Spring scenery in the fields

Ji Wenhe walked out of the yard and looked towards the vegetable garden. Shen Rongshan was not there. He must have gone home.

I stepped onto the stairs and looked into the yard, but he was not there.

"Wenshan, where is your brother?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Rongshan walked out of the house: "I'm here."

He walked to a place not far from the toilet and said, "Let's put up a fence here, otherwise the rabbits will run over and fall into the pit."

"When it rains, rabbits have nowhere to hide, so we need to build a straw shed on the roof so they can go in and out without getting wet in the rain."

Ji Wenhe looked at both sides and said: "Why not build the straw shed directly next to the kitchen."

There is no umbrella at home, so when it rains I have to wear a straw raincoat when going in and out, but it is easy to get my clothes wet.

It is especially troublesome to go to the toilet because the roof of the toilet is not built properly and water will drip down when it rains.

Shen Rongshan nodded: "I was thinking the same thing. Let's build the shed first and put the stones in the yard."

"Okay, Brother Shen, you decide."

After Ji Wenhe entered the room, he took out the pottery jar from under the bed. When he heard footsteps coming into the room, he called him in: "Brother Shen, I want to buy some cloth to make clothes."

Then she took out the little puppet in her hand and said, "Look, I can do many different styles, but I can't embroider, so I have to ask someone else to help me embroider the eyes."

Shen Rongshan took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, praising it: "It looks good, the material should be more refined, the little girl likes it."

"But I don't know how much is appropriate to sell it for. No one in my family knows how to embroider, and I can't always ask others to help me. I have to pay for the labor."

Ji Wenhe handed him a tael of silver and said, "Buy less salt and more brown rice and brown flour. It's lower than the market price, even if you can only make a penny."

"Bought it for one ounce of silver?"

She thought for a moment and said, "We'll carry two baskets the day after tomorrow. It's up to you."

Shen Rongshan collected the silver and said, "Wen He, please buy a few feet of white cloth as well."

"What do you want the white cloth for?"

"The cloth bags in the shop cost money, two cents each, and they can only hold one pound of rice and flour. We bought a lot, so one bag can't hold it all."

"I thought we could really negotiate it out, so I talked to the boss and asked him to return the bag to us next time, and we would bring our own big bag."

"Okay." Ji Wenhe took out six hundred coins and put the rest into a pottery jar.

Don't bring too much money, otherwise she will want to buy everything she sees.

Towards evening the sky turned overcast.

Shen Wenshan stood at the door and looked up at the sky: "It's going to rain."

A dark cloud.

"It'll be fine if it doesn't rain the day after tomorrow. If it rains, we can't go." Ji Wenhe sat by the door and skillfully weaved a bracelet.

With a loud 'boom', a huge thunder sounded in the sky.

Accompanied by thunder, heavy rain poured down.

Shen Wenshan took a few steps back and said, "Sister-in-law, please go inside quickly. The rain is coming in."

"The heavy rain came quickly and went away quickly."

Ji Wenhe moved the bench back and looked into the yard. Layers of rain blocked his view of the distance.

"Will the rain be so heavy that it will drown the seeds in the ground?"

"Yes, when the rain stops, I will go check the fields and release the crops wherever there is water."

Shen Wenshan sat opposite her, pinching his fingers, looking towards the kitchen, and continued.

"Sister-in-law, I want to go to town to find a temporary job. The farm work at home is temporarily idle during this period. It's not a good idea to stay at home. Otherwise, I will go and get some hemp ropes to make them."

"Wenshan, it's not that I don't want you to go, I'm just afraid that your body can't handle it now."

He was so thin that he was just a skeleton, just like me.

"The temporary workers in town are all coolies. They recruit people based on their physique. I'm also worried that you might develop a health problem at such a young age."

Ji Wenhe braided a bracelet and placed it next to him, then looked outside the house with him.

"When you get back from the market, I have a lot of work I want you to help me with. I have chicks at home, so I need to go find some wild vegetables and chop them up to feed them."

"See if your eldest brother can buy cheap rice and flour. If he can, I want you and Yuanshan to go to the village in the east and west respectively."

Shen Wenshan turned his head and looked behind him: "Sister-in-law, there are only two baskets at home. If we buy them, should we sell them in baskets or in a large basket?"

The peddlers he saw all carried baskets on a shoulder pole.

Ji Wenhe stood up, walked to the corner where the baskets were placed, and picked one up at random: "The basket is too small, put it in the basket for now, and you can carry it to sell."

"Let's go outside the mountains tomorrow and cut some bamboo and weave a few big round baskets. When our business picks up, we'll buy a wheelbarrow."

It's hard to push a unicycle when it comes to difficult terrain. It's a pity there's no chain here, otherwise I could make a tricycle. I'll think about it and find someone to make one for me when the time comes.

At this time, Shen Yuanshan's voice rang out from the kitchen: "Sister-in-law, brother, it's time to eat."

Shen Wenshan picked up the raincoat and handed it to her: "Sister-in-law, put it on."

There is only one raincoat at home.

He turned and quickly ran into the kitchen.

Ji Wenhe stamped his feet after entering the house: "Yuanshan, Wenshan, I'll buy some cloth and we can make a set of clothes each. Do you two want to buy anything else, or if your family needs anything?"

She felt that her house was lacking something, such as tables, stools, etc., but she didn't need to buy them for the time being.

The two brothers shook their heads.

"We don't lack anything, sister-in-law, you can buy whatever you want."

I have clothes, they are worn out but still wearable.

After thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is nothing missing except food.

Ji Wenhe looked helplessly at the person on the right: "Brother Shen, I will make you two more sets of clothes."

Apart from a cotton jacket, he only had two sets of clothes to change into.

Aunt Lan gave her a few sets of clothes, and she only needed to make one.

Shen Rongshan didn't care: "My clothes are not damaged, you can make two more sets. I can't wear them even if you make good clothes."

You can't wear it when going outdoors, let alone in the mountains as it will get scratched easily.

"That won't work. You have to do it all the time, or you don't have to do it at all." Ji Wenhe took a bite of the cake. "When the rainy season comes, the clothes won't dry after washing. You can't wear wet clothes."

"It's decided. Each of us will do one thing."

Hearing her tone that did not allow for rejection, Shen Rongshan smiled, feeling warm in his heart: "Okay, you are the boss at home."

The two brothers opposite lowered their heads and smiled happily.

Their eldest brother and sister-in-law seem to be getting better and better.

After finishing his meal and washing up, Ji Wenhe sat cross-legged on the bed, supporting his chin with one hand and playing with the new cat head he had made today with the other.

When Shen Rongshan entered the room, he immediately said, "Brother Shen, I see that you are very good at repairing bamboo poles. Can you carve a hairpin out of bamboo or wood?"

It seems that it is not suitable to carve hairpins with wood, but bamboo can be used.

"Simple ones are fine, but complex ones are not. Do you want to make hairpins to sell?"

"Well, let's make a hairpin out of bamboo, cut a small hole at the top, and hang the little puppet I made on it. You can also hang it on your keys."

"The price is the same as the bracelet, three cents for one and five cents for two. As for the eyes, I'd like to ask Aunt Lan to embroider them."