Chapter 302: His Path (Thanks to the reward from the book friend "Si Qinglanyu")
The Zhou family harvested wheat very quickly. In just five days, they had harvested all the wheat.
Fortunately, this year the Zhou family has two yards, and the ground is flat. The wheat ears they picked are spread out in the yard to dry.
Two days of such strong sunshine is enough, and you can always get another half day of sun in the field.
Zhou Dalang and others continued to go to the fields to harvest wheat, while He and Fang stayed at home to beat the wheat with yokes. With a swing of the stick, the yoke turned half a circle in the air and then fell on the wheat ears with a bang, and the wheat grains fell to the ground.
Qian took the remaining children and sat on a low stool, holding a medium-sized wooden stick and beat it again bit by bit.
When Zhou Dalang and his men came back from the fields, they didn't need help from the young, sick, and pregnant people in their family. They just tied up their sleeves and picked up a handful of wheat ears that had been threshed twice and started rubbing them.
Rub the wheat very hard, not only tiring but also prickly. This kind of work has always been done by men in the Zhou family.
When Fang first came in, she was still a little uncomfortable because in her memory, this kind of work was always done by women.
For example, her family is like this.
In addition to harvesting and carrying wheat, her father and elder brother also had to slaughter sheep, so harvesting wheat, fetching water, cooking, and threshing wheat were always done by her and her mother and sister-in-law.
Of course, Dad and Big Brother would help when they were free, but she didn't remember many such things.
She didn't quite understand why the Zhou family would leave these things for the men to come back and do it again in the dark.
But He, who had been married to the Zhou family for many years, was used to it. Seeing Fang looking at Zhou Silang with a distressed face, she pulled her and comforted her, "It's okay, men are all tough, it's okay for the fourth brother to fight, don't worry about him."
Xiao Qian had just returned from the fields. Everyone had already had dinner but had not yet washed up.
She went straight into the kitchen to boil water. When it was hot, she called Daya over and said, "Tell your aunt and your brothers and sisters to take a bath. After you're done, go to bed. We're going to harvest beans tomorrow, so you won't be needed anymore."
Daya became happy.
Mrs. Qian continued, "Go wash clothes early tomorrow morning. When you come back, go to Xiaowan and peel some vegetable leaves to feed the chickens. If there are any insects, remember to catch them."
Daya responded and happily went to fetch water for a bath.
After the children have washed, they go to the women, and after the women have washed, they go to the men.
This is also different from the customs and rules of other families.
Fang didn’t think it was a big deal before, but now this rule becomes very important during the busy farming season.
Because everyone is very tired and comes home late, taking a shower early allows them to go to bed earlier.
Of course, Fang would not think that this rule was set by her father-in-law, so it must have been set by her mother-in-law.
So when the men were not around, Fang couldn't help but whisper to her sister-in-law, "Mother-in-law is really amazing. She sets the rules of the house so clearly."
Feng and He nodded in agreement.
Little Qian burst out laughing and was about to say something, but when she saw Zhou Xi standing beside her, she stopped talking.
Zhou Xi only said, "This rule was not made by my mother."
Fang blinked in confusion, "Who decided that?"
Zhou Xi thought about it and smiled: "No one has to make rules, but once you get used to it, it becomes a rule."
Manbao rushed in from outside, smelling fragrant, and shouted, "Sister-in-law, Dad doesn't want me to catch birds anymore."
Xiao Qian turned around and tapped her forehead, then put away the washed dishes and said, "That's right, you shouldn't give it to me. How much wheat have you wasted these past few days?"
"There aren't many," Manbao said, "I just use them over and over again."
"That was handful after handful. Dad was busy harvesting wheat and ignored you. Now that the wheat is harvested, if you use the wheat to feed the birds, won't Dad be heartbroken?"
"Then you also eat birds and sparrows, and you all say they are delicious."
"Even if it tastes good, that's not how you eat it," said Little Qian. "Meat is delicious, but flour is better and lasts longer, don't you think? Besides, you go to school, study and do homework every day, so how can you find time to catch birds?"
"As for time, you can squeeze it in."
"I wish you thought the same way when you were studying."
Manbao said seriously, "I thought the same when I was studying."
However, Xiao Qian still refused to give in and was unwilling to persuade her father for her, so Manbao sighed sadly.
Although she is young, she actually knows how to pick on the weak, so she dares to negotiate with Old Zhou and pester Xiao Qian for mercy, but she doesn't dare to go to her mother.
Manbao sighed, and the next day he went to find Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang with his head down, saying, "Can't we catch birds anymore?"
Bai Erlang, who had been playing with them for the past three days, exclaimed, "Why?"
The sound was so loud that everyone in the school looked at him.
Bai Jilang immediately lowered his voice and asked, "Why?"
"Because my father won't give me wheat anymore," Manbao said, "without wheat I can't make bait to lure birds."
Bai Shanbao pointed at Bai Erlang and said, "He has it at home."
Bai Erlang was about to blurt out "I have one at home," but when he saw Bai Shanbao had said it first, he became dissatisfied and shouted, "Don't you have one at home too?"
"I don't have any at home," Bai Shanbao said, "I only have rice at home. The wheat is very far away."
His family's land was not here. Mr. Bai allocated a few acres of land nearby to his family and asked them to grow rice and other things, such as vegetables, fruits, etc.
Anyway, their family has no shortage of food. Even if the steward outside doesn't deliver it, they can buy it from Mr. Bai, which is very convenient.
Bai Erlang then remembered that Bai Shanbao's family's fields were not here, and even the rice was only over one acre in size, and they were planted for fun.
Bai Erlang then regained his pride and said with his neck tilted high: "Don't worry, it's just wheat. I have plenty at home."
His family has a lot of land in Qili Village, a lot of land in Dali Village, a lot of land in Baimaquan Town, and a lot of land near the county town. They have no shortage of wheat and other things.
So when school was over in the afternoon, Bai Erlang ran away, and in less than a quarter of an hour, he came back with a servant.
The servant was carrying a bundle of wheat on his shoulders, and Manbao and Bai Shanbao looked at him in amazement.
Manbao rubbed his eyes, and after making sure he wasn't dazzled, he lowered his head to look at his homework, then turned to Bai Shanbao and said, "Let's finish our homework first before going out to play."
In order to save time, they did not go to Bai's house to do their homework, nor did they go back to Zhou's house to do their homework. Instead, they sat in the classroom to do it.
Bai Shanbao also withdrew his gaze, swallowed the word "fool", nodded, and continued to do his homework.
Daji, who was standing outside the classroom, lowered his head and shook his shoulders. After a while, he raised his head with a serious expression, but his eyes were a little wet.
Bai Erlang had already rushed into the classroom and said, "Maizi is here, let's go."
Bai Shanbao asked, "Where are the fishing net and stick? Weren't they left at your gatehouse yesterday?"
"Oh, right," Bai Erlang finally remembered, and asked the servant to put down the wheat, then turned and ran again, "Wait a moment, I'll go get it."
Bai Shanbao and Manbao looked at each other, then continued to do their homework slowly with their heads down.
(End of this chapter)
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