The old man couldn't help but feel a little apologetic. "The wheat seedlings in the field have all been waterlogged and died. In previous seasons, the wheat should have grown ears by now. Miss Yu, there is no way to save the wheat in the field. I'm afraid there will be no harvest this winter."
According to the current situation, I am afraid that there will be no harvest this year.
Miss Yu bought land and provided them with food. To these people, she was a living Bodhisattva who saved them from suffering. They did not regard Yu Jiao as a businessman, so they could not help but worry about her.
If the land is left idle this year, they won't have to do farm work and will be eating Miss Yu's food for nothing. They really can't live with their conscience.
"Don't worry, old man. I use these fields to grow cabbage. Once you repair the house, drain the water from the fields, and let the land air dry, we can start sowing." Yu Jiao said gently.
These people are simple and honest. She likes dealing with them and is willing to show them kindness and sincerity.
The old man felt relieved when he heard that she had a plan in mind. "This season is indeed the best time to plant hucai."
He stood up straight with his hunched body and said to the people beside him, "Did you hear that? Everyone should hurry up and build the house, and don't delay in working for Miss Yu."
A group of people responded hurriedly. The men who had been standing around stood up. They didn't dare to sit there and waste time any longer. They went back to their own rebuilt houses and worked on their work. Only a few old men and women were left in the straw hut to sit and talk with Yu Jiao.
The women were also busy, they were all sewing clothes. They looked at Yu Jiao carefully and did not dare to speak to her rashly.
An old woman walked tremblingly to Yu Jiao and stretched out her hand covered with blue veins and brown age spots. A green and yellow fruit not even as big as a child's fist lay in the old woman's rough palm.
"Miss Yu, I don't have anything to treat you, but please try this pear." The old woman's voice was kind and gentle. Her outstretched hand was trembling slightly, and there was dirt under her nails.
Yu Jiao ignored the dirt and stretched out her hands to take the fruit that was almost not a pear. She looked up at the old woman and smiled sweetly. She took a bite of the pear. Although it was bitter and sour, she smiled and said to the old woman, "It's sweet. Thank you."
I don't know how long this pear has been kept and it has lost its moisture. However, the sincerity with which it is presented is particularly touching.
When the old woman saw Yu Jiao eating, she smiled with her slightly deflated lips. She sat beside Yu Jiao and pointed to a collapsed house not far away. Her voice was a little slow due to her age. "I have several pear trees in my yard. The pears at this time of year in previous years were big and sweet. This year, another tree has grown, and the pears are so heavy that the branches are bent."
Yu Jiao looked in the direction the old woman pointed, and saw nothing but collapsed ruins, no trace of the pear tree.
The old woman had a smile on her face, as if the pear trees in her eyes were still there.
"It's so nice to see a tree full of pears. The birds nearby always come to the yard to steal the pecks. I stay under the tree, chasing them away every day and even at night." The old woman laughed, "Those birds are smart. They know the pears on my tree are sweet!"
Yu Jiao smiled, biting the sour little pear, and agreed, "It is very sweet."
The old woman's smile became even kinder when she heard this.
She looked back at her own courtyard, her wrinkled face showing a hint of daze. "My son said that we could give some to the neighbors after we picked them, and sell the rest in the city, but no one expected a flood..."
The old woman's voice was a little choked, and Yu Jiao could feel the sadness in her heart.
To the old woman, the pears on the tree represent her hope for a better life and the fruit of a happy life.
But soon, the old woman recovered on her own. She continued, "After the flood, the house collapsed, and the three pear trees in the yard were uprooted and washed away. The pears were gone too. I found this pear in the rubble, and I never had the heart to eat it. At night, I always dreamed that the house was still there, and the pears were still hanging on the trees, waiting for me to pick them."
The wrinkles on the old woman's face trembled slightly. Yu Jiao felt that she seemed to be crying, but there were no tears in her eyes.
"If only Miss Yu had come earlier, I know this pear is not sweet enough, you are just trying to cheer me up!" The old woman turned her head and looked at Yu Jiao, smiling kindly, "Good girl, if you had come earlier, I would have invited you to taste my big and sweet pears."
The small pear in Yu Jiao's hand had been eaten clean, leaving only a pear core. Yu Jiao lowered her head, dug a hole in the ground with her hands, buried the pear core in it, covered it with soil, looked up and smiled at the old woman, "Next spring, this pear core may sprout, and it will grow like the pear tree in your yard, full of big, sweet pears. By then, I will be able to taste the pears from your house."
The old woman's sagging eyelids turned slightly red. The corners of her mouth lifted, and her smile became more genuine. Her expression was more energetic than before. "Miss Yu is right. When the house is built, I will plant a few pear trees in the yard. I have experience in tending pear trees, and I am sure they will bear a tree full of sweet and big pears."
Yu Jiao smiled and said, "I will go to my mother-in-law's house and ask for pears to eat."
The old woman swept away the depression she had been feeling for many days and responded with a smile, "Okay, if Miss Yu comes, I will ask my son and daughter-in-law to prepare the bed for her."
The woman in the village prepared the meal and came to invite Yu Jiao and her group to have dinner. The old woman smiled and waved at Yu Jiao. Yu Jiao smiled and bowed to the old woman, then stood up and followed the woman to a house that had already built a house to have dinner.
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