The next morning, Chen was radiant and gentle, contrary to her usual gentleness. When Zhu Pingan came out, he saw Chen fixing his father's collar. When he saw his two sons coming out from the bed, he immediately put down his hands that were fixing his father's collar, and there was an embarrassed blush on his face.
After all, it is not the 21st century, the era when people can show their love without any scruples, Zhu Pingan felt emotional.
Work at sunrise and rest at sunset. It is approaching the autumn harvest, and the crops are entering the grain filling period. Before the great grandfather's family comes, the land should be irrigated, otherwise the relatives will come and they will not be able to work for a few days. After dinner, Grandpa Zhu led his father, third uncle and eldest brother to the field to engage in intensive irrigation work.
The eldest uncle is studying for the exam and has never participated in farm work.
As for the fourth uncle, the fourth uncle, um, the fourth uncle had a stiff neck last night...
By the way, since Zhu Ping'an came here, this is the third time that the fourth uncle has fallen ill. Every time he falls ill when he is doing farm work... The first time was because he caught a cold when he slept at night, the second time was because he hit his head when he got up at night (by the way, are you a pig), and this time it was simply because he had a stiff neck when he slept. These reasons are too ridiculous, okay? You can tell at a glance that he is escaping from laziness, but grandma believes it.
Grandma is really partial.
The men work, and the women are not idle either. Grandma takes mother and her sisters-in-law to sew purses, make handkerchiefs, and weave cloth. In short, they are not idle.
Zhu Ping'an was bored and watched Zhu Pingjun riding a stick as a horse and Zhu Yuer happily chasing chickens. No matter how much he concentrated, he could not see the luck of others. Maybe it takes conditions to see the luck of others. Anyway, there is no rush, just explore slowly. I thought about whether I should sneak out to think about life and find ways to make money. It's just that I can't go into the mountains, otherwise I will definitely find good things in the mountains. After all, the mountains are endless treasures.
Before Zhu Ping'an slipped out, his grandmother had something to tell him to run errands and buy five cents of thread for needlework.
Zhu Ping'an didn't want to do this kind of errand job. It was too unskilled, and his grandmother was too meticulous. Even if the things he bought were half a cent less, his grandmother could tell at a glance. Not only was there no profit, but if the purchase was not good, she would also scold him.
Zhu Ping'an didn't want to go, and Zhu Pingjun didn't want to go either. Xiao Yu'er was too young to go.
So Zhu Ping'an said to Zhu Pingjun earnestly, "Go, don't you have a horse? You can run fast on a horse."
Zhu Pingjun was very happy to take the money after hearing this, patted his butt happily, and "drove" away.
IQ crushing.
Zhu Ping'an silently watched Zhu Pingjun disappear at the door, feeling lonely in life, and the most lonely thing was that he couldn't show it.
While his mother and others were busy in the house, he sneaked out of the door and wandered aimlessly in the village, planning to wander to the neighboring village Shanghe Village to see what their private school looked like.
Before he could take a few steps, he saw Erniu, who often came to play with him a few days ago, being pressed to the ground and spanked by his mother. While spanking, he was scolded, "Tell me, do you dare to steal your sister's food in the future!"
"Do you dare to steal your sister's food in the future!"
Hit once, ask once, hit once, ask once.
Erniu, a naughty child of five or six years old, was beaten and screamed, and swore with snot bubbles, "I promise that I will never dare to steal my sister's food again. If I steal my sister's food again, I will be a son of a bitch."
Son of a bitch? Zhu Ping'an didn't catch his breath and was almost choked. You are really brave.
Sure enough
Then I saw Erniu being picked up by his mother, taking off the soles of his shoes, and beating him again.
Xiahe Village is close to the river bank and is downstream of the river, so it is called Xiahe Village. The upstream is called Shanghe Village. The two villages share this river. This is an unknown small river formed by the confluence of mountain streams. The river water is clear and people call it Qingxi.
Zhu Ping'an saw the river not far away. There was a small boat in the river. Some people were fishing on the boat. There were also women washing clothes in groups of three or two by the river. They used the bluestone by the river to beat the water with a mallet.
If you get a little closer to the river bank, you can see small fish and shrimps playing in the water plants. You can't see such a clear river in modern times.
Across the river is the endless mountains behind the village. It is lush and green. You can hear birds singing and animals calling from afar, and it feels rich.
Xiahe Village is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and has beautiful scenery. There are mountains in front of the village and water behind the village. The mountains are lush with trees and the water is rich with fish and shrimp. It shouldn't raise poverty.
Zhu Ping'an walked along the river bank while thinking, and unknowingly walked to the field. The Zhu family was dredging ditches and watering the land on the river bank, and saw it.
"Xiao Zhu, why did you run here? Is everything okay at home?"
Zhu Shouyi, his father, saw Zhu Ping'an running by himself from a distance, and strode over and asked. Zhu's father was bare-chested and rolled up his trouser legs, his feet were covered with mud, and he was holding a shovel in his hand.
Zhu Pingan was shocked to realize that he had unknowingly come to his own land. Looking at his worried father, Zhu Pingan couldn't help but raise his chubby face, "Dad, everything is fine at home, I'm here to help."
Zhu's father was relieved, looked at Zhu Pingan's little arms and legs, and smiled, "What can you do to help? Go over there and watch those fish, and go back and ask your mother to make soup for you."
Grandfather and his family also came over, and his brother Zhu Pingchuan handed a yellow water melon to Zhu Pingan, "Brother, wash and eat, there are still many by the river."
Grandfather appreciated Zhu Pingan's behavior of running to watch adults do farm work, and hoped that Zhu Pingan would be a good hand at farming in the future. In the eyes of grandfather, land is the foundation, even if you are a high official with a high salary, you have to have land to feel at ease.
Well, you can't run around now.
Not far away, the family was watering the land. Zhu Pingan was lying on the grass, watching a few palm-sized grass carps in a newly dug small puddle next to him, and chewing water melons boredly.
Crunchy, fragrant and sweet, it leaves a lasting aftertaste. This kind of watermelon is the size of a fist with black lines. I wonder if it can be sold at a good price in the town.
Because of the convenience of the river water, more than half of the family's fields have been watered in one day, and it will take about half a day tomorrow to finish watering.
In the evening, they really drank fish soup, which made Zhu Ping'an, who rarely tasted meat, eat a lot.
After dinner, the grandfather waved his hand and ordered, "Second brother, you and Dachuan don't need to water the fields tomorrow. Go into the mountains to see if you can hunt some game. When your uncle and others come, you can also add some meat dishes."
My father is the most versatile person in the family, so the task of hunting game in the mountains fell on my father.
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