Farming and Bend the National Husband

There are still three days until the Chinese New Year, and Xia Jiusheng's family is running out of new year's goods.

This morning, Xia Jiusheng and the others drove to the town to make up some oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, drinks and candy, and bought all the things for the New Year.

Different from the rainy and snowy weather at this time in previous years, the temperature has risen significantly in the past two days, and the sun has been particularly fierce, making people warm all over.The wind was blowing on my body, and the biting chill was gone, as if spring had come ahead of schedule.

Magnolia, which is very common in Zhangtang Town, has actually grown buds in the winter, and some have even bloomed a few flowers.

Xia Jiusheng and the others bought good things and wandered around the street for a while. They had everything at home, so they just looked around.

Passing by a stall for writing couplets, an old man with gray hair was actually holding a brush and writing couplets.I bought a few more blessings and a few good luck, and I am going to post them when I go home.

When they got home, Xia Jiusheng and Wen Yue started to put up Spring Festival couplets, while An An and Ah Fu had nothing to do and went outside to play.

Xia Jiuqiang and his wife walked in from the yard with a hoe on their backs. Seeing Xia Jiusheng standing on a stool pasting couplets, they asked, "Yangyang, do you want to dig winter bamboo shoots?"

Xia Jiusheng patted hard, stuck the couplet and the double-sided tape behind it firmly on the wall, jumped off the stool, and said with a smile: "You are already 28 today, you housewife still have time to go back to your mother's house to dig bamboo shoots! No! Are you ready for New Years?"

"Our parents-in-law are busy at home, and we are just helping out, so we have a lot of free time." Xia Jiuqiang gave his younger brother a white look. "I just went to the street to buy winter bamboo shoots, and I was going to make green dumplings fried with pickles. I didn't expect it to be so expensive. The better ones cost more than 20 yuan a catty. Why don't you go to the bamboo garden to dig it yourself?"

"It's like this after Chinese New Year, what is not expensive." Xia Jiusheng carried the stool back to the room and washed his hands.Seeing that Wen Yue was also in high spirits, he went to the backyard to pick up two hoes, handed one to him, took a bamboo basket, hung it on the handle of the hoe, waved and shouted: "Then let's go."

In the bamboo garden next door, because Xia Jiusheng’s family raised hundreds of chickens, so many chicken feces were dropped on it, and the rain turned it into fertilizer and watered it. Not many, but it is easy to dig bamboo shoots.

Based on their experience, several people looked for places with winter bamboo shoots.

Xia Jiusheng's method is very simple. Find the most luxuriant growth area in the bamboo forest, and then look for the moso bamboo with the darkest bamboo leaves, preferably dark green, and dig around the moso bamboo. Basically, there are winter shoots.

Wen Yue took the hoe, found a place for herself, and started digging. It seemed that she was no layman.

The first target was dug, but there were no bamboo shoots. Xia Jiusheng changed the direction and continued digging, but there were still no bamboo shoots.

Xia Jiusheng looked up and changed direction.

This time luck came, and within a few hoeings, a golden bamboo shoot emerged. Xia Jiusheng carefully dug the soil to the side, reached the bottom, broke it with one hoe, and bent down to pick it up.

This bamboo shoot is very tender and thick, with a slightly curved head, like a parrot's mouth. According to the locals, this kind of winter bamboo shoot is the most delicious.

Satisfied, Xia Jiusheng threw it into the bamboo basket, and continued digging along the whip of the long winter bamboo shoots.

The growth of winter bamboo shoots is generally regular. In most cases, as long as one bamboo shoot grows on a bamboo whip, many more will grow in the front and back, just like a branch sprouting.

Sure enough, Xia Jiusheng dug up seven winter bamboo shoots one after another. In fact, there were still some on the whip, but the growth time was too short, less than two inches long, so Xia Jiusheng gave up.

After covering the soil and carrying the basket, Xia Jiusheng changed to another place and continued digging.

Looking up at Wen Yue, he saw a few bamboo shoots piled up at his feet. It seemed that Wen Yue had dug many times in his hometown, so he had rich experience.

