Traveling through 1942 with space

Chapter 322 Busy Farming

Hou Xiaoge rode all the way back. The roadside and the fields were full of villagers, a scene of harvest and joy.

"Heiwa, there's no one at your home, they're all in the fields!"

Hou Xiaoge was just about to enter the village when an old lady in her fifties came out carrying a basket with a large bamboo tube and several bowls covered with sackcloth and said.

"Seventh Aunt, are you going out to deliver the meal?" Hou Xiaoge greeted with a smile.

"Well! Everyone is busy in the wheat field. It will take time to go back to eat. I will deliver it to you." The old lady said with a smile.

After the old lady left, Hou Xiaoge did not go to the fields directly. He also prepared to go back and make some food to bring to the fields.

Because it was the busy farming season in the village, everyone who could move, both young and old, had gone to the wheat yards and fields outside the village. Hou Xiaoge didn't meet a single person on his way back to the village.

Hou Xiaoge rode his bike back home, took out his key, opened the door, and looked at the things in the house. He immediately felt the warmth of home.

The spacious yard was full of lush vegetables. Although the fruit trees were transplanted by Hou Xiaoge, they were well-stocked with fruits thanks to the irrigation of spiritual spring water.

Especially the apricots, which are now the size of pigeon eggs. It is estimated that they can be harvested in a month at most.

Returning to his room, although Hou Xiaoge had been away for more than a month, the room was still cleaned spotlessly.

Even the quilt feels very soft, probably because it is dried frequently.

"Oh! So comfortable."

Although the space was quiet and comfortable to live in, it was too quiet after all. Only when Hou Xiaoge returned home and lay on the kang could he feel at ease.

After estimating the time, Hou Xiaoge took out a few vegetables and a dozen large white steamed buns from the space, and carried the basket out of the house.

After greeting everyone along the way and arriving at the farmland, Hou Xiaoge saw from a distance his adopted mother, her two older sisters and brother Xiao Shuanniu, busy working in the wheat field.

Mother Wang Maimiao and her two sisters were working hard to harvest wheat, while the little one was carrying a small bamboo basket behind them to pick up the fallen wheat ears.

"Maimiao, your Heiwa is back, the strong laborer is back." The villagers who saw it at the edge of the field shouted towards the field.

"What about that?" The mothers, who were sweating profusely, stood up at the same time, holding their waists with their hands, and looked towards the end of the field.

"Mom, my elder sister, second sister and the cow are tied up. It's time for dinner. I brought the food. You all can sit under the tree at the edge of the field and have a rest and eat." Hou Xiaoge shouted with a smile at the edge of the field.

"Time to eat!"

Xiao Shuanniu was tired and hungry from the sun, and his stomach had been rumbling for a long time. When he heard his elder brother coming back with food, he dropped the bamboo cage and ran out.

"Hei Wa!"

"Hei Wa!"

"Heiwa, when did you come back?" The uncles, Erda, and aunts working in the fields on both sides stopped and greeted them with a smile.

Hou Xiaoge greeted everyone one by one.

"You kid, you didn't even tell me you came back." Wang Maimiao looked at her eldest son, who was taller than her, and came back with a smile on her face.

"I just arrived in Yunnan Province this morning. I went to the market and saw that you were not there. I asked and found out that you were busy with farming at home, so I hurried back." Hou Xiaoge explained with a smile.

"Hey! I'm not busy. We have a mule cart at home, which makes life much easier than before." Wang Maimiao replied with a smile.

"Just now I saw Grandma Seven bringing food to Master Seven and the others. I went to the town and packed up some dishes. You guys should eat them while they're hot, Mom." Hou Xiaoge took out a sack and spread it on the ground, then took out the meat, vegetables and steamed buns from the cage and placed them on the sack.

"You kid, why are you wasting this money on braised pork, roast chicken, and beef." Wang Maimiao said with some pain in his heart.

"The purpose of earning money is to eat. If not during the busy farming season, when should we eat? Besides, our family is not short of these melons and two dates. If you were able to leave the fields, I wouldn't want you to farm." Hou Xiaoge quickly advised.

"Kid, you don't want to farm after just a few days of eating full meals? What else can we farmers do if we don't farm? Setting up stalls is not a long-term life." Wang Maimiao rolled his eyes at Hou Xiaoge.

"Okay, okay, I said the wrong thing. You guys should eat it while it's hot." Hou Xiaoge didn't want to be nagged anymore, so he admitted defeat quickly.

At this time, the little guy Shuanniu didn't care about other people's nagging! He didn't even wash his hands, grabbed the roast chicken and tore off a chicken leg and started to eat it.

"Put it down and wash your hands. Look, your hands are all black. How are others going to eat after you catch them?" Hou Xiaoge gently patted his brother's head on the back.

"I'm too tired and don't want to go!" The little guy muttered while sitting on the ground.

"The canal is only a few dozen meters away from the ground. You see, your elder and second sisters have gone to wash, so you should go and wash quickly." Hou Xiaoge picked up the little guy directly.

The good thing about Yunnan Province is that it has abundant water resources, and not far from the wheat fields there is spring water flowing down from the mountains all year round.

Hou Xiaoge picked up the little guy like a quail and he had no choice but to run to the canal to wash his hands obediently.

"Come, wipe it!" Wang Maimiao had also finished washing and used her own towel to wipe the water droplets off the little guy's face.

"Eat meat!"

After wiping his face, the little guy grabbed the chopsticks and started to eat the braised pork.

"Brother, why are you sitting so far away? Why aren't you eating?"

"I ate it and brought it back. This is all yours."

"Oh!"

Hou Xiaoge sat under a tree and watched his younger brother and mother wolfing down their meal, feeling a sense of peace in his heart.

"Heiwa, when did you come back?" At this time, my uncle-in-law, my eldest cousin Hou Yingying, and my second cousin Hou Huanhuan, who had just returned from the wheat field driving three mule carts, came to the field and asked with surprise.

"Uncle, elder brother, second brother, you have worked hard these days." Hou Xiaoge smiled and gave cigarettes to his uncle and eldest cousin.

"Heiwa, I want to smoke too!" The second cousin looked anxious when he saw that he was not given any.

Hou Xiaoge looked at his second cousin who was a head shorter than him and sent one with a smile.

"You're only fourteen or fifteen and you're already smoking! You're not allowed to smoke." The eldest cousin scolded.

"I just smoke! Such good cigarettes, I can't afford them normally." The second cousin said proudly while holding the filter cigarette.

"Uncle, I made a lot of dishes. Let's eat some together later." Seeing that only his family was eating and others were watching, Hou Xiaoge felt a little embarrassed and invited them.

"No, no, your brothers and I will finish harvesting the wheat in the field first." My brother-in-law Zhou Xinmin refused with a smile.

"Then you guys go first. I have something to do. Let's do it together in the afternoon." Hou Xiaoge didn't try to persuade them to stay.

"If you have anything to do, go ahead and do it. We have a lot of family members so it's okay." Several people smiled and waved their hands.

Several people parked the mule cart at the edge of the field, and one by one they carried their shoulder poles into the field.

"Mom, you guys eat first. I'm going to town." Hou Xiaoge pushed the cart and turned around to leave.

"Buy less!" Wang Maimiao could see that her son was going to buy food.

"I know!"

They are all direct relatives, and his uncles have been pulling wheat for his family these days. It is impossible for Hou Xiaoge to only bring food to his own family and let others watch over him.

You should at least show some appreciation, otherwise it would be too rude.