Chapter 143 Harvesting the crops



The carriage was running on the repaired road. Cao Xiangnan looked at this wide road, which was much more bumpy than the previous one. The road was repaired and was a distance away from the village, but there was still a long section left before the road could reach the town. I am afraid it will take some time to repair it.

The group of children at home were looked after by the old father of Li Mei's family. Chen Hong and Sun Bailian were also there. The older children could help to look after the younger ones. As long as there was an adult looking after them, he was not worried about anything happening. Cao Xiangnan did not even bring his own children out. Fortunately, he had playmates, and An An did not make a fuss to follow them out. Not to mention the other two, they all stayed at home obediently.

It was noon, and everyone went to get their meals. After eating, they found a cool place to rest and took a nap. Road construction was easier than working in the fields, and they could earn ten big bucks a day.

A horse-drawn carriage passed by, and they recognized it as Cao Silang's. Cao Silang was the only one in the village with a carriage, so they naturally recognized it. Some people were envious. They didn't ask to buy a carriage, but if they could save enough money to buy a cow, they would be happy even in their dreams.

The carriage went to the town, and Cao Xiangnan took the evening breeze to Dr. Luo. They were afraid that the patient in front would pass on his illness to the evening breeze, so they went through the back door to the backyard. After waiting for Doctor Luo to come over, he cut Wanfeng's pulse and touched Wanfeng's belly for a few times. Doctor Luo smiled and said, "This baby's position is very good. Just let your wife eat and sleep well, and then you can hold a big fat boy."

Cao Xiangnan was relieved when he heard that the baby's position was good. You know, the medical level in this era is so backward, and there are many accidents during childbirth. So now Cao Xiangnan is very worried when he looks at Wanfeng's big belly. He can't let it go. "Doctor Luo, is there anything else I need to pay attention to?" He asked.

Later, he asked some other things that need to be paid attention to, which annoyed Doctor Luo and drove him away.

"You kid, why do you have to be so careful? Go away, don't bother me here." Doctor Luo blew his beard and glared. Didn't he say just wait to hold a big fat boy? Doesn't he believe in his medical skills?

Even Doctor Luo's wife couldn't help laughing. Seeing that the boy from the Cao family was good to Wanfeng, he took such good care of her. He rarely saw a husband being so good to his wife. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, Wanfeng is in good health. Just take good care of him."

"Haha, Xiangnan got it. Thank you, Doctor Luo and Madam. Xiangnan was too cautious." Cao Xiangnan touched his nose and smiled foolishly.

He also felt that he was too cautious, but everyone becomes a father for the first time. When he came, An An would call him daddy. Only the baby in Wan Feng's belly has grown from a tiny thing to such a big one now. How could he not be careful? But he didn't dare to say the latter words.

Seeing that Dr. Luo and Madam Luo both said that it was nothing, he was relieved.

As for Qi Wan Feng, who was overly concerned by her husband, her face turned red when Madam Luo smiled at her.

"In a few months, when the baby is born, it will probably be winter. When it is time to give birth, come and tell me, and I will ask the old man to go to your place. If there are midwives in your village, you should invite them first..." Madam Luo was an experienced person, so she knew more about these things, so he added.

Doctor Luo had already left. Cao Xiangnan listened to what Mrs. Luo had said to him in detail, and kept in mind all the things that needed to be paid attention to in the future. After thanking Mrs. Luo, he left with his blushing wife.

They went to their shop. Aning was naturally very happy to see Wanfeng. Cao Xiangnan asked him to talk to Sun Yanshan. Since they had to go to Yipinzhai since they were in the town, Cao Xiangnan asked Wanfeng to stay here and went to Yipinzhai.

After staying in Yipinzhai for a while and talking to the shopkeeper Liu, they went back to pick up Wanfeng and went back to Caojia Village.

After the first small cotton shirt was made, the second one was made quickly. After the finished clothes were made, An An from his family was asked to try them on. The small red cotton-padded jacket looked festive and good-looking on the child, and the boys loved it very much. But compared to the adults' happiness, An An, who had been standing there for a long time in the hot weather with the cotton-padded jacket wrapped around his waist, had a red face and cried pitifully, "Dad, it's hot..."

"Haha, look, we forgot, take it off quickly." Wu Yuecai smiled and took off the clothes for the child. As soon as he took off the clothes and got his father's consent, An An ran away in a flash, as if he was afraid of being caught and wrapped in the cotton-padded jacket.

Later, everyone's skills in making clothes became more and more skilled, and the clothes they made became faster and faster. As they made more clothes, their skills became better and better. The factory was also progressing smoothly. With Master Feng leading the way, Cao Xiangnan just went to take a look when he had time. There were no problems and he believed that it would be completed soon.

At the end of June, the crops in the fields were ripe. Everyone looked forward to this time all year long. People in the village rushed to harvest the crops.

The road construction was temporarily stopped, and the clothes making at home was also stopped. It happened that Cao Gang's house had just finished building the roof and half of the floor tiles were laid in the house, so the work here was also stopped. Cao Xiangnan transferred Master Feng's people to help build the factory there, and the people in the village went back to help harvest the crops first, and then started working after the crops were harvested.

His family also had a few acres of land, which were all divided when the family was divided. There were two adults and three children in their family. Wanfeng was pregnant and couldn't do heavy work. Cao Xiangnan didn't dare to let him go to the fields to harvest crops under the scorching sun. If something happened, who would he cry to?

