Chapter 67： brother home

Chapter 67 Brothers Return Home

After everyone distributed the money, they all withdrew with satisfaction, and the Wen family courtyard was clean again.

In the main room in the backyard, a thick mat was placed on the brightly washed wooden floor, and a quilt was placed on top of the mat. It was surrounded by bamboo, and Wen Yuanxing was locked inside to play. Less building blocks and bamboo tubes, these are all made for him by Wen Youshan.

Children can have fun with toys, and they won't be bothered by anyone to accompany them. Wen Yuanjing is studying with Wen Yuanzhen, teaching and learning, so serious that adults don't dare to disturb them.

Chen Ningya was wearing a heavy coat standing under the eaves, silently looking at the gloomy sky, her thoughts drifted away, it will be the Spring Festival in a few months, and I don't know when the two children will be back?

Looking at the weather, it is estimated that it is going to snow again. How will we go?

The more she thought about it, the more worried she became. Seeing Wen Youshan returning from the front yard, she hurriedly said, "Youshan, should we go to the town to buy a donkey?"

Wen Youshan jumped into the eaves for three or two days, widening his eyes in surprise, "Do you really buy it? Will it be too dazzling?"

Chen Ningya looked at him with a smile, "Now everyone knows that you have done a lot of work this winter, and you know the price, even if you don't say it, everyone can guess how much we earn, say this Does the topic make sense?"

Wen Youshan choked and was speechless. After a while of silence, he made up his mind and said: "Okay, then let's buy a donkey, a donkey is about ten coins, I can drive the donkey cart by myself, and I will also go to the county town in the future. It saves a lot of time.”

Chen Ningya nodded with satisfaction, and reminded by the way: "Since we want to buy a donkey, we should ask someone to help repair our road, and the donkey cart will be easy to go after."

Wen Youshan's expression changed. He originally planned to spend these ten coins to save money, but now it's good, not only can the ten coins not be kept, but he has to put a lot of money in it.

Chen Ningya pretended not to see his expression, put down the words and immediately walked for a walk. Wen Youshan wanted to complain to her daughter, but the children were all studying, so he didn't want to disturb him, so he could only leave angrily. As for the youngest one , was simply not within his scope of consideration.

After the snow, Wen Youshan was really anxious, so he hurried to the town to get a donkey back. As soon as the donkey was pulled back, it was placed in the grass hut in the front yard, along with the stone mill. The former grass hut was burned by Huang Meng, and Wen Youshan built another one at the back. Putting firewood and placing half of the donkey is enough. When the front yard is renovated, he will build a better nest for the donkey.

When I bought a donkey, I naturally had to drive a donkey cart, but I don't need to worry about it. It can be done after the road is repaired. The most urgent thing is to get the tools that Chen Ningya wanted. The couple worked day and night for more than ten days. Youshan reluctantly knocked out the Hua Jizi. Once this was done, Wen Youshan felt completely relieved. He had nothing to do but ran to the village a few times, and even went to the village chief to mention the road repair.

The village chief knew that he had made a lot of money this winter, so he didn't ask any more questions. He only said that this matter was on him. Wen Youshan heard the words and immediately became happy. He kept the money and withdrew.

In the next time, Wen Youshan was busy driving donkey carts. Wen Yuanliang and his brothers followed a donkey cart back to the village on the 20th of the twelfth lunar month. In the evening, the village was so quiet that they could not even hear the sound of the dog barking from Chaimen. People stepped on the thick snow to drive home, leaving a string of footprints behind, and finally climbed to the front of the courtyard halfway up the mountain.

Wen Yuanhong shrank and slammed the door hard, shouting, "Daddy, we're back."

The Sun family at the foot of the mountain heard the movement, and Xiao Li said curiously: "The two children of the Wen family don't know where they were sent to be apprentices, but they came back so late. It's still so young, it's not that I can't open the pot, and I don't know what Aning thinks. I'm so willing to put it aside. I don't want my child to suffer at such a young age.

And Youshan himself is a carpenter. I heard that he made a lot of money this winter. How can he send his children out when he is so capable? "

Li glared at his daughter-in-law, and said angrily: "What are you blind, it is their ability to find a master for their children, but you can send them, but do you have a way? These days, if you learn more, you will have more ways to go. ."

"That's true." Mrs. Li smacked her lips and strongly agreed with Mrs. Li's words. Just look at Wen Youshan, how could he live his life with only one hand? According to the speed at which he makes money, he will say next year. You can't even build the front yard, who in the village has the ability.

Not mentioning what the Sun family was talking about, Chen Ningya, who was doing her work, heard the voice and ran out without saying a word, shouting to Wen Yuanzhen as she ran, "Big girl, hurry up and boil the water, your brother is back."

"Hey!" Wen Yuanzhen replied crisply, and ran to the kitchen quickly.

Chen Ningya panted and opened the courtyard door, hurriedly dragged the brothers in, quickly closed the door, and led them to the stove to warm up.

The two brothers went into the stove and went straight to the stove, shivering from the cold.

Chen Ningya was so worried that she quickly cooked a pot of hot **** tea for them, and the two didn't recover until they drank the **** tea.

Wen Yuanzhen helped them take off the felt hats on their heads and the smocks outside, and the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Wen Yuanhong had kissed his elder sister before, and after a while, he followed behind her buttocks and said pitifully, "Sister, you don't know how miserable my elder brother and I are, we almost walked back by ourselves, or elder brother Hongyu. Saying we can't do this, he just rented a donkey cart for us and asked the uncle to take us to the entrance of the village, otherwise we would definitely not be able to come back."

Chen Ningya, who came in with her clothes, was stunned when she heard the words, and asked, "Do you have any money on you?"

The two brothers shook their heads in unison, "Dad didn't give it."

Chen Ningya: "."

"Next time you go out, bring some money with you. If your father forgets, tell your mother, and she will prepare it for you." Chen Ningya said seriously.

The two brothers nodded sharply. This time they really learned a lesson. They deeply realized the dilemma of not having money when they went out.

The two who drank **** tea were pushed by Chen Ningya to take a hot bath and changed into clean and warm clothes. Only then did they feel alive.

There are two more people in the family, which is obviously a lot more lively. Wen Yuanliang is already half a man, and he can help with his work. Wen Yuanhong can also help. In his spare time, he can also teach Wen Yuanzhen and Wen Yuanjing to read, and his life is full and happy.

On the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Ningya began to prepare food for the Chinese New Year. This year, a lot of things have been grown at home. In addition to the common food from last year, there are also more storage-resistant vegetables such as soybeans, mungbeans, peanuts, sesame, white wort and aloe. , there are also two jars of pickled vegetables, two bags of dried bamboo shoots, two large tanks under the courtyard wall, one hides a lot of pork, mutton, chicken and duck, and the other is full of frozen seafood. You can eat anything you want. .

(end of this chapter)