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Chapter 69 Villager Life (1)

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    In the big courtyard of Taoyuan Village, it was very lively early in the morning. The chickens and ducks raised under the eaves of the front yard were chattering non-stop.

    The big white goose on the side is free, walking around the yard with its wings, its majestic appearance is very bluffing!

    Xiu Niang opened the door with a basin of grain, and after feeding her own chickens, ducks and geese, she opened the fence and let them out!

    Every day, the chickens, ducks, and geese raised by each household have to go to the back mountain to catch insects and eat them. In the evening, they come back in groups. It is very worry-free. Each family has marked it, and there will be no such thing as entering the wrong nest.  !

    The embroiderer here is cleaning the shed. The host is a clean person, and the people in the village are slowly following suit. He is a capable old man, so you must learn from him!  People are some blind followers, but the livestock sheds at home are cleaned diligently. There is no smell in summer, and the livestock are not sick. They eat well for a long time, and they are fine even if they are fed under the eaves. Even the animals in the backyard  The pigs and sheep are kept very clean, and the straw in the pen is changed every day, so there is no smell!

    "Auntie, are you done? It's time to eat!" Mother Jing stuck her head out of the kitchen window and asked!  After getting an affirmative answer, he shouted to the backyard again, "Second Niang, San Niang, have you finished feeding the pigs? It's time for breakfast, and I have to go to work soon!"

    "It's over!" Er Niang replied cheerfully, "We are washing up! Is the elder sister done? Hurry up and wash your face!"

    "Hey! It's coming!" Xiu Niang put the tools in her hand into the main room, took off her oilcloth work clothes and hung them on the shelf nailed to the wall, turned around and went to the side of the river ditch in the backyard, drew a plate of water and started  Freshen up!

    This canal is only one meter wide, and the water in it is a tributary drawn from the big river. On weekdays, people use this water to wash things and feed animals. There is no pollution these days, and Chen Chen is also strict in management.  It is strictly forbidden to dump dirty things into the water!  But there is a well in the yard, so they don't eat and drink the water in the canal!

    "Auntie, hurry up! There are too many things to do today, so don't wait!" Jing and her two younger sisters were already sitting in front of the table waiting, without moving their chopsticks, they were all waiting for Mrs. Embroidery!

    "En!" There was still a hint of coolness on Xiuniang's face. In this hot summer, washing her face with cool river water is very refreshing!

    When the embroidered mother arrived, how could the two little fellows on the table hold it back? One of them took a cornmeal cornbread and began to gnaw, "Mother, this cornbread is really delicious, and there is stuffing in it! It's a little bit different from what I ate before."  It's not the same!" Sanniang said with a cheerful smirk!

    "Nonsense! It's mixed with white flour and bean flour! Can it be delicious?" Er Niang said with some contempt, "The stuffing mixed with lard, just smelling it will kill you!"

    "Hurry up! Even eating can't stop your mouth!" Xiu Niang interrupted rudely, "You two will have to go to the chicken coop to work in a while. It's a good idea. This wave of chicks is only a few days away.  Just come out, if something goes wrong and you lose your job, I'll see where you two go with Northwest Wind!"

    "Understood, eldest sister!" The second mother and the third mother responded in unison. Jing's temper is soft, easy to bully, and no one listens to her words.  After the sale, Xiu Niang has always been the master inside. If Xiu Niang had some skills, they would have been sold separately early in the morning, and they would not have entered Taoyuan Village in the future, and lived a stable life that was unimaginable.  day!

    "Mother, how are you doing helping Mrs. Liu? If you're tired, why not knit sweaters with me! I've spun a lot of wool recently, so hurry up and get enough of this batch, our family's index is enough to buy a head  The little cow is here!" Xiu Niang said quickly as she poured the gruel into her mouth!

    "Oh, no need, I had a good stay there. There are quite a lot of people in the restaurant of sister Xiu, and they are busy after I leave. The salary of 300 Wen a month is quite a lot. Not to mention the food, I sell the leftovers every day.  If I bring back some of the dishes, I can give you more fuel! Mother did a great job there!" Jing said slowly!

