The weather in April is very bright, the spring breeze is warm, the sun is warm, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and the vitality is vibrant. Wang Jin led her younger siblings to dig and play all the way, and walked towards the stream where they usually fetched water and laundry. The weeds by the stream were abundant, and the mother-in-law, purslane, willow grass, etc. grew very fat, Wang Tang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly waved the small shovel in his hand, and stepped forward to dig it up with cheers. Wang Shi has no interest in these vegetables and grasses, and his dark eyes have been staring at the gurgling, very clear stream, ready to move, but he dare not move because his sister is watching from the side. Seeing his expression, Wang Jin smiled lightly, took the basket from his hand, and asked, "Do you want to play in the water?" ”

Wang Shi nodded at her with begging eyes, and Wang Jian touched his head and said, "I remember that you hid a net pocket here?" ”

Wang Shi became vigilant all of a sudden, for fear that she would be angry and confiscate it, so he said cautiously: "That one is already broken, I will throw it, I don't know where to throw it." Sister, don't tell your mother. ”

Wang Hibiscus pointed to the artemisia grass in front of him and said, "Cut some of the artemisia grass back, and after cutting, let's touch some small fish and shrimp and take them home." ”

Wang Shi jumped three feet high when he heard this, and he said excitedly: "Really, eldest sister, I can go into the water to fish?" ”

"Haven't you always wanted to play, it's rare to make you crazy today, but you have to listen to your sister's command!" Wang Jindao.

"Mmmm, I must be obedient, then I'll go mow the grass first." As he spoke, Wang Shi picked up a small scimitar and ran away.

On the other hand, Wang Tang stopped when he heard their conversation, and saw her cute little face with a smile and said with crooked eyebrows: "Sister, can I also go into the water, Tang'er also wants to play in the water." ”

Wang Jin came over and squatted beside her, accompanied her to dig wild vegetables, and said softly: "Tang'er is still young, but she will get sick if you go into the water, can you help me and my second brother pick up fish and shrimp on the shore?" ”

Wang Tang nodded obediently, and buried himself in the competition with the wild vegetables.

After a while, Wang Shi ran over, pointed to the pile of artemisia grass he had just cut and said to her: "Eldest sister, I have cut it, I have made a lot, do you think it is enough?" Wang Jian stretched his neck and glanced at it, and sure enough, a pile of artemisia grass was neatly stacked on the side, and he couldn't help but praise: "Your hands and feet are sharp enough, you usually only know how to play, and it's not bad to do things." Alright, I'm almost done digging up this wild vegetable, you go and take out the net pocket you are hiding, and let's go into the water. ”

Wang Shi couldn't help but be proud when he heard his sister's praise, and he didn't remember what he said before about throwing away the net bag, so he ran to a bush nearby, took out a basin-sized net bag and a clay pot with a broken edge, and ran to Wang Hibiscus to offer treasures: "Sister, look at this net bag, it was made for me by Brother Bolt!" There is also this clay pot, which you will put here and bring back when you catch a fish. Seeing that he was so excited, Wang Jin didn't want to say some admonitions to ruin his fun, so he took the clay pot and scooped some water, and gently told Wang Tang to pick up the fish and shrimp and put them in it later, before turning his head to Wang Mu, who couldn't wait, and said, "Come down." ”

"Plop" Wang Mu hurriedly pulled his trouser leg and went into the water. The stream was very clean, the ground was not silt but covered with stones, and the water was not deep, only up to Wang Shi's knees. There are no big fish in the water, but there are a lot of small fish and shrimp, but they are not easy to catch. Wang Jin asked Wang Mu to stand downstream, set up a net pocket, and he drove fish and shrimp upstream, although he could only succeed two or three times out of ten, but there were also a lot of gains. Wang Jin saw that there were a lot of fish and shrimp, so he began to turn over the small stones on the shore and pick up the crabs. When Wang Mu saw it, he immediately threw the net on the shore and followed the example of his sister. In this way, it will not be long before the fish, shrimp and crabs in the clay pot will be full. Wang Jin saw that it was not early, so he carried Wang Mu, who wanted to rely on him for a while, to the shore, picked up the clay pot, and the three of them returned with a full load.

Halfway through, he met Wang Mu who came out to look for them, Wang Tang happily stepped forward and shook the basket in his hand and said, "Big brother, you see that we have dug up so many wild vegetables, and you can eat fragrant vegetable buns and wontons again!" The eldest sister and the second brother also caught a lot of small fish! ”

Wang Mu took the basket in her hand, touched her little head, and said with a rare smile: "Yes, our Tang'er is the most capable." He looked at Wang Jian and Wang Shi again, and his eyes were full of reproach and disapproval. Wang Jin knew that this elementary school was about to pick a thorn again, so he didn't wait for him to speak, and quickly explained: "The weather is good today, and the stream is quiet and there are no others. She glanced at Wang Shi again, and sure enough, the little clever came to her senses, and responded: "Yes, big brother, we caught it by the stream where we often go, and we didn't go anywhere else, and we came up after a while." ”

Wang Mu wanted to educate them a few words, but seeing that they all looked like we all knew the severity, he sighed in his heart and said helplessly: "Well, go home quickly, my mother is urging." Then he took the little sister by the hand and walked home.

