After Dressing Up As a Stepmother, I Transformed the Whole Family Into Working In the Fields Chapter 102

Chapter 102 Release the water to catch fish

Liu Ji knew that Qin Yao was going home with money today, so he squatted at the entrance of the village early in the morning, waiting for people who were going to town, and asked someone to buy meat.

There were spare ribs and pork belly that was both fat and thin. I cooked several delicious meat dishes in the evening. The elders were so greedy that they kept wandering at the door of the kitchen, unintentional to practice calligraphy.

As soon as Qin Yao entered the house, she smelled the tempting aroma of meat and was in a good mood.

Liu Ji turned around in the kitchen and said, "Madam, you are back!"

“The last dish will be ready soon. We'll start dinner after you wash up.”

Qin Yao curiously poked her head into the main room, "It's a big deal today, so many dishes."

On the dinner table, there is a pot of braised red dates and potato ribs, a plate of fried pork belly with green peppers, a plate of refreshing pickled radish, and cabbage and tofu soup being cooked in the kitchen.

He couldn't help but be excited when he thought about the upcoming academy life.

It is not good to have too much water in the fields. As soon as the rain stopped, almost all the villagers went to the fields to dredge ditches and dig a hole in the fields to release water.

Woke up in the morning, the rain had eased a lot, but it was still raining.

Qin Yao pinched her hands itchingly, and the two little ones grunted, smacking their little mouths, and fell asleep again.

The rain in June is always coming, and suddenly it rains heavily at night. The wind in the mountains is cool, and all the summer heat is extinguished by the rain. The sound of "sneeze" coming from the cold can be heard in the children's room.

People whose rice fields are close to the river and are in low-lying land were so angry that they cursed when they saw the turbid water flowing into their own fields.

Calculating it this way, a monthly income of 300 Wen can indeed allow Liu Ji to cook more meat and vegetables. After all, Qin Yao did not take any of this money and let him use it all as living expenses.

Qin Yao urged the four brothers and sisters to wash their hands, and then went to the kitchen to get bowls and chopsticks. Everyone filled a bowl of white rice and sat around the dining table, waiting for her to move her chopsticks first, and then they started to move in an instant.

Qin Yao nodded, knowing what he wanted to ask, and told him directly, "You have paid your tuition for the year. When you finish copying the books at the end of the month, you will go to the county academy to resume your studies at the beginning of July."

However, if the food at home can be better and better, there is no need to collect the extra money.

Dalang also said: "Everyone no longer likes to go to the stone mill in the village. They all come to our water mill. They also say that our water mill is very useful."

Liu Ji had already put out the cabbage and tofu soup. Seeing that Qin Yao didn't ask for money, his smile became more sincere and said, "Madam, dinner is ready."

Waving to Da Lang and Er Lang who were sleeping on the upper bunk, he signaled them to continue sleeping. Qin Yao closed the doors and windows and returned to her room, and it took a while before she fell asleep.

With quick eyes and quick hands, she pressed down and caught a fat big fish.

Qin Yao listened to the sighs of the farmers coming from the fields down the mountain, said something to Liu Ji who was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, put on a raincoat, a bamboo hat, and went to the fields with a hoe.

Qin Yao hurriedly got up and went to the next door. She pushed open the room and took out the thin quilts from the wooden box for them. She told the four of them to cover their stomachs and not sleep with their clothes open. Medical care is underdeveloped, and the barefoot doctor in the village can give you some medicine for minor ailments, but if it becomes serious, you can only leave it to fate.

But everyone has no other choice. Those in low-lying areas can only consider themselves unlucky and build higher fields near the canals.

At this time, the people in the low-lying areas were having fun, and the people in the higher areas were anxiously shouting: "My fish, my fish!"

Liu Ji was quick and grabbed the last bit of cabbage and tofu soup, poured it directly into the bowl, then added two pieces of pickled radish and mixed it together. It was sour, crispy, delicious, a little spicy, and fragrant.

“Boom!” A burst of thunder rolled over the roof, and the rain became heavier.

Qin Yao followed suit and raised the edge of his farm near the canal. The field fish raised by someone unknown washed down the canal.

The Erlang knew this and immediately raised his hand and said: "Aniang, for the past half month, I have been able to get ten copper coins every day. Sometimes I can also pick up eggs, vegetables, a bowl of ground noodles and so on."

Liu Ji finished the last mouthful of soup and rice in the bowl, put down the bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and asked curiously:

Qin Yao couldn't help but sigh along with the farmers, then rolled up her trouser legs, moved stones and mud to strengthen the field ridges, and straightened the fallen rice.

The food was not so good even on the New Year's Day. Qin Yao clicked her tongue twice, "It seems that the business of Water Mill has been much better recently."

“It's almost, it's almost, there are only two more words left, and I can finish them by the end of the month.” Liu Ji replied confidently.

At this time, the food on the table has basically bottomed out.

She was always worried about whether there would be leaks after such a heavy rain. From time to time, she would open her eyes and look at the roof on the beams to make sure that the tiles were tightly covered, and then she fell asleep amidst the sound of dripping rain.

No need to go to the ground, you can still stay in the county seat. The old friends in the past were called, and it was not fast to eat, drink, and fun!

Qin Yao's eyes dimmed when she saw his expectant expression.

The children in the village heard the noise and swarmed over. Now they couldn't tell which one belonged to other people's homes and which one belonged to their own. Anyway, the baskets were slung on their bodies. A group of girls and boys blocked the middle of the canal, catching fish and rushing towards it. Keep it in your pocket.

It wasn't until I was about seven to eight percent full that my speed slowed down.

Liu Ji mentally converted the tuition fee into a specific number, which was almost five taels of silver. She earned it in less than half a month!

Even though the money was not in his hands, he still wanted to spend it on him. He couldn't help laughing and said, "Madam, we are really lucky to have you in this family."

She is really envious of this quality of sleep.

The water level in the river rose by almost 20 centimeters. Several acres of land near the river were washed away by the river, and the river water poured into the rice fields, destroying a small part of the rice.

“I don't care whose family you belong to, if it falls into my field, it belongs to my family!” Everyone laughed.

It was all meat, and it tasted very good. The whole family ate so deliciously that no one was willing to talk.

Qin Yao laughed and asked him to stop flattering him, "How many books have you copied?"

“Madam, is the water mill in Xiahe Village finished?”

Morning exercise was impossible in this weather, so Dalang and Erlang rarely had a late sleep.

Sanlang and Siniang were sleeping deeply, wearing only small bellybands. No movement in the room could wake them up, but they knew it was cold, so they covered themselves with thin quilts and immediately rolled them in, wrapping themselves in the quilts, leaving only exposed Half a bulging little face.

　　A few plants were crushed to death. When I saw the destroyed rice flowers, I felt heartbroken when I thought that they were all going to produce food.

Qin Yao laughed and saw another fish being washed down. She quickly knocked the fish in her hand out and put it on the ridge of the field, freeing her hand to catch the rushing fish.

Qin Yao looked down and saw that the two villains didn't even move.

She was satisfied with her meal and in a particularly good mood. Qin Yao always had a faint smile on her lips.

The mud on the road was washed away by last night's heavy rain, forming a small gully. Fortunately, Qin Yao was wearing straw sandals, otherwise the uppers would have been soaked.

Dalang and Erlang have achieved great success, and the two small bamboo baskets are full.

Sanlang and Siniang did not dare to go into such a deep ditch, so they stood on the edge of the field to cheer their brother on. The rice fields were filled with the excited cheers of children.

(End of this chapter)

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