Before the fifteenth day of the lunar month, the sun was already high in the sky.
In previous years, the rain would not stop until after Qingming Festival, and the occasional three or two days of sunshine would be considered a gift from nature.
This year is very unusual, it is hot instead of cold.
Su Qing's big cotton-padded jacket was of no use at all; he could just wear a thin coat and go out for a walk.
Xiaowu and Xiaoliu are almost seven months old and have a face full of baby fat. The family members can't help but pinch them a few times.
As a result, their faces have been a little dry and peeling recently, and Su Qing had to repeatedly ask them to rescue the two kids from their clutches.
Su Qing didn't keep a close eye on her for a moment, and Si Ya took advantage of the opportunity.
The little girl nimbly avoided Su Qing's sight and came to the east room.
Xiaowu and Xiaoliu were lying on the bed playing with their feet, and their good socks were almost dug with holes by them.
Cheng Fangyi pressed the edge of the bed against the fence. Si Ya climbed in familiarly, crawled to the sides of Xiaowu and Xiaoliu, and started kissing their little faces fiercely.
The little girl didn't forget to treat everyone equally. As long as she kissed Xiaowu, Xiaoliu would be indispensable.
"Ah...Ah...Ah...Ah..." Xiaowu protested fiercely.
"What? Xiaowu, you asked Fourth Sister to kiss you a few more times. Okay, as the best sister in the village, I decided to fulfill your request."
“Ahhhhh…”
Xiaowu stopped picking his feet and wiped his face with his chubby hands.
Looking at Si Ya's face approaching, he punched her hard, catching her off guard.
"Stinky Xiaowu, if you hit me, I won't play with you anymore, humph.
I'm going to drink up your milk powder, eat up your rice cereal, and hide all your clothes."
"Ahhhhh..." Xiaowu could only keep on yelling, the only thing that could express his anger was his frowning forehead.
Xiaoliu didn't have the courage to beat her sister. Seeing her brother diverting Si Ya's firepower, she quietly crawled to the corner, turned her head away from the two of them, and was fine as long as they didn't make eye contact.
As soon as Su Qing returned to the house, he ran into Si Ya who was walking out angrily.
"You two brats, you've pissed off your sister again."
Xiaowu was still humming, as if to say, "I didn't do it, I'm still a victim."
"Come, put on your clothes and I'll take you for a walk outside."
It just so happened that a meeting was to be held in the drying yard, and each family had to send a representative to discuss the spring plowing matters.
Hearing that they could go out, the two boys were very happy and waited obediently for Su Qing to dress them.
After Su Qing changed their diapers, she took the bottles and pushed the two kids out.
San Ya and Si Ya are always by his side, and will help push the car if the road is difficult to walk on.
In order to make it easier to go out, Su Qing tied the two strollers together, otherwise she would really feel uncomfortable if she had to push one in each hand.
The earth is still green at this time.
The green weeds also show their charm, vying to add a touch of color to this spring.
"Everyone, please be quiet, please be quiet."
The village chief shouted at the top of his voice, trying to quiet the noisy crowd.
But most of the people who came were women and old women. The village chief said a few words, but there was still a hustle and bustle of noise below.
"If you make any more noise, your work points will be deducted."
Sure enough, work points are the lifeblood of farmers. In less than a minute, the drying yard was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
"This year's situation is very unusual. Second Uncle said it might be a natural disaster. A few village cadres and I are thinking of planting only a portion of the rice, enough to pay the public grain tax, and planting the rest in sweet potatoes. Do you have any objections?"
What ordinary people fear most is natural disasters, whether it is drought, flood or locust plague, because if it is serious, the fields will be completely barren.
No food means people will starve to death.
"Then plant it."
What opinions can everyone have? To put it nicely, it is a discussion, but in fact, it is just a discussion among the village cadres, who are asking everyone symbolically.
Anyway, every meal in the cafeteria is made of sweet potatoes and wild vegetables.
Even if they have rice, they will exchange it for more coarse grains and are reluctant to give it to their own family.
Su Qing thought, it seems that there is no way to avoid the drought in the next three years.
But I didn't expect that someone would calculate the existence of this natural disaster.
After the meeting, she should go home and continue to manage her space town. She should stock up on some food, as it will always come in handy.
The meeting was very short, and after that they talked about some work matters, which had little to do with Su Qing.
As soon as the meeting was over, Su Qing prepared to go back with the child.
But Xiaowu and Xiaoliu had just seen the "outside world" and would never be willing to do that.
Whenever Su Qing walked towards home, the two of them would shout and slap the cart.
The cursing look made Su Qing laugh and cry, so he had to take the two of them to find Su's mother and the others.
The villagers started working the day before yesterday, and Su's mother and Wenli were assigned the task of repairing the ridges.
"Oh my god, the ground is so hard that my hands are blistered. It's been half an hour and I haven't repaired a single ridge."
Aunt Xiulan spat on her hands, applied the saliva to the blisters, and continued to fight with the ridge.
"Yours is still relatively good, there's a ditch next to it. Mine is harder in the middle, and I can hear the sound when I dig a hoe into it."
"That's right, the weather this year is really terrible, not a drop of rain at all."
"Don't let it be like what happened more than ten years ago, or we'll be done for."
"Who knows? It's going to rain and my mother is going to get married. God's affairs are beyond the control of us mortals. If you are really worried, just stock up on food.
Stock up all the wild vegetables and fruits, and prepare your own plots as soon as possible."
Su's mother sat on the edge of the field, sweating profusely, her inner clothes soaked, listening to the chattering of the old women.
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