Spring scenery in the fields

"Don't worry, at most you can just scold me." Shen Suya turned her head and looked at her, "Sister-in-law, are you still selling that bracelet?"

"Sell it, of course. Go to the market and see how it sells. If it sells well, buy some more yarns."

The wire has already been bought, so it can't be thrown away there and wasted.

Ji Wenhe asked doubtfully: "Why do you ask this?"

She shook her head: "Nothing, I just asked. There are not many people buying in the village outside the mountain. I'm afraid my sister-in-law can only sell it at the market."

"Well, there are a lot of people at the market, so there should be more buyers."

She was a little worried. Just selling bracelets wouldn't work, she had to think of other ways.

"Xiaoya, who in the village has the best embroidery skills?"

Shen Suya thought for a moment and said, "All the girls in the village can embroider, and the ones with the best skills are Aunt Li and Aunt Zhang."

"You mean Li Chunhong and Zhang Qiu'e's family."

The husbands of these two people are not very nice. They either beat or scold their children.

"Well, they don't usually go out to play. They stay at home all day embroidering to make money. If they don't make enough money, they will be scolded by their uncle."

Ji Wenhe pondered for a while, broke off a small branch, and smoothed the soil with his feet.

"Xiaoya, look at this pattern I drew. What do you think it can be used for? A pendant on a hairpin, or a pendant on clothes or keys."

She drew a cat's head, a stick figure kind.

"Look, there are two eyes here. Use black lines, a little white line in the middle, and black lines for the curve of the mouth. It's simple to make. I can make it myself."

"It's just that my eyes aren't that realistic. They're not as good as those of you who learn embroidery. They can make eyes that look like the real thing."

"Wow." Shen Suya opened her sparkling eyes, "Sister-in-law, is this a raccoon? It's different from what I saw on the embroidered handkerchief."

"Yes, we call them kittens or cats. This is the simplest way to draw them, and I'm going to embroider them differently from what you see."

Ji Wenhe pointed at the cat's head on the ground and continued.

"Cut the cloth into this size, sew the edges, stuff it with cotton, and you'll have a cute cat head."

"But cotton is too expensive, the cost is too high, and the selling price will be high, so I'm thinking if I can fill it with rags, but the feel probably won't be as good as cotton."

She has a lot of cartoon patterns in her mind, and she can definitely make money by making them into cotton dolls and selling them.

Shen Suya propped up her chin and tilted her head to look at her: "Sister-in-law, this cat's head is round, can we use straw?"

"straw?"

"Yes, the straw can be rolled into a ball, and the cloth can be cut into the size of the ball and sewed together. This way, it can replace cotton."

Ji Wenhe touched his chin and looked at the pattern: "It's not impossible as you said, but where can we get the straw? If we wait for the straw, we will have to wait for several months."

Shen Suya reminded: "Sister-in-law, people outside the mountain should have haystacks, or try something else instead."

She saw her family coming home, patted her arm and stood up.

"Sister-in-law, my mom and dad are back. I'm going home first."

Ji Wenhe was thinking about something and didn't hear what she said. When she came out of her thoughts and wanted to ask her again, she found that the person next to her was gone.

Looking at Shen Wenshan who was digging in the distance: "Wenshan, has Xiaoya returned home?"

"I'm going back. I've been gone for a while."

"Oh, okay." She didn't notice.

Ji Wenhe stood up and continued to insert branches into the soil.

Near noon, the sun was high above our heads, making people sweat.

"It's cold in the morning and evening, hot at noon, and I have to cover myself with a quilt when I sleep at night."

Shen Wenshan put down his shovel and said, "There has been famine in the past two years, and the weather has also been abnormal. Maybe the temperature will start to drop again in a few days."

He stamped the dirt off his feet.

"Sister-in-law, I'll go home and boil some water. I'll bring it to you later. You're tired and need to take a rest."

"Hey, go ahead." Ji Wenhe was breathing heavily, his throat was very dry.

After finishing their work in the fields, the people went back home, leaving only a few families. The head of the village and his family were still working in the fields because they had more land.

After noon, after watering the vegetable fields, Shen Rongshan and Shen Yuanshan came to the wasteland.

"Sister-in-law, take a break. Let's do it."

Ji Wenhe stood up and patted his lower back gently, his eyes squinting in the sun: "Are you done over there?"

"Well, you're done." Shen Rongshan walked in front of her and shielded her from the sun. "Go home and rest. You don't need to work in the fields."

"More people means faster work." He pointed to the pottery jar and bowl on the ground and said, "Wenshan boiled hot water. It should be warm now. Have some."

The two of them had been so busy that they hadn't had a sip of water and their mouths were dry.

Shen Yuanshan poured a bowl and said, "Brother, here you go."

Shen Rongshan took it and handed it to her: "Take a sip to quench your thirst."

Ji Wenhe had just drunk half a bowl, and didn't want to refuse his good intention, so he lowered his head and took a sip.

Then he was seen lifting the bowl and drinking all the water.

They drank from the same bowl and their lips didn't touch the same place, so it was nothing, but she just felt a little... intimate.

Looking at the fence that was already half built, he said, "Brother Shen, please work harder today and put up the entire fence. We also need to go up the mountain to find some vines. If we don't stabilize it, I'm afraid it will fall down if the wind blows."

Shen Rongshan nodded: "Okay, exit where you want to stay."