Fast-forward to the era of cannon fodder

Chapter 977 Koi Heroine 41

After intense discussions among the four brothers, the family was finally divided.

The second wife did not want the house and did not want to take on any debts. She only took away a few farm tools that were allocated to them, thirty kilograms of grain, and her own personal belongings.

The other three families divided the remaining food equally according to the population. Each family received two rooms, some farm tools... and also shared a debt of 200 yuan.

After the family split up, Yuanchun moved with her parents to the former educated youth home in the village.

Last year, after the last educated youth in the village returned to the city, the dozen or so houses in the educated youth compound had been empty. Yuanchun rented four rooms from the brigade, with her parents living in one, she living in one, one used as the living room, and one as the kitchen.

On the second day after the family division, Yuanchun borrowed a cart from the village secretary's house, took her parents to the county town, and bought an iron pot, a sickle, a large water tank, and some miscellaneous daily necessities.

I bought two pounds of meat and fifty eggs.

Three days later, the villagers started the double harvest.

Yao Xili has only one leg, so he can't go to work in the fields, otherwise his foot would be stuck in the mud and he couldn't get out. Li Erya has only one arm and can't do any work, so she can't even harvest the rice properly.

Yuanchun harvested the rice at home by herself. After harvesting, she carried the rice back home on a shoulder pole. Yao Xili and Li Erya were not idle either. Yao Xili had no legs and could not operate the thresher, so he let Li Erya do it while he stood by, leaning on a crutch, and threshing the rice.

The couple, one using their feet and the other using their hands, worked perfectly together to thresh all the rice that Yuanchun had brought back.

Although it is a bit hard, at least I can help my daughter.

After Yuanchun had harvested all the rice, she went to a nearby cattle farm, rented a cow and a sled, and learned to plow the fields like the villagers.

There were not many paddy fields in Yaojia Village, and each person was allocated one mu of paddy fields. Yao Xili was originally a resident of the quarry, so he was not allocated any land. Yuanchun's family only had two mu of paddy fields.

Yuanchun plowed the two acres of paddy field for a whole day. After sending the cattle back to the cattle farm, Yuanchun returned home exhausted.

Li Erya said distressedly, "My dear girl, how about we spend one dollar and hire someone to come back and plant the rice seedlings? It will take only one day to plant the rice seedlings in two mu of land."

"Mom, all that's left is to plant the rice seedlings. I'll finish it in two more days." Yuanchun said with a smile, "Besides, everyone is busy with the double harvest. Who has time to help us? Even if we pay them one dollar, they won't come."

Yao Xili said, "My dear daughter, tomorrow your mother and I will go to pull up the rice seedlings, and you just need to focus on planting them."

"Dad, don't go. Just help us cook at home." Yuanchun didn't want her father to go to the fields and get himself in a mess.

Yao Xili didn't want to stay at home and do nothing. "It's okay. I won't go to the middle of the field. I'll sit on the ridge and pull up the seedlings. Your mother pulls the seedlings, and I can help tie them up. Two people working together is always faster than one person."

Yuanchun tried to persuade him a few times, but seeing that he insisted, she said nothing more.

The next day, three people from the second wife came to the rice field. Yuanchun took off her shoes and stepped into the field to pull out the second row of seedlings. The row of seedlings near the ridge was left for Yao Xili and Li Erya to pull out.

Yao Xili sat on the ridge of the field and pulled the half closer to the ridge, while Li Erya pulled the other half.

Li Erya pulled out too many, so she asked Yao Xili to tie them up.

The couple worked together perfectly.

By the time Yuanchun had finished plucking one ridge, the couple had also finished plucking most of the ridge, leaving the remaining small ridge for Yao Xili to plucking in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, Yuanchun went to plant rice seedlings, and Li Erya went to bring her the seedlings.