724 724 Cultivate vegetable field 1
But the Xiao Family had three new hoes, which would come in handy. Su Qingyue had bought them on a trip to town earlier.
Xiao Yuchuan moved closer to Su Qingyue and said, "Wife, let me carry the hoe for you. It's so heavy, I'm afraid it'll crush your delicate shoulders..."
"The hoe is just a piece of iron with a wooden handle attached, I can handle it," she said earnestly, "Don't bother, third brother."
"Alright, if you can't carry it anymore, just say it," he reached out to touch her soft face, "If you can't walk, just say it, and I'll carry both you and the hoe."
She rolled her eyes, "Shut your mouth."
"Use your mouth to seal mine, then it'll close," he pouted and mumbled, "Wife, pucker up!"
She ignored him, looking straight ahead, and continued walking.
Seeing Yuchuan being so unserious, Xiao Yishan coldly scolded, "Third brother!"
Xiao Yuchuan didn't bother to speak, "Second brother, we're not even allowed to talk now, don't you think it's suffocating?" Besides, he wasn't interested in chatting with just anyone, he just wanted to tease his wife.
Entering the yard of their new house, the three couldn't help but feel some emotions while looking at the gray tiles and walls.
They had been busy for two to three months, spending all their money, but they finally finished building their new house.
It takes at most two months for other families in the village to build a house, but their family took almost three months. That was because, firstly, when they bought the foundation, it was wasteland with a small earth slope that needed to be removed. Secondly, the number of rooms they built was almost twice as many as an average household. That they were able to finish within three months was quite impressive, as the workers they hired were very hardworking, and the family didn't skimp on providing them with good meals during the construction process.
"Wife, where do you plan to start the vegetable field?" Xiao Yishan asked.
"The vegetable field can't take up too much space in the yard, as the flat land will be needed for drying grains and herbs later on," she pointed at several places near the courtyard wall, "two vegetable plots in the front yard, and four in the backyard. I've looked at a few spots that are suitable for planting vegetables without affecting the use of the courtyard."
"Wherever my wife says to plant the vegetables, that's where I'll plant them," Xiao Yuchuan smiled radiantly on his handsome face, "Even if you want to plant them on the roof, that's fine."
"Pfft." She waved her hand, "Can you plant vegetables on the roof?"
"What's the difficulty?" he asked, "Find a few basins, or use bamboo slices and wooden blocks to enclose the roof, then pour the soil up with a ladder. It's doable. If we can really grow vegetables there, do you want to give it a try, wife?"
"You're always coming up with harebrained ideas!" she glared at him. Even though she didn't deny it, he wasn't wrong, "Just don't break the new tiles)" Even though they were just ordinary tiles, they still cost money!
"Hehe, I was just saying it casually," he said cheerfully.
With third brother around, it always seemed like any atmosphere could be joyful.
The three started digging in the yard with their hoes. Since they had already planned to grow a vegetable field in the yard earlier, they used the soil from leveling the earth slope on the foundation to build the courtyard wall. The clay bricks used for the house were bought elsewhere.
After building the entire small earth slope, there was still a lot of soil left in the corner.
Of the eight bamboo baskets they had previously, two were old baskets from their house, and six were newly made for transporting sand and stone. The baskets were now piled in the corner.
It was quite hard to dig on the compact ground. Su Qingyue watched as the second brother wielded his hoe with great force, almost submerging the hoe in the soil, then he lifted the hoe handle with a tug, and a chunk of soil was dug up.