boyutpedia Chapter 213 Rain Boots
Chapter 213 Rain Boots
"Old man, why haven't I heard you mention that the matchmaker would come to our house before?" Old Mrs. Zhou was also a little angry, thinking that her daughter-in-law was hiding something from her.
"Mom, it's not that I didn't tell you, it's that I didn't have the time to tell you. I did mention it to my sister-in-law, but who would have thought that what the matchmaker said was actually true. I thought she was just joking."
Liu was joking with Zhu today, saying that the matchmaker they met when they went out yesterday must have been joking.
What a coincidence! Not long after they finished their conversation, this person actually came to their house, and he said he was the matchmaker from Lijiagou.
My mother-in-law had said before that my daughter should not be married there because there were few good people in that village and they were all snobs.
The fact that he was able to come to my house to propose marriage shows how thick-skinned he is!
A few months ago, she was gossiping in front of others. Her Zhou family had just gained some fame in business, and he already fell in love with her daughter?
Is he attracted to someone? He's obviously attracted to money!
"Alright, alright, let's just let it go. I'll tell the boss and the others about it when they come back."
Liu agreed with tears in her eyes. What do you think this is? !
Zhou Mingqi raised his foot and looked, and a scream startled a lot of water birds.
"Second sister, what's wrong with you?"
Zhou Mingshu started running towards her.
"Ahhh~ This cow's egg has got into my foot." Zhou Mingqi cried, and kept pinching and pulling something with his fingernails.
These cow eggs are leeches.
Zhou Mingshu was terrified. He felt his feet and legs were covered with this stuff. He was so scared that he stepped in the water and splashed water all over their pants.
Fortunately, the leech was pulled out by Zhou Mingqi, who was so angry that she picked up a stone and smashed the little thing to pieces.
This thing is really annoying.
But looking at the bloody hole on her ankle, Zhou Mingshu helped her back home and disinfected and applied medicine to her.
"There are so many cow eggs in autumn, which is really annoying. They are all small ones. I almost couldn't catch them. If one had really gotten into my foot, I would have died. Fortunately, I kept my fingernails long."
Zhou Mingqi covered his little heart with his hands, and his three souls and seven spirits were almost lost in half.
Zhou Mingshu also sighed. She was really scared just now.
They caught fish, shrimps and snails all summer and were not bitten. She thought the leeches here didn't like to bite people, so she was usually very brave. But who knew that before she could be happy and carefree for long, her second sister was bitten.
This frightened her so much that she never dared to go into the water again.
"You should take good care of your injuries and don't go into the water for a while. There are a lot of leeches in autumn. Let's take a rest."
"We still have time to rest. If we delay any longer, the snail will hide away and we won't be able to make soap and earn a lot of money."
Zhou Mingqi was unwilling. Compared with the money, the bite she suffered was nothing.
"Tsk, these cow eggs love to eat human blood. As soon as you step on them, they might smell the scent. Then it won't be just one cow egg, but two, or even twenty."
Although what Zhou Mingshu said was exaggerated, she did not lie.
"What? It's so disgusting that I get goose bumps." Zhou Mingqi backed down and decided to wait until the wound healed.
"So, you should stay at home and take good care of your injuries. We have a lot of oil paper cloth at home. I'll ask my eldest sister to make two pairs of rain boots for you."
"Yes, that's feasible. Then we can take over the eldest sister's job and let her make shoes."
Her foot is injured now, but she is still able to move, so it is just right for her to make soap.
Zhou Mingshu started working right away and drew the rain boots she designed on paper.
Compared with traditional rain boots, she deepened the height of the shoe shaft and sewed a rope on the top so that the shoe shaft would not slip off.
With these rain boots, they don't have to be afraid of leeches anymore. She felt a chill down her spine just thinking about them. They were really disgusting.
After Zhou Mingqin heard about their story, she immediately put down her work and helped her sisters make rain boots.
She had never made these rain boots, but the pattern in the picture looked very similar to long boots, so she decided to give it a try.
There are so many oilcloths at home. If I make a few more pairs, I will always have a pair that can be worn.
Three days later, all the racks that needed to be built at home were set up, and a lot of racks had also been built in the threshing ground. They were just waiting to start the autumn harvest in a few days.
Taking advantage of this free time, the Zhou family washed the peanuts and hung them out to dry. They dried them for two or three days before they were completely dry.
"Boss, the acre of wasteland you reclaimed is quite fertile. Although many peanuts are not full, they are still a minority. We can plant some more next year. After the corn is harvested, we can sow wheat seeds and let them grow. Maybe they will grow well."
Old Mrs. Zhou smiled and poured the picked peanuts into the grain jar.
"Mom, I'll listen to you."
This year the weather has been good and the crops in every field can be considered a good harvest.
The corn grew tall and thick, and the kernels were bigger, so the income would definitely increase a lot compared to previous years.
"Mom, we walked around the fields and found that the corn grown in the fields where the straw was burned was indeed better than that of the fields that were not burned. The corn was bigger and there were fewer pests. We burned the straw in the right way."
Boss Zhou was very happy. Not only was his family going to have a good harvest, but many villagers in the village were also going to have a good harvest. This was the good result of his family taking the lead.
Those families who did not burn the straw at the beginning regretted it now. The crops in their own fields did not grow well, and their neighbors next door were also affected. These insects can fly and crawl, and they have also infected their neighbors.
Because of this incident, several villagers had a quarrel, but with the village chief there, it didn't become a big deal.
Everyone said they would burn the straw next time, and only then did they give up.
It was a rare leisurely day, so Zhou Mingshu and Zhou Mingqi were sitting in the house packaging the soap they had just made when they heard a commotion at the door.
"Huh? What happened? Why is it so noisy outside? Are there people arguing?"
After Zhou Mingqi said this, the two of them stopped what they were doing.
"Come on, let's go take a look."
The two little girls ran out the door and met Xiaojie on the way.
"Xiaojie, what happened outside?"
"I heard from them that the county magistrate was coming to take a look at the crops in our village. I didn't understand what was going on, and was just about to call you over to take a look."
After he said that, he ran to the next door to call people to go and see the excitement.
As soon as they went out, they saw that almost all the villagers of Lianglin Village gathered together, talking to each other. Although the voices were not loud, it was quite lively.
After asking an aunt, I found out that it was because the village chief had said something extra during a meeting in the county some time ago. Everyone didn't believe it and started arguing about it. They insisted on coming over to see what happened, which led to this incident.
Zhou Mingshu thought about it and wondered whether the county magistrate came here to see the corn in the fields.
The corn is just a little bit bigger than usual, but is it necessary to make such a fuss?