Chapter 4: There are fields and mountains
"Well, that's the right way to think. We're not eating their food, so why should we be afraid of them? If you're unhappy, just take action. Knock one over, it's one. Knock two over, and you'll earn one."
Look, people from the same family are alike. The old lady is so generous.
"Yes, grandma is right."
The lunch was simple. Maybe it was because of her mood, the old lady felt that the food tasted much better than what she cooked herself.
Even the leek soup tastes sweet.
After dinner, Mei Xue took the initiative to wash the dishes and let her grandmother take a nap.
The old lady didn't bother to be polite with her granddaughter-in-law. She went back to the house and fell asleep.
Mei Xue washed the dishes, fed the pigs some water, and fed the chickens some vegetable leaves. She glanced at her grandmother in the room and saw that she was sleeping soundly, so she returned to her room.
She entered the space again, took out the money and counted it again. Yes, there were more than 500 yuan. Mei Xue didn't know if this amount of money was enough in 1985, but she knew it was definitely enough to buy rice and oil.
Her world is also eighty-five years old, but that is too far away for her. How could she know so clearly about things that happened thousands of years ago?
But in terms of safety, she understood that it was the safest option.
After drinking some water in the space, Mei Xue felt very comfortable all over. Then she left the space and fell asleep on the bed.
It was around two in the afternoon. Of course, that was Mei Xue's own feeling. She didn't have any tool to tell the time, so she guessed it by watching the sun setting in the west.
"Grandma, why did you get up so early? The sun is still bright. Why don't you take a rest for a while and then go to the fields?" Mei Xue quickly got up from the bed.
"I won't sleep anymore. I have to turn the soil over in the afternoon and plant some seeds, otherwise the crops won't sprout."
The old lady is a hard-working person.
"Oh, I'll listen to grandma." After coming out, the two of them each drank some water, then picked up their tools and walked out of the house.
"Xiaoxue, if you feel uncomfortable, just tell me. Don't force yourself to do it, okay?" The old lady was used to doing these kinds of work and knew how difficult they were. She was afraid that Xiaoxue would be stubborn and drag her feet without saying anything.
"No, grandma, don't worry. I helped a lot at home in the past. Don't look at me because I'm thin. I'm really strong." Mei Xue assured again.
There is no way. The original owner's body is really weak. If it weren't for the spring water in the space, she might not dare to do this.
Of course, this is not a big deal. When you feel sleepy or tired, just drink the space spring water. The space spring water will give you energy.
Walking on the country road, Mei Xue once again admired the scenery of the fields.
It's really refreshing and natural.
"Grandma, are our fields far from home?" Their home is in the village, and there are farmlands around the village, but it is surrounded by mountains. There are many families in the village, and the fields around the village are not enough for the whole village.
The old lady pointed ahead and said, "It's not far, it's right in front. Our fields are all together, one up and one down. There's a stream next to it, so it's very convenient to get water."
As they walked, the old lady introduced her own fields to her granddaughter-in-law.
"Look, this mountain is also our vegetable garden, but Junqi and I opened it up ourselves. This mountain belongs to Xiaojun's grandfather in the fourth group below."
That’s right, not only the fields here are private, but even the mountains are private. After the land was divided, it had long been in the hands of the farmers themselves.
The farmland here is not as good as that in the south of the Yangtze River, but fortunately there are mountains here. The annual output from the mountains is very little, but it is better than nothing.
"Oh, there are mountains. Then where is the mountain of our family?" Because the original owner and her family were not locals, their family had nothing in their village.
It’s just a contract for the land in the village.
It wasn't much, just enough for the family to eat. On weekdays, the original owner's father would go to the street to do some work to earn some living expenses.
"The mountain where we live is a bit far away. Anze and I have two mountains. His parents left early, so we didn't get anything from the mountain." Speaking of this, the old lady looked calm and it was hard to tell whether she was sad or not.
Mei Xue knew that she might have said something wrong, but after seeing that her grandmother did nothing wrong, she didn't say anything more.
"Two mountains are not a small number. Grandma, come and take me to see our fields and mountains." Mei Xue immediately shouted happily.
"Okay, grandma will take you there, but you are married now. I will go to the village chief in a few days to help you transfer your household registration. Then you will also have fields and mountains, but not much."
Seeing Xiaoxue so happy, the old lady also laughed.
"Ah. Me too?" Mei Xue was excited.
Seeing Xiaoxue's silly look, the old lady laughed heartily: "Haha, of course, you are also from my Hejia Village, of course you have."
It would be fine if they didn’t get married, but they did get the marriage certificate.
"That's great, that's great, grandma. How about we go find the village chief tonight?" Mei Xue was excited because she had her own fields and mountains.
It's no wonder she wasn't excited. You know, in her world, let alone fields and mountains, even a small vegetable plot is treated like a noble.
"Don't worry, don't worry. The market is still three days away. Go and tell the village chief the day before the market. He will take your household registration and handle it. The village chief won't go to town if the market is not open."
"Okay then." Mei Xue felt a little disappointed.
Seeing her lively personality, the old lady shook her head helplessly and didn't know what to say to her.
However, although Anze has a good temper, he is too silent and can never say anything no matter how hard you try. Xiaoxue is a good person.
After walking for about ten minutes, they saw a large rice field. Whether it was by the stream or halfway up the mountain, it was all rice fields. It was obvious that the rice fields were all mined by humans.
"Look, after crossing that creek, the four fields above are all ours." said the old lady, pointing to the top field.
Looking at the road, it was still at least ten minutes' walk to the top, and Mei Xue felt sorry for her grandmother.
"Grandma, this is so far. You must be very tired walking back and forth every day. When I learn how to do it, let me do these things. You can cook and wash clothes at home."
Mei Xue really feels sorry for the old lady.
The old lady was amused by Mei Xue: "You are returning what you said at noon to me and trying to embarrass me." The old lady slapped Xiao Xue on the back in anger.
No matter why she said that, she felt comfortable listening to such words. An Ze said the same thing when he was a child, and he did the same thing later.
But a grown man can't just stay at home and live on the fields. No good woman will be interested in him in the future.
So after he turned eighteen, the old lady "kicked" him out of the house and let him go out on his own.
After a few years, he had made a name for himself and was able to marry a wife.
Mei Xue was stunned by the slap, "Grandma, you are so strong."
The grandmother and granddaughter walked towards their own fields with smiles on their faces.
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