Chapter 24: Busy

In the following days, the Tian family continued to go out early and return late from the fields. In the morning, when Xia Solstice barely opened her eyes, Grandma and the others, like most people in the village, had already gone to the fields early, and they could hardly see anyone all day. The whole Tianjia Village is very quiet, and almost only the children are at home to help with the housework. However, the south of the village is a lively and busy scene.

In the evening, when it was dark, from time to time you could see men in the village rolling up their trouser legs and barefoot sleeves, flocking to the river in front of the village and the river behind the village, washing the mud all over their bodies, and some even jumped directly into the river and took a cold bath. The women are also in groups and threes, but most of them wash a little in the field and then return home to do the cleaning.

After all, this is ancient times, although the countryside does not pay much attention to the rules such as foot binding and staying at home, but women still can't be too 'unrestrained', so Xia Zhi saw that grandma and auntie were all at home to pull up the clothes on their hands and feet and tie up the wrist sleeves and leg sleeves used when they specially sew and transplant rice.

And the sisters of the Tian family, like the children in the village, still do some odd housework at home, and they have more work than most people. The summer solstice also has an additional task, which is to feed the fish every morning, noon and evening, plus check the water quality and fish growth.

Although the summer solstice daddy told him not to go to the waterside alone, every day the grandma took the father and aunt and uncle to the field before dawn. After dinner, everyone was tired and panicked even when they moved and washed, but it was the sisters who beat the water and everyone got up to wash.

Tian Lichun got up early in the morning, but she had to cook breakfast, and after cooking breakfast, she had to send it to the Li family, and when she returned home after delivering the meal, she had to clean up the pots and bowls, and she had to send water to her grandmother and them once in the middle, for fear that they would be thirsty in the field. When all this is done, the time is almost time to cook lunch, only the afternoon is longer, a little free, and I have to make contacts.

Tian Yushui, Tian Chunfen, Tian Guyu three people in the morning enough grass for the pig to eat for a day, after the family came to have breakfast, and had to carry a plate of clothes to the Houcun River to wash, this washing is most of the morning, and after washing to help the field spring to burn lunch, after lunch to send water to grandma from time to time, the afternoon sun is high, water is also sent diligently. And then there's the tie.

Tian Lixia is smaller, and he has no leisure, he has to be responsible for the health problems at home, and he also feeds the pig food that Tian Lichun cooks and mixes well and carries to the pigsty every time. In this way, Tian Xiaoman and Tian Liqiu are left at home for a little time, but she can't take the two of them with her, so Xia Zhi is really afraid of accidents, especially Tian Xiaoman, with her bouncing nature, maybe she really fell into the river.

So Xia Zhi had to be responsible for all the things related to the fish by himself, saying that other people didn't know how to do it, just to be a foil. Every time on the summer solstice, he took his own small wooden basin, got more than half a pot of pig food, and sprinkled it in two ponds. Xia Zhi felt that the fish was still small and should not eat much, and she was saying that she should be rich after feeding three meals a day. Looking at the water quality in the pond again, a few days have passed, and the summer solstice finds that the water quality has not changed, but the summer solstice always feels that they have not grown much when he looks at the fish fry that he eats. Maybe it's because the summer solstice looks at the growth of the fish every day, so the growth is not noticed.

After seven or eight days of this situation, the fields at home were planted with seedlings, and some other urgent problems such as water release and water leakage prevention were basically solved. Li is old, and Tian Boss feels that almost all the seedlings in his field have been planted, and there are still corners and corners, so he won't let her go to the field; Then there is the summer solstice aunt and uncles, and then the summer solstice daddy and the three uncles. In this way, they can be liberated from the summer solstice.

However, the summer solstice uncle and the second uncle and the third uncle rested for two days, and then went out again. I went to help the old man Xu's house, there are few people in the field, and the work is fast, although the old Xu family is divided, but there are few people in the field. Rural people have a foil, who finishes the work, women are mostly at home to do housework, men go to others to help, of course, if other families have no work, they will also go to your house to help, in short, it is to help each other.

With the help of Grandma and Auntie and a few aunts, the housework at home basically does not need to be started by the Tian sisters, and the Tian sisters continue to start not going out every day, but Tian Xiaoman can't sit still, and often pulls Tian Liqiu in the morning as soon as he disappears in the morning, and when he comes back, he is still sweating profusely, and the Liu family often talks about her. It is also strange to say that Tian Laosan and Liu are both gentle personalities, but Tian Xiaoman is born with a personality like Wang, and Wang often says that she drilled the wrong stomach.

At this time, it has entered the May day, the leaves have been fully grown, flourishing and lush, the wildflowers in the field have also been fully bloomed, completely a scene of birds singing and flowers, and the Shili Mountain in the distance is also verdant. Of course, at this time, the wild vegetables are also starting to grow old and can no longer be eaten, but the new vegetables in the Tian family's vegetable garden are almost edible. But Tian Lichun and the others still go out every morning, but they no longer dig wild vegetables, just some pigweed.

The summer solstice sighed, the weather in ancient times was good, the wind and sun in May were beautiful, and the breeze was gentle, unlike the previous life because of the greenhouse effect, May entered the summer, it was very hot, and some people wore T-shirts and shorts early. There is even more exaggerated direct shirtlessness. I just don't know if it's hot in this ancient summer, if it's hot, what can I do, Xia Zhi helplessly looked at the tight clothes and trousers he was wearing, and he could only take one step at a time.

The farm is busy and resting, and every time I go to feed the fish on the summer solstice, I always follow my father by my side. A few days ago, the family was busy, Tian Laosi couldn't take care of her, and the first thing to do after this break was to accompany the summer solstice to feed the fish. For the first time, watching the scene of Xia Solstice sprinkling scoops of pig food into the pond and the fish grabbing food, Tian Laosi still didn't believe it. This can really raise fish, this fish is really eaten! I promised Xia Zhi's request to dig a fish pond before, but I couldn't bear her little eyes, so I had to agree, anyway, it was just a little effort, and I didn't delay anything.

Now Tian Laosi and Lao Luotou's thoughts are the same, maybe their daughters can really raise fish, so their own family is blessed, thinking of the money that is pouring into his pocket, Tian Laosi can't help but be overjoyed, so the origin of Xia Zhi's joy when he thinks of money is not without a source. In the future, he will be more active about feeding Yutian on the summer solstice, and he will work hard and complain.