Otherworldly Farmhouse
Chapter 53
This day the weather was relatively cool and the sun was not too strong. Tang Anwen's family went to reclaim new fields. It had been less than half a month since the last time a large number of locusts were killed, and there was no strange smell in the fields.
As early as five or six days ago, Tang Anwen was already fetching water in the small pond. He really didn't want to run into people from the Tang family compound, and he didn't know what was going on. Every time he went to fetch water, he would knock down The second elder brother, and the second elder brother will keep trying to persuade him.
At the foot of the mountain, Mufeng Tang Anwen and Lin Zuo Tangxuan, some with hoes and shovels with shovels, were drawing out a rectangular soil block more than 20 meters long and four meters wide.Everyone chose a place and began to dig the ridge. After the ridge was finished, they had to dig the soil inside. After all, it was the land that had been abandoned for many years. Fertilizers are used to grow good crops.
Tangguo Tangdou took a small wooden bucket and squatted in the excavated land with their small chopsticks to start looking for earthworms. The little hens at home have already started to lay eggs. A few days ago, the hens ate locusts and laid more eggs than before. much bigger.
The four worked very quickly, and in less than half a day, a long field ridge was dug out.Tang Anwen and Lin Zuo began to pour water into it, and when the ground inside became wet, they could dig, which was relatively easier.
Tang Anwen stood by the pond, fetched water, and after everyone washed their hands, Tang Anwen said: "Our pond is still not working like this, just like this locust plague, there are too many locusts dying in it, and the water can't be drunk at all. The water here was polluted when it rained heavily last time, and it is also undrinkable. It seems that a well needs to be dug. No matter if it rains or pests, as long as the cover is put on, this problem will not be encountered.”
Mu Feng listened to Tang Anwen's words and nodded. A few days ago, he asked Ah Wen to go to Tangjia Village to fetch water. The distance became longer and Ah Wen's shoulders became red, which made Mu Feng a little distressed.He wanted to choose by himself, but was stopped by Ah Wen. If Ah Wen found out about picking it secretly, Ah Wen would lose his temper with him and would ignore him all day long. This was something Mu Feng couldn't bear.
But let Mu Feng watch Tang Anwen go so far to carry water, Mu Feng is very reluctant in his heart, if he can open a small well here, it is very close to home, only a few hundred meters away, and the road is close to carry water It doesn't take much effort, not to mention that Ah Wen often would rather take an extra trip than fill a bucket of water.If he went to Tangjia Village to fetch water, Ah Wen was unwilling to go one more time, and he had to bring back two buckets full of water every time.The weight of the two full buckets of water is very clear to Mufeng, and it will definitely be very difficult for Ah Wen's thin body.
The few people around the water began to chatter after hearing this. Tang Xuan said that they should dig one by the side of the pond. It only needs to be two meters deep to surround it. Tang Xuan didn't quite agree with Tang Xuan's opinion. He told Tang Anwen that if he really wanted to dig a well, he should stay a little farther away from the pond.This place is also close to Tang Anwen's house, and in the future, washing vegetables and clothes can be done here without having to go further to the creek.
Moreover, the small pond can be expanded a bit. At that time, a canal will be dug to lead to the newly dug land, and they can even raise some fish in the small pond. If the water can be brought to the front of Tang Anwen's house, it will be used for washing. It is more convenient, but the well must be a little farther away from the pond, and not too close to the foot of the mountain, so that when it rains, the rainwater cannot seep into the well.
Tang Anwen listened to the opinions of several people, and planned to go to the town to find craftsmen who specialize in digging wells. This would save a lot of labor, and the craftsmen should have more experience than them for this kind of thing.
Going home with a hoe and bucket, Mu Feng went to cook, Tang Guo and Tang Dou went to feed the chickens with earthworms, Tang Anwen was milking the goat with a porcelain jar, the little lamb was not locked up, and was following the two children Baaaa, begging for food, usually the two children often feed grass to the lamb, but the grass has been eaten by locusts in recent days, and it is not so fast to wait for the next batch of grass to grow.
Just as Tang Anwen called the two children back to the main house, not long after the courtyard door was closed, there was the sound of kicking the door. That posture was definitely not ordinary barbarism.Tang Anwen and Lin Zuo looked at each other and said in a low voice, "Lin Zuo, if you bring Guoguo and the others into the house, there may be something wrong."
Tang Anwen opened the courtyard door, only to see a few yamen servants in official uniforms standing outside, Tang Xuan was responsible for lighting the fire today, he also came out of the kitchen when he heard the noise, to see what happened.
Tang Anwen quickly asked: "What's the matter with the officials?"
The clerk immediately took out a field booklet, turned to a certain page and said, "We are here to collect land tax and grain tax, Tang Anwen, right? Your family has a total of [-] cents of land, and the land tax is five per acre. Your family There is no one acre that only has eight cents, so you only need to pay the land tax of four silver coins, plus the grain tax of one hundred catties of grain per mu. Now the grain tax of your family's eighty catties is collected together. Do you give the silver or the grain. Well, why did you move to such a place? Not only is it inconvenient to find it, but it is also troublesome to move food, and our carriage is still in Tangjia Village."
Tang Anwen could hear the clerk complaining that they were the only ones here, and the carriage couldn't be pulled across the creek.Tang Anwen hurriedly smiled and said: "Several officials come in and sit down first, I'll go get the money right away, and Mu Feng pours a bowl of tea for the poor lords."
Mu Feng quickly poured tea for the three of them for three nights. Tang Anwen quickly took out [-] Wen, and after handing it over to the clerk, took out another [-] Wen and said with a smile: "The officials are very careful. Buy a jug of wine to drink, I have something to ask."
Seeing that Tang Anwen was very polite, the clerk weighed the money in his hand and said with a smile: "If you have anything to say, just tell me, I will tell you if I can tell you."
Tang Anwen said: "It's like this. I want to open a two-acre field on the side of the mountain. What should I do with the land deed?"
Hearing Tang Anwen's words, the clerk laughed and said, "If you want to get the land deed, you should wait for a month. Now if you go to declare the land deed, you will have to pay the land tax and grain tax immediately. It will take a month or two to wait." If you declare it later, then this year's land tax will pass, and you can save some money."
Seeing a few people leaving satisfied, Tang Anwen was very happy. He knew about the land deed. If there was no land deed, they would even open the field. If other people declared the land deed before him, then he would be in vain. once.
Tang Anwen went to the town early the next morning, and found the craftsmen who dug the well in the town. This was a team of four craftsmen.Tang Anwen inquired about the price, and the other party told Tang Anwen [-] Wen for [-] meters and [-] Wen for [-] meters. If you want to surround the well with stones, add [-] Wen for [-] meters, and add [-] Wen for [-] meters. The well should be surrounded by stone slabs. They had to buy it in the town, otherwise it would not be easy for them to make it. They would move the stones by themselves, and Tang Anwen would not be in charge of the food.
Tang Anwen finally thought about it, and he directly took the craftsmen to choose the edge of the well, four pieces of stone slabs one meter in length, and when they were finished, the mouth of the well would be about one meter in length.
