Abandoned Wives of the Ages: Getting Rich from Space Warehouses

On the last weekend before summer vacation, Yu Qing wanted to give her children an unforgettable memory before setting up stalls during the summer vacation and let them understand that a happy life is hard-won. She and Xiang Yisen decided to take the children to the countryside to experience this weekend.

Life.

They don't have many relatives in the countryside around the provincial capital, and the only one who has any connection with the countryside is probably Aunt Lu.

Aunt Lu's hometown is in a county below the provincial capital, and her family lives in a village not far from the county.

Mid-to-late June is the critical time for early rice to mature, and by July it is almost ready to grab both.

Aunt Lu's family has a field that matured early, but there are still some losses due to cutting. Yu Qing has borne these losses because she wants her children to experience the hard-won food.

"Mom, grandpa asked Uncle Nan and Uncle Bei to come with us." Da'an ran in from outside the door.

Yu Qing secretly rolled her eyes: "Tell them, Ruan Nan and Ruan Bei's butts are too big to fit in a car!"

Daan said: "Grandpa has already spoken, do you want me to reject grandpa?"

Yu Qing nodded and looked at him: "Isn't it because of the trouble caused by your brat showing off outside?"

Da An moved his position humbly, took the rice noodles brought by Aunt Qiu, and said quibly: "I am happy in my heart. I just want to share my joy with my family. Who knew the two uncles would be greedy?"

Yu Qing was unmoved and urged him: "Then you call him quickly and explain the situation to your grandfather. If you wait for your two uncles to come over, then in order to sit down with them, you will have to sacrifice yourself.

Give them your seat."

Xiang Yisen silently placed his eldest brother on the dining table while eating breakfast.

Da'an glanced at Xiao An and his eyes. The two of them lowered their heads to eat breakfast without any intention of falling in love.

Helpless, he could only pick up the phone and dial.

"Hey, grandpa, my mother said that Uncle Nanbei's butt is too big to fit in an ordinary car."

Yu Qing: "..."

Others: "..."

"I don't know, that's what my mother said."

"Yes, if you want to go, just find a way on your own!"

"Okay, we are having breakfast now, and we will be ready to leave after breakfast. If the uncles want to follow, you should make a decision quickly."

Yu Qing: "..."

Several other people silently gave Da'an a thumbs up. What he said was straightforward enough, and they were not afraid of offending the queen of the family, which would lead to no good consequences in the days to come.

Daan hung up the phone and saw everyone looking at him.

He asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Why are you looking at me?"

With that said, he handed the phone to Xiang Yisen: "The call is over. Dad, I'll give you the phone."

Yu Qing poured a lot of chopped chili into her bowl and asked quietly: "What did your grandpa say?"

Da'an took a big mouthful of rice noodles, chewed it a few times and swallowed it: "Grandpa said, let us wait for him. He is resting at home today and happened to take his two uncles with us to the countryside to experience labor."

Yu Qing smiled helplessly. Dad Ruan said it was a good time to rest. If he really had a rest today, he would not have asked Nan Bei to follow them to the countryside from the beginning. Instead, he would have directly said that he would drive with them.

After breakfast, Yu Qing asked Aunt Lu to prepare a lot of cooked food and frozen meat, which she would take to Aunt Lu's house soon.

When the car drove to the gate of the manor, it saw Ruan Xiuhua's off-road vehicle parked at the intersection.

After honking their horns, the two cars drove toward the county town below, one after the other.

As the car drove along, the rice fields on both sides of the provincial road began to turn yellow, and many fields were planted with tobacco leaves.

This is also the harvest season for tobacco leaves, but the harvesting methods of tobacco leaves and rice are different.

The rice can be harvested all at once when it is mature, while the tobacco leaves can only be picked layer by layer from bottom to top and dried.

This process is extremely cumbersome and laborious.

