Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 464
By the time the peanuts were picked, the sun had already set, and the family was ready to go back.

Cheng Xinxin was already awake, sitting on the cart and refusing to get off.

Cheng He put the peanuts picked today into snakeskin bags, put them on the cart, put Cheng Xinxin on the top, and said, "If you don't come down, don't come down, just sit and grab it."

He estimated that there would only be a harvest of more than 100 catties, so he just pushed a cart out and pulled it back in one trip. It's not far anyway.

The main reason is that Cheng Xinxin likes to sit here.

The last time I dragged something out and let the little girl sit for a while, but she couldn't bear to sit down. She thought it was more comfortable than their car, so she dragged the scooter out again today.

Anyway, it's not a long way, and Cheng He can pull it.

Sitting on the scooter, Cheng Xinxin sat high and looked far away, feeling so happy.The main reason is that the bag just fits a seat for her, and because she walks slowly, she is not afraid of falling off.

The little girl said triumphantly: "Mom, I'm taller than you, I'm taller than you..."

It feels good to be tall.

Bai Qian followed behind and said, "Xinxin, sit down better, don't fall off."

"Well, I won't fall." Cheng Xinxin said while sitting on it.

She sat high up, looked around, and felt great.

Bai Qian walked behind and saw Cheng He pulling the car, and her daughter dangling in front of her eyes. Not far away was their village, and the smoke had already risen in the village, and soon, the smoke from their house would also rise .

This kind of happiness of working during the day and being self-sufficient filled her heart.

A few months ago, she did not dare to expect such peace and happiness.Sometimes when she wakes up from a dream, she thinks that she is living in a hallucination, which is the hallucination produced by her being unable to move her entire body.

Cheng He was dragging the cart in front, and suddenly felt a light on his back. Looking back, it turned out that Bai Qian was helping him push.

He said: "You don't need your help, you have been sitting for a whole day, doesn't your back hurt?"

Bai Qian had never done this kind of work before, and her back would hurt if she didn't sit properly.

She smiled slightly and said, "It hurts... a little bit, but you are still more tired now, I just exerted a little strength."

Another person came from behind. Cheng Shuangyuan's family applied medicine today, and now he just finished it. He walked quickly with an empty medicine pot on his back. When he saw Cheng He dragging the cart, he extended his hand to help push it.

Cheng Shuangyuan's one hand is stronger than Bai Qian's two, and she walks faster than her. Now she doesn't need to reach out, she just needs to keep herself from falling behind.

As a result, Cheng Xinxin, who was sitting on a high place, saw that she was about to fall behind, so she clapped her hands and said, "Come on, mom, come on, mom!"

When she got home, Bai Qian quickly sat on the bamboo recliner and rested her waist. Cheng He unloaded the peanuts and was ready to make dinner.

In short, today is a tiring day, but I will be able to eat my own peanut oil in the future.

After a simple dinner, except for Cheng Xinxin, the whole family didn't want to move anymore. After taking a bath, they half-lyed on the bamboo recliner to rest, watching the little guy fumble around alive and well.

This guy hardly did anything during the day. He slept all afternoon, and now he is full again. He is very energetic, either doing this or touching that.

And the scooter she had ridden on was also climbing up and down at this time.

The raw peanuts picked today, and half a basket were left outside, she ran over from time to time, touched one, peeled it and ate it.Sometimes there is sand on the shell, if you are not careful when peeling it off, you will eat it in your mouth and spit it out quickly.

The big yellow dog followed her, looked at her wonderingly, and probably wanted to say, such a silly little master, wouldn't there be no sand after washing and eating?The little master is so stupid, what can I do!

At this time, there was still the last light in the sky, and the moon and stars were about to rise, and there were a few dark clouds in the distance.

Cheng He said, "It might rain in two days."

"What's wrong with the rain?" Bai Qian asked.

"It's nothing else, I just hope that our peanuts are dried before planting."

"What if I don't?"

"If you don't do it, there will be mold." Cheng He said.

Bai Qian didn't understand these things, and if it was before, she wouldn't think it was a big deal.But the harvest of these peanuts was due to her hard work, so now it sounds a little scary.

Moldy, those peanuts are probably going to die.

She asked: "Isn't the previous hard work all in vain?"