After spending 20 Wen, Tang Anwen saw his new well four days later. The well was about [-] meters away from the small pond and farther away from the mountain. When there was sewage seeping into the well, they also told Tang Anwen to build a small canal at the foot of the mountain, so that when it rains, the water from the mountain can flow directly through the canal. Just cover the wellhead.
Tang Anwen was very happy to see the new well. It was closer to his house, and it was convenient to fetch water. The water overflowing from the well was cold, sweet and clean, much cleaner than the small pond they messed with. It's really indescribably refreshing to put a bucket of cold water in, but Tang Anwen's method of cooling off the heat was blocked by the wood wind. In summer, the pores are wide open, and the amount of moisture that a bucket of cold water has to absorb is very harmful to the human body. It's not good, especially Ah Wen's body is not so strong.
In the blink of an eye, it is the end of August, and the whole village of Tangjia Village is quite depressed. This year, most people's harvests have suffered various losses. The family is waiting for the money to be used. As a result, there is a plague of locusts, which no one expected. of.Moreover, the Holy Majesty did not give them some tax relief. When the messenger came to collect the land tax not long after collecting the land grain tax, many people had already begun to frown.
The land tax is not as high as the field tax. In the past, it was usually collected when the wheat was harvested, but now it was half a year earlier. They hadn't even put the wheat in the field, and the red-brown valley had just gone to the field.
Tang Anwen looked at Tang Anbao who knocked on the door of his house, called his second brother, let him into the yard, and asked Tang Anbao what's the matter.
Tang Anbao, who didn't smoke dry tobacco before, now imitates his father and smokes dry tobacco. After letting out a sigh of relief, Tang Anbao said: "Awen Jinghui talked about his daughter-in-law, and he will be married in more than ten days. Don't forget to bring a Mufeng and the child came over for a glass of wine."
Tang Anwen nodded and said yes, he will go back when the time comes, and then Tang Anbao started rambling about land tax and land tax. Their family has a lot of land, and this tax cost the family a lot of money. I didn't get much food back, so I suffered a lot this year.
Tang Anwen didn't answer the conversation, he was separated and didn't express any opinion on the Tang family compound.
Seeing that Tang Anwen didn't speak, Tang Anwen said that it would be great if Mu Feng was still at home, and Mu Feng could do well at home, so they wouldn't have to worry about the fields, and they could go to the town to find work with peace of mind. They didn't dare to go to the town to pick up work casually.
Tang Anwen finally said: "Second brother, apart from you and eldest brother, Jingjing Jinghui and Jingsheng are all fifteen or sixteen years old. Those who can't do farm work, at most, don't be apprentices for a few days. As for everything, I need you all." Do it, the eldest brother and the second brother are not manpower? Just let them do it. Mu Feng is capable, it is all forced out, his body has suffered a lot in those years, and now I am taking care of him carefully, how could it be possible in the Let him do farm work, not to mention that he is pregnant with a child now. I am not too young, and each of you has a boy to inherit the family business, but I have not yet!"
When Tang Anbao heard Tang Anwen's words, it was like a bolt from the blue sky. He never thought before that if a man went out to work, his elder brother would naturally take care of the field. Why didn't he and his eldest brother think that there were also those children who were all of the same age? They are not young anymore, if they don’t learn how to farm now, when they are old, who will feed them and farm for them.
Tang Anbao said goodbye to Tang Anwen in a hurry, telling Tang Anwen not to forget to drink the wedding wine, and then he left quickly. He should teach those children how to manage the field. From now on, all the fields in the family will be handed over to the two elder brothers at home and The child manages it, so that he and his elder brother can go to work in the town with peace of mind.
Mu Feng came out of the house and asked the second elder brother what's the matter, Tang Anwen said to Mu Feng, you have taken care of those people in the Tang family compound very well, now Tang Jingyang and others are all fifteen or sixteen years old, and they are still alive. If you can't get up to farm, let alone a few brothers who have been accustomed to by Mu Feng, they don't know how to manage the fields anymore.
Tang Anwen suddenly said: "Second brother Mufeng's Jinghui is married, we went to have a wedding, do we want to give something away?"
After thinking for a while, Mu Feng said: "Now our family is not short of this little money, that's good, let's go to the town to ask your fourth brother, and Song Yunxi, we will give as much as they give, after all, it is your nephew, You can't be too stingy as an uncle."
Tang Anwen nodded after listening to Mu Feng's words. A lot of things have happened recently. Tang Anwen hasn't been to the town for a long time, and he hasn't seen his fourth brother and Song Yunxi for a while, and he doesn't know if Song Yunxi is born.
The next day Tang Anwen pulled out the carriage, and Mu Feng carried a basket of eggs and took the two children into the carriage. The carriage wobbled and drove towards the town at a slow speed.
It was the first time for Tang Guo and Tang Dou to ride a carriage, chattering so excitedly, they had countless questions to embarrass Mu Feng.Because the weather was very hot and Mu Feng stayed at home all the time, Tang Anwen didn't take the two children out because he was afraid of heat stroke.
When they arrived at the door of Song Yunxi's house, Tang Anwen carried the two children out of the carriage. The two little guys were familiar with this place, and quickly rushed into the yard to call Fourth Uncle.Hearing this voice, Tang Anwen knew that his fourth brother was also at home today. He never met Tang Angui when he came here before. Tang Anwen thought that maybe Song Yunxi was about to give birth, so his fourth brother was staying with him at home.
Seeing Mu Feng and Tang Anwen coming in, Tang Angui quickly let them into the main room. The weather was not too hot just now, but now the sun is shining brightly and directly on the ground, making people dizzy if they can get sunburned.
The two brothers Tang Anwen and Tang Angui finished chatting, and Mufeng walked into the room to chat with Song Yunxi.Tang Guo and Tang Dou surrounded the grape shelf, envious of the grapes hanging on it, even the grape leaves were in good condition, and they did not appear to be infested by locusts at all.
Tang Angui probably saw Tang Anwen's doubts and said: "I was so happy to be at home when the locusts plagued that day. I knew it was going to be bad when I saw that posture. Too bad, I asked the servant to go to the warehouse to take out the cloth, the oilcloth used for pressing the goods, first cover the top with the oilcloth and fasten the four corners on the shelf, and then take the cloth and swish it around in a circle, leaving the bottom for a The emaciated servant went in and caught the locusts that had fallen just now, and then he stayed around like this for several days, until after the locust plague was over, he opened the cloth covering it, and the grapes were fine."
Tang Anwen smiled after hearing this: "This is really a rich man's method. Take a good cloth to surround the grapes. You can really figure it out. You are smart."
Tang Angui smiled and said: "The cloth is not very good, it has been pressed in the warehouse for a long time and is of no use, so E-Mum moved it here to let me sell it cheaply, besides, it can still be used when rolled back, so it is not a waste .By the way, this insect infestation is quite serious. Your losses are not that big. You have bought the carriages. Your situation is much better now. I have been very busy recently, but since the insect infestation, I have been free."
Tang Anwen smiled and said: "I don't have any losses. You also know that your third brother doesn't have much land. In addition, the seedlings that Mu Feng and I planted this year were harvested long before the insect disaster. It's nothing to lose some vegetables. On the other side of the compound, the eldest brother and the second brother were not there that day, and none of the people in the yard found the insect infestation, and the loss was huge."
