Chen Jixing has always been a good farmer, aside from other factors, he is very particular about turning the land alone. Generally, tenants think that the land is owned by the landlord anyway, and they are just rented and planted, and no matter how good it is, it is someone else's, so they are generally reluctant to make great efforts to deal with it.

But Chen Jixing is different, obviously renting land for planting like everyone else, but he has made great efforts to take care of the land well. He turned over every place, not even the weeds on the side of the road.

As a result, the annual yield of crops in his field is higher than that of other families.

Because of this, it only takes three or five days for others to turn over the same area of land, but it takes seven or eight days for Chen Jixing's house. Moreover, this is the result of their early departure and late return.

On this day, the couple came back later than usual, but they looked in good spirits. Fortunately, Ye Feng and Qianyan had already cut the pigweed, fed the pigs, and drove the chickens and ducks into the circle, and Ye only needed to cook rice when he came back.

By the time dinner was served, it was already completely dark. Ye Feng estimated that it was after eight o'clock in the evening.

During the meal, Ye Feng thought that Qianyan would "sue", and 1510 told the Ye family about Aunt Cha's "evil deeds" today. But the meal was almost finished, and I didn't see a thousand words.

Seeing that Qianyan didn't dare to say it at all, but didn't take this matter seriously at all, Ye Feng felt that it was still necessary to report to the Ye clan what happened during the day today. After all, I have just been here for a short time, and I can't be sure about many things. When the time comes, if something happens, it's better to be mentally prepared.

And just after Aunt Cha Wu left, he chatted with a few children and understood that Aunt Cha Wu was not a master to be messed with, and most of the people in the village avoided her. The reason for this is not necessarily because I am afraid of her, but because I quarrel with her, it is simply unreasonable, time-consuming and tongue-consuming.

So, Ye Feng estimated the words and said the things of the day. He also said that Aunt Cha fell and was very embarrassed and angry, of course, he didn't say that he taught Qianyan to design.

Hearing this, Chen Jixing is okay, he has always ignored these things.

Ye Shi seemed to be a little unhappy, sighed, and said while cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks: "Hey, in the future, if she likes to take it, let her take it." Anyway, just a few peppers and a few pairs of chopsticks, it's not worth anything. If you make such a fuss, I don't know what kind of moth she wants to come out before she stops. That's it, everyone pays attention these days, and when they meet her, they take a detour. ”

A thousand words were silent, just standing silently aside without speaking.

It's Ye Feng who is a little confused, today's incident is obviously that it is wrong to check the fifth aunt, they are only doing this strictly to protect their own property, and they can't be said to be wrong in any case.

Why is the fifth aunt's combat power so strong, so that the Ye family is so taboo?

When Ye Shi saw Ye Feng's appearance, he knew that he hadn't listened, so he continued with a little headache: "I've known her for many years, and you didn't know this when you first came. She is the most stingy, she will repay her, she loves to take advantage of small advantages, and she is difficult, and even the village chief is not her opponent. ”

Seeing Ye Feng's surprised look, Ye continued: "If she succeeds, she will do it, if she doesn't succeed, she will never give up, not to mention that you made her suffer a big loss today." Forget it, the hair has happened. In short, being careful is not a bad thing. ”

Ye originally wanted to directly say that in the last "failure to recognize ancestors" incident, Aunt Cha fought against the village chief and his wife, and finally won the matter of not paying the public fee, but after thinking about it, he held back. Although this matter is not a secret in the village now, it may not be a good thing for Ye Feng and Qianyan to know about it.

Take today's incident as an example, they actually "designed" Aunt Cha once without telling themselves, which can be regarded as ignorant of the sky. Although Ye Feng didn't say anything, Qianyan's nervousness still betrayed her.

Hey, these two bold kids.

Ye originally wanted to cite a few examples to prove his point, but he was afraid of scaring Ye Feng and Qianyan. After thinking about it, he didn't say anything more, and went to wash the dishes. I'm really tired today and need to rest early.

