The whole family travels through time and space, and the three of them struggle together

The next day, Chen Xiuying was still at home with Zhou Sisi and the other children. The rest of the family, including Tietou and Suotou, paid their respects at Zhou's father's grave before heading back to work in the fields.

Qingshangou is nestled between mountains and water, with Daqing Mountain at its back. Everyone lives at the foot of the mountain.

The cultivated land was mostly sandy and sloping, and most of it was second-class land. Only the paddy field near the river was relatively fertile and was considered first-class land.

Although Zhou Dahai said it was a good year, the Zhou family first harvested the land at the foot of the mountain. There were ten acres of sloping land and sandy land, all planted with wheat, and it was harvested in three days.

After harvesting the wheat, they rented an ox cart from the village headman and pulled the wheat bundles to the threshing ground to spread them out in the sun. After drying, they pulled the round roller (liu zhou) and kept turning it in circles to thresh the wheat ears.

After threshing the grains, the wheat straw and leaves are forked away, and the wheat grains and husks are lifted high with a shovel. The empty husks will be blown away by the wind, and the wheat grains will fall to the feet. Finally, the wheat grains are collected, put into large cloth bags, and taken back home to dry again. After drying, they are sieved with a sieve and can be stored in jars or bags.

After working hard on the land at the foot of the mountain, the land by the river can also be harvested.

Autumn harvest is a race against time, because if there is a heavy rain during this period, all the food will be lost.

Chen Xiuying spent the first few days recuperating at home. When her hand got better, she went back to work in the fields.

Zhou Sisi was at home, taking care of her younger sister, who was a few months younger than her, and her twin brothers.

We couldn't go to the mountains because the adults didn't allow us to, so we had to stay in the yard.

The kids were so energetic that they couldn't go out, so they jumped around at home and almost blew the roof off.

While Zhou Sisi was watching over her younger brothers and sisters to prevent them from getting bumped into, she also had to feed the chickens, ducks, and pigs.

Yes, we have two pigs at home. According to my grandmother, after selling the meat at the end of the year, we can still keep some pig bones, pig trotters, etc. to enjoy some other meat.

Fortunately, she didn't have to cook the pig food. Her aunt had cooked it in the morning, so she just had to scoop it out and feed it to the pigs at regular intervals.

Zhou Sisi, who mentally resembled a grown-up, was fine with feeding chickens, ducks, and pigs. They were all small animals, so there was nothing to be afraid of. Although the pig feed bucket was a bit heavy, she could fill it up a little and run a few more times to get enough.

She was worried about the little ones who couldn't go out, so they used urine and mud at home and stood on the wall to throw stones outside.

Zhou Sisi was exhausted. What kind of evil thing was this? It was so disgusting.

Let's not talk about trying to smooth things over. Let's just say you're standing on a wall and throwing stones. What if someone gets hurt?

What if you slip and fall?

She felt like she was going crazy because it was so difficult to take care of such a naughty child.

She finally realized that this was the result of being too idle. When people have free time, they like to find something to do. What else can a naughty child do? Climb up the roof and tear off the tiles.

In order to worry less, she tricked her younger brothers and sisters into helping her with the work. Once they were all moving, they had no time to cause trouble.

So, she led her brothers and sisters in watering the vegetable garden out back, pulling weeds from the fields, picking cucumbers and beans, cleaning the chicken and duck pens, and sweeping the yard. They did two tasks a day, and after they were done, they would start all over again. They couldn't be idle.

After finishing the work, as a reward, she told her younger brothers and sisters one episode a day of the cartoon "King Kong Calabash Brothers" that she had watched when she was a child, just like watching TV.

Where had the little ones heard such stories before? There were stories about the eldest child with a copper head and iron arms, and the second and third children who could spit fire and spray water. Oh, it was so strange and so interesting! Not only the children, but even the adults would occasionally sit in the yard at night and listen to her stories.

As a result, the situation later became that as soon as her younger brothers and sisters saw her, they would chase her and ask, "Sister, sister, what work do you have for today?"

After finishing the work, she chased after her and asked, "Sister, sister, was Grandpa Gourd rescued today?"

The children’s understanding is: Calabash Brothers’ grandfather is naturally Calabash Grandpa.

There seems to be nothing wrong with it.

Zhou Sisi suddenly felt even more tired.

Therefore, during the half month of autumn harvest, the three members of the family who came here all lost weight.

Every day is very fulfilling. I get up at dawn and go back to the house only when the sun sets and it is completely dark.

Both adults and children were listless and didn't want to talk much.

After waiting for so long, the autumn harvest has finally come to an end.

During this dynasty, winter wheat cultivation was not common in the north. After the wheat harvest, most people would till the land and then plant some autumn vegetables such as cabbage, radish, and carrots. In the south, two crops could be planted.

