The snow has melted, and spring plowing has begun one after another.
Last year, after the flood receded, the wheat planted by Yue Jiuyue's family was all located at the foot of the mountain or in the gullies. On the westernmost of the three mountains, less than a third of the terraced fields had been prepared, but it was enough for Yue Jiuyue to grow sweet potatoes. All that was left was to fertilize them when the time came. So Yue Jiuyue let his three brothers prepare their own mountain land.
Yue Jiuyue herself was not idle either. If she could cultivate one more acre of land, she could grow one more acre of sweet potatoes. No one would complain about having too much grain, right?
The sweet potato seeds were still buried in the yard. This year they were buried earlier than last year because last year's sweet potatoes were hastily harvested before the autumn harvest. There certainly wouldn't be many people who could plant sweet potatoes this year. Yue Jiuyue thought she should cultivate more sweet potato seedlings or vines so that more people could plant sweet potatoes in the future.
Fearing the sweet potatoes would freeze, Yue Jiuyue covered them with two layers of coarse burlap sacks to prevent the seeds from freezing and failing to sprout.
So, only Liu Shi and her daughter Xiao Man'er were left at home. Now that everyone was busy with spring plowing, Liu Shi could no longer be spoiled. She still had to cook for herself, otherwise she would go hungry. For the past two months, Xiao Man'er had been eating several meals a day, and her little face had become rounder, with a double chin. Just looking at her made people feel happy and made them want to move closer.
Yue Jiuyue and the others had previously started building the terraced fields from the mountaintop. This time, they only measured the approximate width of the terraced fields from top to bottom before starting to build the fields a little above the wheat field. This was because Liu Shi was due to give birth this month, and Yue Jiuyue was worried that it would be too far away to call for help in time, as this was a matter of life and death!
At noon, Yue Jiuyue went home early. She lived close by, so she cooked lunch for everyone.
The main reason was that she didn't dare to trouble Liu Shi, a pregnant woman who was about to give birth, to do chores. Yue Jiuyue felt her heart tremble when she saw her. If Liu Shi hadn't said that she could do it, she would have helped Liu Shi with seven or eight meals a day. After all, caring for pregnant women is the most basic human courtesy.
After the meal was prepared, the three Lin brothers returned almost right on time. Lin Chaodong took the food back for his family of three to eat, while Yue Jiuyue and her two children ate in the main room in the front.
"Mom, I cleared four acres of land this morning!"
As always, Lin Chaobei shared his daily life with Yue Jiuyue. He was so excited that he had cleared half an acre of land this morning. He felt that he was super capable and that Yue Jiuyue had to praise him.
"Wow! Xiao Si is really capable!"
Yue Jiuyue praised.
You know, last autumn, the three of them couldn't even cultivate one acre of land in a day!
Lin Chaonan rolled his eyes at Lin Chaobei, who was beaming with pride after being praised by Yue Jiuyue.
Don't think he doesn't know; this kid has only scratched the surface, the fault line hasn't been repaired yet!
"Mom, this morning..."
Before Lin Chaonan could finish speaking, they heard Lin Chaodong's panicked voice from outside:
"Mother! Mother! Dahua's stomach hurts! She says her stomach hurts! Is she...is she about to give birth?"
Lin Chaodong's speech was incoherent and his voice was trembling; he seemed to be quite frightened.
"Fourth brother, quickly go to the village chief's house and call your aunt over!"
Yue Jiuyue was also panicking! This was the first time in both her past and present lives that she had ever directly witnessed a pregnant woman giving birth. No, she hadn't even seen it yet, and her legs were already weak.
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