Tang Angui nodded and said: "I talked with the eldest brother and the second brother a long time ago. The children are not young and don't need to be raised at home. Are there any other two brothers? I said to help Mufeng with them when the farming is busy Do farm work, don’t let Mufeng do all the work by himself. As a result, none of them listened to me, saying that Mufeng can do well with his hands and feet, and the two elder brothers in the family also earn money from the soles of their shoes. I have no choice but to Tell Yun Xi to watch you guys more, in case Mu Feng is not here, if something happens to you when you go out, Mu Feng will not go crazy."
Tang Anwen shook his head when he heard Tang Angui talk about this, and said, "Eldest brother and second brother take it for granted, they love their own daughter-in-law, and never thought about my family's Mufeng, who is also a brother, and working in Lisuo It’s just brother. Let’s not talk about these depressing things. By the way, did the second brother find you? Jinghui is going to get married in a few days. What are you going to give and how much money are you going to give? I have experienced it, but I don’t know how to do it, so I came to discuss it with you.”
Tang Angui looked at Tang Anwen and said with a smile: "How many taels of silver can you give? Fortunately, you can figure it out. The dowry is only three taels. How much more do you want to give. It is considered generous for us to give a few taels. After adding some festive fabrics Classes are enough, you don’t need too much. The third brother seems to have found a good job. The second brother told me about this when he came here yesterday. The carriage and horses cost four or fifty taels. "
Tang Anwen laughed after hearing this and said: "There are so many horses. The horses were sick when they were bought, but after a period of time, they became stronger and looked more energetic. The carriages only cost more than ten taels of silver."
Song Yunxi was helped out by Mu Feng at this time, his belly was a lot bigger, and he was about to give birth, and the due date was next month, when he heard Tang Anwen say this, he said: "Okay, Tang Anwen, what are you doing?" I don’t know how to send a copy of such a good thing as a picture book to relieve my boredom, so I know that you are a promising boy.”
Seeing Song Yunxi coming out of the room, Tang Angui quickly stood up and carefully supported him, "Why did you come out? Your belly is so big. The doctor said it might be twins, so be careful."
Song Yunxi patted Tang Angui's hand off and said, "What are you worried about? The doctor also said that we should move around more. It's not so easy during childbirth. I have to move around in the yard." Staring carefully behind Song Yunxi.
Song Yunxi walked towards the grape trellis, Tang Dou found the fourth uncle, and immediately called out sweetly, the people in the Tang family compound, his favorite is the fourth uncle.As for Xiao Tangguo, this little guy didn't notice any movement at all, let alone heard his brother's voice, and continued to stare at the grapes and drool. Since the insect plague, he hasn't eaten fruit for a long time. He used to eat big watermelons every day. , It is simply a very big torture.
Song Yunxi heard Tang Dou's cry, and responded very happily. Seeing the little Tang Guo's eyes staring at the grape, he smiled and touched Tang Guo's little head. It's been a while since I haven't seen him. Gained some weight.Song Yunxi picked a bunch of purple-red grapes and asked Mu Feng to wash them for the two children. Wherever the bunch of grapes went, Tang Guo's eyes followed.
It wasn't until Mufeng took the grapes to the well to wash that Tang Guo found the fourth uncle next to him. The little guy immediately touched his head and screamed, and then he let out an "ah" as if he had discovered a new continent, and then used his The chubby hand touched Song Yunxi's belly, and sighed that his fourth uncle could have such a big belly, obviously it wasn't that big last time.
Song Yunxi looked at the little guy's cute expression and asked with a smile: "Guoguo, what do you think of the fourth uncle? Is it the little brother or the little brother in his stomach? If you are right, the fourth uncle will pick a few bunches of grapes for you, okay?" .”
"Well, well, fourth uncle has such a big belly, the little brother and the little brother must be pretending together." Xiao Tangguo said loudly under Putao's doubts.
Song Yunxi was stunned by Xiaopangdun's words. Two months ago, the doctor confirmed that he had twins in his stomach, but Xiao Tangguo was able to guess that it was twins. It's really amazing. No wonder the older generation said they were three or four years old. The child said it was more accurate the first time, and it was quite accurate in this test.
Song Yunxi asked Tang Dou again, Tang Dou was older, he couldn't guess this at all, so he said I agree with my younger brother, Fourth Uncle has two babies in his belly.
After teasing the two little guys, they all sat down on the stone bench. Song Yunxi asked about Mu Feng's situation and asked Tang Anwen to give him more care. If Mu Feng is born, he will definitely do well this month. Only in this way can he take good care of his body, Tang Anwen naturally nodded in agreement, and asked Song Yunxi some things that need to be paid attention to during the confinement period. .
Then we talked about the picture book. Tang Angui was surprised when he heard that his brother was the creator of the picture book. Tang Angui punched his brother again and said: "My brother doesn't know how to ask him to do it. If you ask him , with the snobbery of him and Song Yunxi's family, who would dare to engrave seals secretly in the town."
Tang Anwen said that he had forgotten about it, and he never thought that this thing was so good, so he didn't come to his brother.Tang Angui told Tang Anwen that if the next book was published, he must come to him, and then it would be [-]-[-], and Tang Anwen would not have to spend the capital, so Tang Anwen naturally nodded in agreement.
Tang Jingyang's marriage added some joy to Tangjia Village. Tang Anwen finally decided to give the same as the gift from his fourth brother. Liuguan money plus two red cloths were good things.
The Tang family invited a total of five banquets this time, all of whom were well-known people from the village and the Tang family, and the head of the village.Because there was nothing good to eat in the disaster, there were only six dishes in total, a large plate of fried kelp, and a porcelain pot of vermicelli and radish stewed with large pieces of pork. There were not even any green onions. Stewed potatoes, a plate of pickled vegetables, shredded pork and bamboo shoots, a large plate of tofu, and a large bowl of red bean and red date soup.
The people who sat and ate and drank nodded their heads as they watched. The Tang family was quite generous to be able to produce these dishes at such a time.In fact, the kelp and red beans in the middle are from Tang Anwen's family, and the tofu and pork are all brought by Tang Angui.Originally, the Tang family didn't have such big hands and feet. The day before Jing Hui got married, Tang Anwen and Tang Angui came to ask. Who knew Tang Anbao said that there were only four dishes, fried radish, stewed vermicelli, stewed potatoes and fried pickles.
Tang Anwen and Tang Angui immediately looked at each other, this is not going to work, the big day does not even serve any meat, it is worse than the funeral banquet, the two made up their minds, and each took out something, although it was only two extra dishes, The others are still like this, but with a lot of pork added in, it looks completely different. I feel that the host is much more generous and can take it out.
No one would have imagined that the day Tang Jingyang got married was actually the day Song Yunxi gave birth.Here, Tang Anwen arranged for Mu Feng and the two children to sit down for dinner, and he went to help himself. Now, no one dares to say a word about Mu Feng. After all, the current Mu Feng is different from the previous Mu Feng, and his worth is already different. up.
In the past, Tang Anwen was an idiot, and Mu Feng had no status in the Tang family, so he was disliked by the whole family.But today's Tang Anwen is not only smart, but also has the ability to make money. The family has built a new house and a new yard, has a carriage and raises sheep.
