After a simple rebirth

When turning from the main road into the small road, Fu Ying stood on the side of the road and put on Fu Ma's shirt, then wrapped the scarf around her head like a bandage, leaving only her eyes exposed.

"Second aunt, why do you wrap it like this?" Wang Cong asked first.

"You're stupid. When you go in, it will be full of corn. It will be so painful when the corn leaves scratch your face and body. Even if it doesn't hurt, it will itch. I'm not afraid this way." Fu Ying answered him while bandaging the wound.

"But those leaves are nothing. Just push them away with your hands when you leave!" Wang Cong wondered.

Fu Ying thought the same when she was little, but later she realized that she could only pick one corn with both hands, not dozens. She had to pick one corn with both hands every step she took, and if the corn picked by the person in front of her hit her face, it would be a perfect hit. She got tired before she even started picking corn, so she gave up and was attacked more.

"How do you pick the corn? I'm fine this way." Fu Ying is now armed and can move forward.

Wang Yu found Fu Ying like this a little funny, but also seemed to be of some use. However, she didn't bring her coat, and it was too late to go home now, she would be scolded.

Sure enough, Fu Ying's equipment came in handy as soon as she entered the path. She didn't have to keep flicking with her hands, nor did she have to worry about the corn leaves bouncing back from the front. She only needed to protect her eyes.

The big graveyard was soon reached. There was a cornfield on the first side and a cornfield on the second side. Fu Ying sometimes admired the rural people. They all planted the same things and when they matured, they were all the same. There were no ridges or signs on every plot of land. How did they recognize their own land? Fu Ying would definitely not be able to recognize it.

A group of people followed Fu Ergu to the land of the two families. This time they started from the innermost part and went outwards, so they had to keep walking along this land. At the end of this land, there was a ridge nearly 1.5 meters high. On the ridge were the land of Fu Ying's family and Fu Ergu's family. Below the ridge were other people's lands, which had a different orientation from the upper part. The lower part was slanted horizontally, while the upper part was vertically flat.

The land below is lower, so the view is clear. Less than three hundred meters away is the wall of Gumang Middle School that has been built for many years. It seems that the first land acquisition has not yet started.

But it won’t be long, Fu Ying knows. Land expropriation will definitely start in the next two years. She will have to find a solution when Fu’s father comes back for the Chinese New Year.

When the land was expropriated in the past, the villagers didn’t believe it at first, but after it was confirmed they tried to increase the price. Then they forcibly started relocating graves and measuring, but it didn’t seem to last particularly long.

When Fu Ergu heard that they were about to start measuring the size and allocating funds, she quickly notified Fu Yu to buy some saplings to plant in the field, as if to say that pure grain planting was different from cash crops. Fu Yu bought one-year-old saplings at the market and planted them. Later, he made some extra money for each sapling. Anyway, during the New Year, Fu Yu and Fu Ma discussed that they made an extra thousand yuan. Fu Ergu's family had even more, and she planted more in advance.

Because Fu Yu paid for the seedlings and planted them, her mother let her keep the extra money as her own pocket money. It was mainly because Fu Ying and the others were working at that time, and the family was not so difficult, so Fu's mother was able to subsidize her eldest daughter.

So, this could also be an alternative.

When Fu Ying was lost in thought, Wang Yu called her. Fu Ying came to her senses and asked her what was wrong.

"Second aunt, where should we start? Together?"

Fu Ying looked around and saw that someone was already at the edge of the row. She led Wang Yu two rows further away.

"Let's start with this one. You break it from this side, and I'll break it from that side. Then we'll meet in the middle and put the basket in the middle. Then we can lift the next one together so it won't be so heavy."

Wang Yu nodded and started to pick corn.

Breaking corn is a laborious job that requires persistence and no skills. Hold the corn stalk with one hand and hold the middle of the corn with the other hand, and break the whole corn off from the root. The reason for holding the corn stalk is that it is difficult to sort out the broken corn stalks, so the corn stalks are cut after the corn is harvested.

