Crossing the Four Seasons Pastoral

"Hey, brother, what are you thinking?" Yan Congwu bumped Zhou Nan with his back elbow and asked curiously.In addition to bringing the little brother here for the first time, Tian Dazhuang brought people to pull three carts of bricks and tiles, and Zhou Nan happened to be at his house twice.

"I think I'm thinking about my brother? Why, you fell in love with the little brother of the Ye family?" Yan Congwen has always been more careful than his brother, and he can see some clues when he thinks about it for a while.In the past, Zhou Nan might not be able to visit his house once in ten days and half a month, but it happened that he ran so hard these days.It was the day when my brother came back from hunting deer, he also inquired about the Ye family's affairs. It's unbelievable to say that there is no connection.The Chen family has been worried about his marriage for a long time, but Zhou Nan has not made up his mind.

Yan Congwu just wanted to say it was impossible, but found that Zhou Nan didn't refute, and couldn't help being surprised: "You really like the little brother of the Ye family?"

"Who has a crush on whom?" Yan Momo from the room came out, just in time to hear clearly, and stretched his neck to ask.Thinking about patting his head straight, the children of his two boys can work, who else could be talking about here!

"Xiao Nan, tell me which family's brother you like? Oh, this time you can finally put your heart in your stomach. He has told me no less than ten times or eight times in the past few months. !"

"Don't listen to their nonsense, it seems that they have come to annoy them every day these days, and they are just entertaining me!" Although he did have a little thought, but now his eyes are black and he doesn't understand what's going on, Zhou Nan I don't intend to let others intervene.

"Xiao Nan is taller than your father now, so he should have gotten married a long time ago. If there is a good family, I will let you palm the eye and pick someone with a good temper, so that life will be easier in the future." Yan Momo glanced at his son Glanced, blinked.

How did Zhou Nan keep them from talking about it, and said that after Sun Jingui "accidentally" leaked the fact that Li Jinyuan wanted to allocate his cousin to Ye Youping, he met more inquisitive eyes on the road—even though ordinary matchmakers They all talk about others in a good way, but no matter how poor or ugly they are, they are not as disgusting as a bad reputation.In this way, not only was he himself under suspicion, but even Nanzhuang's reputation in Linxia Village became worse.

"I don't know which slut's mouth is so bad. If I know, I will smash it!" Li Jin walked with his head down all the way after washing his clothes, and shook the bamboo pole for drying clothes when he came back. ring.

"Okay, that cousin of yours doesn't have a good reputation! Don't mention it again, our family has become a laughingstock for others." Ye Genbao also had a sullen face, and he was so tired from raking the fields these days He couldn't bear his back anymore, he hadn't done so much work in previous years.

And after seeing it with his own eyes, Ye Xiaoan had to admit that the single-storey buildings in this era are really simple to make.Because there is a period of continuous rain in Annan City every spring and winter, the excavated wall trenches are built with stones, which are said to be less likely to be damaged by water.After the trenches were built flush with the ground, they began to build the walls with blue bricks. The four of them worked together very quickly, and they almost watched the walls grow higher day by day.He was also so tired that he fell asleep, regardless of how simple the low hut was.

Although many families in the village have already started raising seedlings, the young men Tian Dazhuang recruited are all like him, and there are still parents in charge of the family, so the work in the field will not be delayed for the time being.The building of the house was done in an orderly manner, but the next day someone came who was beyond Ye Xiaoan's expectations.

"Cousin?" Ye Xiaoan looked at the handsome young man, and thought for a while before matching up with Sun Yalin's son Yang Jiaan in his memory.

"Xiao'an?" Yang Jia'an was also a little surprised. He hadn't seen this cousin for almost two years, but every time he knew from Momo's description that he looked sallow and emaciated. I heard that he looked like a twelve or thirteen-year-old child. .Although the person who appeared in front of him was thin and small, he was very energetic, especially his eyes were full of anger.

"Why did my cousin come here? Are uncle and uncle okay?" Hearing him call out his name, and adding that his appearance was three points similar to his uncle, Ye Xiaoan was sure that he had not misunderstood the person.

"It's good, I just don't worry about you guys, let me come over and have a look." Actually Sun Yalin wanted to come here by himself, but he has been having trouble sleeping and eating these few days, and the weather is getting warmer and colder, so he actually contracted a mild infection. Yang Yiqing was detained at home by the wind and cold.Under the signal of his father, he had no choice but to volunteer to take over the matter.

"Let you worry about it, we're not in the way here." Ye Xiaoan led him to the old house, and Yang Jiaan took a look at the scene where the work was in full swing, and then looked at the two old houses, knowing it in his heart.

"Why didn't you discuss with us first when building a new house? The area planned is too small."

"My fourth brother and I share one room is enough, not to mention that we are in a rush to live now, and if the house is too big, it will not be soon." Although the last time my uncle also said that he can go to him if there is a problem, Ye Xiaoan never thought about it for the house. find them.Especially the fourth brother has saved money, the amount is not big but it can last for a while if he plans to use it.

