As soon as he got home, Jiang Cheng just hung out the clothes, took the cloth and colored thread, and went to the woodshed to find Xu Sanniang to inquire about the situation.
"Mom, who are that lady and girl today?" Jiang Cheng moved a stool and sat down, picking needles and thread while talking to Xu Sanniang.
"It's Mrs. Qian and her second daughter, Zhang Ermei. This family is not one with a conscience. The old man is mean and mean. He relies on his daughter's appearance to be decent, and his expectations are soaring. During the famine, in order to provide food for his youngest son, he denied his eldest daughter food, and she starved to death."
"The younger one is 16 years old, vain, and she even wanted to marry someone from my family. Don't even mention that I didn't agree. Even if she stood in front of Tingzhi, I guess Tingzhi wouldn't recognize her. She's just being too sentimental!"
"He has a younger brother named Zhang Xiaobao. He's 15 years old, so he's not a kid anymore. He's just idle and lazy all day, and he's got a lot of fat on him. You'd definitely recognize him if you saw him."
While cutting meat, Xu Sanniang told Jiang Cheng about the situation of Mrs. Qian's family. She kept the matter of Zhang Ermei a secret from Jiang Cheng. After all, our family is not in a poor position!
Jiang Cheng said nothing after hearing this. Mrs. Qian was a bit like his stepmother, and she was determined to marry her daughter to a rich family.
"Don't worry, his family is just talking nonsense and won't dare to do anything bad! If they really do something, I will be the first one to not forgive them."
Seeing that Jiang Cheng didn't say anything, Xu Sanniang thought he was just imagining things and quickly made his attitude clear.
We can’t scare her away! My son finally got her married!
"I see." Jiang Cheng picked up the fabric and gestured, "Mom, what do you say about me embroidering some little animals?"
"Sure! Your embroidery will definitely look great!"
"I'll try embroidering some small patterns first. If the effect is good, I'll embroider some patterns with good meanings. After the summer harvest is over, Tingshang and I will go to town to buy some fabric and come back to make clothes for you."
Jiang Cheng thinks that buying fabrics can save money, so the more you can save, the more places you will spend money in the future!
Hearing Jiang Cheng's plan, Xu Sanniang responded quickly. She was very happy, thinking that Jiang Cheng was a sensible child who knew how to live!
Tingzhi will enjoy a happy life in the future!
Jiang Cheng and Xu Sanniang learned about the general situation in the village, and then went to give the medicine to Song Tao to drink.
Song Tao is feeling much better now and is sitting at the door basking in the sun.
By the way, watch Song Yu play!
"Dad, it's time to take your medicine." Jiang Cheng handed the bowl to Song Tao.
"Okay, okay." Song Tao took the bowl and drank it in one gulp. "Chengcheng, thank you for your hard work."
Song Tao knew he was in poor health and always felt like a burden. Now he's feeling better physically and mentally.
Mrs. Qian and Zhang Ermei returned to their own room.
"Look at you, useless guy! You made me be ridiculed by the Song family! You should have used more tricks to take down the Song family kid, otherwise you wouldn't be in this situation now!"
Mrs. Qian was very disappointed with Zhang Ermei, and as soon as she got home, she kept pointing at her and scolding her.
"What can I do? Song Tingzhi doesn't pay any attention to me!" Zhang Ermei also felt aggrieved. She was so beautiful, why wouldn't Song Tingzhi marry her? She could do what Jiang Cheng could do!
"The boy Song Tingzhi married is good-looking, but he's an orphan and has no family. What good is that?"
Mrs. Qian admitted that Jiang Cheng was prettier than her own daughter, but what was the point of having no one to rely on at home!
"Mom, no matter what the Song family thinks, as long as Jiang Cheng knows when to give up, it will be fine. It's not like they won't separate after getting married."
Zhang Ermei thought about it and decided that as long as she let Jiang Cheng know that he was not worthy of Song Tingzhi, he would naturally take the initiative to give her his place. As for Song Tingzhi, she didn't mind that he was married.
Zhang Ermei can even imagine that day coming, and it makes her happy just thinking about it!
…
Song Tingzhi and Jiang Cheng had no idea what Qian Pozi's family was thinking.
Jiang Cheng is busy preparing for the summer harvest!
The summer harvest will begin in a few days, and Jiang Cheng wants to take advantage of these days to embroider more things. In addition to embroidering some small animal patterns, he also embroidered some simple flower patterns.
The next time Song Tingzhi goes to town, he will sell these handkerchiefs to see if he can supplement the family income.
Song Tingzhi took advantage of these few days to go up the mountain to hunt. He couldn't find any large game, so it depended on luck, but he could still catch a few rabbits and pheasants to satisfy his cravings during the summer harvest.
…
In early July, the annual summer harvest finally began. Every household was busy gathering their crops, keeping some for themselves and selling the rest in town, which served as a source of extra income.
The Song family was small in number and had little labor. They relied on Xu Sanniang and Song Tingzhi, two adult laborers, and Song Qian could also help out. Song Yu would join other children in the village in picking up the food that had fallen on the fields.
After all, every year when the grain is harvested, a lot of grains will fall into the fields. Instead of being picked up by others, it is better for the children at home to pick them up when they have nothing to do.
Jiang Cheng originally wanted to go to the fields with Song Tingzhi, but he refused. Jiang Cheng had no choice but to take care of the household logistics.
I feed the old hens at home every day so that they can lay more eggs. I cook lunch and wait for them to come back to eat. If they can't come back, I will send the meal to them.
Jiang Cheng was also responsible for washing the clothes for the whole family. She would go to the river to wash clothes every day. Sometimes when she met Zhang Ermei, she would ignore her and just wash her own clothes and leave after she was done.
This made it so that Zhang Ermei didn't even have the chance to provoke him.
"You're back, come and eat, the meal is ready!"
There was a noise at the door, and Jiang Cheng stuck his head out. It was Xu Sanniang and the others who had returned.
Jiang Cheng hurried over, looked at the beads of sweat dripping down Song Tingzhi's head, and took out a handkerchief from his arms to wipe it for him.
"Are you tired?" Jiang Cheng looked at Song Tingzhi with a distressed look on his face.
"Not tired!" It would be a lie to say that he wasn't tired, but Song Tingzhi didn't want to make Jiang Cheng worry.
"Let's eat quickly!" Jiang Cheng pulled Song Tingzhi into the house. Xu Sanniang and the others had already gone in.
"good!"
"I see the weather is getting hotter. I'll make some mung bean soup tomorrow and send it to the fields."
Jiang Cheng felt that the weather was getting hotter. He felt hot even when doing things at home, not to mention Song Tingzhi and the others who were harvesting wheat in the fields.
"No, it's too difficult and troublesome." Song Tingzhi had seen Xu Sanniang make mung bean soup, and the steps were too tedious. Besides, he was used to it every summer.
"What's the trouble? It's for my family, not for outsiders!" Jiang Cheng didn't listen to Song Tingzhi. Once it was ready and sent over, Song Tingzhi would naturally drink it.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