Several people dug for two hours, and they all harvested a lot. Xia Jiusheng and Wen Yue filled a basket full. It seemed that it should weigh more than 20 catties.

It was almost noon, and they were tired of digging, so they went home with their hoes on their backs.

Xia's mother saw that her son had dug up so many winter bamboo shoots, so she thought about making some green dumplings in the afternoon.At that time, cut the winter bamboo shoots into shreds, and fry them with shredded pork, shredded pickles, shredded mushrooms, and shredded black fungus to make stuffing. The whole family likes to eat it.

So I took out the shiitake mushrooms and fungus and soaked them in water, and took out the green dough stored in the refrigerator to thaw.

Xia's mother picked from the bamboo shoots, took out a dozen or so that looked better, divided them into two, and asked her son to put them in bags and send them to the uncle's and aunt's homes.

There are also bamboo gardens next to the second uncle's and second aunt's homes, and there must be no shortage of winter bamboo shoots.

Xia Jiusheng didn't say anything, picked up the bamboo shoots, and drove them to them.

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When he arrived at his aunt's house, Xia Jiusheng was a little annoyed when he heard the noise coming from the house.

It was not good to go home, and entered the house helplessly, and saw that their family was all there, but their faces were not good, and the cousin was still wiping her eyes.Xia Jiusheng put the winter bamboo shoots on the table, and asked his aunt softly what happened?

It turned out that grandma was frying fish in the kitchen and asked her granddaughter to go to the yard to pick a few scallions, wash them and cut them into chopped green onions for her. When the fish is cooked, she can sprinkle it on top to increase the freshness and remove the fishy smell.I don't want my granddaughter to move slowly, and she has a poor memory. She forgot about the chopped green onion. She didn't remember it until she saw her granddaughter brought in the chopped green onion when the fish was put on a plate and brought out.

The old lady has a bad temper and is prone to unexplainable anger.At this time, she slapped the wooden pot lid heavily on the stove, not wanting her eyesight to be bad, and she didn't see a key underneath.

My aunt was washing rice, and when she saw the old lady getting angry, she tried to persuade her a few words. Everyone was upset.

The little uncle listened to what the old lady meant, and he was complaining that their family didn't go home usually, leaving the two old people alone at home to be wronged, and they felt unbalanced.

He worked as a driver for the leader in the town, and pretended to be his grandson all day long, which was already annoying enough.During the Chinese New Year holiday, I wanted to quiet my ears and relieve my mental stress. Unexpectedly, my mother would not even realize his little wish, so I yelled at my mother.

So the old lady stopped cooking and stood there wiping her tears.The little uncle was sitting in the living room smoking a cigarette, and the little aunt had no choice but to take over the housework in the kitchen.As for the cousin who was wiping tears, no one paid any attention to her.

Xia Jiusheng looked at this family that couldn't even celebrate the New Year in peace, he was really speechless, and felt sorry for his cousin, so he told his aunt to take his cousin to his house to play.

My aunt is also a cowardly character. No one takes what she says at home seriously. She loves her daughter but can't protect her. Hearing what my nephew said, she eagerly agrees.

So Xia Jiusheng took his cousin Sun Xiaoyan back to his home.

Xia's mother sighed helplessly after listening to her son's story. The little girl's character is also a life of hardship in that family.

At the beginning of the marriage, as the eldest sister, I also opposed it. The main reason was that the man's parents had a bad temper and were well-known in the village.

But for an ordinary peasant family like theirs, without an elder to rely on, it is difficult to find an outstanding man.The younger brother-in-law has a good job and is considered top-notch among her peers, so she finally agreed.

During lunch, Xia's mother felt sorry for her niece and kept adding vegetables to her.Sun Xiaoyan was used to being shouted at at home, she seldom spoke, and she didn't make a sound at this time, she just moved her mouth quickly, and quietly ate the food that her aunt had picked up.

