Tang Le's lips were pressed into lines. When he first came to the village, he had no house or land, and he often went to help the villagers with their work.
Usually, those families would pack some food for him to take home for his children, but no one had ever taken the initiative to ask him to bring his children to their home for dinner.
He also knew that he had no relatives or friends in the village, and he couldn't do something like taking his children to eat for free. After all, one more person meant one more mouth to feed, and he knew this well.
So even if someone asked him to take care of the child later, he never did. But this was the first time he met someone like Lin Sheng who brought the child directly to his home.
Lin Sheng smiled and said, "Before, there wasn't much delicious food at home, and you refused to come even when I asked you to bring the children over for a meal. But this year is different. We have enough food for two children, so don't worry. Thanks to your help over the years, it's only right that we treat you to a meal."
Tang Le nodded. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to go to Lin Sheng’s house before, but he had a big appetite and his two children also ate a lot, so he was embarrassed to come.
On the country roads, many women and men were carrying bamboo baskets and heading to their rice fields.
The joy of harvest was overflowing on every simple smiling face, and familiar women chatted with each other on the road.
Villagers usually do not go home for lunch after harvesting rice. Most of the time, their family members cook the food and bring it to the rice fields.
Lin Mo's family's fields were not far from home, so they had no intention of delivering meals to the fields from the beginning.
The group rested for a while, tidied up a little and headed home. With the scorching sun above their heads and sticky sweat on their bodies, they did not forget to say hello to familiar villagers when they passed by.
"Amo, take Mumu, Awen and the others to the threshing ground this afternoon. I've talked to the village chief, and he said we can use the village's threshing machine this afternoon."
Lin Sheng looked at Lin Mo's sunburned cheeks with concern, and said, "I'll help Xiao Wu and the others harvest rice this afternoon. It'll help you recover so you don't get too tired."
Lin Sheng has seen the changes in Lin Mo's body during this period. Although his brother has recovered a lot and is no longer as sick as before, he still feels sad when he thinks of what Lin Mo used to look like.
I still couldn't help but worry, so I didn't want him to do too much physical work.
Su Mu pushed the sweat-soaked black hair behind his ears and said with a smile, "Brother Sheng, let's switch with Lin Mo this afternoon. I haven't done anything today, so I'm saving my energy."
Lin Sheng subconsciously shook his head. Although Su Mu had lived at home for a while and was also a family member, because of Su Mu's previous experience in the Su family, he was always reluctant to let this poor little guy do more work.
Whenever he thought of the day when he was sold as a commodity by Su Yunshi, he couldn't help but want to take better care of Su Mu.
Su Mu hurriedly said, "Brother Sheng, there are only two acres of land at home. I won't be tired with so many of us. Don't worry."
Lin Sheng met Su Mu's bright and expectant gaze and had no choice but to nod.
Seeing Su Mu's satisfied smile after getting his approval, he couldn't help but soften his heart for a moment. He had forgotten that when this child was in the Su family, he could cultivate several acres of land by himself.
"Brother, Mu Mu, don't worry. I'm a grown man, how can I be exhausted by just cutting some rice? I have plenty of physical strength." Lin Mo rubbed Su Mu's little head.
A few strokes messed up his freshly combed hair. "Before, I was not in good health and could not help with the housework. Now that I am better, I naturally need to move more."
He is in very good physical condition now. Although not as good as the peak of his previous life, he is much better than ordinary people.
But doing farm work and exercising are always different. He just couldn't adapt to it at the beginning, but now after working for a whole morning, he is considered an expert.
Su Mu was stunned for a moment, and carefully grasped Lin Mo's big hand with her small hand. At a glance, she saw a few red bulges on Lin Mo's open palm. They were blood blisters caused by the sickle. Although they were still in their infancy, they were already filled with water.
"Let me take over in the afternoon, otherwise your blisters will burst."
Su Mu's brows were furrowed, and her face was as red as a shrimp just out of the steamer. Her face was full of caution, as if she knew how serious Lin Mo's hand injury was.
Lin Mo laughed, and in front of Su Mu, he popped the blister and squeezed out the blood inside. The clear liquid with a few traces of blood was crystal clear in the sunlight.
This minor injury was really nothing to him. He had suffered countless injuries more serious than this when he was fighting zombies before.
That is to say, the original owner had been at home all year round, so his skin was whiter and tenderer, and some bumps would easily turn blue and red. Even the thin calluses formed by friction from exercise during this period looked particularly delicate.
So much so that now the blood blisters caused by using the sickle are particularly conspicuous.
Su Mu's eyelids jumped when he saw it, and he asked worriedly: "Why did you puncture it directly? Does it hurt?"
Lin Wu, who was following behind him, glanced at him and said with a pout, "Brother Mu, my good brother-in-law, don't worry. How painful can a small blister be? My third brother is a grown man, so this little pain is nothing."
"Besides," Lin Wu paused, then continued with a loud, grinning voice, "Brother Mu, when you were cutting bamboo to weave a backpack, the blisters on your hands were much more severe than my third brother's now. Back then, you even tore off the bloody leather and skin without even a frown."
"Tsk tsk, I'm so envious! My third brother is also a man who has a loving husband! Poor me, I also have blisters, I don't know if they are just blisters, but also calluses..."
Lin Wu laughed teasingly. He casually extended his palm in front of Su Mu and Lin Mo, pretending to show them the calluses on his palm.
Lin Mo opened his hand unhappily and wanted to look at Su Mu again, but saw that he had already walked to the front with a red face.
Seeing this, the others also covered their mouths and smiled softly.
**
The workload in the morning was not small, and the little breakfast they had was long gone. Smelling the aroma of food wafting through the yard, everyone felt starving.
In the main room, Fu Yanzhi had already brought all the food to the table and even thoughtfully added more rice for everyone.
"Go wash in the yard! I've got some water in a tub. It's sunny today, so you'll probably be hot by now."
As soon as they got home, the children ran excitedly to the main room, their eyes wide open, staring at the delicacies on the dining table, their mouths watering with greed.
Fu Yanzhi saw that his brothers were sweating profusely, with their jackets and clothes soaked in several places, so he hurriedly sent them all to the yard to wash.
Several wooden basins for washing faces in the yard were filled with water, which was warm from the sun. Lin Mo simply rolled up his sleeves, scooped up a handful of water and splashed it directly on his face, even washing his sore neck and arms.
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