Zhou Xiaoyun’s Happy Life

Chapter 51 Mai Holiday (2)

When Xiaobao and Erya were full, Zhou Xiaoyun told them to stay at home and stop running around. He ran to the fields to call the adults back for lunch.

Waiting halfway, I happened to bump into Zhou Guoqiang who was pulling a flatbed truck. When I looked out again, I saw Dabao pushing a truck behind the flatbed truck.

Zhou Guoqiang was reluctant to use a tricycle to pull wheat straw, and he still kept the tricycle to store pork. He borrowed his boss's flatbed truck to drag the wheat straw. The tall and full truck of wheat straw was not heavy at all. Zhou Guoqiang could handle it by himself, but Dabao behind him pretended to help push it, but in fact he didn't make any effort at all.

However, Dabao performed well today. He helped in the fields for a long time without being lazy and was highly praised. At this time, it was almost sunny, and his stomach was growling with hunger. When he saw Zhou Guoqiang returning to carry wheat straw, he pretended to help and followed him home.

Zhou Xiaoyun told Zhou Guoqiang: "Dad, the food is ready. You can eat it when you get home. I will go to the field to call my uncle and mother."

"Let's eat together when they come back. When I get home, I have to overturn the flatbed truck and get these straws into the yard. I guess it will be about the same time when your mother and your uncle come back." Zhou Guoqiang said and pulled the cart away.

Zhou Xiaoyun trotted to the field. When he arrived at the edge of the field, he saw his mother and uncle sitting there drinking tea. After his breathing calmed down, Zhou Xiaoyun shouted loudly: "Mom, uncle, come home for dinner!"

After hearing this, Zhao Yuzhen took her brother's hand and stood up. There was nothing to do, so she put the sickle in the ground and kept it for the afternoon. She picked up the kettle and the three of them went home together.

 After arriving home, Zhou Guoqiang happened to have finished his work and asked his brother-in-law to wash his hands and eat.

Zhou Xiaoyun put the meat and radish in a big bowl and served it to the table. After thinking about it, he felt that the dish was too monotonous. After getting Zhao Yuzhen's consent, he beat five eggs and quickly fried them.

Zhou Guoqiang took out a bottle of loose wine and was about to pour it for his brother-in-law. Zhao Gang waved his hands repeatedly: "Second brother, we have to continue doing things in the afternoon, so don't drink this wine and just eat. Eat early and go early. These days The work on the land is not light.”

Zhou Guoqiang thought about it and asked Zhao Yuzhen to bring some rice.

Zhao Gang ate the fragrant roast pork with radish and praised it endlessly: "Sister, is this dish really made by Da Ya? I really can't tell, the craftsmanship is not bad."

Zhao Yuzhen smiled and gave Zhao Gang another bowl of rice: "Isn't that right? I have been busy harvesting wheat these two days, and Daya has been a big help."

Dabao was originally eating meat with his head down, but when he heard Zhao Yuzhen praising his sister so hard, he felt a little unhappy, so he coughed deliberately and puffed up his chest.

Zhao Yuzhen, who was busy talking to her younger brother, didn't notice that she had boasted about Dabao and made Dabao dissatisfied. Zhou Xiaoyun was sitting next to Dabao and could see clearly.

Zhou Xiaoyun deliberately put on Dabao's "high clogs" and said loudly to his uncle: "Uncle, you haven't been to our house for a long time. Let me tell you, the eldest brother is now the most willing to do things in our family. You see, the eldest brother is here this morning After working in the field for a long time, he didn’t even say he was tired. He just told me quietly that he would go back in the afternoon!”

 Going again in the afternoon?

Dabao has been showing off all morning and is planning to go play with his friends in the afternoon. At first, I heard my sister praise myself quite proudly, but after hearing this, I couldn't help but secretly complain.

Zhao Gang didn't know the little Jiujiu in Dabao's heart, so he praised Dabao in front of his sister and brother-in-law: "Dabao is ten years old this year. Look at his head and body. Even if he says he is thirteen or four, others will believe him. He was working in the fields this morning. Extremely diligent and almost as strong as me.”

Dabao could never hear a good word in his life, so he felt happy when his uncle said this to him. When I heard my sister echoing from the side, I felt so dizzy that I didn't know where I was.

So after eating, Dabao resisted the desire to go out to play and went to work in the fields like a "man".

Zhou Xiaoyun was cleaning up the dishes and sweeping the floor at home, and by the way, he poured the remaining rice to the hens who had "worked well".

I could hear her muttering to herself while feeding the chickens: "Come and eat. When you're full, lay down more eggs. We can scramble them."

I estimate that if the hens could understand what she was saying, they would never be so happy swarming up and jumping up and down to fight for food.

In the afternoon, Zhou Xiaoyun sent boiling water to the fields again. Dabao was sweating profusely and thirsty, so he ran over and drank several gulps. Accepting the adoring gaze of my younger sister, I was really embarrassed to leave halfway and then go back to try again.

Zhou Xiaoyun specially brought a basket. She didn't forget that the school also assigned a work-study task of carrying blue wheat! Some grains of wheat fell sparsely in the harvested areas of the field, and full ears of wheat could occasionally be picked up. After a while, Zhou Xiaoyun picked up half of the basket.

At this time, Dabao remembered to mention the blue wheat grains and ran over to pick them up with his sister.

Zhou Xiaoyun felt a little distressed when he saw Dabao sweating profusely: "Brother, if you are tired, go and take a rest. I will pick up a basket of wheat grains for you."

Dabao’s tanned face was smiling and he said: “It’s okay, Daya, it doesn’t take much effort to pick up wheat grains. Let’s pick them up together. If I’m tired, I’ll sit on the edge of the field to drink water and rest.”

The brother and sister were talking and laughing, chatting while picking up wheat grains. When the basket was full, Dabao volunteered to carry the basket and pour the wheat grains into his pocket. It seems that if we clear out the few acres of land we have, we can still pick up some food!

Zhou Guoqiang, who had gone home to dump wheat straw, came back with a cart. There were two more naughty boys in the car who couldn't stay at home and insisted on following him. Xiaobao jumped out of the car and ran towards his brothers and sisters, insisting on helping.

When Erya stumbled over again, the grain-gathering army was officially established. The four members were the four brothers and sisters of the Zhou family. They were doing things and having fun at the same time. The chatter and laughter in the Zhou family's wheat field didn't stop all afternoon.

 (End of this chapter)