Ten diligent days: the fields are still

Time flies by, pushing people forward without allowing any room for rejection.

In the early morning, Yuan Lai answered the call and heard her mother's voice: "Are you coming back for the New Year? Your father and I are planning to go to your grandparents' house this year."

She looked at the calendar and found that Chinese New Year was almost here.

"Hmm... I'm not sure yet. If the production crew has an early holiday, I'll go back; if it's late, you and Dad can take Yuan Sheng with you. I can then video chat with my grandparents."

After hanging up the phone, Yuan Lai got up from the bed and walked into the bathroom. She stood in front of the mirror, and the sunlight came in through the gaps in the blinds, shining on the mirror, creating a dazzling light.

Banlan came out from under the bed, climbed up her back, and when it was only one centimeter away from the sunlight, it stopped and gently poked Yuan Lai's back with its horn.

Yuan Lai reached back and grabbed Banlan in his hand.

"I've really wronged you these days, but the children are still young, and I'm afraid you'll get hurt. If you feel bored, you can climb out of the balcony and play for a while. But don't run too far, okay?"

She put Banlan back on the ground, quickly washed up, changed her clothes, and walked out of the bedroom.

Downstairs, Zhou Qingran had already prepared breakfast and placed it on the dining table.

There was a small note under the cup. "Jiang Yan and I are going on a business trip for a week. I'd like to ask you to take care of Tiantian for a while. Thank you very much."

Yuan Lai pushed open the bedroom door, walked to the bed, and his eyes fell on a photo frame on the bedside table.

Inside is a picture of ten diligent cartoon characters. The characters in the picture are very cute and make people feel happy.

Yuan Lai picked up the photo frame and turned it over. There was a round specimen sticker on it, a specimen of a petal.

Yuan Lai tried to identify what kind of flower it was. She opened an image recognition software and scanned the petals.

But the software's result left Yuan Lai in a state of confusion: it had mistaken the petal for a silkworm cocoon.

It’s really unreliable. No wonder I mistook radish for beet.

Yuan Lai put the photo frame back to its original place, checked the time, and gently woke up Jiang Qingtian.

Jiang Qingtian opened her eyes.

Yuan Lai helped her get dressed, took her to wash up, and then had breakfast together.

After breakfast, Yuan Lai carried Jiang Qingtian out and prepared to go to the fields to see how his brothers were working.

Along the way, Jiang Qingtian chattered non-stop, saying whatever she saw. Yuan Lai listened with a smile and responded to her from time to time.

When he arrived at the field, Yuan Lai habitually counted the number of people, but found that only nine brothers were working.

"Where's Shaoxi?"

A staff member replied: "He's over there by the pond."

The pond is currently in the pond maintenance stage and requires water purification and disinfection, cultivation of aquatic plants, and installation of aerators.

Chen Shaoxi rowed the boat and splashed medicine along the side.

"What kind of fish are you going to raise this time?"

"I haven't decided yet, let's take it one step at a time."

From time to time, a few egrets would land beside the pond, and Jiang Qingtian could watch them on the shore all day without getting tired of it.

When the program crew heard they were returning to film, and that the national agricultural census was just around the corner, the city and town leaders took it very seriously. They sent a team to understand the specifics and explain in detail the country's "Three Rural Issues" and related document requirements to the program crew.

The director team and brothers gathered in the multi-purpose hall, sitting upright and listening attentively.

Yuan Lai moved a stool and sat at the door, listening to the professional terms and policy provisions. He felt like he was back in the classroom, and soon began to feel drowsy.

Yuan Lai thought that if the cast hadn't been replaced in the second season, and "Let's Farm" had continued filming, it would have been in its fourth season by this time this year. The popularity and achievements of the show would have been much higher than they are now.

Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to hold a concert in a stadium.

It is human nature to unconsciously beautify the road that has not been traveled.

Yuan Lai took out a red salt sachet from his pocket.

In fact, there is a tool-shaped kit outside this sachet, but I took it out in a hurry, so the kit is still in the closet.

The fragrance of this sachet is called This Summer.

A very poetic name.

The names of the ten Qintian characters above were designed by Zhao Yibo and Wang Yiheng when they were making the bamboo tube.

When the fragrance wafted into his nose, Yuan Lai suddenly felt like crying.

We often say "if", but unfortunately there is no "if".

No matter what choice you make, there always seems to be some shortcomings.

Life goes on and work goes on. Yuan Lai came back from the field and picked up the two shovels piled in the corner of the wall.

When she passed by the director team, she accidentally heard them whispering. She was curious and went over to find out what was going on.

There was a piece of paper on the table with a list of names that were all unfamiliar to her.

"Have you asked everything? There shouldn't be any problem with the timing, right?"

"Have you booked all the tickets in advance?"

“Please remember to keep it confidential to the parents.”

"Arrange a hotel first."

Yuan Lai asked, "What's so mysterious?"

The director turned around and whispered, "This year we've discussed with the parents and decided to have everyone celebrate the New Year at Houdoumen."

Yuan Lai has only met her brothers' parents in group variety shows, and in real life she has only met the families of Chen Shaoxi and He Haonan.

Rather than whether to come to Houdoumen to celebrate the New Year, Yuan Lai is more concerned about whether there will be a Spring Festival holiday and how many days the holiday will be.

As the Spring Festival approaches, I thought the flower planting work would come to a temporary halt, but Ji Ran insisted on increasing the workload at this time.

The remaining fertilizer must be spread.

The fertilizer for Epiphyllum is simply organic fertilizer, and for those of you who have experience in spreading fertilizer, this is nothing.