And even if Ye Feng wanted to refute again, he knew that he shouldn't continue to interject, so he nodded obediently on his face, and winked at her with a thousand words. It seems that she has long known that Ye will say this.

In other words, if you want to continue to punish Aunt Cha Wu in the future, you have to go underground. With the mentality of "suffering is a blessing" like Ye's, it is estimated that he will never go head-to-head with Aunt Cha. Of course, Ye Feng had a preliminary understanding of Aunt Cha's combat effectiveness.

After a few more days, the ground was completely completed.

After dinner that day, because the next day was going to plant corn, after finishing the work, the family went to bed early. This is an annual event in the family, just like the wheat past, and it must not be delayed.

Since there was no alarm clock, Ye Feng didn't know the specific time. No clock is trouble, everything can only be done by biological clock and experience. Fortunately, he had lived in the Nameless Temple for more than half a year before, and he would definitely wake up at four o'clock in the morning.

In the second half of the night, Ye Feng woke up naturally, needless to say, it was mostly around four o'clock. Rubbing his eyes, Ye Feng got up quickly.

To be honest, he was really sleepy.

After coming to Chenjia Village, although he would wake up at four o'clock in the morning, after waking up, he would continue to sleep.

Not today.

On the one hand, planting corn is the biggest thing in the next few days, after all, it is related to the family's food and drink in the coming year, as well as the payment of rent. On the other hand, Ye Feng also wanted Ye and Chen Jixing to sleep a little longer.

It's sleepy, it's okay for yourself, it's a big deal to wait until all the corn is planted and then make up for sleepiness. He only helped cut the wheat the last time he passed the wheat, and the rest of the wheat didn't help much.

And this time it was just planting corn, but it was not complicated, and he wanted to do as much as he could.

With the faint starlight and moonlight, Ye Feng went to the stove lightly, trying not to make a sound. Unexpectedly, the pig didn't bark, and the duck didn't bark, but a rooster that was startled by Ye Feng crowed loudly.

Now, as soon as it crowed, the chickens next door began to echo.

This is not over, I heard the rooster crow, and the dog of some house also began to bark a few times. For a while, the rooster crowed and the dog barked, and the pig barked, which made Ye Feng a little crying and laughing. It's just that I suddenly thought of the poem "Chaimen smells the dog barking".

It's just that there is no "returning to people on a snowy night" in this chaimen, only a person who gets up earlier than a dog.

Ye Feng quickly poured the pigweed, sweet potatoes and other ingredients he had cut the night before from the bucket into the big clay pot, and quickly lit a fire. Because the firewood is all dry branches, as long as it starts to burn, it is basically unguarded.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ye Feng scooped up a little brown rice and a few handfuls of crushed corn ballast, and began to boil porridge.

The red flames illuminated Ye Feng's thin body, and he was thinking about the future path and how to make a fortune while burning the fire.

After about half an hour, there was a "crackling" sound in the stove, which suddenly woke up Ye Feng, who was thinking. He thought about it for a long time, but he didn't get anything. It seems that it has been the same throughout the ages, and it is not a simple thing to get rich.

Estimating that the pig food was almost ripe, Ye Feng used a branch to try the sweet potato at the bottom of the pot. Seeing that the branches easily passed through the sweet potato, Ye Feng knew that this pot of pig food was cooked.

So he quickly put out the fire, and put out all the pig food little by little, and used the previous wooden barrel to hold it. Prepare to wait for it to cool down and send it to the hungry pigs.

These pig foods are very hot, and the weather is also hot now, so I don't dare to send them to the pig uncles in the pen if they don't let it go cold.

The heat from the fire in the stove, the hot pig food, the hot porridge in the pot...... For a while, Ye Feng only felt that this kitchen was like a steamer, so hot that he was covered in sweat, and even his back was soaked.

After doing this, Ye Feng bent down to wash his hands, because the porridge was almost ready. But at this time, she saw Ye Shi with a surprised face, thinking that she didn't expect that she would get up so early.

