Farmer’s Little Girl

  Chapter 301 Other Roads

  Lao Zhou's wheat harvesting rate was very fast, but within five days, all the wheat from the Lao Zhou's family was recovered.

  Fortunately, this year’s Laozhou’s house has two yards. The ground is level and flat, and the picked wheat ears are spread out in the yard to dry.

   Two days in such a big sun is enough, plus it can always be in the ground for another half day.

Zhou Dalang and others continued to harvest the wheat, while He and Fang stayed at home and beat the wheat with flail. With a flick of the stick, the flail fell on the ears of wheat after turning half a circle in mid-air, and the grains fell. On the ground.

  Qian took the rest of the children and sat on the low stool with wooden sticks that were not thick or thin, and took another shot again.

  Waiting for Zhou Dalang and the others to come back from the field, without the help of a group of young, sick, and pregnant women at home, they just tied their sleeves and picked up a handful of wheat ears that had been beaten twice and rubbed them together.

  It's very hard to rub wheat. Not only is it tiring, but it also ties hands. This kind of work has always been done by men in the old Zhou family.

  Fang has just entered the door, and she is still a little uncomfortable, because in her memory, women have always done a lot of this kind of work.

  For example, her house is like this.

  In addition to cutting wheat and picking wheat, her father and eldest brother also kill sheep, so she and her mother-in-law have always done things like cutting wheat, picking water for cooking, and harvesting wheat.

  Of course, Dad and eldest brother will help if they are free, but there are not many such things in her memory.

  She didn't quite understand why Lao Zhou's family had to put these tasks away and rubbed it in the dark after the men came back.

But the He family, who has been married to the old Zhou’s house for many years, has become accustomed to it. Seeing Fang’s look distressed at Chu Lang, she pulled her to comfort her, “It’s okay. It's okay, don't worry about him."

  Xiao Qian has just returned from the field. Everyone has eaten late, but they haven’t washed up yet.

  She went directly into the kitchen to boil the water, and when it was hot, she called the big girl, "Tell your sister and younger brothers and sisters to take a bath. After washing, we will go to bed immediately. We will cut the beans tomorrow. We don’t need you anymore."

  Da Ya is happy.

  Xiao Qian continued: "Ming'er will wash the clothes early in the morning, and then go to Xiaowan to peel some vegetable leaves and feed the chickens. If there are worms, remember to catch them."

  Da Ya replied, and happily went to fetch water and take a bath.

  When the children finish washing, it goes to the women, and when the women finish washing, it goes to the men.

  This is also different from the customary rules of other families.

  Fang's family didn't think there was anything before, but now this rule is very important when the farming is busy.

  Because everyone is very tired, come back late, take a shower earlier and go to bed earlier.

  Fang's family certainly doesn't think that this rule is set by the father-in-law, it can only be set by the mother-in-law.

  So when the men were not in front of him, Fang couldn’t help but whisper to his aunt, “Mother-in-law is really amazing, the rules at home are so clear.”

  Feng and He nodded approvingly.

  Xiao Qian cried and laughed. He was about to say something, but when he saw Zhou Xi on the side, he didn't say anything.

  Zhou Xi only said, "This rule is not set by mother."

  Fang's eyes blinked in confusion, "Who made that?"

   Zhou Xi thought for a while, and smiled: “No one has to make rules, but they become rules when they get used to it."

  Man Bao rushed in from the outside in a fragrant suit and shouted: "Sister-in-law, Dad doesn't tell me to catch birds."

  Xiao Qian turned around and clicked on her forehead, put the washed dishes and chopsticks away, and said: "If you don't give it, it's okay. How much wheat have you squandered these days?"

   "Obviously not much," Man Bao said, "I use it repeatedly."

   "That's also a handful, a handful. Dad was busy harvesting wheat and didn't care about you. Now that the wheat is finished, you can feed the birds with the wheat. Don't you feel sorry for your father?"

  "Then you have to eat birds, you all said it is delicious."

"It's not delicious like that," Xiao Qian said: "Although the meat is delicious, the flour is more delicious, and it lasts longer, don't you think? And you are not in school, you have to read and do your homework every day. How can there be time to catch the birds?"

   "Time, you can squeeze it."

   "It would be nice if you think the same way when you are studying."

  Man Bao said with a serious face: "I thought the same way when I was studying."

  However, Xiao Qian’s still did not let go, and was unwilling to persuade the old man for her, Man Bao sighed sadly.

   Regardless of her young age, she actually knows that persimmons are soft, so she dared to talk about conditions with the old Zhou, dare to intercede with the little Qian, but dare not go to her mother.

  Man Bao sighed, and the next day he pulled his head to find Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang, and said: "We can't catch birds anymore?"

  Shijiro, who has been playing with them for the past three days, exclaimed, "Why?"

  The loud voice made everyone in the school look at him.

  Shirajiro immediately lowered his voice and asked, "Why?"

   "Because my father won't bring me wheat," Man Bao said: "Without wheat, you can't be used as bait to lure birds."

  Bai Shanbao pointed to Bai Erlang, "He has it in his house."

  Bai Erlang was also about to blurt out "I have it in my house", but when Bai Shanbao said it first, he was not convinced, and shouted, "Doesn't you have it in your house?"

   "I don't have one in my house," Bai Shanbao said, "I only have rice in my house, and the wheat is far away."

  The land of his family is not here. Master Bai allocated a few acres of nearby land to his family and told him to grow rice and other things, such as vegetables and fruits.

  Anyway, there is no shortage of food at their house. Even if the outside manager doesn't send it in, they can buy it with Master Bai, which is very convenient.

  Bai Erlang then remembered that the fields of Bai Shanbao’s family were not here, even the rice was just over one acre, so it’s like planting it for fun.

   So Bai Erlang became proud again, tilted his neck and said: "Don't worry, Maizi, there are so many in my house."

  His family has many lands in Qili Village, many lands in Dali Village, many lands in Baimaguan Town, and many lands near the county seat. Wheat is the most indispensable.

   So in the afternoon, when he left school, Bai Erlang ran away, and within two quarters of an hour, he returned with a servant.

  The man carried a bundle of wheat on his shoulders, and Man Bao and Bai Shanbao looked at them dumbfounded.

  Man Bao also rubbed his eyes, and after making sure that he was not dazzled, he looked down at the homework, turned his head and said to Bai Shanbao, “Let’s finish the homework first before going to play.”

  In order to save time, they did not go to Bai's home to do their homework, nor did they return to Zhou's home to do their homework. Instead, they just sat in class and wrote.

  Bai Shanbao also retracted his gaze, swallowed the word "fool" back, nodded and continued to lower his head to do his homework.

  Da Ji, who was guarding outside the class, lowered his head, his shoulders trembled, and after a while, he raised his head solemnly, but his eyes were a little wet.

  Hakujiro has already rushed into the class and said: "Maizi is here, let's go."

  Bai Shanbao said, “What about the fishing nets and sticks. Didn’t they put them in your concierge yesterday?”

   "Yes," Bai Erlang remembered, and asked the subordinate to put down the wheat, turn around and run again, "Wait a while, I'll get it now."

  Bai Shanbao and Manbao looked at each other, and continued to lower their heads slowly to do their homework.

  (End of this chapter)