After Transmigrating, She Became A Little Widow In A Farming Family

Li Suniang learned from her father-in-law that more than half of the Du family's dozen acres of land were bought by Du Wei. Lao Du was very proud of having Du Wei as his son. Although he only had this one son in his life, compared with other people's troublesome children, his son was much less troublesome.

When Li Suniang learned that the Du family had so much land, she instantly felt like she was holding a golden thigh. At least she didn't have to worry about going hungry in the future.

Although the yield of fields in ancient times was much less than that of modern times, they had more land! If they were put together, wouldn't there be a lot? What's more, the Du family had a lot of land and a small population, and the family's granaries were almost full of grain. Every year when the new grain came in, Lao Du would take out the old grain from the previous year and sell it.

"Dad, when spring comes, let's raise two pigs and some chickens and ducks!" Li Suniang asked Lao Du.

"Well, I was alone at home before, and I didn't have the heart to serve these animals. Now that you are here, you can raise them if you want!" Lao Du nodded and said.

"Your Aunt Cuihua has brooding hens. I'll go ask them for you someday. How many do you plan to raise?"

"... eleven or twelve!" Li Suniang said after thinking for a while. After all, it was her first time raising chicks, and she didn't know what the survival rate would be.

"As for ducks... the eggs they lay are not tasty and have a fishy smell. There are only two or three families in the village who raise them. Next time I'll ask them where they bought the ducklings." Lao Du thought for a while and said.

"Dad, what about the piglets?" Li Suniang asked again. We have chickens and ducks, so why did we miss the piglets?

"The pigs at your Uncle Dachun's house will give birth after the Chinese New Year. I'll go and reserve two for you tomorrow." There was only one sow in the village, Liu Dachun's family. Every year when the sow successfully conceived, if anyone in the village wanted to buy one, they had to make a reservation in advance.

After agreeing on everything, Li Suniang was at peace. Seeing that the weather outside was good, she went back to the house to get needle and thread and took some of Du Wei's clothes that were torn by branches when he went up the mountain to the yard, ready to mend them. When she saw that Lao Du was about to go out, she hurriedly said,

"Dad, do you have any clothes that need mending? Just bring them over so I can mend them together."

Lao Du shook his head, and then he said, "Zihao's mother, I'm going out for a while." In the past, when Du Wei was not at home, he was the only one who went in and out of the house, and he never needed to tell anyone. Now it's different. Although the daughter-in-law doesn't care where he goes, as a family, there must be mutual respect.

"Well, okay, Dad." Li Suniang held the needle in one hand and the thread in the other and was about to thread the needle when she heard what Lao Du said, nodded, and replied.

After Lao Duwent out, Li Suniang remembered that Zihao didn't go with him this time, and she didn't see him in the yard. Suddenly, her heart tightened. Although she knew that he would not be lost, she was still a little worried.

"Zihao." Li Suniang put down the needle she had already threaded, stood up, and prepared to look for him.

"What's the matter, mother?" She saw Xiao Zihao running out from the back of the house, asking. It turned out that the boy was watching the cows in the backyard. When he was watching them, he heard his mother calling him, so he hurried over.

"Nothing, I just didn't see you, so I called you." After seeing the child, Li Suniang felt relieved, then sat down again and picked up the needle that had been threaded and started mending clothes.

"Mom, why do you think this cow has grown so big? Can Wangzai grow so big too?!" Xiao Zihao sat aside, supporting his chin with both hands, asking curiously and a little whimsically.

Li Suniang "..."

Why do children have so many questions to ask? They are often so whimsical that people are speechless. Often they have so many questions that adults can't keep up with their thinking. She really wanted to see how their brain structure was composed.

Li Suniang couldn't help but shudder when she imagined Wangzai growing as big as a cow. To be honest, she didn't dare to raise such a big omnivore, for fear that she would become food if she wasn't careful. Besides, how much would it have to eat to be full?

It's not enough to eat one meal a day. It has to be fed twice a day! The family is not a gold mine. It's too scary. How could her son have such a strange idea?

"It's impossible, their parents are different." Li Suniang immediately dispelled his fantasy.

"Besides, if Wangzai grows as big as a cow, how much would he have to eat? And it's not like a cow that only eats grass. It eats meat. Aren't you afraid that it will swallow you up when it's hungry?" Li Suniang threatened him.

After thinking about it, Xiao Zihao immediately shook his head in fear and replied, "Mom, Wangzai should not grow too big, this is just right."

'Look, you're scared!' Li Suniang looked up at him and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly. Sometimes, children still need to be frightened a little. Otherwise, they will be bold and lawless. Appropriate frightening is good for your health.

"Zihao, why didn't you go out to play with grandpa today?" Li Suniang was a little curious. Usually, the old and the child always go out together. Why didn't Zihao follow him today?

Little Zihao, who was still talking to Li Suniang, was silent at this moment, just lowered his head and silently twisted his fingers.