Wang Yu was used to it, and was faster than Fu Ying. Fu Ying was not in a hurry, as she had a whole day to work. If she was too fast at the beginning, she would not be able to hold on later! After Wang Yu finished, Fu Ying walked over to check if there was anything that was missed. Although adults and children would definitely miss something, since Fu Ying noticed this detail, she decided to spend a few more seconds to check it. If she chose to do it, she had to do it well, and she would not be criticized.

Fu Ying's family of three, plus Wang Yu, Wang Cong, and an older sister, were all responsible for picking corn. Fu Ergu walked around and took the corn from wherever it was full and poured it into a big backpack. The other few people who helped were mainly responsible for carrying the corn back to Fu Ergu's home.

Time flies so fast that the adults in charge of carrying the corn back have already made several trips.

I don’t know if Second Uncle was angry because he suddenly had to cook alone, or if he was too busy without Wang Yu’s help. At twelve o’clock, the person who went to carry corn came back with an empty basket and told Second Aunt Fu that Second Uncle asked her to go back to help cook.

"He is alone at home, how can he not even cook a meal? He just wants me to cook lunch and he wants me to go back to help serve him!" Aunt Fu went back cursing.

Fu Ying smiled, but couldn't laugh out loud, so she secretly pursed her lips.

When it was almost time, we were called back to eat. Those who had backpacks had to fill them up and carry them back. Fu Ying was also forced to carry a small basket of corn.

Mother Fu was carrying a large square backpack and had difficulty lifting it, so Fu Ying asked Fu Zhe to help her lift it up.

When Fu Ying was ready to carry the corn on her back, she couldn't get it up. It was too heavy! In her previous life, she was fat, so she still had some strength. Now she was thin, and she hadn't exercised much, so the corn was still solid and watery. She couldn't get it up without help.

Fu's mother came over and helped her lift it up a little, and Fu Ying stood up and was barely able to move forward. She kept her eyes on the road. Under her feet was a ridge between the ground, which was dug out and was uneven and narrow. If she fell, she could roll to the ground with the backpack.

Wang Yu followed her and asked her if she wanted to carry him on her back instead. Fu Ying refused with a breath held.

Just kidding, Wang Yu is a few years younger than her and smaller than her. Although she may be stronger than her, it is impossible for her to carry her! Fu Ying should carry her herself.

Under tremendous pressure, Fu Ying finally arrived at Fu Ergu's house.

After the person carrying the corn back has stood firmly, he will exert a little force from behind and lean the whole body a little to the right front, and the corn will fall out.

Fu Ying didn't dare to do this rashly. She remembered that when she was a child, she bent down too quickly, and the backpack fell out, and she fell into the corn pile. She still didn't know how to pour the corn diagonally, so she could only wait for Fu's mother to help her unload the backpack. After Fu's mother pulled her hands out, she covered the corn pile with the backpack and poured it out.

After washing hands, they ate. Second uncle's face was black the whole time. Second aunt Fu was the one who served the rice. Fu Ying pretended to help pass the bowl. In fact, they didn't cook any dishes at noon. They were just bacon and garlic sprouts, which were quick to cook. Fu Ying didn't understand why second uncle asked second aunt to come back to help.

Before they finished eating, Second Uncle yelled at Second Aunt Fu in front of the guests, "Don't let Wang Yu go to the fields this afternoon. Let her wash the vegetables for me at home. I can't do so much by myself."

Aunt Fu scolded him, "How hard is it for you to wash the dishes for less than ten people? When Wang Yu was a child, you could also cook well. Wang Yu can't help much at home, so why can you ask her to cook? She is faster than Fu Ying in the field when she is breaking corn!"

As a result, the second uncle looked at Fu Ying in a particularly fierce manner. Fu Ying didn't look at him but listened to their quarrel. If he dared to say anything to Fu Ying, then Fu Ying would dare not go to the fields to help.

In the end, the second uncle held it in. No matter what, Fu Ying was helping his family, not coming here to eat and drink for free.

Fu Ying was too lazy to look at his expression, so she picked up some more dishes, ate a few mouthfuls of rice and ran home directly, leaving the house without any care. She used to foolishly help her second aunt wash dishes, but now she doesn't care.

Second aunt should still feed the pigs, and Wang Yu is the only one who can wash the dishes. She is destined to bear all this in this family, and no one can help her.