Before going to bed, Shi Chunlan came to He Jing to talk about work.

"There are no other vacancies in the team, and we don't need a teacher for the time being." Shi Chunlan looked at He Jing. She was so pale in the first few days after she came, but now she is tanned.

Another thing is that the palms of her hands were all red and calloused.

Shi Chunlan looked uncomfortable. She was originally a very pampered girl, but when she got here, she didn't even say a word of complaint.

"Mom, this is how it should be." He Jing thought it was a big deal, but it turned out to be such a small thing. She couldn't help but laugh, patted the back of her hand again, and then tilted her head to rest on her shoulder.

"Mom, you and Dad, as well as my older brother and younger brother, don't have to take care of me so much." He Jing leaned against her and said something intimate, "Whatever He Fangfang can do, I can do too."

"Alas." Shi Chunlan sighed in her heart and touched her hair again, "I know you can do it, but it's too hard."

"It's not hard, really." He Jing shook her head to deny, "I came back, and my dad, my eldest brother and his wife, and my second brother and his wife all accepted me."

"I'm already very happy." He Jing raised her head and looked at her seriously, "Mom, let's just do what we have to do from now on, okay?"

Shi Chunlan didn't answer. She looked at her for a long time before nodding and agreeing, "Okay, then you can work with us from now on."

"Yeah." He Jing nodded, then thought of something and asked her, "Mom, is our village very chaotic?"

If that wasn't the case, why would Zhou Qian say that?

He Jing saw that the village was peaceful during the day and the relations among neighbors were pretty good.

She had never been out at night, so she had no idea, but her neighbors all visited each other, so it felt no different from daytime.

Shi Chunlan didn't understand why she asked that, but she answered truthfully, "With your elder brother here, how could there be chaos?"

He Jing understood, "Well, then I get it."

"Did anyone tell you something?" Shi Chunlan asked, while also guessing who it was.

He Jing did not hide it, "When Zhou Qi'an came to deliver the rabbit in the evening, he said that if I went into the mountains, I had to find someone to accompany me."

Shi Chunlan said, "Oh!" and understood immediately, "It is indeed unsafe to go into the mountains."

"Don't underestimate our village. In this mountain, wolves, tigers and leopards are rare, but poisonous snakes and ants are rampant."

He Jing frowned, "I never saw this before when I went into the mountains with my sister-in-law to weed and hoe the fields."

"That's different. The place you went to is not considered entering the mountain, but the entrance to the mountain. Plus, we walk around frequently, so there are naturally fewer snakes, insects, rats and ants." Shi Chunlan smiled and touched her hair. "When you have a chance to go inside in the future, you will know."

"But Zhou Qi'an is right. Don't go in alone. Ask your eldest or second sister-in-law to come with you."

The women of the He family don't need to go into the mountains to chop wood and cut grass; that's done by the men.

He Jing has never been there, so it’s understandable that she doesn’t know.

But Shi Chunlan also reminded her, "There were wild boars in the mountains before, so it's not very safe."

"It's only been a little peaceful in the past few years."

If we count back a few decades, when there was famine, it was really terrifying.

However, these are all things of the past, so there is no need to tell He Jing about them.

He Jing understood.

The next day, the whole family got up and did what they had to do.

The land in the mountains has been almost cleared and it’s time to sow seeds.

He Jing still followed Liao Hongmei into the mountains.

While Shi Chunlan, Xu Zhaodi and their team were pulling out the seedlings, He Zhiqiang and his team were planting them.

But before transplanting the rice seedlings, everyone will gather together to pull out the seedlings.

After going up the mountain, Liao Hongmei told her, "We are done with our work in the morning, and we will help plant rice in the afternoon."

"According to your eldest brother, you should go pull up the seedlings first."

The seedlings are all gathered together, so there is no need to bend over frequently. If possible, you can find a small stool to sit on, which will be much more comfortable.

This was discussed by the whole family.

He Jing had no objection, "Sister-in-law, I haven't done it yet, is there anything I need to pay attention to?"

Liao Hongmei thought about it, but didn't think of anything. "When the time comes, mom will be by your side, just follow what she does."

He Jing understood.

In the afternoon, she went to pull up the seedlings. It was the first time she stepped into the slippery paddy field. It felt icy and soft.

It just feels weird, but not offensive.

The seedlings are neatly arranged in several rows. More than half of them have been pulled out in the morning, and only a small part is left.

He Jing asked, "Were we done after we pull these out this afternoon?"

"It's just this piece of land, there are more." The seedlings are not concentrated, it depends on who is responsible for it.

Shi Chunlan said, "It takes four to five days for everyone in the team to go to the fields to plant rice."

"So long?" He Jing was shocked. She thought it would only take two or three days.

Shi Chunlan smiled, "Normal."

Since it was He Jing's first time here, Shi Chunlan brought a small stool for her to sit on.

The others saw it but didn't say anything. They just did what they had to do.

Although there is a small bench, it will still sink into the paddy field. He Jing has to lift the chair up after sitting for a while. After a long time and many times, it becomes troublesome and she simply stops using it.

Rice planting is the busy farming season, and school has holidays.

Jinbao and the others were on vacation, so they came to help, but most of them were still playing around. Shi Chunlan didn't care, and He Jing didn't pay any attention either.

Just a few children mixed together, and in no time, they all turned into little clay figures.

He Jing thought that if her elder and younger sisters-in-law saw this, they would definitely be beaten.

"Don't worry about it, they will naturally run to the canal to wash later." Shi Chunlan was used to it.

He Jing knew.

After a while, He Jing felt an itch on her calf. Thinking it was a mosquito, she slapped it and touched something sticky and slippery. She was startled and looked down immediately. It was something stuck on her leg.

He Jing shuddered all over and quickly tried to brush it off with her hands.

Shi Chunlan saw her movements and immediately stopped her, "Don't move, it's a leech."

"What?" He Jing's hands froze, and she also felt sticky leeches on her other foot. She shuddered all over, "What should I do?"

"Don't be impatient." Shi Chunlan looked and saw that the leech had just been sucked in not long ago, so it was still possible to take a picture of it.

"These are all the paddy fields. Just be careful." Shi Chunlan answered nonchalantly.

But He Jing didn't dare to stay any longer, "Mom, I need to rest for a while."

"Okay." Shi Chunlan saw that her face was pale and thought that she was frightened, so she let her go to rest.

He Jing got up and carefully checked her legs and feet to make sure there were no leeches on them. Only then did she feel relieved.

However, when she went to the canal to wash her hands and feet, she saw a long, thin leech swimming around, which made her whole body tremble.

Miaomiao came over to wash her hands. When she saw this, she excitedly called her brothers to come and see.

He Jing couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you afraid?"

"I'm not afraid." Miaomiao shook her head, "It's all in the water."

"Just don't touch it."

He Jing knew that there was this thing in the water, and her face immediately frowned.

"Aunt, if you look at it a few more times, you won't be scared anymore." Miaomiao said, "I was scared before, too."

“I’ve been bitten, too.”

"But it doesn't hurt."

He Jing looked at it reluctantly for a few more times, and the leech flowed down the canal.

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