Depressed little landlord

Everyone got up early the next day. In order to finish the cut earlier, Lin Xuan and the others simply went to the ground before dawn, but they miscalculated. Their speed was not enough in the dark, and they were still worried about cutting their hands during the day, let alone in the dark. ?

Finally, I found some hay or something, and lit a fire next to the place that had already been mowed. The four of them lit the fire, and the speed improved a little.

If you go out too early, don’t worry about leaving Lin Xun to sleep alone at home, because you’re afraid that he won’t be able to find anyone and think about it, so Lin Xuan brought him here, and now he’s sleeping in the cart until the sun comes out to transport the rice back. Time to send them home together.

In the field, there was the sound of the river flowing, the sound of insects in the distance, the "cracking" sound of sparks exploding in the fire, and the sound of the scythe cutting the rice stalks. The four of them basically did not speak. In my heart, I just want to cut as much as possible before the sun rises. Yesterday's hard work really made them suffer.

The four of them were bent over and busy, when a figure suddenly came from a distance, and Xu Yang didn't notice the person until he came close and directly joined in.

"It's you, thanks."

Hearing the voice, the other three people noticed it and looked over one after another, all a little surprised.

"Brother Zhuzi, why are you here?"

The person who came was Zhu Zi. Hearing Lin Xuan's question, he smiled and said softly: "My canal has been dug, and the corn will have to wait for a few days, so come to help, and if you have more people, hurry up."

"Thank you so much, kid."

Butler Hua was next door to him, and he sincerely thanked Zhu Zi. At first glance, Zhu Zi was used to doing farm work. With his help, the young master would be able to work less hard.

"It's nothing, it should be." Zhu Zi still said with a smile, then lowered his head and went to cut the rice.

The speed of that movement was as expected by Butler Hua, it was standard and fast, which made Lin Xuan and the others sigh, he alone was equivalent to the four of them.

Seeing him like this, as the master, it is not easy to let the helper busy himself, so Lin Xuan and the others stopped talking and continued.Just like that, when the sun rose, Lin Xun in the cart rubbed his eyes and sat up to call someone, only to realize that they had cut half of it.

"Xun'er is awake?"

With yesterday's experience, this time Lin Xuan did not straighten his waist, but stood up slowly with one hand on his waist.

"Brother, why isn't your name Xun'er?" Lin Xun rubbed his eyes, looked around, and from here, the sun had already shone on their house, so he asked a little dissatisfied.

He also wants to help.

Seeing that the others did not stop, Lin Xuan hurriedly moved the sickle to the place he had cut before, and then walked towards Lin Xun while patting his sleeves.

Seeing his elder brother approaching, Lin Xun reached out to hug him, but Lin Xuan passed him by.

"Xun'er, my brother's body is dirty, don't touch it, or you will get itchy."

Lin Xun opened his eyes wide, then withdrew his hand in doubt, stroked his stomach and said with a flat mouth: "Brother, I'm hungry."

Lin Xuan looked at it and really wanted to rub it, but thought that he was inconvenient now, so he could only give up, smiled and pointed to the edge of the field: "Breakfast is over there, go wash your mouth first, wash your face before eating, Can Xun'er finish it by himself?"

Douding nodded again and again, and jumped off the cart. Because he brought it out, he helped put on his clothes earlier, but now he is just a little wrinkled from sleeping, but it's not a big problem.

Showing a big smile at Lin Xuan, Dian Dian ran to the canal. They didn't dig very deep before, so they weren't afraid that he would fall into it and get drowned. Lin Xuan was quite at ease.

"Just play there, don't run around alone, especially if you can't go to the river, you know?"

Lin Xun was trying to bend down to wash his face with water, but his short body, short legs and short hands made it a little difficult. Hearing his brother's words, he quickly stood up and went back to work hard.

Lin Xuan saw it from a distance, but he snickered unkindly and didn't come to help, but he still kept paying attention there, for fear that he would fall into it.

In the end, Douding seemed to be in a hurry. He secretly looked this way, and seeing that no one was paying attention, he angrily took off his shoes and socks, and stepped in with his bare feet. Finally, there was enough water.

Lin Xuan kept trying not to let himself laugh out loud, but he couldn't hold back the smile and opened his mouth. As a result, he was choked by the fine rice ash and coughed for a while, which attracted the people next to him to look over frequently.

Xu Yang came over to help him pat his back, and blamed him in disapproval: "Concentrate on your work, what if you cut your hand? Go over there and wash your face and mouth, and eat something, it's getting late."

"...cough cough..." Lin Xuan coughed until his face and neck were flushed, tears came out, and he wanted to continue working, but when he saw Xu Yang's expression, he suddenly felt a little awkward, and hurriedly lowered his head and nodded in response.

Xu Yang was left looking at his back with deep and fiery eyes.

***

Today, maybe they are more used to it, or because Zhuzi is right, this time it only took one big morning to mow the remaining nearly one mu of land, and then it was Xu Yangzhuzi who brought it home. , and the rest go home first.

It's not easy after cutting. The rice still needs to be harvested and dried. Now that the weather is good, we have to hurry up to harvest the rice.

This world does not have such advanced tools yet, so it can only be plucked bit by bit. Lin Xuan is also a little lucky that he didn't pick them one by one, otherwise it would make people crazy.

The threshing is borrowed from the village head. A wooden barrel with a diameter of more than one meter and a width of one meter. The person grasps the rice stalk and beats it hard against the wall of the barrel. This requires a lot of strength and is very tiring.