"You kid, why are you up so early? Hey, even the pig food is ready? It's been at least half an hour, haven't you? Ye asked with concern.

"Well, I heard you and your brother-in-law say last night that we were going to plant corn today, so I got up early."

"You, it's time to grow your body, don't do this in the future." Ye Shi said and pressed Ye Feng on the stool next to him and sat down, "I will definitely not be able to sleep if I go to sleep now, you sit and rest for a while, I'll come." ”

After speaking, Ye quickly put the porridge in the pot in a small clay pot, and then washed the pot. Ye originally planned to cook dry rice, because he had to work in the field today, and the gruel made by Ye Feng was not hungry.

On weekdays, you can and can only eat this kind of porridge with clear soup and little water, but not in the past few days. I always run to the toilet when I drink too much porridge, and I can't provide enough physical strength. No matter which family it is, when the farm is busy, they will try to make some food to fight the hunger.

After thinking about it, he went to the middle and scooped some flour mixed with sorghum, poured water into it, and began to mix the noodles.

Seeing this, Ye Feng knew that the Ye family was going to make a cake.

After the Ye family made noodles, Ye Feng sat down in the stove again, ready to burn the fire.

Ye Shi hurried to quickly bake a few cakes, turned around and took out two eggs to beat, stirred well, added water and put them on the steamer, ready to make a bowl of egg custard.

After a while, the whole stove was filled with an enticing fragrance.

After a while, Chen Jixing walked in with Qian Yan, who was still rubbing his eyes. Seeing that Qianyan didn't look awake, Ye Shi said while cutting sauerkraut: "Hey, what are you doing pulling her up." Let her sleep a little longer, the child is the time to grow up. ”

Chen Jixing said: "That's right, she can't help if she gets up so early." I didn't pull her up, though. She woke up earlier than me, and she woke me up. Eh, Ye Feng is also up. ”

"Yes, this kid got up earlier than I did. When I walked into the stove, he had already cooked the pig food and the porridge, and was waiting for me to make the cake and cut the vegetables. ”

Before Ye's words were finished, Qianyan had already taken a towel and dipped it in the cool well water, ready to wash his face. When Qianyan was washed, Ye Feng also washed.

The cold well water stimulated the whole person to be instantly refreshed and sleepy.

After a few people finished washing, Ye prepared breakfast and brought it to the table. The family gathered around the table and began to eat breakfast.

Today's breakfast is very rich. Ye Shi gave a cake to Qianyan and Ye Feng, and divided a bowl of egg custard equally among the two. Chen Jixing drank three bowls of porridge and ate two pancakes.

Ye Feng originally wanted to refuse the half bowl of egg custard, but when he thought that even if he refused, the Ye family would definitely not follow, so he obediently accepted it. Family, pushing back and forth is boring.

After breakfast, although the sky was not yet bright, there was no problem at all in seeing the road clearly. Chen Jixing carried corn seeds on his shoulders, and Ye carried a hoe and a bucket and a scoop to the field together.

Ye Feng and Qianyan are responsible for feeding the pigs, washing dishes and pots, and tidying up the stove.

Before the change, Qianyan slept at home, got up when he was hungry and went to the stove to eat, and played until it was almost noon, and then went to the field to find Ye's home to cook.

But this time, Ye Feng wanted to participate in planting corn. If you learn about the planting methods in this plane, there may be something you can help with. I am also an excellent graduate of Agricultural University, and this is what I majored in.

Second, Ye Feng felt that he was not too young, and wanted to help Chen Jixing and the Ye family farm. The sun is very hot this season, and it is hotter than when the wheat was over before, and it is less sinful to finish work early.

So, after feeding the pigs, washing the pots and bowls, and cleaning up the stove, Ye Feng pulled Qianyan to lock the door and walked to the ground.

Qianyan was a little puzzled, because he asked, "Little uncle, where are you going to take me?" It's so hot now, let's go back. ”

Ye Feng smiled and said, "Let's go to the field, don't you want to help?" ”

"I think, but we don't grow corn."

