Fragrant spring

Fragrant Spring - 146 Lazy Man

Lin Hua only felt a lightness in his hand, and opened his eyes, only an empty branch was left in his hand.Looking at Qiaoying beside her, she was turning to one side, eating the glutinous rice cake he made with relish.Everyone else was secretly laughing, but Lin Hua understood, and asked, "Where's my glutinous rice cake?"

Qiaoying picked up the glutinous rice cake that Liping fell into the fire ash just now, and patted it in Lin Hua's hand, "Hey, this one."

Lin Hua glared at her and said, "You ate one, and there are two left?"

Qiaoying smiled and said, "I'll eat one, your sister has one, and you have one in your hand. How many more do you want?"

"This is not mine." Lin Hua looked at the glutinous rice cake in his hand and said with disgust.

Lin Fen said from the side: "You can eat as much as you can, and you don't like eating what you have."

Everyone was amused by Qiaoying's mischievous appearance just now, and made fun of Lin Hua one after another.

It's just that Liping was a little embarrassed, she returned Lin Hua's glutinous rice cakes to Lin Hua, and said in a low voice, "This is yours."

Just as Lin Hua was about to say something, Qiaoying gave Liping another glutinous rice cake, and said: "It's all given to women, and I want to get it back again. Don't be ashamed."

Lin Hua swallowed and said, "Whoever wants it, you stole it from me. If you want to eat it, I can cook it for you."

"That's what you said yourself, you can burn it for us now, we've had enough and you're eating." Qiaoying prodded him haha.

The glutinous rice cake returned to Liping's hands again, she was a little embarrassed, neither ate nor returned it to Lin Hua.

Lin Hua saw Liping's embarrassment, and at the same time was afraid that if Liping returned the glutinous rice cakes to him, he would lose face completely.So he took a bite of the ashesy glutinous rice cake in his hand, and said to Liping, "You can eat it, I'll just eat this."

Liping didn't say anything, and started to eat the glutinous rice cake silently.

After a day's work, Liping's hands were covered with blisters, and she was extremely tired.When work was over at night, everyone else was carrying a firewood home, but she didn't even want to carry a hoe.

Lin Hua didn't carry firewood either, everyone scolded him for being lazy, Lin Fen scolded him even more, saying: "Parents carry it when they are so old, but you are so young but don't carry it, is it reasonable?"

Lin Hua was not angry either, he said with a playful smile, "What do you know, the journey is so long, I am not as stupid as you, I will carry it back here."

Qiaoying loves to talk back to Lin Hua the most. Before Lin Fen can say Lin Hua, she asks: "If you don't carry it here, where are you carrying it? When you get home, go to someone else's firewood pile to carry it?"

Lin Hua retorted, "Don't think of me as such a bad person, I never do this kind of theft."

Lin Fen said: "Then where are you going to carry it?"

Seeing that everyone was scolding him, Lin Hua would not let him go unless he made it clear, so he could only say, "I'll go back to the back mountain and cut down a tree, can't I?"

Lin Hua's words made everyone dumbfounded. The firewood here was sorted out by Chen Ming's family when they cut the forest. After refining the mountain and being exposed to the sun and wind for such a long time, it has already dried up. You only need to choose one and carry it back. That's it.But Lin Hua said that he only cut down a fresh tree when he returned to the mountain behind the house. This is something no one has done in Muwa Village since it was inhabited.There is plenty of firewood in the mountains, isn't it a big joke to carry a piece of firewood back home?Although raw firewood can also be dried at home, Lin Hua's actions proved that he is not just lazy.

Qiaoying laughed so hard that tears flowed, she said: "I finally know what it means to be too lazy at home, you are too lazy to go to the back of the house."

Neither did Lin Fen scold, nor did she laugh.She said: "You slacker, I can't let you go back in vain, and help Liping carry the hoe."

Everyone's hoes are hidden on the mountain, because they will come to help Chen Ming dig tomorrow, so there is no need to bring them back.Liping was so exhausted that she didn't dare to come tomorrow because she had to carry her hoe back.In order not to be scolded anymore, Lin Hua readily agreed.And Liping was so tired, she wished someone would carry her back, so why did she care so much.

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Soon, more than a month passed.Muwa Village is like a child who has woken up, showing vitality everywhere.The peach blossoms are blooming, the bamboo shoots are coming out, and the grass on the roadside is sprouting.The big banyan tree at the head of the village secretly changed into a new pink and pink dress at some point.The water of the small river flowing through the village also quietly rose.Spring, she came quietly.

In the field, someone has already started to plow the seedling field, ready to sow the seedlings.From time to time, there were the yelling of the cattle and the yelling and cursing of the cattle drivers.Lin Hua was also holding on to the leading rope with one hand and the wooden plow with the other.In previous years, he didn't use it to plow the fields. This year, his father's foot was scratched by a broken glass a few days ago, so he couldn't get out of the field.There was no waiting for anyone at this time, Lin Hua was forced to help plow the fields.Lin Hua hadn't plowed the field yet, so the old father was worried, so he came along with a limp.Fortunately, Uncle Haishan came to teach Lin Hua for a while, and Lin Hua has gradually mastered the operation of the ox and the plow.Although the plow was crooked, one deep and one shallow, but my father didn't say much about him. After all, it will be handed over to him in the future, so let him learn first.Although plowing the field may seem as simple as walking behind the cow's butt, in fact there is a lot of knowledge in it.First of all, let the cow walk in a straight line. If you tighten the rein a little, the cow will lean to the left.When the rope slaps the cow's body, it will go to the right again, so you must grasp a certain degree, not loose or tight.The same is true for this plow. When holding the plow, lift your hand up a little, and the plowshare will sink into the soil. The soil is so deep that the ox cannot pull it.Press down a little with your hand, and the plowshare will float out of the soil.Cows can also bully people. If you don’t have this prestige, it will be lazy or go crazy, so when plowing the field, you must constantly scold it and whip it from time to time.

After finally plowing a field, Lin Hua untied the cow and handed it to his father to graze.He went to the river by himself to wash his face covered in mud from being thrown by the ox tail.He hasn't eaten breakfast yet. The cattle have to do early work. The field will be plowed in the morning. After ten o'clock, the cattle will have to eat grass for a few hours, and in the afternoon they will harrow the plowed field for a few hours. be considered complete.

Lin Hua washed his hands and feet, sat on the side of the road smoking and waited for his mother to bring food to the father and son.After sitting for a while, seeing Chen Ming and his wife and Qiaoying approaching with hoes on their shoulders, Lin Hua hurriedly called out, "Master, what are you going to do? Come take a smoke and rest first." He pulled the cigarette out of half of the cigarette case , stretched out his hand and waited for Chen Ming to come over.Lin Hua would sometimes call Chen Ming his master. Although it was a bit of a joke, Chen Ming was indeed his master.

Chen Ming was so kind, he had no choice but to come over to take the cigarettes, put down the hoe, and sit on the handle of the hoe.As soon as Chen Ming sat down firmly, Lin Hua lit the lighter with a "knock", and covered Chen Ming's cigarette with his hands against the wind.The lighter is an old-fashioned lighter, the kind with kerosene and flint.

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