The Daily Life of a Down-and-Out Pharmacist Supporting Her Family – Chapter 44

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第44章 出了意外
起大风了,要下暴雨了,春暖连忙去沙田角落上摘菜。

田里的谷子已经泛黄,看着被大风吹得东倒西歪的,春暖有点担忧怕影响收成。

“你们这块沙田不肥杆子不壮,不会被风吹倒。”隔壁的祝大爷看着自己家的田一声叹息:“我开年的时候挑了十挑粪,又把烧的一大堆灰都撒到田里了,想着今年有一个好收成,没想到快立秋了却遇上了这场大风,你看看,我那块田里的谷子才叫被风吹倒了。”

春暖顺着祝大爷手指的方向看去,在沙田的左边下面的那块大田中间俨然变成了一块平地,杏黄的一片看着……不能说好看,只能说惨惨惨,惨不忍睹。

“祝大爷,这样会不会被减产?”

“肯定减产啊。”祝大爷的心都在滴血:“谷子才黄了五成,收又收不成,倒在水里的谷子没长好的直接会被沤烂,成熟了黄的谷子在水里会发芽,收割的时候也麻烦……”

老庄稼遇上了新问题,祝大爷整个人都焦麻了。

再看自家沙田的谷子,因为佃得迟自家没有育秧苗,全靠了马叔到各家佃农家找来的剩余的秧苗,品种参差不齐,有饭谷还有一些是酒谷,又因为缺肥,禾秆长得又矮又瘦,比起祝大爷田里的起码矮了一半。

村里人都笑说肖家的谷子收成不好,一看就是新手种的,又都说要多向祝大爷学习。

谁能想到,长得不粗壮不高大的谷子居然在大风吹过后又倔强的矗立在田里,并没有受到半分的影响。

“哎,早知道这样,我就少挑几挑粪水倒进去了。”祝大爷后悔不已:“真正的是累了还不讨好,我这么大一块田,收成估计除了交租子都留不下一百斤了,又是猫扳倒甑子帮狗干事的一年。”

春暖……祝大爷好像在骂人!
应该没骂自己吧?
“春暖啊,你们才学种田,以后得记住了,这田里不能下太多的肥。”祝大爷把自己当成了反面教材:“你看看,我就是很好的例子。”

“好,我知道了,谢谢祝大爷的教导。”

春暖想自家想要下重肥也没有啊,村里好些人家都喂有家禽,鸡圈兔笼子里都垫着灰,这些家禽拉的和灰混着就是肥。再有,他们也养了猪,猪可是太能产肥了。

自家养十二口人都足够了。

养家畜?不配!

祝大爷拿了锄头去将他的田缺口打开,春暖摘了一大把的空心菜回家。

刚进家门,豆粒大的雨就下起来了。

“下大雨了,下大雨了。”

春强春欣连忙将院子里摆放着的两张木凳搬了回来。

“什么时辰了,刚才看着天气感觉还早,怎么突然间就黑了?”老太太抬头看着外面:“暖暖还要回镇上,等会儿让春宁打着火把送一送。”

“祖母,现在才申时,下大雨了天就黑了,等雨停了天还会再亮的。”

“下这么大的雨,什么时候才能停?”徐氏看着屋檐水都直了:“这雨下得……”

“哎呀,雨下到这儿来了。”春安爬上了凳子在桌子上用水蘸着写字呢,突然间看到桌上有雨水滴落下来,抬头一看:“阿姐,雨下到我们家里来了。”

春安不解的抬头盯着屋顶大喊大叫:“屋里怎么会下雨?”,
漏雨了,这熊孩子还觉得新奇。

也是,在京城的时候,何曾见过这样的场景!
那时候肖府屋顶的瓦是厚厚的一层又一层,自然是淋不到雨的。

“把桌子搬开,拿一个木桶来接水。”

这屋顶茅草都太陈旧了,就怕这种下雨天。

“春宁,再检查一下,看看其他地方漏不漏,特别是床上那些地方。”

“祖母的床上在漏水,都打湿了好大一块地方。”春燕惊呼:“怎么办?”