Li Suniang waited for a while but didn't hear Zihao's answer, so she looked up at Xiao Zihao and asked softly, "What's the matter? Are you too naughty so grandpa scolded you?"

Li Suniang thought that Xiao Zihao was too naughty, so Grandpa Du scolded him with a few words, which made him unhappy.

"I'm not naughty, and Grandpa Du didn't scold me. It's me who always follows Grandpa Du, which makes him have no friends." Xiao Zihao said in a somewhat depressed voice.

"What's the matter? Did someone say something? Tell your mother about it." Li Suniang looked at Xiao Zihao's unhappy look, and after listening to what he said, she knew something was wrong. So she put down the clothes in her hands, pulled Xiao Zihao over to let him lean on her arms, and asked patiently while patting his back.

"They said I am an oil bottle, and that I am eating for free after coming to the Du family with my mother. Grandpa Du even quarreled with them, and I don't want Grandpa Du to quarrel with them." Xiao Zihao leaned on Li Suniang's arms and said sadly.

'It turns out that those who like to say bad things about others behind their backs are not just the patents of gossipy women, but old men are also bored. They are so bored that they want to destroy the peace in other people's families.' Li Suniang cursed secretly in her heart.

However, she will also remember that Lao Du defended Zihao.

"Be good, Zihao, we don't listen to them. They only say bad things. Don't be sad. If you are sad, maybe they will be happy. You should know that they are not members of our family. Why should we be sad about what they say?" Li Suniang comforted him softly. "Besides, how can you be considered a burden? Our Xiao Zihao also helps with the work, right? He helps to clean up the dishes after dinner every day and sleeps with Grandpa at night. Grandpa used to be alone and lonely. Now that Xiao Zihao is with him, Grandpa is happy every day! Besides, you didn't eat for free at the Du family. Didn't your mother ask your Dad to move all the food from our family here, so you eat your own food?"

How much can such a young child eat? The food produced by the few acres of land in the Niu family is definitely enough for him alone. Don't those old men who love to gossip have eyes?

Li Suniang recalled that in the past, Xiao Zihao would often go out to play with the children in the village, but later she didn't see him go out for a long time. She didn't think much about it at the time, but now she thinks that the child might have been squeezed out at that time.

After all, although some women in the village have never done anything bad in their lives, their mentality is not very good, and they often can't stand others being better than their own. Especially those gossipy women who like to talk behind others' backs, what they like to do most is to step on other people's wounds, and their children follow suit.

"Zihao, why don't you go out to play with your friends recently?" Li Suniang asked tentatively. 

Zihao didn't say anything but just buried his little face in Li Suniang's arms silently. After a while, he slowly raised his head, looked at Li Suniang with a grievance in his eyes, and whispered, "They don't want to play with me, and they laugh at me."

Li Suniang hugged him tightly in her arms with great distress. She hated herself for not caring more about the child. Fortunately, it's not too late to find out now.

"If you don't want to, then don't. My Zihao is such a good child, why are you afraid that you won't have friends in the future? You should know that true friends will not laugh at or despise each other, so those who laugh at and despise you are not worthy of being your friend. Mother believes that you are so smart, and you will definitely make friends who really like to be with you in the future."

"Yes, Mother, I will definitely have true friends in the future." After hearing what Li Suniang said, Xiao Zihao suddenly became confident, and he nodded vigorously and said.

Seeing the confident light in the eyes of Xiao Zihao, Li Suniang was relieved. She secretly warned herself that she must pay more attention to the child in the future, especially his psychological aspects, in case the child gets stuck in a dead end in the future, which will be troublesome.@@novelbin@@

"Zihao, since you don't want to go out to play recently, then the Mother will teach you to read, okay? After the New Year, Mother will let your Dad send you to school." Li Suniang discussed with the little Zihao.

Before Du Wei went out, he went to the town once. Li Suniang asked him to bring back an enlightenment book. She flipped through it and found that she knew most of it. She originally thought that she would teach Xiao Zihao after a while when the weather was colder, but now that something like this happened, she decided to teach him, so that the child would not have nothing to do and think about other things.

So when Lao Du came back, he saw Xiao Zihao holding a thin wooden stick and writing on the ground while muttering something. Looking at Zihao's mother, she saw that she was mending clothes with a smile on her face, and she would occasionally look at Xiao Zihao, who was writing on the ground. There was also a book on the table next to her.

When he saw the book, Lao Du's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said excitedly, "Zihao's mother, you... you can read?"

"Dad, you're back!" Li Suniang turned around and looked at Lao Du and said.

"You... can read." Lao Du pointed to the book on the table next to Li Suniang with some excitement and asked again.

"...... Yeah. I know almost all of them." Li Suniang looked at the book and then looked at Lao Du and nodded.

"Good, good, good." Lao Du said three good words in a row, and Li Suniang was more and more satisfied.

After all, she is his son's wife. Although he got married a little late, the wife he married was better than any other woman in the village. Lao Du was secretly proud in his heart.