Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 230 He Yuxiang's Home

Open the door, drive the chickens to the foot of the mountain, and let them find food on their own.

Ji Wenhe moved a stool and sat at the foot of the mountain. He took out a red rope, clamped the front end of the rope with his legs, and began to skillfully make a knot.

This is how my daily life is. After finishing my housework, I will make lace when I have free time.

Sometimes it feels boring, and sometimes it feels fulfilling.

I have been here for more than half a year, and I still miss my previous life sometimes.

Sometimes I wonder if I will suddenly go back one day.

If you had just arrived here, you wouldn’t feel any reluctance.

But now... maybe she has someone she cares about, and if she really has to leave, she is not sure what choice she will make.

Although life is simple nowadays, I live happily and have hope.

My biggest wish is to buy a residential plot and build a house.

Just as I was thinking about it, He Yuxiang came over from the side and said, "Wen He, why don't you stay in the shed?"

"I'm worried that the chickens might run up the mountain, so I'm guarding them here."

"No, they just wander around at the foot of the mountain. When they are full, they go back on their own. They know their home."

The chickens she raised were let out early in the morning, and they would go home on their own after eating, without needing anyone to watch over them.

Ji Wenhe stood up and gave her the small stool.

He Yuxiang waved her hand: "I won't sit, you sit, I'll sit on the stone."

She didn't refuse: "Aunt He, didn't the children come over today?"

Five children came. I usually taught them to read in the yard, and took them to the foot of the mountain when the sun was strong.

"At home. It's windy and cool today. I'll take them to the foot of the mountain later."

The housework was almost done, so she came out to take a break. She felt bored staying at home all day.

"Your business is getting better and better. Look, another person is coming."

Ji Wenhe looked up and saw three women holding cloth bags in their hands, walking towards the shed.

"It's all hard-earned money. Pushing more than 100 kilograms of goods, the palms of the three brothers' hands were all blistered."

Shen Rongshan is fine, with thick calluses on his palms.

He Yuxiang agreed: "Yes, it's all hard-earned money. Although my husband works as an accountant in town, he will also be scolded if the business in the shop is bad one day."

The restaurant owner has a bad temper. He scolds everyone he catches, and you can't talk back.

"It's not easy to do anything these days." Ji Wenhe tilted his head and looked at her, "Uncle Xiucheng hasn't been back for a long time."

"It seems that Uncle Xiucheng didn't come back when we were transplanting rice?"

I heard from the villagers that Shen Xiucheng's name has a lot of meaning.

When the baby was born, Shen Qingyang was extremely happy and determined to raise him well.

Even if he failed to pass the imperial examination, he wanted to pass the examination to become a scholar, so he was named Xiucheng.

but!

Shen Xiucheng not only failed to pass the imperial examination to become a juren, he even failed to pass the examination to become a scholar. After failing twice, he decided not to take the exam again.

I heard that she took the exam the second time after she gave birth to Shen Jingzhu.

Thanks to Shen Qingyang's previous connections, he got a job as an accountant in a restaurant.

He Yuxiang looked in the direction of her home: "I haven't been back since the Chinese New Year. I was busy at the restaurant and couldn't leave. I should be back for the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"I don't want him to come back and make money in town. I'm afraid his boss won't want him when he comes back."

Ji Wenhe nodded: "That's right, it's hard to find work. If you leave, the boss can find someone right away. It doesn't have to be you."

Cheap labor, if you don’t do it, there are plenty of people who will.

"Your family is still the best. You go out in the morning and come back in the evening. You can take care of anything at home. Look at my family."

"My father-in-law is almost fifty years old, my mother-in-law is forty-seven this year and not in good health. I have three sons, so it's too tiring."

Her father-in-law fell seriously ill and almost died.

My mother-in-law has a bad back and can't bend for long periods of time, so she is the one who weeds the fields.

"Aunt He, now that the war is over, the court should be able to set a date for the provincial examination soon."

He Yuxiang shook her head: "His grandfather said that his three grandsons could not pass the exam, just like his father."

"Ah? The exam hasn't even started yet. How do you know you won't pass? And if you do pass, how can you know without trying?"

"You don't know, your uncle Xiucheng gets nervous when he arrives at the examination room. When he gets nervous, he can't remember anything and forgets all the poems and essays he has learned."

"My father-in-law gave them a test paper at home, and they were so nervous."

She sighed and continued.

"My father-in-law said that your uncle Xiucheng was like this when he was a child. His three children are exactly like him. There is no hope for them to pass the imperial examination and become scholars."

...There are so many good things to inherit, but I have to inherit this.

Moreover, can this kind of nervousness when entering the examination room be hereditary?

Ji Wenhe recalled: "I remember there was a student under the scholar."

If she remembers correctly.

"Tongshi. When Jingzhu was seven years old, we wanted to send him to take the Tongshi, but there was a famine and war, so the Tongshi was cancelled."

"There is no age limit for the children's exam. We can let the three of them take it. We have to let them try."

You can’t pass students just because you thought they weren’t good enough after taking mock tests at home.

Moreover, there is no age limit for the Tongshi. Tongsheng has nothing to do with age and does not mean children. People in their fifties or sixties who pass the Tongshi are also called Tongsheng.

"I want them all to go, but it depends on what my father-in-law thinks."

The reason why her father-in-law didn't plan to let his three children go to the exam was simple: he was afraid of embarrassment.

You are a scholar, but your son failed the exam. You personally taught your three grandchildren, but they failed in the end too. Isn't that laughable?

It would be better not to let them go at all, to avoid further embarrassment.

Ji Wenhe didn't know what to say, as it was not her decision whether to go or not.

He Yuxiang stood up and said, "I have to go back. My father-in-law will be upset if he sees me sitting here idle."

"Okay, Aunt He, take care."

Sometimes I really don’t understand why a grown man who does nothing at home can’t bear to see his wife sitting idle.

Turning around, I saw that the chickens were all at the foot of the mountain, not running up, and two of them ran back to the wasteland by themselves.

In this way, I won’t have to watch them in front of me anymore and can just let them run on their own.

Before five o'clock in the afternoon, Shen Yuanshan came back first, with his trouser legs and sleeves rolled up high and a basket in his hands.

Ji Wenhe drove the chicken back home and closed the door. He turned around and saw him coming from the east with a smile on his face.

I walked over to the shed and said to Shen Wenshan, "Did they go out to get the baskets this morning?"

"No."

The two men stared at the basket in his hand, and when they got closer, they saw snails and a few shrimps inside.

"Yuanshan, where is your elder brother?"

"Brother, I hope you will be back soon. I didn't go with you this afternoon. I saw some people catching snails and shrimps in the river. I discussed it with you and he went to sell the goods by himself."

The small basket was half full and there were still a few big river shrimps.

Five people dug a ditch nearby and scooped out the water, working for the entire afternoon.

The four guys were nice. He said he also wanted to touch the snails, so we agreed to let him join us and gave him a basket, but he had to return it next time.