"Husband, you are such a worrywart. I still had to work in the fields when I was pregnant with An'an and was about to give birth. What could this be?" Qi Wanfeng was dissatisfied when he heard that his husband didn't let him work in the fields.

Cao Xiangnan shook his hands quickly, firmly disagreeing, "No, no, absolutely not. Home is different now. I wish I could hold you in my hands. How can I let you go to work in the fields at this time?"

Qi Wanfeng listened and felt both embarrassed and sweet in his heart. He knew that his husband was good to him now and was reluctant to let him do heavy work. Touching his belly, he only hoped to give his husband a big fat boy this time.

Since his husband didn't agree with him going to the fields, he couldn't go either.

The shops in the town had to open for business every day. Cao Dapeng and Sun Yanshan couldn't come back, and the two old people in Sun Ji's family couldn't do so much on the fields, so they had to help out. After everyone discussed it, they went to each household to harvest the crops as soon as possible. Otherwise, if a heavy rain came at this time, the crops that were about to be harvested would be destroyed in the fields.

They did not restrain the group of children. Those who could work went to work in the fields, and those who could not work helped with other things.

Qi Wanfeng and Sun Bailian stayed at home to take care of their meals. Everyone unanimously forbade Sun Bailian to work in the fields at this time. Later, it was heard that someone's daughter-in-law went to the fields to harvest crops while pregnant and fainted. Later, the child was not saved and she cried to death.

This kind of thing happens every year. If the mother is nice, she will let the pregnant wife rest at home and do something else. If the mother is mean, she will not care about the pregnant wife and let her work in the fields. It is not surprising that the woman with weak health may lose the child by accident, after all, it is difficult for a boy to have a child.

"His mother is also a bad person. She treats his wife badly on weekdays. In the hot sun, she forced her pregnant wife to work in the fields. I heard that the baby was a boy..." At this time, people from every household were working in the fields. Any little thing was like the wind in summer. Wherever it blew, it spread. Everyone felt sorry for this. Cao Xiangnan broke out in a cold sweat. He was glad that his Wanfeng didn't get into trouble when she was pregnant with An An and went to work in the fields. In his heart, he was determined not to let Wanfeng do heavy work before he gave birth to the baby.

He didn't tell his Wanfeng about this, but Qi Wanfeng heard about it from others and sighed slightly.

At this time, everyone was working in the fields. Those who harvested the land faster had already finished harvesting, and would go to help the nearby families to harvest. Cao Xiangnan's family had less land, so after they agreed, they would harvest the land of the family with more land first, one piece at a time. His land was closer to the inside, and by the time they harvested his land, the crops in the fields of the nearby families had been harvested.

Cao Gui's land had been harvested, and his land was closer to the two plots of land of Cao Silang's family. After he finished harvesting his own land, he brought his wife with him, and without saying a word, they came to help Cao Silang's family to harvest.

Now, every family in the village has benefited from Cao Silang to some extent. Besides, Cao Silang is not a man who becomes a master and does not know people in the village after getting rich. He has been helping to harvest crops in the fields these days. Only his wife is pregnant and does not want him to come. They all think Cao Silang is a good man and loves his wife the most.

Some wives of men turned around and pinched his ears, "Look how good Cao Silang is to his wife, don't you learn from him?"

When two families nearby saw that Cao Silang's crops were not harvested, they came over to help harvest them together.

When Cao Xiangnan, Cao Gang, Chen Hong and others finished harvesting crops in Sun Ji's field and were about to come to his house to harvest crops, they found that half of the crops in his field had already been harvested. "Is this mine?" Cao Xiangnan asked uncertainly.

"It's yours. I've harvested my field, and I came to help because I saw yours hadn't been harvested yet." Cao Gui's wife laughed when she heard it, and the others laughed too.

Cao Xiangnan was a little embarrassed and touched his head with his hand. He had been sunbathing recently and had become tanned. He had a silly smile on his dark face. He had only been to his field twice, and he couldn't even tell his own field apart.

There were five or six people helping out on the two or three mu of land at his home, and they finished the harvest in half a day.

Cao Xiangnan saw his father and eldest brother bending over to harvest rice nearby. He walked over and called out "Dad and eldest brother", frowning and asking, "Why didn't the eldest and second brothers come? Where are the people at home? Why didn't everyone come?"

Cao's face flashed with embarrassment, and it was hard to say that his wife was upset and refused to come when she saw Wang Yan didn't come. Besides, in the past, the work in the fields was done by him, his father, and Wanfeng together, and no one else in the family came. This year, no one was willing to come.

Seeing his elder brother evasive and leaving without a clear reason, Cao Xiangnan sneered in his heart. There were more than ten people in the compound, but only two of them were capable of working? What were the rest doing? He felt

very uncomfortable when he thought of his daughter Wanfeng who had to work in the fields even when she was pregnant. Could it be that those people at home were the ladies and young masters? Cao Xiangnan threw down a sentence, "Dad, big brother, the children in the family are not young anymore, they can work in the fields, can you take care of them for the rest of their lives?"

"If the eldest brother, the second brother and the mother can come to help, wouldn't the crops in the fields be harvested faster?"

So Cao Xiangnan, who originally planned to come to help, gave up the idea of ​​coming to help. Such a family is really not worthy of his sympathy.

When Cao Fugui heard this, his face froze. Looking at his father who also had a sullen face, and watching his fourth brother leave, he buried his head in the work in the fields and said nothing. Instead, his father said, "Let your mother come tomorrow."

"Okay." The character of the eldest brother Cao is exactly the same as his father's.


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