Chapter 144 Planting Rice

"Planting rice, and you're still barefoot!"

Yu Mu saw her chubby little feet stepping on the ridge of the field. Because there was wet mud in the paddy field, there must be some on the ridge as well. Qingqing stepped on a piece of wet mud. The soft wet mud felt good to her, so her attention was immediately diverted and she began to happily step on the wet mud under her feet.

"Are you cold, Qingqing?"

It is late summer now, and it is not cold to go barefoot outside during the day, but children are inevitably fragile, and Yu Mu is afraid that Qingqing will get frozen.

"It's not cold, Mama."

Qingqing replied crisply, stepping on the wet mud with great concentration. Yu Mu was worried, so he stepped onto the ridge and washed the mud off his hands. He touched her hands and forehead, and found them warm. He touched her feet, and they were warm too. It seemed that although Qingqing was still a child, she had already reached the first level of supernatural power, and her physique was better than that of ordinary people.

Recently.

In his spare time, because Qingqing's martial arts had been activated, Yu Mu would take out some time every day to teach her to practice fire-based martial arts. She was quite smart and made good progress in her practice without any distractions. She had just advanced to the first level not long ago.

"Then just stand here quietly. I'm going to plant rice."

Yu Mu instructed Qingqing.

Perhaps reminded of something, Qingqing immediately raised her head and called out sweetly, "Mom, we have to pinch the seedlings in the nest too."

"Um?"

Yu Mu frowned. Her first reaction was no. But when she saw Qingqing's bright eyes looking at her with hope, Yu Mu changed her mind. Maybe she thought Qingqing was not capable, but children's learning ability was infinite. She would also try her best to do something well, she was just still young.

"Okay then."

After thinking for a moment, Yu Mu smiled and drew a small plot of land for Qingqing at the corner of the paddy field. He said, "This is for you to plant rice seedlings. Since you are still young, you can't plant rice seedlings in the open field. I have allocated a separate piece of land for you. Can you plant the rice seedlings well?"

After saying that, he looked at Qingqing seriously.

"Yeah, I can."

Qingqing nodded seriously. Seeing that it was very easy for Luo Qing and Zhao Yu to plant rice, she thought she could do it too.

So, Yu Mu brought some seedlings to Xiao Qingqing and taught her how to plant them. However, she was only one year old and could not even walk steadily, so Yu Mu did not hold out much hope and just wanted her to know more.

After teaching for a while, Yu Mu asked her, "Have you learned it?"

"Yeah, I will."

Qingqing nodded happily. She picked up a seedling with her chubby little hand and stood in front of Yu Mu. Yu Mu watched her carefully from behind, just in case she had any questions. She planted the seedling in the ground and turned around to ask, "Mom, is that right?"

“It’s floating!”

Yu Mu quickly pointed behind her. Qingqing turned around and saw that the seedlings she had just planted were floating on the water.

"Huh?"

Qingqing was very puzzled and picked up the pearl seedling to take a look.

Yu Mu smiled and reminded: "You didn't use enough force. You only placed the seedlings shallowly on the mud. You need to use more force to plant the seedlings firmly in the soil so that they won't float up. Otherwise, they won't survive."

I understand.

A little clearer and it will be clearer.

Although she couldn't speak much now, she could understand most of the language. Upon hearing the words, she planted the pearl seedling into the mud with force. The seedling didn't float up here, but the whole seedling was pressed into the mud by her, and the head was not exposed.

"Where's Yangyang?"

Qingqing also realized something was wrong. The pearl seedlings were all submerged in the water, and only vague green shadows could be seen in the water. However, the seedlings planted by Brother Luo Qing and others were swaying on the water. She looked around for comparison and immediately pulled out the seedlings. Without even Mu's reminder, she replanted them.

This time, it was finally right.

Neither it floated up nor was it buried.

Qingqing watched for a while, and even tried to pull the seedlings with her hands. She could not pull them out easily, then turned around and asked Yu Mu: "Mom, is it okay?"

"That's enough, Qingqing did a great job!"

Yu Mu couldn't help but praise her, saying that she was indeed a smart kid.

"Ha ha."

Qingqing was happy. She bent down to pick up a seedling from the paddy field and wanted to continue planting it. However, she accidentally slipped and stepped on something, and suddenly fell into the paddy field. Fortunately, Yu Mu was quick-witted and grabbed her collar when she almost fell into the paddy field and pulled her back.

"Wow."

Qingqing steadied herself, glanced at Yu Mu and started crying.

"Don't cry."

Yu Mu bent down and wiped her tears. Seeing that her crying was not loud and was getting quieter, he asked, "Do you still want to plant rice now? If not, go up and play."

"don't want."

Qingqing looked at the seedling she had just planted. It was all alone and fragile in the sun. The ones planted by Luo Qing's brother were very good, with neat rows. Luo Qing happened to walk close to her at this time. Seeing Qingqing looking at her with red eyes and tears on her face, he smiled and said, "Qingqing, if you can't plant it, don't plant it."

"Well, I can do that."

Qingqing picked up another seedling from the water and inserted it.

This time it was inserted firmly and not buried. Qingqing was happy and laughed. Then he picked up another seedling and continued planting. Gradually he became familiar with it.

Seeing that she was fine, Yu Mu was no longer so nervous about her and glanced at other places.

With a splash, Qingqing fell into the paddy field. When Yu Mu pulled her up, she was already covered in water. Fortunately, Qingqing was smart. She kept her face up when she fell and did not get the mud and water on her face.

"Are you okay?"

Yu Mu asked her nervously, thinking that the child was too young and she couldn't be allowed to do whatever she wanted. Was she not suitable for things like farming?

"Nest is good."

Qingqing didn't cry. She didn't let go of the seedlings in her hand and was still holding them tightly. When Yu Mu saw that, the seedlings had already broken in her little hand, so she changed her words and said to her, "Qingqing baby, do you want mommy to help you plant the rice? This way, your little field will have rice planted by you and mommy together. In the future, we can eat the food you planted together!"

"good."

"Mom and I will plant it together."

Qingqing naturally accepted her help, so Yu Mu helped her plant the small paddy field that she had drawn.

With Yu Mu's help, the small field was soon planted. Yu Mu quickly carried her out of the paddy field, changed her clothes and gave her a bath, then took out study books for the resting little snake to read to her.

Originally, the work of reading had always been done by the little frog.

(End of this chapter)