Introduction: "The old couple who have been farming for most of their lives suddenly fall into the embarrassment of having no land to plant, but they can't go out behind closed doors every day, but what should they do?" ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > vegetables for a living</h1>
The neighbor's aunt is more than sixty years old this year, has been living by growing vegetable greenhouses, the two planted three vegetable greenhouses, although tired, but equal to their own work, but also comfortable.
Both of my uncle's sons work in the city, and the eldest son's children are in elementary school.
The second son gave birth to twin boys last year, and the parenting sister-in-law who had been asking for the child was to take the child.
At the New Year, the second son and the young couple came back to discuss with their father and mother, this year they did not cultivate the land, and went to the city with them to help with the children.
Originally, the old two were also watching, although the eldest son's children said that they did not help them to bring, but they did not treat them financially, and at that time, they also said that they would bring the baby later, and if they did not let them bring, they would also give a part of the money to help them find a nanny.
So they thought, if you let the children rent out the greenhouse, do not let go, it is just right, after all, not used to living in the city, or at home to farm freely.
Now that his son and daughter-in-law had spoken, this land could certainly not be planted, and the next morning, Uncle Uncle went to the village radio room to shout that he had three vegetable greenhouses to rent.
The greenhouse was soon rented out for a period of one year, and the son originally asked them to rent out the greenhouse all year round, and then they would go to the city to see the children.
Uncle considered it, felt that this land zheng ce does not know what changes will be, or short-term rent is more assured, it is set a year a rent.
The greenhouse was rented out, and the eldest lady and uncle simply packed up some of the commonly worn change of clothes, and followed her son to the city, and the old gate was naturally locked.
Vegetable greenhouses in our village
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" > into the city with a baby</h1>
During the Dragon Boat Festival, the old couple came back together, because the nephew of the eldest niangniang family got married.
The two were dressed the same as they had been sentenced to before, and their skin had been tanned when they used to work in the fields, but now they were much whiter and fatter.
In contrast to the previous, the old two were really full of red light and refreshed, as if they were a few years younger.
Everyone joked with uncle, you see you, farming for so many years, skinny like a monkey, this into the city for a few days, fat into a pig.
Are you going into the city to see your grandson go, or are you going to enjoy the blessings, eating and drinking every day, and your daughter-in-law does not scold you!
The eldest uncle smiled so hard that his mouth could not be closed, and he happily told everyone that his second daughter-in-law was really understanding and filial piety, and she was distressed, and she treated their old two mouths like their own fathers and mothers.
Oh, look at you, you can't leave your hands every day, the wine doesn't leave your mouth, your daughter-in-law doesn't abandon it, it's really blessed, such a daughter-in-law, but more filial piety than the daughter-in-law!
Look at what he can, he can't cook there, he can't take the children, he can't wash clothes, in addition to eating is eating, but isn't he fat?
The eldest lady took a look at the uncle next to her, and she also praised the second daughter-in-law.
Saying that the daughter-in-law is really considerate, afraid that they feel that the building is stuffy, often let them go downstairs to the square to hang out, the two will not take the elevator, every time the daughter-in-law does not tire of going to the door to give them a good elevator.
He also said that he heard that he was coming back to the wedding banquet, and his daughter-in-law went out of his way to buy them new clothes, and said that if he wanted to rest at home, he would come back after a while.
Uncle said, originally to see the child is not my best job, farming is OK, I myself at home to plant the land, are not at ease, but also let me follow into the city, then I am not going to enjoy the blessings!
Everyone laughed, and the laughter of the great uncle and the grandmother was full of pride and happiness.
Vegetable greenhouse base in our village
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="26" > suddenly returned to the village</h1>
The day before Children's Day, I suddenly saw the neighbor's cooking smoke, and I thought to myself that this was the return of the grandfather and the grandmother, why did I still have to burn the kang and live at home for a few days?
Everyone usually uses gas for cooking, and only smokes from the chimney when the kang is burned.
