Rebirth of the poor elder sister-in-law

Chapter 71

"Stay away from me." Liu Man'er couldn't bear it anymore, she couldn't retreat, she didn't want to be so close to a stove.

"I won't do anything to you." Ye Yuan said, the weather is too hot, he worked too hard during the day, and he was not in the mood at night.

"I know, but it's too hot, you are so hot." Liu Man'er said honestly.

"You didn't think I was hot before." Ye Yuan was a little speechless.

"It was cold at that time." Liu Man'er said with a sneer, "Now it's hot."

"That's not fair. I'll keep you warm in cold weather, and you have to escape the heat in hot weather." As he spoke, he pulled Liu Man'er into his arms.

Liu Man'er felt that she was surrounded by a stove, but she had no choice but to break free. Fortunately, Ye Yuan didn't want to heat her up, so he took out a fan to fan her.

Seeing the cool wind blowing, Liu Man'er didn't bother with him anymore, she curled up in his arms like a kitten, and slowly fell asleep.

The next day, the two of them woke up just before dawn. Although Liu Man'er likes to sleep late, she is not the kind of person who can't tell the difference between the situation. Now it is the busy time of farming, and they went to the field early. It's time to harvest rice today.

One mu of land and a family can still harvest it in one day with more effort, Liu Man'er really wants to get the rice back quickly, so she doesn't have time to wash her face and brush her teeth early in the morning, so she follows Ye Yuan to the field to harvest the rice.

Not only her, but Fang, Ye Feng, Ye He, etc. all rushed away. Only Liu Fusheng was younger, so he was asked to do some cleaning work at home.

Although the water in the field had been drained long ago, the field was still a little wet and soft. When Liu Man'er stepped on the field, she felt that she had stepped on the field and was surrounded by the soft mud.

This feeling is quite strange. Like a child, she stepped on the field with some novelty, and then found a suitable position to start cutting rice.

The rice was cut with a small special scythe, which was very convenient. Although Liu Man'er hadn't done any work before, her speed was quite fast, and she would soon catch up with Ye Yuan.

When the sun rose, the family cut half of the acre of land, Fang went home early to cook, and Liu Man'er and others were still busy in the field.

Around mid-sun, the people in the village all went home one after another, but some people were still busy in the fields, waiting for their family to deliver food. Ye Yuan originally wanted to continue working, but Liu Man'er asked him to go back and rest for a while .

Even if he is made of iron, he will collapse if he does this every day.

Coming up from the field, just as she was about to put down the rolled trousers, Liu Man'er's eyes froze all of a sudden, there was a black and red thing on her leg!
"Ye Yuan, this leech has burrowed into my flesh." Liu Man'er's voice trembled, she was most afraid of this kind of thing, she was even afraid of earthworms, not to mention this kind of blood-sucking leech.

"Sister-in-law, don't be afraid, I'll pull it out for you." The little girl Ye He was not afraid, maybe she had seen it a lot, she stretched out her hand, and was going to help Liu Man'er pull out the leech from her ankle.

"Don't..." Ye Yuan stopped Ye He's movement with a loud voice, he walked over, and patted Liu Man'er's calf lightly, trembling, the leech fell from Liu Man'er's ankle.

"Could some leeches have burrowed into my body?"

Thinking of this, Liu Man'er got goosebumps all over her body. She was embarrassed to cry in front of Ye He and Ye Feng, but her eyes were obviously red, her voice was a little wet, and she was trembling violently.

"No, leeches won't burrow into the human body, don't worry." Ye Yuan walked over, picked the leech onto a stone with a sickle, and said, "These leeches can be used as medicine, and many children still catch them for food." to sell."

In fact, he originally wanted to trample it to death, but he was afraid that Liu Man'er would feel sick, so he could only put it on the stone and let the sun dry it.

"Yes, sister-in-law, don't be afraid." Ye Feng also said aside, "I've caught it before."

"Really?" Liu Man'er was still a little scared when she thought about it, she rolled up her trousers, looked around to make sure there were no leeches covering her, and then put them down again.

But on the way home, the more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she always felt that leeches had already crawled up her legs.

Ye Yuan knew that she was most afraid of this kind of molluscs, so he comforted him repeatedly, "No, they won't enter your body, they will leave after sucking some blood at most, and they won't be able to climb up, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Really?" Liu Man'er was always afraid that some leeches would crawl on her body, and when she thought about it, her scalp tingled.

"Then why don't you go home and I'll give you a full body check." Ye Yuan walked beside Liu Man'er and said in a low voice.

"No." Liu Man'er shook her head violently, "I'll just go home and take a shower."

When they got home, the food was ready, Liu Man'er didn't care about eating, so she went to take a shower first, and then changed her clothes, although Ye Yuan and others said that the leeches would not climb up, so don't worry.But she just has this psychological effect, and she can relax after taking a bath.

When she was eating, she saw Fang's stir-fried meat, she suddenly felt nauseous, ran to the side and started to vomit, Fang asked quickly, "Man'er, what's going on?"

"It's okay." Liu Man'er waved her hand, "Eat first."

