Spring scenery in the fields

Shen Rongshan washed up and came into the house: "Wen He, I will make the rabbit cage tomorrow."

The rabbit cage is ready, and the next step is to prepare the ground in the yard and pound the stones.

Ji Wenhe asked: "Do you need my help?"

"No, I can do it myself. You still have a lot of silk to make. Don't you have to deliver it at the end of the month? Can you finish it?"

"Yes, with Yuanshan and Wenshan here, they fight faster than me."

He turned over and lay on the bed with his head tilted to the side.

"I want to bring more back next month so they can help fight when they are free."

Once the ground in the yard is paved, there will be nothing to worry about at home.

Shen Rongshan lay flat on his back: "During the busy farming season, bring back less. I'm afraid they won't be able to help you."

When I am busy working in the fields, I can only go home from morning till night.

Ji Wenhe nodded: "Well, let's see next month. If it doesn't work, I'll take less."

Raising rabbits requires mowing the grass, and also raising chicks. After giving it some thought, I decided to keep it the same as it is now so I won’t be too busy.

"By the way, Brother Shen, go to the market and buy a few feet of white cloth. I will make you a small piece of clothing."

There is not enough white cloth left. I bought too little last time.

"Why don't you wait until winter to make one for us? We won't use it in the summer, so we can just change some of the old clothes and shorten them."

It is hot in the summer, very hot, and most men are shirtless and wear long trousers.

It dries quickly after washing, unlike in winter.

"That's fine." Let him.

Shen Rongshan said softly: "Wen He, go to sleep."

Ji Wenhe lay on the pillow, blinking his eyes: "Brother Shen."

"Ok?"

"Nothing, just calling you."

He chuckled and said, "Go to sleep."

"OK, good night."

"OK, good night."

Shen Rongshan listened quietly to the breathing of the person next to him. After she fell asleep, he tilted his head to look, but could not see anything. Everything was blurry.

But her face has long been imprinted in my heart.

At night, she would come close to him, and he would turn his back before falling asleep so that he would not hug her unconsciously.

In the second half of the night, it started raining heavily outside.

Ji Wenhe stood in the yard washing up and said to Shen Rongshan who came out to pour water: "Fortunately, the shed was built yesterday. Brother Shen, have you checked the fields?"

"I've seen it. I'll go check it out at noon. I can't go up the mountain today."

"It's okay. There are still some branches and vines left."

She pointed to the leftover ingredients piled up near the kitchen.

"It's not enough. We need to go to the mountain to chop some more."

"Wait until it rains before going. Wenshan and his friends can't go to sell noodles today."

"I thought the rain had stopped." Shen Yuanshan came out of the house.

Ji Wenhe looked up at the sky and said, "I'm not going today. Look at the big dark clouds above. It will definitely rain in the afternoon. I'll wait and see tomorrow."

It had rained and the mud was very difficult to walk on. She would be heartbroken if she slipped and spilled the flour.

After breakfast, the three brothers weaved round baskets, Ji Wenhe made clothes, and the four of them chatted.

After the clothes were made, he called Shen Wenshan: "Wenshan, try them on and see if they fit you."

She made clothes for the twins first, and they wore them just in time to go sell things, so Shen Rongshan and herself were not in a hurry.

He raised the corner of his mouth and couldn't wait to go back to the house to change. After a while, he came out wearing new clothes.

A short blue jacket, long pants and a belt around the waist make it convenient for work.

Ji Wenhe praised: "Not bad, it looks good, this color suits you."

Shen Wenshan couldn't close his mouth, looking at Shen Rongshan and Shen Yuanshan: "How is it, it looks good, right?"

They both nodded: "It looks good."

The two twins often exchange clothes.

Ji Wenhe took out the lake blue fabric and said, "You can wear them interchangeably. Your body shapes are similar, so you will have four new clothes."

Shen Rongshan has a big frame and they can't wear it.

Shen Wenshan smiled and said, "Wait until I have worn new clothes before I can give them to him."

Shen Yuanshan pouted: "I don't care about your new clothes, sister-in-law, these are mine."

"Yes, it's lake blue. Didn't you pick the color yourself? Your brother doesn't like light colors."

The two looked at their eldest brother, imagined it, and nodded secretly. It was indeed a bit out of place for their eldest brother to wear light-colored clothes given his physique and appearance.

"Wenshan, you can wear your new clothes and go sell things tomorrow."

Shen Wenshan went into the house to change his clothes, folded them carefully, and put them in the box. When he came out, he said, "Sister-in-law, I'll wait for Yuanshan's clothes to be ready, and then wear them together with him."

Ji Wenhe nodded: "Alright, it's up to you."

The rain kept falling, and at noon it stopped for a while, then continued.

Shen Rongshan put on a straw raincoat and went for a walk in the vegetable garden. When he came back, he took a dagger and carved a wooden hairpin.

After lunch, the four of them sat in the shed, each busy with their own things.

Shen Yuanshan picked up the chopped bamboo strips and said, "Brother, after the rain stops, let's go to the mountains to look for fungus."

Ji Wenhe took over the conversation: "I don't think the rain will stop this evening."

The drizzle is beginning to get heavier.

"No hurry. If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we can go early." Shen Rongshan was carving wood. "We have to get up early. There are too many people looking for it. If we are late, they will all be gone."

What you can think of, others can think of too.

You can get up early, but others can get up earlier than you. Ji Wenhe has already witnessed this.

Some people wander around the mountainside before dawn.

She admired them very much because she had never experienced a famine and could not fully understand their obsession with wild vegetables.

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, the rain stopped for a while.

Taking advantage of this gap, Shen Yuanshan took the chopped wild vegetables to Aunt Wu's house. The chicks were growing bigger day by day, and they ate more and more.

"Brother Shen, can we build a pen at the foot of the mountain, without occupying public land, put the chicks in it, and let them run on the mountain?"

Shen Rongshan stopped and looked up at the foot of the mountain: "It's possible, but there are a lot of gravels in the soil, and it will take a lot of effort to build a fence."

It's not flat ground, so it's difficult to build.

Ji Wenhe was in deep thought. She wanted to let the chicks find food on their own and let them go, for fear that they would run away.

The area was fenced in and they had to cut grass and wild vegetables every day.

"Forget it, it's too much trouble."

It would be nice to have a fishing net. When I was a child, my grandmother raised chickens by surrounding them with a fishing net, which was much easier than putting up a fence.

Oh, right, fishing nets.

Ji Wenhe's eyes lit up: "Brother Shen, we can buy some fishing nets and use them to surround the chicks so that they can't escape. We can make the enclosure as large as we want and we can collect it anytime."

Then he asked, "Is there anyone selling fishing nets in the market?"

Shen Rongshan nodded: "Yes, but it's very expensive. We can make it ourselves."

She was surprised: "You can weave fishing nets?"

"Well, when I was in the military camp, there was a river not far away, and I learned from it."

They would secretly catch fish and grill them for food.

"Let's talk about it later. Now let's pave the ground in the yard."

Ji Wenhe was waiting for Zhu Danian to bring the hare.

Shen Rongshan replied, "Okay, the chicks have grown up and will recognize their home. Let them run around. With someone watching them, they won't run too far."