Chapter 45 Kneeling
Liu Wangxue followed Xu Qingsong's instructions and touched the lotus stem. A cool, gel-like touch was immediately transmitted through the rubber gloves.
But she felt around for a long time, then changed a few lotus stems and started over, but they were either mud or lotus stems that had not yet rotted.
The same situation happened with Du Yunkai.
Looking back at the others, the novices were all the same, with no gains. However, the three veterans were making achievements one after another.
Liu Wangxue asked: "Do we just search one by one? Is there any trick to selecting lotus stems?"
After hearing this, several people stood up and looked at the green in front of them.
Wenxi said, "Don't they all look the same? They all have leaves on a stem."
Du Yunkai asked: "Is it based on height, weight and size?"
Wenxi thought it was not the case: "I think it's just luck. It's all water and muddy, just like opening a blind box."
Li Yu's physical strength was weak, and he was already tired after such a while. He put his hands on his waist and took a deep breath: "It's okay to open a blind box, after all, you are sure that you can get something out of it, but when you touch it with your hand, you can't even touch a lotus root node."
Yue Cheng on the other side joked, "Brother-in-law, are you guys hiding something? Hurry up and hand over the secret!"
Liu Wangxue asked Xu Qingsong: "So there really is a trick?"
Xu Qingsong spread his hands and said with a smile: "I have always been lucky, I don't need any tricks."
Wenxi picked a lotus leaf and put it on her head as a hat: "See, I told you it was all about luck."
Tao Huayu picked up a few lotus pods in front and threw them on the foam float, saying, "There is indeed a trick, brother-in-law, please explain it to me."
So everyone gathered around my brother-in-law. He broke off a few lotus stems and pointed to the lotus leaf in the middle that had just emerged from the water. He said, "There must be something underneath this lotus leaf, and the direction in which the lotus node grows is opposite to that of the leaf."
As he spoke, he bent down, felt around a few times, and indeed dug out one.
The method is really simple. Everyone spread out to look for it, and after a while, the scores of all the novices changed from 0 to 1.
Tao Huayu dug out another one and said, "It's boring to dig like this. How about we have a competition? It's just right. Now we have three teams."
Yue Cheng followed suit: "The competition must have a prize!"
"Okay, I'll pay for it." Du Yunkai became interested. He had learned from Xu Qingsong that these people were all players of "The Twenty-one Cases of Dazhao". "Qingsong and I want to make a PC game next. I'll give the winners a beta test."
"Great!" everyone cheered.
Li Yu interrupted: "But Brother Qingsong and Boss Du are from the same company. If they win, then there will only be one spot for the internal test, right?"
"Yes, yes, this won't work!" Everyone clamored for personnel adjustments, and finally Xu Qingsong and Tao Huayu were swapped.
The rules of the competition are simple and crude, which is to weigh the lotus roots. At the end, the team that digs the heaviest lotus roots wins.
In addition, a "Lotus King" will be selected. Lan Xiaoxi suggested, "I heard that the fish king is selected every year when fishing in Northeast China. Let's do one too."
"Where's the prize?" Wenxi asked.
Liu Wangxue said: "How about sticking with Xiaoci?"
"This is good!" Everyone agreed.
Because except for Liu Wangxue, Xiaoci would indiscriminately attack anyone who approached it with its cat punch, and would not even let Wenxi be touched.
Li Yu was suddenly full of energy. He wanted to hug Xiaoci the most. When he thought about petting the cat, he had to do it no matter how weak he was.
However, this kind of bent-over labor is really tiring. Although the waterproof suit is a suspender jumpsuit style, it is not breathable. In addition, it is not easy to walk in the mud. After a while, everyone is sweating profusely.
Although the early morning sun was not that hot, it was still hot on the face. Everyone followed Wenxi's example and picked a lotus leaf to wear on their heads.
Pengpeng was lying on the shore, with Xiaoci sleeping on its back like a blanket without moving. Suddenly, Pengpeng stood up and woke Xiaoci up.
It stretched out its front paws to reach the lotus leaves in the field, but the distance was a bit far and it couldn't reach them, so it barked in the direction of Liu Wangxue.
The sister standing by didn't know what was wrong with the dog, and was afraid that it would run into the lotus field with the cat, so she called Liu Wangxue.
Liu Wangxue looked back, smiled, and said, "Sister, just pick a lotus leaf for it to wear on its head."
The elder sister looked at Pengpeng's head and picked a piece of cloth of similar size and put it on it. Pengpeng immediately became quiet, took a few steps, and then lay down again.
When Xiaoci saw that Pengpeng had a hat on his head, she stretched out her paw to scratch it, then looked at her sister and meowed.
The elder sister, who had never raised an animal before, suddenly had an idea. She picked a smaller one and put it on Xiaoci. Xiaoci meowed and continued to sleep on Bangbang's back.
She thought it was so bizarre that she looked at it again and again, wondering if it was really just a cat and a dog. She took out her phone and took a few photos.
The competition in the lotus field was still going on. My brother-in-law's team was the first to fill up the floats. Yue Cheng pushed them to the shore and my sister helped put them into the plastic basket. Once the floats were put in, half of the basket was filled in an instant.
As he walked back with the floating board, he said provocatively: "It seems that our team has a great chance of winning!"
Tao Huayu immediately expressed his dissatisfaction: "Just wait!" Then he put another one on the float. The float was almost at its limit, so he pushed it towards the shore.
Xu Qingsong also pushed his team's float board to catch up.
Du Yunkai stood up and pounded his lower back. He found it hard to bend all the time, even for someone who exercises regularly. "No wonder they say farmers have hard work. This is really hard work."
Liu Wangxue, Wenxi and the others also turned their waists and stretched their bodies. Only Li Yu was still searching and touching.
Wenxi said, "Xiaoyu, take a break. Be careful not to hurt your waist."
Li Yu raised his head, his face flushed with heat: "I want to take the 'Ou Wang'."
"You can't get too tired." Liu Wangxue also advised him to take a rest.
My brother-in-law smiled when he heard this. He had a simple and honest appearance, and his skin was dark from working in the fields under the wind and sun. "You are tired, right? You can do this."
He knelt down in the lotus field and said, "This way my waist won't be tired, and the heat in my waterproof suit can be squeezed out, which makes me feel cool."
"Hey, this is a good method." Yue Cheng followed and learned.
My brother-in-law supported him from behind and said, "Kneel down, don't sit down, and keep your upper body upright, otherwise water will get into your clothes."
"Oh, okay." Yue Cheng adjusted his posture and looked at the others. "Really? It saves effort and is cool. You guys should try it."
Then, one after another, everyone knelt in the lotus field.
I don't know who suddenly laughed, you infected me, I infected you, the laughter floated above the lotus field and was blown away among the lotus leaves by the wind.
(End of this chapter)
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