My village can't be like this

Chapter 699 Leech’s Preference

"Haha, Old Chen, you are such a grown man, how could you be so scared by a tiny leech?"

Seeing Chen Ze’s pale face, the fat man walking behind him felt somewhat gloating.

"Oh, you're too happy too early. Look at what's on your ankle."

Seeing the fat man laughing at him, Chen Ze discovered that this guy was also stuck by a leech, and he immediately retaliated.

"Oh, I don't believe it. This little trick can't fool me."

The fat man shook his head and looked away, thinking that Chen Ze was lying to him and would not fall for it at all.

"Humph, you can watch it if you want, it's not like you're sucking my blood anyway."

Seeing the fat man's look of disbelief, Chen Ze immediately shrugged and said nonchalantly.

It is said that some people cannot be led and even move backwards when beaten. When the fat man saw him like this, he immediately became suspicious.

So I couldn't help but turn my head back and look at my calves.

I looked at my left leg and found nothing. I felt much calmer and then looked to the other side.

"Ah, when did it crawl onto my legs? There are so many of them."

Just when the fat man was about to "cut" Chen Ze a few times, he suddenly found three leeches stuck on his right calf.

Although it was not as big as the one on Chen Ze's leg just now, it was indeed sucking his blood, and he had never had this experience before. His eyes immediately widened like bells.

Moreover, in his opinion, the smaller the leech is, the scarier it is. A large leech cannot penetrate into human flesh, but this very tiny leech may not be able to penetrate into human blood vessels in a short while. That would be really scary.

"Zhang An, give me a pat too."

Thinking of this, the fat man said to Zhang An in horror.

"Just take the photo yourself. Just tilt your palm and slap it down, and it will all be captured."

Looking at the fat man's exaggerated look, Zhang An didn't know whether to laugh or cry. If he wasn't so familiar with the fat man, he would have thought he was acting when he saw this.

"I don't dare to do it, can you help me take the picture?"

The fat man could hardly bear the sight of the leech wriggling, so he couldn't bring himself to eat it.

"Alright, alright, it's just a tiny leech. Look how scared you are."

Seeing his second brother being frightened by a leech, Lu Cheng glared at him with a look of disappointment.

"Don't just stand there and talk without any pain in your back. Let it bite you and see."

After hearing his boss's sarcastic remarks, the fat boy couldn't help but roll his eyes. It was obvious that they must have fought often when they were young.

"What's the big deal? I encountered this before when I was sent to the countryside to work in the fields."

Lu Cheng was unlucky as he happened to be in the last few years of going to the countryside to work as a production team member.

Relatively speaking, the fat man is lucky. When it is almost his turn, he doesn't have to go anymore.

However, according to their family's situation, even if they were sent down, they could use their connections to find a good place.

So although I experienced some things, I didn't suffer much.

Seeing that the fat man still didn't make a move, Lu Cheng walked towards him, stretched out his hand and slapped the bow leg.

The next moment, the fat man's scream rang out in the field: "Ouch, why are you using so much force? Can't you be gentler?"

Maybe it was because he was not very skilled, he used too much force with his hands and beat the fat guy badly.

Not only that, it would have been painful, but the key point was that only one of the three leeches on the fat man's leg was pulled off, and two were still stuck.

"What are you yelling about? How can you knock it off without using more force? You are not a child anymore. You can't even bear this little pain."

Lu Cheng glared at the fat man again, and of course he would not admit that he had acted inappropriately.

"I didn't hit you on the leg, so of course you don't feel any pain. Zhang An didn't use much force when he hit you just now. I won't look for you anymore. I'll go look for Zhang An."

The fat man looked at the swollen slap mark on his plump white calf and said pitifully.

No matter what, he refused to let Lu Cheng take any action and walked towards Zhang An.

Zhang An was so amused when he saw the two brothers acting so funny, and the others felt the same.

But he didn't hesitate. He immediately slapped the leech off the fat man's leg into the water, then picked it up with one hand and threw it out of the field.

When they arrived at the next field to plow, because of the experience just now, the fat man would look back at his legs every time after planting the seedlings, for fear that he would be bitten by leeches if he was not careful.

