I put down the basket, handed the sapper shovel in my hand to Tian Qiuqiu, and said, "You stay here to rest, and I'll go into the rice field to take a look." ”

With that, I plunged into the rice field and looked all the way to find it.

I'm trying to find out if there's any human traces.

I want to judge whether these upland rice are planted by man or not!

It's a pity that I walked down half a circle and didn't find anything.

When he returned to Tian Qiuqiu's side, he said to her, "No one." This is supposed to be a wild paddy field. ”

Tian Qiuqiu said: "Is it wild? How can a wild one grow so neatly?"

I said, "Is it neat? Actually, it's not neat when you look closely." You see, in the rice field, there are trees scattered around. If it is a person who cultivates land here to grow upland rice, then why don't they all cut down all those trees? I just walked in and found that there was not even a single stump that had been cut down, there was no tree head! This means that the land is naturally bald, and then a field of wild rice grows on it. That's right, this is wild rice! If you look closely, you can see that it's a little different from the rice we grow. The ears are short and the stalks are particularly high!"

"I now have a guess, I think it should be that the soil of this mountain is very good, plus the climate and other conditions, are suitable for the growth of this kind of wild rice. You must know that in this tropical region, rice can grow three times a year. The grain ripened and fell to the ground, and after it landed, it sprouted and grew, so that year after year, it kept spreading in all directions. In addition, the vitality is stronger than those trees and weeds, and over the years, it has continuously encroached on the living environment of the woods and grasslands, and gradually, the entire forest has been forced to death, forming its own territory, which is the rice field we see now!"

Tian Qiuqiu didn't have any ideas of his own, and after listening to my analysis, whether he agreed or not, he could only nod his head in agreement, but asked again: "Then what should we do now?"

I peeled two more grains of grain and put them in my mouth to chew, and said, "This wild rice is similar to the one we grow, so it must be edible." What else can we do, take it! Anyway, it's an ownerless thing, this is a gift from God!"

Tian Qiuqiu said: "You said you want to take this rice back home?"

I said, "Of course, after half a year of eating meat and wild vegetables, don't you want to eat a few delicious meals?"

Tian Qiuqiu swallowed his saliva, and then held back a word from his mouth: "Think!"

I smiled and said, "I want to help then!"

I took the empty bamboo basket, and I originally planned to continue to collect the medicine and fill it up, but now I don't have the heart to collect the medicine, so I will use it to hold the grain!

Tian Qiuqiu and I pulled off the rice ears one by one, and then pulled down the grains one by one and put them in a bamboo basket.

Without any care, a bamboo basket that could hold more than 20 catties of millet was filled by the two of us after a while.

The two of us rested and looked at the rice fields in front of us, both of which were a little distracted.

After a long time, Tian Qiuqiu opened his mouth and said: "It's a pity that we don't have anything to pack, otherwise we can get more and go back, and we can eat a few more meals! Actually, I really miss the taste of rice, and there is a bowl of rice for every meal, which is called the life of a normal person." ”

I shook my head, "It's okay! we can harvest again!"

Tian Qiuqiu laughed: "Yes, in fact, I also have this idea!"

I said: "This whole mountain of paddy land is estimated to be dozens of acres, of course we can't harvest it all, but we can collect two or three thousand catties to go back, and the six of us will have enough grain from this winter to next spring! When we go back, we will have two big cloth bags, weave a few pairs of baskets, call everyone together, and then come back to collect these grains!"

Tian Qiuqiu said: "Okay! Let's work together and collect grain! Brother Lele, I found that our life is getting better and better! Now we don't even have to worry about food!"

I looked at the golden land in front of me and sighed, "Yes, this rice field is so big that we can't harvest one-fifth of it at a time, so we keep most of the rice seeds and let them land on their own, growing year after year, and we will live in this place in the future, and we can come to harvest rice every year." It's just a bit far away!

Tian Qiuqiu pursed her lips and smiled: "It's okay, Brother Lele, you are so strong, and a few of us women can also share some of it." ”

I said, "Now that I'm young and in good health, I can do it if I give up my strength." But after twenty or thirty years, when the people are old, it is estimated that they will not be able to do it. ”

Tian Qiuqiu said: "That's okay, when we get old and can't do anything in the future, won't there be any children, and by then, they should also grow as strong as Brother Lele." ”

I turned to look at her and quipped, "Are you ready?"

Tian Qiuqiu opened his eyes widely: "What are you ready for?"

I said, "Get ready to have a baby! This can't be delayed, you have to do it as soon as possible!"

When Tian Qiuqiu heard this, he blushed and replied to me softly: "You decide, you want me to give birth, then I will ...... Get ready to conceive!"

Ahem!

I can't talk now!

I patted her on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, let's go back first." ”

When I walked back, I also specially built a road with a sapper shovel to prepare for us to come back to harvest rice.

Out of this valley, back to the river.

I looked at the river, and suddenly said to Tian Qiuqiu beside me: "Qiu'er, I have a plan! Now that rice is just ripe, it will take some time to land, so we don't need to worry." I'll go back, hurry up and make my bamboo raft. The river here is relatively long, so let's use a bamboo raft to transport the millet, which can save a lot of effort. ”

Tian Qiuqiu nodded in response to me: "Yes, Brother Lele, you have more ideas!"

I said, "Qiu'er, let's change the name in private, I still prefer you to call me husband." ”

Tian Qiuqiu's eyes widened, and a smile was tied on his face: "No! You didn't call me wife!"

Me: "......"

After a while.

"Husband, wait for me!"

"Wife, don't you hurry up!"

……

When I returned to Zhoutou, before I got home, I saw Kexin walking by the river.

This girl is walking the dog, no, she is walking the wolf.

Four little wolf cubs, one by one, shook their heads and tails and followed behind her ass.

As soon as she saw me and Tian Qiuqiu, she beckoned a group of followers to meet her.

I laughed and said, "How can you sneak the dog to the river?"

"I'm waiting for you here!" Ke Xin suddenly became very mysterious, and said: "Brother Lele, someone has come to the house, and a stranger has come!"

Tian Qiuqiu and I listened to it, and we were all stunned!

"Someone's coming?"

How can there be strangers in this place?

I suddenly thought of the rice field in the mountains, which I had already excluded from man-made and regarded as wild rice!

Can't it be done, it's really human?

Before I got home, my rice thief, his master's house had already come to the door to ask for the crime?

I pushed: "Let's go, go back and see!"

Three more arrived.

(End of chapter)