As the sun sets, the sunset glow covers half the sky.

The brothers had just celebrated the completion of spreading fertilizer when Ji Ran called them the next second.

A quarter of an hour later, two trucks loaded with fertilizer stopped by the roadside. Ji Ran got out of the passenger seat and said, "These are new fertilizers developed in the laboratory. They need to be placed in a sunny place. Please decide where to unload them."

"The roadside is fine. There are no mountains blocking the way."

"Then follow the principle of proximity."

There are a total of 60 tons of fertilizer, four fertilizer unloading points, and each point unloads 15 tons of fertilizer.

"Other people's New Year's Eve is a reunion night, while ours is a fertilizer unloading night."

"Where's the forklift? We need a forklift."

"Xiao He has gone to drive the excavator. It's time to test his true skills."

He Haonan drove the excavator to the middle position of the truck and operated the mechanical arm to push the fertilizer down.

"Don't stand in the middle, stand on the sides, be careful!"

"When I can get off work depends on Xiao He's skills."

At the beginning, He Haonan didn't have a good grasp of the distance and didn't have enough strength, so he backed the car to the very edge. After trying, he successfully found the point of force.

Fifteen tons of fertilizer were easily pushed off the truck.

The last point is that the fertilizer stuck on the edge of the carriage cannot be removed by the machine, so it has to be done manually.

"The memory of the dead suddenly attacked me."

"The machine's role is still limited!"

"It's just a little bit. It will be finished in a while."

"Move it."

Li Hao and Wang Yiheng jointly lifted a bag and threw it down, being despised by the other brothers.

"Hey, it's only 40 kilograms and it takes two people to carry it?" Zhuo Yuan threw down a bag with force.

Li Hao shot back, "This is called win-win cooperation, understand?"

"Haven't you heard the saying? The strong always walk alone." Lu Zhuo was standing in front of Li Hao, right on the parabola, and the fertilizer fell on him. "Why, attacking me?!"

"We are all strong men. Isn't it the basic thing for each of us to carry one bag?" Zhao Xiaotong picked up a bag of fertilizer with one hand and threw it a long distance.

"Why don't we play a game with the remaining pieces? Whoever loses will move the rest." Zhuo Yuan suddenly had an idea.

The brothers didn't even think about it and started immediately, "Come on, come on."

"Rock, paper, scissors!"

The outcome was decided in one round, and Li Haozhuoyuan and Zhao Xiaotong unfortunately lost the game.

It turns out to be the law that whoever proposes it loses.

Yuan Lai was helping the parents prepare food in the kitchen when she heard roars coming from the fields.

There were often monkeys howling at the steep gate behind, and she was no longer surprised by it.

The parents were shocked by this. Could the children be so crazy in the fields?

Yuan Lai looked at the time and arrived at the intersection early to wait. When his brothers came back after moving the fertilizer, he stopped them at the intersection.

"What's going on? Why won't you let us go home?"

"What happened?"

"I've prepared a surprise for you." Yuan Lai moved aside.

When they got home, the brothers were pleasantly surprised by the spectacular scene at home and ran over to recognize their relatives.

"Wow, why are you here?"

"I was wondering why you suddenly started typing."

"When did you come?"

"The Spring Festival couplets are all posted! And there are red lanterns."

"What kind of window decoration is this? It looks like a horse."

"It's the Year of the Horse! What else can we post if not horses?"

"A table full of dishes! This is a full banquet!"

"It's been a long time, right? It's been hard work."

"Just sit wherever you want! We're all family."

"Hey, Yuan Lai, what are you doing standing at the door? Come over and sit down!"

It would be inappropriate for her to sit there during a family dinner.

Yuan Lai smiled and said, "No, I'm already off work, and my family is waiting for me to go back for the reunion dinner."

Jiang Dunhao's mother asked, "Is it safe for a girl to go home alone so late? Otherwise, why not eat with us?"

"That's right." Wang Yiheng's mother stood up, walked towards the door, and wanted to pull Yuan Lai to sit down.

Yuan Lai waved his hand and said, "My home is in the city, very close to here, don't worry about me."

Zhao Yibo's father looked out the window and said, "Then be careful when you go back. When you get home, you can report your safety in the group chat."

"Yes, I will."

Yuan Lai closed the door of the multi-purpose hall, blocking out the laughter inside.

At this time, her parents and younger brother were all at her grandparents' house in the north. There was no point for her to go back. After thinking about it, she returned to the house where she was alone.

The room was pitch black, with only the colorful lights on the sofa in the living room shining like night pearls.

Turning on the light, Cangyu was dozing off with his chin in his hand.

"Why don't you turn on the light to save me electricity?" Yuan Lai changed his shoes and hung the key on the wall.

Cangyu opened his eyes, "Humans, especially the country you live in, seem to like reunions very much."

Yuan Lai smiled and said, "Isn't it nice to be reunited? It's so warm and happy for the whole family to be together."

"But I see that many families are not harmonious, let alone warm."

Did you come here specifically to pick a fight with her? It's Chinese New Year, and you're saying these things. How can you be so kind?

"Then don't worry about it. You won't understand it anyway."

Cangyu and Yuan Lai stood in front of the window, looking at the bright lights in every house outside.

The knock on the door was drowned out by the sound of firecrackers.

It was Cangyu who noticed that the sound was wrong and went to open the door.

The door opened and a dusty figure rushed in and fell into Cangyu's arms, with some bright red blood flowing from his lower body.

Yuan Lai saw the man's face clearly and exclaimed, "Mu Li?!"