strictlysupreme Chapter 142: Pray to God?
Chapter 142: Pray to God?
When Xiaocao saw that Zhuangzhuang was unhappy, she immediately squatted down and wanted to help.
Before Gu Zhuangzhuang handed the machete to Xiaocao, he heard a voice in his ears.
"Gu Zhuangzhuang, Dad doesn't know how to love Mom, so he lies on the kang and can't move. So, you don't plan to love Xiaocao either, right? If you don't love your wife when she's pregnant, who are you going to let love her?"
Gu Zhuangzhuang looked up at his elder sister. His elder sister was clearly smiling, so why did his neck feel a little cold?
He subconsciously put the machete in his hand back and said, "I, I didn't let Xiaocao do the work."
Xiaocao's breathing suddenly became rapid, "Sister, this is nothing, I can still do it."
When Gu Qingqing looked at the grass, her eyes were sincere and her words were kinder. "After it's done, cover it with straw. After five days, remove the top layer of straw and have Gu Zhuangzhuang use a rake to turn the inside over. Turn it to the bottom, just like kneading dough. It will be a little hot in there, but that's okay. Add a bucket of water when you turn it over a second time."
Xiaocao's face turned red with excitement. She nodded and listened attentively.
After Gu Qingqing finished speaking, she would repeat to her what she heard and understood.
"Yes, that's right. Remember to cover the pit with straw every time you're done. After half a month or twenty days, you can check whether everything inside has been fully decomposed. If it is, your pit is a little small, so you need to shovel out more than half of the manure first, then add water to the pit, fill it up, and beat it with a rake. After three days, you can put the manure and water into the wheat field. When the water in the pit is used up, put half of the manure you shoveled out before back in, and continue to soak it in water for another three days. Do you understand me?"
Xiao Cao nodded beside him, "Sister, I understand."
"besides......"
"Anything else?" Gu Zhuangzhuang couldn't help but speak out from the side.
He is not stupid. He looks at Xiaocao's belly and then at A Niang. Isn't it his responsibility to do what A Niang just said?
Gu Qingqing suddenly smiled at him, "Yes. When watering the ground, try not to wet the wheat core, just use a ladle to water along the wheat roots."
After Gu Qingqing finished speaking, she saw that Gu Zhuangzhuang's face was about to turn green, and smiled at him again, "Come to me when you are done, and I will cook meat for you."
Gu Zhuangzhuang nodded reluctantly.
It was not until she was about to leave that Gu Qingqing handed the money she had brought with her to Gu Jia in front of Xiaocao.
"Qingqing, what are you doing?" Gu Jia looked at the money in the cloth bag in her hand and took one step back three times.
"Mom, please accept this money. It's a token of your son-in-law and I's love. The craftsmen we hired have to be paid every day. Zhuangzhuang goes to help every day, so there's no reason for him to work for nothing. You didn't let him bring the money back before, so I had to send it over. If you don't accept it, I won't dare ask Zhuangzhuang to help if there's anything going on at home in the future. Besides, our family isn't rich. We have two mouths to feed, and the grass is about to start growing. We can't go without food and water in the winter. If you don't accept it, you're denying Zhuangzhuang's labor."
Gu Jia suddenly heard her words, and she raised her hand to rub her eyes with emotion. Her voice was misty as she spoke, "Qingqing, as your mother, I have understood everything you said. Take the money back. Xiaocao and I picked wild chestnuts and sold them for money. We will have enough food until the beginning of next spring."
Gu Qingqing turned to Lu Xiaocao with the hand holding the money, and before she could react, she put the money in Xiaocao's hand.
The reason why she put so many copper coins in there was that they were very heavy, and she was worried that if Xiaocao exerted too much force, she would have a miscarriage.
The reason why she didn't bring even a tael of silver was because she was considering them.
If you give small change to your family for urgent use, you have to go to the town to exchange it, as the exchange volume in the village is too high.
Copper coins are more convenient, they can take as many as they need.
"If mother doesn't want it, you can take the grass for Zhuangzhuang. It will be used as a supplement for yourself after the baby is born."
The mother-in-law didn't accept Lu Xiaocao. Even if she wanted her, she didn't dare to make a move. She just looked at Gu Qingqing begging for mercy, "Sister, no, no, don't give it to me."
"Since I brought it here, I won't take it back. If you don't want it, I'll give it to Zhuangzhuang. If he gets it, he'll go to town to buy food and drink the next day. Don't complain."
Gu Jia and Lu Xiaocao looked at each other, and in the end Lu Xiaocao took the copper coin.
She suddenly lowered her head with red eyes, "Thank you, sister."
Then, she looked at Gu Jiashi and said, "Mom, Zhuangzhuang can also make money."
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Time flies, and winter still sweeps over Niutoushan Village.
Every household wore cotton clothes.
In the east room of old Wen's house, Zhang Cuilan was sitting on the edge of the kang, sewing shoe soles in a thick cotton-padded jacket, when Sanlang rushed in in a hurry.
Zhang Cuilan's neck was frozen by the cold wind brought by the lifted door curtain.
"Sanlang, you are being chased by a rat, why are you running so fast?" Zhang Cuilan scolded angrily.
"Mom, I just heard in the village that Dahua and her family are moving to a new home tomorrow. Can we go and take a look?" Sanlang asked with sparks in his eyes.
"Go away, go away. What are you going to do? Are you trying to make a fool of yourself? Don't you know what our relationship is with them?" Zhang Cuilan said angrily.
"How come this is so funny? It was grandma and uncle who broke off the relationship, not us. Why can't we go and see? Mom, don't you want to see the new house? I heard that everyone who goes tomorrow will have meat to eat." Sanlang muttered.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Cuilan raised the shoe sole in her hand and tried to hit him, but Sanlang easily dodged it.
"You bastard, you talk nonsense all day long. How could you say that? You also said in front of me that I won't beat you. If your grandma heard this, she would tear your mouth apart."
"So I just said it in our room. I didn't go out to say it." Sanlang said stubbornly in a low voice.
Zhang Cuilan rolled her eyes at him and ignored him.
"Mom, why did Third Uncle build such a nice house if he doesn't have a son? When Dahua, Erhua and Sanhua get married in the future, won't there be a large area of their house left vacant? When they get old, who will this house belong to?" Sanlang came close to Zhang Cuilan and asked.
He had never been there, but he heard from other people in the village that the house his third uncle lived in was more spacious than the two they lived in.
He wondered when he would be able to live in such a big house.
Zhang Cuilan was so angry that she was completely livid. How could she not know what the thing she gave birth to was thinking?
Even though she coveted the new house in her heart, she still said, "That house will belong to no one but you. They live well and eat well now, and they will give birth to many children just like rabbits in the fields. If they give birth to a son, the house will naturally be given to the son."
When Sanlang heard that they wanted to have a son, he immediately became anxious, "Mom, how can we have more girls instead of sons?"
Zhang Cuilan paused, rolled her eyes and said, "When your grandmother burns incense, follow her and pray to God in your heart to bless them to have a girl."
"Mom, does this work?" Sanlang was surprised.
"How would I know if it would work? It's up to you to do it or not."
Zhang Cuilan's words were originally a joke, but Sanlang kept them in mind. From then on, whenever Wen Chen burned incense during festivals, a small figure would follow behind her.
At the same time, Zhang Cuilan thought of something, put down the half-sewed sole, and walked out of the yard.