After dinner in the evening, Zhou's mother said to her eldest son, "When the village head's house is almost done collecting the property, go find him and your ninth uncle and ask them to come to our house so we can divide the property up."

"Okay, I'll go to the headman's house and ask him how many days it will take for him to finish harvesting." Zhou Dahai said as he started to walk out.

After hearing what Zhou's mother said, the family of three returned to the house and started their second family meeting since they came here.

We're going to separate in a few days, and we have to come up with a set of rules for the future. We can't just glare at each other like last time.

Zhou Dajiang: "Mother, the family is about to split up, and I have something I want to discuss with you, is that okay?"

"I know what you are going to say. You want the old lady to live with us, right?" As expected of a couple who have been together for many years, Chen Xiuying guessed it before Zhou Dajiang finished speaking when she saw his hesitation.

"I do have this idea. She looks exactly like my mother-in-law, whom you've never met. I..."

Zhou Dajiang organized his words and continued, "Just think of it as fulfilling my own dream. After the family splits up, I want the old man to live with us."

Zhou Sisi interrupted, "Dad, no.

Although I like grandma very much, if we live together, what if I say something wrong and it gets exposed? The three of us will be caught as monsters!"

Chen Xiuying thought for a moment and said, "It's not impossible to live together. We should be more careful and use fewer modern words and more of the language of this dynasty to communicate, so that we won't be exposed."

After all, they are a couple, so Chen Xiuying is more understanding of Zhou Dajiang.

Before Chen Xiuying came here, her parents had passed away one after another due to illness and car accidents.

If she were in their shoes, and her parents from her previous life were suddenly lost and found again, she would have the same thoughts. Moreover, she had observed her current mother-in-law over the past two weeks and she found that she treated them very well.

The original owner had been injured giving birth to a daughter, and she hadn't been pregnant in five or six years. There was gossip in the village. A powerful mother-in-law would have forced her son to divorce her and remarry. Even if the mother-in-law wasn't evil, ordinary people would have had some complaints.

But Zhou's mother was different. She never complained and treated her daughter-in-law and granddaughter very well. For this reason alone, Chen Xiuying admired Zhou's mother very much.

Although Zhou Sisi opposed it at first, she actually liked Zhou's mother very much.

The old man has a cheerful personality and does not favor boys over girls. He even likes her more because she is his first granddaughter after all.

She always tells everyone that my eldest granddaughter is very smart and can learn anything her father teaches her.

In the eyes of the old man, his eldest granddaughter was extremely smart, not inferior to those poor-educated boys. Moreover, she was better than his other grandchildren who were not very motivated.

So, Zhou Sisi accepted it after thinking it over. At most, she could just be more careful with her words in the future. So, the whole family unanimously agreed to the first suggestion.

Zhou Dajiang went on to say, "I've been thinking about it for the past two weeks. Although my family will distribute land, it won't be much. We'll only get a few acres at most.

No matter which piece of land we are allocated, it will be too difficult to make a living just by relying on that little bit of land. We still need to do some side business and grow some cash crops on the land.

Chen Xiuying thought for a moment and said, "How about planting fruit trees or peach trees?

My family used to grow fruit and peach trees. When I was little, I even pollinated and bagged them, so I'm pretty familiar with it. We also have a sloping plot of land, which is perfect for growing trees.

Then, the open space between the two trees can be used to plant some beans or vegetables, which can also be a source of income.

When the land is divided equally, you try your best to get that piece of land."

Zhou Dajiang was unfamiliar with farm work, so naturally he couldn't offer any objections. As someone with little farming experience, he was right to listen to his wife.

This is how the land matter is settled for now.

After the three people finished studying the land, they began to study the side business.

Chen Xiuying: "In addition to growing fruit trees, we need other income.

Fruit trees have a long growth cycle. If they are young, they will take three to five years to bear fruit. Otherwise, you have to buy two or three-year-old seedlings. These trees will yield quick returns, but the cost is also relatively high. Moreover, since my family has little land, I would probably starve to death if I only rely on this little income.

Let's go to town in a few days and take a look at the modern snacks to see which ones are suitable for selling. Let's make some quick money first, so that we don't have to worry about it."

Zhou Sisi also said, "Take me with you when you go to town. I've been telling stories to my brothers and sisters lately. They really like listening to them. I was thinking, why don't I draw the stories and make a series of comic stories and sell them in bookstores? I think it should be quite good."

Zhou Dajiang: "Okay, the idea is good, let's do it this way first, after we divide the family, we will go together.

Let's see if there are any business opportunities. I'll also buy some paper and pens for Sisi. Once she finishes a book, I'll talk to the bookstore owner.

The general direction was almost determined, and the three of them felt at ease.