On the contrary, Chen Ze, who was bitten by the big one a few times, didn't care at all. He looked like nothing happened. Probably because he had been bitten by the big one before, he thought the small one should be no big deal.

"Okay, let's take a break first, come back and eat first, then continue planting."

When the second field was just half planted, Wang Fang called out to everyone to eat at the gate of the yard.

"There's only half of the field left, why don't you finish planting first?"

Seeing the remaining half of the field behind them, Zhang Chunyan and several other women gave suggestions.

They have been farming for so many years, so it doesn't matter whether they eat the meal earlier or later.

Moreover, the field is not very big, and the speed of planting the large seedlings is faster than other work. A row can be planted in one go, and it doesn't take much time to plant this half of the field.

"No need, sister-in-law. Let's put it aside and eat. There's not much left. We can definitely finish it in the afternoon. There's no need to rush now."

Zhang An thought it was unnecessary. After all, the emperor didn't need hungry soldiers. It was just a few acres of land, and there were so many people involved. There was no need to rush them around in such a short time.

"Hey, brother, wait a minute."

As soon as he left the field, the fat man glanced at his eldest brother, then chased after him and said.

"what happened?"

Lu Cheng, who was about to follow everyone to wash their feet in the river, turned around and asked in doubt when he heard his second brother's words.

"You were bitten by a leech. I'll take a picture of it for you."

The fat man pointed at Lu Cheng’s calf and said.

Lu Cheng looked down and found that he had been bitten by a leech as well.

But before he could do anything himself, the fat man took the lead and slapped him on the calf, causing him to gasp.

"Fuck, this is naked revenge."

Lu Cheng gritted his teeth, and it took him a while to relax. It was enough to see how hard his second son had tried.

"You're talking nonsense. I didn't do that. How could I have taken the photo without using some strength?"

Facing his eldest brother's questioning, the fat man immediately shook his head, showing a very innocent expression, saying that this was not revenge, but just wanted to take a picture of the leech for his eldest brother. Hearing what the fat man said, Lu Cheng didn't know that the second brother was just taking naked revenge, and then used his own words to block his mouth.

However, when he saw his second child jumping and running to the front, it reminded him of the times when they were young and often played with each other.

Before they knew it, the two brothers were already in their thirties and were approaching their forties.

Thinking of this, Lu Cheng couldn't help but reveal a nostalgic look on his face.

"I remember that there weren't so many leeches in our fields in previous years. Why are there so many this year?"

Seeing Chen Ze and others being attacked by leeches one after another, Zhang An always felt that something was wrong. If there were really so many leeches, why didn't he and his people encounter any? But if there were only a few, why did all three of them get hit?

"Maybe the leeches in our fields like city folks like Boss Lu, so they specifically go looking for them. People like us who often go to the fields, they won't even come near us."

When several old ladies in the village heard what Zhang An said, they immediately joined in the fun.

Especially when they saw that the skin on the legs of the three men including Chen Ze was whiter and tenderer than that of the women, they suddenly didn't find it strange anymore.

"Hahaha, what the sisters-in-law said makes sense."

When Zhang An heard what they said, he immediately understood what they meant, leaving Chen Ze and the others confused.

After returning home, Zhang An helped his mother bring out the prepared meals from the kitchen.

Fatty and Chen Ze couldn't sit still, so they came along to help.

As for the old ladies from other villages, they were not idle either. They were helping to hold bowls and serve food to everyone.

In fact, they are one of the few people in the village who help Zhang An's family with work and provide them with meals.

Actually, Wang Fang had originally thought of inviting a few people without providing meals, but when she saw that Lu Cheng and the others insisted on going to the fields with her, she prepared all of them as well.

After all, cooking for four or five people is the same as cooking for seven or eight people, and it won’t take much time.

After dinner, while everyone was still resting, Zhang An carried a large basket and went to the orchard on the back mountain.

"Zhang An, where are you going? Wait a minute, I'll go with you."

Seeing Zhang An running out, the fat man immediately stood up and followed him.

When he shouted, Chen Ze and Lu Cheng also came.

"I'm going to the mountain to pick some cherries and peaches. I'll have something to eat while you guys are planting rice in the afternoon. You guys should take a rest. I can do it by myself."

