One year brought a great drought, the next year floods, and then, in a blink, a plague.
The Xu family fled from the north to the south, and then from the south back to the north.
Before...
It was a sunny day, and almost everyone in the valley gathered on the edge of the field after breakfast.
"Let's go!" With one command, all the people gathered on the ridges of the fields went down to the fields and began to harvest the golden rice.
"Sister Pei, let's divide into groups and compete to see which group can cut the rice faster and better! How about it?!" Xu Ning's movements in cutting rice were very smooth. She turned her head and looked at Pei Jiao, and found that her movements were also fast and neat.
"Why not? Come here, little girl, you and Master and I will be a pair!"
"Hey! Xiaofeng, come over here to my second sister!"
"Hey!" Pei Ni and Xu Feng said in unison.
"Xiaochen, come here too!"
"Aunt Yuan, come over to my group!"
"Ayan, come to your cousin's place!"
"Jiang Yi, are you coming or not?"
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Xu Da and Xu An had prepared the thresher themselves, and a huge piece of oil paper had been laid out in front of the thresher.
Old Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Zhang were responsible for transporting the harvested rice, and everything was going on in full swing.
Around noon, Old Man Xu slowly came over pushing a cart.
A huge pile of rice was already piled on the huge oilcloth in the rice field. Xu Dazheng and Xu An were preparing to move the thresher to another field.
"Dad, Grandpa is coming."
"Hurry up, go help your grandfather push the cart!"
The father and son quickly put down the thresher. Xu An quickly ran to Old Man Xu, while Xu Da turned around and shouted, "Come and have some water and a rest!"
"Here I come, Dad!" Xu Ning was the first to respond. He put down the rice in his hand and immediately ran towards Old Man Xu.
The collar and back of Xu Ning's clothes were soaked, and there were a lot of rice crumbs stuck on his body, which made him feel itchy. Xu Ning scratched and left several red marks on his skin.
Everyone else was doing the same thing. Old Lady Xu felt a little distressed when she saw this scene: "Ningning, Jiaojiao, stop working and go back to take a shower. You've been working all morning. We don't need your help here anymore. Go and take a rest."
Pei Jiao, who came up behind, waved her hand proudly, took the kettle handed to her by Xu Ning, gulped down several big gulps, and directly pulled out the clothes inside her collar to wipe her mouth.
"Grandma Xu, we're not tired at all. These are food. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can relax!"
"That's right, Grandma Xu, if you feel sorry for us, we can just have a few geese stewed in an iron pot for lunch!" Qi Canglan interrupted.
Qi Canglan was very greedy for the rice. Although Xu Ning would not sell it to him, he helped and could have a few meals with him.
"Xu Ning, I want to eat some new rice!" Qi Canglan came up to Xu Ning and asked with confidence.
"No problem, wait until the rice is dried and you can eat as many meals as you want!"
"You keep your word!"
"That's natural!"
"Master, have some water." Jiang Yan was sweating profusely. He imitated Pei Jiao and pulled out the clean inner shirt from the collar to wipe the sweat off his face. He took the water handed to him by Jiang Yi and watched Xu Ning playing with everyone with a smile on his face.
Everything was joyful at the scene, and everyone's face showed the joy of a good harvest.
"Master, why don't you go and have a rest? We can take care of the rest." Jiang Yi also tried to persuade Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan shook his head after drinking the water. Since he had participated in a great harvest, there was no reason for him to withdraw temporarily.
Soon, it was noon. Everyone tidied themselves up and ran impatiently to the table where goose and duck were stewed.
"It smells so good! It smells so good!" Everyone couldn't help but scream. It turns out that working hard will make the taste buds bigger.
At first, Jiang Yi was considerate of Jiang Yan and picked up some food for him with the public chopsticks. Later, Jiang Yan couldn't help but pick up his chopsticks and started fighting with everyone for the food.
"Jiang Yi, stop working and eat by yourself!"