Seeing her eating well, Xia's mother became more and more sad, such a well-behaved and sensible little girl, it was too late to love her, what kind of heart did the old man in the family have, so he was so cruel that he beat and scolded the child?

I also looked at the clothes she was wearing. It was a beige cotton padded jacket. The style was ugly and the fabric was poorly made. It looked like a street stall in a clothing store. New clothes for the New Year would not be bought for her, so I called her son. Take her to buy some better clothes in the afternoon.

Xia Jiusheng agreed.

After dinner, my cousin scrambled to help clean up the table, rolled up her sleeves, and went to wash the dishes, but was stopped by Xia's mother.

Suddenly noticed that the color of the skin on the niece's wrist was wrong, Xia's mother's chest tightened, and dragged her to the bright place at the back door, and saw that the color of the part was brownish red, and there was a circle of yellow on the side. A mark left after a bruise has faded.

"Who hit this?" Mama Xia only felt a wave of anger welling up. The little girl is only 15 years old, how big a deal can she understand?Even if you do something wrong, just educate them well, how can you do something like this?

"I accidentally bumped into it myself." Sun Xiaoyan shrank her hands, lowering her head and not daring to look into Xia's mother's eyes.

"Are you stupid to be an aunt? How can you hurt yourself like this?" Xia's mother was angry and sad when she saw her cowardly. "Are there any other injuries?"

"No more, no more." Sun Xiaoyan hurriedly pulled down her sleeves and said repeatedly.

Seeing that her face turned pale, Mama Xia couldn't believe it. She held her hand and rolled up her sleeves, and saw five or six scars on her entire arm, some of which were very dark. It is estimated that he was strangled in the past two days.

Just one arm is like this, and the body is definitely not intact. Xia's mother slowly helped the virgin niece put down the clothes on the sleeves, her eyes were red.

"Auntie, it's okay, it doesn't hurt." Sun Xiaoyan comforted softly timidly.

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A few people went to Zhangtang Town. In a sports brand store, they bought Sun Xiaoyan a down jacket, a thinner cotton coat, two pairs of pants, and two pairs of sneakers.

Xia Jiusheng also wanted to buy a nicer woolen coat for her to wear during the Chinese New Year, but Sun Xiaoyan didn't want it anyway, so she had to forget it.

When I got home, I was surprised to see my little uncle coming, accompanied by his family's baby, Sun Xiaojie.

Sun Xiaojie was sitting next to his father and was quite honest. When he saw his sister holding a box for clothes and shoes and a paper bag, he ran over and snatched it.

"This is your sister's clothes, there is nothing to eat." Xia Jiusheng knew that this little cousin was spoiled by his grandparents, so he didn't bother to care about it, but just reminded him.

Sun Xiaojie took a look at Xia Jiusheng, did not stop, grabbed all the bags, put them on the ground, and took them apart one by one.

Seeing that they were all my sister's clothes and shoes, and there was nothing to eat or play with, I suddenly lost my temper, dropped the things, stepped on the down jacket, and kicked hard.

Xia Jiusheng saw him behaving like this in front of his face, glared at him, lifted his collar, lifted him aside, picked up the things on the ground, and put them back into the bag.

Wen Yue didn't make a sound from the side, but just looked at them in surprise.

The children are messing around like this, and the father actually sits quietly drinking tea and doesn't care about it?

Xia's mother came over and just saw this scene, and she looked down on this little brother-in-law even more.

He has been driving for the leader for several years, so logically speaking, he has developed his wink, but from the way he educated his son, we can tell that this person actually has no emotional intelligence at all, and he doesn't know how he managed to get along in the town government?

Sun Xiaojie was carried to his father by Xia Jiusheng, and he looked at Xia Jiusheng angrily, as if he understood that this was not his home, and he didn't dare to lose his temper with Xia Jiusheng.Seeing my sister standing in front, I ran to her in a few steps, reached out and pinched her arm vigorously, cursing, "Why do you only buy things for yourself and not me?"

Except for the little uncle, everyone present was stunned by Sun Xiaojie's behavior.

