ditches, they made a lot of promises so that everyone could water the land, but there was no water at all. It was a waste of time.There is a little bit of water after the rain in summer, but it evaporates quickly and is of no use at all.This big ditch serves no purpose other than narrowing the road and causing trouble for everyone.Because there is such an extra ditch, everyone has to take a detour when transporting food from the fields.
Of course, they don't suffer any loss in their work.Although the work point system has been abolished, trench digging can be counted as labor hours, which can be used to offset part of the public grain.It would be good to pay less for public food, so the village organized everyone to do these useless tasks, and everyone rushed to do it.
Yang Yong smiled honestly: "I can make some money by selling it. Save some and sell them. I'll heat them up later and buy you some popsicles."
Li Xiaoxi: "Stop picking it up, it's so tiring. Now that Zhenzhen is working and paying us 20 yuan every month, life is much better. Just stop staring at these three melons and two dates."
Yang Yong: "Zhenzhen is older, and we should talk about getting married in the next two years. When she gets married, you can't ask for money from your children. We still have to rely on ourselves."
There is no reason for a married daughter to pay money to her parents' family.
Li Xiaoxi: "Wen Yuan will graduate from high school in two years. If he gets admitted to university by then, we won't need to pay tuition. If he doesn't get admitted, we won't have to spend more money to go home and farm. It's no big deal. , be more open-minded and don’t exhaust yourself to death.”
Yang Yong: "Then you don't prepare a dowry for Zhenzhen. If Wen Yuan marries a wife in the future, you don't prepare a betrothal gift. In a few years, the house will have to be renovated. There is nothing but money. Now we can still do it, do more Nothing."
Li Xiaoxi: "..."
It's okay to work more, and she's not lazy, but there's no need to squeeze herself so much.
Before she could say anything, Yang Yong continued: "Zhenzhen is back, have you bought meat? Put some meat in the stir-fry."
Li Xiaoxi said angrily: "Don't you want to save money? Eat whatever meat you want! Drink the northwest wind!"
Yang Yong chuckled: "If you don't have enough to eat or drink, you will suffer from poverty if you don't calculate. You have to eat when you should, and Zhenzhen can't eat well at school. There is only one vegetable at noon a day, either boiled cabbage or cabbage. She is probably too lazy to turn on the stewed vermicelli. She still needs to improve it when she gets home. Get some meat and scramble an egg."
Li Xiaoxi: "Let's scramble some eggs tonight. I didn't buy any meat today. The cooperative's meat is all sold out now. I'll weigh some fresh meat tomorrow morning."
Yang Yong: "Okay. Just remember, don't forget. The body is the capital of the revolution. When you buy it, it will not only be eaten by Zhenzhen, but also by the two of us. We only eat it once a week, so it is not a waste."
After saying that, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Zhenzhen, give Dad a bowl of water. Stop being bored in the room and come out for a while."
Yang Wenzhen: "Come, come, do you want tea or boiled water?"
Yang Yong: "Make a pot of tea."
The green tea produced in this province is delicious and not expensive.
Yang Yong has a strong hometown complex and everything is the best in his hometown.In his eyes, the scenery of the small hills in his hometown is better than the four famous mountains.Although he has never seen the four famous mountains, it doesn't stop him from bragging. He walks on the famous mountains and rivers and boasts about the hills in his hometown.
In his previous life, when he became more affluent, the original owner and Yang Wenyuan occasionally bought some precious green tea such as Maojian, Biluochun, and Longjing for him to drink. While he drank it happily, he sighed: "Why did you buy this? It's so expensive. It’s not as delicious as the green tea from our province. Although our tea is cheap, the quality is really good. These teas are just famous, but they don’t taste that good.”
Yang Wenyuan muttered: "If you don't chew all the tea leaves after brewing, I will believe it."
Yang Yong said stubbornly: "I eat it not because it is delicious, but because it is expensive. I feel like it is a loss just to drink some tea! I have to eat the tea leaves to feel better. I feel a little more back." Ben."
Li Xiaoxi also helped, chewing the tea leaves and saying, "Yes, this is too expensive. I soaked it five or six times without soaking it, and it was just like boiled water, and there was no tea flavor at all. Don’t you have to eat the tea leaves too! But don’t tell me, the tea leaves are quite delicious and very tender.”
Both siblings would die laughing.The daughter-in-law was embarrassed to laugh, but she was also having fun beside her.
Yang Wenzhen brewed the tea and moved a small table to the yard for him to sit and drink tea.
In the evening, the house was already very dark. Although the electricity was turned on, no one was willing to turn on the lights until it was dark.Li Xiaoxi was reluctant to turn on the kitchen light even when chopping vegetables. This was just a sign of experience, and a newbie would be injured every minute.
Yang Yong asked her while drinking tea: "Did you come back with Dalin?"
Yang Wenzhen: "..."
It seems that her father also has a good impression of Dalin.
"Don't mention him, that's not a good idea."
Yang Yong: "What's going on?"
Yang Wenzhen repeated what she said to Li Xiaoxi.
Yang Yong said: "Forget it. You are still young, look for it slowly, don't be in a hurry."
Li Xiaoxi responded from the kitchen: "Why are you not in a hurry? She is 20."
Yang Yong: "Aren't we advocating late marriage now? 20 is not too old."
Yang Wenzhen: "That's right. I'll stay at home for a few more years and pay you a few more years. Wouldn't it be better?"
Li Xiaoxi: "Your father and I are not the kind of people who keep their daughters at home to work in order to earn money for their son to find a wife."
Her tone was very proud, and she seriously felt that she was a good mother who loved her daughter.
There are indeed some families in the village. When a girl reaches age, she is not given a partner and is allowed to stay at home and work as a cow or horse. When her brothers and brothers have married and she is older, she is hastily married off by her parents in exchange for a betrothal gift and exploited. Get the last remaining value.
Li Xiaoxi looks down on such parents.She felt that men should get married when they are older and women should get married when they are older.
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