Escape from the desert

Chapter 141 Part-time work and part-time study
The Lin family was divided into two groups. One group was threshing grains in the threshing field, and the other group was burying their heads in the fields to harvest rice. Lin Wenhan looked at this gap and went to the fields to find Jiang Wen.

"What do you do at my aunt's house all day long? You haven't told your aunt about your academy, have you?"

Hearing Lin Wenhan's sneering voice, Jiang Wen didn't lift his head, and continued to pile the rice that Lin Dong and the others had cut on the ridge for easy transportation.

Lin Wenhan was not annoyed either, he was wearing a long gown and holding a folding fan in his hand, while fanning the wind, he said strangely: "Auntie will know sooner or later, then do you think you will stay at the Lin family? Auntie likes it the most. It's a scholar, do you think you still have a chance to go to the academy?"

Jiang Wen froze, turned back stiffly to look at Lin Wenhan, panic flashed in his eyes, and there was no superfluous expression on his face, but he just pretended to be indifferent and said, "The academy just said to let me take a few days off."

"But the academy didn't talk about it for a few days." Lin Wenhan sneered, and his sarcastic tone stimulated Jiang Wen.

A few days ago, he was suddenly put on leave by the academy. The academy didn't give him a reason. The most he insisted was that his grades had slipped too much. He was busy thinking of ways to make money for his little aunt, and he didn't have any intentions during the exam, but now he has adjusted, and he also had a good hunch in the last exam, but he was forced to take a break.

He didn't dare to tell his little aunt about it, let alone tell his family. According to the temperament of Grandma, he was afraid that he would go to the academy to cry and make a scene. You can go to the exam.

"No matter what the academy says, I will never give up the imperial examination. The big deal, I will study at home."

"Oh, it's too much." Looking at Jiang Wen's bunt, his face turned red, and the rough clothes on his body were also hooked a few times. It was a bit shabby and shabby. farmer.

The more Lin Wenhan looked, the more proud he became. He waved the folding fan in his hand and left with a weird laugh. Some villagers on the road greeted him respectfully, with enthusiasm and admiration.

He knew that Jiang Wen was not a weak temperament, he was very tough, so he had to hurry up to study, and he must succeed in this exam in one fell swoop, so when he got home, Lin Wenhan began to study hard again.

Jiang Wen was in a trance for a few seconds. He looked at Lin Nan and Lin Dong, who were cutting rice in the fields with sickles. They were about the same age as him, but they worked in the fields for several years. , with the rice in one hand and the sickle in the other, and bent over, cutting the rice non-stop, even if the waist was exhausted, he couldn't stop, focused and serious, he didn't even notice the conversation between him and Lin Wenhan.

After helping the little aunt's family's autumn harvest, he will find a job in the town, studying and working at the same time. He only has this way, and this is the only way.

"Auntie, I still want to drink water." On the side of the threshing floor, Shangguan Zixuan, who had rested for a while, regained his energy, but he didn't have the energy he had just entered the village, so he sat down on the straw pile.

Jiang Yan was almost exhausted. She was dizzy from the sun, and the dust and grass clippings around her made her not want to talk much, let alone take care of this precious young master.

"Little chubby, or I'll ask the ox cart to take you back, as you can see, the family is very busy, and I really don't have the energy to take care of you." Jiang Yan said.

Shangguan Zixuan looked at the busy and sweaty family. He didn't want to leave yet: "Auntie, I don't want to go back yet, so I will sit here obediently and watch you work."

Jiang Yan: ...

Do you think you're here to oversee the work?

"You follow Xiaodouzi and the others to pick up rice ears." Jiang Yan asked Lin Bei to lead the two to follow Xiaodouzi and the others to pick up rice ears.

The sun gradually went down, and the sunset fell on the horizon, making the entire Linjia Village shrouded in a faint orange color. The threshing field was busier than during the day, and every other place, a family was working hard to thresh the grain.

During the day, everyone is busy cutting rice in the fields. At this time, they will gather here to thresh the grains. The threshed rice should be lifted with a sieve to remove the empty husks and residues, and then they will be bagged and transported. go home.

Jiang Yan, as usual, brought her two daughters-in-law home to cook dinner when the sky was getting dark.

The dinners these days have been very rich, and today is no exception. Jiang Yan also made a pot of sweet soup balls and put them in the well for a while to cool, until the whole family was ready for dinner.

Shangguan Zixuan leaned most of his body on Wang Cai, and Wang Cai's tired legs trembled, so he could only grit his teeth and support his young master to walk into the house.

"hungry……"

The young master looked tired, his clothes were disheveled, his pure white undershirt was already wrinkled, there were black stains everywhere, and the exposed skin was scratched to varying degrees, with red marks one after another. His neat hair was messed up into a chicken coop, and his body was covered in mosquito bites.

"How did you do this?" Jiang Yan looked at his miserable appearance, knowing that he was going to pick up rice ears, but what he didn't know thought he was trampled by that bastard, looking like a ghost after the event.

"Grandma, the fat brother fell by himself. Let's go catch the little grasshopper. He runs around if he can't catch it. He even chases my little chick, and he fell several times in the field." Xiaodouzi carried his own On the small bench, he slowly sat down at the kitchen table, making a serious report, and after finishing speaking, he did not forget to say contemptuously, "He hasn't caught a single grasshopper yet."

Just after he finished speaking, Erbi took out today's harvest, a total of twelve strings, all of which were passed through the back of the grasshopper's neck with dog's tail grass and handed to Wang Jinhua.

"Xiaodouzi is really good, so is Erbi, let's eat first." Jiang Yan rubbed Xiaodouzi's little face, and greeted Shangguan Zixuan to eat when he saw that there was no big deal.

Wang Cai supported the young master, and the two of them stared at a table of dishes eagerly. After a long day of exhaustion, they were already hungry and drooling from the smell of such a delicious meal.

After the young master sat down, he started to eat, but Wang Cai stood aside, looking eagerly but couldn't come.

"Wang Cai, don't you want to eat?" Jiang Yan asked.

Wang Cai is stunned, can I eat it too?He was a little panicked, but he quickly adjusted his expression and said, "I'll be eating when the young master and everyone have finished eating." I hope that there will be some leftovers from everything. The food at Aunt Jiang's house looks delicious.

Jiang Yan frowned. She didn't feel anything in the village, but people in this era are divided into hierarchies. People like Wang Cai should belong to the family slaves. They have been slaves in high houses and courtyards since childhood, and they are used to taking care of them. The host, it is impossible to eat at the table.

"Come and eat together. Our family doesn't have so many etiquette rules. As long as you work, you can eat."

Wang Cai was shocked, and his eyes lingered on everyone. There were many Lin family members. He couldn't remember who was who. He knew that Aunt Jiang was looking at Aunt Jiang with unprecedented eagerness. .

But he is only a servant of the Shangguan family, and he can only listen to the young master. He looked up, and the young master shrank softly on the chair and shouted to him, "Come and eat together, I'll be waiting for you."

Wang Cai's eyes were red, and he sat down.

(End of this chapter)