Shan Cuihua was still worried that Mai Xiaohuan was at home alone, so she estimated that she sent Mai Xiaofang back when it was time to cook.

Mai Xiaohuan saw that the second sister's face was red, and there were beads of sweat on her forehead, and she complained distressedly: "What are you in a hurry, just walk slowly, can't I still eat secretly when I cook." With that, he turned around and scooped up a basin of water, and put it on the stool with a sweat towel.

Of course, working in the field is much more tiring than at home, Mai Xiaohuan felt that she could do the word "picking up ears of wheat", so she proposed to exchange with the second sister and go to pick up ears of wheat by herself in the afternoon, so that she could stay to watch the house and cook.

"I won't change with you, I'm suffocated to death at home, I'll work with Yu Ni and Shan Xing for a while, and I'll sit under the tree and burn ears of wheat for a while, and I'm not tired at all."

Lie! If it was so easy to pick up ears of wheat, my mother wouldn't let the second sister follow! Mai Xiaofang rolled up her sleeves and wanted to help cook, but the stove and cutting board were bare, there was nothing, and she didn't cook at this point, and her father and brother were going hungry for a while: "Xiao Huan, you didn't do anything!" It's a bad thing, the people working in the fields are still waiting to eat! ”

Who said that she didn't cook anymore, Mai Xiaohuan held down and rummaged around, making a mess of the stove and shelves she had just cleaned up, and waited for her to calm down before pointing to the covered pot.

Lifting the lid of the pot, Mai Xiaofang smelled the fragrance and looked at today's lunch seriously, full of color, aroma, good, good. The two of them put the food separately and were about to carry it to the field, when Mai Yonghai hurried back.

Seeing that the two little girls were about to carry a big basket, he hurried over to help, and Mai Xiaohuan was holding the clay pot by himself, and there was bubbling mung bean soup in it.

When the brothers and sisters arrived in the field, one-third of the wheat had been cut from the five acres of land, and Mai Wang, Shan Cuihua and Mai Yonghe waved the tools in their hands to cut down the standing wheat and lay it neatly behind them. The speed of the three of them was almost the same, and Mai Xiaohuan put his hands in the shape of a trumpet and shouted to his mouth: "Dad, mother, big brother, come over for lunch." ”

The three people who heard the voice straightened their waists, clenched their hands into fists and thumped their backs, and walked in the direction of Mai Xiaohuan and them, Shan Cuihua looked up at the sun and complained: "You can still cut it for a while, your meal is a little early." ”

Mai Xiaohuan didn't argue, took out a few coarse porcelain bowls from the basket, and poured a bowl of mung bean soup for everyone. After a morning of work, I was able to drink a sip of cool mung bean soup Shan Cuihua felt comfortable from my throat and eyes to the bottom of my heart, and my whole body was full.

After a while, a clay pot of mung bean soup was drunk cleanly, and after resting for a while, everyone sat around and began to eat, while eating, they were full of praise for Mai Xiaohuan's craftsmanship and thoughts, and Mai Yonghai did not forget to tease his sister: "If you become a rich man in the future and have such food, I can work for you for free." ”

"Good! This is said by the second brother himself, I remember it, don't play tricks in the future! ”

Shan Cuihua and Mai Xiaofang agreed to be witnesses, Mai Yonghai felt a little lost and wanted to regret it, and was attacked by the three mothers, and bursts of cheerful laughter came from under the big tree.

The Wu family's land is not far from here, Mai Xiaohuan's family has finished eating, and there is no shadow of their family's food delivery! Mai Yonghu simply threw the knife in his hand on the ground, and he didn't come to deliver food at noon, so he stopped doing it, and went on strike!

This kid knows how to cheat and play tricks when he works, and if he says he won't do it, he will leave with his things and leave, without looking back. In fact, the Wu family is also hungry, especially when people eat and they can only watch, it is strange that the taste in her heart can be so comfortable, she pouted sourly and said: "I can't see that the second family still has a capable girl!" But what about being capable, I'm sick all over, and I don't eat anything I make. ”

Mai Xing also straightened his waist, looked at the direction of his brother's house, and turned his head to glance at the road, this is all the time for dinner, why hasn't his daughter come to deliver the food.

After waiting for a while, Mai Xiaoling and Mai Xiaohui came over carrying the basket, and Mai Yonghu patted the dust on his hands and pants, and ran over to turn over the vegetable basket.

"Why is there no meat, the dry food is still left in the morning, you are busy until now, you will send us this to eat, I will not do it in the afternoon." After seeing the food, he turned his head and ran home, grandma had a snack, how could it be better than the food brought by his sisters, he would not come again after he went home to eat a snack, anyway, the second uncle's family will come over to help after they are done, what is the hurry.

Carrying the food to the ground, Mai Xiaoling couldn't help complaining: "I still have to clean up the house, feed the chickens and ducks, it's good to be able to deliver the food at this point, the second brother is still picking, who delivered the food earlier than me, and which one eats meat, why didn't I see it." ”

Except for the two sisters, the rest of the people looked in the direction of Mai Xiaohuan's house, when Mai Xiaoling turned her head to look, the sisters over there were packing up the basket and preparing to go home, Mai Wang and Mai Yonghe brothers were lying in the shade of the tree napping, Shan Cuihua was telling the two little girls something, and after speaking, she also leaned on the big tree and closed her eyes to nourish her spirit.

It's Mai Xiaohuan's stinky girl again, Mai Xiaoling secretly cursed in her heart, what kind of limelight is a sick seedling, what about delivering food early, whether you can eat it or not! Even if she could eat it, there might be an infectious disease in the food she cooked, so it would be better to infect the whole family!

After Mai Xiaofang sent her sister home, she returned to the field, and after enough rest, the family began to work again. Mai Xiaohuan went home and boiled another pot of mung bean porridge, put it in cold water in the town, fed the family's cattle, sheep and rabbits, she found the dried mushrooms and soaked them, and the rabbit meat that had been marinated before was also processed, and she was ready to give the family stuffed rabbit meat to eat at night.

You also need to have a well in your own house, and it's not a matter to go to your uncle's house to fetch water when you're old. After the family finished harvesting the grain, he urged his father and brothers to dig a well, and also dig a larger vegetable cellar, and be sure to bring back the sweet potatoes on the mountain, and strive to plant them in their own fields for the New Year, nutritious and convenient food! The second brother actually used it to feed the cattle, which is really a loser.

In previous years, it took five or six days to cut the wheat, but this year it was cut in four and a half days, and Mai Wang put on an ox cart to pull the wheat to his own drying ground, so the sisters had one more job - watching the wheat.

Mai Wang took his two sons to help Mai Xing's family collect wheat, Shan Cuihua had to run at home and in the wheat field, and when it was cloudy, he had to build wheat with his two daughters.

Mai Liu had a lot of opinions about her daughter-in-law not coming to help cut the wheat, and the eldest daughter-in-law fanned the flames on the side, so she began to question Mai Wang: "Your daughter-in-law has started to be lazy after your wheat has been taken back, right?" Why don't you come and help your eldest brother and third brother cut wheat, aren't there two girls at home to take care of it?

Does she have an opinion about me, an old woman, or is she still awkward because of the previous incident! Let her and Xiaofang come over to help tomorrow, your eldest brother's family will finish collecting, and you will have to be the third one! If it rains in two days, they can't get it back, so let them eat what they eat and pay their rent. ”