Twenty days passed quickly. It was already April, and spring planting was about to begin. However, many young people with ambitions signed up to join the team.
Li Wenquan is a person with a very high emotional intelligence. He lets the big guys help the family farm and then leaves with him.
Chen Miao looked at the unhappy Chen Jiang.
"My mother must have a reason for not letting you go."
"Third sister, I really want to go."
Chen Miao didn't know what to say. She couldn't persuade her too much. After all, she was just a little daughter-in-law from the countryside. She could only watch her leave listlessly.
After feeding my two sons, I collected them and drove the donkey cart to the fields. Today I will start planting corn.
"Comrade Chen."
"Comrade Li?"
"I help with the farming."
"No need, I only have three acres of land this year, and I will plant corn on it."
"I can help you faster. Don't refuse. We are all revolutionary comrades, and we should help each other."
Chen Miao didn't refuse after thinking about it.
Every household is working on the land. Those who are doing better have little donkeys, while those who are not doing so are completely artificial.
The two of them worked quite quickly. Chen Miao led the animals, and Li Wenquan supported the young man. Two hours later, Li Wenquan dug the ground and planted seedlings by himself.
Feeling that the two children in the space were awake, Chen Miao and Li Wenquan said something and hurried home.
After feeding the two children, they returned to the fields with their baskets on their backs.
The two of them did the next work very quickly. It was almost noon and the two children woke up again. "Comrade Li, I brought pancakes and pickles. You can make do with it. I have to go back."
"Comrade Chen, you're busy, it'll be fine."
Chen Miao had eaten her fill at home and went to the fields without rest.
From a distance, I can see Li Wenquan pulling up the curtain to cover the soil. There are still many furrows that have not been planted.
This went on until dark, and there was still an acre of land left.
Chen Miao felt really tired that day. However, she estimated that she would not be able to plant an acre of land. After all, she ran back five times to feed her children that day. She would not be able to plant anything tomorrow, and the remaining work was to go to the mountains to plow the land.
Soybeans need to be planted in late April or early May.
I arrived at the field early the next day. Li Wenquan was already waiting here. The two of them had no communication. Chen Miao ran back as soon as she woke up. She finished planting very early today. She didn’t pull the roller last year, so Li Wenquan asked Chen Miao to
When Miao returned, he borrowed a roller from Shen Muchun's house to help pull it.
"Comrade Li, I'm going home. I'm going home for dinner tonight. Thank you very much for your help."
Li Wenquan did not refuse. Chen Miao did not go home directly. Instead, he found Chen Jiang and asked him to go home for dinner in the evening.
After I got home, I fed the children and started cooking. This time I made dumplings with meat fillings.
I really don’t want to owe anyone any favors, so I give them good things to entertain them.
Everyone in the field was watching Li Wenquan work, but they really didn't expect that he could actually do it.
Knowing that they were all tired, they could still eat. I made more than two hundred dumplings. Chen Jiang came over and saw that the third sister had already prepared the meal.
"Comrade Li, help me. I have finished planting these three acres of land. How much land does my family still have? I will work with you tomorrow."
"Third sister, there isn't much left. We can plant it all in one day tomorrow."
Chen Miao really wouldn't have gone before the family was separated. Now there are two old people with three children, all of whom have worked for themselves, so of course they have to help.
After Chen Jiang washed up, she waited for Li Wenquan. He didn't come over until it was dark. With Chen Jiang accompanying her to eat, she stayed in the house by herself.
Early the next morning, Chen Miao drove to the fields. With the addition of a little donkey, the speed was of course much faster.
Chen Miao will still go back to feed her children. At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Chen family's corn planting will be finished.
There is no need to rush to plant the remaining crops.
A few days later, Chen Miao was planting vegetables when she heard a knock on the door.
"Third sister, was my fourth brother at your house last night?" Chen Tong asked anxiously.
Chen Miao shook his head, "No, when did you see your fourth brother?"
"I had dinner at home yesterday morning. I didn't come back at noon or in the evening."
Chen Miao sighed. Yesterday, Li Wenquan and others left with others. They probably followed them.
"What did parents say?"
"They didn't say anything. But my mother was in a bad mood."
Chen Miao thought that Chen Jiang left with Li Wenquan.
I'm really worried. When a fourteen-year-old boy goes out to participate in dangerous things, his family is really worried. I can understand his thoughts, but it's just that his family is worried.
At noon, Chen Miao returned to her parents' house with a cage on her back. In it were the steamed buns, Japanese melons and noodles that were steamed at noon today. The yellow and orange ones were very nice.
Seeing that Chen Jiang was still not at home, he must have run away with Li Wenquan.
Chen's mother was in a bad mood and didn't say anything. Chen Miao didn't know how to persuade her to put down the steamed buns and go home.
In the afternoon, I carried a big pickaxe up the mountain. There must be a lot of weeds. After plowing the land, it was time to dig the sweet potato ridges.
When we arrived at the first piece of land, we saw that the land had been plowed. Without stopping, we walked up the mountain again. The sweet potato ridges on this piece of land had already been plowed.
This must have been done with Chen Jiang's help. I felt hot in my heart because this silly boy didn't even bring a penny with him.
It was still early, so Chen Miao continued to go up the mountain. Because she was pregnant last year, she did not go up the mountain after autumn. She walked around and picked up some pine cones and took them home.
At the end of the month, I planted soybeans. I finished the work in half a day in the morning. After lunch, I went to the village chief's house. "Auntie, I have planted sweet potato seedlings this year. They are ready to be pulled out. Can I deliver them to auntie tomorrow morning?"
"No need to give it to Xiaofeng's family. Just some sweet potato seedlings."
"Fifth Aunt, I gave birth to a lot of children this year, and I can't do it if I don't pay it back."
"Okay, I'll ask the three of them when they will plant sweet potatoes." Everyone knows that the first crop of sweet potato seedlings is good, so Chen Miao's doing this made Shen Wufu's daughter-in-law quite satisfied.
"Fifth Aunt, I'm going back."
In the afternoon, she was tidying up the vegetable garden in the yard. She won’t be planting vegetables this year, and there is still a lot of space. Even the vegetables she left behind can be eaten for two years without any problem.
When Shen Wufu's wife came in and saw how neatly the vegetable garden was being tidied up, she sighed inwardly that this girl Chen Miao was still so capable.
"I'll just come and pick it up tomorrow morning. You still have to take care of the two children."
"Fifth Aunt, they are still young. They are fine. I will pull them out and send them to you in the morning."
"Chen Miao, have you made miso?"
"Yeah, I'm probably going to feel sour, Aunt Wu. I'll get you a bowl."
Shen Wufu's wife felt quite embarrassed. "No, no, I didn't do it this year. Soybeans are really not good."
Chen Miao took Shen Wufu's wife's hand and said, "Fifth Aunt, wait a minute. I'll give you some soybeans. Isn't it too late to make soybean paste?"
"No, no, I don't have any soy sauce introduction, so I won't make it this year."
"Then Fifth Aunt, let me get you some sauce. I can't finish it myself. I just want to pickle the red pickles."
"Chen Miao, I really don't want it. It's hard enough for you to live on your own."
