Quick Wear: Men Farming and Women Weaving

For several days in a row, I plowed the two acres of land and boiled water to allow moisture to seep into the ground.

The people in the village gradually got used to Erniu and slowly returned to normal. The people of the He family did not go to his house to look for him, but instead felt relieved. They did not have to bear the bride price for their second son or second brother to marry and have children. The old man's pressure was also reduced a little.

In the evening, He Xiaocao came to the old house and knocked on the door to inform her second brother to attend her eldest brother's wedding in three days.

He did not object to going and told Xiaocao that he would definitely come when the time came.

He Xiaocao didn't react to her second brother and just turned away. For her, she could only take care of herself now. She was almost grown up and would get married. After her older brothers got married, it would be their turn.

After closing the door, I returned to the living room and put the prepared dinner on the table. At home, I had three meals a day, and my body was stronger and not as weak as before.

At night, I took a hot shower in the bathroom and hung the washed clothes outside in the yard.

As soon as the sun rises, I prepare to go outside and start planting cabbage and some short-term vegetables.

Many familiar people or relatives greeted each other on the ridge of the field. Some asked him how he was recovering and comforted him by saying that he could live a good life even if he separated from his family.

He Erniu thanked everyone for their help and said seriously that he would live a good life.

I went to my own two mu of land and started digging holes with the hoe I had prepared. I buried the cabbage seeds at the same time. I worked hard for an entire afternoon and planted half a mu of cabbage. I went home to eat some lunch, rested for two hours, and then went back to work. I was so tired that my back and waist ached. It was only at dusk that I planted the remaining half a mu of green vegetables.

I was so tired when I got home that I lay on the bed and rested for an hour. Then I came to my senses and took a hot bath in my space. I didn't cook, but took the steamed buns in my space and ate several with chili sauce, and then fell asleep.

The next day, we started preparing to plant some potatoes and sweet potatoes. We filled an acre of land and planted a row of onions, ginger and garlic on the side to save space for planting.

The aunt and uncle next to him nodded and said that they knew how to live and how to farm. The food and vegetables grown on the two acres of land were enough for him to eat this winter. In this season, only some short-term vegetables can be grown. If you want to grow some food, you have to wait until next year.

The village chief was observing the growth of plants in the field. He saw He Erniu working very hard to turn over the two mu of land and plant a lot of short-term food. He was very pleased that he could live alone. When he was old enough, he could marry a woman and live a good life. He planned to ask the women in the family to help him find a suitable girl this year.

After finishing the two acres of land, you can take a rest. Just water it more often and weed it.

He Erniu started to prepare to go outside to chop firewood every day to prepare firewood for the winter. He filled the entire wall behind the kitchen stove with firewood. There was also a lot of firewood piled outside the corridor.

I sat in my uncle's ox cart and prepared to go to the county to buy some daily necessities such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. I couldn't keep consuming my own reserves, so I bought some and stored them in the space.

Arriving at the cloth shop, he first bought a piece of grey coarse cloth for six hundred copper coins. He bargained with the boss to give him some useless scraps of cloth for free, and picked a small bag of many small pieces of cloth from the basket beside him. He put the cloth into the basket on his back, went to the grocery store and bought a pottery jar of soy sauce, and bought more than ten catties of coarse salt for 100 coins. Refined salt can only be bought at government-run stores, and one person can only buy two catties of salt. He Erniu planned to buy two catties of refined salt every time he came and put it in the space. He also found a pork shop on the street and picked a small piece of white meat to make oil. It cost more than fifteen coins per catty in total. He bought good things and temporarily hid them in the space to save weight. He found a grain shop inside and selected coarse grains, red beans, mung beans, and soybeans and bought five catties. He prepared to use them to grow bean sprouts. Seeing the rice next to him, he thought about eating rice and bought ten catties of rice.

When I got back to the oxcart, I put some oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and pork in the basket. I found a seat on the oxcart. When the oxcart was full, I was ready to go back.

By the afternoon, it was already late, and the aunties and some men in the village were still brave enough to come back. Some walked back, and some took ox carts back. The braver aunties kept their eyes on the people around them buying something. When they saw Erniu, they said that Erniu had bought something and kept reaching into the basket behind him.

"Aunt didn't buy anything, just some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar." Erniu didn't stop them, and directly opened the back frame for them to see. This would prevent the aunts in the village from talking nonsense and being targeted by the extreme people.

The aunt kept looking into the back frame, which contained some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and the best part was the piece of fat meat. It was obvious that it was for refining oil. She curled her lips and turned to look elsewhere.

The people around him also watched, and envied Erniu for living a happy life. Everyone knew that Erniu would catch rabbits and pheasants to improve his diet. He also used them to exchange for money to buy oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. People with agile bodies have also caught pheasants in the plains, but it is difficult to catch them.

After getting off the ox cart, he paid a penny for the fare.

I returned home with the basket and put everything in order. The fat meat was ready to be cut into pieces and refined into oil.

On the day of my eldest brother's wedding, he brought two pheasants to my mother's house. She received him and took him to the yard, holding the pheasants tightly in her hand.

Two tables were set up in the main hall, and the village chief and respected elders of the clan were invited to dinner.

He Daniu was very excited to receive the guests, filling up the glasses and toasting back and forth. When everyone had eaten and drunk enough, they sent the village chief and his friends away. He Erniu did not leave immediately, but helped to pack up and clean up. He chatted with his parents for a few minutes and then went back.

The days went by like this, a month passed slowly, and the seedlings in the field had grown. I went to the field diligently to weed and water.

At this time, news came from the He family that their daughter-in-law was pregnant.

He had never met his eldest sister-in-law, and didn't know what kind of person she was. After all, his eldest sister-in-law was pregnant, so he had to go back to see her.

I found the dried red dates I picked some time ago in the kitchen, took out most of them and put them in the basket. I went to He's house and gave them to Mrs. He, and I met the eldest sister-in-law. I knew she was a willful and difficult person to get along with.

She rolled her eyes and mocked Erniu as a sickly person, and pointed out that there was no food for one more person at home. She was now a couple and had to eat more.

He didn't argue with her, and said a few words of congratulations to his elder brother and his parents. Without staying for long, he turned around and returned to the old house.