Lin Xuan's arm was so sore after only two or three hits. Even Xu Yang couldn't last long. On the contrary, Zhu Zi was still fast and persisted for a long time. Seeing Lin Xuan's admiring eyes, this honest man smiled. Hehe, he scratched his head in embarrassment and said that he was used to it.

Indeed, when rice was still grown in the village, he had done it since he was a child. Now the rice bucket is almost used by everyone to store grain.

After Xu Yang rested for a while, he continued to help, as did Lin Xuan. Xu Yang Zhuzi urged him to go to rest, but he blocked the two of them with the words "try, otherwise how will you get used to it in the future?" I had no choice but to let him go, but I just tried to let him play only two times and take over the job.

The yard has been cleaned very well by the little chrysanthemum housekeeper, and the chickens, ducks and geese are locked in the back to prevent them from coming to the front. Afterwards, the grain mats we asked my grandmother to weave are spread in the yard, and when the grains are almost ready, they are poured on the ground. On top, spread out to expose to the sun.

Although it was very hard work, Lin Xuan and the others showed a satisfied smile when they saw the grains of yellow-orange-orange rice gradually increasing and laying on the ancient shackles.

Hard work pays off, doesn't it?

Even Zhu Zi was happy for them, with a big smile, he didn't even bother to wipe the sweat off his face, grinning at Grandma Li who was sitting on the side, and said: "Mother, I really can plant, I will bloom more next year, Let’s plant it too, so Mom can eat rice again.”

"Okay, okay." Grandma also looked excited, she burst into tears, and said three "okay" words, looking at Lin Xuan and the others, they were very grateful.

"Xiaoxuan is really the lucky star of our village. Granny believes that our village will get better and better. Zhuzi, you are right to listen to them."

"That's right." Zhu Zi nodded again and again, wiped his face hastily with the cloth towel on his shoulders, and kept smiling, "My mother also agreed, I will follow you to plant this year, if you need help, just explain."

Hearing this, Lin Xuan was grateful for being trusted, but also a little embarrassed for such praise.

After hearing this, Steward Hua was extremely happy. This made him happier than praising him. The young master was affirmed, no matter how hard it was, it was worth it.

Two acres of land, in the end Lin Xuan and the others roughly weighed it, and only collected more than 300 grains. Lin Xuan was very sad, but Grandma Zhuzi and the others were very happy. If it was sold in the town, it would be a profit. A sum of money.

Even other people in the village were very excited when they heard about it. As early as when Lin Xuan and the others took it back, people came to see it from time to time.

While threshing grain with his arms, he excitedly talked to the people next to him, as if he didn't know how tired he was.

"Uncle Sanwang, don't tell me, this millet grows really well, it's quite heavy to hold like this, almost as long as rice."

The village head, Xu Sanwang, also took a close look at the sun-dried millet, his black face was also full of joy, and he didn't know if he could hear clearly, but anyone who spoke to him would just nod.

In my heart, I believed in Lin Xuan's method again. I thought that his family would also dig canals before, and that I could grow rice in the coming year, so I was very enthusiastic.

I wondered in my heart whether I should report those who moved out and wanted to sell their land, so as to save some thorns from running back when I got the news. Now the village is quite good like this.

Looking back at Lin Xuan who was smiling and talking to the villagers, Village Chief Xu made a secret decision.

The Lin family has been very lively these days, and everyone came to see it. It is better to see it with your own eyes than to hear it. This way, you will have more confidence in what you will plant in the coming year. Therefore, before preparing to harvest corn, people come every day The Lin family helped with a lot of people and strength. Within a few days, and with the weather, the rice was almost dry.

After drying, I weighed it again, and this time there were still three hundred and five. Lin Xuan didn't know if this amount was normal at this time, but what he heard in modern times was pitifully small, but seeing other people excited With a happy expression, he thought it might be pretty good, right?

"We accumulate more manure, and when we have enough manure in the coming year, there will definitely be more than now."

Can't bear to discourage everyone's enthusiasm, Lin Xuan said with a smile, and it was true. Everyone who heard it agreed with his words, and they were all discussing how to accumulate more fertilizer. Anyway, everyone's interest was very high.

"Brother Xuan, are you going to sell the millet or peel it and sell it?" Mrs. Xu Zhang suddenly asked loudly.

"Ah?" Lin Xuan was taken aback for a moment, then he understood and pondered for a while and said, "I have to see how the price is sold in the town before making a decision."

Others also felt reasonable after hearing this, "That's right, I don't know how much the rice price is this year, so I have to inquire first, but I think your rice is pretty good, so it should have a good price."

"Well, then with your good words, everyone will be able to sell for a good price in the future."

"Hahaha, that's right, brat Xuan can talk." Mrs. Xu looked at her, pulled Xu Zhang's hand and said, "His aunt, brat Xuan didn't peel the skin, why don't you borrow yours first?" Use it for them?"

Mrs. Xu Zhang responded readily with a wave of his hand: "What's the problem, just go and move it here. Brother Xuan, if you don't know how to do it, you can ask everyone, and I'm sure you can beat your rice well and quickly. .”

"Then thank you aunts first."

"Why are you being polite? Everyone still wants to thank you. Don't forget to help everyone in the future."

"Well, Lin Xuan is not the kind of ungrateful person, please rest assured."

"Hahaha, it's good to have your words, and there is no need to say anything else."

Although the days are getting hotter and hotter, bursts of joyful laughter from the house bring some coolness to this scorching summer day.

After threshing, the Lin family became lively again, because some people couldn't help but joined in the fun, helping Lin Xuan and the others shell the shells, and the euphemistic name was: teach them how to do it.

But before Lin Xuan and the others went to the town to inquire, their house had guests first.