Moreover, tobacco leaves in this era cannot be sold at a high price. Often, if you grow tobacco leaves for a year, you will not be able to save any money in a year, except for food and drink, except for the money to buy chemical fertilizers, and except for the coal for flue-curing tobacco.

Yu Qing looked at the large tobacco fields that were constantly retreating and asked, "Aunt Lu, do you grow tobacco leaves at home?"

Aunt Lu was eager to return home. She looked at the tobacco fields outside the window and felt cordial in her heart: "We have planted several acres of fields at home. If we don't plant them, there will be no cash crops at home, and then the family's pocket money will be gone for a year."

Yu Qing nodded, "Oh!"

The two cars drove for more than an hour before entering Aunt Lu's village.

It just so happened that Aunt Lu's family was picking tobacco leaves today.

Aunt Lu's man came back after picking up a load of tobacco leaves. When he saw Yu Qing and others driving two cars, he put down the burden on his shoulders and came over to say hello and invite everyone to go home to rest and have a cup of tea.

"No need for tea." Yu Qing waved her hand and asked Aunt Lu to send the gifts and food they brought home.

Aunt Lu's man's surname is Wu. According to seniority, Yu Qing would call him Uncle Wu.

The group of them followed Uncle Wu directly to their tobacco room.

A lot of tobacco leaves were piled in the open space next to the two tobacco curing houses side by side. The elderly, women and children of the family were all smoking in the open space.

This is the first time for everyone to see this scene.

Daan looked at everything in front of him in surprise and asked: "What are these tobacco leaves used for? Why do you pick them and stick them on a stick like this?"

Ruan Xiuhua took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, gave one to Aunt Lu's man, and gave two to each of Aunt Lu's sons who had just returned from carrying the load.

Finally, he handed one to Daan: "Didn't you ask what tobacco leaves are for? Grandpa told you that this cigarette is made of tobacco leaves."

"Isn't smoking harmful to health? Why do people still work hard to grow tobacco leaves?" Da'an couldn't understand the thinking of adults. If it is harmful, why produce it?

Simply sick!

Ruan Xiuhua patted his shoulder: "That's a good question, but as for the reason, you will know when you grow up."

Daan pouted: "Why do you have to wait until you grow up? Tell me now, isn't it the same?"

When Ruan Xiuhua saw Da'an scratching his head and scratching his head and wondering, he smiled unkindly: "It's different. You'll know why when you grow up!"

Zhuzhu saw several children about the same age as herself sitting on stools smoking cigarettes.

So, she followed Yu Qing and studied the method of tying tobacco leaves together. Seeing how their hands cooperated tacitly and tied the tobacco leaves quickly, Zhuzhu felt a little itchy.

"Mom, can I follow them and learn how to tie tobacco leaves?"

Yu Qing smiled: "Of course."

Uncle Wu was smoking a cigarette. When he heard that the little girl wanted to learn how to make cigarettes, he quickly waved his hand and refused and said, "If you come to play, just have fun in the village. Although the work of making cigarettes is not very tiring, it is very dirty."

Xiang Yisen smiled and said: "It's okay, let them experience the hard work of making cigarettes."

Seeing their insistence, Uncle Wu only needed to find stools and let a few children sit down, and then he picked up the flue-cured tobacco sticks and taught everyone how to smoke to be considered qualified.

"It's OK if it's tight, but it can't be too loose, otherwise the tobacco leaves will fall off when they dry out, which can easily cause a fire. Then the entire tobacco curing room will burn down."

Several children were shocked!

"If the tobacco leaves are not tied tightly, will it cause a fire?" Da An was alarmed. Should he tie the tobacco leaves or not?

"Pfft!"

The little girl who was smoking cigarettes next to her burst into laughter. She fiddled with the movements of her hands: "As long as you tighten the rope, it will be fine. Don't be afraid, my grandpa is trying to scare you."

Lao Wu smiled and did not refute his granddaughter's words. It would be fine if a few guests didn't tie them tightly. They would check them again when the time comes.

