Chapter 65 Gleaners
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"Can I pick it up today?" Lian Man'er put down the work in her hand and asked Xiaoqi.
Xiaoqi nodded, "I just heard that the banker over there was saying something, and it was OK to pick it up. Erya has already gone."
"Then let's go too." Lian Man'er said quickly, "Xiaoqi, go to the threshing farm and let your sister and brother come back too, let's go."
"Oh." Xiaoqi agreed and ran out.
Chewing autumn is a unique activity in the countryside after the autumn harvest. It is simple to say that after the owner of the field harvests the crops, he allows others to enter the field and pick up crops left out in the field, such as ears of grain and sorghum ears. The main one is picking ears of grain.
There are also some special things about the time of shining autumn. Only after someone cleans up the land can you go into the field to pick up the autumn. For example, if someone cuts millet in front, you follow behind to pick it up. Even the most kind crop-handle style will drive you out of the field without hesitation. That is not called shining autumn, it is called Mingzhe.
As a convention, the patent for children is the children's patent. In addition to the New Year, the happiest season for children is autumn, although this is also their busiest and most tiring season.
After a while, Lian Zhier and Goro came back with Xiaoqi. Lian Man'er said to Zhang, took out the willow basket that had been prepared long ago, carried one in his hand, and walked into the ground.
They were going to pick the ears of the grain, which was farther south of the Nanshan Mountain, and was separated from the fields where they often dig wild vegetables, and there was a small ridge. There was a large farmland there, which was said to be from a wealthy family named Shen. It was said that the Shen family lived in the city, and there were countless places like this. This year, large areas of millet were planted in this field. I just packed it today, and the people in the farmland said that the people in Shiqiu could go in to pick the ears of the grains.
When Lian Man'er and the others arrived, many children were already in the field. They were carrying baskets and bent down to search in the field. Lian Man'er looked at it and found that there were at least three or four tiles in this area. The millet in the field had been harvested, leaving only about two inches of millet stubble. There were bundles of straw that had not been transported away. Some straw was scattered in the field.
Millet porridge is very nutritious. This year, Lian Man'er did not plant millet. She planned to pick up as many ears as possible and would drink millet porridge in the morning.
As soon as she arrived in the field, several children quickly searched for a piece of land, kept a certain distance, and began to search slowly from one end of the ground to the other. Lian Man'er held a basket in one hand and a branch in the other. Her eyes quickly searched on the ground, and used the branches to spread the scattered straw and weeds to find the ears of grain. Soon she found that a golden and plump ear was hidden among the scattered straw and wild vegetables. Lian Man'er hurriedly bent down to pick up the ears of grain and put them into the basket.
This feeling of unexpected harvest was really good. Lian Man'er found an ear of grain and his mood immediately rose. After all, it was the land that others had cleaned up, and some ears were left with only half or a small part. Most of the grains on them were shed, but they were picked up like a treasure by Lian Man'er. The accumulation of small amounts became more. She understood this truth.
Time passes very quickly during labor, and the sun has risen to the sky. The autumn sunlight hits people, and after a long time, you will feel pain. Fortunately, Lian Man'er wore a straw hat and her whole body was wrapped tightly. She was sweating a little and would not get sunburned. They had already walked from one end of the ground to the other end. Lian Man's basket had mostly ears of grain in his basket. In front of them, there was a village, and there was a large manor at the beginning of the village, which was the farm of the owner of the land.
I don’t know if it’s because most of the people in the village are dependent on the land of this village, and the owner of this village is Chen, and the village is called Xiao Shentun. Lian Man’er knows that there is another village called Da Shentun even south.
Looking back, they were already far away from Sanshiliyingzi. In Lian Man'er's eyes, Sanshiliyingzi turned into a cluster of small black dots.
"Let's take a break." Lian Man'er greeted several children to come to her side.
At this moment, two people walked over slowly with a horse on the other side of the river.
Lian Man'er took a look and didn't care. She sat on the ground with Lian Zhier, Goro and Xiaoqi. She took out a cloth bag from the basket and opened it. There were four pancake rolls inside. These were pancakes baked in the morning. Lian Man'er brushed a layer of meat sauce inside, rolled up shredded green onion, shredded dried tofu, and sour beans, just to add food.
Several children divided the pancake rolls and ate them in big mouthfuls.