In the morning, when I took the children out to play in front of their door, I saw that the courtyard door was closed, and the big lock that had been opened was hanging obliquely on the nose of the door, and there was a faint movement in the courtyard.
As a result, we played outside almost all day, never saw the door open, and never saw any movement inside.
For two days, they did not see them open the door, and on the third morning, several neighbors sold tofu at the door, and the eldest lady opened the door to take out the garbage.
It was not long before the Dragon Boat Festival, and the eldest lady compared with the last time, as if she had changed a person, with low eyebrows and drooping eyes, listless, and weak look.
Someone greeted the big lady, said back ah big lady is also a hmm, turn around and return to the courtyard, probably there are people at the door, not embarrassed to close the door again, the door is so hidden.
One evening, after eating, everyone sat together and chatted, and the sister of the neighbor's bride was also from this village.
When she came closer, the old lady who had a good thing said, see your sister come back for several days, and did not see out, this is why, do not need to see the grandson?
The sister sighed and said, don't mention it, and the daughter-in-law quarreled, the child did not let it see, and gave it back.
Doesn't it mean that the daughter-in-law is very filial, how did she change so quickly and bring her mother-in-law back? Your sister is also a good-natured person, and it is said that it should not be!
No matter how good my sister is, she can't stand her brother-in-law's badness, she can't talk to the edge, and she offends her daughter-in-law.
The thing is this, the uncle is in the second son's home, warm in winter and cool in summer, food and clothing are worry-free, the daughter-in-law is kind and sensible, he feels that it is really very happy, every day to drink two glasses of wine, the daughter-in-law will often give him fried peanuts and rice under the wine.
On this day, I may have drunk two more drinks, drunk high, and there will be more words, saying that my son's family is really good, and I will not go back after that, and I will retire here with my second son.
If you retire here, what about your old house? The daughter-in-law asked with a smile.
If you can do it, of course, they are half of the two brothers.
Uncle pointed to the second son who was holding the child next to him.
You are here for the elderly, but the house is half of one person, I can't say it, my daughter-in-law is still laughing.
Just here for the elderly, the house brothers are half of each person, and I can say that the past is that it can pass.
Uncle said word for word, not like a joke at all.
The daughter-in-law also became serious, saying, Dad, you have drunk too much, who are you to retire, the house should belong to whom.
Uncle stood up, what happened to my son's pension, the house belongs to who I decide.
Daughter-in-law is also serious, this is also my family, I have the right to decide who to let the pension, I just ask, you are serious, do you think I have a good temper to inch forward!
Then the daughter-in-law and father-in-law and son quarreled, and the best-tempered bride squatted in the corner of the wall and cried.
When the daughter-in-law returned to her mother's house and gave her son the conditions, she immediately let the second elder go home and bring the child herself, otherwise she would divorce.
Eventually, the old couple returned to the village overnight.
Greenhouse vegetables and land vegetables in our village
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="53" > repeatedly hit a wall</h1>
The uncle, who has always loved face, was driven back by his daughter-in-law, feeling humiliated and faceless, hiding in the house and not wanting to come out.
It doesn't matter if you just rush back, the key is that this vegetable greenhouse is also rented out, and there is no land to plant when you come back, you need to plant land, at least you have to take back the greenhouse in the spring next year, but now it is difficult to do it, it is difficult to idle every day.
You see where there are idle people in the countryside, the older the more idle, as long as they can not move idle, idle a day to eat there is no bottom, idle for a season, it is not good.
Who let the farmer eat with both hands and feet?
The eldest lady said, in our vegetable base, you can still be idle, it is a big deal to help others work, you want face, just stay at home, tomorrow I went to the old Gold greenhouse to see, they were not still on the radio yesterday to recruit workers!
Old Jin is a foreigner who came to cover the land, this year chartered dozens of acres of land to plant broccoli, the people hired are all villagers, now is the season of broccoli harvesting, every day to a lot of people.
The next morning, the eldest lady simply ate a few bites of food and went to Old Jin's vegetable greenhouse.