The key point is that the sheep are not raised for making money, but just for Mu Feng to drink goat milk to nourish his body. Many people in the village already know about Mu Feng's pregnancy, and most of the things are spread by Zhang Lan. Many people in the village looked at him with admiration. Such a good-looking brother could really capture Tang Anwen's heart.More brothers are also envious. Mu Feng used to be bitter, but now it is hard work. Not only does he not have to work when he is pregnant, but also has his own man to feed the sheep and drink goat milk to nourish his body. Every family has such style.
Just when Tang Anwen and Tang Angui finished their work and were about to sit down for dinner, the sound of horseshoes came from outside the house. The two came out to see that it was the old servant of Song Yunxi's family. Tang Anwen asked what happened, and the old servant told Tang Angui that his son had a stomachache. It's about to give birth, let Tang Angui hurry back with him.
Tang Angui didn't even have time to say goodbye, so he hurriedly climbed into the carriage, turned around and called Third Brother, what's the matter, you take care of me and go back first, completely ignoring Tang Anwen's response, and urged the old servant to drive the carriage back.Nothing is as important as the daughter-in-law and children at home, Song Yunxi is afraid of pain, Tang Angui thinks of this and wishes to fly back with a pair of wings.
Seeing Tang Anwen came back and sat down, Mu Feng asked what was going on, Tang Anwen told Mu Feng that Song Yunxi was going to give birth, Mu Feng said oh, and said that they should go to confinement in a few days, Tang Anwen listened Nodding his head, the sun has already slanted west after the banquet and the sky is getting dark.
The eldest brother and the second brother asked Mu Feng to help, but Tang Anwen blocked them with a word, and they were going home when the sky darkened.Chen Fang and Lu Xin didn't dare to say anything casually. After all, there is a big gap between the two of them now. Since the third brother's family was separated, luck has been very good. Now how many things the family has bought, just listen to the rumors in the village. He Mufeng's life is very good, and he still has spare money to find someone to dig a well. If he has money and has no place to spend it, he can give it to them.
The weather was getting hotter and hotter in the next few days. Tang Anwen had to bring a lot of water home every day. Besides washing, Mu Feng also poured the water into wooden basins and placed them in the house, because the weather was so hot and dry.
Mufeng called Tang Guo over to take a bath. Dou Zi could bathe by himself at the age of six, but Tang Guo was only four years old and could play with water. As for what bathing is, Tang Guo didn't need to know too much.There is no need to boil the bath water these days. You just need to fetch a bucket of water and put it in the yard. After the sun goes down, you can pour it out to bathe your children. The temperature is just right.
Mu Feng took off Xiao Tangguo's clothes, and saw the small red spots growing on the white and tender skin of his youngest son, Mu Feng frowned.In the past two years, the weather has not been so hot, and the child has not had prickly heat, but this year, not only is the weather hot, but the food at home is also good, so the child developed prickly heat on his body.
I still remember that when Tang Guo was two years old, the weather was very hot, and the wood wind was the hardest that year. Not only did Guoguo get prickly heat, but even Ah Wen ran out at noon and came back covered in prickly heat. It's a night of not sleeping well.
Xiao Tangguo waited for a long time for Eminem to put him in the water. He stepped into the wooden basin, stretched his little hands behind his back and scratched vigorously. His back was very itchy today, and the itching was always endless, and the scratching became more and more nurturing.
Mu Feng took Tang Guo's hand and said: "Don't grab it, it will hurt if you grab it, my dear, let your father grab some fire medicine tomorrow, drink it for two days and you'll be fine."
As soon as Tang Guo heard that he wanted to drink the medicine, he immediately got up and yelled: "Guoguo, don't take the medicine, the bitter one is the worst, don't, don't..." Looking at the little guy who was making a fuss in the wooden basin, he poured the water Mu Feng frowned deeper, remembering that every time feeding the little guy medicine was like fighting, Mu Feng sighed in his heart and thought of another way to do it.
Tang Anwen heard the movement and came over to ask what was going on, and warned Tang Guo, who was pouting angrily, to be good, otherwise there would be no meat or goat milk soup tomorrow.Hearing what his father said, Tang Guo was also discouraged, and his father didn't love him more and more. It was really begging. He cut his fingers in the water, as if he was happy to make a hole in the water as his father.
It was very hot in the room at night, and the yard was watered twice by the wood wind as early as the sun went down, and smoked with wormwood, and the bamboo bed boards in the house were taken out and placed on the ground, and the family lay down and watched Star.Based on the stories that could still be recalled in his mind, Mu Feng told Tang Anwen and the two children about the legends of the tribe.
The night was a little bit late, and the room was no longer so stuffy. Mufeng woke Tang Anwen away, carried the two children back to the room, and opened the door ajar to allow some wind to blow in.
Tang Anwen yawned, wondering if he would move to Tangxuan Bamboo House for a few days, it was really hot here, Tang Guo was so hot that he developed prickly heat, he helped Tang Guo scratch it before falling asleep I have been itching for a long time, and now I feel a little sore.
Tang Anwen moved around in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep well. He stretched out his hand and scratched his back a few times. Mu Feng was awakened by Tang Anwen's movement, lit the oil lamp and saw Tang Anwen's hands unconsciously scratching around his body.Mu Feng pulled Tang Anwen's vest away, and saw red spots on Tang Anwen's back, and Ah Wen also developed prickly heat.
Mu Feng got up to fetch water, wrung out the cloth towel and carefully wiped it for Tang Anwen. He didn't dare to wake Tang Anwen. A few years ago, Awen also suffered from prickly heat once. At that time, Awen couldn't sleep all night. Only after being stroked is he willing to sleep for a while, this is what Mu Feng fears most in Xia Tian.
I don't know if it's because Tang Guo and Ah Wen look alike, but no matter how hot the weather is or how long they've been in the sun during the day, he and Dou Zi don't get prickly heat.But Guoguo and Awen, the father and son Guoguo only developed prickly heat in the afternoon, and Awen developed prickly heat later in the evening.
After wading down, Mu Feng tried to stay as far away from Tang Anwen as possible, so as not to transmit the heat, and gently stroked Tang Anwen's back with his big hand to relieve the itching on Tang Anwen's back. It was not until Tang Anwen fell asleep again that Mu Feng fell asleep in a daze.
Early the next morning, Mu Feng asked Tang Anwen to stay at home. He wanted to go to town, but Tang Anwen naturally disagreed. The sun was so strong, what if Mu Feng suffered from heat stroke.Mu Feng said that he and Tang Guo had prickly heat, Tang Anwen knew this morning, when he came back from fetching water, his back was itchy, and after scratching it a few times, it became more and more itchy, Tang Anwen looked back and saw a patch of red on his back pimple.
In the end, Mu Feng stayed at home, and Tang Anwen rode a horse to find Dr. Luo, planning to ask Dr. Luo to prescribe medicine to wash it off, otherwise it would not be a solution to keep itching like this.Especially deep in Tang Anwen's memory is the image of Mu Feng tickling him. If he doesn't sleep well, it means that he will disturb Mu Feng. up.
At the same time, Tang Anwen was also going to see if this boy Luo Ling had come back. This boy had been gone for more than a month, so he should hurry back anyway. Tang Anwen feels that life is not so lively anymore, and when Luo Ling will bring back the gift he gave Mu Feng, this is the most important thing.
