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He Yue nodded and said, "Yes, so gods can't fall in love easily."

Guo Yulan asked in confusion, "Why can't I be emotional?"

He Yue patiently explained, "Are immortals much more powerful than mortals? If they could easily become emotionally attached and have their own desires and selfishness, wouldn't they be more harmful than mortals in their fight for the people or things they love, hurting innocent people?"

Guo Yulan thought about it and nodded. "What you said seems to make sense. So the Weaver Girl really did something wrong. She not only harmed others but also her own child."

He Yue looked at her and asked, "Don't you think that the cowherd and his cow are wrong?"

Xiao Zhuang asked, "What's wrong with Niulang being a mortal? What's wrong with the cow?"

He Yue said, "The fairies came to the human world to play and bathe in the water. The cow asked the cowherd to steal the clothes. That's why the Weaver Girl couldn't go back with her sisters. The cowherd waited until everyone else left before kindly bringing the clothes. Do you think he was a hooligan?"

Guo Yulan smiled. "Hearing you put it that way, it's true. I didn't expect Yue'er to have such a unique perspective on things."

He Yue smiled and said, "Okay, it's getting late, let's go wash up and rest!"

Xiao Zhuang still wanted to hear stories, but when his sister told him to go and rest, he didn't dare to say anything more and went to help pour water.

After returning to the house, Xiaozhuang sat next to Dazhuang and told him the story that He Yue had just told him in a serious manner.

The rice and corn in the fields are almost ready to be harvested. Seeing that the weather has been good these days, He Youren discussed with Li Guihua about slowly collecting the grain and drying it.

He Yue has always been in poor health, and her parents have never allowed her to work in the fields. Now that Guo Yulan is a guest at home, He Youren and his wife did not invite He Yue to join them.

The family's land is only one and a half mu (3.3 acres), and with Dazhuang's help, it won't take long. So He Yue took Guo Yulan to experience the joy of harvesting.

He Youren said, "You guys don't have to go. Your mother and your eldest brother are here. You can just help with the cooking at home. It's hot out there, don't get tired. Besides, Miss Guo is here, you can just take her for a walk."

He Yue said, "Dad, it's okay. We are almost well now. We can just help out with some small things so we don't get tired. Besides, we also need some exercise to keep ourselves healthy."

He Youren couldn't argue with Li Guihua, so she said, "Just let them go! They can just go and do it for a while and come back."

He Youren didn't say anything more and agreed. The next morning, after breakfast, the family took their tools and went to the fields to harvest rice.

Guo Yulan and Lu He were both curious and excited. She didn't recognize many of the tools He Youren and the others were using.

Although it was the first time He Yue saw them, the original owner knew them, so she knew their names and uses as soon as she saw them.

He Youren and the other three adults walked in front, and He Yue and the others followed behind.

Guo Yulan asked He Yue, "Yue'er, what are those? What are they used for?"

He Yue pointed at the wooden and bamboo object in Dazhuang's hand and said, "My eldest brother's holding is called a rice threshing machine. In rural areas, it's a farm implement commonly used for threshing rice. It's usually made of a wooden frame and a bamboo surface. You lift the rice and thresh it against the bamboo threshing machine to make the grains fall off."

He pointed to the square wooden frame He Youren was carrying and said, "The basket my father is carrying is used to match the rice bed."

Li Guihua was carrying a backpack and a bamboo basket, both used to carry rice. There were also two sickles specifically for cutting rice in the backpack.

After walking for a while, they arrived at the fields. There was no water in the fields, so He Youren and Dazhuang put down their things and started assembling the bucket.

Li Guihua put down the backpack and took out a sickle from it to cut the rice.

He Yue looked at the small field. The rice grains were short and the rice ears were few and sparse.

But here, it’s great to have some rice. Although I have to hand it in, I can still keep some for myself.

Li Guihua started to cut rice, and He Yue and Guo Yulan came forward to watch. He Yue had never done this before. The original owner had only helped take care of her younger brother at home and watched the rice being collected and dried.

Li Guihua held a handful of rice stalks in one hand and a sickle in the other, and with a pull, the stalks were cut off.

The sickle is made of iron and wood. There are many teeth on the iron blade, which can easily cut things with force.

Guo Yulan said to Li Guihua, "Auntie, can I try it too?"

Li Guihua took out another handful from the basket and gave it to Guo Yulan, saying, "Be careful, don't let it get too close to your hands, and don't use too much force when cutting."

Li Guihua was teaching as she spoke, and He Yue, Guo Yulan and Lu He were watching attentively.

Finally, Xiao Zhuang was added, and the four of them took turns trying it. When He Youren went to the field, they cut a small piece of land in front.

The rice was placed handful by handful on both sides, and He Youren and Dazhuang pulled the basket to the field.

Dazhuang handed the harvested rice to He Youren handful by handful. He Youren held up the rice stalks high and swung them hard towards the rice bed placed beside the rice bucket.

The golden rice grains fell into the bucket one by one when they touched the rice bed.

He Yue and the other three came forward to watch out of curiosity, and all wanted to give it a try, but seeing how hard He Youren was trying, they were worried that they were not strong enough to knock out the rice, so they didn't try.

The four of them continued to take turns harvesting rice. Strength lies in numbers, and it wasn't very tiring for four people to take turns. They finished harvesting the rice unknowingly while laughing and playing.

At this moment, the sun was getting higher and higher, and Li Guihua asked He Yue and the others to go back first.

After all, the four of them were only slightly ill, and they did sweat after working for a while.

He Yue obediently took Guo Yulan and the others back home. Xiao Zhuang said, "Sister, it's so hot, let's go take a bath in the river! Let's see if we can catch some shrimps and crabs."

He Yue agreed because she saw that it was still some time before noon. After all, it would be better to go to the river if there were several people to wash with water at home.

The water was not cold in this season, so a few people went home, took small bamboo baskets and went to the river.

After He Baoer's death, Xiaopang, Xiaoquan and Xiaoshun were no longer as popular in the village as before. Their families were afraid that their sons would become like He Baoer, so they kept a closer eye on them.

The other children in the village were very happy, and most of them had a better and better relationship with Xiaozhuang.

Seven or eight children did not dare to go down to the river to take a bath without an adult, so they just played under a big tree not far from the river.

Li Xiaohong's son waved and greeted Xiaozhuang when he saw him, "Brother Xiaozhuang, come and play with us!"

Xiao Zhuang replied from a distance, "No, we are going to the river to catch crabs."

When seven or eight children heard that Xiao Zhuang was going to catch crabs, they all ran to him and wanted to go too. One of them bravely asked, "Sister He Yue, can you take us with you? We promise to be obedient."

Seeing how pitiful they looked, He Yue agreed because she thought it would be more lively and safer with more people.

Everyone was walking towards the river, talking and laughing. Xiaopang and his two companions were passing by from a distance, and they were unhappy to see them going to the river.

Someone passing by said that He Yue took the children to the river to play, and asked what would happen if they encountered the guide fish.