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Chapter 176 The best old lady from the farm (3)

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    After entering the kitchen, Qiao Mu looked at the table and flipped through the stove, but she couldn't find anything edible. Finally, she patted her head and remembered that everything was locked in the cabinet. She didn't open the cabinet door.  The daughter-in-law has no one to get food from.

    At this time, most people eat two meals a day, one around seven or eight in the morning, and another around three or five in the afternoon. It¡¯s just past noon, and it¡¯s the busy time for farming, so it¡¯s not long before  The two sons are either working in the fields, or they are coming back to pick up something to continue working in the fields. The third son, Mu Chunshi, who was just outside asking about Qiao Mu's physical condition, is coming back to pick up the farm tools for harvesting rice. It is estimated that in an hour or two,  Even if Qiao Mu doesn't wake up, others have to find a way to wake her up. After all, if she doesn't wake up, no one will open the door of the food cabinet. If no one opens the door of the food cabinet, there will be no food to make the afternoon dinner.

    Thinking of this, Qiao Mu quickly went back to the house to get the key, opened the grain cabinet, and began to look through the original's belongings. There were a bunch of grains, rice noodles and other things neatly placed in the cabinet. It looked like there were many kinds.  But actually the quantity is not very much.

    The total amount of rice and noodles is estimated to be less than 20 kilograms, which is considered refined grains. The rest are miscellaneous grains such as beans, chestnuts, and rice. This is also the staple food of their family. Refined grains such as rice and noodles are usually mixed with most of the other grains.  Eat a portion of whole grains, and pure refined grains can only be eaten occasionally during holidays.

    Apart from that, the most expensive thing left in the entire food cabinet is probably the piece of bacon in the corner.

    That¡¯s what¡¯s left over from the Chinese New Year.

    Even when farming is busy, you can cut some food, and give Xiantian's sons slightly replenish your physical strength. Other days are basically not stigmatized.

    As for why the family is so poor?

    Oh, there are only three acres of land in total, and the rest of the land is rented from other people. How much food can we get at the end of a busy year? How much food can be left after paying taxes? It is just enough for the family. If you meet someone  If you are sick, the life will be even more miserable. The only way for the family to get money is to make some embroidery and sell it, and the second son to bring home one tael of silver every month. In theory, he should be able to save it over the years.  Dozens of taels of silver, but don't forget, they all need money to get married. Don't dowries and betrothal gifts cost money?

    The dowry paid when marrying a daughter can be offset by the betrothal gift, but when a son marries a daughter-in-law, there is no money back. Even if the daughter-in-law brings some dowry into the house, she, as the mother-in-law, cannot steal the dowry from the daughter-in-law. Therefore, these years,  The dozens of taels of silver that could theoretically be saved were basically used to get them wives and offset the corvee.

    There are a total of four sons in her family. As long as there is a corvee sent down, there is no way to escape. They can only spend money to offset it. Of course, it is possible not to spend money, but in recent years, the corvee has been either digging rivers or digging mountains.  But they are all jobs with a high mortality rate. Even if you don't die, you will have to shed your skin and lose half of your life. How can I be willing to let my son suffer like this or even lose his life, so I can only spend money to offset the corvee, which is just right.  Because of this, I haven't saved any money over the years, and my life is still miserable.

    The most precious things in the family are the food in the granary, the five taels and three cents of silver and the three-acre land deed that the original person hid in his bedroom. Apart from this, there is nothing else. The original silver jewelry that was originally given as a dowry is also  He was exposed many years ago.

    "Oh, you are so poor. What do these daughters-in-law have to complain about when they have such a mother-in-law? It is estimated that the private money and dowry money in the hands of these daughter-in-laws are far more than the money in the original hands. The whole family is actually  Living on the money from the embroidery sales of my original body and the money my second son brings back every month is really hard to describe.¡±

    Qiao Mu sighed, and felt a little more calculated in his heart. He was willing to risk his eyesight by doing embroidery to earn money to support a large family, but Qiao Mu was not willing to do so. Besides, almost everyone in the family had some small calculation in their mind.  Although they live together on the surface, their hearts have long since broken up. Instead of forcefully using filial piety to keep them together without separation, it is better to separate the family early and let them work hard on their own.

    With the family separated and no hope, maybe I can be more diligent and find a way out.

    "Mom, you're awake. Let me make whatever you want to eat. You just woke up, so you'd better rest more!"

    Just when Qiao Mu was thinking about whether there was any left, and whether she should steam the remaining bacon in the cabinet, a female voice suddenly came from behind, which almost startled her.

    He quickly turned around and took a look and said:

    "You're from the fourth family. You walked silently. It almost scared me. Since you want to cook, then you can do it. Take out all the bacon in the cabinet and steam it, and cook some multi-grain rice. It's more  Add some rice, I'm craving for rice, so don't put the beans or anything else, put some chestnuts in it."

    JoeI really wasn't used to eating beans and rice, but I was too embarrassed to say directly that I wanted rice, so I had to do the next best thing and let my fourth daughter-in-law cook multigrain rice, the kind of multigrain rice with chestnuts.

    "What? Mom, what did you say?"

    For the first moment, Mrs. Mu Li thought that she had heard something wrong, or that she had heard it wrong, because her mother-in-law was usually reluctant to even eat cereals, and basically ate beans and wild vegetables, let alone bacon, which was only available during the New Year.  During festivals or when the farmers are busy, they will take it out and cut it into a dozen slices, and give one or two slices to each of the people working in the field. Each slice is cut as thin as a cicada. Suddenly, the bacon is cooked and wants to be eaten.  Mu Li didn't dare to believe her ears when eating multi-grain rice. She even wondered if she was sick and had auditory hallucinations.

    ¡°I said steam all the bacon and cook a big pot of multi-grain rice for me. When they come back later, we can eat together and treat it as the last meal for the separate family.

    By the way, before cooking, go to the second child's house and tell her that she can find a way to ask someone to call the second child back. It's best to come back tonight. I want to separate the family tonight. If he  If he can't come back in time, it won't be easy to write the paperwork for separation of the family, so I want him to come back to me as soon as possible.  "

    At this time, Qiao Mu had decided not only to eat the remaining bacon but also to separate the family, so when he spoke, he deliberately amplified his voice many times. On the surface, he was talking to his fourth daughter-in-law, but in fact, everyone in the house was alive.  can be heard.

    For a moment, Qiao Mu could faintly hear the sound of things suddenly falling down in several other rooms. Apparently, the other two daughters-in-law who were still in the room were also a little shocked by Qiao Mu's decision.

    As for why there are only two of them, it¡¯s because the eldest daughter-in-law went to the fields with him. They lived the hardest life and were the least able to plan for themselves. They really worked hard and never knew how to pity themselves.  physical exertion.

    When several other daughters-in-law said they wanted to help with the work at home, taking care of the chickens and ducks, cooking and washing, she was the only one who went to the fields without saying a word and treated herself like a man.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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