inspire-indiana Chapter 232 It’s raining
Chapter 232 It’s raining
Zhou Guo said, "Of course not. These were all cut by me, my brothers and my master together. How about it, mother? Wasn't it fast? We have cut so much in such a short time."
Li looked at the mess of grass on the car and was both angry and amused. "Why, you cut the grass like you're digging wild vegetables? Why do you want everything?"
Zhou Guo was stunned. "I don't want anything. I only pick green leaves that are not poisonous. There are so many livestock at home, and their tastes must be different."
If you ignore the messy grass, it does make sense.
Zhou Mai and Zhou Mi drove the car from the back door to the backyard, planning to pile the cut grass under the eaves in the backyard.
Zhou Guo held a bundle in each hand and looked at the narrow eaves. He regretted that he did not think of building a straw shed next to it when he built the cowshed and horse shed.
Suddenly I remembered that I could build a haystack. It is simple and convenient. If one haystack is not enough, I can build two. If two are not enough, I can just build a row in the backyard!
A few people stacked the grass and unloaded the cart. They put some more grass in the key shed for the cattle and horses, and built a simple shed for the pigs nearby. She also locked up a few roe deer and roe deer in the shed, and a few rabbits in cages. After making sure that no one was left outside, she threw some more grass in. Now they were not afraid even if it rained heavily.
Back in the front yard, I saw that they had started laying stones in the well. The stones had almost reached the mouth of the well, with only the last bit left, and then the raindrops began to fall.
One by one, they hit the ground, making it dizzy.
Then, bean-sized raindrops fell like pebbles.
The people who were still busy in the yard were screaming in pain because of the smash.
Li and others hurriedly called them in, "Come on, masters, come in, come in, stop working, the rain is too heavy, it hurts when it hits you."
Zhou Dacang and a few others hurriedly pulled people up, covered the wellhead, and the group gathered in the house to shelter from the rain.
Although it was raining heavily, the Zhou family was very happy. This was the first rain they had seen since they fled, and rain meant hope.
Zhou Guo and Zhou Xing helped everyone pour hot water and add a little honey into it, which became luxurious sweet water. Don't underestimate this sweet water, as it is only served when there are distinguished guests at home.
The old master and his family felt a little embarrassed.
Zhou Guo drank a sip of honey water, looked at the rain outside the yard, and stood up immediately in shock, "Oh, Master, Mom, Master went on horseback and hasn't come back yet."
"Ah?" This cry startled everyone.
They looked around and realized that the old man was not there. "Where is the master?"
"Oh, what should we do? It's raining so hard that Mr. Wang may not be able to come back for a while."
Zhou Dacang said, "Don't worry. The gentleman is not stupid. When it rains, won't he find a place to hide? He rode his horse and got home very quickly. I think we don't need to go out to look for him. We should boil some hot water, prepare some clean clothes, and wait for the gentleman to come back so that he can take a bath and change his clothes."
After hearing this, Li hurriedly started to light the fire. Fortunately, the stove in the house had been rebuilt and the fire had been turned on, so she just had to put the pot on it.
Zhou Guo carried two buckets and drew water from the tank.
The bathtub is big, so I need to boil two pots of hot water at a time.
The water was boiled, but the person still hadn't come back. Zhou Guo was getting restless. After all, the master was old, and it would be bad if he made a mistake and fell into some ditch.
As I walked out the door and was about to go to the backyard to bring the horse back, the old man came back in the rain.
His body was soaked, but he still laughed to himself when he saw Zhou Guo, "It's so refreshing, so refreshing!"
Zhou Guo hurried forward, holding the horse's head and said anxiously: "Master, when you are done, come down quickly. I have boiled hot water for you and prepared clothes for you. I will take the horse back."
The old man nodded happily, "Okay, okay." The smile on his face did not diminish at all.
Zhou Dacang and others gathered around and escorted the old man back to the house.
Zhou Guo led the horse back to the shed, moved a small stool and sat under the eaves. She could plow the fields after the rain stopped. The autumnal equinox would be in a few days, so this rain came at the right time.
The rain was so heavy that water started to flow in the yard in a short time. The water dripping from the eaves and the rain falling in the yard merged into a stream, flowing out of the yard to the lower ground.
Fortunately, the yard was paved with stones, otherwise there would be no way to step in the yard and it would be muddy wherever you stepped.
The masters could neither work nor leave, so they all brought a small stool and sat under the eaves, watching the rain that had finally fallen.
Li was sewing shoe soles with pins. The owner of the cloth shop had given them a big bag of scraps of cloth, which was enough to make many pairs of soles. She also had some old clothes from the family, which were tattered and in disrepair, but could be used to make shoe soles. She had already sewn several pairs of soles in the past few days.
Zhou Xingze was weaving straw sandals on the side, while Zhou Dacang and others were also busy. Children from farming families started learning from a young age, and when they grew up to be as old as Zhou Mi, they could already weave a whole pair. It was just that their technique was not good, and the weaving was not neat, so the sandals were ugly and might not fit the feet.
But so what? It's just some waste of grass, and you don't need to spend money to buy grass in the mountains anyway.
The masters were busy chatting while twisting the ropes.
Even Li Lai's two younger brothers joined in the fun, holding a few pieces of grass in their hands and trying to weave them in a serious manner.
Zhou Guo looked around and thought that since there were so many people making straw sandals, it would be better for him to make the soles.
"What?" Li almost thought she had misheard, "You want to sew the soles of shoes?"
This girl doesn't even want to make a quilt, she doesn't even want to hold a needle, and now she says she wants to sew shoe soles?
Zhou Xing raised her head and said with a smile, "Second Aunt, Guoguo has grown up and finally knows how to sew. Isn't this a good thing?"
Zhou Dacang smiled and said, "She has never picked up a needle and thread in a day, how can she sew a shoe sole? I think she should join us in making straw sandals."
Then he waved to Zhou Guo, "Come here quickly, I will teach you how to weave straw sandals. If you can't make soles to make shoes in the future, at least you can still wear straw sandals instead of going barefoot."
Everyone laughed.
Zhou Guo also laughed, "Then when I have no shoes to wear in the future, I will go find my aunt and ask her to make some for me."
"Who is your aunt?" Zhou Dacang was stunned, then he realized that the child was teasing him.
Li said, "It's time to find you a wife. I'll go to the village in a few days and find a matchmaker to arrange a marriage for you."
Zhou Dacang refused, "Forget it, Second Aunt, I'm still in mourning, don't delay me."
Li said, "You don't have to get married right now, you can settle the marriage first. If you really wait until you are twenty, all the good girls will be married to others, and you won't be able to talk about a good marriage. If your parents knew, they would not really agree to you getting married at the age of twenty."