Don't panic in a famine, I live in the mountains with my golden finger

Chapter 355 Wheat Harvest

Zhuhou Village

The sun is shining brightly, and a large field of golden wheat looks even more golden under the sunlight. The breeze blows gently, and the wheat waves roll.

This is the winter wheat planted last year. After being buried by the snow in the cold winter and melted in the spring, it can finally be harvested today.

At this time in the wheat fields, the villagers were bending over, wearing straw hats, and working hard.

"Hey, Old Lin, did your eldest grandson leave today?" Old man Wu stood up, wiped the sweat from his head, and asked the old man in another field.

"Yes, we set out at daybreak."

"Your eldest grandson is very promising. He is the only one in the whole village who is qualified to take the college entrance examination in Zhuangzhou. If he passes, he will be a scholar." Old man Wu said with envy.

Old Man Lin smiled happily, and the wrinkles on his face were smoothed out a lot. "Oh, thank you for your good words."

"Dad, what are you so happy about?" Lin Chengzhou, who was standing by, tied up the harvested wheat in the field into bundles and piled them on the ridge of the field. He just came back and saw the smile on his father's face. He couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Aren't you just chatting with your Uncle Wu?" Old Man Lin replied.

The old man Wu nodded at Lin Chengzhou.

"It's Chengzhou. Why didn't you go with Congjing this time? I heard that Zhuangzhou is even richer than Beicheng. It's a good way for you and your son to sell goods while traveling. There must be some scholars traveling to Beicheng." Tian Dong said in another wheat field.

Lin Chengzhou fanned himself with his hands, picked up the wet towel hanging on his shoulder and wiped his face, "Forget it, the wheat at home is ripe, and now is the time when we are short of labor. How can I leave at this time? As for the method you mentioned, Congjing knows it well, and he will see to it."

In another wheat field, Grandma Lin and Mrs. Wu were also bending over and cutting wheat with sickles. Next to them was a young boy and a little girl wearing two worn straw hats, also working hard to cut wheat. The sunlight above their heads was scorching the earth. They were the brother and sister Lin Anxia and Lin Chunhe.

"Mom and grandma, after I finish harvesting this piece, I will go help Adong's family harvest the wheat." Lin Chunhe straightened up and said to Grandma Lin and Mrs. Wu, wiping the sweat rolling down his forehead with the hand holding the sickle.

"Kid, you should have told us earlier. We are here. You should go to Adong's house to help. There is no able-bodied man in the family." Mrs. Wu urged hurriedly.

Before, the family needed money the most for medical treatment. When her husband and eldest son were not at home, it was the girl Ye who lent some money for relief. Although the family was obviously in financial difficulty, she gave the money without hesitation. The eldest daughter of the Ye family was very straightforward and said something like saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Wu didn't understand, but it sounded like good words, so she was very grateful to that family.

"Then I'll go, mother and grandmother, I'll give you the water bag." Lin Chunhe said as he was about to take off the water bag from his waist.

"Silly child, what are you doing for us? Take it." Grandma Lin straightened up, waved her hands and said unhappily.

Lin Chunhe had no choice but to unplug the water bag, fill up several water bags placed in the field, hang the empty water bag, take the sickle and go home first, fill the water bag, and then walk towards Ye Dong'er's wheat field.

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"Grandma, please go back. We can handle it here." Ye Qiuer looked at the old woman who was bent over and advised.

"Why should I go back? I'm still strong and nothing happened." Grandma Ye glanced at her eldest granddaughter who was persuading her to go back, and said unhappily.

Seeing her grandma was so stubborn, Ye Qiuer had to compromise. No matter how much she tried to persuade her, she just wouldn't budge. She felt a little tired.

I could only move the shade frame towards Grandma Ye and look at the golden wheat field, feeling powerless as if I would never be able to harvest it all.

Some time ago, when Grandma Ye went to the fields, she fell on the edge of the field, sprained her waist and scratched her leg. She rested for a while and has just recovered not long ago. Ye Qiuer was really worried that she had not fully recovered, so she forced herself to work.

After all, she is not young anymore and her body is not as strong as that of young people. Ye Qiuer was really worried and didn't let Grandma Ye go to the fields, but she didn't expect that Grandma Ye would come anyway.

Ye Qiuer even thought about spending some money to hire some people to help with the harvest, but at this time, every family was busy and she couldn't call anyone.

I wasn’t able to call upon anyone to help with the harvest, but an unexpected person showed up here.

Ye Qiuer saw from afar a tall and slender figure carrying something towards her, followed by three other figures.

Judging from the direction it's moving, it's heading here.

……

"Hello, sisters and brothers, you look so strange, are you relatives?"

A clear and polite voice came from behind.

Xu Yuan stopped and turned back.

A dark-skinned boy wearing a tattered straw hat was looking over here innocently.

"Hello, brother. We came here last year. This time we came to see Sister Qiu and Grandma Qiu." Many people responded enthusiastically.

Xu Yuan had planned for the four siblings to come to Zhuhou Village today. This period of time is the wheat harvest season, and thinking that agricultural production is a bit backward in this era, he thought of getting some tools to help Ye Qiuer's family and even their village.

Unexpectedly, this kindness accidentally earned me 500 points.

Not long after Gu Qinghan and his friends left, Xu Yuan and Xu Zhi also left the village.

After asking along the way, they finally found the way to Ye Qiuer's wheat field.

"Sister, the wheat is growing so much." Many people couldn't help but sigh.

I was so happy as I walked and smelled the fragrance of wheat.

After walking for a while, I heard a very polite voice.

After hearing so many answers, the young man's eyes lit up, "Brother, is the Sister Qiu you are talking about Sister Ye Qiuer?"

Many nodded, "Yeah! You know them?"

"That's right. I just happen to be going to help Sister Qiu in her fields. You guys look like you want to go too, so I'll take you there. By the way, my name is Lin Chunhe." Lin Chunhe said excitedly, and introduced himself. He looked up and saw the tools on Xu Yuan's shoulders. He was very surprised, so he just glanced at them and looked away.

Xu Yuan and others also introduced themselves. Lin Chun was very familiar with the young boy and soon became familiar with Xuanyue and Guozi. They became brothers. Xu Yuan found it very interesting, as the friendship between children is the most sincere and genuine.

With Lin Chunhe leading the way, they soon arrived at Ye Qiuer's wheat field. Every wheat field they passed by was filled with people working hard. When they saw Xu Yuan and other unfamiliar faces, they only glanced at them, then quickly looked away and continued to work.

Only the children stared at the tools that Xuyuan was carrying with their big eyes wide open and looked at them curiously.

Ye Qiuer was pleasantly surprised to find that the people who came were Xu Yuan and others. She was very surprised.

"Xuyuan, Xiaozhi, Xiaoguo, why are you here? And, Xuyuan, what are you carrying? Put it down quickly, it's so heavy."