Wang Jian and Wang Shi breathed a sigh of relief and followed briskly.

When they got home, Chen saw these fish and shrimp and knew that they had gone into the water, and he couldn't help but reprimand a few words, but unfortunately one Wang Hibiscus spoke sweetly, and the other Wang Shi gaged, so she forgot about this stubble and threw herself into the work of dinner.

Wang Jin asked Chen to stew the fish, shrimp and crabs he caught in a pot, which was the most delicious, and he used glutinous rice flour and artemisia annua to make fragrant and soft glutinous baba as the staple food. At dinner, Xiao Wang Tang and Wang Shi ate so much that their fingers were covered with cyan poop, and they shouted that they wanted it, while Wang Mu drank the fish soup silently, and ate several poop, Wang Jin was also very happy to see that they loved to eat so much. When the meal was almost finished, she said softly to her younger siblings, "Isn't today's meal delicious?" Seeing that they nodded violently, he continued: "In the future, there will often be workers in our family, there are many things, the eldest sister may not be able to control you, you have to be obedient, obedient will have delicious food, okay?" ”

Wang Tang naturally agreed crisply, but Wang Shi hesitated, not knowing what the hell he was thinking. Wang Mu glanced at him and said to Wang Jin and Chen: "During this time, I will detain my second brother to study and write at home, don't worry." ”

Wang Shi's face immediately became bitter, and he said to Wang Mu: "I won't be naughty, and I won't make trouble when someone comes." Can you just stay at home and don't read and write..."The more he spoke, the quieter his voice became, and the back was almost inaudible, but Wang Mu still heard it. He snorted lightly and said, "I don't want to bother to detain you, I heard that there is a township school in the village next door to us, why don't you send you to study directly, you should also be enlightened." ”

When Wang Shi heard this, he was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, no, I just follow the eldest brother to learn, and it costs money to go there, I can learn it at home." After saying that, he quickly urinated.

Wang Jin saw that his younger brother cleaned up this naughty egg in a few words, and admired it very much, what Wang Shi was most afraid of in this family was that he was always a serious brother who could train people for a long time. However, as soon as she saw her brother's deep face, she couldn't help but itch to pinch his face, Wang Mu took the first step to perceive her intentions, and immediately went back to the study under the pretext of an excuse, and took away the smiling little Wang Tang to save her from being poisoned. Wang Jin failed to succeed, and he was very dissatisfied, these younger brothers and sisters have grown up one by one, and they are not as cute as when they were children! Grievances!

In the blink of an eye, the next morning, after the family had breakfast, the hired workers gathered in the front yard of Wang's house on time.

"We're officially going to work today. I don't have a lot of work these days, it's all some preparations, and I won't say much else, so I'll clean up the seeds first. Wang Hibiscus said hello and took them out all the seeds left in the house. After screening out unqualified seeds such as deflated seeds and residual seeds, the seeds are evenly spread on a dustpan and exposed to the sun on a bamboo mat. Because there are many people, it has only been more than an hour since the processing of hundreds of catties of seeds, so Wang Jian said to everyone: "Now that there are almost ten days before sowing, let's work harder, plough the ground again, and pile up some fertilizer for later use." Everyone nodded in agreement. Wang Jin led them to the sandy land to the north, divided the land according to the head, five acres per person, and the hired workers began to plough with their farm tools.

Wang Jin said hello and told them to go back when they had dinner, and then go back to work an hour later, and then go home first. In the afternoon, she and Chen made some coarse tea and sent it to the field to quench their thirst, and by the way to see how they were doing. These hired workers were carefully selected by Wang Jin, and they naturally worked quickly and well. Wang Jian also emphasized to them that the whole land must be as smooth as possible to achieve the effect of flush, flat, loose, broken, clean and moisture, and water it before sowing. Everyone listened very carefully, and asked her to go to the field to demonstrate and instruct, and after a busy day, everyone completed more than one acre, according to this progress, there will be three or four more days. Wang Jin wanted to rush to apply fertilizer again, but firstly, the compost could not catch up with the sowing now, and secondly, this sandy land was basically used to grow soybeans, peas, cowpeas or something, which was a good green manure in itself. On this day, she also took the time to go to the homes of several nearby farmers who had rented land to see if they had begun to prepare, and gave some pointers, and did not return until the sun set. Not to mention that the cotton planting plan on her side is in full swing, and the river Qingliu in Yangzhou Mansion has also begun to act.