As soon as Lian Man'er took a bite, he saw the two men walking towards him with their horses, and there was still one person sitting there.
"Huh." The horse suddenly stopped next to Lian Man'er. It was a fat boy immediately. Without waiting for the servant to come and hug him, he jumped off the horse by himself.
"Oh, my young master, you want to dismount and say to me when I was young. If you fall down, how can you explain to me if you are young?" Both servants screamed in unison.
"You don't have to worry about it." The little fat man pushed the servant away and ran to Lian Man'er a few steps, "Bigfoot girl, what are you doing in my field?"
Lian Man'er looked up and recognized it. Isn't this the annoying fat boy I met at the Shi Tai Doctor's house?
As the saying goes, it is said that when you are seven or eight years old, Lian Man'er looks at the little boy at about this age. At this age, it is really rare for a child as well as Xiaoqi to be.
Lian Man'er didn't want to pay attention to this little kid, so she turned her head and pretended to look at something else.
The little boy jumped and jumped in front of Lian Man'er again.
Lian Man'er turned his head to the other side again, and the little boy jumped again, standing in front of Lian Man'er again, smiling as if Lian Man'er was playing some novel game with him.
Lian Man'er was a little powerless, and suddenly thought of something that she wanted to inquire about.
"I'm here to pick up the ears of grain." Lian Man'er replied in a angrily voice, "By the way, how about Doctor Shi?"
Seeing that Lian Man'er was willing to pay attention to him, the fat man came over and sat down next to Lian Man'er. A servant came over immediately and spread a brocade mat on the ground.
"Bigfoot girl will sit for you." The fat man asked Lian Man'er to sit on the brocade mat.
This little fat man had a brocade mattress and did not sit down, but made her feel that Lian Man's impression of the little fat man was improved.
"You sit down, I have this." Even Man'er didn't sit directly on the ground. Instead, he picked up some straw and put a handkerchief on it.
"You sit on this mat, I sit on your one." The little fat man stubbornly said. "Otherwise, I won't tell you about my uncle."
It turns out that Doctor Shi is the uncle of this little fat man.
Lian Man'er had something to ask him. He thought not to be as knowledgeable as a child, so he changed seats with him.
The little fat man sat down and looked at Lian Man'er.
"Or, you finish eating first and I'll tell you."
Only then did Lian Man'er remember that she was holding a pancake roll in her hand and didn't eat it.
"You are afraid you can't get used to the food in our country." Lian Man'er said and looked at the side again. The little fat man was riding a very handsome maroon horse. The two servants who followed him were half-aged children. The clothes and pants were also very glamorous. Needless to say, the little fat man himself was wearing silk, a gold collar around his neck, a purse on his waist, and a foundation satin boots under his feet. "The person who follows you can't let you eat casually outside."
"They are all my people, and they all listen to me." said the little fat man, "I am used to eating. I'm afraid you won't be willing to give it to me."
This little fat man is indeed very difficult to deal with. Lian Man'er thought about it and found that the food she made was very clean and tasted good. It should be okay to give it a little to the little fat man.
"Then you don't dislike it. Just give you half." Lian Man'er handed the pancake roll to the fat man.
The little fat man broke half of the paper and took a bite.
"It's delicious, no wonder you are reluctant to give it to me."
Lian Man'er decided not to have the same knowledge as this little kid.
"I don't know what your name is yet." Lian Man'er asked.
"My name is Shen Qian, Big Foot Girl, what's your name?"
"My name is Lian Man'er. This is my sister, called Lian Zhier, my brother..." Lian Man'er introduced Lian Zhier, Wulang and Xiaoqi to Shen Qian again.
Shen Qian said hello one by one, and then said to Lian Man'er: "You just asked my uncle, my uncle is back in the city. Are your family sick again? I'll invite you to come back."
Your family is sick again, Lian Man'er rolled her eyes secretly.
"That's the case, then when will he come back? We want to thank you." Lian Man'er asked again.
"You can't say that you can come to the city." Shen Qian ate half of the paper and looked at the half in Lian Man'er's hand. Lian Man'er was just talking, but he didn't eat much in his hand.
"I've eaten this, I won't give it to you again." Lian Man'er said politely.
"I don't care." The little fat man Shen Qian smiled and showed his white teeth, stretching out his hand at the paper in Lian Man'er's hand.
"I care." Lian Man'er wanted to say, but Shen Qian's fat hand had already grabbed the paper in her hand.