After some discussion, several children started to move their hands in a similar manner.

"Mom, Dad, why are these tobacco leaves still sticky to my hands?" Zhuzhu exclaimed.

Daan also raised his hand: "It's really sticky!"

The little girl who spoke just now was bold. When she heard their exclamations, she grinned: "You will understand when you look at my hands."

As she spoke, she raised her little black and dirty hands.

Seeing that the other party's little hands were dark and dirty, especially the inside of the nails, Zhu Zhu immediately stopped doing it.

She threw the tobacco stick on the ground: "Mom, Dad, I won't stick it anymore, it's too dirty."

Yu Qing smiled and nodded. She did not force the children, and she had no intention of letting them smoke cigarettes.

At this time, Aunt Lu came over with a load.

When she saw everyone standing here, she smiled and said: "I have prepared boiling water, a straw hat, and a sickle. Let's go to the fields to harvest early rice right now?"

When the other boys heard this, they stood up from their stools in joy.

God knows, as soon as their hands touch the tobacco leaves, they realize that the tobacco leaves are sticky and they no longer want to smoke. They can go to the fields to harvest rice.

Ruan Xiuhua and the other adults laughed and shook their heads when they saw them like this. The children are so naive!

Nothing about farm work in the countryside is easy!

The bitterness of plucking tobacco leaves is the same as plucking tobacco leaves, and the bitterness of pruning rice is the same as plucking rice.

All farm work is hard, but the difference is that the hardship of each farm work is not the same.

It's still early, just in time for the children to experience the fields.

This time when it was time to cut rice, Ruan Xiuhua, Xiang Yisen and Yu Qing all went to the fields with sickles in hand.

Since you are here to do farm work, roll up your sleeves and do it!

Aunt Lu explained the techniques of harvesting rice to several children, and then let them go to the fields to work on their own.

Yu Qing herself knew how to do farm work, and Ruan Xiuhua was sent to the countryside as an educated youth when he was young. Among the three of them, Xiang Yisen was the only one who was a little unfamiliar.

Fortunately, he tried cutting the sickle a few times, and gradually he got used to it and picked up the speed.

A few children were slower in cutting, but they are all trying to adapt.

Yu Qing stepped on the soft fields and asked with a smile: "Aunt Lu, did you find these fields specifically?"

Aunt Lu didn't hide anything, and replied while cutting the rice: "Yes, this hilly field is not big. We can finish it in one morning if we work hard. And the most important thing is that there is no water in this hilly field. We don't need anyone."

Take off your shoes and go to the fields. If there is water in the fields, I am worried about leeches. If they sting you accidentally, it will be in trouble for everyone."

Yu Qing sped up, cut a bundle, tied it up and put it aside. She said gratefully, "These children have given you so much trouble."

Aunt Lu smiled implicitly: "I also watched several children grow up."

The sun rose higher and higher in the sky, and the sunlight became more and more intense. Gradually, the children began to cry out that it was hot.

I was sweating under the scorching sun above my head and when I wiped it with my hands, my face and neck became itchy and irritated, and some places even felt burning and painful.

"Dad, my face is so itchy!"

The first one to yell was Zhuzhu. She thought she was not a squeamish girl, but this farm work was different from what she imagined.

Xiang Yisen straightened up and looked at her: "Come here, wipe it with a towel. You have a rice straw in your hand. There are burrs on the rice straw. Don't wipe it directly with your hands. The more you rub it, the more uncomfortable it will be."

Several other children who were trying to wipe away the sweat with their hands raised their hands after hearing Xiang Yisen's words, shook the sweat off their heads, and continued cutting!

After holding on for less than half an hour, Daan also started to scream and feel uncomfortable.

Yu Qing did not force them to work under the scorching sun for any length of time. They let them rest if they felt uncomfortable.

If there is one, there are two, and the next ones are Zhuzhu and Xiaoan.

