Quick Wear: With the cub in hand, the world is mine

Si Niu held the bowl and his eyes narrowed into slits after taking the first sip. The water was so sweet that he wanted to give some to the dog too.

"Don't think about anything else. You can drink it, but the dog can't." Hua Ke knew what the little boy was thinking as soon as he saw his expression. Now that the kid has a pet, he wants to share everything with the puppy.

Breakfast consisted of leftover pickles and millet porridge from last night. Everyone had finished eating in less than ten minutes.

Hua Ke wore a short jacket and long pants, and went out with a straw hat and sickle, "Si Niu, you and your brothers and sisters stay at home, don't run around."

Uh-huh.

When Hua Ke saw him nod, she went straight to her own fields. There were already quite a few people mowing the fields, both men and women. Everyone wanted to mow more while the weather was not too hot.

Hua Ke came to her own rice field, which was all golden, and all she could see was the golden grains.

Hua Ke held a sickle, bent over to cut rice, and recited "Born in adversity, die in comfort" in her heart. She had to be strong. It was only six acres of land. She was very hardworking! She could cut all three acres of land by herself!

The sunlight was getting hotter and hotter. Hua Ke massaged her waist and felt uncomfortable. Fortunately, she had taken medicine in the morning. Seeing that Liu and Li were sweating profusely, Hua Ke asked them to go back to cook and bring them some water.

"Mom, go rest under the tree for a while. My brother and I will continue cutting the grass."

"Yes, Aunt Chen is also under the tree. If I'm bored, I can chat with her."

Hua Ke was very satisfied. These two sons were sometimes irritating, but sometimes they were filial and caring for their mother. But if they really cared for her, they would not have agreed to let her work in the fields. So, her filial piety was two stars, which needed to be improved. After all, the family was burdened with heavy responsibilities, and some people in the village who were older than her had to work in the fields to support their families. It was difficult for her to survive without working.

She would not be hypocritical and say that she was not tired and wanted to work with them, nor would she be reluctant to let Wen Fugui and his brother work alone. She wished she could rest more. After all, her two sons still had strength, right? There were already six grandchildren, so she should rest when she needed to, and not tire herself out.

[When you first came here to harvest the land, weren't you full of confidence and determined to finish harvesting three mu of land? Where is your previous arrogance? ]

"Hey, things are always developing, and so are people. I am different this morning than I am now. I have to go talk to my old sisters."

Aunt Chen was the woman who said that Wen Lin and Hua Ke didn't get along last time. When she saw Hua Ke coming over, she moved her butt to make room for her. "Da Hua, you're still as powerful as you were back then. You're over 40 but you still have plenty of energy. I couldn't stand it after only cutting for half an hour. I'm too old to do it anymore."

"Chen Qingqing, you're not bad either. You're just a little slower than when you were young. Even your daughter-in-law can't catch up with you. You're really amazing."

This wave of mutual commercial praise made Chen Qingqing very happy. She thought other people's praises were lies, but only when Hua Ke praised her did she feel that it was sincere. Everyone in the village knew that Da Hua would not lie.

After chatting with her old sisters for a quarter of an hour, Hua Ke returned to the fields. Chen Qingqing also stopped resting and quickly cut the rice with a sickle.

After Liu brought Sanniang and Xiaozhu to deliver food and water, Hua Ke and the others put down their farm tools and sat under a tree to eat.

Liu must have taught Sanniang before. As soon as Hua Ke sat down to drink water, Sanniang took a large leaf fan to fan her. Seeing this, Wen Fugui took off his straw hat and handed it to Xiaozhu beside him, "Xiaozhu, fan Dad. Dad is so tired that he can't even lift his hands."

Hua Ke only participated in harvesting rice and grinding the grains. The Wen Fugui brothers were responsible for shelling the grains, while Liu, Li and Daniu put the ground grains into the winnowing cart to separate the chaff and shriveled grains.