    "That's fine!" Xiu Niang snorted with a mouthful of mixed eggplant, "If you don't go to the canteen, you don't care about the food. You can eat it outside. The steamed corn porridge left at home, I just finished eating it with a cold dish at noon.  , it¡¯s getting hot, I can¡¯t hold things!¡±

    "Hey! The pickled cucumbers sent by sister Xiu some time ago are delicious, hot and sour. The customers in the store like to eat this. You can also eat it with porridge at noon, so as not to taste bad in your mouth!" Jing's concern  exhorted!

    Just as the embroidered lady over there nodded her head in response, the second lady on the other side asked anxiously, "Elder sister! What is that cow? Our family doesn't have land, so why raise that big cow?"

    "I heard from Guanshi Chen that it is a kind of cow that can produce milk!" Xiu Niang frowned and said, "But now?I¡¯m not sure yet, I heard that there is another kind of beef cattle, which grow expressly, and are specially bred to kill those who eat beef. Let¡¯s see when the time comes!  Whichever is easy to raise can be raised!  "

    "Let's raise beef cattle! Elder sister, haven't we eaten beef yet? I don't even know what it should taste like?" Sanniang said eagerly!

    "You have a lot of things you haven't eaten, don't think about it yourself! Hurry up and eat!" Xiu Niang said viciously as she looked at the two guys who were already drooling for nothing!

    "Oh, that's fine! I'll listen to you!" Mrs. Jing didn't have any opinions, and was used to obedience. "When the time comes, clean up the vegetable patch in the backyard. I can't eat that much at home, so I can go to the market to buy whatever I want.  Convenient! It¡¯s just right for raising cattle!¡±

    "En! It's probably easier to raise beef cattle, and we don't know how to milk the milk. We don't have enough staff at home, so we can't take care of them. If the vegetable field is not good, just open up the small piece of land in front of the house! Isn't that what Mrs. Xu and her family do?  Is it?" Xiu Niang pondered for a while, and said!

    "Okay!" Mrs. Jing agreed 100% to this, "Let's turn over the ground together after work at night, water it thoroughly, and the seedlings will live well!"

    "Yes, I got it!" Xiu Niang nodded and said, after breakfast, Mrs. Jing, Er Niang and San Niang rushed to work, leaving the finishing touches to Xiu Niang alone!  After washing the dishes and chopsticks and brushing the pan, Xiu Niang opened the front door to clean up the house, and met Xu Niangzi who was about to go out and said hello, "Xiu Niang has a big fair today, are you going out?"

    "No!" The embroiderer replied with a smile, "The wool has been spun, but the sweater and trousers haven't been knitted yet! We must hurry up and hurry up!"

    "You're just too diligent!" Mrs. Xu said with a smile, "I don't plan to go out today, but don't you pickle a lot of duck eggs at home? I want to take some out to see if I can sell them for a higher price.  If it sells well, I will pickle more! The family will also earn more money!"

    "There's nothing wrong with your craftsmanship!" Xiu Niang said with a smile, "Your ducks are well-raised and lay many eggs. Even if you take them out to sell duck eggs, they are also good.  Thin porridge is a dish! It must be selling well!"

    "Hey! That's good!" Mrs. Xu was flattered by the praise, and she walked away quickly after saying a few words. After a while, the sun was high and it was a little bit sunburnt, so she hurried on her way while it was cool!

    After the embroiderer finished cleaning the house, she put a chair in the shade in the backyard and started knitting!

    This sweater and wool trousers are all to be sold in the store, and there are no thread joints. Needless to say, the workmanship is good, and it needs to be very careful. At this moment, the daughters-in-law of each family are starting to work!

    Weaving, embroidering, twisting threads, washing clothes, picking and pickling vegetables, all the back doors of the houses on both sides of the canal were busy for a while, and the embroiderer was weaving quickly in such a safe and secure environment.  Wearing a sweater, the smile on the corner of her mouth can¡¯t go away, she feels a little bit sorry for her fate now, they were sold off at a low price, and now they are still alive and well, but the unscrupulous person who got the money died early in the morning  Well, things in this world are really hard to say, hard to say!  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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