As early as five or six days ago, Tang Anwen was already fetching water in the small pond. He really didn't want to run into people from the Tang family compound, and he didn't know what was going on. Every time he went to fetch water, he would knock down The second elder brother, and the second elder brother will keep trying to persuade him.
At the foot of the mountain, Mufeng Tang Anwen and Lin Zuo Tangxuan, some with hoes and shovels with shovels, were drawing out a rectangular soil block more than 20 meters long and four meters wide.Everyone chose a place and began to dig the ridge. After the ridge was finished, they had to dig the soil inside. After all, it was the land that had been abandoned for many years. Fertilizers are used to grow good crops.
Tangguo Tangdou took a small wooden bucket and squatted in the excavated land with their small chopsticks to start looking for earthworms. The little hens at home have already started to lay eggs. A few days ago, the hens ate locusts and laid more eggs than before. much bigger.
The four worked very quickly, and in less than half a day, a long field ridge was dug out.Tang Anwen and Lin Zuo began to pour water into it, and when the ground inside became wet, they could dig, which was relatively easier.
Tang Anwen stood by the pond, fetched water, and after everyone washed their hands, Tang Anwen said: "Our pond is still not working like this, just like this locust plague, there are too many locusts dying in it, and the water can't be drunk at all. The water here was polluted when it rained heavily last time, and it is also undrinkable. It seems that a well needs to be dug. No matter if it rains or pests, as long as the cover is put on, this problem will not be encountered.”
Mu Feng listened to Tang Anwen's words and nodded. A few days ago, he asked Ah Wen to go to Tangjia Village to fetch water. The distance became longer and Ah Wen's shoulders became red, which made Mu Feng a little distressed.He wanted to choose by himself, but was stopped by Ah Wen. If Ah Wen found out about picking it secretly, Ah Wen would lose his temper with him and would ignore him all day long. This was something Mu Feng couldn't bear.
But let Mu Feng watch Tang Anwen go so far to carry water, Mu Feng is very reluctant in his heart, if he can open a small well here, it is very close to home, only a few hundred meters away, and the road is close to carry water It doesn't take much effort, not to mention that Ah Wen often would rather take an extra trip than fill a bucket of water.If he went to Tangjia Village to fetch water, Ah Wen was unwilling to go one more time, and he had to bring back two buckets full of water every time.The weight of the two full buckets of water is very clear to Mufeng, and it will definitely be very difficult for Ah Wen's thin body.
The few people around the water began to chatter after hearing this. Tang Xuan said that they should dig one by the side of the pond. It only needs to be two meters deep to surround it. Tang Xuan didn't quite agree with Tang Xuan's opinion. He told Tang Anwen that if he really wanted to dig a well, he should stay a little farther away from the pond.This place is also close to Tang Anwen's house, and in the future, washing vegetables and clothes can be done here without having to go further to the creek.
Moreover, the small pond can be expanded a bit. At that time, a canal will be dug to lead to the newly dug land, and they can even raise some fish in the small pond. If the water can be brought to the front of Tang Anwen's house, it will be used for washing. It is more convenient, but the well must be a little farther away from the pond, and not too close to the foot of the mountain, so that when it rains, the rainwater cannot seep into the well.
Tang Anwen listened to the opinions of several people, and planned to go to the town to find craftsmen who specialize in digging wells. This would save a lot of labor, and the craftsmen should have more experience than them for this kind of thing.
Going home with a hoe and bucket, Mu Feng went to cook, Tang Guo and Tang Dou went to feed the chickens with earthworms, Tang Anwen was milking the goat with a porcelain jar, the little lamb was not locked up, and was following the two children Baaaa, begging for food, usually the two children often feed grass to the lamb, but the grass has been eaten by locusts in recent days, and it is not so fast to wait for the next batch of grass to grow.
Just as Tang Anwen called the two children back to the main house, not long after the courtyard door was closed, there was the sound of kicking the door. That posture was definitely not ordinary barbarism.Tang Anwen and Lin Zuo looked at each other and said in a low voice, "Lin Zuo, if you bring Guoguo and the others into the house, there may be something wrong."
Tang Anwen opened the courtyard door, only to see a few yamen servants in official uniforms standing outside, Tang Xuan was responsible for lighting the fire today, he also came out of the kitchen when he heard the noise, to see what happened.
Tang Anwen quickly asked: "What's the matter with the officials?"
The clerk immediately took out a field booklet, turned to a certain page and said, "We are here to collect land tax and grain tax, Tang Anwen, right? Your family has a total of [-] cents of land, and the land tax is five per acre. Your family There is no one acre that only has eight cents, so you only need to pay the land tax of four silver coins, plus the grain tax of one hundred catties of grain per mu. Now the grain tax of your family's eighty catties is collected together. Do you give the silver or the grain. Well, why did you move to such a place? Not only is it inconvenient to find it, but it is also troublesome to move food, and our carriage is still in Tangjia Village."
Tang Anwen could hear the clerk complaining that they were the only ones here, and the carriage couldn't be pulled across the creek.Tang Anwen hurriedly smiled and said: "Several officials come in and sit down first, I'll go get the money right away, and Mu Feng pours a bowl of tea for the poor lords."
Mu Feng quickly poured tea for the three of them for three nights. Tang Anwen quickly took out [-] Wen, and after handing it over to the clerk, took out another [-] Wen and said with a smile: "The officials are very careful. Buy a jug of wine to drink, I have something to ask."
Seeing that Tang Anwen was very polite, the clerk weighed the money in his hand and said with a smile: "If you have anything to say, just tell me, I will tell you if I can tell you."
Tang Anwen said: "It's like this. I want to open a two-acre field on the side of the mountain. What should I do with the land deed?"
Hearing Tang Anwen's words, the clerk laughed and said, "If you want to get the land deed, you should wait for a month. Now if you go to declare the land deed, you will have to pay the land tax and grain tax immediately. It will take a month or two to wait." If you declare it later, then this year's land tax will pass, and you can save some money."
Seeing a few people leaving satisfied, Tang Anwen was very happy. He knew about the land deed. If there was no land deed, they would even open the field. If other people declared the land deed before him, then he would be in vain. once.
Tang Anwen went to the town early the next morning, and found the craftsmen who dug the well in the town. This was a team of four craftsmen.Tang Anwen inquired about the price, and the other party told Tang Anwen [-] Wen for [-] meters and [-] Wen for [-] meters. If you want to surround the well with stones, add [-] Wen for [-] meters, and add [-] Wen for [-] meters. The well should be surrounded by stone slabs. They had to buy it in the town, otherwise it would not be easy for them to make it. They would move the stones by themselves, and Tang Anwen would not be in charge of the food.
Tang Anwen finally thought about it, and he directly took the craftsmen to choose the edge of the well, four pieces of stone slabs one meter in length, and when they were finished, the mouth of the well would be about one meter in length.
After spending 20 Wen, Tang Anwen saw his new well four days later. The well was about [-] meters away from the small pond and farther away from the mountain. When there was sewage seeping into the well, they also told Tang Anwen to build a small canal at the foot of the mountain, so that when it rains, the water from the mountain can flow directly through the canal. Just cover the wellhead.
