leisurely farming life

Cheng Qing looked around and saw a well-growing field. After a moment of doubt, he walked over there and looked at the rows of neat and green seedlings, feeling even more depressed.

Just when he was puzzled, it started to drizzle again. Xiaoyun hurried over and said anxiously: "My lord, let's go back first. If the rain becomes heavy, we should catch a cold. Let's go!"

"Rain?" Cheng Qing touched the drops of water on his face, then looked at his field, thinking of the rainy season that started a few days ago, he suddenly understood the reason why his land became a paddy field.

But today's rain was indeed unlucky, so he didn't think much about it, and went home with Xiaoyun.

As soon as Xiaoyun got home, he first made ginger tea, then boiled hot water, asked Cheng Qing to drink the ginger tea first, and then asked him to take a bath to wash off all the moisture on his body, so that he would not catch a cold.

Cheng Qing locked himself in the study room, carefully deliberated, and didn't come out to eat until dinner time. After finishing, he asked Xiaoyun to bring the coir raincoat and bamboo hat at home, and he wanted to go out for a while.

"My lord, what if there is something good or bad about such a heavy rain, what should I do? Let's go tomorrow, lord."

Xiaoyun knew that the young master couldn't let go of the land, but she couldn't let the young master go out at night, if something really happened, what should she do?

Cheng Qing waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, just give me another oil lamp for lighting on the road."

"My lord, it's not safe outside. If you're really worried, you can go inside. My lord said, Xiaoyun go."

"How is that possible? You are a girl from every family, what should you do if something happens?"

"The young master has an accident, what should Xiaoyun do?"

Cheng Qing felt that he had the illusion that the state officials were only allowed to set fires and not allow the common people to light lamps. He rubbed his nose embarrassedly and said with a smile, "Don't you believe your son?"

Xiaoyun shook his head: "Of course not."

"That's it, don't worry, you stay at home, if I haven't come back in an hour, you can go to the field to find me, okay?"

"But……"

"Don't worry, hurry up, I'll go and come back early while there's still some light. By the way, bring me the hoe when you get the coir raincoat."

Xiao Yun had no choice but to prepare everything for him as he said, and watch him go out.

Cheng Qing was holding an oil lamp in one hand and an umbrella in the other—Xiao Yun was worried that he would get wet and catch a cold, so he insisted on bringing the umbrella with him.

So Cheng Qing, who was wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, was holding an umbrella, not to mention how funny it was, if he saw it himself, he would probably laugh out loud.

This was the first time he had gone out in the dark without anyone accompanying him, and he felt somewhat apprehensive, but fortunately, the land was not far from him, and he would arrive soon.

The field that has almost turned into a pond, because it is too small to hold too much water, seems to have a feeling of overflowing.

Cheng Qing took a closer look at the surrounding area of ​​his own field, without any gaps. Then he walked to other people's fields, and he saw a trick.

There is a lot of rain in the rainy season. If the drainage is not done properly, the crops of that kind will be drowned.

So the clever farmer came up with the idea of ​​digging a small opening beside the field for drainage and irrigation.

Although there is water in other people's fields, they are not flooded like Cheng Qing's, and this method is used.

Cheng Qing, who understood, immediately went back to his field, and dug a hole at the nearest field with the hoe he brought.

Sure enough, the water in the field ran towards the hole as if it had found a vent, and flowed into the ditch.

Cheng Qing made one or two more cuts. Seeing the fruitful fields, Cheng Qing was very satisfied and went home in a good mood. He believed that when he came to see his fields tomorrow morning, he and Xiaoyun would be surprised by his fields!

Xiaoyun didn't care what the situation in the field was, as soon as he saw Cheng Qing coming to the door, he immediately prepared ginger tea, took off his soaked coir raincoat and bamboo hat, and then went to boil hot water.

When Cheng Qing was lying in the bathtub, he realized that he had already washed it for the second time today, and besides, he didn't actually get wet. Did Xiao Yun make a fuss over a molehill?

It really wasn't that Xiaoyun made a big fuss. Early the next morning, when Cheng Qing's coughing throat was about to cripple, he realized that he was really weak.

"My lord, have you tasted the pain now?" Xiao Yun held the decocted medicine to the bed and waited for Cheng Qing to eat it.

Cheng Qing knew that he was wrong about this, so he didn't say a word of rebuttal, but he really missed his place, so he looked at Xiaoyun expectantly.

"Don't think about your son, what matters in the field is more important than your body? Xiaoyun is not stupid, and he won't lose the big because of small things!"

Cheng Qing said in a hoarse voice: "I just want to take a look. The sky outside is so beautiful. I'll go out and have a look. I'll never go out at night again..."

Xiaoyun wrung out the towel, then wiped Cheng Qing's face and upper body, and said without retreating at all: "Young Master, you should just lie on the bed honestly until you recover from illness. Didn't you hear what the doctor said? Young Master is basically Weak, what if you don’t take good care of yourself and your body collapses?”

