"Why is there so little?" Wang Gou Dan was a little unhappy.
"Your Wang family is already incredibly lucky to have this much. This time last year, it was still hanging upside down." Erniu's mother rolled her eyes at Wang Gou Dan.
"First, take ten yuan to the black market and get some rice, flour, pork, and the like. Let that educated youth eat every few days so she'll feel indebted. Then get a piece of red cloth to give her when she marries you," Wang Gou Dan instructed Er Niu.
Wang Erniu nodded, "Let's leave it at that for now."
Wang Daniu suddenly cried out, "Erniu, how could you ruin my new towel? It was part of my dowry!"
Everyone turned to look. Wang Gou Dan's mouth trembled but he didn't say anything. Wang Er Niu, however, said, "As for the dowry, whichever man takes a fancy to you, I will bow three times and kowtow nine times to thank him."
“Bei Nan has his eye on me; he’s waiting for me,” Wang Daniu retorted angrily.
"Hahaha, Bei Nan would never take a liking to you. He's eyeing Ye Chen'er from the educated youth settlement right now. Look at your pathetic self, how can you compare to Ye Chen'er? Tsk tsk tsk, waiting for you? He's waiting for you to die so he can set off firecrackers!" Wang Erniu said sarcastically.
Now, Wang Erniu hates Wang Daniu the most. If it weren't for her, he wouldn't have spent two months in jail, and now he has to resort to cheating and deception to find a wife.
Wang Daniu's secret was ruthlessly exposed, and she screamed and scurried into her room. Now she hated Wang Erniu so much, she hated him to the bone. Damn you, why did you have to ruin my dream?
Wang Erniu took the ten yuan his father gave him and went out. He knew there was a black market in town, so he went there to buy some rice and pork so that Pan Gaozhi could eat his fill tomorrow.
Mao Tou was feeling down lately. Bei Nan and Ye Chenming hadn't come over in a long time, probably because of the busy farming season. Suddenly, he saw Wang Erniu. What was this guy doing here?
Everyone knew about the falling out between Wang Erniu and Bei Nan; it had been the talk of the school. Mao Tou hated people like that the most, so he quickly told his henchmen and pointed at Wang Erniu.
The henchman took a close look at Wang Erniu, memorized his face, and then ran in and out.
Wang Erniu was overjoyed to finally find the black market and rushed inside. But he felt something was strange. Wasn't it supposed to be a password to enter the black market? No one came to answer it, and he wasted five cents.
Wang Erniu started looking at each stall one by one. Several were selling rice, priced at two yuan per jin (500g), and one was selling pork, ok, priced at four yuan per jin.
Wang Erniu, who was extremely reluctant to buy, thought about Pan Gaozhi's big butt and big breasts, gritted his teeth, and bought two catties of white flour, one catty of white rice, and one catty of pork. Ten yuan was gone just like that.
With his pockets empty, Wang Erniu carried a rice sack and a piece of pork home. Unbeknownst to him, the two stall owners had given Maotou the extra six yuan they'd been charged. Maotou took out a yuan and gave it to the two of them, chuckling, "Next time you see this kid, do the same."
Pan Gaozhi stepped into the Wang family's gate right on time. "The busy farming season starts tomorrow, so we need to eat more today," Wang Erniu said, bringing out the same two-grain steamed buns and a bowl of porridge as yesterday, except that there were a few more pieces of braised pork today.
Pan Gaozhi's eyes lit up, and she quickly picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in her mouth. Mmm, braised pork that she hadn't tasted in so long! How could it be so delicious?
Wang Erniu swallowed hard. You need earthworms to fish, and you can't find a wife without spending some money.
Pan Gaozhi had never known that the busy farming season could be so arduous. His hands were covered in blisters, and his feet were scratched and bleeding from the vines. The scratches were not cleaned in time and were swollen. His whole body ached as if his bones were about to fall apart.
Wang Erniu had been secretly observing. Ye Chen'er was the most efficient worker, Tian Fang was also good, and Wang Yan was constantly improving. Li Ping was also someone who only went through the motions. As for Pan Gaozhi, well, with that kind of appearance, he dared to dream of climbing high branches? He'd be more like climbing weeds.
If it weren't for his tarnished reputation, he would never have wanted such a lazy and stupid woman. His gaze then turned to the Yan family. Look at Yan Xiaonan, she's beautiful and charming, and she's really good at doing chores.
She's the darling of the family. If you could marry a wife like that, would you still need to struggle for the rest of your life? It's a pity she fell out with the Yan family. It's all her own fault for her old man, who was short-sighted and ruthless, and pushed her family into a fire pit.
While working, Wang Erniu was lost in thought, and his resentment grew stronger and stronger. Unfortunately, he had no outlet for his anger, so he had to keep it bottled up.
Pan Gaozhi was too exhausted to work any longer, so he sat down in the field. There were many people in the field who would sit for a while when they couldn't work anymore, but they would get up and continue working after sitting for three to five minutes. Pan Gaozhi was different; he sat for more than half an hour without moving his butt.
The scorekeeper, with his sharp eyes, put a half-X after Pan Gaozhi's name. Well, half of his points for half a day were gone.
The busy farming season in October is different from that in June. In June, the weather is hot, and everyone works in two shifts.
October is busy from morning till night. Dongnan has already returned. After this harvest season, Xuemei will have to take the child and go back with Dongnan. So Grandma Yan spends her days happily holding her big-headed great-grandson.
Cuihua, too, aside from drinking milk and sleeping, the two of them took turns holding the baby and cooing at him, while Xuemei took on the task of cooking at home.
Cuihua didn't let Xuemei participate in the busy farming season this time. The baby still needed to be breastfed, and what if she collapsed from exhaustion and her milk dried up? So, it was just Grandma and Xuemei at home, plus Zhongzi who played with Liujin.
Ye Chenming and Bei Nan caught a lot of pheasants and rabbits in the mountains, but they didn't sell them. During the busy farming season, it was the best choice to eat them themselves.
Ye Chen'er returned to the educated youth settlement an hour early. She stewed pheasant into soup, skinned and chopped wild rabbit, added some chestnuts and pine nuts to make braised rabbit meat, and also cooked the vegetables she had grown herself. She kneaded dough to make steamed buns, and of course, she also had her favorite white rice.
When it was time to rest, Ye Chen'er arrived just in time, her two baskets filled with meat. As soon as the cotton cloth on the baskets was lifted, a meaty aroma wafted out, and several educated youths nearby unconsciously swallowed their saliva.
"A pheasant costs four yuan, two rabbits cost eight yuan, one pound of white rice and one pound of white flour cost two yuan, and we'll skip the chestnuts and pine cones. All of these things cost fourteen yuan in total, which we'll split among the six of us," Ye Chenming announced before we started eating.
Wow, this is so expensive! Wang Yan thought to herself, but her hands didn't stop. She picked up a steamed bun and started eating. This was a white flour steamed bun. It had been so long since she had eaten one.
Tian Fang also reached for the rabbit meat with her chopsticks, took a bite, and oh my god, is my tongue pregnant?
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