country bumpkin

Once the bucket is brought up, hold it firmly with one hand to prevent it from slipping off the windlass due to its weight.

With his other hand, he quickly pulled the bucket full of water to the ground at the edge of the well.

After placing the bucket securely, open the buckle on the bucket handle before lifting the bucket away from the well.

Yunya loves fetching water because it gives her a great sense of accomplishment. She's also happy to be able to help her grandma with chores.

She would always fill the large vat in the house, and then mix it with pig feed to feed the pigs.

She also helps with the fire when her grandma cooks. Now she just feels that it's great to be grown up, because she can help her grandma with more and more chores.

Seeing her grandmother's increasingly white hair, Yunya only wished she could stay by her grandmother's side every day. She also wanted her grandmother to rest so she could do the chores for her.

Yunya is grateful and very dependent on her maternal grandmother. If her grandmother were to pass away one day, she would feel that there would be no one left in the world who truly loves and cares for her.

So while she still has the chance to be filial, she should take good care of her grandmother. Once she starts working, she will earn money and save it to buy her grandmother lots of delicious food.

This summer vacation was spent between happiness and farm work.

After the wheat was harvested in June, the wheat roots (wheat weeds) were left in the field. Since corn will be planted in July, the wheat weeds need to be cleared away first.

Many villagers find it troublesome and simply bring wheat to grow mixed corn. This makes weeding and fertilizing the corn later on a bit more difficult.

Because some people might accidentally step on weeds and get hurt. Also, it's difficult to cover the soil when digging holes to apply fertilizer.

At this moment, Yunya is helping to weed, and the weeds she removes can be taken home to feed the sheep and pigs.

Grandma's dog is gone. Grandma said it died of old age. Yunya was sad but also happy for the dog; at least it died a natural death, ending its life's journey.

Fertilize once when the corn seedlings have grown for 11 days. Fertilize again when the plants are taller than 41 cm.

The last fertilization is when the plants are 50 centimeters tall. This time, the fertilizer is applied to promote larger ears and more kernels, thus increasing yield.

Yunya always went with her family to work in the fields. She would also get up early to help with cooking and boiling water.

Wherever there is work to be done at home or in the fields, you can find Yunya there.

She always thought that she should do as much work as possible so that her grandmother could do less and have a good rest.

My maternal grandmother had a difficult life. She gave birth to seven children and raised them by saving every penny. She is now over fifty years old.

Now I have to worry about my unmarried youngest son, as well as my grandson and granddaughter.

The most troublesome one is the eldest daughter-in-law. She's been causing trouble again these past few days, and the eldest son can't control her. He just watches his wife come to the old house to cause trouble and disrupt the family every day. He's truly unfilial.

Last night, the family had just returned from working in the fields after a long day. Before they could even sit down and rest, their eldest daughter-in-law, Wang Cuihua, came to cause trouble.

The reason was simple: she wanted her in-laws to help her with the farm work. Although they had already separated their households, Wang Cuihua was shameless; instead of helping herself, she demanded that her in-laws come and help her with the chores.

Mu Shuyun tried to explain to her gently that she also had a lot of work to do at home, but Wang Cuihua wouldn't listen at all. She plopped down at the gate of the old house and cried out, "You're all biased! My husband works himself to the bone, and you don't help him at all. I can't live like this anymore!"

The sound was so sharp it seemed to pierce the sky, attracting many neighbors to come out and look.

Yunya's face turned red with anger, and she rushed up to argue with Wang Cuihua: "You don't do any work yourself, yet you have the nerve to cause trouble. Grandma and the others are all so old, how can they have the energy to help you!"

Wang Cuihua glared at Yun Ya, her finger almost poking her face: "What do you know, you little brat? You have no manners! What business is it of yours! You're not surnamed Kong, go stand over there."

Grandma quickly pulled Yunya behind her and continued to patiently persuade Wang Cuihua. But Wang Cuihua became more and more violent, lying on the ground and throwing a tantrum.

As darkness fell, Yunya's uncle, Kong Xiangguang, finally arrived and forcibly dragged Wang Cuihua away, temporarily ending the farce.

Looking at her grandmother's tired figure, Yunya secretly gritted her teeth and hated Wang Cuihua. She thought that she must work harder so that her grandmother could rest more and suffer less, and live a comfortable life.

Every time Wang Cuihua comes down to cause trouble, her uncle will just pull her away, but she'll come back to cause trouble again in a few days.

Wang Cuihua won't learn her lesson unless she's severely punished. Yun Ya racked her brains but couldn't come up with a good solution.

Many days later, her uncle suddenly returned, and Yunya was overjoyed. She told him a lot about what had happened at home, and also told him about how Wang Cuihua had been coming to their house to cause trouble every few days.

My uncle, Kong Xiangyao, is 22 years old, the age when he's still young and impetuous. He has a short temper to begin with, and hearing this made him even angrier.

He was about to roll up his sleeves and go to his older brother's house to cause trouble for Wang Cuihua when Mu Shuyun stopped him.

Mu Shuyun earnestly advised, "Yao'er, don't be impulsive. Let Wang Cuihua make a scene if she wants, let her curse if she wants. Anyway, she's the one who suffers, and I'm not the one who's lost anything. She's the one who loses face and becomes a laughing stock, but we don't suffer any loss. If you really hit her, not only will others laugh at you, but your older brother will also lose face!"

Kong Xiangyao agreed with his mother and tried his best to suppress his anger. It wasn't worth getting angry over such a scoundrel.

When Wang Cuihua heard that Kong Xiangyao had returned to the village, she dared not cause trouble at the old house and obediently stayed at home to do her own chores.

Kong Xiangyao's sudden return was because they had finished all the work they were doing.

He rushed back home as soon as he got his salary. First, he missed home, and second, he came back to rebuild his new house.

We agreed during the Chinese New Year that we would build a new house this year, but he has been away from home and has no time to take care of it.

His parents are getting old and he can't take too much care of them, so he took advantage of this opportunity to come back and build the house.

This time he brought back half a year's salary, 18,000 yuan. He's a technician, a house renovation worker, so his salary isn't low.

Mu Shuyun pushed the money back and said, "Son, you're all grown up now. From now on, you can keep all the money you earn yourself."

Kong Xiangyao continued to push the money to his mother, saying, "Mother, you still need to take care of things at home. I'll ask you for money when I need it."

Mu Shuyun stopped refusing, as her youngest son had many things to do and it was indeed inconvenient for him to carry money with him.

If you're busy and forget, it would be troublesome if you lost the money.

Mu Shuyun took the money back to the inner room and carefully wrapped it in a handkerchief. Then she put it in an old jar and finally buried the jar in the grain vat.

She smoothed out the grain in the large grain vat before leaving the house and going to the living room.

Yunya was watching TV while chopping dumpling filling. Because her uncle loves dumplings, her grandma was preparing to make dumplings for dinner.

Mu Shuyun asked Yunya to chop the filling while she went to the kitchen to prepare the vegetables needed for dinner.