When Zhang An saw that several people wanted to follow him, he said with a smile.

"Why take a break? Planting rice isn't tiring. Let's go together."

A few people waved their hands nonchalantly and followed Zhang An to the orchard.

But to be honest, transplanting rice seedlings is indeed the easiest job among all farm work.

Although they had to bend over all the time, it was much better than the others. So although Lu Cheng and the other two felt a little sore in their waists, they did not feel too tired.

Of course, because the seedlings they are planting now are large, not the small seedlings that were just grown a month ago, otherwise they would have suffered a lot at the end of the day.

After all, the density and intervals when planting large seedlings are so large that you have to stand up and straighten your back after planting.

If you are planting small seedlings, the density will be so dense that one plant after another. From the moment you enter the field, you have to work hard.

Although you can take a stool and sit in the fields, it is really painful at the end of the day.

Since they all said so, Zhang An didn't say anything else, and they all went into the orchard together.

Zhang An's cherries had basically been picked, and Lu Cheng had asked people to take them all away.

But there are still a few left on the tree that have not yet matured, and they will be just right for the next two days.

The few of them found a cherry tree and climbed up the branches. However, the fat man was too big to climb up, so Zhang An threw the basket to him and asked him to wait under the tree.

In fact, even if he could climb up the tree, Zhang An would persuade him to stay down there, because these cherry trees were not very thick and might not be able to withstand the pressure he would apply.

Although they had just finished their meal, they were still picking cherries and eating them at the same time.

"Don't just think about yourselves, pick some for me quickly. Are you bullying me because I can't climb the tree?"

The fat man saw several people eating in the tree with their mouths full, while he was the only one watching under the tree, and he immediately became anxious.

"Okay, okay, I know you're in a hurry, but don't worry, bring the basket over and take it. I'll put it down."

Zhang An was so amused by the fat man that he quickly called him over and put the cherries he had picked and pocketed into the basket.

I have to say, the last cherry tastes really good.

It tastes fully cooked and juicy, and it also tastes very sweet.

And it’s not the kind of sweetness you get when you eat candy, because it’s not choking.

After picking a basket of cherries, they ran to the peach orchard on the other side.

The peaches in Zhang An's family are not ready to be picked yet, and they need to stay on the trees for a few more days.

However, there are a few that are fully ripe, and you can pick some if you want to eat them yourself.

The tree is full of peaches, so there is no need to climb up the tree. You can just stand on tiptoe and pull down the branches to pick them.

Lu Cheng and the others were no longer as particular as before. They just found an edible peach, picked it, wiped it on their clothes, and put it directly into their mouths.

Others may not know that, as the only buyer of these peaches, he knows these peaches very well. Not only are they delicious, but they are also clean right after being picked. There is no need to wash them. Just wipe them lightly to remove the peach hairs.

"This year's peaches are still as delicious as last year, but they seem to be a little smaller."

After eating half a peach, Lu Cheng suddenly spoke.

"Has it shrunk? How come I didn't notice it? It feels the same as before, still quite big."

"Chen Ze and Fatty didn't think the peaches were smaller. In their opinion, the peaches were about the same size as in previous years.

"Although there aren't many small ones, they are definitely small. You know, in previous years, I personally selected and packed these peaches, so I definitely wouldn't be wrong."

Lu Cheng shook his head and said with great confidence.

"They are smaller than last year, but not much smaller, so it's not easy to see. These peach trees have been planted for several years, and they only bear one fruit during the peak fruit-bearing period. The number and size of the fruits have been affected, but it's okay. After I finish picking them this year, I will fertilize them and they will grow bigger next year."

Zhang An certainly knew that the peaches in his own garden were a little smaller. On the one hand, it was because the peach trees had grown up and required higher fertility than before.

Also, the harvest was good this year, so he didn't come to water the peach trees.

In previous years, he had watered these trees with a lot of space spring water, so it would be strange if the peaches were not big.

But there is no need to worry. We still have more than a thousand kilograms of oil residue at home. When I have some free time after some time, I can use it as a supplement for these fruit trees.

(End of this chapter)