"That's right. It's okay that we have a small number, and that's what we lost. Some contracted hundreds of acres of land to grow peanuts, rice, and other cash crops, which is not a small amount. I heard someone say the other day, Last year, when we harvested peanuts, it rained continuously for a month, and the peanut and rice crops in many places failed, alas, some people were forced to drink pesticides in desperation.”

Cheng He and Bai Qian chatted casually.

These are things that are often seen in rural areas, but Bai Qian has never experienced them before.The news I saw on the news was far less profound than what I felt personally now.

She said: "That's really lucky. Fortunately, our village doesn't rely entirely on these fields. Even if there are any natural disasters, at least we can eat now."

At least the village can rely on the bamboo weaving industry and tourism industry to support a family.

Then again, more than a year ago, in addition to going out to work, they also depended on the harvest of the land.Since Cheng He came back, their living conditions have slowly changed.

Cheng Xinxin ran around, and when she got bored, she ran over to play with her parents.

Bai Qian hurriedly said: "Xinxin, Dad is tired all day today, let him rest and stop climbing up and down on him, you look like a monkey."

When Cheng Xinxin heard this, she crawled over to her side again, and lay on her lap to imitate a monkey's "squeak".

She said: "Mom, my father and I went to the mountains once and saw monkeys barking like this. Squeak..."

Gently scraping her face, Bai Qian asked with a smile: "Really? When did you see monkeys in the mountains? Why didn't I know?"

"It's...it's...you went there before, and you haven't come back before." Cheng Xinxin replied after thinking.This was a long time ago for her.

Then, she said: "Mom, when we go again in the future, will we take you with us?"

"Okay, then you must remember to take your mother with you." Bai Qian said in her tone, feeling that her words were very funny.

Cheng Xinxin ran over and lay on Cheng He's lap again, and asked, "Father, when are we going to play in the mountains again? Mom said she wanted to see the monkeys."

Cheng He asked her: "When did we see monkeys?"

"Just once... there was a monkey running around in the tree, and later we saw giant pandas, and there was a giant panda that was smaller than Nana..." Cheng Xinxin said with a pouted mouth.

She felt that adults' memory was really bad.

Cheng He remembered the giant pandas. He remembered that after seeing the giant pandas, the little girl wanted to bring them back to raise them.

Later, I went to see those two giant pandas several times.

However, he doesn't remember much about the monkey anymore, maybe it's just a small episode.Unexpectedly, Cheng Xinxin still remembered it.

Therefore, it is still useful to take her around frequently.

With the bursts of laughter in the yard, the last light of the sun was swallowed by the night, the moon rose, the stars began to shine, and the crickets in the distance began to "chirp" loudly.

After the beginning of autumn, it starts to cool down in the morning and evening, and the air is dew in the yard now, which is very cool.

In the yard, the freshly harvested peanuts bring a damp earthy smell, which is what they harvested today.This kind of rest after exhaustion makes them feel that life is very fulfilling.

After that, apart from harvesting rice, there is almost nothing busy.Unlike before, if you still grow cotton or something, you still have to be busy.Before the cotton is harvested, the rice will be harvested, and the weather will be fine.

The breeze was blowing gently, and I don't know how long it took to rest. The whole village became quiet, and the dew outside became more and more heavy. Cheng He gave an order: "Let's go, go in and sleep, it's the beginning of autumn, and the dew is heavy. "

Leaning against him, Bai Qian almost fell asleep, and murmured, "Let's take a rest, I'm so tired today, I don't want to move."

I was really tired during the day, and I was able to persist at first, especially after resting for a while, I felt even more tired and didn't want to move, just like I used to travel and climb mountains, I didn't want to move when I stopped.

Of course, Cheng Xinxin had already fallen asleep on Cheng He's chest.

Cheng He gently picked her up, and urged Bai Qian: "Let's go, go to sleep, the dew is heavy now, be careful of catching a cold, go to sleep, and get up quickly."

Bai Qian stood up in a daze, her eyes were only opened a line, just enough to look at the road, and staggered into the house.

The next day, after breakfast, after the sun rose, Cheng He spread out the peanuts he harvested yesterday to dry.

A large piece of cement land was reserved in the yard at the beginning, where these things can be dried, such as peanuts, rice and so on.

Just after drying, I heard a commotion outside, many people ran in one direction, and I could vaguely hear them saying:
"It's really a giant panda, go and have a look, go and have a look!"

"Yes, my grandfather said there are two, one big and one small, and they are not afraid of people at all."

"The color is brown, the same as what I saw on the news before..."

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