Chapter 67: Zhao Mei left and the family was in chaos
"This is so nice. We can live in it without any repairs." Zhao Mei looked around and found that the Ma family had built even a thatched hut for looking after the land so exquisitely. There was even a stove for cooking in one of the rooms.
The mud house is good, warm in winter and cool in summer, and there is a fence outside: "Xiao Mei, if you follow your plan and raise rabbits and sheep, you will have to build a yard, and this mud house does not need to be moved."
Ma Qijun, who was standing by, narrowed his eyes upon hearing this. - Is this girl serious? Doesn't that mean my wife has become a farmer?
"Mom." Ye Xiaomei also looked around. It was okay to live there, but she didn't want her mother and Xiao Ya to sleep on that bed made of bricks.
What's more, there was only a lame table in the room, without even a stool.
Zhao Mei seemed to see her daughter's worries: "Silly girl, what are you worried about? It's good here, the environment is good, and I have taken your words to heart. After you can make money, you don't have to rely on anyone. This is what you said."
This time it was Zhao Mei's turn to count on her fingers:
"Think about it, how much is a lamb? A pair of rabbits is 15 yuan, so the sheep must have a row of sheepfolds to build? Everything costs money, why not wait until the sheep give birth and the rabbits have wool, and then we can make some money and then do the repairs."
Ye Xiaomei suddenly smiled. It was great that her mother thought this way. It showed that she also wanted to be independent.
Subconsciously, she turned her head to look at the silent Ma Qijun. The sun was dancing on his short black hair. The green clothes that were washed to a pale color made his body look particularly straight. His angular face was very handsome. To be honest, Ye Xiaomei thought he was one of the most handsome men in the village.
"Brother Ma, my mother's idea is that we just need to build a wall. How about you help find some laborers, buy some bricks and have them help build the wall? We won't let them work for nothing. How about 10 yuan a day?"
When Ma Qijun saw his daughter-in-law talking to her, he limped over to her and said:
"Xiao Mei, you still don't understand. The work on this construction site is divided into big and small workers. Big workers get at least 20 yuan a day, and small workers, the kind who move bricks and pour mortar, get 10 yuan a day. It only takes three days at most to build a courtyard wall and a sheep pen."
Ye Xiaomei nodded suddenly, she really didn't understand these market conditions.
"Um, Qijun..." When Zhao Mei heard the mention of money, it was like a stab in her spine.
Ye Xiaomei saw through it immediately: "Brother Ma, I will use my betrothal money to buy bricks for the workers. When I make money from raising livestock in the future, I will definitely make up for it."
These words immediately shattered the huge stone in Zhao Mei's heart.
Ma Qijun was also stunned: "The gift money is for you and our mother, why do you want more?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaomei burst out laughing and looked up at Ma Qijun with stars in her eyes. Although she was so happy that she couldn't say a word, her gratitude was written all over her eyes.
Zhao Mei also smiled timidly. Qijun was really good to her daughter. He didn't care about anything but her.
Ye family.
Three days had passed and there was no sign of Zhao Mei coming back. Wang Minzhi put a pot of stir-fried cabbage and vermicelli on the square table in the main room.
The old lady came out twisting her feet and frowned as soon as she sat down:
"Why are you still eating cabbage stewed with vermicelli? You've been eating it for three days. Didn't I give you the money to buy some pork belly? How can this bland soup go well with rice?"
Li Cuilan was too lazy to even pick up the chopsticks. She took a look at the food and her back teeth ached in disgust.
Wang Minzhi sat down at the table: "Mom, you only gave me ten yuan in total. I spent three yuan to buy a pound of pork belly. You also asked me to bring some melon seeds from the county for you to eat. Where can I get the money to sell meat? This cabbage is fifty cents a head. You asked me to buy five heads, saying it was cheap."
Wang Minzhi was obviously about to explode. It had been three days and Zhao Mei still hadn't come back. She could no longer tolerate her bad temper, which she had hidden in the past.
Li Cuihua was unhappy, her neck twitched and her eyes glared: "Then how come I gave Zhao Mei ten yuan before and she could only buy five cabbages and eat pork belly every meal for a week?"
Wang Minzhi was completely unhappy when she heard this. Because Xiaolin was too lazy to eat at home these days because she was dissatisfied with the lack of meat, she stood up and said:
"She only cuts a few slices of pork belly for each meal. Of course, one pound of meat can last for several days."
