Chapter 36: Distribution of Grain

It was almost time to get off work, and the village was about to distribute food, so they had to go back and prepare.

Liu Yinyin was excited and curious. She dragged Gu Cheng to the threshing ground without even finishing dinner. They would distribute the food there later.

There were a lot of people on the sun-drying field, and no one was in the mood for dinner at this time, so they just waited here.

After a year of hard work, distributing grain is the most exciting moment, with laughter and joy all over the threshing ground.

"Dad." Liu Yinyin saw Liu Laifu was there too, and hurried over.

Liu Laifu glanced at his daughter and son-in-law, nodded, and asked, "Are the sacks ready?"

After the food was distributed, we had to pack it into sacks and take it home.

"I brought it." Gu Cheng pulled the cart over.

Liu Changquan arrived quite early. Without saying much, he took a notebook and began to check the work points of each household, and then distributed money and food.

Yes, the villagers were paid for their work, but it was not much, and the bulk of the money was food.

The distribution of food in the village was very simple. Rice, wheat, etc. were distributed directly with the husks, and corn was also distributed with the cobs.

After all, food is scarce these days and grain husks cannot be wasted.

Liu Yinyin was quite excited at first, but soon lost interest.

She has been pregnant for more than eight months and cannot sit or stand for a long time during this month, otherwise she will feel very uncomfortable.

After waiting for such a long time, it was still not her family's turn, so Liu Yinyin simply found a seat at the side and sat down, waiting alone inside for the food distribution.

Coincidentally, there was a pregnant woman sitting next to her, whose belly looked similar to hers, and Liu Yinyin recognized her.

She was Yang Guizhi, the daughter-in-law of Liu Ergou at the end of the village. Her home was quite close, but Liu Yinyin didn't often hang out with the villagers, so she wasn't very familiar with her.

This is Yang Guizhi's second child. She also has a three-year-old daughter, so she has some experience.

She glanced at Liu Yinyin's belly and said with a smile, "Look at your belly, it's probably a boy."

Jiang Cuihua actually said that she looked like a boy, but Liu Yinyin didn't comment: "Boys and girls are the same."

Yang Guizhi touched her belly, a trace of worry flashed in her eyes: "Yes, this is your first child, it doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl, unlike me..."

Her first child was a daughter, and she would not mind having another girl this time, because both boys and girls are a piece of flesh that fell from her body.

It’s her mother-in-law... Yang Guizhi smiled bitterly. If she wanted to give birth to another girl, her mother-in-law would scold her to death.

In the countryside, if a woman cannot give birth to a boy, she cannot even hold her head up when she goes out.

In more serious cases, one may be kicked out of the house by the in-laws.

Liu Yinyin couldn't understand the idea of ​​favoring boys over girls in this era, so she looked around and said, "Sister Guizhi, how long will it take for you to give birth?"

Yang Guizhi came to her senses and said, "There are still two months left."

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "That's pretty much the same as me."

Maybe it was because the two of them had similar due dates, and Liu Yinyin really wanted to be friends with Yang Guizhi since their families lived close to each other.

When the children grow up, maybe we can still play together.

Yang Guizhi told her as an experienced person: "You are the first child, so you may give birth early."

"Really?" Liu Yinyin asked ignorantly. It was her first time giving birth and she didn't quite understand this.

"Yes, when I gave birth to my eldest daughter, it was more than ten days early. Also, the first child is usually more difficult to give birth to. I was in pain for a whole day and night before I gave birth to the child." Yang Guizhi exclaimed.

She was almost dying of pain at the time, but because it was a girl, her mother-in-law didn't even give her an egg to eat. She was called out to work before she could even finish her confinement.

It is really not easy to be someone's daughter-in-law. Yang Guizhi didn't know how she managed to survive.

Liu Yinyin was quite frightened when she heard this. At that time, medical technology was backward and women in the countryside would ask the village midwives to deliver their babies.

Liu Yinyin, who came from the future, certainly could not accept such a simple and crude way of giving birth.

She definitely wanted to give birth in the hospital, but Liu Yinyin didn't say it directly.

The two chatted for a while, and then Gu Cheng came over pulling a cart.

There were several sacks of food on the car.

It was embarrassing to say that she had just seen other families carrying large carts full of food home.

Looking at the entire village, her family probably received the least amount of food.

But... Liu Yinyin doesn't mind or care. It's good to get less. She has the golden finger system and the golden thigh to take care of her. There is no need to worry about food at home.

Next year's harvest will be bad again, and she doesn't really want to share food with the villagers.

Thinking about it, Liu Yinyin stood up and asked, "Are you done?"

Gu Cheng said meaningfully: "Okay, that's all the food."

With a strange tone, Liu Yinyin glanced at him and snorted, "What's wrong? Do you think the food is not enough?"

It's just that she works less. Really, if she hadn't suddenly become pregnant with this man's child, she wouldn't have been able to earn so few work points.

However, if Gu Cheng hadn't helped during the autumn harvest, she would have gotten even less food, which would have been... kind of embarrassing.

"No, you're already very good." Gu Cheng pursed his lips to hold back his laughter. To be honest, if he hadn't come back, he didn't know how the mother and daughter would survive with this little food.

"Sister Guizhi, I'm going home." Liu Yinyin said hello and followed Gu Cheng home.

"......Okay." Yang Guizhi responded softly.

I curiously watched the young couple in front of me walking away together. The man was handsome and the woman was pretty. I didn't know what they were talking about, but they both had smiles on their faces. Liu Yinyin even reached out and held the arm of the person next to her.

They look like a perfect couple...

Rural couples are mostly conservative and rarely so intimate.

The couple lived alone, without their parents-in-law to cause trouble.

It looks kind of enviable.

It was dark, and Liu Yinyin was afraid of falling, so she held Gu Cheng's arm.

The two of them were talking to each other intermittently.

Perhaps influenced by Yang Guizhi, Liu Yinyin asked Gu Cheng for the first time: "Do you like boys or girls?"

Gu Cheng grew up in this era, and I don’t know if he is like other men, with old ideas in his bones.

Like... I must give birth to a boy to continue the family line and carry on the family line.

It's as if there is a throne to be inherited in the family.

Gu Cheng looked at her belly and his voice softened: "I like both boys and girls."

"Really?" Liu Yinyin asked him.

Gu Cheng said seriously, "Really? I guarantee it as a soldier. I like you no matter whether you give birth to a boy or a girl."

This is a heavy promise.

Liu Yinyin's lips curled up immediately: "Okay, I believe you will be a good father in the future."

Judging from his usual behavior, we can tell that Gu Cheng really cares about this child.