Tang Anwen was very happy to see the new well. It was closer to his house, and it was convenient to fetch water. The water overflowing from the well was cold, sweet and clean, much cleaner than the small pond they messed with. It's really indescribably refreshing to put a bucket of cold water in, but Tang Anwen's method of cooling off the heat was blocked by the wood wind. In summer, the pores are wide open, and the amount of moisture that a bucket of cold water has to absorb is very harmful to the human body. It's not good, especially Ah Wen's body is not so strong.
In the blink of an eye, it is the end of August, and the whole village of Tangjia Village is quite depressed. This year, most people's harvests have suffered various losses. The family is waiting for the money to be used. As a result, there is a plague of locusts, which no one expected. of.Moreover, the Holy Majesty did not give them some tax relief. When the messenger came to collect the land tax not long after collecting the land grain tax, many people had already begun to frown.
The land tax is not as high as the field tax. In the past, it was usually collected when the wheat was harvested, but now it was half a year earlier. They hadn't even put the wheat in the field, and the red-brown valley had just gone to the field.
Tang Anwen looked at Tang Anbao who knocked on the door of his house, called his second brother, let him into the yard, and asked Tang Anbao what's the matter.
Tang Anbao, who didn't smoke dry tobacco before, now imitates his father and smokes dry tobacco. After letting out a sigh of relief, Tang Anbao said: "Awen Jinghui talked about his daughter-in-law, and he will be married in more than ten days. Don't forget to bring a Mufeng and the child came over for a glass of wine."
Tang Anwen nodded and said yes, he will go back when the time comes, and then Tang Anbao started rambling about land tax and land tax. Their family has a lot of land, and this tax cost the family a lot of money. I didn't get much food back, so I suffered a lot this year.
Tang Anwen didn't answer the conversation, he was separated and didn't express any opinion on the Tang family compound.
Seeing that Tang Anwen didn't speak, Tang Anwen said that it would be great if Mu Feng was still at home, and Mu Feng could do well at home, so they wouldn't have to worry about the fields, and they could go to the town to find work with peace of mind. They didn't dare to go to the town to pick up work casually.
Tang Anwen finally said: "Second brother, apart from you and eldest brother, Jingjing Jinghui and Jingsheng are all fifteen or sixteen years old. Those who can't do farm work, at most, don't be apprentices for a few days. As for everything, I need you all." Do it, the eldest brother and the second brother are not manpower? Just let them do it. Mu Feng is capable, it is all forced out, his body has suffered a lot in those years, and now I am taking care of him carefully, how could it be possible in the Let him do farm work, not to mention that he is pregnant with a child now. I am not too young, and each of you has a boy to inherit the family business, but I have not yet!"
When Tang Anbao heard Tang Anwen's words, it was like a bolt from the blue sky. He never thought before that if a man went out to work, his elder brother would naturally take care of the field. Why didn't he and his eldest brother think that there were also those children who were all of the same age? They are not young anymore, if they don’t learn how to farm now, when they are old, who will feed them and farm for them.
Tang Anbao said goodbye to Tang Anwen in a hurry, telling Tang Anwen not to forget to drink the wedding wine, and then he left quickly. He should teach those children how to manage the field. From now on, all the fields in the family will be handed over to the two elder brothers at home and The child manages it, so that he and his elder brother can go to work in the town with peace of mind.
Mu Feng came out of the house and asked the second elder brother what's the matter, Tang Anwen said to Mu Feng, you have taken care of those people in the Tang family compound very well, now Tang Jingyang and others are all fifteen or sixteen years old, and they are still alive. If you can't get up to farm, let alone a few brothers who have been accustomed to by Mu Feng, they don't know how to manage the fields anymore.
Tang Anwen suddenly said: "Second brother Mufeng's Jinghui is married, we went to have a wedding, do we want to give something away?"
After thinking for a while, Mu Feng said: "Now our family is not short of this little money, that's good, let's go to the town to ask your fourth brother, and Song Yunxi, we will give as much as they give, after all, it is your nephew, You can't be too stingy as an uncle."
Tang Anwen nodded after listening to Mu Feng's words. A lot of things have happened recently. Tang Anwen hasn't been to the town for a long time, and he hasn't seen his fourth brother and Song Yunxi for a while, and he doesn't know if Song Yunxi is born.
The next day Tang Anwen pulled out the carriage, and Mu Feng carried a basket of eggs and took the two children into the carriage. The carriage wobbled and drove towards the town at a slow speed.
It was the first time for Tang Guo and Tang Dou to ride a carriage, chattering so excitedly, they had countless questions to embarrass Mu Feng.Because the weather was very hot and Mu Feng stayed at home all the time, Tang Anwen didn't take the two children out because he was afraid of heat stroke.
When they arrived at the door of Song Yunxi's house, Tang Anwen carried the two children out of the carriage. The two little guys were familiar with this place, and quickly rushed into the yard to call Fourth Uncle.Hearing this voice, Tang Anwen knew that his fourth brother was also at home today. He never met Tang Angui when he came here before. Tang Anwen thought that maybe Song Yunxi was about to give birth, so his fourth brother was staying with him at home.
Seeing Mu Feng and Tang Anwen coming in, Tang Angui quickly let them into the main room. The weather was not too hot just now, but now the sun is shining brightly and directly on the ground, making people dizzy if they can get sunburned.
The two brothers Tang Anwen and Tang Angui finished chatting, and Mufeng walked into the room to chat with Song Yunxi.Tang Guo and Tang Dou surrounded the grape shelf, envious of the grapes hanging on it, even the grape leaves were in good condition, and they did not appear to be infested by locusts at all.
Tang Angui probably saw Tang Anwen's doubts and said: "I was so happy to be at home when the locusts plagued that day. I knew it was going to be bad when I saw that posture. Too bad, I asked the servant to go to the warehouse to take out the cloth, the oilcloth used for pressing the goods, first cover the top with the oilcloth and fasten the four corners on the shelf, and then take the cloth and swish it around in a circle, leaving the bottom for a The emaciated servant went in and caught the locusts that had fallen just now, and then he stayed around like this for several days, until after the locust plague was over, he opened the cloth covering it, and the grapes were fine."
Tang Anwen smiled after hearing this: "This is really a rich man's method. Take a good cloth to surround the grapes. You can really figure it out. You are smart."
Tang Angui smiled and said: "The cloth is not very good, it has been pressed in the warehouse for a long time and is of no use, so E-Mum moved it here to let me sell it cheaply, besides, it can still be used when rolled back, so it is not a waste .By the way, this insect infestation is quite serious. Your losses are not that big. You have bought the carriages. Your situation is much better now. I have been very busy recently, but since the insect infestation, I have been free."
Tang Anwen smiled and said: "I don't have any losses. You also know that your third brother doesn't have much land. In addition, the seedlings that Mu Feng and I planted this year were harvested long before the insect disaster. It's nothing to lose some vegetables. On the other side of the compound, the eldest brother and the second brother were not there that day, and none of the people in the yard found the insect infestation, and the loss was huge."
