Chapter 57 The situation of the Ke family
Su Ming opened his mouth in an exaggerated manner, "Brother Shen, your yard together has more crops than mine. However, my house also has a chicken coop and a hay shed for raising cows, but there is no special wall around it."
The area where livestock is raised next to the Su family's yard is only surrounded by a man-high wall made of adobe and wooden boards, which is not as strong as the stone courtyard wall like the Shen family's.
Su Tai looked at the wall carefully for a long time before exclaiming: "Are these all stones?"
Shen Yi nodded, "My old house is made of adobe. After a severe drought, it was severely weathered. I thought about it and decided to just use stone. At least the house built with stone can withstand the erosion of wind and rain, and Shenjiazhuang is close to Daxun The river has no shortage of large stones. These stones have been washed away by the river over the years and have no sharp edges. They are excellent for building houses.
My family has a fishing boat and a donkey cart, and we can haul stones several times a day. It doesn't take much to build a house. "
When Su Ming heard this, he was extremely envious, "Brother Shen's house is better. Although our house also built a stone house, the stones were all found in the mountains, and some of them had to be polished. My father invited uncles and uncles from most of the village to help build it. of."
Su Tai also thinks that this house is excellent. It can be said that it is the only one in Shenjiazhuang. There is nothing to choose from, and the rest is the furniture.
The three of them totaled up the furniture they needed. Su Tai thought of her secret and said to Shen Yi: "Brother Shen, I also want to get a small stone mill, a pair of stone mortars and pestles in the yard, and an oven in the kitchen house. Is that okay?" "
Shen Yi nodded repeatedly, "These are not problems."
Su Ming was stunned when he heard this, "Brother Shen, you dote on my sister too much! How can you give her whatever she wants? What if she wants the moon in the sky?"
Su Tai slapped him on the forehead with a smile, "Nonsense!"
Shen Yi laughed and said nothing.
After the siblings were sent back by Shen Yi, Su Ming immediately complained to the Han family and exaggeratedly described the Shen family's new house.
Mrs. Han was so happy that she had already begun to think about how to arrange the dowry for Su Tai's wedding.
Two days later, Su Chunlin came back at dusk, unshaven and looking tired.
Everyone in the Su family breathed a sigh of relief.
Mrs. Han brought him a large bowl of warm water and sat down next to him. "How's it going? We found the person!"
Su Chunlin drank a bowl of water and nodded after regaining his composure, "My eldest sister and brother-in-law's family moved again. I spent a whole day on the ice field asking around to find their home."
Su Chunlin couldn't continue after saying one sentence, wiped his face, and there was a hint of choking in his words, "My eldest sister, it was such a hard life! A family of five lived on those fifty sheep. The eldest sister said that she had raised eight Ten of them. I originally wanted to give my eldest nephew a wife, but jackals came in winter and five of them were eaten. My brother-in-law was also injured.
I sold two of them to my brother-in-law for medical treatment, and since my little niece kept taking medicine, I sold a dozen more. Now the whole family is guarding fifty sheep and can't do anything.
In the past two years, all the children have been so hungry that they are skin and bones. Only the youngest Yunyun is doing better, but she has such a good body. Every time she talks about the child, she secretly wipes her eyes and asks me if I can help find a doctor to take a look at Yunyun. I plan to Ask your elder brother later. "
The most powerful person here is Doctor Li in the town. Doctor Li is old and may not be able to cure Ke Yunyun's disease.
When Mrs. Han heard this, her heart skipped a beat, "Then give them all the food you brought over!"
Su Chunlin nodded, "They were really happy when they saw the food I brought over. My eldest sister and brother-in-law didn't want to take advantage of me, so they insisted on exchanging sheep with me. I didn't ask for it, so don't blame me."
Han glared at him angrily and said angrily: "Am I the kind of short-sighted person? I won't accuse you until you really take it. Did you tell them about Xiao Yu and Xiao Tai's marriage? "Su Chunlin nodded, "When we got married, I took you to the ice field. We haven't seen each other for more than ten years since then. I have to tell them about the situation at home. The eldest sister knows that our family It’s nice to live a good life and be happy.
I just felt bad seeing my eldest sister in such pain, so I told them that now that the drought is over, the sheep in their area cannot be sold at a good price, but they are rare in our area. After the autumn harvest, every household will have a surplus of food. If you drive the sheep here, you will definitely make a fortune. Even if things don't work out, my eldest brother and I can help them sell some.
My brother-in-law was worried about the marriage of his two children, and he was very moved when he heard it. He said that we would come back after the autumn harvest, and he would not come when Xiaoyu got married. He asked me to explain it to my eldest brother and sister-in-law. "
The Han family could understand the Ke family's arrangement, so she explained it to Su Yu, and then went to the Huang family to vent their anger.
The busy days seemed to fly by in vain, and it was the end of May in a blink of an eye. It was only a few days before Su Yu got married, and the new courtyard built by Su Chunlin was just completed.
The furniture inside had to be re-arranged, and Su Yu strongly requested to get married in that courtyard, so the arrangements had to be made again.
Su Chunlin and his wife were so busy that they could not think about anything else.
At the same time, the ten acres of cabbage in Tu Shikong matured.
No one is watching, so Su Tai can safely enter the earth space and time to direct the gophers to work.
After harvesting ten acres of cabbage, 50,000 kilograms fell into her hands, all of which were sold to an automatic trading cabinet for 15,000 virtual coins.
She doesn't plan to continue planting cabbage. After all, she will live with Shen Yi after the autumn harvest. Shen Yi knows her secret, and she doesn't have to hide it. From now on, she will make plans for her life after getting married.
The first thing to do is to grow cotton and make quilts.
She has already inquired and found out that there is no cotton clothing in Zhaohua County. The rich and powerful families use brocade and silk, the well-off families use fine linen and kudzu cloth, and the poor families can only use coarse cloth.
After wearing it for so long, she still couldn't accept the feeling of coarse cloth rubbing against her skin, as well as the cold-proof measures of this era. Although the quilt with many miscellaneous cold-proof things was warm, it felt like a thousand pounds of weight when covering her body. It was uncomfortable, and she often worried that she would be suffocated by the quilt.
When you make a coat and wear it, it's like carrying a heavy load and it makes working hard.
In short, when it comes to winter, she has a lot of complaints.
When Su Tai proposed buying cotton seeds to the seed shop owner, the seed shop owner was a little surprised.
According to her request, the boss chose a high-quality cotton seed for her, which costs 200 yuan per pound.
One acre of land requires four kilograms, and ten acres of land is forty kilograms, which cost another eight thousand coins.
After Su Tai handed the cotton seeds to the gopher, she eagerly looked forward to the harvest in four months.
In the blink of an eye, the day of Su Yu's wedding arrived.
Su Chunlin and Mr. Han got up early to work and killed several chickens raised at home. Su Chunlin brought back half a fan of pork from outside and processed it in the cowshed.
Su Tai and Ruan Xiaoyu were busy making steamed buns with thin noodles.