After dressing up as a stepmother, I transformed the whole family into working in the fields

Liu Ji knew that Qin Yao was going home with money today, so he squatted at the entrance of the village early in the morning, waiting for people who were going to town, and asked someone to buy meat.

There were spareribs and pork belly that was both fat and thin. I cooked several delicious meat dishes in the evening, so greedy that the elders and others kept wandering at the door of the kitchen and had no intention of practicing calligraphy.

As soon as Qin Yao entered the house, she smelled the tempting aroma of meat and was in a good mood.

Liu Ji turned around in the kitchen and said, Madam, you are back!

The last dish will be ready soon. We'll start dinner after you wash up.

Qin Yao curiously poked her head into the main room, It's a big deal today, so many dishes.

On the dinner table, there is a pot of braised red dates and potato ribs, a plate of fried pork belly with green peppers, a plate of refreshing pickled radish, and cabbage and tofu soup being cooked in the kitchen.

The food was not so good even on the New Year's Day. Qin Yao clicked her tongue twice, It seems that the business of Water Mill has been much better recently.

The Erlang knew this and immediately raised his hand and said, Mom, for the past half month, I have been able to get ten copper coins every day. Sometimes I can also pick up eggs, vegetables, a bowl of ground noodles and so on.

Dalang also said: Everyone no longer likes to go to the stone mill in the village. They all come to our water mill. They also say that our water mill is very useful.

Calculating it this way, a monthly income of 300 Wen can indeed allow Liu Ji to cook so many more meat dishes. After all, Qin Yao did not take any of this money, and let him use it all as living expenses.

However, if the food at home can be better and better, there is no need to collect the extra money.

Liu Ji had already put out the cabbage and tofu soup. Seeing that Qin Yao didn't ask for personal money, his smile became more sincere and said, Madam, dinner is ready.

Qin Yao urged the four brothers and sisters to wash their hands, and then went to the kitchen to get bowls and chopsticks. Everyone filled a bowl of white rice and sat around the dining table, waiting for her to use the chopsticks first, and then they started doing it instantly.

It was all meat, and it tasted very good. The whole family ate deliciously, and no one was willing to talk.

It wasn't until I was seven or eight full that my pace slowed down.

At this time, the food on the table has basically bottomed out.

Liu Ji was quick and grabbed the last bit of cabbage and tofu soup, poured it directly into the bowl, then added two pieces of pickled radish and mixed it together. It was sour, crispy, delicious, a little spicy, and fragrant.

She was satisfied with her meal and in a particularly good mood. Qin Yao always had a faint smile on her lips.

Liu Ji finished the last mouthful of rice soup in the bowl, put down his bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and asked curiously:

Madam, is the water mill in Xiahe Village finished?

Qin Yao nodded, knowing what he wanted to ask, and told him directly, You have paid your tuition for the year. When you finish copying the books at the end of the month, you will go to the county academy to resume your studies at the beginning of July.

Liu Ji mentally converted the tuition fee into a specific figure, which was almost five taels of silver. She had earned it in less than half a month!

Although the money was not in his hands, he still wanted to spend it on him. He couldn't help laughing immediately, Madam, we are really lucky to have you in this family.

Qin Yao snorted and asked him to stop flattering him, How many books have you copied?

It's almost, it's almost, there are only two more words left, and I can finish them by the end of the month. Liu Ji replied confidently.

Thinking of the upcoming academy life, he couldn't help but be excited.

I no longer have to go to the fields, but I can still stay in the county town. Wouldn’t it be nice to gather old friends together to eat, drink and have fun!

Qin Yao's eyes dimmed when she saw his expectant expression.

The rain in June comes at all times, and suddenly it rains heavily at night. The wind in the mountains is cool, and all the summer heat is extinguished by the rain. The sound of sneeze coming from the cold can be heard in the children's room.

Qin Yao hurriedly got up and went to the next door. She pushed open the room and took out the thin quilts from the wooden box for them. She told the four of them to cover their stomachs and not sleep with their clothes open.

Medical care is underdeveloped. For minor ailments, the barefoot doctor in the village can give you some medicine, but if it becomes serious, you can only resign yourself to fate.

Sanlang and Si Niang were sleeping deeply, wearing only small bellybands. No movement in the room could wake them up, but they knew it was cold, so they covered themselves with thin quilts and immediately rolled them in, wrapping themselves in the quilts, leaving only exposed Half a bulging little face.

Qin Yao pinched her hands itchingly, and the two little ones grunted, Smash it, hit it, and fell asleep again.

Boom! A burst of thunder rolled over the roof, and the rain became heavier.

Qin Yao looked down and saw that the two villains didn't even move.

She was really envious of this quality of sleep.

Waving to Dalang and Erlang who were sleeping on the upper bunk, Qin Yao closed the doors and windows and returned to her room, and fell asleep after a while.

She was always worried about whether there would be leaks after such a heavy rain. From time to time, she would open her eyes and look at the roof on the beams to make sure that the tiles were covered tightly, and then she fell asleep to the sound of dripping rain.

When I woke up in the morning, the rain had eased a lot, but it was still raining.

It was impossible to do morning exercises in this weather, so Dalang and Erlang rarely slept in.

Qin Yao listened to the sighs of the farmers coming from the fields down the mountain, said something to Liu Ji who was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, put on a raincoat, a bamboo hat, and went to the fields with a hoe.

The mud on the road was washed away by last night's heavy rain, forming a small gully. Fortunately, Qin Yao was wearing straw sandals, otherwise the uppers would have been soaked.

The water level of the river rose by almost 20 centimeters. Several acres of land close to the river were washed away by the river. The river water poured into the rice fields and washed away a small part of the rice.

Qin Yao couldn't help but sigh along with the farmers, then rolled up her trouser legs, moved stones and mud to strengthen the field ridges, and straightened the fallen rice.

Several plants were crushed to death. When I saw the destroyed rice flowers, I felt heartbroken when I thought that they were all going to produce food.

It is not good to have too much water in the fields. As soon as the rain subsided, almost all the villagers went to the fields to dredge ditches and dig a hole in the field ridges to release water.

People whose rice fields were close to the river and in low-lying land were so angry that they cursed when they saw the turbid water flowing into their own fields.

But everyone has no other choice. Those in low-lying areas can only consider themselves unlucky and raise the field ridges near the canals.

Qin Yao followed suit and raised the edge of his farm near the canal. The field fish raised by someone unknown washed down the canal.

With quick eyes and quick hands, she pressed down and caught a fat big fish.

Now, the coke in the low-lying land was gone, and the one in the high ground shouted anxiously: My fish, my fish!

I don't care whose family you belong to, if it falls into my field, it belongs to my family! Everyone laughed.

Qin Yao laughed and saw another fish being washed down. She quickly knocked the fish out and put it on the ridge of the field, freeing her hands to catch the rushing fish.

The children in the village heard the noise and swarmed over. Now they couldn't tell which one belonged to other people's homes and which one belonged to their own. Anyway, the baskets were slung on their bodies. A group of girls and boys blocked the middle of the canal, catching fish and rushing towards it. Keep it in your pocket.

Dalang and Erlang achieved great results, and the two small bamboo baskets were full.

Sanlang and Siniang did not dare to go into such a deep ditch, so they stood on the edge of the field to cheer their brother up. The rice fields were filled with the excited cheers of children.