Pig Killer

"Farmers don't keep idle people." Huang Shuchang looked at her gently and said, "When it's time to sow, all the children have to go to the fields. All the children who can run have to work."

"There is no idle land in the world, yet farmers still starve to death." Shen Hui'e inexplicably thought of this poem.

Huang Shuchang was stunned when he heard this, then he smiled and said, "I'm not hungry." He added embarrassedly, "I just didn't eat enough."

Shen Hui'e looked at him stupidly with her eyes like black jade and said, "I mean eating white flour steamed buns for every meal..." She suddenly stopped and changed her words, "White flour soup noodles for every meal."

"That's impossible! I'm satisfied with just corn porridge every day." Huang Shuchang looked at her innocently and said, "We used to farm for the nobles and handed over most of the harvest. Now the nobles are all dead." He smiled and said, "This land has been divided among us."

"During the chaos of war, there are too many unowned lands." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her deep black eyes and said.

"Uh...right!" Huang Shuchang nodded hurriedly, "Except for the taxes, the rest is ours." He quickly added, "Second sister-in-law, come and hold the plow."

"I can continue to hold on." Cheng Donglai said, holding the plow handle tightly.

"You've been working for an hour." Shen Hui'e looked at him tenderly and said, "Take a break, it'll be your turn later." Pointing at the fields, she said, "There's work to be done!"

Cheng Donglai looked at her with his dark eyes and finally let go of the plow.

"If you want to do it, go back and pick out the seeds. Pick out the shriveled, bad ones, and those eaten by insects and feed them to the chickens." Huang Shuchang looked at them with amusement and said.

"That's fine." Shen Hui'e nodded hurriedly, "I'll go back and get the seeds out later. You guys know how to pick them, right?"

"Yes!" Cheng Donglai nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

"Go and watch over the big insects and don't make any trouble." Shen Hui'e pointed to the shade of the tree with a smile.

"Hey!" Cheng Donglai obediently walked towards the shade of the tree.

Shen Hui'e held onto the plow and said, "Uncle, let's go!"

"Hey!" Huang Shuchang hung the hemp rope on his shoulder, "Let's go!"

Shen Hui'e blinked her clear eyes and looked at him barefoot and asked, "Aren't you wearing shoes?"

"It's getting warmer, why wear shoes?" Huang Shuchang looked down at his feet and said, "It's quite comfortable like this."

"No, won't it hurt your feet?" Shen Hui'e asked with concern.

"Straw sandals hurt your feet, especially new ones." Huang Shuchang looked at her wearing straw sandals wrapped in rabbit skin.

Huang Shuchang lifted his feet and said, "These feet are covered with thick calluses. Don't be afraid. Even a needle can't pierce them." He smiled and said, "Go to the fields and see that the second sister-in-law is barefoot. The eldest brother-in-law is also barefoot."

"I haven't noticed this." Shen Hui'e's eyes moved slightly without looking at him.

"Let's go!" Huang Shuchang turned around, pulled the hemp rope, pulled the plow handle and started plowing the land.

It is not easy to hold the plow handle. You can't let it tilt. You have to stretch it with all your strength.

There is really a huge difference in strength between men and women. When Shen Hui'e was pulling the plow, it felt like it weighed a thousand pounds.

Looking at Huang Shuchang pulling the plow, it was obviously much easier.

"There's no sun today, sister-in-law, let's pull the plow for a while longer, until noon!" Huang Shuchang said as he pulled the plow.

"How can you tell it's noon when there's no sun?" Shen Hui'e looked at him in surprise, her back wet with sweat.

"I'm not hungry now and I have plenty of energy." Huang Shuchang glanced back at her, the veins on his forehead bulged and sweat appeared on his forehead.

"You're sweating. Why don't we take a break?" Shen Hui'e said, pointing at his forehead.

"We have to work hard now. Otherwise, if we run out of energy, it will be hard to lift it up again." Huang Shuchang said as he pulled the plow. "Let's go!"

This is more tiring than running 20 kilometers. Shen Hui'e won't have too much energy to spare, as she is very good at fitness.

After a morning, Shen Hui'e felt that this arm was no longer her own.

Shen Hui'e pinched her arm and massaged it to relieve the pain. She looked at Huang Shuchang who was relaxed except for the sweat on his face.

"Aren't you tired?" Shen Hui'e looked at him with concern and asked.

"Not tired, I'm used to it." Huang Shuchang said with a chuckle, and then said with a smile, "Finally caught up with them."

"Can we finish the job by doing this?" Shen Hui'e said very worriedly, relying solely on manpower.

"We definitely can't finish the work alone." Huang Shuchang immediately shook his head when he heard that. "Once the family is done, we will all come to help." He looked at her firmly and said, "We must finish the work. We can't let the land go to waste."

What else can Shen Hui'e say at this point?

"Come back, sister-in-law! Go back and eat something and continue in the afternoon." Huang Shuchang walked towards the ridge of the field.

"Is it okay to put this plow here?" Shen Hui'e said with her dark eyes as she looked at his strong back.

"No problem, everyone's plowshares are on the edge of the field!" Huang Shuchang looked back at her and said, "They won't be lost."

"Okay then!" Shen Hui'e looked at the plowed fields. They were wet and the soil conditions seemed to be good.

The tiger saw that they had stopped plowing the field, so he ran over and asked, "Mother, what are you looking at?"

"I think this field doesn't need watering." Shen Hui'e bent down, grabbed a handful of soil, and squeezed it, but it didn't fall apart at all.

"It snowed a few times last winter, and it snowed twice again after the beginning of spring this year, so the fields are not short of water." Huang Shuchang said to them with a smile on his face as he stood on the ridge of the field.

"Auspicious snow indicates a good harvest." Shen Hui'e looked at them with a gentle gaze and said, "If the wheat is covered with three layers of quilts in winter, you will sleep on steamed buns next year."

"Three-layer quilt, what is a steamed bun?" Huang Shuchang looked at her with confusion on his face.

Shen Hui'e's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. She searched the natives' memories and found that there were no steamed buns yet! "If there are three good snowfalls in winter, it will be like a leather quilt covering the wheat. There will be a bumper wheat harvest next year."

"What is steamed bun?" Huang Shuchang asked persistently.

This is really asking too much, Shen Hui'e complained in her heart.

Shen Hui'e simply confessed, "It's delicious."

"I heard it, but what was it like?" Huang Shuchang said not quite understandingly.

"You'll know when it's done." Shen Hui'e looked at him calmly and said, "It's a kind of pasta."

"Soup noodles?" Huang Shuchang blinked and looked at her and said, "I know about soup noodles, but I don't eat much. Auntie is reluctant to make them."

"If the output increases this year, we can eat more pasta." Shen Hui'e looked at him with clear eyes.

"We have rabbits at home," Huang Shuchang said with a smile. "We built rabbit nests with pebbles to see how they can dig holes. Weaving cages won't work because rabbits have big teeth." He added with a smile, "We collect the rabbit feces and make compost."