Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

At noon, Luo Yu pulled Aunt Zhang and said he wanted to go back to prepare lunch.

Bai Lingyi wiped the sweat from his forehead and raised his head, hoping that Sister Luo Yu would wave to him and ask him to go together.

I was slapped on the back by Brother Bingrui, and I only heard his smug tone: "Boy, don't even think about being lazy. If we want to finish harvesting today, you have to harvest at least one acre of land."

"Brother Bingrui, I'm so thirsty."

Bingrui called out to Luo Yu: "Sister, bring a few more pots of water!"

Luo Yu smiled helplessly and made a cheering gesture to Bai Lingyi. Xiaoyi didn't understand, but his sister's action was very cute, and he couldn't help but laugh.

Uncle Zeng finally straightened up and said to Bai Lingyi, "Young Master, go sit under the tree and rest for a while. You've worked really hard today!"

Bai Lingyi looked at Qin Bingrui, shook his head, and said with a righteous face: "Uncle, I'm not tired. My sister said that as a man, you must keep your word. I have to harvest one acre of land today!"

Qin Bingrui patted his little shoulder again and chuckled twice: "That's good. After the harvest, I'll take you to do physical training. Keep doing it every day."

“What is physical training?”

"You'll understand later. You can't lift anything, and no matter how much you study, you'll still be nothing more than a weak scholar who can't even lift a chicken. Although governing a country depends on literature, fighting for the world is not something that scholars can do."

"Brother Bingrui, you have to be careful with your words."

"What are you afraid of? Didn't every dynasty rely on military commanders to conquer the world? While learning is important, unchanging theoretical theories are useless. We must strengthen our physical fitness and intensify our pursuit of useful knowledge. Only technological advancement can truly change the fate of our nation."

"What is useful knowledge? What is technology?"

Qin Bingrui knew that he had said too much at once, but Bai Lingyi was a smart man. Even if he didn't say it, he would remember it.

I'll just give an example.

"Look at the way we're harvesting wheat, even if I work faster, I can only harvest one acre in half an hour, and I don't even have time to rest.

What if we had some other machine that could replace it? For example, something that was faster and more convenient than a sickle? Even if I were alone, I could harvest two or three acres in half an hour. If I were fast, I could harvest ten acres in an hour. Don’t you think that’s amazing?”

"Brother Bingrui, what immortal technique are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about technological advancements, just like the upgrade of this sickle. We no longer need to bend over and harvest the crops bit by bit with our bare hands. Do you understand?"

Bai Lingyi nodded, not quite understanding, after all, he had never seen this kind of technology before.

"Brother Bingrui, when will this kind of technology be available?"

Qin Bingrui suddenly patted his head. It seemed that there was such an upgraded tool. He would have to ask Sister Luo Yu later. She was more adept at studying ancient inventions and principles.

When Luo Yu returned, he was stunned to find that Fang had already started learning to cook. Fortunately, there was enough rice and flour in the carriage for her to keep busy.

When a pot of rice broke through the lid and came out, Aunt Zhang was heartbroken.

"Mrs. Bai, I'll do the cooking. Please don't get your hands dirty."

"I'm fine. I don't have much to do anyway. I can't help you harvest the wheat if I'm not well."

Luo Yu smiled and said, "Mom, it's not your turn as the eldest lady of the Bai family to cook. Just focus on what you are good at."

As the saying goes, make the best use of people and things.

Fang was also extremely distressed. She couldn't help at all these days. Even her children could help Miss Qin and the others with something. She couldn't just be a freeloader at her age.

"Alas, mother doesn't even know what she's really good at. What use are poetry, calligraphy, and painting in a time like this? When you can't even get enough to eat, who cares about leisure and elegance and a decent life? Mother just wants to help out a little, not be a useless person."

"How could you be a useless person? Look, you even fed Baihu and Tui'er today. When San'er saw us coming back, he told Aunt Zhang that he liked Aunt Fang the most."

When Fang heard this, the anxiety on her face calmed down a little.

Fang Yunjiao looked at the girl in front of her who was about the same age as her daughter. She didn't look very healthy and looked a little haggard. She seemed to have experienced many hardships, but she lived a very positive and optimistic life.

She helps everyone she meets without asking for anything in return. This selfless spirit is not something that ordinary people can possess. In other words, no one, no matter how powerful or wealthy, can match her.

"Mom, why are you looking at me? Don't think too highly of me. I'll definitely find something for you to do later."

Luo Yu didn't dare to tell the truth. When Xia Liang saw her come back, she immediately told her secretly that the boiled pork made by Aunt Fang was burnt on one side, but the meat inside was not cooked. She was afraid that Aunt Fang would be upset, so she forced herself to eat it all.

The dog was quite happy. As long as there was meat to eat, it was happy.

There were meat, vegetables and fragrant rice. Aunt Zhang's eyes were moist. If she could eat like this every day, she and the child's father would be able to finish working on not only 20 acres of land, but even 200 acres.

"Mom, it would be great if I could eat like this every day!"

After the second son of the Zeng family finished eating, he was still not satisfied. He wiped his greasy mouth and wanted to lick it a few more times.

"Even without meat, white rice is delicious." The third child is simple and cute, expressing the family's true thoughts.

He licked every grain of rice in the bowl clean, making it cleaner than the dog's bowl.

Luo Yu was used to it, after all, she and Qin Bingrui ate quite cleanly.

Bai Lingyi thought about how he used to not touch the food he didn't like to eat, and wouldn't eat the food he didn't taste good, so he couldn't help but lower his head in shame.

Fang couldn't help but feel distressed when she saw her son's face flushed red from the scorching sun. But why couldn't her son do what other people's sons could do? Thinking of this, she said nothing and just told Bai Lingyi to wash his face and rest after eating before going to the afternoon session.

The sun was scorching at noon, and Uncle Zeng insisted on staying in the field. Qin Bingrui worked quickly and took a break without hesitation. He pulled the carriage directly to the harvested wheat field and let Uncle Zeng lie down in it to rest first.

Uncle Zeng was not willing to sleep in the spacious and luxurious carriage. He was afraid of dirtying the carriage, so he could only sit in the driver's seat outside the carriage, leaning against the carriage with his eyes squinting.

Uncle Zeng didn't feel relieved until Luo Yu and Zhang brought them food.

After eating, continue working.

Qin Bingrui looked at the big piece of braised pork and drooled. It was worthy of being a dish made by Sister Luo Yu, with lots of oil, meat and sugar. It was really delicious.

Uncle Zeng was completely different from him. He didn't even dare to swallow his saliva when looking at the big pieces of meat and white rice.

How could a family like them afford such a precious meal?

"Uncle, you eat. We've all eaten. One bowl of meat each. We're all tired of it."

“Isn’t this meat expensive?”

"It would be a waste if we didn't eat it. It's been too hot recently and we bought a lot. It would have gone bad if we didn't eat it. Thank you for helping us eat it."

"..."

Aunt Zhang couldn't explain it, but she knew that no ordinary family was as good as theirs.

Just think of it as the blessing of Bodhisattva, allowing her and the child’s father to meet a good family.