Chapter 258: Pretending to be rich
Carrying soil is a very hard and tiring job.
It is harder and more tiring than carrying grain in autumn harvest.
Grain is the result of harvest. Although it is tiring to carry it, I feel at ease in my heart and every load I carry back is a joy.
Carrying soil is still unknown. I don’t know how much harvest I can get, and there is no sense of steadiness and joy.
The last time the villagers of Shanshui Village carried soil from the mountain was to repair the road connecting the village entrance to the official road outside.
Everyone has experience. They each chose a place. The women dug up the weeds and trees and put the soil into the bamboo baskets. The men carried two baskets of soil on the cart with a shoulder pole and then pulled it back to their own fields.
And so on.
If there is no cart or insufficient labor at home, the women have to do the hard work of carrying soil.
Wang Guifen’s family has one of the largest fields in Shanshui Village, so even if there are three strong laborers in the family, it is still not enough. If they rely on three men to carry soil, I am afraid they will be exhausted before they can plant!
So the three sisters-in-law took turns to carry the soil from time to time.
After most of the day, everyone's shoulders were red and swollen, and their arms were so sore that they couldn't lift them.
They found a cool place to sit down, and each family took out the dry food they brought to eat - the same was true during the busy farming season. In order to save time, most people would not go back to cook.
They prepared the food for lunch early in the morning and took it with them, just enough to fill their stomachs.
Zhao Lan endured the pain and rubbed both shoulders. If she didn't rub to remove the blockage, it would swell up tomorrow. The shoulder pole would hurt so much that tears would come out.
Zhang Lan did the same, gasping in pain, but still pressed her shoulders and rubbed them.
Wang Guifen was taking out the prepared food from the bamboo basket. The two sisters-in-law took care of her and only let her carry the soil after one or two trips. Her shoulders were the least injured.
The bamboo basket was covered with gauze, and inside was the family's lunch.
Add a few goose eggs to the cornmeal and mix them evenly. Then add the chopped green onions and spread them into goose egg and green onion pancakes. Wrap them with pickles, fresh and crisp cucumber shreds, and fried potato shreds. Roll them into tight rolls. They smell so good!
Wang Guifen first handed a full-bodied egg roll to each of her two sisters-in-law, and then handed one to each of her two brothers-in-law and the head of the family, and finally to herself.
"It smells so good! It's delicious!"
"Sister-in-law, your cooking skills are getting better and better."
"With this food, it's worth working."
"Everything is available at home. I often eat it on weekdays. Why is it so delicious today when I change the way I eat it!"
The five people praised Wang Guifen generously, and her ears turned red.
Being praised and recognized is a very happy thing, but she did not hide it, and said directly: "I learned it from Shuiqing. I think this way of eating is suitable for lunch during the busy farming season, and it is more convenient than dry food."
Fried noodles are sweet, but if there is no hot water and only boiled water is used, the fragrance will be greatly reduced, and fried noodles cannot be served with vegetables. It is not very convenient to carry bowls and chopsticks between fields.
Pancakes are better, and this has goose eggs and vegetables, which is nutritious. Shuiqing said this is called nutritional balance!
She didn't know whether it was nutritionally balanced or not, she just knew it was delicious!
"It's also my sister-in-law who learned it well! If I learn it, I may not be as delicious as this."
"I want to eat this roll tomorrow."
The women in the narration saw Wang Guifen's family eating sweetly, listened to the praise, and reached their heads to see what it looked like.
Some of them have gathered around to ask how to make it.
Although they may not have potatoes, there are many vegetables in autumn, so they can use other things instead.
If there is no corn flour, the same is true for black flour pancakes. If the mountain doesn't turn, the water will turn!
Now that we have rabbits as an income source, it is not impossible to use goose eggs and duck eggs to nourish the workers.
The more people look at it, the more they feel that this egg pancake looks expensive, but in fact, it does not use much ingredients, and it is wrapped with a lot of vegetables. It is delicious and can fill the stomach. It is worth it no matter how you look at it.
Fan Erzhu and others also stared at the rolls in the hands of Wang Guifen's family.
When Sun Jinhua heard that it was Hu Shuiqing who taught her, she immediately felt disgusted.
She also heard that Zhang Hui and Zhao Lan, the two sisters-in-law, were good to Wang Guifen, and she felt very uncomfortable.
They are also sisters-in-law, why do other families treat their sisters-in-law respectfully and praise them, but their own family would rather give it to outsiders than to her!
"Mom, you can also make that roll tomorrow, okay?" Fan Sizhu said enviously while chewing on the hard black steamed bun.
Sun Jinhua replied angrily: "What to eat! Didn't you hear that they wanted cornmeal, eggs, and potatoes? We don't have anything, how can we make it!"
Fan Erzhu took a deep breath and said coldly: "If you don't have it, then find a way. Other families can make it, why can't you?"
Sun Jinhua choked and looked at her son timidly, feeling a little scared.
If it was Zhaodi, she would have slapped him long ago, but Zhaodi didn't dare to talk to her like that.
Suddenly, a light bulb went off in her head, and she flattered her second son: "Okay, let Zhaodi make it for you when we go back. She has lived in your second aunt's house for two months, and she will definitely do it."
Fan Erzhu snorted in response.
Sun Jinhua laughed.
Sanzhu and Sizhu saw everything, and what he thought in his mind was that when the second brother asked his mother for cloth shoulder pads, he was also so domineering, not discussing, but ordering and commanding.
But his mother actually agreed with a smile.
It turns out that his mother is more susceptible to this, and he will also order his mother in the same way in the future.
"By the way, why didn't my second uncle and his family come?" Fan Erzhu took care of tomorrow's meals and took some time to care about his second uncle.
My second uncle’s family still has the land of Damu’s family, which is no less than their own. Aren’t they in a hurry?
Fan Sizhu had inquired about it on the way here, and came forward and said, "He said he would go out for a trip in the morning, and come back to fetch soil when he comes back."
Fan Sanzhu was very envious, "Second uncle's family has servants! For the same field, he has more than 20 servants, and they don't need to fetch soil themselves."
In the past, he thought it was good to be his parents' child, and after the separation, he felt that being his second uncle's child was even better...
Fan Qian was unhappy when he heard this, and said coldly to his son, "Although their fields are similar to ours, they obviously have more land and forests!
There are more than 100 acres of land to plant potatoes. The land needs to be plowed, right? Fertilizer needs to be applied? Sowing needs to be done, right? Not to mention fertilization and sowing, just plowing the land, those 23 people will be exhausted!
Now we have to fetch soil, and your second uncle's family won't be exhausted if no one goes out?"
Originally, after the separation, Fan Jin's family had less land than his own, and he was always secretly proud of it. As a result, Fan Jin bought all of Fan Damu's land and forests!
Originally, there were four sons in the family, who were older. The first ones in Fan Jin's family were two useless daughters, who worked much better than his brother's family. As a result, Fan Jin bought more than 20 servants and supported them all!
There is no news of selling people at present.
It may also be that he was just pretending to be rich and carrying on.