Because He Shujuan urged him several times, Lin Ye had no choice but to harvest the rice from his two-plus acres of land on another weekend.
Lin Ye was a skilled worker, but his family didn't have a threshing machine, so he had to borrow one from the team.
There were three cameras in the team, and he and Luo Hao carried the one that was available back.
It was the busy farming season, and the team stipulated that if you got up an hour earlier to start work, you could earn two more work points, so you could earn twelve work points a day.
Luo Hao insisted on taking a day off to come to Lin Ye's house to help him, and he even brought Luo Chunlei along.
Lin Xiaocui didn't care what Wang Xueqin thought. She took a sickle, put on a straw hat, and went into the rice paddy early in the morning.
If it weren't for Lu Wanqing, she wouldn't have had the money to go to school, the money to eat, and the steady stream of income. It's time for her to repay her.
Lin Ye had already caught all the crabs in the paddy field and put them into the water tank at home, almost filling the entire tank.
Rice paddies without crabs can be drained, which makes harvesting rice easier.
Lin Xiaocui held a stalk of rice in her left hand and a sickle in her right. With a swift motion, she cut down a stalk of rice. After cutting down six or seven stalks, she could no longer hold them all, so she neatly arranged the rice behind her. Gradually, she cut more and more, until there was a long, neatly arranged row of rice behind her.
She works quickly and efficiently, able to harvest one-tenth of an acre of land in an hour.
The others were in similar situations, with long lines of harvested rice behind them.
Seeing that he had already harvested more than half an acre of land, Lin Ye started the threshing machine and began threshing.
Luo Chunlei and Lin Ye were old partners. He put down his sickle and naturally helped him pass the bundle of rice.
Compared to Lin Xiaocui, he wasn't very fast at working and had already been teased by her several times, so he decided to find another way.
Lin Ye could thresh the grain at lightning speed, and he could work continuously for an hour without taking a break. The other two people could not cut as much as he could thresh.
More than an hour later, he had harvested all the rice, and he also carried several loads of rice home.
Exhausted, Luo Hao stood with his hands on his hips in the field, cursing, "Lin Ye, are you a machine? Why are you chasing me so closely? Working for your family is much more tiring than working for the collective!"
When working for a group, people naturally try to slack off whenever possible, and no matter how much they do, they won't get extra work points.
"Haozi, instead of complaining, you could cut a little more. Look at your speed, you're not as fast as Xiaocui! Keep up the good work, my wife is cooking something delicious at home!" Lin Ye rolled his eyes at him, but a smile naturally appeared on his face when he mentioned his wife.
Lu Wanqing had never harvested rice before and originally wanted to help, but Lin Ye strongly stopped her.
Whether it's harvesting rice, threshing, or even just passing the stalks, it's all hard work. Not only do your clothes get filthy, but the rice leaves also leave cuts all over your body, which is especially painful.
My wife's skin is so delicate, how could she endure that kind of hardship? Let her cook instead!
Lu Wanqing has now learned to cook a few dishes, so answering these people's questions correctly shouldn't be a problem. Today, she suddenly had a brilliant idea: to make dumplings for everyone.
In her previous life, when Lu Wanqing was recuperating, Lin Ye would often make dumplings for her. Dumplings with scallion and pork filling always whetted her appetite.
Lin Ye went from not knowing how to prepare the filling or roll out the dough at the beginning to making dumplings better than people from the north.
Lu Wanqing was influenced by what she saw and heard, and sometimes she would help wrap dumplings. Over time, she learned the basics, and dumplings became the only type of noodle dish she knew how to make.
In the early morning, Lin Ye carried a load of millet home. When he went into the kitchen to drink some water, he saw that Lu Wanqing had already made more than a dozen dumplings.
Lin Ye washed his hands, picked up a bowl of prepared mung bean soup and gulped it down. After finishing, he wiped the flour off Lu Wanqing's face and laughed, "Wife, you're amazing! These dumplings look like little boats. Who taught you that?"
Lu Wanqing looked at him, smiled, and as she smiled, a few tears welled up in her eyes. "Silly boy, I learned it from you!"
Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Lin Ye assumed she was thinking about her family. Ignoring the mud on his clothes, he quickly put his arm around her and kissed her on the lips, saying, "Don't overthink it. You are the lady of the house here. No one will make you unhappy here!"
Lu Wanqing was still holding a dumpling wrapper in her hand. She rubbed her nose against his face and felt much better. This intimate feeling made her certain that she and Lin Ye were now living happily together.
"Cough cough~" Luo Hao's urgent coughing came from the courtyard gate.
He was just trying to be kind by carrying a load of grain back home, and then he saw this couple being all lovey-dovey. He was afraid he'd get a sty!
"You guys continue, I didn't see anything!" Luo Hao's face turned as red as a monkey's bottom.
Lin Ye went over to help empty the millet from the basket, saying unhurriedly, "So what if you see it? We're an old married couple, what's there to be afraid of you seeing it! If you can't stand it, go find yourself a wife!"
Luo Hao was furious. He had no shame and kept making fun of him for not having a wife. "Having a wife is nothing special. I'll find one myself right away!"
Lu Wanqing burst into laughter, "Look how hot-tempered you are! Come and drink some mung bean water to cool down! I just don't know if one bowl of mung bean water will be enough?"
Lin Ye chimed in, "I'm afraid that's not enough."
Luo Hao's face turned from red to black. How could this couple be singing in unison? He retorted defiantly, "Keep making fun of me. If I get married, you'll have to give me double the wedding gift money!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Wanqing's smile froze, and her eyes stared straight at the courtyard gate.
Luo Hao followed her gaze and saw a beautiful figure standing there with an awkward rather than polite smile on her face.
Lu Wanqing quickly put down the dumplings and went to greet her, "Xiaoting, what brings you here?"
Seeing their busy scene and the various things in the rural courtyard, Mu Xiaoting was momentarily stunned.
She had never been to the countryside before, and this was what Lu Wanqing's home looked like.
Although the house is a bit dilapidated, it's not small at all, and the yard is quite large.
"You must be busy right now, I'm so sorry to bother you." She said with a smile, and then glanced at Luo Hao.
She overheard their conversation when she parked her bicycle.
Luo Hao's two red bumps on his face wouldn't go away now, and he didn't dare to look at her. He only said, "Mu Xiaoting, did you come here specifically for something?"
Actually, what could be so important? It's just that Luo Hao hadn't been to Tiger's place for a long time, and Tiger happened to be talking about him, so she volunteered to come over.
She first inquired about Aunt Luo's house, and then, upon hearing that Luo Hao was at Lin Ye's house, she followed the trail.
"It's nothing, Tiger just wanted to tell you that there will be plenty of grain after the autumn harvest, and he can eat as much as he wants," Mu Xiaoting said, trying to sound casual.
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