Hua Ke had seen the hand-cranked rice fanning machine that was improved by later generations in the 1990s. Every year after drying the rice, Tian Yan would borrow the rice fanning machine from someone else's house. She would put a snakeskin bag on the grain outlet, and Tian Yan would use a large shovel to put the rice into the funnel. She and Hua Qi would be responsible for hand-cranking, and a lot of impurities would be blown out of the air outlet. Every time, Tian Yan would tell them to stay away from the air outlet, otherwise they would feel itchy, and her words were full of concern for her granddaughters.

It's amazing that after so many years, she still remembers the scene clearly. She misses the little old lady a little. She should have stayed with them longer. Her life is so long, and theirs is only a few decades. Once she misses them, she can never go back.

While Hua Ke was in a daze, Si Niu tugged at her sleeve.

"Big Head, what's wrong with you?"

Si Niu pointed to the toilet. His constipation was not so severe now, from once every four or five days to once every two days.

"You need to go to the toilet? Sanniu, come here and teach your brother how to use the toilet token."

Sanniu didn't dare to refuse, "Siniu, follow me."

"A-Zu, when are you going to town again? Can you take me with you?" Erniu's eyes were full of anticipation.

Hua Ke thought that the family had been busy for more than ten days and everyone had lost weight, so it was time to go to the town to buy some meat to replenish their bodies.

"Tomorrow morning, I can take you. You have to hold the four cows and don't run around, otherwise I won't take you with me anymore."

"Oh yeah! A-Zu, can I sleep with Si Niu tonight?"

"Just ask him yourself. If he's willing, that's fine."

Several children nearby were eager to go, and Sanniang mustered up the courage to come over and said, "Grandpa, I want to go to the market, too."

Daniu followed up: "Ah Zu, I want to go too. I will definitely not run around."

Sanniu rushed out of the shed, holding a bamboo stick in his hand, "A-Zu! I'm going too!"

Wow! If there is another one, there will be seven Calabash Brothers. It can also be considered seven, after all, one Calabash Brother is responsible for invisibility.

"You can all go. But you must listen to me. I'll tie your waists with ropes, and no one can run around. If you don't want to go, don't go."

Daniu was embarrassed: "Ah Zu, I'm almost seven years old, do I still need to be tied up? I can do it without running around."

"No, you are the eldest brother, you have to set an example for your younger brothers and sisters."

"Good."

At noon the next day, Hua Ke took a group of Calabash Brothers and got on Wen Qilang's ox cart. Hua Ke pulled both ends of the five-meter-long rope, and the children sat quietly in the middle.

It was the first time that the city guards had seen such a scene. When collecting the fees, they even asked Daniu Hua Ke who she was to them.

"Sir, she is our grandmother. We came to town with her to play. She tied us up around the waists because she was afraid that we would run around and be kidnapped by gangsters."

The guard was a young soldier. When he heard Daniu calling him "sir", he grinned and said, "Your grandmother is right. It's better to be careful in everything."

After the city guards let them go, Hua Ke brought the six kids to the noodle shop where they had eaten last time. "Shopkeeper, give me two servings of tung-skin noodles and two servings of wontons. Tell the waiter what you guys want to eat."

"Little Brother, I want a bowl of bamboo shoot noodles."

"I want shredded chicken noodles."

"I want three fresh noodles."

"I'm the same as Brother Daniu."

"I...I want to eat glutinous rice."

"Order whatever you want, but you have to finish it after you order it."

The kids nodded quickly, "Grandpa, we can finish it." So happy! Finally, we came to the town to eat delicious food.

"Hey, have you heard? The former young god of war, Chu Xuanye, is now a great general guarding the country. He has a relative who fell into a coma a few days ago. Many talented people have been found but none of them have been able to wake him up. The general has offered a large reward to anyone who can save that relative. Even Huang Daxian from our Yanlai Town has gone to the capital to join in the fun."

"Is there such a thing? Huang Daxian is very powerful, he should be able to save the person, right?"

Hua Ke pricked up her ears to listen to the conversation of the two diners behind her. In ancient times, there were no entertainment activities, so listening to gossip was quite a way to relieve boredom. What ability did Wong Tai Sin have? He was just a deceitful old man who couldn't even tell fortunes clearly, but he still joined in the fun. It would be dangerous if he was discovered by others.