Chapter 224 Afraid of Cows
Xiao Qian smiled awkwardly and whispered, "Manbao, go out and line up, your sister-in-law can do it herself."
Manbao shook her head and went to look at the soup she had stewed. Bai Shanbao also ran in and helped her carry the soup to the table.
Qian had already arranged the dishes and rice, and the students who rushed over had already lined up noisily. Only then did Qian serve the rice and dishes to everyone.
Manbao and Bai Shanbao took their bowls and ran to the end of the line.
Bai Erlang rushed to the front and quickly fought his way out. Seeing that the two of them were actually at the back, he was extremely surprised, "Why are you here?"
Bai Shanbao: "Guess!"
Bai Erlang was too lazy to guess. He glanced at Manbao, snorted twice, and left with his head held high.
Bai Shanbao turned around and said to Manbao, "He's still angry."
Manbao expressed his understanding.
The last time they made a bet, Bai Erlang lost, although he insisted on not admitting that he lost, because he felt that he was not guilty, and it must be Bai Shanbao who was partial to her and therefore stood on her side.
But at that time, the three of them asked Old Lady Bai, Mrs. Bai, Mr. Bai, Liu and Zheng, and everyone said that Bai Erlang was darker today than yesterday, so although he was very unwilling, he still lost the two zodiac signs to Manbao.
Only then did Mr. Bai and the others understand why the three children came to them so early in the morning to judge whether his stupid son was darker today than yesterday.
Manbao and Bai Shanbao were the last to arrive. After they had their meals, she was in no hurry to leave. She curiously asked Qian, "Sister-in-law, did you go to hoe the fields?"
"No hoeing, mother asked the fourth child to plow the land. I took him to see if the land could be moved. That's why we were delayed for a while."
"Fourth brother is so pitiful."
"And your fifth brother."
Manbao immediately said, "Sister-in-law, we went to the county town last time and found some scraps of cloth. Can you help me sew them into two thick bandages? Then wrap them around Fifth Brother's hands and put another one on his shoulders. This way it won't hurt so much."
Bai Shanbao, who was eating at the side, said, "Why go to such trouble? Just go to my house and ask for a cow."
Manbao turned to look at him and asked, "Don't your cows want to work now?"
Bai Shanbao shook his head, "No, my family only has that one piece of land, it's idle."
His family's land and property are not here. The piece they have now was taken from Mr. Bai. It is not much. They only grow some vegetables, raise chickens and ducks, and grow some more special crops.
Manbao was happy and said, "After dinner, I will go with you to catch some morning glory."
Bai Shanbao was surprised, "You can lead the cattle?"
Manbao said confidently: "No!"
“…”
Although they didn't know how, the two children still went, and of course, Xiao Qian also went.
Seeing the black buffalo, Manbao and Bai Shanbao stopped far away and no one dared to go forward.
Bai Shanbao: "Didn't you say you were coming to pick up the cow? Come on."
"This is your cow, so you should go ahead."
Seeing that the two children were frightened, the farmhand in charge of herding cattle and farming laughed and said, "Young Master, Miss Zhou, this cow won't gore anyone, don't worry."
I don’t know if the cow understood what they said, but it mooed twice and raised its head towards them. The two children screamed “Ahhh” twice, turned around and ran away.
Xiao Qian: ...
Farmhand: ...
The farmhand scratched his head sheepishly, and said to Xiao Qian with a guilty conscience, "The child is a little timid... Hahaha, by the way, the old lady said that you can take the cow away and don't have to return it in a hurry. You can return it after you're done using it."
Xiao Qian gratefully agreed, took the rope and led the dog away.
Manbao and Bai Shanbao ran across the bridge in one breath and stopped only when they were too tired to breathe. They looked back warily and saw that the scary cow had not caught up with them, so they sat down on the grass.
"Your cows are horrible."
"Isn't that what you want to hold?"
Manbao felt guilty and didn't say anything.
Little Qian came into view, leading the cow. Seeing the child on the other side of the bridge get up and try to run again, she shouted, "Manbao, I want to send the cow to your fourth brother—"
The land in Xiaowan was across the bridge. Manbao stopped running and stood at the end of the bridge, looking at the cows. He asked, "Sister-in-law, will cows eat people?"
Xiao Qianshi: "...Cows eat grass. Stop daydreaming and go back to school. Young Master, you and Manbao should go back to school and have some rest. You still have classes in the afternoon."
Bai Shanbao agreed and took Manbao back to the school.
"Why are you afraid of your own cow?"
"I don't see it often, but you see cows all the time. Why are you afraid of it?"
The two children walked away while bickering. Zhou Silang, who was pulling the plow hard in the field, saw the cow led by his sister-in-law from afar and almost burst into tears.
He sat down on the ground and asked loudly, "Sister-in-law, where did the cow come from?"
"Manbao and the young master borrowed it."
Fang took a handkerchief to wipe Zhou Silang's sweat and whispered, "Look at you, your brother doesn't even complain of being tired."
Zhou Silang glanced at the side and said, "Yes, he didn't shout, but look at him."
Fang turned her head and saw Zhou Wulang lying directly on the ground. When he heard them talking, he raised his arms and waved them weakly.
Fang couldn't help but ask, "Are you really that tired?"
"It's quite tiring. You don't know if you've never done it," Zhou Silang said. "Every time I do spring plowing, I can just lie down and sleep. I hate to move at all."
He glanced at Zhou Wulang and said, "But Lao Wu is in a tough spot this time. He's never pulled a plow before. This is his first time."
Zhou Wulang nodded bitterly. He had four older brothers and he was not yet an adult, so this kind of heavy work basically had nothing to do with him.
This is the first time I know that pulling a plow is so hard.
Thinking about the land at home, except for a part that can be plowed by oxen, the rest is pulled by his four brothers, especially the eldest and third brothers, he couldn't help but sigh, "My eldest brothers and their brothers are really hard-working."
"That's right, you have to be nicer to your fourth brother from now on. Don't be so irritating to me and always find excuses to refuse when I ask you to help."
"I'm talking about the eldest, second, and third brothers, not you."
Zhou Silang recovered his strength. He stood up and lovingly led the ox over to the plow. He kicked Zhou Silang's butt with his toes and said, "Hurry up and get out of the way. What's wrong with me? I'm also pulling the plow. You can't enjoy the good life without suffering just because you're two years younger than me. You should know that when I was your age, I was already pulling the plow."
Zhou Wulang couldn't remember much about things that happened so long ago. He asked doubtfully, "Really?"
"Of course it's true."
Zhou Wulang got up from the ground and said, "Okay, I'll go back and ask Dad tonight. Dad remembers everything about the fields the most clearly."
Zhou Silang waved his hands, not afraid at all, because he had indeed followed the eldest brother to the fields to pull the plow when he was fifteen years old. At that time, he was much more miserable than the fifth brother. It happened to be the spring plowing season, and the land to be plowed was more than one acre.
He cried for two months during the nearly two months of spring plowing. It was really too hard.
(End of this chapter)
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