Nongmen Space: Farming lady is not easy to mess with

Chapter 27 How old are you

Yuan County is located in the westernmost part of Zhaoning Prefecture, thousands of miles away from the capital.

There are many mountains and water, roads are impassable, and floods are prone to occur in rainy seasons.

With a vast land and few people, it is a big county that is extremely poor.

The shadows of people are embedded in the mountains, and the yellow grass is accompanied by delicate colors.

Having seen enough withering, it is especially eye-catching when the trees are full of shade.

The resources of this mountain are acceptable, and a source of water can be found in the low mountain depression, which is also considered a road that is endless.

The vegetation near the water source grows vigorously, and some small animal footprints and feces can also be found.

"Hey~ This taro grows the best!"

The seedlings were half a person's height, and when three small hoes dug out the tubers rooted in the mud beside the puddle, the little girls exclaimed with joy.

A dozen small taro the size of a fist were pulled out by the roots holding a large taro, and the soil clods were about the size of a wooden basin.

A row of taro seedlings has been placed in the open space, and the harvest is quite fruitful.

"I haven't known what the food tastes like for a long time, and I can finally eat it today!"

Huiru raised the back of her hand and wiped her sweaty forehead, her eyelashes wet with sweat couldn't hide the joy in her eyes.

Qiu Yan sat on the side, quickly tore off the roots of the taro, and muttered to himself.

"There are so many taro seedlings, but it's a pity that there is no salt. Huiru, you are the best at pickling sour taro stems. It doesn't itch your throat at all. I really want to eat it."

"Marinate." Shu Yingtong shook the taro seedlings to clean the soil, and said calmly, "There is salt."

"Really? That's great!"

"Well. Pack these up and go down the mountain."

Several panniers were filled and lined up in the clearing.After the taro seedlings are cleaned up, they are stacked into several piles, and they will not be troubled without baskets.

A few vines were pulled from the nearby bushes to bundle the taro seedlings, and each person carried a handful.

A group of young girls went down the mountain with various collection results, leaving laughter and joy all the way.

When they got down to the foot of the mountain, Shu Yingtong glanced at the gathering place by the river, the villagers were very busy.

The corners of his mouth could not help but twitch slightly, and he quickened his steps towards that side.

"Girl is back~ yo, this taro grows really well."

Yao put down the stone in his hand, raised his head and greeted Shu Yingtong with a smile.Surprised to find that the girl nodded and smiled at her, suddenly flattered.

The most she has seen girls are expressionless and frowning. This look of stretched brows and light smile is hard to describe, but she feels comfortable looking at it.

"Girl! Hey! Look what this is!"

When Zhu Yu, who was sitting on the wooden pier, saw Shu Yingtong coming back, she stood up abruptly, and rushed over like a gust of wind holding a clay pot.

Shu Yingtong's smile froze at the corner of her mouth, she took a step back silently, "What the hell are you?"

The one in front of him is covered in mud, the mud has splashed all over his face, his face is smeared here and there, and when he smiles, what is that dried mud lump at the corner of his mouth that cracks?
How old are you going to roll in the mud?
"Hahaha, Zhu Yu, you really belong to the ox, hahaha."

Before Zhu Yu could speak, Chunya pointed at her and laughed.

Even Xuemei couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Zhu Yu, the girl told you to take the boys to cook, did you take them to roll in the mud?"

Zhu Yugang stomped his feet indifferently, his round eyes were hotter than the sun in the sky, "Those are not important, let's see what we caught?!"

Holding the pottery basin with muddy hands stretched out straight, it was almost like hitting Shu Yingtong's face.

There was a dark green oval soft-shelled turtle in the pottery basin. It seemed to weigh about six to seven catties, and a grown-up man could barely occupy the upper half of the back shell with a slap of his hand.

"Wow~ Turtle~ How many years does it take to grow so big!"

Chun Ya grabbed a piece of herb from the back basket and put it on the turtle's head to tease it. The turtle opened its mouth fiercely and grabbed the herb stick, shrinking its neck and pulling it back.

"Yeah, it's pretty fierce."

"That's right, you can bite your finger off if you stretch it out. I asked Uncle Zheng, this ball of fish is older than me!"

"Girl, you don't know that girl Yu is sitting there with a basin in her arms, waiting for you, her neck has grown so much~" Yao Shi couldn't help laughing when she saw the red mud monkey.

Shu Yingtong raised her hand to remove the mud at the corner of her mouth, looked at her expression that you were about to praise me, and curled up her mouth to show her appreciation: "Thanks to you, everyone is resting up today."

"Hey~ I'm a little embarrassed, what's going on..." Zhu Yu smiled and turned around holding the pottery basin and yelled, "I'm eating meat today! Little ones, bring me the knife!"

The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on this wasteland, coating everyone with a magnificent color.

Several women formed a big circle, and in the circle were hemp, kudzu vine, and ramie.

A brand-new wooden pier was placed in front of each of them. Stones were smashed on the stems of the plants, and the sound of tuk-duk sounded one after another. The juice stained the new wood green, and white fibers slowly appeared.

While the women were working, they watched as some girls brought dustpans to clean things out of the baskets.

"Shuan'er, come~"

A row of old and young masters sitting on the side are doing bamboo crafts.

A bamboo only needs to be fixed against the other end, cut a cross knife on the front end, and insert a special clip into it.

Hold the back of the hatchet and beat the clip to the first bamboo joint, break the bamboo tube with both hands, and shake the skillful force, the whole bamboo is broken in response.

Shuan'er squatted aside and watched with relish.It wasn't until Shu Yingtong yelled twice that he realized it.

Seeing her holding a bunch of oval-shaped yellow fruits in her hand, she immediately got up and ran over, "Oh~ it's a yellow dog's waist!"

Shu Yingtong raised her eyebrows slightly, shaking the fruit in her hand, there are so many nicknames for the blunt medicine wild papaya.It's quite image, isn't it the shape of a yellow-skinned dog's kidney?

"Here's a basket, share one with everyone."

Smiling and touching Shuan'er's little head, Shu Yingtong began to organize the herbs in the back basket.

"Okay! Let's eat together after I finish sharing!" After speaking, he happily ran to the farthest place with a bunch of fruits.

When everyone has work to do, Shuan'er is also greedy, as long as he is given a small job, his expectant eyes will immediately light up.

Shu Yingtong upholds the attitude of pampering but not used to, so that Shuan'er, who was originally timid, gradually becomes generous and polite.

For this reason, Zhenniang wiped away many tears secretly.

"Zhenniang, your belly is falling down. I'm afraid you are about to give birth in the next few days?"

Yao Shi's words stunned Shu Yingtong, who was picking wild vegetables with her little sister.

She doesn't understand women's childbirth, and she hasn't understood it.But she found that in the past two weeks, Zhenniang couldn't sleep well at night.

Tossing and turning, getting up more and more times at night.

Her legs were so swollen that it was difficult to walk, her tailbone hurt, her hips hurt, and she often cried behind her back.

At first, Shu Yingtong was very worried about the physical problems caused by lack of calcium and nutrition. Zhenniang reassured her that she was fine, but she didn't dare to believe it. After asking Yao and the others, she felt relieved.

They say as long as it's done, it's fine.

"Probably, my stomach has started to slump in the past two days."

Shu Yingtong immediately dropped the things in her hands, with a flustered expression, "Is it going to give birth? I'll go get things ready!"

Zhenniang quickly took her hand, smiled gently, "Don't worry, how could it be so fast, it will take five or six days."

(End of this chapter)