After all, Ruan Nan and Ruan Bei were eldest children. When he saw that Ruan Xiuhua's father-in-law didn't even ask for a break, they were too embarrassed to ask for a break, so they could only follow them and keep waving their arms to harvest rice.

"Xiao An, sister, look at the fish in the ditch!"

Da'an washed his hands and sat under the shade of a tree on the edge of the field, drinking a cold drink. When he was bored, he suddenly noticed a small fish swimming in the ditch next to him.

"Where are the fish?"

The boy who was walking with a basket stretched his neck and looked into the ditch after hearing Da'an's words: "Ouch! How big of a fish did I think? Such small fish are not delicious. There are them everywhere in the ditches of our village.

There is nothing unusual about such a small fish."

Aunt Lu, who was bending down to cut rice in the field, heard her grandson's voice, raised her head and asked loudly: "Xiao Zhi, why are you here?"

Xiaozhi turned around and happily raised the basket in his hand: "My grandpa asked me to deliver watermelons to you. He also said that the sun is too strong and it's hot outside. He asked everyone to go back and rest early to avoid heatstroke."

Aunt Lu laughed at herself: "This old man in my family is the most considerate, Mr. Ruan, Mr. Xiang, Mr. Yu, let's go up and have a rest and eat some watermelon to quench our thirst."

Ruan Xiuhua glanced at the remaining rice and shook his head: "There is only this little left, and it can be finished in ten minutes at most. Let's hold on a little longer. After cutting them all, we can go up and wash our hands and eat watermelon. Wouldn't it be better?

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Xiang Yisen nodded: "Then just work hard and then rest."

Yu Qing bent down and accelerated the speed of her hands.

Xiaozhi put down the basket, walked a few steps beside the ditch, jumped in, and started digging mud with his bare hands.

Daan asked in surprise: "What are you doing?"

Xiaozhi held a handful of mud and handed it to Daan, "Look, loach!"

Daan took a closer look and found that there was really a loach hidden in the mud.

He exclaimed: "What a loach!"

"Is there really a loach?"

"Where?"

Zhuzhu and Xiaoan ran over from the shade of the tree.

Xiaozhi threw the loach in his hand into the basket, jumped into the ditch again, and continued to look for the loach in the mud.

Xiao An asked curiously: "Brother Xiao Zhi, how do you know there are loaches in the mud?"

Xiaozhi chuckled and pointed to a small hole: "This small hole is the loach's ventilation hole. When you find this small hole, you reach out and dig down, and the loach is dug up."

He did a demonstration, and there was actually a loach trying to escape in the mud he dug out.

How could Xiao Zhi let it escape? He caught it and threw it into the basket.

The other boys' eyes lit up when they saw it. It turned out that catching loaches was so easy.

"There must be a lot of loaches in this ditch. I want to go down and dig for loaches!"

"I'll go dig too!"

Xiao Zhi raised his neck and showed off: "Digging for loaches like this is not satisfying. The most enjoyable thing is to use a flashlight to shine on loaches and eels at night."

"Photographing loaches at night? How to do it?" Daan's curiosity was aroused.

"At night loaches and eels will emerge from the mud and sink directly to the bottom of the water to rest and feed. If you shine a strong light on them, they will not move. At this time, we will use an iron rake specially designed to catch loaches.

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Daan asked nervously: "Then what? Did you catch the loach like this?"

Xiaozhi laughed loudly: "Of course, when I bring up the rake again, the loach will be stuck on the rake."

Da'an was doubtful: "It's that simple?"

"Simple?" Xiaozhi shook his head: "It's not simple at all. Some people are not very skilled and can't catch a few fish in one night. My father and I can catch four or five pounds in two or three hours out at night.

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"How many are four to five kilograms?" Daan had no idea about four kilograms of loaches. He just wanted to know how many can be caught?

Xiaozhi: "...well, probably...a lot of them!"

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