Song Dingxiang [Completed]

C18. Little Uncle.

Chapter 18

Sixth Granduncle is only in his early forties this year, and Sixth Grandaunt is also only forty. They have five children in their family.

The eldest is a son who is already married and has a grandson and a granddaughter. The second and third are daughters, with the second already married and the third, who is only sixteen and getting ready to be married.

It is said that she will be marrying the son of the owner of the big cart shop in town in the spring.

The remaining two are twins, a boy and a girl, who are eight years old this year. They were born to Sixth Grandaunt at an older age and almost cost her life.

It took several years to recover, and she is still somewhat weak. Especially in the winter, she can't bear the cold wind.

Sixth Granduncle used to be a peddler when he was young, working for over thirty years. However, neither of his two sons inherited the peddler job.

Instead, the second son of Fifth Grandaunt family took over in the end.

In addition to their own land, Sixth Granduncle's family also has several acres of fruit trees and mountain land. Initially, they had more, but due to hard times and not making enough money, they almost couldn't pay off the debt to buy the fruit trees and mountain land.

In the end, Song Dingxiang's grandfather helped out by buying half of their land, easing Sixth granduncle's worries.

Because of this, Sixth Granduncle has a special bond with his fourth brother. Even when taking care of the fruit trees, he prefers to do it all by himself and not let his fourth brother intervene.

However, most of the fruit trees in the north are things like pears, hawthorns, sour apples, persimmons, and peaches. These fruits are not easy to store, and if not sold in season, they have to be dried to sell.

Moreover, if not handled properly, the prices can be high, making many households not interested. Some feel that planting grain is better as it ensures food during times of disaster.

But Sixth Granduncle doesn't believe in superstitions. He focuses on taking care of the fruit trees and even bought new peach and pomegranate trees a few years ago, earning a good amount of money this autumn.

"Dingxiang, come in and eat pomegranates! Hey Zhouzi, you've grown stronger just by looking at you, not bad, not bad!" Sixth Granduncle Song Xingzhi was born with a loud voice, and he always greeted people with a smile, no wonder he did well as a peddler back then.

Sixth Grandaunt sat on the warm kang bed, with a quilt covering her legs. She was very beautiful, it was said that she had fled from another place in the past.

At that time, Sixth Granduncle was still young, the only one in the family who hadn't been divided yet, he saw the mud-covered and weak Sixth Granduncle and told his parents about her somehow.

Sixth Granduncle bought Sixth Grandaunt from her parents with a sack of sweet potatoes, and after raising her for three years, he married her. They lived a very harmonious life together.

Sixth Grandaunt was very skilled in embroidery, and many young girls in the Song family learned embroidery from her. She was not only good at embroidery but also knew how to weave cloth.

In the past, she would spin flax or hemp into cloth to sell in the town, which was a major source of income for the family.

Later, because of her health, she stopped weaving cloth, and now the weaving machine was being used by her daughter-in-law, who would buy some cotton and weave cloth for their own clothing and bedding needs. Although it saved a lot of money every year, it was still quite tiring.