Uncle Grandpa's teeth were not good, he ate slowly, a steamed bun had not yet been eaten, and the eldest lady came back with a gray face.
What's wrong with that, people don't use you? Uncle asked in surprise.
Yes, ask me how old I am, as soon as I say sixty-five, let me come back, this still dislikes my age, in previous years, we planted three greenhouses, is not the same as playing?
Forget it, the old gold outsiders don't talk about face, I went to the village old Wanna to see.
With that, the eldest lady got into the car again and went out the door.
Seeing that the sun was rising very high, and the eldest lady had not yet returned, the great master thought to himself, it seems that he was left by Lao Wan.
Uncle locked the door, wanted to go outside to see, stayed at home all day, and panicked.
He felt that he was a man, and if he wanted to go to work, he would definitely go by himself, but when he thought that everyone knew that he was driven back by his daughter-in-law, he felt panicked and did not want to see anyone.
He also knows that at this age, the village is not easy to find work, basically his own family has a greenhouse, he is a greenhouse for rent, and was driven back by his daughter-in-law, there is no land to plant, only to think of working with others.
She was thinking wildly, and heard the sound of the bicycle, and the eldest lady pushed the bicycle back, watching her raise her eyebrows and pout her mouth, looking helpless and angry.
The eldest lady said that Lao Wan told him that today everyone had found enough people and did not need anyone, but as soon as I walked out, I heard him call and say that the broccoli in Nanshan would also be cut, and that a few more people needed to be found.
The big lady was so angry, the bicycle was thrown, and when it was a sound, the saddle fell down, and the big lady didn't care, poured a cup of cool white open, and grunted and drank.
Uncle said, you leave it alone, just stay at home and help me cook, tomorrow I will go out to find work.
The eldest lady did not take his words, she felt that the old man was also comforting her, the old man was a few years older than her, his hair was all white, and no one would accept him, and he would be accepted.
Seasonal vegetables
The next morning, Uncle changed into his usual work clothes and went out, and did not return until dark.
Uncle's clothes, which had been clean in the morning, were now stained with mud and sand, and so were his hands.
He sat on the wooden pier in the doorway, his whole body full of exhaustion.
It turned out he had gone to the construction site.
Local young people, either go to work in the city, or pack dozens of acres of land or dozens of greenhouses to grow vegetables, most of the elderly people plant their own, three or five sheds, watering and fertilizing, are all themselves.
Most of the people hired by the owners of the land are nearly forty or fifty years old, and they are not willing to plant greenhouses, so they give these bosses odd jobs, so what to do, try to save their minds.
With these perennial recruitment of vegetable bases, the construction team on the nearby construction site can not find workers, no way, they look for those who are too old, the vegetable base does not want the elderly.
Like a small construction team with more than ten people, the average age of the workers is about seventy years old, the age is too old to bear the weight, the work is slow, and the wages are low.
Uncle these years of farming is basically his own work for himself, want to rest on the meeting, want to smoke a cigarette and drink wine no one cares, suddenly went to the construction team, work for half a day and do not let stop, he really feels that he can't eat.
In addition, after resting in the city for half a year, he was very lazy, and he even felt difficult to move two bricks.
Fortunately, on this day, I also loaded and unloaded a batch of bricks with the car, and I was too tired to straighten up.
The next day, the uncle was responsible for supplying the big worker with sand and lime, and seeing that his hand with the iron was getting weaker and weaker, the contractor came over and shouted, Grandpa, you rest, I came, and took the shovel in the uncle's hand.
The contractor is a young man in the village, everyone also knows the roots, yesterday the uncle came to talk about the construction site work, he looked at the uncle's body, wanted to say that I am afraid he can't do it, and afraid of hurting his face, he agreed to come down.
Twice in a row, the contractor picked up Grandpa's shovel and said Grandpa you rest for a while.
Uncle understood in his heart.
When he left work, uncle said to the contractor, who, grandpa is not in good health, can not do this work, tomorrow will not come.
