The Qiu brothers were sharpening knives and repairing farm tools, Li Yunlan blanched the long cowpeas and dried them on bamboo poles, while Liu was picking beans and preparing to plant cold cowpeas so that she could still eat fresh beans in October.
The harvest officially started on the sixth day of September. In the morning, Chen got up early to cook. According to her mother-in-law's instructions, the rice she cooked in the morning included stir-fried leek and eggs, roasted tofu with pickled vegetables, and steamed sour beans with one pickle.
Because Chen was breastfeeding, Qiu Defu gave half of the eggs in the bowl to her and half to Baoyu. Chen pinched Baoyu with his eyes, and Baoyu was too scared to eat.
Li Yunlan coughed angrily, and Mrs. Chen lowered her head to eat.
Because Chenggong was still breastfeeding, Chen could only stay at home, and Mingyue also stayed at home to help take care of her younger brothers and sisters.
The sunshine in early autumn is not gentle either. The low-hanging ears of rice shine with the light of harvest in the sun. The sickles cut through the tranquility. The rice fields are filled with fresh breath, and the sound of harvesting rice echoes in the fields.
Li Yunlan had never cut rice, so she bundled bunches in the back and picked the ears of rice.
Soon Li Yunlan, under the straw hat, was sweating, and Chengcai's little face was also red.
It was only the first day, and she was already resisting. The trip she was on had become extremely long, and it felt like it would never end.
It's really like noon, every grain of grain is hard work.
Gradually, her hands began to shake, and the tiger's mouth became painful. She was tying the rice in front, and Chengcai was behind to hold up the bundled rice.
She gritted her teeth and persisted, her clothes were half soaked with sweat. The new era was better, the new era was better! Rice harvesting and farming are all mechanized.
At first there was talk and laughter in the field, but later there was only the sound of the sickle cutting the straw.
Every household in Xiaoliu Village drinks gruel, and now they have no extra energy to gossip.
Soon, voices shouting for dinner came from the village. Not long after, Mingyue's shout was heard. Li Yunlan wiped his sweat: "Go home and eat."
Liu poured the last bit of water into the bowl for Chengcai to drink, and then followed behind with the empty jar.
When I got home, I washed my hands and face with water and then lay down on the cool bed. All the bones in my body were so sore.
"Mom, it's time to eat," Mrs. Chen shouted while hugging Success.
When Little Chenggong is a month old, he doesn't want to sleep on the bed. In addition, he can roll over and needs to be watched at any time.
Li Yunlan really didn't want to get up and said: "Put Chenggong on the bed. You go and eat first. After you finish, you can take over for me."
"Mom, go and eat quickly. I can eat even if I hold Success in my arms."
Li Yunlan could hardly lift his eyelids: "I want to take a break. You don't want me to just hold you and eat while I'm looking at you!"
Mrs. Chen turned around and went to the main room with success in her arms.
Madam Liu had already put the rice on the table. Seeing that no one was behind Madam Chen, she asked, "Where is mother?"
Mrs. Chen sat down with her child in her arms and said, "Mom said she wanted to take a rest and let us eat first."
Qiu Defu stood up and said, "I'm going to call my mother."
Qiu Degui waved his hand and said, "Mom is probably tired and doesn't want to move when she lies down. Let's eat first."
Mrs. Liu took a bowl, picked out some vegetables, brought it into the kitchen and put it in the pot to cover it.
"Mom, how are you? Are you okay? Don't go there in the afternoon. You are old. You can help your second younger brother and sister at home while we are here." Mrs. Liu said with concern.
Li Yunlan didn't want to raise her eyebrows at all: "I'm fine. I can't compare with you. I will be a little tired on the first day. You three should take it easy. There is still a lot of work ahead. Let's go eat."
Mrs. Liu hummed and went to the main room to eat.
Li Yunlan sighed in her heart. Her grandma always told her to study hard, but she couldn't go back to farming. At that time, she thought how hard farming could be, and how hard could it be to go to school?
Now she realizes the pain of her grandma. Her grandma always said that in the past, women acted like men and men acted like cows, just to have a full meal.
The old man has endured all the hardships he has endured, and he doesn’t want his children to have to endure them.
Grandma doesn’t want her mother to go back to farming. Farming is very hard for her.
Mom and dad started by setting up a stall, selling breakfast in the morning, lunch boxes at noon, food stalls in the evening, and finally opened a snack shop. They worked from dawn to dusk and did not dare to stop for a moment, just to prevent their daughter from suffering from them. I hope my daughter can sit in the office with dignity in the future.
But everyone in the world suffers, they are all different.
Soon Li Yunlan fell asleep, and Chengcai took the bed sheet and covered her belly with grandma.
Li Yunlan was woken up by the cry of success, and the pain all over her body made her sigh deeply.
He sat up, moved his limbs, and headed into the second house.
"Damn girl, what do you think of your brother? What do I need from you? You're a loser and you only know how to eat. If your brother does anything wrong, I'll strangle you to death." Mrs. Chen was scolding and beating Baoyu.
"Are you not a woman yourself? Are you not a loser? Ever since you gave birth to success, Baoyu seems to have been picked up by you. You used to love Baoyu so much. How did it become like this now?" Li Yunlan looked at Baoyu biting his clothes, not even being beaten. If he dared to make a sound, he had obviously been beaten often before.
"Baoyu, go with grandma. Mrs. Chen, if you dare to hit Baoyu again, give it a try." After speaking, Li Yunlan pulled Baoyu out of the house.
As soon as Li Yunlan left, Chen threw her fan on the bed and said, "I have forgotten everything in the past. I will only stare at me to find trouble for the rest of my life."
"Grandma, it's Baoyu's fault. Mom asked me to watch my brother while he was sleeping. When I fell asleep, my brother turned over and fell on the edge of the bed. It's my fault. I don't blame Mom." Li Yunlan hugged her and said, "Baoyu , you are also a child, I don’t blame you, you are only three years old, there is nothing wrong with you, you are a good child, and our Baoyu is the best and most wonderful child."
It's a shame that Mrs. Chen can think of letting a three-year-old child take care of a child who is only a few months old.
Mrs. Chen loved Baoyu very much in her previous life, but now that she has a son, she has changed.
Maybe she has never changed. She lost her son in her previous life, so she could only be kind to her only daughter. Now that she has a son, her daughter becomes more and more distasteful to her.
She gave birth to both daughters and sons, so why should we treat them differently?
What Li Yunlan didn't understand was that she was young, had little experience, and was an only child at home. Although she had heard that her grandma was dissatisfied with her being a girl, she never showed it to her face.
After coaxing Baoyu, she took her to the big house. Liu spread a straw mat on the ground and let Mingyue play with Pearl on it. Li Yunlan let Baoyu play with her sisters for a while, and then went to the kitchen. Have a meal.
After eating, I washed the bowl, scooped out some noodles, beat two eggs, put some salt, cut some green onion and stirred it into a paste.
He spread out a few egg and scallion pancakes in the pot, cut one into three parts and gave it to the three granddaughters, and put the rest on a plate with a can of water and put them into a basket and carried them to the fields.
When they arrived at the field, they were asked to stop for lunch, which was a snack in the afternoon when farming was busy.
