Chapter Ninety-Six: Laughter

Seeing that Ding Da was unwilling to let him go to harvest wheat with Ding San, Lilac felt very unhappy.

He said to Ding Da very unhappily: "Daddy, why don't you let us go to harvest wheat with you?" Don't you understand the truth that there is great power in numbers? So that the wheat can be harvested quickly, right? ”

Ding Da said, "It's not that I won't let you go, it's that you won't harvest wheat at all." I'm afraid you won't even be able to hold the scythe, and if you go, won't it be a delay? ”

Lilac was instantly unhappy when she heard this.

"Daddy, how can you do this? We haven't done it before, but we can learn it! You are there we can watch you do it, and we can learn it too. Rest assured! I don't believe I can't learn! Lilac said unwillingly.

Ding Da looked at such an arrogant daughter, not only feeling funny but also angry.

The next day, Ding Da came to the wheat field and saw Ding Xiang and Xiao San busy harvesting wheat there.

Seeing this, Ding Da didn't say anything more, thinking: Forget it, they won't let them learn. Let them go!

Ding Da did not bother to take care of them, the wheat in the field was ripe, and they had to be harvested immediately.

The three of them were busy working in the fields, and Li was also at home preparing lunch for them.

Ding Da looked at the wheat in the field that was gradually decreasing, and raised his head to look at Ding Xiang and Xiao San, where the two of them were busy.

Ding Da looked at his daughter Lilac, and couldn't help but feel very strange, this child has never learned to cut wheat, why is the method of cutting wheat so skillful and old-fashioned? Ding's big eyes emitted a strange light.

But looking at Xiao San again, his appearance was enough to make people laugh too much, he couldn't stand on his feet when he bent over and pouted, and the wheat he cut was scattered, and he threw it aside, and most of his clothes were wet.

Compared with Xiao San's clumsiness, Lilac's proficiency made him more suspicious. Lilac did not notice her father's gaze, and concentrated on her work, and she hunched over her back, and picked up some wheat in her hands, and cut off their roots neatly with a sickle, and divided them by two. She stood up and wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead, and saw that Xiao San was so tired that she couldn't straighten up.

"Xiao San, you go and rest under the tree over there." Lilac shouted at him.

"yes, you've both been doing it for so long, and Lilac is going to rest for a while." Ding Da agreed, and also felt sorry for Ding Xiang and Xiao San, two young people who had been busy in the field all morning.

Xiao San couldn't help but feel a little ashamed when he saw that Lilac and Ding Da were still full of energy, especially when he saw that Lilac had cut twice as much wheat as himself.

"Daddy, you're old, Lilac is a girl, no matter what, it won't be my turn to rest, you should rest for a while." After that, Xiao San sped up the movements in his hands again.

Ding Da saw that the two children were so persistent and filial, so he didn't say anything more.

The three of them were busy for a while, and suddenly there was a rush of running sound from far to near, Ding Da raised his eyes to see that it was actually Xia Chunqiu, and couldn't help but be surprised.

"What are you going to do?" Lilac, who was the first to speak, spoke in a cold tone full of rejection.

"Everyone has been busy harvesting wheat lately, and I thought your family should be short of manpower, so I rushed to help." Xia Chunqiu's face was full of courteous smiles.

Lilac couldn't help but glared at him several times, and when she saw his hypocritical face, she couldn't wait to throw the sickle in her hand over.

"Okay, there's no need to help, we have enough of them, you can go back." Ding Da's work on his hands did not stop, and he refused him without raising his head.

"We can do the work of our own family, and you don't have to do it." Xiao San also drove him away.

The meaning of the family's refusal was already on the surface, and Xia Chunqiu was deflated, but he did not leave because of this. He took out the sickle pinned to his waist and began to work on his own.

"Xia Chunqiu, we don't need you to do the work of our family, you go quickly." Lilac shouted angrily.

"I don't charge labor fees, and there is no harm in working for multiple people, what are you doing in such a hurry to drive me away, I am here to work for you today, and I will not leave what you say." Xia Chunqiu is determined not to leave.

When Lilac saw his scoundrel appearance, she stopped talking.

