Spring scenery in the fields

"Embroider five coins for one penny, and if it's complicated, reduce it to four coins or three coins."

Ji Wenhe touched his chin and looked at the figure sitting beside the bed.

"Brother Shen, is this inappropriate? Am I too..."

Shen Rongshan looked ahead, his hands resting on his legs. "When I was a child, my mother brought back purses and handkerchiefs for me to embroider. The purses had simple patterns, such as bamboo, and each one cost one cent."

"In terms of embroidery techniques, Aunt Lan's eyes are rough and not as fine as the bamboo. Compared with the two, the eyes are easier to embroider and faster."

"We sell our products to farmers, so the finished products can be as refined as those required by the shops in town."

"Wen He, remember, no matter how low the price is, there will be people rushing to do it, not to mention that we are not trying to make extra money."

"There is a saying that there is no business without fraud."

Ji Wenhe bent his legs and hugged his knees: "Let's do a few more to test the waters and see how the effects are."

When she comes back from the market, she will make a few more different dolls.

Shen Rongshan nodded, then realized that the room was too dark and she couldn't see, so she said softly, "Well, lie down."

She didn't fall asleep today, and for some reason she felt a little nervous.

He held his breath and listened to the movement behind him. After he waited for her to lie down, he took off his coat and carefully lay down on the outside.

Ji Wenhe opened his eyes wide and looked at the blurred outline: "Brother Shen, isn't it uncomfortable for you to sleep in this position all the time?"

He sleeps very soundly and never changes his position all night long.

Shen Rongshan replied: "I'm used to it. In the military camp, everyone is crowded together, one person is pressed against another, and it's impossible to turn over."

Over time, he developed a habit.

I slept on my side facing inward, afraid that she would think too much.

Ji Wenhe turned over and lay down, propping up his chin: "Brother Shen, I'm a little curious, are there really military prostitutes in the barracks?"

"Yes, captured women, and I heard that some of them were from families in Kyoto who had committed crimes and were implicated and sentenced to be military prostitutes."

She frowned. "How serious a crime would it take to be sentenced as a military prostitute?"

"You are collaborating with the enemy and betraying your country. You are not on the emperor's side. You want to overthrow the emperor. I am not sure."

He didn't ask about it in detail, but just heard about it from people around him.

Alas, the status of women in ancient times was really low and cruel.

Ji Wenhe asked again: "Will everyone go?"

She had a good impression of him, but she couldn't accept it if he was someone with promiscuous relationships.

Shen Rongshan turned around and faced her: "I said I haven't been there, do you believe me?"

"I don't know." I don't know whether to believe it or not. After all, men are used to lying.

“Not everyone can go to the military camp, and even if I could, I wouldn’t go.

My parents said that women should be loyal to men, and men should also be loyal to women, and they should only be good to their wives throughout their lives. "

"When I was little, I saw how happy my parents were together. I wanted to be like them and have several children when I grew up."

"If you had another woman before marriage, I would not marry you. That would be unfair to you and would harm you. I would not do such a thing that would harm someone for the rest of their life."

"Wen He, whether you believe it or not, I have never touched other women, I only..."

He only solved it with his own hands when he was extremely agitated.

Ji Wenhe listened, curious about what he hadn't finished saying: "What do you mean?"

He stammered, "I, I, it's nothing, go to sleep."

Shen Rongshan turned over and faced outward. If it were daytime, one could see his red face.

"Brother Shen, why are you only saying half of what you want to say? You're arousing people's curiosity but you don't finish."

Suddenly a light bulb lit up in my mind.

Ji Wenhe hesitated and whispered, "Brother Shen, are you trying to say that you used... that thing to pass it yourself?"

She didn't notice that the figure next to her froze, and after a long while, he replied with a soft "hmm".

It was late at night, and we were alone, so it was not suitable to talk about such...topics.

He coughed lightly and changed the subject: "Brother Shen, don't forget to go to the market the day after tomorrow to see if there are any live rabbits for sale."

Wild rabbits are hard to catch, I just hope they can buy them.

"Okay, go to sleep."

Ji Wenhe yawned: "Well, good night."

Shen Rongshan had his eyes open but was not asleep.

After waiting for a moment, he heard the sound of continuous breathing behind him, then slowly turned over and lay flat on his back, folding his hands on his abdomen.

Ji Wenhe, sometimes I feel that she is not like a farm girl. She is knowledgeable, knows a lot, and can do many things.

If it weren't for the calluses on her palms from farm work and her tanned skin, he would really suspect that she was a rich girl whose family had suffered misfortune.

But none of this matters. Now that she is his wife, he will definitely treat her like a treasure.

……

The heavy rain lasted for half the night and turned into a drizzle in the second half of the night.

Ji Wenhe slept until he woke up naturally. Hearing the sound of the door opening, he asked drowsily, "Is it still raining outside?"

"It's drizzling, don't get up, sleep a little longer."

"Brother Shen, are you going out?"

Shen Rongshan put on his raincoat and said, "Go to the fields and drain the water, or the seeds will be drowned."

He picked up the hoe and said to the people in the house, "The meal is ready. I will be back soon. You can get up when I come back."

Ji Wenhe warned him: "Okay, be careful when you go down the mountain, the road is slippery when it rains."

He responded, closed the door from the outside, and walked down the mountain steadily.

The sky is gloomy and I'm afraid it will rain all day today.

People at the foot of the mountain were all working in the fields with farm tools.

After passing Lan Qiuhua's house, before reaching the edge of the field, I heard her voice behind me.

"Rongshan, don't take the chicks back. Leave them at my house. It's raining so hard, we won't let them out today."

She had just checked and saw the chicks huddled together for warmth.

"Aunt Lan, thank you for your help." Shen Rongshan stopped and looked at her. "I'll ask Wenshan to bring some chicken food after dinner."

"Okay, hurry up and get to work in the fields. It's been raining for most of the night, and some seeds have sprouted."

Lan Qiuhua was extremely distressed, fearing that all the hard work she put into cultivating the land would result in no harvest in the end.

Fortunately, the rain stopped after a while.

Ji Wenhe stood at the door, looking at the muddy footprints in the yard: "Why not just cover the yard with stones? Look, there are deep muddy footprints when you step down."

The soles and edges of my shoes were covered with mud, and I couldn't get it off even if I stomped my feet hard.

They were wearing hemp shoes, which were fine, so they just washed them with water.

I looked down at the cloth shoes on my feet. The uppers were wet and covered in mud. I had just gone to the toilet and almost slipped.

Shen Rongshan was sorting farm tools nearby: "Go to the village chief's house in a couple of days to borrow a stone hammer and bring back some good stones."

He originally wanted to build the shed first.

"Pave the walking areas first, and then the other areas will follow."

Ji Wenhe nodded.

The weather was not very good that day. It rained intermittently, and it was just a drizzle.

The next day.

It was still dark outside.

Shen Rongshan first went to the two brothers' room, woke up Shen Yuanshan, and then went to call Ji Wenhe.