Pig Killer

"The yield per mu will definitely increase." Shen Hui'e looked at him with a smile.

"Haha..." Huang Shuchang's eyes curved into crescents with joy when he heard that. "I thought so too."

"I was so happy during those few snowfalls," Huang Shuchang said with a smile, "and I had a lot of fun playing there."

Shen Hui'e looked at the child who had not grown up with her bright eyes, "Let's have a snowball fight."

"Yes! Yes!" Huang Shuchang said cheerfully, "No one can beat me in a snowball fight. I turn everyone into a snowman."

"Then I was beaten up by my grandmother with a broom." The big tiger looked at him with his black eyes and said with a smile.

"You little rascal." Huang Shuchang looked at him lovingly and said.

"You're soaking wet and almost sick, yet you're still smiling!" Shen Hui'e looked at her son angrily and said, "You deserve to be beaten!"

"Not cold! I'm all warm from running, not cold at all." The big insect looked at her with its round eyes and said coquettishly.

"What are you doing under the shade of the tree?" Shen Hui'e asked him with her eyes as gentle as jade.

"Writing big characters." The big insect looked at her with its dark eyes and said, "Using a branch." He smiled and said, "Mother, Brother Cheng can write his own name now."

"You learn so fast!" Shen Hui'e looked up at Cheng Donglai and smiled.

"It's not well written." Cheng Donglai said embarrassedly with a red face.

"Your writing is not very good at the beginning. It's good enough if you can write straight and level without any crookedness." Shen Hui'e looked at them gently and said, "Practice more, and you will be able to write well."

"Aunt has no objection to brother Da Chong teaching us to read." Cheng Donglai looked at her in surprise and said.

"Of course I don't object. Reading and learning to write are good things as long as you are willing to learn." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her bright dark pupils and said gently.

"Yes, yes." Cheng Donglai and the others nodded in unison.

"But we have to finish the farm work first." Shen Hui'e looked at them with deep and clear eyes and said, "You have to pick the seeds in the afternoon."

"Okay, okay! Let's do the farm work first." Cheng Donglai said hurriedly.

"Let's go! Let's go home." Shen Hui'e looked at them with eyes as gentle as jade and said, "Let's go to the river first and see if there is any harvest."

"Let's go! Let's go to the river." The big tiger jumped and ran towards the river happily.

Shen Hui'e looked at the farmers still working in the fields. They were really as hard-working as those in the antique murals!

Huang Shuchang pulled the backpack out of the river and looked at the fish and shrimp jumping around in it. "Wow...it's a big catch!"

"Not as much as before, but enough for us to eat." Shen Hui'e lowered her eyes to look at the basket and said, "Fourth brother, pull some reeds and tie a few fish back."

"Second sister-in-law, I won't be polite!" Huang Shuchang strode towards the reed marsh, plucked some reeds directly, then rubbed them into a strand, took the fish out of the backpack, and passed the fish through the gills.

Huang Shuchang took four fish, Cheng Donglai took three, and Shen Hui'e and Da Chong carried the rest back home.

Shen Hui'e wanted to carry the backpack on her back, but it was so wet that she couldn't carry it. She had to carry it with her, and the water was dripping all the way.

I have to go to the fields to plow the afternoon, so my lunch is fish porridge.

After dinner, Shen Huie took out the seeds and handed them to the children, "Pick the seeds at home!"

"Hey!" the tiger responded crisply.

Shen Hui'e left the Dachong siblings and Cheng Donglai at home to pick seeds, and Huang Er was also let go to look after the children.

&*&

Because of the spring plowing, the entire county is very quiet. All shops are closed and everyone is in the fields, except for the elderly and children who cannot go out.

Shen Hui'e is now a small landlord. Does she lack land? No! She lacks people.

Now I can only stick my butt out to plow the fields.

The Huang brothers took turns helping her cultivate the fields for more than ten days.

Shen Changsheng came over leading the cow. He held the plow handle himself. Shen Peng drove the cow and started plowing the field.

"With cows, things are fast!" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at the plowing oxen with curved eyebrows.

"Of course." Liu Ding walked over and said with a smile on his face.

"Why are you here?" Shen Hui'e turned around and looked at them and said.

"Come and help your sister-in-law plow the fields!" Liu Ding said to her with a smile on his face.

"The work in your fields has been completed." Shen Hui'e looked at them with concern in her clear eyes.

"The land has been plowed, and now we have to sow the seeds." Liu Ding looked at her with his dark eyes and said, "I will help you plow the land first so that you can sow the seeds."

"Thank you." Shen Hui'e bowed to express her gratitude.

"What are you thanking me for? My second brother is not at home, and farming this kind of work is a man's job." Liu Ding patted his shoulder and said, "I don't have any other skills, but I have a lot of strength. It's my duty to do this little favor." He picked up the plow and said, "Come on! Who will hold the plow?"

"I come."

They went down to the fields in pairs and helped Shen Hui'e plow the fields.

"Second sister-in-law." The Xiong brothers came over carrying plows.

"What are you doing?" Shen Hui'e looked at the two brothers in surprise.

"It's up to us men to plow the fields. Can we come and help?" Xiong Ying looked at her with his dark eyes.

"Thank you!" Shen Hui'e looked at them gratefully and said.

"What are you thanking me for? You taught us how to slaughter pigs. We made a lot of money when we went to other counties a few days ago." Xiong Xiong said happily, and then smiled and said, "Just consider it a thank you gift."

"Thank you for your help." Shen Hui'e thanked her again and again.

"No trouble, no trouble." The Xiong brothers carried the plow and went straight to the field.

All of Huang Zhongchang's drinking buddies came to help, and with strength in numbers, the field was soon plowed.

They all helped to plant the selected seeds.

In addition to grain, crops also included soybeans, mung beans... and mulberry and hemp, which were used to make linen. In addition to their own use, the imperial court also purchased mulberry and hemp.

In this situation, Shen Hui'e started to have a headache again. She didn't know how to weave at all, so she would have no clothes to wear.

Don’t think about it anymore. Shen Hui’e looked at the endless fields and decided to sow the seeds first!

When sowing, all the children who can run have to go to the fields.

For children, sowing seeds is just playing.

What a silly child! Sowing seeds is tiring. After bending over all day, I feel like my waist is not my own.

After a month, Shen Hui'e was really dying and coming back to life, and coming back to life and dying again.

After the spring plowing, Shen Hui'e and her two daughters slept for three days before they felt refreshed.

Fortunately, a fine, continuous spring rain came just as the seeds were sown.

What a timely rain!

&*&

"I'm going to the countryside to collect pigs. Can you go to my grandmother's house?" Shen Hui'e said to them as she packed up her things and pushed the wheelbarrow.

"Hey!" the brother and sister responded crisply.

Shen Hui'e locked the door and said as she pushed the wheelbarrow, "I plan to bring this pig up and treat everyone to a pig-killing feast."

"What do you mean?" The big tiger blinked his black eyes and looked at her.