Tang Angui nodded and said: "I talked with the eldest brother and the second brother a long time ago. The children are not young and don't need to be raised at home. Are there any other two brothers? I said to help Mufeng with them when the farming is busy Do farm work, don’t let Mufeng do all the work by himself. As a result, none of them listened to me, saying that Mufeng can do well with his hands and feet, and the two elder brothers in the family also earn money from the soles of their shoes. I have no choice but to Tell Yun Xi to watch you guys more, in case Mu Feng is not here, if something happens to you when you go out, Mu Feng will not go crazy."
Tang Anwen shook his head when he heard Tang Angui talk about this, and said, "Eldest brother and second brother take it for granted, they love their own daughter-in-law, and never thought about my family's Mufeng, who is also a brother, and working in Lisuo It’s just brother. Let’s not talk about these depressing things. By the way, did the second brother find you? Jinghui is going to get married in a few days. What are you going to give and how much money are you going to give? I have experienced it, but I don’t know how to do it, so I came to discuss it with you.”
Tang Angui looked at Tang Anwen and said with a smile: "How many taels of silver can you give? Fortunately, you can figure it out. The dowry is only three taels. How much more do you want to give. It is considered generous for us to give a few taels. After adding some festive fabrics Classes are enough, you don’t need too much. The third brother seems to have found a good job. The second brother told me about this when he came here yesterday. The carriage and horses cost four or fifty taels. "
Tang Anwen laughed after hearing this and said: "There are so many horses. The horses were sick when they were bought, but after a period of time, they became stronger and looked more energetic. The carriages only cost more than ten taels of silver."
Song Yunxi was helped out by Mu Feng at this time, his belly was a lot bigger, and he was about to give birth, and the due date was next month, when he heard Tang Anwen say this, he said: "Okay, Tang Anwen, what are you doing?" I don’t know how to send a copy of such a good thing as a picture book to relieve my boredom, so I know that you are a promising boy.”
Seeing Song Yunxi coming out of the room, Tang Angui quickly stood up and carefully supported him, "Why did you come out? Your belly is so big. The doctor said it might be twins, so be careful."
Song Yunxi patted Tang Angui's hand off and said, "What are you worried about? The doctor also said that we should move around more. It's not so easy during childbirth. I have to move around in the yard." Staring carefully behind Song Yunxi.
Song Yunxi walked towards the grape trellis, Tang Dou found the fourth uncle, and immediately called out sweetly, the people in the Tang family compound, his favorite is the fourth uncle.As for Xiao Tangguo, this little guy didn't notice any movement at all, let alone heard his brother's voice, and continued to stare at the grapes and drool. Since the insect plague, he hasn't eaten fruit for a long time. He used to eat big watermelons every day. , It is simply a very big torture.
Song Yunxi heard Tang Dou's cry, and responded very happily. Seeing the little Tang Guo's eyes staring at the grape, he smiled and touched Tang Guo's little head. It's been a while since I haven't seen him. Gained some weight.Song Yunxi picked a bunch of purple-red grapes and asked Mu Feng to wash them for the two children. Wherever the bunch of grapes went, Tang Guo's eyes followed.
It wasn't until Mufeng took the grapes to the well to wash that Tang Guo found the fourth uncle next to him. The little guy immediately touched his head and screamed, and then he let out an "ah" as if he had discovered a new continent, and then used his The chubby hand touched Song Yunxi's belly, and sighed that his fourth uncle could have such a big belly, obviously it wasn't that big last time.
Song Yunxi looked at the little guy's cute expression and asked with a smile: "Guoguo, what do you think of the fourth uncle? Is it the little brother or the little brother in his stomach? If you are right, the fourth uncle will pick a few bunches of grapes for you, okay?" .”
"Well, well, fourth uncle has such a big belly, the little brother and the little brother must be pretending together." Xiao Tangguo said loudly under Putao's doubts.
Song Yunxi was stunned by Xiaopangdun's words. Two months ago, the doctor confirmed that he had twins in his stomach, but Xiao Tangguo was able to guess that it was twins. It's really amazing. No wonder the older generation said they were three or four years old. The child said it was more accurate the first time, and it was quite accurate in this test.
Song Yunxi asked Tang Dou again, Tang Dou was older, he couldn't guess this at all, so he said I agree with my younger brother, Fourth Uncle has two babies in his belly.
After teasing the two little guys, they all sat down on the stone bench. Song Yunxi asked about Mu Feng's situation and asked Tang Anwen to give him more care. If Mu Feng is born, he will definitely do well this month. Only in this way can he take good care of his body, Tang Anwen naturally nodded in agreement, and asked Song Yunxi some things that need to be paid attention to during the confinement period. .
Then we talked about the picture book. Tang Angui was surprised when he heard that his brother was the creator of the picture book. Tang Angui punched his brother again and said: "My brother doesn't know how to ask him to do it. If you ask him , with the snobbery of him and Song Yunxi's family, who would dare to engrave seals secretly in the town."
Tang Anwen said that he had forgotten about it, and he never thought that this thing was so good, so he didn't come to his brother.Tang Angui told Tang Anwen that if the next book was published, he must come to him, and then it would be [-]-[-], and Tang Anwen would not have to spend the capital, so Tang Anwen naturally nodded in agreement.
Tang Jingyang's marriage added some joy to Tangjia Village. Tang Anwen finally decided to give the same as the gift from his fourth brother. Liuguan money plus two red cloths were good things.
The Tang family invited a total of five banquets this time, all of whom were well-known people from the village and the Tang family, and the head of the village.Because there was nothing good to eat in the disaster, there were only six dishes in total, a large plate of fried kelp, and a porcelain pot of vermicelli and radish stewed with large pieces of pork. There were not even any green onions. Stewed potatoes, a plate of pickled vegetables, shredded pork and bamboo shoots, a large plate of tofu, and a large bowl of red bean and red date soup.
The people who sat and ate and drank nodded their heads as they watched. The Tang family was quite generous to be able to produce these dishes at such a time.In fact, the kelp and red beans in the middle are from Tang Anwen's family, and the tofu and pork are all brought by Tang Angui.Originally, the Tang family didn't have such big hands and feet. The day before Jing Hui got married, Tang Anwen and Tang Angui came to ask. Who knew Tang Anbao said that there were only four dishes, fried radish, stewed vermicelli, stewed potatoes and fried pickles.
Tang Anwen and Tang Angui immediately looked at each other, this is not going to work, the big day does not even serve any meat, it is worse than the funeral banquet, the two made up their minds, and each took out something, although it was only two extra dishes, The others are still like this, but with a lot of pork added in, it looks completely different. I feel that the host is much more generous and can take it out.
No one would have imagined that the day Tang Jingyang got married was actually the day Song Yunxi gave birth.Here, Tang Anwen arranged for Mu Feng and the two children to sit down for dinner, and he went to help himself. Now, no one dares to say a word about Mu Feng. After all, the current Mu Feng is different from the previous Mu Feng, and his worth is already different. up.
In the past, Tang Anwen was an idiot, and Mu Feng had no status in the Tang family, so he was disliked by the whole family.But today's Tang Anwen is not only smart, but also has the ability to make money. The family has built a new house and a new yard, has a carriage and raises sheep.