Of course, if you only cut three or five slices of a pound of strips of meat a day, you can definitely eat six or seven meals. When Li Cuihua thought about this, she got angry:
"It's because you don't know how to manage the family, and you blame others for it?"
Wang Minzhi threw the chopsticks on the corner of the table with a bang, and one of them flew out. She didn't care and just got up and left.
As I walked, I took off my apron and hung it on the clothesline in the yard:
"I can't manage the household, and I'm too lazy to manage the household." I cursed in my heart: What do you call managing the household? I hold on to the money tightly. There is no meat at home. I give ten yuan to buy meat, which I have to eat for a week. Do I feed it to ants?
"You have such a bad temper? If you don't want to be the head of the family, you won't have a share in this house in the future. Zhao Mei was able to manage it very well when she was at home, so why can't you do the same?"
Li Cuihua has many ways to control her daughter-in-law. Isn't Zhao Mei an example? She is afraid of being driven away.
Wang Minzhi suddenly stopped in her tracks and turned back to look at the old lady sitting at the dining table in the main hall. Hatred flashed in her eyes:
"Mom, I just said it casually. I can learn if I don't know how to cook. I've done all the work over the years. If you're tired of eating cabbage stewed with vermicelli every day, then give me more money and I'll buy more so you can have enough."
Wang Minzhi thought that she still had to rely on her mother-in-law for a living. She held on to money too tightly. Moreover, whenever Xiaolin was not at home, she would definitely go to find Zhang Changjiang. In time, they would be able to get married, and Xiaolin would have to spend money to dress up. Considering that the old lady had been very generous in buying cloth for Xiaolin to make new clothes recently, she endured it.
Li Cuihua loved to hear such sweet talk. She kept muttering while eating her cabbage:
"It's only twenty dollars a week at most. You decide how to arrange it. I'm teaching you, too. Otherwise, you'll never learn how to live. Women like this will be rejected by men."
Twenty yuan? Wang Minzhi felt bad when her mother-in-law said it was like a huge sum of money. She pretended to be calm and said, "Mom, don't forget that Huzi will bring his girlfriend back the day after tomorrow. Twenty yuan is not enough for just one dish."
As he said this, he went into the house to get some quiet time.
"Okay, I'll buy it when the time comes. By the way, Minzhi, it's already mid-August. Once the bean seedlings are harvested, we have to plant corn. You should get out of your house and go to the fields to harvest beans. Your aunt Zhang's donkey is not working this afternoon, so you can borrow it to pull the stone roller. If you can't take care of it, don't you still have Xiaolin?"
Li Cuilan's words made Wang Minzhi's head go blank.
Cut the bean seedlings, plow the soil, weed, and plant corn. The bean seedlings have to be pulled out to the threshing floor to be exposed to the sun and beaten. Then the top layer of empty bean shells have to be gathered and kept as firewood. After that, the beans have to be dried and collected.
Needless to say, planting corn requires plowing the soil in advance. When the corn grows to the height of a palm, start removing the offshoots one by one to ensure that the corn grows healthily.
All the scenes played out in Wang Minzhi's mind like a movie. She couldn't help but frown, feeling extremely worried.
Xiaolin? It's good enough that she can catch her breath, and she can also help with the work?
Wang Minzhi looked back at her mother-in-law in the living room, as if she had just had a nightmare:
"Can't you just buy a tiller to cultivate the land?"
Li Cuihua was stunned: "One mu of land costs three yuan. We have four or five mu of land. Can't you calculate how much it will cost?"
Wang Minzhi's heart sank immediately. She should have tried her best to hold Zhao Mei and not let her go from the beginning.
While he was thinking, the tractor from Village Chief Liang's house rumbled past the door. The driver was Liang Hui, and the carriage was full of bright red new bricks.
Several people followed the car to the door and whispered:
"Another truckload of goods. It seems that the Ma family really treats their in-laws as no outsiders."
"That's right. The Ma family built a house on the land specifically for Mrs. Ye."
"Oh my, you are really willing to spend money. This truckload of bricks must cost at least 60 or 70 yuan. You are really thoughtful."
When Wang Minzhi heard this, she was so excited that she rushed out to see: "What are you talking about?"
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