Chapter 421
Chapter 421
Uncle Qian looked up and asked Qian Dalang to go to the kitchen to get some food for the Zhou Dalang brothers. Zhou Dalang hurriedly said, "Dad, we're not hungry until we're full."
Zhou Erlang nodded repeatedly and said with a smile, "uncle, otherwise we'll go to bed now. I guess we'll have to afford it in the fourth watch."
Uncle Qian thought so, and quickly made them make room for bed.
The housing of the Qian family was much more tense than that of the old Zhou family, so sister-in-law Qian and sister-in-law Qian took the children to a room, they slept with them, and the four cousins were crowded together.
Fortunately, it's summer. Once the doors and windows are closed and the mosquitoes are patted, you can sleep directly on the ground.
After less than three hours of sleep, uncle Qian, who had not closed his eyes, felt the dark and went to the room to wake up the four people. He touched uncle Qian's house not far away with the moonlight in the sky.
The eldest aunt also went to wake up the third couple. The man went to carry out the wheat, and the woman went to the kitchen to make some noodles for them.
Everyone was light handed and did not dare to make a big noise.
Not far away, uncle Qian's house lit up. After a while, the light went dark again, and then uncle Qian's house.
We worked for most of the hour. Before the fifth watch, we gathered together to eat a bowl of noodles, and then picked up the wheat in the yard.
One person carries one load of wheat. Two bags are covered outside the wheat and tied tightly with hemp rope. One load can carry two bags.
Zhou Erlang was a little regretful and whispered, "I should have pushed the cart in a hurry."
Zhou Dalang also regretted, "I was a little flustered at that time. I didn't want to get so much."
Qian Sanlang listened and smiled with indifference. "It's all right, it's all right. Remember it more often."
Zhou Erlang nodded deeply.
But Zhou Dalang secretly said: come a few more times, I must lose my life.
He didn't sleep much last night.
Several people finished the pole and were waiting for uncle Qian to come back. Then uncle Qian came back, just followed Uncle Qian behind his back.
He waved to Zhou Erlang and said, "Erlang, you and your third uncle go to your second uncle. There are two bags of grain, one for your second uncle and one for your third uncle."
Zhou Erlang didn't ask much, so he took the pole and left.
Uncle Qian was very happy. He came up and took his shoulder and left. He whispered, "go, go, uncle Qian's house is only pancakes. Do you want to eat some?"
Zhou Erlang smiled, "no, my third uncle. I just ate noodles."
"That's OK. Take it with you. I'll give you something to eat on the road..." Uncle Qian took Zhou Erlang away.
Qian Sanlang couldn't help but toot his mouth. "Dad, what's the third uncle doing?"
Uncle Qian glanced at him and said, "what are you doing with so much nonsense? Let's go and wait for them at the entrance of the village."
After that, uncle Qian also took a shoulder pole to pick up the grain bag.
"But as soon as my second cousin left, there were only two bags left in our family." Qian Sanlang was a little unhappy. "A bucket of 150 Wen, is there ten buckets in this bag, eight buckets and nine buckets?"
Uncle Qian patted him gently on the back with a shoulder pole and scolded in a low voice: "aunt is not only your aunt, but also the aunt of your cousins. Your big cousin is here."
"The eldest cousin is my brother-in-law!"
"Well," said uncle Qian calmly, "so he chose our two grain bags."
Qian Sanlang stopped talking.
Zhou Dalang smiled at them and shrunk aside, afraid to speak.
Aunt Qian was nothing at all. After listening to her little son's calculation, she also felt heartache. She glanced at the two bags of wheat that fell in the yard, and finally gritted her teeth. She said to sister-in-law Qian, "go and get two more bags, and we'll pick them together."
Uncle Qian: "... Aren't you fooling around?"
"Nonsense, our strength is a little small, but who hasn't carried anything in the family? Our women picked up all the water at home. We didn't have much to divide two bags of wheat into four bags. "
Aunt Qian finally separated the wheat, and then told her two daughters-in-law to carry the burden with her daughter-in-law.
The village is quiet, and no one has a dog. As long as you move gently, people who are sleeping soundly will not know that someone is passing by with a torch outside.
At the entrance of the village, he stopped and waited for a while. Before long, uncle Qian and uncle Qian also came out with Zhou Erlang and his sons.
Among the three families, uncle Qian's family has the most people and carries the most wheat.
Qian Sanlang was envious. Before, he always felt that his son had more burden. Now he felt that it was good to have more sons.
Uncle Qian took time to look at his two sons with a grain bag. He was a little depressed.
Together, everyone picked up their food bags and set out on the road together. Because the road was still far away, they simply put out three torches and lit them only with the rest. They decided to light them up when they had a rest.
Because they were carrying grain bags, it took them more than half an hour to arrive, and they had a rest in the middle.
It was already five o'clock when we arrived at Qili Village, and chickens began to crow everywhere in the village.
Old Zhou tou and Qian Shi woke up when the chicken crowed. They closed their eyes and slept while listening to the sound outside.
So as soon as there was a sound outside, they got up, and Xiao Qian was a little faster than them. She closed her clothes and slept. When there was a noise at the door, she got up and opened the door.
Outside the door was a murky family.
Little Qian was stunned when he saw his aunt. He couldn't help exclaiming, "Mom, why are you here?"
The eldest aunt smiled at her and bent down to take the burden in. Xiao Qian quickly took over and whispered, "I'll come, I'll come."
The old Zhou family basically woke up, except for the children.
Man Bao didn't wake up at all. She didn't even hear anything. She was sleeping on her stomach. Her white little fat hand stretched out to the bedside, and her small mouth chewed. She didn't know what delicious food she dreamed of.
When a bright light from the sky shone into the bed from the window and the chicken at the back of her house crowed again, she yawned and stretched out to get up from the bed.
She rubbed her eyes and looked out. Seeing that it was a little bright, she climbed out of bed and ran to the yard to wash.
In order to facilitate the people in the yard to wash, but also to divert the flow, so as not to make it clear that a large group of people are crowded to wash in the yard, so Lao Zhou tou spent money to buy a large jar and put it in the yard.
Man Baowu, after washing his face, ran into the house and combed his hair. He simply tied two small pulleys to let his hair hang down and ran out.
Of course, take her small bookcase with you.
As soon as he ran to the courtyard, he saw a group of people sitting in the courtyard dozing and talking.
Little Qian was busy in the kitchen. When he heard the news, he smiled and waved to her, "what are you doing? You don't know your uncles. Call your uncles."
Man Bao and uncle Qian are the most familiar. He said hello to them. When he got into the kitchen, he saw aunt Qian and found that her mother was also there.
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