Northern Song Dynasty: Counterattack and became emperor after the Jingkang Revolution

Chapter 5 Water Carrying Competition
Zhao Yingluo squatted down and started to pull the soil, and sure enough!The surface layer of the soil has almost no moisture. If it is not watered, the yield will inevitably be reduced.

But in this day and age, where is the well pump?The only functioning waterwheel was damaged by the war.

"Feng Jing, you go back home immediately and buy a batch of buckets and poles. Jiang Laosi, you immediately notify the farmers to prepare to transport water to irrigate the fields. All those in the family who are over [-] years old and under [-] years old, regardless of men, women or children, must be dispatched. ."

After receiving the owner's instructions, Jiang Laosi hurriedly organized the farmers to start carrying water to save themselves.

At the beginning, these farmers were not very enthusiastic.

For one thing, they are accustomed to relying on the weather for harvest. If the weather is good, they will harvest more, but in bad years, they will harvest less.

Secondly, after being ridiculed, they still had doubts about the yield of this new crop, which dampened their enthusiasm.

When the buckets and poles were transported to the field in batches, Zhao Yingluo was the first to pick up the pole and hook the buckets before getting up.

Chuntao and Luluo couldn't believe it when they saw that their girl actually had to fetch water by herself. From ancient times to the present, how could there be any reason for the daughter of a wealthy family to go to the fields to fetch water?
"Girl, how can your precious body do such physical work? If you are tired, can you teach me how to explain to the master?"

Zhao Yingluo was about to answer when she saw several people coming towards the field from a distance. The person being carried was none other than the daughter of the Lu family, Lu Yao.

In order to make his girl calm down and know how hard it is to get food, Lu Haowen ordered her to come to the farm to work under Zhao Yingluo for a day.

Although Lu Yao was unhappy in every possible way, she could not defeat her father after all.

It was a June day, the sun was shining brightly, and although there were two maids beside her fanning her hard, she could not help but sweat.

Sitting on the wicker chair, Lu Yao wiped the sweat from her forehead and complained, "If Wanshu hadn't slandered me in front of my father, how could my father have the heart to let me come to this dirty place?"

Guizhi, the maid who followed the cane chair, fanned the flames and said, "That's right, if you go out to work in this hot weather, wouldn't it cost people's lives?"

Lu Yao felt even more uncomfortable after hearing this. Even though her father inexplicably preferred this cousin, he still insisted on learning farming from her.

Farming, isn’t that what lower class people do?

She was slandering Zhao Yingluo, when she looked up and saw her opponent not far away.

Seeing that she was wearing coarse indigo clothes, her feet were covered with mud and weeds, and her hair was soaked with sweat, Lu Yao sneered, "The life of a maid with a body of thousands of gold, can't she be a good master in the house? I have to follow These low-class people hanging out together are a disgrace to our family."

Her words aroused everyone's anger, but after all, the other party was the master's girl, so she dared to be angry but not dare to speak.

Zhao Yingluo didn't want to restrict her too much, but her remarks about the wealthy daughter successfully aroused Zhao Yingluo's nerves.

She put the pole down and folded her hands on her chest, "Inferior people? What my sister wears and what she wears on daily basis is not provided by them? Without them, you would have starved to death."

"They are your food, clothing, and parents. Since my sister said they are inferior people, aren't you even worse than inferior people?"

"They can support themselves through their own work, but what about you? You only know how to lie on them and suck blood. What qualifications do you have to say that they are inferior people?"

"You...you..." Lu Yao was so sprayed by Zhao Yingluo that her face turned red and she couldn't say a word.

"What are you? You put on a stinking air every day and think you are superior to others. Where are you superior? You can neither help the eldest lady to manage the family affairs, nor can you worry about the state affairs for the uncle. You have only a skin but no IQ. You have simply lost everything in the Lu family. Face." Lu Yao couldn't argue with her and said angrily, "You actually... actually humiliated me like this. I will tell my mother and expel you from Lu Mansion."

Zhao Yingluo sneered, leaned over and stared at her closely and said, "If you really have this power, why don't you stop your uncle from leaving you under my care? But don't worry, sister, I will definitely follow your uncle's instructions and take good care of you." "

Lu Yao panicked...

She knew very well that her weight in her father's heart now was far less than that of this cousin who suddenly appeared.

When the farmers saw Zhao Yingluo venting her anger for them, they were all happy. However, due to the difference in status, they still looked fearful.

The inherent sense of inferiority cannot be changed much by Zhao Yingluo's words.

"Jiang Laosi, go find a smaller pole and bucket for her, so that she can experience life."

Jiang Laosi then found a pair of smaller buckets and poles and placed them in front of Lu Yao.

Zhao Yingluo picked up a bucket that was twice as big as Lu Yao's and said to her, "Pick up your bucket. From here, go to the Bian River to get two buckets of water and carry them to the fields. As long as you are faster than me, Come on, the experience ends here.”

Lu Yao resisted!How had she, the dignified little lady of the Lu family, ever done the work of a lower class person?
In order to show her loyalty, Guizhi stood up to save her master, "Miss Wanqing, aren't you making things difficult for my girl? With her body, how can she move this heavy bucket?"

Zhao Yingluo raised her eyebrows, and there was a majesty in her cold eyes that could not be refuted, "Do you have the right to speak here?"

Guizhi instantly became timid.

Lu Yao bit her lip, and after looking at the size of the buckets on both sides, she suddenly felt a little more confident.

Isn’t it just two buckets of water?I don’t believe I can’t compare to you!

Then, she reluctantly followed Zhao Yingluo's example, hooked the hook on the bucket, and picked it up danglingly.

When the farmers saw that the two daughters of the master's family actually competed in farm work, they all put down their work and waited for the good show.

However, whether Zhao Yingluo can compare with Lu Yao, they actually hold a negative attitude in their hearts.

For one thing, how could they, who grew up in wealthy families, be able to carry buckets?
Secondly, Lu Yao's two buckets weighed only twenty kilograms when filled with water, but Zhao Yingluo's two buckets weighed forty kilograms in total.

They didn't think that Zhao Yingluo could still win with such a big weight difference.

Zhao Yingluo and Lu Yao had no time to pay attention to the farmers. They carried their own buckets and walked towards the Bianhe River a mile away.

At this time, on the official road not far away, a small group of people was slowly heading towards the city. The veteran Zongze who was walking at the front was wearing gold armor and his gray beard was gently fluttering in the wind.The vicissitudes of his eyes could not hide his sincere heart of caring about the country and the people.

After going out on patrol, he wanted to lead his troops into the city, but the movement in the fields immediately attracted his attention.

He dismounted, threw the reins to his followers, and headed towards the ground.

(End of this chapter)