They never dreamed that a boy who was only 12 years old would dare to bully his sister like this.

Judging from his proficient appearance, it should not be once or twice, presumably it is the result of long-term indulgence.And his parents and grandparents must also know, but no one stopped them.

"I'll beat you to death, you brat." Mother Xia couldn't stand it any longer. She rushed over, grabbed his hand that pinched her sister, slapped his palm a few times, and cursed: "You are so young! If you are so bad, you can pinch your own sister until the whole body is black and blue, how can you grow up?"

Sun Xiaojie's hand was grabbed and beaten by Xia's mother a few times, and his expression suddenly became violent and fierce.

He struggled desperately, his other hand bent his fingers, his nails desperately grasped on the back of Mama Xia's hand, and quickly grabbed the bloodstains on the back of Mama Xia's hand, his legs were not idle, he lifted it up and kicked Mama Xia's calf vigorously, Mama Xia had to let go of the pain.

Xia Jiusheng saw that something was wrong, and his mother was about to be injured by this bully, so he hurried to arrest Sun Xiaojie.

Sun Xiaojie probably also knew that he couldn't beat Xia Jiusheng, so he didn't make a move. When Xia Jiusheng grabbed him, he suddenly let out a bah and spit on Xia Jiusheng.

With a sound of "Pa--", Xia Jiusheng slapped him across the face.

It has nothing to do with how this person is at home, but in his own home, he dared to bully his sister, hurt his mother, and spit on himself, how could Xia Jiusheng be polite to him?

Sun Xiaojie seemed to have never been beaten before, and was startled by Xia Jiusheng's beating, with a mournful face, he twisted his body violently, rolled to the ground, and cried out loudly.

"Sister, Yangyang, what do you mean?" Seeing his son lying on the ground crying, his little uncle Sun Zhenlong couldn't sit still, stood up and wanted to help his son, and asked Mother Xia angrily.

"Are you blind?" Xia's mother saw him asking herself like this, and scolded angrily: "He is only 12 years old, and he dares to behave like this. Aren't you afraid of cultivating a hooligan?"

"It's my family's business to be a hooligan, can you take care of it?" Sun Zhenlong asked plausibly.

"I don't care." Xia's mother was chilled by the little brother-in-law's words. "I won't take care of your family's affairs either. But was Xiaoyan born to you? Why is she covered in bruises, but you don't feel bad at all?"

"What's the matter? Isn't it natural for my sister to play with my younger brother?" Sun Zhenlong was not surprised at all, but took it for granted.

"Okay, okay. I'm meddling in my own business." Xia's mother was annoyed by his words, and waved her hand, too lazy to talk to them. "Go back to your own homes and don't argue in front of me. I don't see what I see."

"Auntie—" Sun Xiaoyan felt sad when she saw that her aunt was injured because of herself.

"It's okay, Xiaoyan, you are 15 years old this year, and you will be a big girl soon, you must know how to take care of yourself." Xia's mother comforted: "Since your parents are the same, you will have to rely on yourself in the future. For money, just call Auntie, huh?"

"Thank you, auntie." Sun Xiaoyan said softly.

Watching the family leave.Xia Jiusheng went to the next room, found a clean basin, poured some space water, and took it out to wash the wound on his mother's back.

"This bastard, my younger sister shouldn't have married him back then." Mother Xia still couldn't calm down.

"Forget it, Mom." The two of them have lived together for more than twenty years, and my aunt is probably used to it. As long as they can persevere on their own, outsiders like themselves, why worry about it.

I helped my mother wash the wound and wiped some alcohol. I guess it will be fine after a night.

After being disturbed by them, the mood of the people in the room became heavy. Mama Xia didn't even have the mood to make green dumplings, so she sat in the living room and watched TV.

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After three o'clock in the afternoon, Hu Rongcan's car suddenly appeared at the gate of the yard.

Xia Jiusheng, who was playing chess with Wen Yue and the others in the sun, saw him get out of the car, stood up angrily, walked to the gate of the yard, and shouted, "Why are you here?"

