Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Grandfather slowly lifted his feet, shook off the water on them, and said, "Stop talking! Everyone makes mistakes. Do you think today isn't tiring enough?"

Grandma took off her shoes angrily, rolled her eyes at grandpa, and continued to mutter, "You are so good! Every day you act like a stranger, not caring about this or that."

Grandfather Jiang Wuwen put on his shoes and prepared to go into the house to rest. Halfway through, he turned back and said to Zheng, "Tomorrow I will go up the mountain with you to chop wood. The two children should not go up the mountain. They have been working in the fields with us for so many days and they are exhausted. Let them rest at home!"

Jiang Wuwen did not stop the two children from working in the fields before, and he was indeed afraid of being criticized. Now that Wei did this, he thought there was no need to be so tense. It was time to let the children have a rest.

An Nian was afraid of the scalding water when washing her feet, so she never washed them. She sat alone at the table playing with the little bird that her grandfather had made for her out of bamboo silk.

An Yue lowered her head and soaked her feet, as if she was standing alone and didn't say a word.

As the night deepened and the weather grew colder, the oil lamp went out and An Yue lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

She was thinking that her aunt Wei had done such a petty thing, and that such things would happen more and more frequently in the future, and there would inevitably be quarrels. She also had a premonition that this incident would definitely become the fuse of future conflicts.

She and her brother have to plan ahead for the near future.

Although she has been admitted to the police academy in modern times, she is still a child who grew up in the countryside and has done a lot of farm work since she was a child.

Although she remembered all the memories of the original owner, the original owner had always been a naive little girl who knew very little.

Now that she has lived in her grandfather's house for so long, she has learned a thing or two about what it takes to live in the village.

In short, the people in the village make their living entirely by farming. If the busy farming season is over, the able-bodied men in the family will usually go hunting in the mountains to improve the family's food. If there are any extra prey, they will take them to the market and exchange them for some silver to supplement the family income.

I thought that if I really returned to the An family, the siblings were so young that farming would definitely not be possible. Without the labor force, it would be like talking on paper. It seemed that I had to find another way out.

After thinking about it, I felt that I had to go to the market to understand the basic situation there.

At some point, An Yue fell asleep while thinking.

When she woke up, it was already early morning. She simply washed, got dressed, and prepared to make breakfast.

As soon as I walked out of the main door, I found Wei coming out of her room with a bundle in her hand.

"What are you looking at! Are you satisfied now? You're a jinx!" Wei scolded An Yue angrily.

An Yue asked, "Aunt, where are you going?"

Wei ignored An Yue and turned her head to Jiang Chenghai in the room and said loudly: "You can tolerate this and that, but you can't tolerate me. Okay! I'm leaving! I'm leaving now!"

After saying that, he put on his bag and hurried to open the gate of the yard.

At this time, Uncle Jiang Chenghai ran out of the house with a sleepy look on his face, came to the door, grabbed Wei's arm and said, "Have you had enough of making trouble?"

"I'm making a fuss? Just because I secretly kept a little meat, you glared at me and scolded me. After you came back, you ignored me. I can't live like this!"

Wei shook off Jiang Chenghai's hand and walked straight out of the yard.

Seeing that something was not right, the grandparents in the main room quickly put on their clothes and came out, asking, "What are you two up to so early in the morning?"

"If she wants to leave, let her leave! Once she leaves, don't come back!" Jiang Chenghai's sleepiness subsided and he said loudly with some anger.

Grandfather Jiang Wuwen walked from the main house to the front door and asked, "Ah Hai, what's going on?"

"Because of what happened last night, I scolded her a bit. After I came back from Kaizi's house, she kept crying and making a fuss all night."

My grandfather didn't say anything else, but turned around and walked into the main room silently.

Grandma was furious and said, "This is outrageous! She just came in and she's already throwing tantrums at us old couple. She did something wrong and the man said a few words to her, and she's yelling that she wants to leave! Let her go if she wants to! Let her go!"

"Hey... stop talking! Just do what you need to do!" Grandfather sighed, frowned, went back into the house, sat on the stool at the dining table, drank a few sips of tea, and started smoking a pipe.

Grandma and An Yue went to the kitchen to cook together, while uncle went back to his room.

An Nian put on his clothes, swept the house and set the table as usual.

After the family finished their meal, my uncle went back to the village to work, while my grandparents went to the mountains to chop firewood.

After Wei returned to her parents' home, the siblings became less restrained at home.

I have been in this small rural village for many days but have not yet walked around.

An Yue smiled and asked An Nian tentatively: "Niannian, do you want to go out and play?"

When An Nian heard that they were going out to play, he jumped up and down excitedly.

His eyes were smiling like crescent moons, and he jogged to An Yue and said, "Sister, Niannian has been wanting to go out and play for a long time!"

But his smile suddenly stopped, and he lowered his head and said, "It's just that I'm too busy on weekdays, and my aunt is fierce, so I dare not say it every year."

An Yue rubbed An Nian's round face with her hands and said, "Let's finish the housework quickly, and then sister will take you out to play."

An Yue thought that no one was at home today, so she finished her housework and took An Nian for a walk around the house to see if they could find anything.

An Yue and An Nian carried their small backpacks and went out with sickles, thinking that they could cut some tender grass to feed the chickens, which would make the trip worthwhile.

After closing the door, the brother and sister came to the crossroads at the entrance of the village and turned their heads to look.

She clearly remembered that the last time she went to the mountain with her grandmother, they walked straight ahead. There were paths on both sides, but she had never been there before, so she simply walked to the right to see what was going on.

The path on the right side of the village is winding. The weeds on both sides of the road have long since dried up, but there are no weeds blocking the way. It is obvious that this road is often walked on.

There are green plants growing in the fields near the mountain by the roadside. When you look closer, you can see goose grass and shepherd's purse.

An Yue asked her brother to wait on the road while she climbed up the small slope. There were wild garlic, dandelions and other common modern plants on the slope. Among them, shepherd's purse and wild garlic were particularly abundant, covering the ground everywhere.

Standing on the slope and looking into the distance, you can see mountains surrounding you. Looking closer, you can see rows of terraced fields with wasteland on both sides.

In addition to dry rice stalks, there are also some weeds in the terraced fields. From time to time, a few unknown birds fly in from the mountains and stop in the wasteland to look for food.

I walked downhill with my brother, across a long ridge in the field, and then walked forward along the side of the mountain. After turning a small corner, we saw a pond in the distance.

An Nian, whose face was red from the cold, pointed to the pond ahead and said, "Sister, there seems to be a pond ahead."