Abandoned Wife Headed Home: Bringing Fubao to Farming

Chapter 38 She Eats and Drinks

The problem of rice grains has been solved, and the next problem facing everyone is the replanting of rice seedlings.

Luanchang Mansion is to the south of the territory of the Great Wei State, and the common people sow two crops of rice a year.

The batch of early rice sown in March could have been harvested at the end of June. Unexpectedly, it caught up with the flood, and there was no harvest.

Now everyone is counting on the second crop of rice.

Now it's mid-June, and it's the end of the planting. Huosheng and Laiwang were in a hurry, so they went to the village on the east of Xuelong Mountain that was not flooded because of the high terrain. Borrow (sell) rice seeds.

Before they left, they ordered the women in the family to pick up the dirty things in the field, and when the rice seeds came back, they had to sow and plow the field.

Shen Ying'er was grateful for Huan Huosheng's kindness in helping her renovate the roof, and brought Xiao Fubao to Ximei's field to help Ximei tidy up together.

Ximei brought a big bamboo basket made of bamboo strips, and the two of them picked up all the broken copper, rotten iron, rubble and gravel that had been washed up from the upstream after the flood and stranded in the field into the big bamboo basket, and then poured it into the big bamboo basket. Go down the dam.

After going back and forth several times throughout the day, both of them were panting and sweating profusely.

Ximei greeted Shen Ying'er with the tea she brought out: "Fourth sibling, sit down and have a rest and drink some tea."

Shen Yinger nodded, and the two came to the edge of the field.

The field ridge was covered with grass and wild flowers, and two red clay tea bowls with gaps were placed side by side on the field ridge, and a small flying insect fell into one of them.

Ximei picked up the teacup that had lost flying insects, blew off the insects on it, raised her head and drank it happily.

Shen Ying'er wanted to remind Ximei to throw it out and change a new bowl, but she didn't have time.

After thinking about it, the farmers work outside all year round, the conditions are simple, and they don't care so much.

Furthermore, the small flying insect itself is non-toxic, and drinking it after blowing it off will not affect the body.

But Shen Ying'er herself would not do that.

She picked up another bowl of tea beside her and looked around for the little figure.

I saw Xiao Fubao squatting by the side of a field not far away, holding a branch in his hand, and he didn't know what he was doing.

Holding the tea in her hand, Shen Ying'er went straight over, fed him a few sips of tea, then raised her sleeves to wipe the sweat off his little head.

"Is it hot? If it's hot, go over there and stay under the shade of the tree?" Shen Ying'er asked him softly.

Xiao Fubao didn't raise his head: "It's not hot at all, I'm digging for treasure!"

Shen Ying'er followed his busy little hands covered in mud, and there was a slight bulge of soil where he was squatting under his feet.

She pursed her lips and smiled silently, what a silly child, what treasures can there be in this field!
However, adults can't understand the child's happiness, as long as he is happy.

Shen Yinger returned to Ximei, and the two sat on the ridge of the field drinking tea.

Ximei looked at the several acres of land in front of her, her eyes filled with distress and anticipation for a new life.

She said: "I am now dreaming that the seedlings can be planted soon. The feeling of being empty in the granary is too uncomfortable."

Shen Ying'er pursed her lips and smiled: "Brother Huo Sheng and the others have already gone to plant rice seeds, soon..."

"Oh, this trip has given me a lot of trouble, and this is finally back!"

A familiar voice came from the river.

Ximei and Shen Yinger heard the prestige and looked over, and saw a family of four coming over the simple wooden bridge over the river.

Zhou Songxia walked ahead with a child in one hand, Xiao Chengcai followed behind as a porter, with a bundle on his shoulder, a basket in his hand, and a twine bag under his other arm.

The twine bags were bulging, and looked like grain at first glance, weighing at least a dozen catties.

Ximei and Shen Yinger looked at each other.

"Your second sister-in-law is lucky, she has good relatives, she eats and takes food." Ximei said to Shen Ying'er in a low voice.

Shen Ying'er smiled faintly, and was not interested in responding to topics related to the old Xiao's family. She just said, "Sister-in-law, I'm done resting, and I'm going to work first."

After confessing, she got up and went to the field to get busy again.

There were busy figures in the nearby fields, but Zhou Songxia kept her eyes on Shen Ying'er.

"Tsk tsk, some people are just thick-skinned. If the water is refunded, it's up to them not to leave. Wouldn't it be great to pretend to help with some work? Can you continue to cheat food and drink?"

Shen Yinger's back stiffened slightly.

Is it interesting to be quick with your tongue every time?

Shen Yinger didn't want to talk to Zhou Songxia.

However, Ximei couldn't listen to it anymore, and helped to reply:
"Zhou Songxia, you don't know anything, just yelling nonsense, our Yinger is here to help, she has rice and food, so there is no need to rub against my house."

"Ha, didn't you come here to help you work for the sake of rubbing your rice? Ximei, you are such an idiot!"

"Yes, I'm stupid, but you, Zhou Songxia, are the ones who are smart. You took a big family out to play in the autumn wind, and when you came back, you still screamed hard. You have an embarrassing face!"

The quarrel between the two women here immediately attracted the attention of other villagers working in the nearby fields.Everyone pointed and whispered.

Zhou Songxia was very upset when she heard the words 'beating the autumn wind'. She threw her hands away and left the two children behind.

"Ximei, who do you think beats the autumn wind? I'm visiting relatives, okay?"

"My aunt insisted on giving me those grains, so I can't even ask for it!"

"All of you can't afford food, can't borrow rice, and have no real relatives to take care of you. You can only rely on digging wild vegetables in the fields to fill your stomach. When you see that I have food, you are jealous and speak sour words. It's natural. Poor, deserve to be hungry!"

Ximei and Shen Ying'er looked at each other, and both of them were startled.

They are obviously cleaning up foreign objects in the field, okay, what kind of eyes are Zhou Songxia looking at?

As for jealousy, that's even more impossible.

Yesterday, Shuisheng came back with a message, saying that the food from Chuyunjian would be here today, and he asked the family to keep someone.

Seeing Ximei and Shen Yinger in a daze, Zhou Songxia decided that her words hit their hearts, leaving them speechless.

Now, she became more and more complacent, and was about to say a few more words when there was another voice behind her:
"Excuse me, excuse me, let all troubles go to the side, don't get in the way!"

Zhou Songxia's gaze followed the crowd to the wooden bridge behind them.

There were two mule carts parked on the other side of the wooden bridge, and several people were moving things down from the mule carts. The young man at the head looked familiar.

Zhou Songxia rubbed her eyes, ah, isn't that the Huosheng family's idle brother Shuisheng?
Shuisheng went onto the bridge with a yell, and behind him were five or six burly men, each of whom carried a big bulging bag on their shoulders.

Like food?
The eyes of the villagers who were watching the bustle were also straightened. Everyone stopped their work and asked whose family's food it was, and why it was so generous!

Xiao Chengcai, who was standing at the bridgehead, was frightened by the momentum of the food delivery team, so he hurriedly carried the ten catties bag of grain under his arm, and stepped aside with the two children.

But Zhou Songxia had a bad premonition in her heart.

(End of this chapter)