Chapter 223 Are you also a rat?

After eating so much, they were so full that they lay down on the ground and didn’t want to get up again.

"Jiang Ze is going to clean up the debris in the fields today, and I want to go and take a look." Old Lady Si said to the few people.

"Grandma, Juanjuan wants to go too." Juanjuan hugged her and looked at her expectantly.

"Okay, Achen, are you going?" Old Madam Si looked at Achen who was standing beside her.

"Go. I also want to see how crops are grown." Si Jinchen didn't want to be a person who didn't know the difference between grains.

"Mom, I won't go with you. Bai Qiao and I will go to the workshop to see if there is anything missing that needs to be replenished." Si Ning also wanted to find something to do.

If I stay at home like this any longer, I'm afraid I'll get moldy.

"Okay, take everyone with you and don't let Xiaojiu worry, otherwise this guy will tear down the house." Madam Si advised.

"Mom, I know." Si Ning had a headache.

"Then let's go change into clothes that are more convenient for work." Old Madam Si took the two children to change into coarse linen clothes.

Hu Zi acted as a driver for the three of them and drove out of the city.

The Liu family's fertile fields are all outside the city, connected together in large plots, so they are not difficult to find.

Now the most land in Beiyang City used to belong to their family, but now it has become the property of the Si family.

Si Ming and his men discussed with the farmers who had rented the land before and decided to continue renting it, but instead of paying them food, they would pay them directly as wages.

Food is harder for them to get than money.

The tenants didn't care. It didn't matter if they were paid or not given food. Besides, the money given by Governor Si was not low, 5 yuan per person who could work.

A family of two or three can work in the fields and earn 20 or 30 yuan a month, which is enough to cover their daily life and expenses.

The tenants were very satisfied with such income. Each of them had two or three children. As long as they could work, the supervisor would consider them capable, even if it was just spreading fertilizer.

It’s just that the children’s wages are less, two to three yuan a month, depending on what they can do.

Jiang Ze is now directing these people to start tidying up the fields, starting with clearing the remnants of previous crops, weeds, gravel, etc.

It is also necessary to reduce the survival of pests and diseases over the winter to avoid damage to crops.

"Brother Jiang Ze." Juanjuan saw him as soon as she got out of the car.

Jiang Ze saw the person running towards him, his face was full of smiles, and he quickly ran a few steps in her direction: "Miss, please slow down, the road here is uneven."

Si Jinchen ran over and grabbed Juanjuan's hand, fearing that she would fall.

"Jiang Ze, I haven't seen you for a while. You seem to be thinner and darker than before." Old Madam Si sighed.

"Madam, this man looks more energetic now." Jiang Ze smiled, revealing his white teeth.

"Let's go and take a look at the fields." Old Madam Si nodded with a smile.

Jiang Ze walked along the dirt road with his two children, pointing to them as they walked: "That pile of manure over there is farm manure. Once the soil is prepared, we can apply fertilizer on it."

Juanjuan looked at those things curiously, as she had never seen them before.

Everyone in the field looked curiously at the few people who suddenly appeared. Although they were wearing coarse clothes, they looked delicate and tender, and did not look like people who came to work at all.

"Brother Jiang Ze, what should we do now?" Juanjuan looked at everyone busy in the fields, and some children were also helping.

"This is to clear the stones and weeds in the field, and repair the ridges and drainage ditches." Jiang Ze explained to them.

"We can help too." Juanjuan raised her hand and signed up.

"This..." Jiang Ze looked at Madam Si undecidedly.

"I brought them here not just to take a look, but to work in the fields." Mrs. Si said with a smile.

"Okay, then you guys just watch and help!" Jiang Ze didn't say anything more.

"You go and do your own thing. I've done farm work too, but I haven't done it in a few years, so my movements may not be as agile as others." Old Madam Si said with a smile.

Jiang Ze smiled and nodded, then turned around to do other things.

Hu Zi picked up two hoes from the ground and carried two baskets: "Old lady, let's go to the open space over there."

"Hu Zi has ever done farm work?" Mrs. Si saw him pick up an extra hoe.

"Yes, I did. We used to have a few acres of land, but we had so many children that those few acres couldn't support a large family."

"My father and others sold me to the Miao family and got some money to support my younger brothers and sisters." Hu Zi said with a smile.

Old Madam Si didn't say anything. Nowadays, every family has many children, and many people sell their children for money.

Those who can work are sold at a higher price, and if a girl is pretty, most of them will be sold to brothels.

She looked at the two children walking hand in hand in front of her. If Achen had not been seriously ill at the time, she would have missed Juanjuan.

She felt uncomfortable when she thought about what would have happened if Juanjuan hadn't entered their family.

"Madam, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?" Hu Zi saw that she didn't look well.

"Grandma, what's wrong with you?" Juanjuan heard Hu Zi's voice and hurriedly stopped Si Jinchen and ran back.

"Grandma is fine, she just felt a little uncomfortable in her chest just now." Old Madam Si bent down and explained to the two children.

Juanjuan stretched out her little hand and placed it on her chest: "Juanjuan, rub it for grandma."

Her chubby little hands gently rubbed Madam Si: "You feel great."

Madam Si felt comfortable instantly. The tightness in her chest disappeared and her body felt much lighter.

She reached out and held Juanjuan's little hand on her chest: "Grandma is fine, our Juanjuan is so good."

Juanjuan smiled brightly, holding Madam Si in one hand and Si Jinchen in the other, and walked towards the open space.

After a winter, there are still quite a lot of weeds and gravel in the fields.

"Put all your belongings in the basket. If it's full and you can't carry it, just tell us. Remember?" Old Madam Si gave each of them a small basket.

"I remember." Si Jinchen went downstairs carrying the basket in one hand and pulling Juanjuan with the other.

The two children lowered their heads and looked for stones and debris in the fields, and put them into the basket when they found them.

The soil on the edge of the field looked like it had been dug out from the inside, and some clods of soil were loose and falling.

Juanjuan heard a rustling sound from the ridge of the field next to her. She squatted on the ground curiously and looked at the little head that pushed out of the soil.

A small pink nose, a black body, and big pink palms.

"Chirp. This mole is so scared. How could there be a human child?"

"You are also a rat." Juanjuan spoke quickly as he saw the mole turning around and about to run away.

The mole's chubby little butt was still exposed. When he heard her voice, he twisted his body and turned around, looking at the pink little ball curiously.