Fragrant Spring - 146 Lazy Man

Lin Hua felt a lightness in his hand and opened his eyes. There were only empty branches in his hands. When he looked at Qiaoying beside him, he was turning aside and eating the rice cakes he cooked with relish. The others were secretly eating

Laughing, Lin Hua understood and asked: "Where is my glutinous rice cake?"

Qiaoying picked up the glutinous rice cake that Liping had just dropped into the ashes and patted it into Lin Hua's hand, "Hey, where's this one?"

Lin Hua glared at her and said, "You ate one, and there are two more?"

Qiaoying said with a smile: "I will eat one, your sister will have one, and you will hold one in your hand. How many more do you want?"

"This is not mine." Lin Hua looked at the dusty glutinous rice cake in his hand and said with disgust.

Lin Fen said from the side: "You just have to make do with it. If you have to eat it, you won't mind it."

Everyone was amused by Qiaoying's naughty look just now, and they all made fun of Lin Hua.

But Liping was a little embarrassed. She returned Lin Hua's glutinous rice cake and said in a low voice: "This is yours."

Just when Lin Hua was about to say something, Qiaoying brought another glutinous rice cake to Liping and said, "I gave it to a woman, and I want it back. How shameless are you?"

Lin Hua took a breath and said, "Who wants it? It's you who robbed it from me. If you want to eat it, I can cook it for you."

"This is what you said yourself. You can help us cook it now. We have eaten enough and you are eating." Qiaoying stimulated him with a haha.

The glutinous rice cake returned to Liping's hands. She was a little embarrassed, neither eating it nor giving it back to Lin Hua.

Lin Hua saw Liping's embarrassment and was also afraid that if Liping returned the glutinous rice cake to him again, he would lose face completely. So he took a bite of the dusty glutinous rice cake in his hand and said to Liping: "

You eat it, I'll just eat this."

Liping didn't say anything and started eating glutinous rice cake in silence.

After a day's work, Liping's hands were blistered and she was terribly tired. When she finished work in the evening, everyone else was carrying a load of firewood home, but she didn't even want to carry a hoe.

Lin Hua didn't carry firewood either. Everyone scolded him for being lazy. Lin Fen scolded him even more, saying, "My parents are carrying firewood when they are so old, but you are so young and don't carry it. How can you be honest?"

Lin Hua was not angry either. He said with a playful smile: "What do you know? It's such a long journey and I'm not as stupid as you. I'll carry it back here."

Qiaoying loves to talk back to Lin Hua. Before Lin Fen could talk about Lin Hua, she asked first: "If you don't carry it here, where will you carry it? When you get home, go to someone else's firewood pile to carry it?"

Lin Hua retorted: "Don't think of me as such a bad person. I have never done this kind of theft."

Lin Fen said: "Then where are you going to carry it?"

Lin Hua saw that everyone was scolding him, and he would not let him go until he made it clear, so he had to say: "I'll go back to the back mountain to get closer, can't I chop down a raw tree?"

Lin Hua's words made everyone dumbfounded. The firewood here was collected by Chen Ming's family when they were clearing the forest land. After being trained in the mountains and exposed to the sun and wind for such a long time, it has already dried. All you have to do is pick one and carry it back.

That’s it. And Lin Hua said that he would cut down one tree only after returning to the mountain behind the house.

Raw, this is something that no one has done since Muwa Village was inhabited until now. There is a lot of firewood in the mountains. Isn’t it a big joke to have to carry a load of firewood back? Although firewood can be dried at home

, but Lin Hua’s actions proved that he was not just lazy.

Qiaoying laughed so hard that tears came out. She said, "I finally know what it means to be lazy. You are so lazy that you are so lazy behind the house."

Lin Fen didn't scold or laugh. She said: "You lazy guy, I can't go back and help Liping carry the hoe for nothing."

Everyone's hoes are hidden in the mountains, because they will come to help Chen Ming dig tomorrow, so there is no need to take them back. Liping is too tired to come tomorrow, and she has to carry her hoes back. Lin Hua is here

No longer scolded, she happily agreed. And Liping was so tired that she wished someone would carry her back, so she didn't care so much.

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Soon, more than a month passed. Muwa Village was like a child waking up from sleep, showing vitality everywhere. The peach blossoms bloomed, bamboo shoots emerged, and the grass on the roadside sprouted. The big banyan tree at the head of the village, I don’t know when

She secretly changed into a new pink outfit. The water in the small river flowing through the village also quietly rose. Spring came quietly.

In the field, some people have already begun to plow the rice fields, preparing to sow the rice seedlings. From time to time, the cry of cattle can be heard, as well as the yelling and cursing of cattle drivers. Lin Hua is also holding the cow rope with one hand and holding the wooden plow with the other.

In previous years, he didn't have to plow the fields. This year, his father's foot was scratched by a broken glass a few days ago and he couldn't go to the fields. It's not the right time of year.

Man, Lin Hua was forced to help plow the fields. Lin Hua hadn't plowed the fields yet, so his old father was worried and limped along. Fortunately, uncle Haishan came over and taught Lin Hua for a while.

, Lin Hua has slowly been able to master the operation of oxen and plows. Although the plowing was crooked and shallow, his father did not say much about him. From then on,

After all, it is given to him, so let him learn first. Although plowing the field may seem as simple as just walking behind the cow's butt, there is actually a lot of knowledge involved. First, you must let the cow walk in a straight line, and you must tighten the reins.

If the rope hits the cow's body, it will move to the right again, so the degree must be controlled and not too loose or too tight.

The same goes for this plow. When holding the plow, lift your hand up a little, and the plowshare will dig into the soil. The soil will be deep enough that the ox can't pull it. Press your hand down a little, and the plowshare will come out of the soil.

Oxen can also bully people. If you don't have this power, they will become lazy or get angry. Therefore, when plowing the fields, you must constantly scold them and whip them from time to time.

After finally plowing a field, Lin Hua untied the cow and handed it to his father to graze. He went to the river to wash his face, which was covered with mud after being thrown by the cow's tail. He hadn't had breakfast yet, so

The oxen had to go to work early in the morning, and the fields had to be plowed in the morning. After ten o'clock, the oxen had to eat grass for several hours, and in the afternoon they had to rake the plowed fields several times before they were finished.

Lin Hua washed his hands and feet and sat on the roadside to smoke and wait for his mother to bring food to the father and son. After sitting for a while, he saw Chen Ming, his wife and Qiaoying walking over with hoes. Lin Hua hurriedly shouted: "Master, what are you going to do?"

Ah? Let’s take a cigarette and take a break first.” He pulled out half of the cigarette box and stretched out his hands to wait for Chen Ming to come over. Lin Hua sometimes asked Chen Ming to be his master. Although it was a bit of a joke, Chen Ming

He is indeed his master.

Chen Ming couldn't resist the kindness, so he had to come over to take the cigarette, put down the hoe, and sat on the handle of the hoe. As soon as Chen Ming sat firmly, Lin Hua lit the lighter with a clang, shielding the wind with his hand to light Chen Ming's cigarette.

The lighter is an old-fashioned lighter, the kind filled with kerosene and flint.
Chapter completed!