能怎么办?
屋子窄,想挪床都挪不动,只好上木盆。

然后,陆陆续续的,又找出十三个漏雨的地方,家里的木桶木盆陶钵甚至大碗都用上了。

“叮当……”看着屋顶的雨水滴落在木桶里,声音好听,但是春暖一点儿喜悦的心情都没有。

她担心的事还是发生了。

“祖母,搬到镇上去住吧。”春暖再次劝说:“不管别人怎么说,我们的日子总要过。哪有千日防贼的道理啊?”

“我怕变化太大,入了他们的眼,到时候处处对我们设防,导致我们寸步难行。”

老太太的顾忌是对的,现在最要防的就是肖氏大族。

曾经一百多年前是一家人,结果现在连陌生人都不如。

最关键的是,肖氏大族所有的一切都是托老太爷和老爷的福才有的,翻脸比翻书还快,就想不通付出喂了狗。

“没关系,对外就说是京城长姐那边捎了银两过来。”春暖道:“孙女和张老爷这边的合作稳定了些,搬到镇上住也不会有问题了。”

“那等这场雨后就搬吧。”老太太看着到处都是木桶木盆陶钵和碗第一次动摇了。

正说着,突然看到一个小小的人影儿从雨幕中冲了进来。

“春暖姐姐,春暖姐姐,快救救我娘。”罗小刚浑身湿透了,嘴唇直哆嗦:“我娘被竹子砸了,头上流了好多好多的血……”

“啊?”春暖大惊:“怎么不送到镇上药坊里去找大夫?”

“我爹不在家,我们抬不动,春暖姐姐,春宁哥哥说你很厉害,你一定可以救我娘的,对不对?”

“我先去看看。”春暖就要往外冲,徐氏一把将她拉住,往她身上拴了一件蓑衣:“这是以前的佃户留下的,脏是脏了点,胜在能遮雨。你去看看可以,可千万别逞强。”

“嗯,娘,我知道的。”

春暖戴了斗笠披了蓑衣跟着罗小刚冲进了雨幕中。

路上边跑边问情况,果然,罗婶子在吹大风的时候在竹林里找鸡,不出意外的出了意外:被几根竹子砸下来砸中了,有一根竹枝是断了的,直接戳中了她耳门。

“流了好多好多的血。”罗小刚道:“我用了干丝瓜粉给她洒上也没止住血,春暖姐姐,我娘会不会死啊?”

(本章完)

The Daily Life of a Down-and-Out Pharmacist Supporting Her Family

The Daily Life of a Down-and-Out Pharmacist Supporting Her Family

落魄药女养家日常
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The renowned imperial physician, Doctor Xiao, was embroiled in a case of false pregnancy involving a concubine and was executed. Men over the age of twelve were exiled, while the female relatives and young children were granted the benevolence of the Empress Dowager and returned to their ancestral home in Shu. Unexpectedly, the relatives who had been protected by Doctor Xiao turned away a group of women and children, occupying their ancestral property and expelling them from the family. A group of pampered women and children, having nothing to depend on, found Xiao Chunuan, who loved reading and grinding medicine, to be the pillar of the family. She taught her family to wash clothes and cook to survive; she taught her younger sisters to forage for wild vegetables and prepare medicinal herbs; she taught her younger brother to learn business and practice martial arts to strengthen his body, while ensuring that they studied literature and literacy despite three generations not being able to take the imperial exam; she worked hard to earn money and also wanted to help their exiled relatives; her grandmother arranged a marriage for Chunuan, only for the clan leader's daughter to come knocking and cause trouble. Good people are often bullied, and those who are kind are taken advantage of. Old grudges and new enmities are all accounted for. Xiao Chunuan was never one to go easy on others; she was ready to engage in both literary and martial contests!

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