Lin Yiwan's mother had no other thoughts, but she agreed with Lin Yiwan's words, "Yes, they are all good children. Go and see them off, just in case something happens."
Afterwards, Lin Yihui escorted Wen Xi and the others back, but he followed behind them, keeping a distance of a few meters, until he saw the three girls enter the courtyard before turning around and leaving.
At five o'clock the next morning, the work whistle rang out, and all the villagers and former educated youth woke up from their sleep. They got up and tidied themselves up, and then the sounds of pots and pans clattering came from every household.
During the busy farming season, everyone eats breakfast at home, and only eats at the canteen at noon and in the evening.
Harvesting wheat is like fighting against nature, because it happens to be during the rainy season. A strong wind or a heavy rain could destroy the wheat that everyone has worked so hard to grow for half a year, so everyone has to race against time to harvest the wheat.
After everyone had breakfast, they hurried to the threshing ground. The wheat harvesters were already in the fields before 5:30 a.m.
The educated youth who arrived yesterday had a day of rest today, so they didn't have to work yet. However, they were woken up early by the work start whistle, complained for a while, and then closed their eyes again. On the other hand, the male educated youth living outside, Gu Huai'an went out for a run early. Wearing a white shirt, black pants, and a white towel around his neck, he looked spirited, having not yet experienced farm work.
Wenxi and the other two were in charge of cooking, so they didn't have to get up so early. However, Wenxi had already made it a habit to get up early every day, so she still got up as early as usual.
Wenxi first cooked breakfast, then fed the chickens, and then took a basket to Jin Changfeng's yard next door to pick vegetables. She had originally planted all the fruits and vegetables that did not need trellises in Jin Changfeng's yard.
Some vegetables are ripe this season and can be picked. Although we can't eat them all, we can store them in the system warehouse and save them for later.
After Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue got up, the three of them had breakfast together and then went to the cafeteria.
They arrived quite early. Wang Xiaoju and Sun Mei hadn't arrived yet, but the villagers had already placed the dishes on the ground outside the canteen.
They have homegrown vegetables, and even wild vegetables. But no one gives them things like tomatoes and cucumbers, which can be given to children as fruit.
Wen Xi smiled helplessly and didn't take these things too seriously. She would just cook whatever dishes people sent her.
Upon arriving at the main dining hall, Wen Xi organized the vegetables, mentally planned the lunch menu, and then carried the vegetables to the river bend with Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue. She left the two women to wash the vegetables in the river bend while she fetched two buckets of water and took out the mint leaves she had grown and picked herself from the system warehouse. Then she started to boil mint water.
It's already mid-June, which is practically summer. The temperature is already quite high around 7 or 8 in the morning, and it gets really hot when you're working in the fields for a while.
So Wenxi wanted to make mint water for everyone so that everyone could feel cool and refreshed.
When Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue returned after washing the vegetables, Wang Xiaoju and Sun Mei arrived late. After exchanging greetings, everyone got busy with their own tasks.
Around nine o'clock, the children who had promised to help Wenxi catch cicada nymphs arrived with their cicada nymphs. Wenxi gave them corresponding amounts of fruit candy based on the weight of the cicada nymphs they provided, and wrapped them in oil paper so they wouldn't be sticky.
"Sister Xiaoxi, do you still want cicada nymphs?" The oldest one, a girl in her teens, had a bit of leadership skills. She took a piece of fruit candy, put it in her mouth, and asked while eating.
Wenxi thought for a moment and said, "I want frogs the day after tomorrow at noon. If you know how to catch frogs, you can trade them like you would cicada nymphs. One pound of frogs and one piece of fruit candy."
"Okay, we understand. We'll bring it to Sister Xiaoxi at this time the day after tomorrow." The girl in the lead agreed and then led everyone away.
Jiang Yue looked at the plump cicada nymph and asked in confusion, "Xiao Xi, why did you change this thing?"
Whether in the countryside or the city, once summer arrives, people suffer greatly from this thing. Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue have naturally seen it before.
Wen Xi smiled brightly, "I'll make a stir-fried cicada dish for everyone at noon. Please carry the cicada nymphs to the river bend and clean them. I'll start preparing the ingredients now."
After Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue left, Wen Xi began to chop and prepare the vegetables. Only by preparing everything in advance could she avoid being flustered later.
Seeing that the mint water in the pot was ready, Wenxi poured it into a wooden bucket to cool. After Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue returned, Wenxi left Jiang Yue in the dining hall to watch over her dishes, while she and Shen Jiaojiao each carried a bucket of mint water to the wheat field.
Although they were wearing straw hats, the sun was very strong and scorching hot at this time. Wenxi was afraid of getting sunburned, so she wore long sleeves and pants. She was already sweating profusely when she arrived at the wheat field.
Wen Xi found Captain Qian, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and said to Captain Qian, "Captain Qian, I've brewed some refreshing and thirst-quenching mint water for everyone. It's cooled down now. Could you please call everyone over to drink some mint water?"
Captain Qian was truly surprised by Wen Xi's thoughtfulness and consideration. He was deeply impressed by her. If his own child hadn't already started a family, he would have loved to introduce Wen Xi to his child!
Every year during the busy farming season, the large canteen is put into use, but the person in charge of cooking will never do anything other than cooking, let alone consider everyone's needs.
But Wenxi is truly remarkable.
So Captain Qian went to inform the clan leaders of each group and asked them to arrange for the members of each group to take turns getting mint water to drink. The cool and refreshing mint water really made them feel cool all over.
After everyone finished filling the first bucket of mint water, Wenxi took the empty bucket back and asked Jiang Yue to bring out more mint water while she went to cook.
Although there were two aunts, Wang Xiaoju and Sun Mei, Wenxi always left one person behind to prevent others from messing with their food.
If the villagers get sick from eating it, the responsibility would be enormous, something a young girl like her couldn't bear. So she had to be very careful.
At noon, Wenxi stir-fried water spinach with garlic and red amaranth, also made a cold wild vegetable salad, made mushroom soup, and stir-fried cicadas. Four dishes and a soup, absolutely delicious!
The new educated youth were off work today, so naturally they didn't eat in the canteen. Tian Xiaoke, Tang Xiaoyun, and Wang Caiyun drank some corn porridge that stung their throats with the older educated youth this morning.
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