After the separation, I took my whole family to eat delicious food and drink spicy

After a sleepless night, early the next morning, Li Xiaoxiao and his friends hurriedly ate breakfast, picked up their sickles and went to the two acres of land they were allocated.

This was Li Xiaoxiao's first time here, and it was not her fault. She had been busy trying to make money since the family split up, and she had no time to come here.

At this time, the fields were full of busy farming scenes. Li Xiaoxiao also saw Aunt Chen's family busy harvesting rice. They planted much more grain than Li Xiaoxiao's family, about seven or eight acres, but they also had more people who could work. Now all four adults in the family were out, and it would only take two or three days to harvest seven or eight acres of rice.

Li Xiaoxiao and the others took the initiative to greet them. Aunt Chen saw that Li Xiaoxiao's family consisted of either children or women, so she said, "Cui Niang, why don't we help you finish the cutting first, and then go take care of our own."

Bai quickly waved her hand and refused, "No need, we'll do it slowly, there's no rush."

Seeing that Bai was so insistent, Aunt Chen didn't know what to say. She just asked Li Tiezhu to help them carry the harvested rice to the village threshing ground, thresh it and then dry it.

Bai took Li Xiaoxiao to start harvesting rice, and Li Fang and Li Linlin followed behind to pick up some fallen rice ears.

Although there were only a few people, everyone worked very hard. After working for most of the day, they only managed to harvest a small area. As noon approached, the sun became increasingly scorching. Li Xiaoxiao felt like she could barely stand up straight, and sweat streamed down her cheeks and dripped into the soil.

She wiped her face with her hand and looked at the rice field where more than half of the land was still covered, feeling a little anxious.

"Sister, I'm so tired." Li Linlin walked to Li Xiaoxiao, bent over and gasped.

"Just hold on a little longer and you'll be done soon." Li Xiaoxiao encouraged her.

At this time, Bai also came over and said, "Xiaoxiao, you two can go to the side and rest for a while. I will cut the rest."

"Mom, I'm not tired yet." Li Xiaoxiao shook her head, "I'll cut a little more."

"You kid..." Bai smiled helplessly, "Okay, then be careful and don't get too tired."

Li Xiaoxiao responded and continued to bend down to cut rice.

After a while, all the rice in the field was finally harvested.

"Finally finished cutting!" Li Xiaoxiao straightened his waist and sighed with satisfaction.

Bai and Li Fang also smiled.

"Mom, what should we do next?" Li Xiaoxiao asked.

"First, bundle the rice. After the rice in the other field is harvested this afternoon, we'll transport it to the threshing ground together," Bai said, and began to bundle the rice. Li Xiaoxiao followed suit, imitating Bai's example. The sun was so strong that Li Xiaoxiao hurriedly told Li Fang and Li Linlin to go back.

After finishing bundling the rice in this field, Li Xiaoxiao was too tired to move. Even pulling bamboo shoots was not as tiring as this. Li Xiaoxiao sat against a tree for a while, drank some water, asked Bai to go back and cook, and then he took the sickle to another field to continue harvesting rice.

Mrs. Bai looked at Li Xiaoxiao's expression, her face filled with heartache, yet she was also pleased by her daughter's thoughtfulness. "Xiaoxiao, then I'll go back and cook. You can come back soon, and we'll harvest the rest this afternoon."

"Okay, Mom, I'll cut some first, so I can cut less in the afternoon." After saying that, she continued to cut the rice. After cutting a small piece, Li Xiaoxiao estimated that it was almost time, stood up, looked at the sun, and prepared to go home for dinner.

She stretched her stiff body and wiped the sweat from her face when she heard shouting.

"Little--"

She looked up and saw a figure running towards her in the distance. When she got closer, she saw that it was Lin Daniu from next door.

In the past, when Li Xiaoxiao was stupid and ignorant, she was often bullied by the naughty kids in the village. It was Lin Daniu who saw it and taught those kids a lesson. After that, those kids became much more restrained. Li Xiaoxiao was grateful to Lin Daniu.

