The biting cold wave went away, and a spring breeze blew overnight. The next day, Tian Cai changed out of his cotton-padded clothes.
Spring planting is about to begin.
After the corn husks were dug, God was very kind and sent down a spring rain, soaking the land.
The men carried hoes or pulled plows to turn the soil, the women threw seeds in, and the wind blew away everyone's laughter, making it look like a harmonious scene.
Spring plowing is related to whether everyone can deliver the task grain and have enough to eat in the coming year. Moreover, the temperature is just right at this time, and people who have been cooped up for a winter can come out and stretch their muscles. Therefore, spring plowing is the labor in which the villagers participate the most every year.
The girls who love beauty are afraid of getting tanned, so they have tried all kinds of tricks. Some wear straw hats, some wrap themselves in scarves, and some even arm themselves with two people together. However, after a few days, everyone has gotten a little tanned.
Tian Cai was only wearing a straw hat, which was woven for her by Grandpa Dongzi using the leftover wheat straw from last autumn. As she described, the brim of the hat became narrower towards the back, so that the top and back of the head could be exposed. There was a cloth strap at the back of the neck, and the tightness could be adjusted, making it nice and cool to wear.
The women who went to work were so curious when they saw it that several of them came to her every day to borrow one to try on. Within a few days, all kinds of similar straw hats appeared on the heads of the women who went to work.
Those who are more skillful can even weave patterns that are more beautiful than Tian Cai’s own.
As expected, the Chinese people's ability to imitate is beyond imagination. However, this thing was not designed by her herself. They are all styles that were popular among people decades later. There is no such thing as a copycat or not.
Tian Cai and Qu Ting were called by Li Guangxia to plant seeds in the newly plowed field. It was impossible for there to be only two of them working on such a large piece of land.
Li Guangxia turned around and continued to shout, "Two more people come over here!"
Liu Yanqing looked up and saw Tian Cai and the others over there, and quickly raised her hand to come over.
Seeing that she was the only one there, Li Guangxia waved to Qiu Xiaohuan and said, "Qiu Zhiqing, come with us."
The two of them trotted over here, and someone immediately took their place to continue planting seeds.
If the beautiful Qiu Xiaohuan is very attractive to young men, then once she starts running, she can attract everyone's attention.
Women are envious and jealous, but men are even more excited.
If for no other reason, this girl has a very strong body. When she runs, some parts of her body shake very obviously, and even if she wears baggy clothes, it can't cover it up.
"Oh my God," Qu Ting murmured, her eyes glued to Qiu Xiaohuan's chest without blinking, "They are both women, why are there such big differences?"
Tian Cai looked down at himself, then at Qu Ting. He could only be considered a B, while Qu Ting was a complete A, well, maybe 0.5A.
"Why do you like big breasts?" Tian Cai asked curiously. It seems that small is beautiful these days. If a woman has big breasts, people would want to tie them up with cloth strips.
Qu Ting blushed, gave Tian Cai a look, and asked in a low voice, "Do you think I can still grow?"
Tian Cai was silent for a moment before nodding, "Some things can promote the development of that area, and eating them can make it grow longer."
"Really?" Qu Ting's eyes lit up, "Then tell me what happened later. I usually..."
At this point, Qu Ting glanced at Tian Cai and said doubtfully, "I see you—well, it seems eating is useless, right?"
Tian Cai choked. "I didn't eat it. I just like the small ones, okay? Besides, this thing mainly depends on genetics, okay? It's like farming. If you want a high yield, you have to have good seeds!"
Qu Ting thought about her mother and said, "No, my mother is not small at all."
"Then you just follow your father."
After saying this, Liu Yanqing and the other two came closer and asked curiously, "What do you mean she takes after her father?"
Tian Cai was about to say something when Qu Ting pinched him, "hiss——"
She giggled and said, "It's nothing. Cai Cai said that my height is like my father's, and I can grow a little taller."
Liu Yanqing smiled and glanced at the two of them. Knowing that they were not telling the truth, she tactfully stopped asking.
Several people divided the work, with each person responsible for two furrows, and they quickly got down to work.
The weather was comfortable at that time, so Tian Cai did not prepare any summer soup. She boiled two large buckets of herbal tea a day in advance and placed them at the edge of the field. Anyone who needed it could go and drink it directly. She also placed a medicine box at the edge of the field, so that if there was any accident, there would be time to deal with it.
She doesn't have to worry about someone taking extra or stealing her medicine box, because Mimi is there. It just lies there lazily, and anyone who approaches has to be polite. However, some people with guilty consciences dare not approach.
For example, Zheng Wang, who was frightened by Mimi, couldn't help trembling when he saw Mimi.
Several people were chatting and laughing, working very skillfully with their hands. Tian Cai worked slowly, keeping almost the same pace as them, throwing seeds into the dug holes. For her, it was like playing.
The grass is just beginning to sprout now, and the piglet commune in the team has not been divided yet, so there is no need to collect grass for the pigs. The children in the village run around, picking up the grass roots dug up by everyone plowing the fields and put them into baskets. When the time comes, they will throw them on the edge of the fields or in their own yards to dry for two days, and they can all be used to start fires.
Even the few people in the cowshed were busy. The people who were sent down had to be treated differently from ordinary members, so a piece of open land was marked out for them nearby. It was a mountain land that had never been planted with anything. There were some shrubs and gravel on it. The shrubs needed to be cut down, the tree roots dug out, the gravel picked up, and the weeds cleared away. Only then could the soil be turned over, fertilized, and then seeds planted. It was much harder than working on the original land in the village.
However, they can take the cut bushes back and use them as firewood.
There were also four men in the cowshed. Tian Cai looked at them and thought that only one of them could work. The remaining middle-aged man was obviously an intellectual, and the weak man was not fit for work either, and as for Old Man Ju, he was even worse.
Zhang Defa lent them all the tools they could use and sent two villagers to teach them how to reclaim the land.
Tian Cai watched from a distance and saw that the burly man was doing all the physical work. He was a bit unfamiliar with the movements at first, but he soon became proficient and moved at a very fast speed.
While Kaoshan Village was bustling with activity, the wolf hunting troops far away in the southwest border had just had a small conflict with soldiers from Country Y in the dense forest. The ten-man team led by Yu Xuewei had finally managed to break through the encirclement.
They found a relatively safe place. At this moment, everyone in the team was in a mess, covered with grass and dirt, and several people were injured.
Yu Xuewei leaned exhausted against a sturdy tree. There were other people scattered around him, bandaging each other's wounds, while others took the time to rest.
"These bastards!" a man cursed angrily.
"Stop scolding me. If you have the energy, you might as well rest. We are all injured. It's not safe here. We need to find another place to recuperate."
"Captain, this won't work! Damao's bleeding won't stop!"
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