Ye Feng said, "What's so difficult about this. I've seen other people grow it before, and it's very simple, and you can learn it as soon as you learn it. You think, let's go and help plant, your father and mother are more relaxed, don't you say? ”

A thousand words are not the truth.

In fact, she always wanted to go, but Ye didn't call her every time, so she overslept every time. If she hadn't remembered to go to the toilet today, she would have missed it again. And Ye Feng said that planting corn is a very simple thing, and she can learn it as soon as she learns it, so she is very happy, and the two go to the field together.

I thought I was up early, but I didn't expect to see almost all the people in the field along the way. Almost all the families were dispatched, and half of the children were dragged down to the ground to help.

Come to think of it, the weather is still cool at this time, and you can return home early when the weather heats up at noon. It is true that there is a situation of "hoeing and dripping into the soil at noon" under the scorching sun, but it is mostly because of the lack of labor at home, there is a lot of land, and you have to hurry.

It's better to go down early and go home at noon. When the sun is less intense in the afternoon, continue to work until it is dark and come back. In this way, at least the chances of heat stroke can be greatly reduced.

When he arrived at the land rented by his family, Ye Feng found that in just a short period of time, Ye and Chen Jixing had already dug many pits. The newly renovated ground smells of earth.

Ye Feng actually understood in his heart that the two of them were going to dig all the pits and then put corn seeds. There are only two people, and they can only do this.

Seeing the two of them coming, Ye asked while digging a pit: "Why are you here, have the pigs been fed, have the chickens and ducks been released from the circle, and are the houses locked?" ”

Qianyan poked Ye Feng, and Ye Feng said: "Sister, don't worry, we have fed the pigs, the chickens and ducks have been put in the backyard, the door is locked, and we will come out after we finish the things at home." We want to help. ”

Without waiting for Ye to refute, Ye Feng said, "Sister, do you need to put corn seeds in this pit?" How many do you need to put in a pit? I will put it with a thousand words, and it will definitely not be wrong. ”

Qianyan nodded violently: "Mother, you know that I can count, and I won't make a mistake." ”

Ye originally wanted to say that the two were making trouble. But if you think about it carefully, this kind of corn is not a delicate job anyway, digging pits and filling the soil is also done by her and Chen Jixing, Ye Feng and Qianyan are just putting corn seeds, there should be no big problem.

After thinking for a while, Ye Shi relieved his mouth and said, "Put three in one pit." Be sure to remember, no more, no less. If there are too many, there are not enough seeds, and if there are too few, they will not grow well. ”

At the end, another sentence was added: "Be careful not to step on the pit, try to walk to the empty ridge next to it." ”

As he spoke, he put down his hoe again and demonstrated it himself.

After listening to Ye's instructions and watching Ye's demonstration, Ye Feng and Qianyan began to sow seeds.

A thousand words is naturally the first time to do it.

The female babies in the village almost don't go to the ground, because there are many male babies in the family, and the female babies can't help when they are young, and they have to do embroidery work when they are older, and they are afraid that they will be disliked by their mother-in-laws. However, it is not forbidden for a girl to help farm the land.

It's just that Ye Shi felt that Qianyan was too small and never let her go to the ground.

It's not the first time Ye Feng has done it.

When I go to university, in addition to learning basic agricultural theory, I also have a variety of practical classes. There is a large experimental field in the school, and everything is planted.

Although Ye Feng majored in bonsai, Ye Feng's roommate, his graduation thesis was about hybrid corn. In order to write a good paper, this guy often observes the corn he planted when he has nothing to do.

Although Ye Feng didn't learn it, he didn't listen to his nagging.

Ye was a little worried at first, for fear that the two children would make mistakes and affect the harvest, so he put down the hoe and looked at the fruits of their labor. As a result, Qianyan did not do well at all, and Ye Feng was already very proficient, doing it quickly and well, so he put his mind at ease and continued to dig the pit.

Seeing this, Chen Jixing's face was full of smiles, and he didn't know why, but he just felt very relieved. From wheat to now planting corn, he sees Ye Feng more and more pleasing to the eye.

