sbdcsierra Chapter 369: Harvesting Wheat 2
Chapter 369: Harvesting Wheat 2
"Come and take a look at you. Your clothes are covered with wheat thorns. They will prick you." Gu Qingqing said as she raised her hand to pat the wheat thorns on Li Xin's clothes.
"Hehe, it won't hurt." Li Xin said nonchalantly.
Gu Qingqing then looked at Old Yang who had also arrived, and gently scolded him, "Uncle Yang, didn't I say that I didn't need your help? It's only five acres of land in total, it will be done quickly."
"Hehehe, I'm just sitting at home with nothing to do, so now that I'm here, I might as well give them a hand."
"Qingqing, you're here."
Gu Qingqing looked at everyone who had arrived, and she smiled and said, "Come and wash your hands. I brought back some buns from town to fill your stomachs."
As she spoke, she held the jar and poured a small stream of water out. After they finished washing, she said, "The water in the bowl was just poured. There are buns in the basket next to it. Take them and eat them yourself."
Several of them were doing heavy work, so they didn't hesitate to take a sip of water and started eating the buns.
After eating and drinking, Zhao Dong pulled down the sweat towel around his neck, looked at Gu Qingqing and asked, "Is there any water in the jar?"
Gu Qingqing, who was standing by, immediately understood the other party's intention. She thought that he wanted to wash the sweat towel whose ends had already changed color.
Gu Qingqing glanced at the towels around Wen Wuyan and Zhao Bei's necks, then she stretched out her hand and said to them, "There's water in the creek not far away. Give me the towels and I'll go wash your clothes. Save the water in the jar for you to drink later."
Zhao Dong wanted to refuse, but Wen Wuyan snatched the towel from his hand and gave it to Gu Qingqing along with his own.
Gu Qingqing left quickly and came back quickly too.
He handed them the cleaned towels and asked Wen Wuyan, "Do you want to take a truckload of wheat from the field home today? If so, I'll load it up now."
"Let's do it together tomorrow. We have to keep someone here at night no matter what." Wen Wuyan looked up at the sky and knew that it would be sunny for the next two days.
Before the wheat was harvested, they were worried that someone would come to steal the wheat, so now they have tied the wheat into bundles and have to leave people to guard it, otherwise if they really encounter someone who steals the wheat, they will be waiting to eat the wedding eggs.
---Get something for nothing.
"Okay, then I'll drive the donkey cart back later. We'll try to get back by noon tomorrow and start pulling the wheat back in the afternoon."
If it were someone else's family, they would definitely focus on the work in the wheat fields first. But their family was a little different because they could earn more than one or two taels of silver every day from the business in the town.
She could afford the loss of not opening for one day, but the potential loss of customers was not what Gu Qingqing wanted to see.
"Then come home for dinner later. I'll go back and cook for you." After saying this, Gu Qingqing wanted to pull Old Yang and Li Xin back, but neither of them wanted to go back.
Gu Qingqing could only leave half a jar of water and go back.
I found a few red tomatoes that were not very transparent from the field, plucked six cucumbers, and the long beans were growing well, thick and long. There didn't seem to be many of them on the rack, but when I really picked them, I picked a whole basket.
She saw that there were no big eggplants left, so if she wanted to pick them she would have to wait until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
However, the peppers were growing well, so she picked a few to use in cooking later.
In the evening she still cooked white rice. Today she prepared the roast duck with dried bamboo shoots early and served half of it to eat in the evening.
A dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, red tomatoes, yellow eggs and a lot of oil. Just looking at the soup makes people very hungry.
There were stir-fried pork slices with long beans, scrambled eggs with chili peppers, a plate of pickled bamboo shoots, and a cucumber and egg soup. She made cold cucumber salad with the remaining cucumbers from the soup.
Gu Qingqing felt that the meal was not enough, so she asked Dahua to go to the roadside and pick some tender tips of purslane and make a cold purslane dish.
Wen Wuyan didn't come back when dinner was served. Only Zhao Dong, Zhao Bei, Old Yangtou and Li Xin came back.
Not only did they come back, but Niu Yuzhu also came and took the two children away.
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Gu Qingqing hurriedly asked them to wash up, and then the family started to eat.
At the same time, she put the food she was going to bring to Wen Wuyan directly into a bowl, with rice on one side and vegetables on the other.
It was very surprising, as she thought the most popular dish would be meat, but unexpectedly it was cucumber and egg soup.
"It's so hot today. Drinking a sip of the delicious soup here makes me feel so comfortable." Zhao Bei howled.
"There's more in the pot. Just drink it. Don't skip the rice and vegetables. You've had a tiring day."
Wen Wuyan put his dinner in a basket and asked Zhao Dong to carry it over. Gu Qingqing took out the door curtain from home and a thin quilt and asked Zhao Dong to take it over as well.
Of course, Dahei was also there.
Gu Qingqing closed the street door and took Dahua to the kitchen to knead the dough that she had brought back from town. She planned to steam some buns tonight and eat them tomorrow morning.
When they went to sleep, the stars began to yawn.
Early the next morning.
I cooked porridge, boiled mung bean soup, stir-fried some vegetables, and there were braised offal and steamed buns on the table.
Porridge is eaten in the morning, and the mung bean porridge should be brought to the field for Wen Wuyan and others to drink whenever they want.
Erhua drank her porridge very actively, ate a steamed bun, and sat upright waiting for her mother to speak.
Gu Qingqing looked at the heart that seemed to be flying away from the field, so she smiled and nodded, "Go, go. Take the basket with you and pick up all the ears of wheat that have fallen on the ground."
When Erhua saw that her mother agreed, she smiled so hard that her teeth were exposed.
Luo Meihua came with Xiaoyang and Xiaoguang and also brought six eggs. "Sister-in-law, why don't you let the two children stay at your house today so that they don't have to go to town with us."
Gu Qingqing naturally agreed happily, "Okay, I have someone at home anyway. But come on, what's with the egg in your hand?"
Luo Meihua smiled and said it was for the children.
Gu Qingqing knew her intention, but did not refuse. It was just like the plum blossom buns she gave him yesterday, a two-way exchange.
Then they packed their things into the car.
Gu Qingqing prepared the food for Wen Wuyan and Zhao Dong, as well as a steamed bun for Dahei, and pulled them to the intersection in a donkey cart, then gave them to Zhao Bei and Yang Bo to take over.
Before they parted, Gu Qing was still reminding Old Yang, "Uncle Yang, you have a heavy task today, remember to cook for them."
"Hahaha, don't worry, I'll stay here for a while and then go back." Old Yang smiled heartily.
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When Gu Qingqing and Luo Meihua were driving their donkey cart almost to the town, they suddenly encountered a mule cart coming from the opposite direction.
"Ding ding ding," Gu Qingqing gave the order to move the donkey cart to the side to let the other party pass. Suddenly, she heard a surprised voice from the other side, "Hey, Madam Wen, you're in town so early."
Gu Qingqing listened for a moment and then looked in the direction of the voice. She saw that the person driving the carriage was none other than the young coachman who often brought Manager Shen to their home.
There were also two honest men in the car who looked like farmers judging by their clothes.
"Lai Fu? Why are you here?" Gu Qingqing was slightly surprised.
"Madam Wen, we were just about to go to your house, but we didn't expect to meet you here." Lai Fu jumped out of the car, walked up to Gu Qingqing and said.
Gu Qingqing was just slightly surprised to meet an acquaintance, but now she was even more surprised to hear that she was going to her home and that Steward Shen was not there, "But what do you want from me?"