The key point is that the sheep are not raised for making money, but just for Mu Feng to drink goat milk to nourish his body. Many people in the village already know about Mu Feng's pregnancy, and most of the things are spread by Zhang Lan. Many people in the village looked at him with admiration. Such a good-looking brother could really capture Tang Anwen's heart.More brothers are also envious. Mu Feng used to be bitter, but now it is hard work. Not only does he not have to work when he is pregnant, but also has his own man to feed the sheep and drink goat milk to nourish his body. Every family has such style.
Just when Tang Anwen and Tang Angui finished their work and were about to sit down for dinner, the sound of horseshoes came from outside the house. The two came out to see that it was the old servant of Song Yunxi's family. Tang Anwen asked what happened, and the old servant told Tang Angui that his son had a stomachache. It's about to give birth, let Tang Angui hurry back with him.
Tang Angui didn't even have time to say goodbye, so he hurriedly climbed into the carriage, turned around and called Third Brother, what's the matter, you take care of me and go back first, completely ignoring Tang Anwen's response, and urged the old servant to drive the carriage back.Nothing is as important as the daughter-in-law and children at home, Song Yunxi is afraid of pain, Tang Angui thinks of this and wishes to fly back with a pair of wings.
Seeing Tang Anwen came back and sat down, Mu Feng asked what was going on, Tang Anwen told Mu Feng that Song Yunxi was going to give birth, Mu Feng said oh, and said that they should go to confinement in a few days, Tang Anwen listened Nodding his head, the sun has already slanted west after the banquet and the sky is getting dark.
The eldest brother and the second brother asked Mu Feng to help, but Tang Anwen blocked them with a word, and they were going home when the sky darkened.Chen Fang and Lu Xin didn't dare to say anything casually. After all, there is a big gap between the two of them now. Since the third brother's family was separated, luck has been very good. Now how many things the family has bought, just listen to the rumors in the village. He Mufeng's life is very good, and he still has spare money to find someone to dig a well. If he has money and has no place to spend it, he can give it to them.
The weather was getting hotter and hotter in the next few days. Tang Anwen had to bring a lot of water home every day. Besides washing, Mu Feng also poured the water into wooden basins and placed them in the house, because the weather was so hot and dry.
Mufeng called Tang Guo over to take a bath. Dou Zi could bathe by himself at the age of six, but Tang Guo was only four years old and could play with water. As for what bathing is, Tang Guo didn't need to know too much.There is no need to boil the bath water these days. You just need to fetch a bucket of water and put it in the yard. After the sun goes down, you can pour it out to bathe your children. The temperature is just right.
Mu Feng took off Xiao Tangguo's clothes, and saw the small red spots growing on the white and tender skin of his youngest son, Mu Feng frowned.In the past two years, the weather has not been so hot, and the child has not had prickly heat, but this year, not only is the weather hot, but the food at home is also good, so the child developed prickly heat on his body.
I still remember that when Tang Guo was two years old, the weather was very hot, and the wood wind was the hardest that year. Not only did Guoguo get prickly heat, but even Ah Wen ran out at noon and came back covered in prickly heat. It's a night of not sleeping well.
Xiao Tangguo waited for a long time for Eminem to put him in the water. He stepped into the wooden basin, stretched his little hands behind his back and scratched vigorously. His back was very itchy today, and the itching was always endless, and the scratching became more and more nurturing.
Mu Feng took Tang Guo's hand and said: "Don't grab it, it will hurt if you grab it, my dear, let your father grab some fire medicine tomorrow, drink it for two days and you'll be fine."
As soon as Tang Guo heard that he wanted to drink the medicine, he immediately got up and yelled: "Guoguo, don't take the medicine, the bitter one is the worst, don't, don't..." Looking at the little guy who was making a fuss in the wooden basin, he poured the water Mu Feng frowned deeper, remembering that every time feeding the little guy medicine was like fighting, Mu Feng sighed in his heart and thought of another way to do it.
Tang Anwen heard the movement and came over to ask what was going on, and warned Tang Guo, who was pouting angrily, to be good, otherwise there would be no meat or goat milk soup tomorrow.Hearing what his father said, Tang Guo was also discouraged, and his father didn't love him more and more. It was really begging. He cut his fingers in the water, as if he was happy to make a hole in the water as his father.
It was very hot in the room at night, and the yard was watered twice by the wood wind as early as the sun went down, and smoked with wormwood, and the bamboo bed boards in the house were taken out and placed on the ground, and the family lay down and watched Star.Based on the stories that could still be recalled in his mind, Mu Feng told Tang Anwen and the two children about the legends of the tribe.
The night was a little bit late, and the room was no longer so stuffy. Mufeng woke Tang Anwen away, carried the two children back to the room, and opened the door ajar to allow some wind to blow in.
Tang Anwen yawned, wondering if he would move to Tangxuan Bamboo House for a few days, it was really hot here, Tang Guo was so hot that he developed prickly heat, he helped Tang Guo scratch it before falling asleep I have been itching for a long time, and now I feel a little sore.
Tang Anwen moved around in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep well. He stretched out his hand and scratched his back a few times. Mu Feng was awakened by Tang Anwen's movement, lit the oil lamp and saw Tang Anwen's hands unconsciously scratching around his body.Mu Feng pulled Tang Anwen's vest away, and saw red spots on Tang Anwen's back, and Ah Wen also developed prickly heat.
Mu Feng got up to fetch water, wrung out the cloth towel and carefully wiped it for Tang Anwen. He didn't dare to wake Tang Anwen. A few years ago, Awen also suffered from prickly heat once. At that time, Awen couldn't sleep all night. Only after being stroked is he willing to sleep for a while, this is what Mu Feng fears most in Xia Tian.
I don't know if it's because Tang Guo and Ah Wen look alike, but no matter how hot the weather is or how long they've been in the sun during the day, he and Dou Zi don't get prickly heat.But Guoguo and Awen, the father and son Guoguo only developed prickly heat in the afternoon, and Awen developed prickly heat later in the evening.
After wading down, Mu Feng tried to stay as far away from Tang Anwen as possible, so as not to transmit the heat, and gently stroked Tang Anwen's back with his big hand to relieve the itching on Tang Anwen's back. It was not until Tang Anwen fell asleep again that Mu Feng fell asleep in a daze.
Early the next morning, Mu Feng asked Tang Anwen to stay at home. He wanted to go to town, but Tang Anwen naturally disagreed. The sun was so strong, what if Mu Feng suffered from heat stroke.Mu Feng said that he and Tang Guo had prickly heat, Tang Anwen knew this morning, when he came back from fetching water, his back was itchy, and after scratching it a few times, it became more and more itchy, Tang Anwen looked back and saw a patch of red on his back pimple.
In the end, Mu Feng stayed at home, and Tang Anwen rode a horse to find Dr. Luo, planning to ask Dr. Luo to prescribe medicine to wash it off, otherwise it would not be a solution to keep itching like this.Especially deep in Tang Anwen's memory is the image of Mu Feng tickling him. If he doesn't sleep well, it means that he will disturb Mu Feng. up.
At the same time, Tang Anwen was also going to see if this boy Luo Ling had come back. This boy had been gone for more than a month, so he should hurry back anyway. Tang Anwen feels that life is not so lively anymore, and when Luo Ling will bring back the gift he gave Mu Feng, this is the most important thing.
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