Later, Lin Daniu went to work in the town, and Li Xiaoxiao rarely saw him in the village. Now that the family was busy with farming, Lin Daniu came back from the town to help. As soon as he returned to the village, he saw Li Xiaoxiao on the ridge of the field. He had heard from his parents before that Li Xiaoxiao's madness was cured, but Lin Daniu didn't believe it. Now seeing Li Xiaoxiao busy, he really believed it.

"Brother Daniu, why are you here?" Li Xiaoxiao asked curiously.

"I just came back from town. I saw you harvesting rice when I passed by, so I came over to see if there was anything I could help with." Lin Daniu said with a smile.

"Thank you, Brother Danniu, but I've almost finished cutting it." Li Xiaoxiao said gratefully.

"Then I'll help you carry the rice back." Lin Daniu picked up a few bundles of rice and put them on his shoulders. "Let's go back early to eat and rest."

"Then I'll have to trouble Brother Daniu." Li Xiaoxiao followed Lin Daniu back.

Along the way, the two talked and laughed. Li Xiaoxiao felt that Lin Daniu was a really warm-hearted person.

After putting the rice in his place on the threshing ground, Li Xiaoxiao invited Lin Daniu to his home for dinner. Lin Daniu scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly, "No, I'll just go home to eat. My mother probably has dinner ready for me." Li Xiaoxiao didn't force him, "Okay, let's have dinner together next time we have a chance." Lin Daniu nodded, "Then I'll go home first. You should go home soon too."

Watching Lin Daniu leave, Li Xiaoxiao felt a warm feeling in her heart. She turned and returned home, where Mrs. Bai had already prepared lunch. The family sat together, enjoying this rare leisure time. After dinner, Li Xiaoxiao and Mrs. Bai rested for a while, told Li Fang and Li Linlin to play at home, and then returned to work in the fields.

With the morning's experience, the afternoon's progress was much faster. When the last bunch of rice was harvested, Li Xiaoxiao felt a surge of accomplishment. She looked at the fruits of her day's hard work and smiled with satisfaction.

At this time, Lin Daniu and Li Tiezhu came over pushing their own carts, saying that they would help them transport all the rice to the threshing ground for threshing.

They loaded the rice onto the cart in bundles, with Li Tiezhu pulling the cart in front and Lin Daniu pushing it from behind. Li Xiaoxiao and Bai Shi followed behind, holding sickles. Along the way, Li Xiaoxiao saw other villagers also gradually transporting rice to the threshing ground.

Arriving at the threshing ground, everyone began to busily thresh the rice. Li Xiaoxiao and Bai Shi also quickly joined in. After some hard work, all the rice was finally threshed.

The threshing tools in ancient times were not as convenient as modern ones. The rice had to be threshed manually in bundles, which was not an easy task for Li Xiaoxiao and Bai. Fortunately, with the help of Li Tiezhu and Lin Daniu, they finally threshed all the rice before sunset.

Looking at his reddened hands, Li Xiaoxiao missed the modern harvester immensely. Bai thanked Li Tiezhu and Lin Daniu again, and they both smiled and said it was nothing, then left.

Mrs. Bai took a piece of waterproof cloth and covered the rice. "Alright, wait until the sun comes out tomorrow morning to turn it over and air it, then you can bag it," Mrs. Bai said, clapping her hands with satisfaction.

Li Xiaoxiao looked at the golden rice fields, her heart filled with joy. She knew that these rice crops would guarantee her family's future. Although it was hard work, it was all worth it.

The exhausted mother and daughter packed up their things and slowly walked home in the afterglow of the setting sun.

"Mom, tomorrow we'll dry the rice and then go up the mountain to pick bamboo shoots."

"Well, I'll listen to you." Bai replied.

After returning home, Li Xiaoxiao collapsed on the ground. Li Linlin looked at Li Xiaoxiao who was extremely tired, and ran over to help Li Xiaoxiao massage her back. Her small fist landed on Li Xiaoxiao's back, instantly driving away all the fatigue in her body.

Bai went to the kitchen to cook dinner, and Li Fang also helped to light the fire. In the evening, Li Xiaoxiao actually ate two large bowls of rice. This was the first time she ate so much since she came here.

After dinner, Li Xiaoxiao simply washed up and went to bed. She felt a bit exhausted from the heavy workload today. After Bai washed the dishes, she also took Li Fang and Li Linlin to bed early.