Li Mantian was very fair. He gave each of the two children, who were both unwilling to submit to each other, an equal-sized plot of land, and then grabbed a handful of wheat seeds from the seed pile, enough to fill the small plot for each of them.
Ye Shuang has experience growing spirit rice, so these two kinds should be similar, right?
Li Mantian patted Ye Shuang's little head, his tone gentle towards Ye Shuang, but very stern towards Li Wenyi: "Since Shuang'er doesn't know how yet, I'll teach her how to plant and water the seeds as I go. Li Wenyi, you've been planting for so many years, I suppose you don't need my help anymore?"
Even Li Wenyi, who was already used to it, had to marvel at his father's quick change of attitude. But even if he said he needed help, would his father actually help? He figured it would be good enough if he didn't make things worse: "I understand, Dad."
Taking care of crops takes time and effort; he didn't believe a little kid could keep it up for that long. As long as his father didn't show too much favoritism, he still had a good chance of winning, right? Probably?
Li Wenyi had already skillfully started sowing seeds, while Li Mantian was still teaching Ye Shuang how to plant.
“Shuang’er, we farmers depend on the land. The land has its own temperament. If you don’t go along with it, it will hold you back, and your harvest will not be good. But if you go along with it in everything, when autumn comes, it will be happy and give you a bountiful harvest.” Li Mantian coaxed her gently, holding her little hand and pointing out how to scatter the seeds in the small holes and how to cover the holes with soil.
Ye Shuang was not a real child after all. After Li Mantian taught her a couple of times, she had already mastered the key points. Despite her small size, she was agile and fast. Although she started sowing later than Li Wenyi, she finished sowing the seeds at almost the same time as him.
Li Mantian marked the two people's land with stones, and then went to sow seeds in other places. According to his plan, he planted more potatoes and less wheat, mainly to take care of the small area where the two children were. In this way, the land was divided in two, and the dividing line between the two plots was the land of Li Wenyi and Ye Shuang, who were still competing.
The two children are currently helping with planting in other areas, but Li Wenyi is still the older one and does more work, while Ye Shuang doesn't want to stand out too much, so even if she can do it, she makes sure she can't.
They were busy until the evening glow painted the sky and dusk fell, before they finally finished planting this plot of land.
Li had already made two or three trips back and forth to the house, constantly bringing water and food. Ye Shuang only followed her once and then stopped. Mainly, for her, it was torture to have to walk for so long when it was a place that could be reached in the blink of an eye.
Li Mantian picked up Ye Shuang, who was resting to the side, and said, "Let's go home. Your mother should have already prepared dinner."
Li Wenyi finished planting the last row, got up, rubbed his aching back, and slowly walked around the areas where the seeds were buried, catching up with Li Mantian.
"Shuang'er, how is it? Is farming fun?" Li Wenyi asked deliberately, looking at Ye Shuang, who was almost asleep on Li Mantian's shoulder.
Ye Shuang was only pretending to be sleepy. How could she possibly lose to Li Wenyi when it came to not being afraid of getting tired? She opened her eyes and said seriously, "Brother, farming is for the family's food supply. How can you describe it as fun or not?"
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