Sowing seeds is much faster than digging pits, and after a while, the two of them sowed seeds in all the pits that Ye and Chen Jixing had dug before.

However, Ye Feng was not ready to rest.

While the two of them continued to dig the pit, Ye Feng took Qianyan and went to the creek to fetch water with a bucket. Ye Feng's strength is limited, no more than half a barrel at a time. However, after a few back and forth, all the four buckets brought out by Ye Shi were filled with water.

After asking about the amount of watering, Ye Feng took a thousand words to pour water on the pit that had just been covered with soil.

For a time, Chen Jixing dug a pit, Qianyan and Ye Feng sowed, fetched water, watered, Ye's filled the soil, dug a pit, and several people worked like a flowing operation.

Qianyan and Ye Feng are children, they don't get tired, they work for a while, and then rest for a while, and Chen Jixing can just continue digging the pit at this time. When they had rested and dug a lot of holes, they continued to sow seeds.

I have to say that this time the farming has the addition of Ye Feng and Qianyan, two small laborers, and the results are very obvious.

A piece of land that was supposed to be planted in the evening was actually planted by the time it was almost noon. This made Chen Jixing and Ye very happy.

It's just that, while being happy, Chen Jixing is even more determined to give birth to a son. In his opinion, Ye Feng is only three years older than Qianyan, and he is already so sensible that he knows how to think about adults and share housework. There are only two main laborers in the family, himself and the Ye family, which is still too thin.

The land has been planted, but it is not yet lunchtime, and it is not yet cooking. After a brief discussion, the Ye family took Ye Feng and Qianyan home to cook, while Chen Jixing continued to go to another field to prepare and continue to dig a pit.

The sun had already risen high and scorched the earth. At this time, although it is not the height of summer, the weather is already very hot, after all, Qingming has long passed, and it will be June soon.

When they walked to the vegetable patch, several people were sweating. Ye was afraid that the two children would suffer from heat stroke, so he pushed them to go home first and open the door, and boiled some boiling water to drink by the way. I went to the vegetable field, pulled out a few vegetables, and prepared to fry the rice at noon.

At this time, the mother-in-law or the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law of every household began to cook at home one after another. Seeing Ye Feng and Qianyan's blushing little faces, some people felt that these two children were really sensible, and they took the initiative to work in the field at such a young age to help adults share the farm work.

However, there are also some people who are not used to seeing other people's good, for example, Aunt Cha who has a "grudge" with Ye Feng and Qianyan.

"Chen Jixing's mother-in-law is really ruthless, you see Qianyan's face is sunburned, isn't she distressed? Let's not talk about our family Yuang, we go to school in the city when we urinate. It's our family Yuxuan, who is one and a half years older than Qianyan, and he hasn't been on the ground yet. ”

"It's not, if the little girl's family has been tanned since she was a child, it will be difficult to turn white when she is older, and in the future, it will be difficult to say that her mother-in-law's family is difficult."

"Hey, there's no way to do it, who told her that she doesn't have a kid."

Ye Feng and Qianyan didn't know this, so they hurried home. It's so hot now, and when I set out in the morning, I forgot to take a jar of water to the field, and now I'm so thirsty.

After boiling the water and drinking a little, Ye Feng took the clay pot and prepared to send it to Chen Jixing with a straw hat, and asked him to come back for dinner by the way.

Ye stopped him in time.

"It doesn't have to be like this. We'll eat it first when it's ready, and then bring it to him by the way. ”

I see.

The method Ye said was obviously more time-saving, and it saved Chen Jixing's time running back and forth at home.

At noon, they ate dry rice, accompanied by a fried cabbage and a small bowl of pickles, and Ye Feng and Qianyan ate more than usual. It seems that the amount of food will increase after labor.

After the three of them finished eating, the Ye family went to the ground in advance, leaving Ye Feng and Qianyan to stay at home. First, the sun is really fierce, and second, the house still needs to be cleaned up.

