After returning home, Xiang Jin directly brought the basket with the pheasant cubs in front of her grandmother and told her to help her weave a bamboo fence to raise them, then hurriedly picked up another small basket to go out.
Her grandmother wanted to ask her why she was raising pheasant cubs? But seeing her in a hurry, she asked again, "What are you doing?"
Xiang Jin said, "Grandma Mo and her family are breaking corn. I'll go and help them."
Her grandmother heard this and said, "They are breaking corn, why don't we know about it?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, I just handed over the cow and saw them breaking it off on the way back.
When our family was breaking corn last time, Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng came to help our family tear off the corn cobs for a whole day. We should help them break them today. Grandpa Zeng has high blood pressure and cannot carry heavy objects."
After hearing this, Xiang Jin and her grandmother nodded and said, "Yes, yes, let's go, I'll go with you," and then went to get the bamboo pole.
Xiang Jin took her hand and said, "Grandma, don't go. I'll go. They don't have much corn at home, so they won't have much time. You should stay at home and wait."
It’s time to make lunch.”
Only then did her grandmother remember that there were still craftsmen at home, so she said, "Okay, then I won't go. Then you can give it to Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng. They said, I will cook lunch for them together."
Tell them to stop working during lunch."
"Oh, good!"
Xiang Jin went out with a basket on his back, and soon arrived at Grandma Mo's place.
After Yan Chen saw her, he asked, "Why are you here?"
"Come to help you!" Xiang Jin walked to another row and broke off a pack. Then she stood up on tiptoes and stretched her neck to take a look at the basket behind him. "Are they torn directly into sticks or are they still attached?"
Did you break the grain boxes together?"
Yan Chen tilted the backpack on his back toward her, "I just tore the corn cobs."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Oh, okay!" Then Xiang Jin tore up the bag of corn in his hand, then threw it back into the bamboo basket behind his back, and then went to tear up the second one.
Corn on a corn stalk.
After a while, Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng came out with a basket full of corn cobs. Then they saw her and asked her why she was here. They said they didn't have much corn at home and they could do it themselves.
Xiang Jin said, "It's okay. Anyway, I won't be able to do anything right now. If there are more people, we should move faster, so that you can get less sun."
After hearing this, Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng felt very warm in their hearts, and their eyes narrowed into slits with smiles.
When Han Che heard her voice, he ran out to see her in surprise, "Hey, Xiang Jin, are you here too?"
"Yeah, help you, it will be faster," Xiang Jin nodded and said.
"Okay, okay," Han Che said with a happy face.
Then Xiang Jin said to Grandma Mo and the others, "Grandma Mo, Grandpa Zeng, my grandma asked me to tell you that she has cooked your lunch for you and asked you to come to our house to eat at noon."
"Ah? Come to your house to eat?" Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng were both surprised. Grandma Mo said, "Look, this is a serious matter. You came to help, but in the end, I have to come to your house to eat."
Xiang Jin said, "We are all outsiders, so there is no need to be so polite. Anyway, our family has craftsmen. My grandma also has to cook the rice, and she is also responsible for cooking. One person cooks, and two people also cook.
, three people can still cook, it’s just a matter of adding a few more people.”
Grandma Mo looked a little strange and sighed, "Oh, your grandma is just Xiaoyi."
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "I think people of your generation are more careless."
Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng suddenly burst into laughter, which dissipated a lot of their previous embarrassment.
Then I heard Grandma Mo say cheerfully, "Okay, then I'll go to your house for lunch."
Then the two old men would go back carrying the baskets of corn cobs.
Yan Chen put his basket on the ground, and then went to pick up the basket from his grandfather's back, "Grandpa, grandma, you can break it in the field, and I will carry it back to dry."
Han Che on the side saw it and nodded sharply, "Yes, yes, let's carry it." After saying that, he went to pick up the basket of corn dimples on his grandmother's back.
Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng both refused, saying no, they could just carry it themselves.
Grandma Mo asked, "How old are you? You are still in your teens, not even adults. How can you carry such a heavy thing and walk such a long way?"
Both of them said that they could do it and that they had the strength.
But Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng disagreed about height. Yan Chen was a little worried about his grandpa. He was afraid that his blood pressure would soar if he was overworked later.
Grandpa Zeng said, "I can carry less," and then raised the object in his hand towards him, "Besides, I still have a pestle, and I can still walk for a while and rest for a while, so,
Don't worry, you won't be tired."
Yan Chen had no choice but to give up, and then looked at his grandmother. Grandma Mo also said that she would also pour out more corn cobs in the basket and carry less corn cobs out.
After receiving unanimous assurances from the two old men, the young men began to break off again.
Afterwards, Xiang Jin and the other young men were responsible for breaking the corn, while Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng were responsible for breaking the corn at home.
Han Che said, "It would be great if the roads in the countryside were the same as those in the city. They are both big roads. Then we could just use a dump truck to transport food, and there would be no need to work so hard."
