Reborn peasant female scholar

Chapter 66

The next morning, when the sky was still dim, Xu You woke up.

When he got up, he put on his coat and looked at Tang Meng's sleeping posture.Tang Meng and Li Lin were sleeping back to back. She was lying on her side, her hands were placed in front of the pillow, her face was buried in her arms, only one side of her face was exposed, and her long black hair was scattered on the pillow.Like an obedient kitten, not quite like her usual personality.

After Xu You put on her coat, she suddenly realized that she was staring at a girl's sleeping posture. Feeling so wretched, she hurriedly packed her bed and went downstairs.

Tang Meng seemed to hear something in a daze, but she just turned over and went back to sleep.Li Lin was in a deep sleep and heard nothing.

When the two of them awoke, it was broad daylight.Li Lin sat up to get dressed, and found that there was no one on the ground, and said, "What about Xu Youren, he got up early enough, so he won't be hanging out with your mother again, right?"

Tang Meng stretched her waist and said with a smile: "You really think he likes to hear my mother talk about those trivial things. I guess he went downstairs to recite English."

When the two of them came downstairs, they didn't see Xu You.When she came to the back kitchen, Mama Tang had already cooked porridge and was frying pickles and making side dishes.

Tang Meng took a toothbrush, squeezed toothpaste on it, and asked, "Mom, have you seen Xu You?"

Mother Tang shoveled the pot back and forth with a shovel, and said, "Xu You is a hard worker. I just got up and saw him sitting and reading under the tree in front of the door with an English book. He saw your father carrying a The threshing bucket was going to thresh, so I went with him, and said that I would come back with your father for breakfast after eight o'clock."

Tang Meng opened her mouth wide, "How could he know how to thresh grain? It's a laborious job that only adults can do."

Tang's mother said: "I told him not to go, and said that he would go to cut the rice after breakfast, but he insisted on going, saying that he was idle. I said he was only 16 years old and he was not strong enough, so he just Said to help behind your dad, and handed a bag of rice to your dad, lest your dad run around alone. This child is much more diligent and sensible than your brother. "

Li Lin had already brushed her teeth, walked in and whispered, "He couldn't be courting him, could he?"

Mother Tang didn't understand what Li Lin said, Tang Meng had already pulled Li Lin out.

The morning meal was ready, Tang Meng and Li Lin helped Mama Tang greet the guests and arrange the porridge and dishes.The guests went out to play after eating, and it was already 08:30.

Mother Tang looked around the door for a while, and saw Father Tang walking ahead carrying a load of millet, and Xu You sitting on the back of the ox and following behind.

Seeing Xu You riding a cow, Li Lin was so rare that she ran over there with a smile, "Xu You, let me ride too."

Tang Meng followed behind and pulled her, saying: "You are wearing a big red coat and running in front of the bull, you are not afraid that it will hit you, my family is a big bull, and has a stubborn temper."

When Li Lin heard this, she ran back in fright.

Xu You smiled when she saw it, and jumped off the back of the cow. Mama Tang went over and took the rope from the cow, and was about to tie it to the cowpen at the back, and said, "You are really tired after coming to our house. , not to mention helping to work in the fields, but also herding cattle."

"Auntie, after I moved all the rice to my uncle, he stopped letting me work. It was boring to do it, so I thought about herding the cow. In fact, I just watched it eat and then led it. Go drink water, you won't be tired at all after herding cattle."

Mother Tang said to Tang Meng: "Look, how hardworking your classmate is, he got up early in the morning to study, and followed him to do so much work. You should learn from others at school and study hard. Just as lazy at home."

Tang Meng pouted, "Am I lazy? I don't think I'm lazy."

Xu You also said: "Auntie, Tang Meng is very serious about her studies, and she is not lazy at all."

Li Lin stuck out her tongue and said embarrassedly: "Auntie, Tang Meng is considered diligent, and I am lazy."

"It doesn't matter if you are lazy, you are good-looking, and you will be promising in the future if you look good." Mother Tang smiled and led the cow to the back.

Tang Meng and Li Lin looked at each other, and couldn't help laughing. What kind of theory is Tang Mama talking about? She can be good-looking even if she looks good. Isn't this encouraging Li Lin to be lazy?

After listening to Mama Tang's last words, Xu You felt that she had gained some insight.

After breakfast, Tang Meng took Xu You and Li Lin to cut the rice. Papa Tang took the empty basket to the field in the morning, because the millet there had not been harvested yet.

Tang's mother had to wash the sheets and quilt covers in the guest room and prepare the guests' lunch, but she was afraid that the guests would come back early and would have to keep someone at home to entertain them, so she didn't go.And Tang Meng's aunt couldn't come because she also had to harvest rice at home.

Carrying a pot of water, Tang Meng brought Xu You and Li Lin to a field by the river, about an acre in size.

Li Lin looked at it and exclaimed, "This field is so big!"

"Scared, if you can finish cutting this field in the morning, you will be considered to have completed the task. Cut another eighth field in the afternoon, and we can pack it up and go back to school. In fact, Xu You and I can finish cutting all these, you Just watch from the side, and pour us a glass of water if you have nothing to do." After finishing speaking, Tang Meng rolled up her trouser legs and went to the field.

In fact, there is no water in the field this season, but it is a little soft to step on.

Xu You bent down with a sickle and cut it, and said, "Tang Meng, let's compete and see who can cut the other end first."

(End of this chapter)