Perfect pastoral life

Chapter 63 Planting Rice
Early the next morning.

Chen Mu's uncle, Chen Datian, came to visit and said that he wanted Chen Mu to help transplant rice seedlings in the rice fields.

The last time Chen Mu went to his uncle's house to discuss the field, Chen Datian planned to hand over his own few acres of land to Chen Mu.

However, this year, Chen Datian has plowed all the fields and is just waiting for the seedlings to grow.In other words, this year is the last year for Chen Datian to take care of the fields of the two families. From next year, those fields will be handed over to Chen Mu.

In rural areas, there are two periods of the year that are the busiest for farming.One of them is in May, which is the current season, and now is the best time for transplanting rice seedlings.As the saying goes, if you don’t plant rice seedlings after June, the peak time for planting rice seedlings is in May, which is the busiest time of the year.

Another busy season is when rice is harvested.In Chen Mu's hometown, the rice is usually harvested before the Mid-Autumn Festival. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the rice in the farmland is basically harvested.

For rural people, transplanting rice seedlings is a job that is both hard work and joyful.Chen Mu still remembers that when he was a child, neighbors would help each other during the busy season of transplanting rice seedlings. Everyone gathered together to help each other, which was very lively.

He still vaguely remembers the scene of his parents busy in the fields; the mirror-like paddy fields reflected the blue sky and white clouds, reflecting the green mountains and green waters. At that time, Chen Mu followed his father to plant seedlings in the paddy fields. Not in a straight line, many of them were ridiculed by their fathers, and got muddy and disheveled.

That was Chen Mu's happiest childhood. Although it was hard work being exposed to the sun all day long, he was extremely happy.Now that so many years have passed, the parents are no longer alive, time flies, Chen Mu also has his own children, and the simple and real childhood that was once so simple and true will never come back.

Now, the uncle came to ask Chen Mu to help plant the rice seedlings, as if he instantly returned to his childhood and returned to his parents. He felt a little moved.

Chen Mu really wanted to experience the joy of childhood, and of course he was willing to help plant rice seedlings.

"Uncle, I'll be here right away, you go to work first." Chen Mu said.

Chen Datian said: "Your aunt has already made breakfast, remember to come and eat."

Chen Mu agreed, turned around and went into the house.

When I came to the second floor, I saw that Chen Xiaoyu had just woken up. Chen Mu helped her get dressed and washed up. Since the uncle prepared breakfast, Chen Mu stopped making breakfast, and the two went directly to the uncle's house.

In addition to Chen Mu, Chen Datian also called several neighbors to help. After breakfast, the group went to the fields outside the village.

It is not yet nine o'clock in the morning, the sky is full of morning glow, and the large paddy fields not far away have been filled with water, and some paddy fields have already planted seedlings.Looking from here, the paddy fields filled with seedlings are like watercolor oil paintings full of artistic sense.

As for those paddy fields that have not yet been planted with seedlings, they are like shining mirrors under the sunlight at this time.The breeze blows, and the water surface has fine and dazzling ripples. There are old farmers bending over to work in the fields, occasionally a few yellow dogs sprang out of the fields, and there are old buffaloes grazing on the grass near the river. Everything is so fresh. Natural, quiet and distant.

At this time, Chen Xiaoyu was sitting on his father's shoulders. They passed by a paddy field. Chen Xiaoyu saw an old farmer throwing seedlings into the paddy field, and asked;

"Rake, what is that old man doing?"

"He's throwing seedlings." Chen Mu said with a smile.

"Rake, why are you throwing rice seedlings?"

"After the seedlings are pulled out from the seedling field and tied up, they must be thrown into the paddy field so that the seedlings can be transplanted."

Chen Xiaoyu seemed to understand, and nodded; "Rake, can Xiaoyu plant seedlings?"

"Haha, you just stay on the ridge of the field honestly, there are leeches in the paddy fields."

"What is a leech? Is it fierce?"

"Not fierce, but they will bite on the skin of people, and then suck the blood from the body."

After hearing this, Chen Xiaoyu felt that leeches were scary, so she stopped clamoring to go to the paddy field to plant rice seedlings.

A group of people came to Chen Datian's seedling nursery.This is a paddy field, and the paddy field is densely covered with seedlings. Everyone took off their shoes at this time and began to go into the paddy field to pull out the seedlings.

Chen Mu was also going to go to the paddy field to pull out the seedlings, but Chen Xiaoyu didn't dare to go to the field, so she just sat on the ridge of the field and played in the mud, and soon she became ashamed and muddy.

Playing with mud is a child's nature, and Chen Mu is busy pulling out seedlings, so he doesn't bother to take care of her.

Everyone was working hard, talking and laughing. Chen Mu hadn't experienced such a happy feeling for a long time. He worked very seriously and enjoyed the simple and friendly atmosphere.

"Rake, are there leeches in the paddy fields?" At this time, Chen Xiaoyu said from the ridge.

"Yes, Xiaoyu don't come down, you understand."

"Be careful with the rake, don't get bitten by leeches."

After Chen Xiaoyu finished speaking, everyone in the seedling field laughed, this little girl is quite considerate of her father.

Chen Mu's aunt also likes Chen Xiaoyu very much.Last time, Zhu Shuilan didn't know that her nephew had a partner, and she kept trying to arrange a blind date for him. Until Chen Xiaoyu's arrival, Zhu Shuilan finally gave up the idea of ​​going on a blind date for her nephew.

Of course, when Chen Mu said that he already had a partner, that was purely to fool his aunt.If he didn't say that, he wouldn't be able to explain to them that he had a daughter, so he could only lie, saying that he had already started a family with Chen Xiaoyu's mother, and that Xiaoyu's mother was busy with work in the capital, and they didn't have a certificate , used such a lie to deceive his uncle and aunt.

Fortunately, both Zhu Shuilan and Chen Datian believed Chen Mu's words. They were so happy that their nephew had a wife.

At this time, Zhu Shuilan smiled and said, "Xiaomu, it's not that the aunt said you, don't you plan to bring Xiaoyu's mother back, we are still waiting to eat your wedding wine."

Chen Mu was a little embarrassed when he heard that, so he could only sloppyly say, "Ma'am, it's not urgent, let's talk about it later."

Zhu Shuilan said, "Why don't you worry, Xiaoyu is four years old, but we haven't even seen what her mother looks like. I think you should bring your daughter-in-law back as soon as possible, so that we can see what she looks like."

Chen Mu was speechless, what else could he say, he couldn't bring Jiang Suyi back.Taking a ten thousand step back, even if Jiang Suyi is willing to come, what is his identity, and what is his own identity, the two of them are basically the same as the sky and the other is underground, and they cannot be separated.

On this point, Chen Mu, the toad, still knows himself.

Not knowing how to answer Auntie, Chen Mu could only change the subject and said;

"Ma'am, I think the seedlings are almost pulled out, so I'll send the seedlings to Uncle right now."

After finishing speaking, Chen Mu slipped away. He carried two bundles of seedlings on a pole, called Chen Xiaoyu, and the two went to the paddy field not far away.

(End of this chapter)