Back and forth."
Xiang Jin said, "Yes, there will come a time."
Han Che asked, "How did you know that day would come?"
Xiang Jinyi raised his eyebrows, "Of course, society is moving forward, and everything will only develop in a good direction. Which one do you think will develop in a backward direction?"
Han Che thought for a while, then nodded and said, "That's right!"
Xiang Jin said, "It's necessary!"
In her previous life, in the era she lived in, almost every village in the countryside had roads, and basically every household had a car, whether it was a car, a motorcycle, or even a tricycle.
Many families use tricycles to collect grain. Whenever the grain in the local fields is ripe, they will drive the tricycle to the roadside of their fields, and then pour the collected food directly into the tricycle. After a few trips back and forth, they will
After harvesting the grain, it was very convenient, quick and easy, and not tiring at all.
Grandma Mo's family's land was only a little over three-quarters of an acre, so it didn't take much time to break it up. It was finished in a little over eleven o'clock.
Xiang Jin originally wanted to help them cut down the corn pole, but Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng refused, saying that they would get here first today, and they would chop down the corn pole themselves, and they could do it any morning.
Cut them up.
Xiang Jin didn't insist. After all, she really couldn't stand the heat. Her whole body was extremely hot at the moment. Not only was her clothes wet with sweat, but she also knew that her face was red without looking in the mirror.
Therefore, she really wants to take a bath and wash her hair now.
Seeing that she was sweating profusely and her face was red, Yan Chen held down her hand that was picking up corns in the basket, "Okay, there's nothing going on here, so you can go back first."
Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng also urged her to go back quickly.
Xiang Jin looked at the basket with only half of the corn cobs picked up, and said, "Shall I bring you a basket back?"
"No, we are still here. Go back, maybe your grandma still needs you?" Yan Chen stared at her and refused, casually making an excuse.
Xiang Jin thought about it for a while, so she didn't insist anymore. There were many people eating today, and her grandmother might be too busy to handle it alone, so she said, "Okay, then I will bring you this bamboo basket."
When we go back, maybe you will only have this small half-pack of corn cobs left? In case you have to make another trip."
Yan Chen was about to continue to refuse, but Han Che walked over quickly, picked up the basket half filled with corn gnocchi and put it on Xiang Jin's back, "Okay, okay, go back quickly. I heard that you are good at cooking."
Very good, the food is delicious. I haven’t tasted it yet. I happened to go to your house for dinner today, so I might try it.”
Yan Chen's face suddenly darkened and he glared at him fiercely, but Han Che deliberately pretended not to see it and still looked at Xiang Jin expectantly.
Xiang Jin put the basket on his back, then smiled and narrowed his eyes. How dare he be a foodie?
However, she said, "It's hard to say that you are good at cooking, that is, they don't have high requirements and don't dislike it, but it depends on the situation today. If my grandma has done it, then it can only be done next time. I will do it next time."
Will you please eat?"
"Oh, okay, okay," Han Che nodded vigorously towards her.
Not daring to delay, Xiang Jin was about to go back with a basket on his back. Yan Chen said, "Be careful on the road."
"Oh, good!"
After Xiang Jin left, Han Che asked Yan Chen, "Hey, why were you staring at me then? Didn't you say that her cooking was delicious? I also want to try her cooking skills."
Yan Chen glanced at him angrily again, "They helped us do the work, and then we had to go to their homes for dinner. We were tired all morning, and you actually asked them to cook for you. Why did you say that?"
Where is the exit? Where is the face?"
Han Che thought about it, and then he touched his head and felt a little embarrassed, "That's right, my idea is a little wrong and unreasonable, but I have said what I said, what can I do? I can't swallow it again.
Go back?"
Yan Chen glanced at him angrily again, and then said impatiently, "Come and pick up the corn!"
Han Che knelt down to pick it up, but after picking it up for a while, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Yan Chen, "Oh, it's not Yan Chen. Why do I feel that you call me here so casually and as a matter of course?"
Yan Chen also raised his head and stared at him indifferently, "Who are you? Is that the same? Do I still need to be polite to you?"
Han Che immediately laughed, smiling very happily, "That's right, we grew up in the same compound, so you're welcome."
Han Che followed up and said, "Besides, before you came to the country, I told you that you would do farm work when you came here, and you also agreed to it, and you also swore to it. Why, now you Do you want to regret it?
If you regret it, you can go to the town tomorrow to catch a train back to the provincial capital."
Han Che immediately glared at him fiercely and retorted, "How is that possible? It's not a lot of hard farm work, how could I still regret it?
Besides, I'm just a child of yours, and I don't have the hardships that you can endure, but I'm still squeamish? Then why do I have the nerve to be your brother and friend?"
Yan Chen nodded in agreement, "That's right, so brothers and friends, you should hurry up and pick up the corn. Get it back early, and we can rest early."