sbdcsierra Chapter 250: Sharing Hardships
Chapter 250: Sharing Hardships
Zhou Guo was so shocked that she was speechless. If you didn’t know, you would think her mother had also traveled from the 21st century. What healthy eating habits she had.
The food in the two baskets was eaten up, and there was nothing left with her around.
The cow had almost finished eating, so she took it to drink water, came back, put on the plow and started working again.
When the sun was about to set, Li looked at the sky and hurried back to cook.
Zhou Guo stopped her and said, "Mom, don't worry. Master and uncle should have come back by now. Let them cook. It's not like they don't know how to cook. We can just wait and eat the food that's ready."
Mrs. Li hesitated. "That's not good. How can I let my husband cook? If it gets out, people will laugh at me and say that our family is so ugly that we let men cook at home."
Zhou Guo said, "What's wrong with letting men cook? We don't have such a broken rule that men can't cook at home. My uncle and my father all know how to cook, and my grandma taught them. Mom, just let them cook. I tell you, Master's cooking skills are very good, and the food he makes tastes much better than ordinary people's."
Zhou Xing nodded, "That's right, none of us can roast meat like the one sir roasts, it doesn't taste that good."
Li thought about it and gave up. After all, when they were still in the village, Zhou Xing was still young and all the household chores couldn't fall on her. She had to share the household chores with Zhou Dacang and Zhou Gu.
How come you forgot all the rules at home when you got here?
Zhou Guo looked at the sky, looked at the remaining land, patted the cow's butt, and said like the older generation: "Dude, work harder, you can go back and have a good meal after you finish the rest."
He didn't know if his comfort had worked, but the ox, which had slowed down a little, sped up again. Zhou Guo controlled the plow and moved it aside when he encountered a big tree root, trying to reduce the burden on the ox.
The man and the cow worked together very well. When they turned around, she didn't even need to pull the reins. When the cow reached the ground, it turned around directly.
Li watched for a long time without saying a word. Whose cow is so sensible? Such cases do happen. Usually, the cows have been raised for many years and have cooperated with their owners for half their lives. And this child is only on the second day.
Zhou Xing smiled, "Second Aunt, let me tell you, Guoguo is really good at everything she does. She can till the land without anyone teaching her. Even her cows are more obedient than those of other families. If you don't know her, you would think she can understand cow talk."
Li patted her lightly in anger and said, "What do you mean she can understand bullshit? Why is she cursing people in a roundabout way?" After saying this, she laughed. It was somewhat similar.
Zhou Guo didn't know that she said she looked like a cow, and even if she knew it, she wouldn't take it seriously. Her cow is pretty good, with great strength and endurance, a good cow. She decided to collect some beans from each family after the busy farming season is over. Horses and cows can't eat grass all day long, they need some snacks to chew.
The remaining piece of land was plowed in less than half an hour. It was still early, so at least another hour of work could be done. The two pieces of land at the village entrance could still be plowed at this time.
But she looked at the sky again and decided not to rush it. The old cow needed a rest and she couldn't push it too hard. She wouldn't let it get sick from exhaustion.
I'd better go back and prepare something delicious. I've bought everything. Master should have come out of the mountain by now, right?
He put away the harness, hung the plow on his shoulder, led the ox and turned to leave. When he passed by Li and Zhou Xing, he said, "Mother, sister, stop working. Let's go home."
After saying this, he left without looking back.
The two men who were still busy picking up tree roots and broken soil were stunned. They stopped their work and looked up. The man was leading the cow away without looking back. He walked away so fast.
Li looked at the sky. The sun hadn't even set yet and it was still a long way from getting dark. She asked hurriedly, "Aren't you going there?"
Zhou Guo waved back, "No, I'm not going. It will be dark by the time I get back. I'm leaving."
She still had to lead the cows to the river to drink water and wash the plowshare, so she had to go first.
The Li family and their partner quickened their pace and only left after they had almost picked up all the land in front of them.
Zhou Guo led the cow to the river and washed the plow head from top to bottom. Then he led the cow back and cleaned the cowshed with a shovel and broom. The dirty cowshed immediately became much cleaner and tidier, and then he locked the cow in.
He also brought a large pile of grass that his brothers had just cut and threw it all at the cat.
After a day's work, the cow was tired and hungry. It lowered its head to eat grass and could no longer lift it up. Zhou Guo touched its head and thought, no wonder the older generation valued cows more than their own children and grandchildren, taking as good care of them as possible. The cows were much more capable than their children and grandchildren, and they did whatever they were told to do without any complaints.
After working with it for a day and surviving, her feelings for the cow suddenly became like a flood and could not be controlled. After all, they had shared hardships and were now one of her own. She ran to the front yard and fetched a wooden basin of water and placed it outside the pen so that the cow could drink it just by lowering its head.
"Whose basin is this?"
A voice suddenly came from the side, which scared her. She turned around and saw Zhou Mi with a serious expression, looking at the basin on the ground with an inquiring look.
Zhou Mai came forward from behind, looked at the water on the ground and smiled, "Okay, but since we've given the cows away, should we also give these two horses a basin?"
Zhou Guo slapped his head, went to get two wooden basins and placed two basins of water outside the stable.
Three in a row, it looks spectacular.
Zhou Guo clapped his hands in satisfaction and said, "I can just buy a few new pots next time I go to the market."
Zhou Mi opened his mouth and said, "Isn't the basin we have now enough even if we don't need to add more?"
Zhou Guo said, "How can there be enough? There are eight wooden basins. My mother, my aunt and my elder sister will each have one. The remaining four can be used by the two of you. One for washing your face and one for washing your feet. The two of us will be just right. Now we have used three at once. The whole family will have to use one basin to wash their faces and feet."
"What's wrong with one pot? Why do we need so many pots?" Zhou Mi was really puzzled as to what the family needed so many pots for.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "It's okay. You may not know it now, but you will know it in the future."
You should know this after you get married, right?
After saying this, she put her hands behind her back and walked slowly to the front yard. The master and the others had already returned and the piglets had been shaved clean. She had to go and see. How could she not be present at such a big event as the roast suckling pig?
Zhou Mai patted his shoulder and said, "I think it's good to have more basins. You still have to fight with us for so many basins to wash your face and feet."
Zhou Mi was speechless.
Zhou Guo returned to the front yard, and the old man was waiting for her. "Hurry up, you'll have to save this meal for later in the night."
Zhou Dacang and Zhou Gu were repairing a firewood shed nearby. The firewood shed was built next to the toilet so it would take up less space. There was no time during the day and there was no rush to build the firewood shed, so they repaired it in the morning and evening. It would be completed in ten days or half a month and they would have a shed to keep out the wind and snow.