She had no appetite in the first place, but when she saw the meat, she suddenly felt that it was the leech that crawled up her ankle today, and she felt nauseated for a while.

"Did you catch the cold because you didn't cover up the quilt at night?" Fang asked with concern.

"No." Liu Man'er waved her hand, "I was stung by a leech this morning, and now I have a shadow in my heart. I see that this meat looks a bit like a leech."

"Sister-in-law, stop talking." Ye He felt a little overwhelmed when he heard Liu Man'er describe it like this.

"Okay, silly boy, don't be afraid. I have been stung by leeches before. They also said they would burrow into people's bodies and breed a lot, which made me worry for a long time." Fang told Liu Man'er while eating. Let’s start with a story circulating in the village: “It is said that there was a quarrel between a couple. The husband grabbed his wife’s hair and tried to beat her. Guess what happened?”

"What's the matter?" Liu Man'er asked with wide eyes.

"This husband tore off his wife's hair all at once!" Fang said seriously, "It turns out that there are leeches under this wife's scalp."

When Liu Man'er heard this, she stroked her hair, feeling a little apprehensive. In fact, she knew that she probably wouldn't, but she was just afraid.

"It is said that there are leeches in this well. When my wife washed her hair, the leeches got in and bred a lot." Ye He also answered.

"Okay, stop talking about scaring me, I really can't help but scare me." Liu Man'er stroked her hair, "This leech was already scalded to death in hot water, don't scare me."

"Yes, it's just a story. Don't be afraid. I've told you that leeches won't enter the human body. Many doctors still use leeches to treat diseases." Ye Yuan knew that Liu Man'er was pretending to be calm. She patted her hand lightly and said, "Eat."

"I won't eat it." Liu Man'er shook her head, she no longer had the courage to eat this piece of meat.

"Okay, Man'er, I'm really just kidding. This is a story made up by those boring people in the village. It's all fake, and Xiao He is not afraid." Fang just suddenly remembered this story. Come.

Liu Man'er still shook her head, "I really don't have an appetite, do you have porridge? I'll just have some porridge."

"How can I do that? You've been drinking porridge for a few days, and you can see that this little face has lost a lot of weight." Fang said, serving Liu Man'er a bowl of rice and putting it in front of her, "Eat some, mother No dear, I shouldn’t tell stories to scare you.”

Fang also saw that she told Liu Man'er the stories about gods and ghosts in the past. Liu Man'er was not afraid at all, and could tell her stories, but she was terrified of telling such things.

"It's not because of the story you told me, mother, I really can't eat it." Liu Man'er shook her head, put the rice in the bowl into Ye Yuan's bowl, left a bottom of the bowl, and counted the rice one by one. .

"Why don't you be home today?" Fang asked tentatively.

"No need." Liu Man'er shook her head, stood up, and drank some water boiled with mint leaves. The cool feeling seemed to soothe her body and soul.

In the morning, I still went to the field with Ye Yuan. Ye Yuan moved out a big bucket, which was surrounded by bamboo mats on three sides, leaving only a hole in the front, which seemed to be called pretending to be a bucket. Liu Man'er wanted to carry it with him, but he didn't want it either, and went to the field alone carrying the bucket.

Next, Liu Man'er and the others continued to harvest rice, while Ye Yuan carried the seedlings and smashed them hard against the edge of the barrel.

The dust of the seedlings was everywhere, and the rice fell into the bucket with a 'sand la la'.

Without a harvester, smashing like this is really hard.

In Liu Man'er's imagination, although there is no need for a mechanical harvester, at least a foot-operated drum threshing machine should be used. It was too hard.

Suddenly, I understood the meaning of "who knows that every piece of Chinese food is hard work", and I also felt that the food that was wasted by myself in the past has become heavy.

"Ye Yuan, cut the rice first, the dust is so heavy, I'll sew a mask for you to prevent the dust from entering your mouth." Liu Man'er stood up and ran home.

Seeing her coming home, Fang felt a little strange. Liu Man'er greeted her without saying anything, and went into the room to find cotton cloth and needlework to sew a mask.

Because she was worried that Ye Yuan would not listen to her, she quickly sewed a simple mask with thin straps, and then ran to the field again.

Sure enough, Ye Yuan didn't listen to her, and continued to smash the rice, but when he saw Liu Man'er running over again, his movements slowed down.

Liu Man'er said, "Why don't you listen to me, didn't you tell you to harvest the rice first? Why do you have to pretend to be grass?"

"I'm worried that I won't be able to finish it later." Ye Yuan replied dryly.

Liu Man'er poured water for him, asked him to rinse his mouth first, and then put the mask on him. Although it was a bit nondescript, it was better than him eating dust.

Although without Ye Yuan's participation, Liu Man'er and the others still cut all the rice in the field in the morning, and then they just need to pretend to be grains.

At the same time, standing in the field, as long as she stopped for a while, Liu Man'er could hear the sound of corn coming from around the field.

Although very tired, but seeing the golden rice falling into the bucket like gold, the villagers' faces were filled with smiles.

This year's harvest is not bad, there is no drought or flood, the weather is good, most of the villagers have a good harvest, and they can have a good year.

(End of this chapter)