At this time, Shen Jianlin and Lin Xiujuan also took leave and returned from the county town. Early in the morning, they went to the fields with the old couple and their children to harvest rice together.
Although Fubao is not young anymore and will be six soon, other children learn to work in the fields at the age of three or four, but the old couple still don't let her go to the fields. They say the sun is too strong, what if she gets sunburned?
Not to mention the old couple, even Shen Jianlin and his wife and their four kids were reluctant to let Fubao work.
Before going to the fields, Old Lady Shen reminded Fubao again, "Nannan, just sit there and don't run around, okay?"
"I know." Fubao sat down under the shade of a tree beside the ridge and nodded obediently.
Old Mrs. Shen handed her two fruit candies. Seeing that she was sitting quietly, she went to the fields to harvest rice with peace of mind.
As she was harvesting, she suddenly felt something was wrong and said to Old Man Shen who was harvesting hard at the side, "Hey, that's strange! Old man, do you feel that there are no leeches this year? Normally when I was harvesting, there were a lot of leeches, and I would be bitten unexpectedly. Now I don't see any."
Old man Shen had already harvested a bundle of rice. In the past, he would not care even if he was bitten. Rural people who were used to doing this kind of work were not so delicate. Hearing what Old Lady Shen said, she looked down and really didn't see any leeches, which was strange.
Even if he didn't care about leeches in the past, he would still get bitten. Not long after going to the fields, his legs would be covered with leeches, which was extremely disgusting to look at.
"I didn't see them either. Maybe they have crawled into other people's fields." Old Man Shen didn't think much about it and continued to harvest rice.
Old Mrs. Shen was still confused.
She remembered that this year Old Man Shen forgot to spread lime powder on the fields to drive away leeches, so the leeches ran into other people's fields. She really didn't believe it.
But harvesting rice was important, so after a moment of confusion, Mrs. Shen put the matter out of her mind.
Fubao chuckled and continued eating his fruit candy.
Huo Jinxi also came, but he would not go to the fields. He would not, nor did he want to, and no one in the Shen family asked him to help. In their eyes, although Huo Jinxi had always lived in the Shen family, he was always a guest. How could they let a guest work?
Besides, whenever Huo Jinxi had time, he would go hunting with Old Man Shen. Every time he brought back wild boars and pheasants, he could sell them for a lot of money. Even if the Shen family didn't want the money, he would give it to Fubao and would never take it back.
As a result, the Shen family accumulated more and more money.
Almost a millionaire!
Now, it depends on the harvest of Old Man Shen’s fish pond.
If the harvest is good, it is certain that you will become a millionaire.
Old Man and Old Lady Shen have been doing farm work for most of their lives and are good at farming. Shen Jianlin is a strong laborer, and Lin Xiujuan has also been harvesting rice since she was a child, so she can help a lot. Together with a few other kids, they harvested the three mu of paddy field in the family in just a few hours, from morning to afternoon.
The weather was clear and sunny today, so the rice did not need to be dried after being harvested. It was threshed right there and then hauled home in carts.
Old Mrs. Shen didn't want her daughter-in-law to be too tired. In her eyes, she was the great hero who gave birth to five children, especially Fubao. Just for this reason, she had to treat her as her own daughter, so she let her take Fubao and Huo Jinxi back early.
But Lin Xiujuan did not rest after returning home. Harvesting rice is a physical job, and the adults and children must be very hungry after returning home, so she started cooking before dinner time.
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