Yang Jia'an didn't insist on this issue, he felt that Ye Xiao'an's speech was clear and organized, and he also had his own opinions in doing things, which was not at all the appearance of being manipulated by others.Maybe it was true as what he said, the elder brother's family was too aggressive, but it aroused his courage.Life seems a bit embarrassing, but both of them are quite energetic.When he finally left, he still left five taels of silver for him to buy some things for the family after the new house was built.

Although Tian Xifan is young, he is quite good at making clothes.Ye Xiaoan was still thinking about how to get the rice seeds in the field, so Tian Dazhuang sent a message asking him to go home to get clothes.

Tian's house is now in the innermost part of Linxia Village, almost the closest one to the mountain.Tian Youshan and his younger brother Tian Youhai have not separated so far, and the two families live together, so the children are very close.When Ye Xiaoan looked for him, Tian Dazhuang's Meme was feeding the chickens in front of the house, and there were a few children playing in the mud beside him.

"Tian Fang, are you feeding the chicken?"

The older brother Tian Youshan married was also surnamed Tian, ​​and he was slightly fat. He was smiling at the dozen or so hens on the ground, and he didn't notice anyone approaching at all.It wasn't until Ye Xiaoan called out to him that he turned around.

"Brother An?" Tian Fang was both surprised and delighted, and wiped his hand mixed with chicken food on the grass next to him, before stepping forward and pulling him to look around.When Tian Dazhuang was born, the Ye family could be said to have saved his life, and he naturally always remembered this kindness.Back then, Ye's family had a better life than his family, and there was nothing they could do to help.Until the family was separated, the brothers would shake their heads in their hearts every time he saw them.It just happened to look at the two little ones who were pitiful. If they wanted to eat looser, they would be looked down upon, and they still couldn't eat them in their stomachs.

"I finally saw you coming out of that house, you bastard, when your brother-in-law told you to kiss you, you should have gone to the village chief. Why did you hurt yourself?" Tian Fang knew that his son was building a house for them. Yes, thinking that their situation is much more desolate than they are now, and said: "When your father separated, each of you left you with half a year's rations, so it's too unreasonable for them to drive you out empty-handed." Already!"

"I didn't want to stay any longer at the time, so why bother? After all, I'm not hungry now, and the fields are about to be planted, so I can live on forever." Seeing that he was about to wipe his tears with the hem of his clothes, Ye Xiaoan hurriedly helped him Pat him on the back.

"That's right... You're here to look for Xiaofan, right? He's still in the back room! By the way, I've also packed up the rags left over from your tailoring, and I happen to have the shoe soles on hand for you guys." Made two pairs of shoes and put them there together." The rags were originally agreed to be reserved for Tian Xifan, but after Tian Fang figured it out, he cut them off and made shoes for them.

Ye Xiaoan also didn't think that the leftover rags could be of such great use. He was grateful to Tian Fang for his thoughtfulness, but he was still quite embarrassed to Tian Xifan.In the end, he quietly stuffed ten copper coins into him, and promised to save all the rags and rags for him after cutting the clothes, so he made him happy.

Tian Xifan was so frightened at the market that day, he didn't leave the house for two days, and he didn't dare to tell others.It was not easy for Ye Xiaoan to come, and he was relieved after inquiring that the man hadn't come to the village.There was this little secret between the two of them, but before they could say a few words, they were interrupted by Tian Fang.

"Brother An, have you planned what to plant on your fourth brother's land?" No wonder Tian Fang is worried, other people's land, regardless of paddy field or dry land, has to be prepared, but there are no people on their few acres of land.

"The four acres of paddy fields are planted with rice, and the dry land is planted with sweet potatoes. It's all planned." Ye Xiaoan knows that the rice here can be planted twice a year, divided into spring rice and winter rice.Generally, people plant less spring rice because the yield is lower and there is more rainfall in winter.But they are in a special situation now, and there is no food at home.Four mu of land is not too much to grow rice.

"It's good to grow rice, but don't you want to grow beans and ground eggs? The fields are still dry!" The beans can go to the town to change oil, and they can also make soy sauce.The ground egg does not pick the ground, and does not need to take care of it.Both of these are planted more by people in the village.

"How many beans can the fourth brother and I use? Let's save some grain first, and we can arrange farming next year when there is grain." Ye Xiaoan is used to eating rice, and of course he is not willing to grow other things where rice can be grown.However, most of the people in the village went to the town to exchange coarse grains after harvesting the rice. Tian Fang thought he was planning to do the same, so he didn't say much.Indeed, nothing is as important as filling your stomach.

"Then you have to hurry up, it will be too late if you don't raise seedlings. The work in the field should be done sooner rather than later. Don't look at the difference of one or two days, sometimes the harvest is far behind!"

"I've been asking for some rice seeds in the village for the past few days, but..."

Tian Fang slapped his thigh when he heard this: "Look, I forgot about it, leave this matter to me, and then you can come to the field to pull out seedlings!" They keep their own rice seeds every year, and the family has more than ten acres of land. It is still very easy to even out the seedlings of four acres of land.