The four of them each buried their heads in cutting wheat, Ding Dazhi got up and took a look, there was less and less wheat in the field, and it was estimated that it would be finished in half an hour. Suddenly I heard a muffled sound, the sound of something falling on the ground.

"Lilac!" Xiao San shouted in the direction of Lilac.

The three of them were in a hurry to run towards Lilac's position, Xiao San was close and ran first. He saw Lilac faint on the ground, her face flushed with sunburn. He picked up the lilac and walked under the tree.

Lilac leaned under the big tree for a while and came to his senses, and saw Ding Da, Xiao San, and Xia Chunqiu surrounding him.

"What's wrong with me, why are you all staring at me?" Lilac asked curiously.

"You just fainted suddenly, but it scared me to death." Ding Da was still shocked.

"Presumably the sun is too poisonous at noon, Lilac is tired all morning, and she has heat stroke, so I'll pour you a bowl of water to drink." After that, Xiao San went to pour water.

"Lilac, how can you be a girl doing these jobs, you rest, and we'll do the rest." Xia Chunqiu hurriedly took this opportunity to express himself.

Lilac is still cold to him and does not intend to accept his help. She took Xiao San's kettle and took a sip of water, then stood up.

"Daddy, I'm fine, I don't have much to do, let's keep working, it'll be over soon."

Ding Da frowned, and rarely agreed with Xia Chunqiu's idea.

"Lilac, don't do it, just sit here, and we'll do the rest." Ding Da looked at Lilac and said with concern.

"Lilac, just listen to Daddy, you've done a lot today, it's not cost-effective to exhaust your body, if you go back to your mother, you should blame me and Daddy for not taking care of you." Xiao San also persuaded Lilac.

Lilac knew that her father would not let herself work in the field anymore no matter what, so she stopped insisting. She promised them not to continue cutting the wheat and to wait under the tree for them to finish their work.

Ding Da and Xiao San continued to cut wheat in the field, and when Xia Chunqiu saw this, he also hurriedly followed to work in the field.

Xiao San cared about Lilac and didn't go too far, he glanced in the direction of Lilac from time to time, worried that she was still uncomfortable, Lilac noticed Xiao San's concern, and felt a little happy and shy in his heart. She gave Xiao San a bright smile and wanted to tell him that she was fine.

Xia Chunqiu was very unhappy when he saw Lilac smiling at Xiao San, but he couldn't show it, so he could only take the wheat out of anger and cut it with a sickle. The three of them were busy in the field for a while.

During the busy farming season, every family is busy working in the fields, and Ding Er's family is naturally no exception.

The land of Ding Er's family is next door to Ding's family. Ding Er's wife, Zhang, had lunch at home, and there were only Ding Er and Sister Mei in the field. Ding Er is not only not good at farming, but also a little slower than others in cutting wheat, and her hands are not good, Sister Mei is also a lot more than cloves, and she has to rest for a while when she works for a while.

In the morning, Sister Mei looked at the wheat on the ground and continued to cut it with a sad face, she was unhappy when she saw that the wheat of the Ding family next door was cut much faster than them, and Xia Chunqiu also went to help their family with a dead face, and she was even more unhappy.

At noon, Sister Mei saw that the wheat of Lilac's family was almost finished, and Lilac was still resting under the tree, and she thought to herself why everyone was working, as long as she was expensive, she could rest, and the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, so she ran to the ground of Lilac's house

"In the summer and spring, there is still a lot of wheat in our house, I can't finish cutting it, you can help me cut it." Sister Mei said coquettishly at Xia Chunqiu.

"I'm helping the Lilac family cut wheat, I can't pull away, you go find someone else to help." Xia Chunqiu was not even perfunctory, so he simply refused.

"You see, you help others cut wheat, and others don't appreciate you, and they may complain about you behind your back, why do you do such a thankless job." After that, Sister Mei secretly glanced at Lilac.

"I'm here to help cut the cloves, so you can find someone else to help you." Xia Chunqiu responded to her impatiently.

Sister Mei heard the impatience in Xia Chunqiu's tone, she didn't entangle, she returned to her own field to continue working, but the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and she blamed all this on Lilac. She felt that it was Lilac who seduced Xia Chunqiu and made him speak so indifferently to herself.