"Okay, I'll give it to you." Lian Man'er simply gave the paper to Shen Qian.
The paper is made of millet flour, but Shen Qian ate it very delicious. He is really a picky person. No wonder he is so fat, Lian Man'er thought to himself.
"My uncle said he likes the autumn countryside. He has something to do when he returns to the city. In two days, he should go back to live in the town." Shen Qian finished the paper and said, "Man'er, what are you doing here?"
"Pick the ears of grain, you definitely don't understand adding food to your family." Lian Man'er said.
Shen Qian jumped up and pulled a servant to the side. He didn't know what he said, but the servant ran towards the village.
Lian Man'er also stood up and greeted Shen Qian, "You can play for yourself, I'm going to pick up the ears of grain."
"You have picked it up for a long time. It's just that little bit of food. Man'er, please play with me." Chen Qian pulled Lian Man'er and refused to let her go into the field.
"Be good, you can go and play by yourself. I have some serious things to do." Lian Man'er said, turned around and walked into the ground.
Chen Qian grabbed the basket that Lian Man'er was carrying, "Man'er, look." Chen Qian pointed behind Lian Man'er.
Lian Man'er turned his head and saw the servant who was leading two farmers to walk quickly, both farmers carrying heavy sacks on their backs.
"Man'er, you don't have to pick up ears of grain. Are these two bags of grain enough for your family to eat? If not enough, I'll ask them to give it to you." The little fat man Chen Qian waved his fat arms and said very rich and generous.
Lian Man'er's face immediately turned black. She was wrong. Even because of Doctor Shi, she shouldn't have dealt with this annoying guy.
"Young Master of the Shen family, we rely on labor to make a living by picking up grain ears. We have no relatives and no reason to do so, so we dare not accept something as heavy as you." Lian Man'er lowered her face and said.
"Aren't we friends?" Chen Qian said. He didn't understand why Lian Man'er suddenly got angry. He worked hard and could only pick up less than a basket of ears of grain. He gave her two bags of grain at once. Shouldn't she be happy?
"We can't afford to make friends with your status." Lian Man'er shook Chen Qian away and walked straight into the ground.
"What did I do wrong? Tell me." Chen Qian seemed to be very hurt.
Lian Man'er threw down Chen Qian and walked back with Lian Zhi'er and a few more.
"Man'er, how do you know this young master of the Shen family?" Lian Zhier asked Lian Man'er.
Lian Man'er told Lian Zhi'er about the incident when she went to Shi Taiyi's house, but she did not say that she had encountered Chen Qian. Now she was picking up the ears of grain and telling her experience that day again.
Lian Man'er picked up the ears of grain and suddenly felt that the basket in her hand seemed to be caught by something. When she turned around, she saw Chen Qian standing behind her, her chubby face covered with sweat. The two servants stood behind Shen Qian, with helplessness on her face.
Chen Qian's eyes narrowed into a slit, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.
"Man'er, give it to you." Chen Qian lifted the collar of his robe with one hand, and piled up ears of grain, some leaves and weeds on it. "I picked it up for you."
Lian Man'er's eyes widened a little. She didn't accept the grain he gave. He figured out why, so he picked the ears of grain for her by himself.
Lian Man'er didn't know what to say for a moment.
The two servants' clothes were also dirty.
"You didn't pick it up alone, right?" Lian Man'er said.
"Hehe, they are not useful, most of them are picked up by me." Chen Qian said.
"You have finally picked up what you have to do, so keep it yourself." Lian Man'er said.
"No, this is all for you to pick it up, Man'er, all for you." Chen Qian said in a hurry.
It’s hard for Lian Man’er to refuse Chen Qian like this.
"Then thank you." Lian Man'er said.
"Man'er, we are friends!" Chen Qian said.
"Young master, the head of the village has brought people to find him." The two servants approached and said.
Lian Man'er turned her head and saw a group of people rushing to come from the other side of the river.
"Man'er, then I'll leave first." Chen Qian hurriedly handed Gu Sui to Lian Man'er and flew to the ground with his two servants. Before he could be carried onto the horse, the group of people had already arrived.
Lian Man'er watched Chen Qian be surrounded by those people and headed into the village. This Chen Xiaopang didn't seem to be so annoying. Lian Man'er thought so and subconsciously touched her sleeves, huh, her handkerchief.
Chapter completed!