Chapter 224 Mole
Juanjuan looked at it and turned around again, her beautiful eyes smiling into crescents: "Are you also a rat?"
"Chirp. I'm a mole, not the mouse you see at home." The mole's eyes can't see clearly, but its sense of smell is very sensitive.
"What's different?" Juanjuan stretched out his chubby little hand and poked its chubby little body.
"Jiji. Just talk and don't touch me." The mole felt itchy when she poked him and twisted his little body.
Juanjuan took back his chubby hand and placed it on his squatting knees, waiting for it to say if there was anything different.
"Chirp. I'm really good at digging! I eat the pests buried in the soil, and I can also loosen the soil and promote nutrient circulation." The mole said as he puffed out his chest.
"Wow! Shushu is so awesome! Can you help us turn the soil?" Juanjuan pointed to the large farmland around them.
The mole twitched his little nose and said, "Chirp. No problem, but we can only come out to work at night. There are too many people here now."
"Thank you, Shushu." Juanjuan bowed to it obediently to express her gratitude.
"Chirp. It's okay, I'll go call my friends right away." After saying that, the mole turned around and crawled into the hole he had just come out of.
"Juanjuan, did you see anything?" Si Jinchen saw her squatting there for a long time without moving.
"Brother, there are rats here! But they are different from the ones we saw before." Juanjuan turned and looked at him.
Si Jinchen walked over to her and saw only a hole. "It's written in the book that there are many small animals in the fields, including snakes and the like."
"Snake?" Juanjuan tilted her head and looked at him.
"Yeah. But I don't know if there is one here, so be careful and don't let it bite you." Si Jinchen pulled her away a little worriedly.
"Okay, Juanjuan will be careful." Juanjuan followed him and began to pick up the debris that fell in the field.
Mrs. Si would take a break after digging for a while. She held the hoe and looked at the two children not far away, with a smile on her face.
"Madam, if you are tired, just take a rest. I can take care of these." Hu Zi was afraid that she would be exhausted and it would be difficult to explain when she returned.
"It's okay, I just haven't worked for a long time, so I need some time to adapt." Mrs. Si rested for a while, then waved the hoe and started turning the soil.
Some clods of soil need to be broken up with a hoe, and deep plowing is required after spreading farmyard manure.
Si Jinchen raised his sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
He turned around and saw that Juanjuan's little face was flushed, with sweat running down her forehead and cheeks.
He walked over to her and wiped the sweat off her face with his sleeve.
"Thank you, brother." Juanjuan thanked him with a smile.
"Juanjuan, let's take a break." Si Jinchen was afraid that she would get tired, so he pulled her to the edge of the field to sit down and rest.
"Whose children are you? Why haven't I seen you before?" Several children older than them walked up to them and asked curiously.
Si Jinchen turned his head to look at them. His clothes were patched up and he was holding baskets filled with the same field sundries as theirs.
"We were asked by Brother Jiang Ze to come here temporarily to help."
"Oh! I said I had never seen you before."
A girl of about eleven or twelve looked at the two of them and said, "But you're too young."
Si Jinchen looked around. The youngest among them was three or two years older than him. "We don't get paid."
"Ah! No wages!" A boy with dark skin looked at him in disbelief.
"Well, we can't do much work." Si Jinchen explained with a smile.
"Do you have money to buy food?" The girl looked at them and couldn't help but worry.
"It's okay, my brother and the others can make money." Si Jinchen pointed at Hu Zi who was turning the soil.
"That should be fine. We have to go to work. We can't take the governor's money for nothing. He is a very nice person." After the girl said this, she was about to pull the children away.
"Yes, the governor is the best person I have ever met. We all get paid, so we can't be lazy." After the boy said this, he hurried to other fields to pick up debris.
Soon the children surrounding them ran away and each was busy working in the fields.
"Brother, they said Dad is a good man." Juanjuan was very happy that someone praised his dad.
"Yes! Dad will definitely be very happy when he knows." Si Jinchen nodded with a smile.
"Brother, we have to work hard too!" Juanjuan said as she stood up with her small basket and prepared to work.
Si Jinchen saw that their baskets were filled with a lot of sundries and were a bit heavy: "Wait, let's ask Brother Huzi to help us empty it."
As he said this, he ran over and called Hu Zi.
Hu Zi put down his hoe, pulled up his clothes and wiped his face: "Master, let's go."
He helped the two children empty the baskets and handed the empty baskets back to them.
Si Jinchen pulled Juanjuan and began to bend down again, squatting on the ground to clean up the debris.
Jiang Ze brought them some food and drinks along the way.
The only water to drink was boiled water, and the only food to eat was bread.
The four of them found a shady spot under a big tree, sat down, picked up the bread and started eating, not minding that it was a little hard.
Juanjuan ate the biscuit in small bites. The biscuit was a bit hard and she had to chew it for a long time before she could swallow it.
Si Jinchen poured her a bowl of water: "Eat it with water, it won't be so hard to swallow."
Juanjuan took a bite of the cake, picked up the bowl and took a sip of water. When she chewed the cake again, it really didn't taste that bad.
"Wow! Brother is so smart."
"Juanjuan, are you used to eating this?" Old Madam Si looked at Juanjuan's bulging cheeks.
Juanjuan nodded quickly, and after swallowing the cake in her mouth, she said, "It's delicious."
"Eat slowly, don't be in a hurry." Old Madam Si reached out and wiped the biscuit crumbs from the corner of her mouth.
Hu Zi bit a piece of cake and looked at the three people. He had to say that these people in the Si family were really easy to get along with.
It was such a pancake that even rough people like them would feel a little sore in the throat after eating it, but they didn't even show any disgust.
Juanjuan also picked up the fallen crumbs with her little hands and stuffed them into her mouth, having engraved the concept of not wasting into her bones.
It is his luck to follow such a master.
The sun at noon was so hot that it was hard to open one's eyes.
Jiang Ze was afraid that everyone would get heatstroke, so he went to the pharmacy in advance and asked Doctor Huai to prepare some anti-heatstroke pills.
However, since the sun was so strong, he still asked everyone to rest for a while before working again.
We also purchased a batch of straw hats so that everyone can block the scorching sun when working in the fields.
Madam Si and her friends also received four straw hats.
However, the brim of the straw hat was a little too big, and when Juanjuan put it on, it covered most of her face, leaving only a small part of her face exposed.
Si Jinchen's glasses were also very large, basically blocking his vision.
When Jiang Ze saw their situation, he couldn't help but look at the other children. However, there was no such situation. The youngest child was older than Si Jinchen.
Although the hat is big, it can be worn.
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