sbdcsierra Chapter 242 Visiting
Chapter 242 Visiting
Zhou Guo was holding the bag of tea. It was such a big bag, enough for the master to drink for a long time.
I went to get two more gourds of wine, two full gourds. With the tea, Master should be able to drink this wine for twenty days, right?
Finally, I thought of the suckling pigs at home, so I went back to the herbal medicine store and bought some ginger, aniseed and other seasonings. If I didn’t eat them, the suckling pigs would grow into big pigs.
Then I went to the noodle shop and bought five kilograms of noodles. I was tired of drinking porridge in the morning, so it would be nice to cook noodles from time to time.
After buying things, the two did not rush back, but went to the noodle stall to eat a few bowls of wontons.
She had eaten in the morning, so she wasn't very hungry. She ate four bowls of soup and wontons, and Zhou Mi ate two bowls.
After eating and drinking, the two men led their horses slowly out of the city.
After leaving the city and walking for a while, Zhou Guo got on the horse. Zhou Mi touched his belly and sat on it as well. He didn't know if it was because he had sat on it before on the way here, but on the way back, he was not as scared as he was in the morning.
Zhou Guo turned around and said, "How is it? I told you, it's different now than when you came here. Now that you have experience, you are not afraid anymore, right?"
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When the two men rode back to the village on fast horses, the villagers had already gone to the fields to work.
Today is a sunny day. The older generation walked to the fields with their hands behind their backs. They looked up at the sky and judged that the next few days would be sunny. Then every household started going to the fields to harvest wheat from today.
Before reaching the village entrance, I saw a bunch of black dots squatting in the fields near the village, all working hard to harvest wheat. Everyone was busy, and although not many people were talking, it was lively just to watch.
Zhou Guo looked at the lively scene of wheat harvesting and felt happy from the bottom of his heart.
Close your eyes and take a deep breath, you can still smell the fragrance of wheat, which is the unique smell of the earth!
As the two walked along, they found that the fields in the village had begun to be harvested, but the large piece of land owned by the landlord at the entrance of the village had not yet been started, and no one knew when the harvest would start.
Zhou Guo pulled the reins and rode on his horse, looking at the endless wheat fields not far away. He was sincerely envious, "I don't know how many acres this is, but the wheat looks pretty good. How much grain can we harvest?"
If their family also had such a large piece of land, why would they eat porridge every morning?
All three meals a day are dry food, eat to your heart’s content!
Zhou Mi squinted his eyes and no one knew what he was thinking.
Zhou Guo looked back at him, flicked the whip and left. No matter how busy the farming season was, it had nothing to do with them, as their land was still wasteland.
The two men led the horses back home, and before they even entered the door, they heard bursts of laughter and talking coming from inside.
She looked up at the sky. The sun was just setting. It was probably around noon. It was not a busy time, so why were there so many people at home?
"You go in first, I'll lead the horse to the backyard." Zhou Mi stretched out his hand and took the reins from her.
Zhou Guo nodded, turned around, picked up the six earthen jars from his horse, and went into the house.
There is no one in the yard at this time.
He walked into the room carrying six jars. The chattering in the room stopped abruptly and everyone turned to look at him.
"Hey, Guoguo, you're back? I heard from your mom that you went to the city. What good things did you buy? You bought so many jars. This jar looks good, it's quite big, but what is it used for? Jars are better. I plan to buy some jars next time I go to the market. When the vegetables in the fields come out, I will pickle some pickles, so that I can have a dish to go with rice in the winter."
Everyone agreed. Seeing Zhou Guo standing at the door with his head held high, they said, "I haven't seen you for a few days. Guoguo seems to have grown taller and fatter. Guoguo's mother, your family's food is really good for feeding people. It hasn't been long, but you've already made your child plump and white."
Zhou Guo smiled and called everyone one by one, saying hello, and finally asked: "Have you eaten? How did you have time to come to our house?"
"We've eaten, we've eaten. We came here after we've eaten. I heard that your yard has been paved, the well has been dug, and the cowshed and horse shed have been moved to the backyard. It's said that it's very clean and beautiful, so we wanted to take a look and ask how much it costs to dig a well. Our home is a bit far from the village, and it's not convenient to carry water, so we wanted to dig one too."
Zhou Guo smiled and nodded, "Is that so? It would be nice to dig a well. I don't have to go out to fetch water. It would save me a lot of trouble."
Li smiled and asked, "You just came back now, have you eaten yet? There is rice left in the pot for you."
There was some food left. She touched her stomach and ate five bowls of wontons. She was quite full at first, but after running for so long, it seemed that her stomach was empty again. It was still early for dinner, so she had to eat something.
Zhou Mi came in from outside carrying something, and when he saw everyone in the room, he called out one by one and carried the things into the inner room.
Zhou Guo also carried a few jars in.
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The two men squatted in the yard, holding their bowls and eating mouthfuls of rice. From time to time, loud laughter could be heard from the house, reaching far away.
Zhou Guo looked up at the sun in the sky. It was so bright that it was almost scorching. What great weather!
"It's broad daylight, such nice weather, don't these people have anything to do?" Zhou Mi frowned. The local villagers were all harvesting wheat in the fields. Even outsiders like them, when they met two families from the neighboring county on the road, were also working in the fields, digging wild vegetables, cutting grass, and collecting firewood in the mountains. Why were these people so idle?
Zhou Guo said, "Not really. They are all busy, aren't they? Making shoes and clothes, aren't these also important jobs? A few days ago, my mother and eldest sister were sewing all day at home, their eyes were almost wrinkled, and we each had a new set of clothes to wear, and we haven't made a pair of shoes yet. Aunt Fugui and the others were different. At that time, they were busy renovating the house, clearing the land, and cleaning the house. They probably have their hands free now. I guess they have finished everything, and there are others who can do the remaining chopping wood and cutting grass."
Zhou Mi thought about it and felt that it was true. Not every family had as many people as theirs. Although they had a lot to eat, there were also a lot of people working.
At the end of the meal, Zhou Xing and Zhou Mai came back with two carts of grass.
When he saw Zhou Guo and the other man eating in the yard, he smiled and said, "You're back. Did you buy the box?"
They both shook their heads, "The box is too expensive!"
"Too expensive? Didn't buy it? What should I do?"
"You have to buy it no matter how expensive it is, otherwise it will go bad."
Zhou Guo quickly finished the rice in his bowl, stood up and went outside the yard to help unload grass, while talking about what happened today.
When they heard that a wooden box cost several taels of silver, Zhou Xing and Zhou Mai were so shocked that they were speechless. They wondered what kind of small box would cost more than ten taels of silver? !
It only costs that much to dig a well, and a cow doesn’t cost that much. A small wooden box can be exchanged for a cow and some money left over!
Zhou Xing said after a while: "I don't know what kind of box it is. Is it made of gold? I really want to take a look."
Zhou Mai nodded, he also wanted to take a look.