"Young man, don't be angry, our family is here today, and we sincerely came to plead guilty to Mr. Wen—" Hu Rongcan begged humbly.

While talking, Mrs. Hu and Hu Xinlei also got out of the car, walked over pitifully, and looked at Xia Jiusheng.

Xia Jiusheng also has a soft-tempered temperament, and he has only seen each other for a few days. Hu Rongcan seems to be a few years older, and he saw the two women next to him, and their expressions were also very bad. It seems that Nie Zhengcheng's actions really brought them a huge blow Under the pressure, the anger in my heart subsided a little, and she turned to Wen Yue and shouted: "Wen Yue, you can handle this matter yourself!"

Seeing Wen Yue approaching, Hu Xinlei looked at the gentle and jade-like man in front of her, feeling surprised and guilty. How could such an outstanding man seduce Cheng Xuehan?Even a woman like her would be moved by seeing her, let alone those homosexuals?I'm afraid Cheng Xuehan, a scumbag, cheated Wen Yue's feelings.

"Mr. Wen, I was the one who made the phone call." Hu Xinlei's arrogant temper has improved a lot because of the changes in her family. "Because I heard that you have something to do with Cheng Xuehan, I was dazzled by jealousy, so I called and scolded you. Please forgive me."

Wen Yue looked at this girl expressionlessly, feeling very complicated. Cheng Xuehan betrayed him because of this girl?

It turns out that he is not even as good as such a girl in his heart?

Suddenly feeling worthless for himself, wasting the best seven years of his life, but in exchange for this result.

"Mr. Wen, my daughter has divorced Cheng Xuehan after knowing what he did before. This is the divorce certificate—" Hu Rongcan suddenly took out a red book and spread it out for Wen Yue to read.

"Don't read it." Wen Yue waved his hand and let out a sigh of relief.Suddenly, I felt that it was meaningless to pursue this matter with them.

The other party scolded him, and Nie Zhengcheng helped him vent his anger, and also taught them a lesson. Everyone has already evened out, and there is no need to pursue it further.

How they behave and do things is their own choice and has nothing to do with him.

Seeing that they were still looking at her with begging eyes, Wen Yue took a breath and said, "Don't worry, this matter will end here, and I won't trouble you again in the future."

"Thank you, Mr. Wen." The whole family of Hu Rongcan shouted excitedly when they heard the sound of a fairy.

"Don't talk about it, it's almost Chinese New Year, and you're busy, so I won't keep you here." Although Wen Yue didn't intend to cause trouble for them, she wasn't interested in greeting them, so she issued an order to evict them.

Hu Rongcan's family didn't dare to have any thoughts at this time, they just said kind words with gratitude, turned around and left.

"This matter has come to an end." Wen Yue breathed a sigh of relief, and said to her master who was looking at her with concern.

"What are you talking about? This matter hasn't even started yet, how can it be considered as the end?" Xia Jiusheng reminded, remembering that the culprit named Cheng Xuehan had not received any punishment yet.

"I don't know why, I'm not interested in going to trouble with him at all,?" Wen Yue said lazily after relaxing.

"Then look for it later." Xia Jiusheng was affected by Wen Yue's emotions, and he relaxed, and said.

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In the evening, my uncle's family rushed over from Cicheng and sent some New Year's goods to each family.

Of course, dinner was at grandparents' house. It was a kind of reunion for them, so Dad Xia was also called to have dinner there.

Uncle is now the mayor of Cicheng City, and he probably won't be able to rest during the Chinese New Year. After dinner, he will go back to his parents' house to spend the night, and he will rush back to Cicheng to work tomorrow morning.

After eating there, my uncle came to Xia Jiusheng's house specially, and gave Xia Jiusheng a set of commemorative gold coins newly issued this year.

Xia Jiusheng liked this delicate gadget very much, and the price was not high, estimated to be worth more than 1 yuan. He thanked his uncle happily.

Chen Shaofeng was also very pleased to see that his nephew liked it. For him, giving things to his nephew now is also a very nerve-wracking thing.