"Chapter 238: Pastoral Life, V"
Once the country loses justice, it degenerates into a huge gang.
- Augustine (Roman Empire Catholic thinker, saint and teacher)
The huge orchards are not all planted by a single family, but the whole village is carved out together; Therefore, the orchard is also clearly divided into more than a dozen fruit tree areas of different sizes. The fruit tree area belonging to Oscar's family is a small grape area, which is densely planted with thousands of grapes.
It's not the season for the grapes to ripen, but there are still some grapes on the vines. These grapes are not very large, and a bunch is only half the size of a normal bunch. But such a purple jewel-like fruit always gives more motivation to the person who toils, doesn't it?
Oscar and Marie's job was to weed and prune the vineyards, and of course the heavy weeding was done by the young and vigorous Oscar, who carried the tools used to prune the vines. Actually, neither of them has a lot of work; Compared to the farmers who are harvesting the wheat, it is even more relaxed.
But everything is relative; For Oscar, who has never done these things, weeding in the orchard is not an easy task, at least the posture of bending over all the time makes Oscar feel very uncomfortable. Although Mary was a child, she was accompanied by such farm work every day, but after all, she had not done it for many years, and her hands and feet were rusty and she also felt tired.
However, neither of them complained about this, but did it with relish; Because they all know that such leisure and light are difficult for them to reach in their later lives. If you don't cherish all this now, you can only remember it in memory in the future. The hard work of the two of them lasted less than an hour, and suddenly a large group of small helpers came!
It turned out that the other villagers had asked their children to help Oscar and Mary take care of the vineyard in their spare time. In fact. The first time the villagers saw Oscar and Mary, they knew that this pair of young men was definitely not ordinary people; Although they were dressed very civilian, they did not speak or behave like ordinary people, and they were even more awe-inspiring than the city officials you had ever seen.
Therefore, everyone gave them as much help as possible on the premise of not disturbing them; For example, give some fruits and vegetables and help them build a storage room. Let your own children help them take care of the orchard and so on. Of course, the help within their power is not that the villagers want to climb high and rich, but the manifestation of everyone's simple nature.
The children who came to help were all children under the age of 10, and children over the age of 10 helped their parents harvest the wheat. But even these children, who were less than ten years old, were far more skilled at farm work than Oscar and Mary. Oscar and Mary could only work harder in shame but with little success, and everyone tended the vineyard together.
By noon, the small vineyard was almost well cared for; Naturally, Oscar and Mary invited the children to stay for lunch. In such a village, there are almost no families who can eat bread every day; Families who can eat brown bread once a week are already considered to be relatively wealthy among the villagers.
The reason why Oscar and Mary were able to eat black bread every day was the result of their wanton squandering of the family's flour for a year; So, when Mary took out the brown bread. These children are so excited that they can't find the north. Because Mary had prepared the lunch bread that she and Oscar needed for the two adults, enough for the seven or eight children to have their stomachs full.
Moreover, Mary provided them with not only bread, but also the grapes from the vineyard that Mary picked and gave to the children to eat. Although these farmers grow wheat and fruit for their livelihood, their own families cannot afford to eat them; They have to exchange the wheat and fruit for various other necessities to make ends meet.
So, the lunch that Mary had prepared was a great one for the children. Watching the happy expressions of the children while gobbling up, Oscar felt a heartache from the bottom of his heart; But Mary, who had lived like this for more than ten years before, was simply happy for these children.
After giving all the brown bread to the children, Oscar and Mary were left to their stomachs with some fruit from the orchard; These freshly picked fruits are not very tasty though. But it tastes like it has a different flavor. The two adults and a group of children ended the lunch together, after the lunch was over. Everyone sat down and started chatting and taking a lunch break.
However, before everyone could say three words, the sky that was originally high in the sun slowly began to be shrouded by large dark clouds drifting from the north! When the children saw such a scene, they all immediately stood up, and before they had time to explain more to Oscar, they ran in the direction of their respective wheat fields; Oscar, who didn't know why, had to turn his puzzled eyes to Mary.