When Ye Feng and Qianyan cleaned up the number of chickens and ducks, made sure that the pigs slept honestly in the pen, and checked the stove again to make sure that there were no sparks, the two took another large jar of water and walked towards the ground.

This time it may be because of the water, Ye Feng obviously felt that he was not as light as when he went in the morning.

When it came to another piece of land, Chen Jixing and Ye were still struggling to dig a pit. Coupled with the digging of a few people while they were making lunch, the land was almost finished.

Ye Feng and Qianyan are still doing their old jobs, sowing seeds. Thanks to the experience of the morning, it is much faster now. Seeing that it was almost over, Ye no longer dug a pit, but went to fetch water.

In this way, several people cooperated, and before it got dark, they planted this piece of land. Ye Feng and Qianyan were a little tired, but they were more excited, after all, they were able to help the family.

Before dark, Chen Jixing checked the tools he brought out in the morning and made sure that he had all of them, and the family rushed home tiredly.

Ye Feng and Qianyan were too young after all, and they were excited today and did a lot of things, so they started to feel sleepy early after dinner.

The next day, another whole day, the family repeated yesterday's actions. Everything was normal, but there was a small episode, because Ye Feng unexpectedly found that the land rented by the Ye family was next door to Aunt Cha's family.

I didn't meet it yesterday, maybe it was Aunt Cha's family who was busy elsewhere.

Today, however, the two families are together, next to each other, and there are only a few boundary stones in between.

Chen Jixing doesn't care, no one will say anything if he doesn't say hello to Aunt Cha. Ye took the initiative to say hello to Aunt Cha.

Aunt Cha Wu obviously has emotions for the Ye family, and she doesn't say that she doesn't respond, anyway, she looks like she ignores it.

Chen Wu was kind, but he only heard him say to Chen Jixing: "Your girl also came to help, she is really sensible." ”

He didn't mention Ye Feng. Indeed, Ye Feng's identity is embarrassing after all, and it is difficult to mention. Strictly speaking, Ye Feng is just a guest.

Where is the reason for guests to work in the fields?

Chen Jixing was rarely happy because of a thousand words, because he replied: "She, if she helps blindly, she will also sow seeds." But in fact, no matter how you listen to it, it is praise and pride.

Aunt Cha felt more and more that these people were here to find fault, and the ghosts were all followed to the ground. Quite disapprovingly, he scolded in his heart, "No matter how capable he is, he will lose money", pursed his lips, and became more and more unhappy in his heart.

Except for this little episode, everything else went smoothly.

When it was time to finish work in the evening, Chen Jixing said happily: "There is still a little land left, I can finish it alone tomorrow morning, and you don't have to go to the ground tomorrow." ”

It seems that this is almost finished. Ye Feng and Qian Yan both breathed a sigh of relief. The pride at the beginning, only fatigue is left at the moment, but he is embarrassed to say that he is tired and can't do it.

Then, Chen Jixing carried a hoe, Ye took a bucket and a scoop, Ye Feng and Qianyan took a clay pot, and the family walked home happily.

Ye felt that it was dark and it was not safe for the two to walk with the clay pot, so she asked the two to put the clay pot into the wooden bucket she was carrying.

Chen Jixing was happy from the bottom of his heart, and chatted with Ye without a word. In previous years, it took at least five days to plant, but this year it can be planted in two or three days. I have to say that the speed of planting this year is very fast and timely.

After a few days of heavy rain, we may have a good harvest this year.

The Ye family was also a little happy, since Ye Feng came, the family seemed to be starting to go smoothly. From wheat to corn planting, and a thousand words combined, the two of them can top half of the labor force.

It seems that his wish to have another baby can also come true.

Thinking of this, my heart is sweet.

Along the way, Ye Feng and Qianyan were not idle, but picked up the dead branches with the thickness of their thumbs as soon as they saw them, and held them in their hands. The two cooperated all the way, and when they came to the vicinity of Aunt Cha's house, they each held a large handful of firewood in their hands.

It's not much, but it's enough for dinner.