The contractor looked as if he was embarrassed, and said in his mouth, too, this work is too tired, one hand quickly took out a few bills from his pocket and settled today's wages.
A small worker on a construction site in the village
When the meal was ready, the eldest lady called out to the uncle several times, but the uncle did not want to move at all.
He remembered that in previous years, he planted greenhouses at home, in fact, that day's work did not have to be a small worker on the construction site, and when the vegetables were ripe and marketed, it could be said that he was so busy that he did not even have the kung fu to smoke a cigarette.
When I get up at four or five o'clock in the morning, I go to pick peppers, pick them until seven or eight o'clock, and ride a tricycle to send the peppers to the vegetable buying point.
Go home for breakfast, and hurry to break the incense, the incense is good at noon, put the incense in the canal, I wanted to go home for lunch, and I received a call from the owner of the dish, hurried to cut the fennel ball, cut two packs to send it over, it was already two or three o'clock in the afternoon.
There was already a box of instant noodles in the greenhouse, and two bowls, and the eldest lady put the instant noodles in the bowl, opened the watering faucet, filled it with water, soaked it for a while, and called out to the uncle to come and eat.
Like a summer greenhouse steamer, the cool instant noodles were eaten, the body was very cool, and with this period of coolness, the two quickly went to pick peppers again.
After a busy day, dinner had to be eaten seriously, the eldest lady went home to cook, made a meal at seven o'clock, the uncle opened the water in the greenhouse, began to pour vegetables, and then went home to eat, at ninety o'clock, and then came over to turn off the faucet.
The next day, I still got up at four or five o'clock, first went to the canal to fish out the faxiang, put it on the tricycle covered with plastic sheeting, and waited for it to be delivered to the purchase point.
French incense is a kind of vanilla, generally a side dish of Western food, and the aroma grown here is sometimes exported to foreign countries.
The leaves of the incense are relatively broken, and it can be put into the water to maintain its water spirit, and the incense will be broken down and soaked in the water, and the buyer will also sprinkle the water before loading the car.
The water in the early morning canal is extremely cold, and you can feel the cold with gloves, and you will be cold after a while.
Faxiang is the main planting product here, the foreign boss tens of acres of dozens of acres of seeds, local greenhouses also plant, from May 1st to Eleventh, a long picking period, almost every day to pick once.
Usually, the incense soaked in water the day before is sent to the buyer's weighbridge in the morning, and the vegetable farmers will start the day's labor.
When the great master thought about this, he felt that the peasants could not be idle, and that they could not do anything when they were idle.
Vegetable base in our village
He made up his mind that since he couldn't find work in the neighborhood, he would go collect the waste, but the tricycle at home was still there, and starting tomorrow, he would go down the streets and alleys to collect the waste.
As for his wife, he is idle at home, and he has planted greenhouses over the years, no less hard work, it is really time to rest, but it is only this half a year, and next year will be planted with greenhouses.
In the middle of the night, the eldest lady listened to the idea of the uncle, looked at the sky outside, it was still so dark outside, when would it be clear on this day?
Next year, there are still more than half a year, more than a hundred days, how long is this, is it difficult for me to hang around at home every day? How embarrassing is that, old man, blame you, a drink more nonsense, you see now, we were driven back by the daughter-in-law, the greenhouse is gone, do not want to be a small worker, how embarrassing is this?
I said, what else can I do, isn't this being driven back, and I'm not idle there? Besides, I'm going to collect the waste tomorrow, what are you embarrassed about?
Uncle also regretted that he couldn't do it, but he still had a hard mouth in front of his wife, and he didn't admit that he was causing trouble.
Yes, you are not embarrassed, you are not out of the village, but why do I go, just hanging around in the village, being watched as a joke, is it not very embarrassing?
The eldest lady had to say again, the uncle was already snoring like thunder, the eldest lady hammered twice on his shoulder, and the snoring was still the same.
The eldest lady thought that tomorrow was another day of doing nothing, and she was embarrassed.
Liu Zhen original