"Didn't the doctor say that I can still go out for a walk, is it good for my health?"

"What the doctor said is normal! Don't take it out of context, my lord!"

Cheng Qing smiled and said, "Xiaoyun, your knowledge is getting better and better..."

After Xiaoyun covered Cheng Qing with the quilt, he said: "Young master taught me well, so please lie down, and be honest until you recover from your illness!"

"Hey..." Cheng Qing looked at Xiao Yun who was leaving from behind, and understood her attitude.

Originally?It's really nothing to him if he can't get out, but his right eyelid keeps twitching, isn't this a good sign for him?

Sure enough, when Cheng Qing was sick in bed for four days and went to the field on the fifth day accompanied by Xiaoyun, Cheng Qing knew that he felt right.

The original paddy field has now completely turned into dry land...

Because after Cheng Qing opened the hole, all the water in the field flowed away, and after three or four days of the sun, the water in the field had already disappeared without a trace...

What a coincidence, why are you always against him?

Xiaoyun glanced at Cheng Qing, who was beside him who was full of regret, and persuaded: "My lord, why don't we farm the land?"

"If you don't do it when you encounter such a small thing, don't talk about farming in the first place!"

Cheng Qing went down to the ground with a solemn expression, looking at the ground that didn't know if it could be brought back to life, feeling extremely heavy.

He looked around, and suddenly saw a figure not far away, a little familiar but he didn't know who it was.

The man turned his back to him and was working with a hoe. Because the sun was so hot, the man wiped the sweat from his forehead with a towel hanging around his neck.Even so, he didn't stop his movements, neat but powerful.

Cheng Qing looked at the land he planted again, and it was almost the same as him.

The land here is not cheap, and it is usually owned by the landlord's family, so it is good news for Cheng Qing to meet one or two people.

Cheng Qing, who intends to display a shameless questioning attitude, intends to ask that person, is there any salvation in his place?

Xiao Yun, who knew Cheng Qing's thoughts, volunteered: "My lord, let me go..."

"I'll go, it looks sincere."

Cheng Qing tidied up his clothes, walked slowly to the man, bowed and said, "Brother, I just came to Wangjia Village and I want to ask some questions, is it convenient?"

The man turned his head when he heard the sound, and a familiar face appeared in front of Cheng Qing: "Ah, it's you..."

The man was the one Cheng Qing saw at the door of the Li Chang's house last time.

"What's the matter?" The man's voice was very generous, which sounded very reassuring.

Thinking about the business, Cheng Qing hurriedly said: "A few days ago I came to see my land, and it turned out to be full of water, so I opened a few holes to drain the water, but I couldn't come to see it a few days ago because of something. This land has become dry, I want you to go and see if my land can be saved?"

Cheng Qing pointed to the direction of his home, the man hesitated, and asked, "Where is your man?"

Hearing this, Cheng Qing frowned unhappily, and said in a bad tone: "Without a man, I can't live without a twin?"

"No." The man pushed Cheng Qing away and walked over. Cheng Qing was very angry at being underestimated, and was about to walk over to scold him when he heard the man say, "Aren't you leading the way?"

"Ok?"

"Lead the way to see the place."

Cheng Qing, who was full of doubts, took him to his own field. Cheng Qing was not a talkative person. Just now he said such unpleasant things again, but he wanted to ask others, so he should be a little kinder and talk to him. Said: "What's the name of this big brother? My name is Cheng Qing, and I just came here."

"Wang Zhili." The man didn't say much, and his answer was very brief.

"Uh..." Cheng Qing was dumbfounded.

Seeing the change on Cheng Qing's face, Wang Zhili said, "Is there a problem?"

"No, I visited your house last time, but you were not there, only Xiaoshan was there..." Cheng Qing said, "Later Xiaoshan also brought over wild food, which was delicious, and Xiaoyun and I were very satisfied."

Wang Zhili nodded when he heard this, and silently followed him to Cheng Qing's field.He has been farming with his family since he was a child, and this is what he eats, so he knew the problem of Cheng Qing's land at a glance.

"How? Can it be saved?"

If ordinary land is so ruined, it may be possible to just plant something casually, but Cheng Qing's land is a valuable fertile field, so the foundation is good, as long as it is handled properly.

"Can……"

Cheng Qing was overjoyed and said, "Really? What should I do?"

"You take a hoe and turn over the soil first. The top is dry but the bottom is watery. Turn over the bottom soil first. After an hour or two, turn the top soil down again, back and forth four or five times, and that's it. "

"So simple?"

"Ah."

After Cheng Qing thanked him, Wang Zhili went back to his field. Cheng Qing picked up the hoe and started digging the soil as he said.

Although what he said was very simple, it was not easy at all to do it. After all, it was hard work, and he, who had not done coolies for more than 20 years, was not at all good.Xiaoyun also came down to help, the girl's strength was even worse than that of Cheng Qing.