Mary also hurriedly packed her things and explained to Oscar: "The dark clouds are coming. It means that there will be an autumn rain soon; The wheat growing in the wheat field is fine, but the wheat that has been harvested must be brought home. Otherwise, once the harvested wheat is drenched in rain, it will become moldy and all damaged! ”
As soon as Oscar heard this, he understood why Mary was in such a hurry to clean up, of course, to help those villagers harvest wheat together! Although Oscar and Mary have only been here for two days, they have been blessed by everyone several times; Naturally, we can't sit idly by at such a time.
Oscar didn't continue to drive the oxcart slowly this time. Instead, he gave the ox cart to the skilled Mary to drive; He ran to the villagers' wheat fields and helped them move the wheat to the ox carts of each family. Although Oscar is not skilled in farm work, he is after all the leader of the Augustan family who has undergone various martial arts training; Naturally, there is nothing to say about physical fitness.
In the process of carrying wheat, Oscar showed that he was definitely stronger than two or three adult strong men; He alone moved the other four people to move wheat, which shocked the villagers who originally thought that Oscar was just a helpless chicken. After moving the wheat, everyone hurried to their respective wagons in the direction of their homes, and Oscar was also exhausted and got into Mary's bullock cart.
At this time, Mary's ox cart was also filled with wheat for the villagers, and the clouds were getting denser and denser; Oscar and Mary just walked home in silence. Before the rain fell, everyone finally rushed back to the village; Oscar also brought all the wheat loaded on his bullock cart to his master's house.
After all this, Oscar returned to his home with Mary; At this time, the autumn rain has just begun to fall. However, the autumn rain that came at this time did not affect everyone's mood at all; Oscar and Mary were also relieved, and after tethering the ox cart under the eaves, they slumped down in front of the hut and began to enjoy the sudden autumn rain.
The rain in the sky drifted in the sky like fine sand flying all over the sky; For the green things of the earth, bring a hope, moisten the leaf tops, but also for the water ducks in the river pond, bring a pleasant interest, looking for the mystery of autumn. The autumn rain hides a very nice smell. Pears, pineapples, apples, oranges, and many, many sweet smells, all hidden in the small raindrops!
The autumn rain blew a little golden trumpet, which told everyone that winter was coming. The little magpie is building a house with branches, the little squirrel is looking for pine cones for food, and the little frog is digging holes and preparing to sleep comfortably. The pines and cypresses are dressed in thick, shiny clothes, and the leaves of poplars and willows float to the foot of the trees. They're all getting ready for the winter.
The autumn rain brings a song of harvest to the earth and a song of joy to children. The autumn rain is a key. It carries coolness and gentleness, gently, gently, and opens the door to autumn while you are not looking. Autumn rain, a box of colorful paints.
You see, it gave the yellow color to the ginkgo tree, and the yellow leaves were like a small fan, fanning away the summer heat. It gave the red to the maple tree, and the red maple leaves were like stamps, wafting wah, wah, wah The golden yellow is for the fields, and behold, the fields are like a golden ocean. The orange and red are for fruit trees, and you squeeze and touch oranges and persimmons, vying for people to pick them! The chrysanthemum fairy gets more colors, purple-red, pale yellow, snow-white...... Beautiful chrysanthemums nod frequently in the autumn rain.
The autumn rain is pouring down, like an endless picture. The autumn rain is falling, fluttering and sprinkling. Like silk, like silk, like fog, like smoke. Falling on the face and flowing into the mouth, sweet and relishing, like rice wine, like honey, making people drunk, like a dream, like an idiot, like drunk. The autumn rain was like smoke and mist, silently falling on the rubble, on the dead branches and leaves, and drenched the ground, the house, and the trees.
The autumn rain rustled down, and it was it playing. The yellow rice fields, the red maple trees, the golden everywhere, and the autumn colors that symbolize maturity and harvest are played. The autumn rain is falling. The fine rain weaves a gray curtain between heaven and earth. The sky washed by the autumn rain is as blue and clear as the sea. The white clouds float slowly on the water like a light boat sailing.
Oscar has never quietly appreciated such an autumn rain in his past and present lives, nor has he experienced life in an autumn rain so completely; Whether it is the harvest before the autumn rain or the comfort and comfort after the autumn rain, Oscar feels an unprecedented feeling, which is called ordinary.
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