Pig Killer

Chapter 123

"I'm hungry and thirsty now, I don't want to do this anymore." Shen Hui'e avoided the wheat stubble and walked towards the ridge. The wheat stubble was so hard that it could pierce her feet. "I'm fast."

"Come on!" Shen Hui'e pointed at the wheat on the ground and said, "Put the wheat on the wheelbarrow. We can push it, carry it or carry it on our backs."

The fruits of this morning's labor were brought directly back home.

Spread it out in the yard and expose it to the sun.

"Separate the wheat ears from the straw at home," Shen Hui'e instructed them.

"Where are you going, mother?" Da Chong looked at her with concern and asked.

"I'm going to catch fish." Shen Hui'e said to them with her clear and bright eyes.

"Mother, we still have to harvest wheat in the afternoon, so please keep the cooking simple," Li Nu reminded her.

"Don't worry, the sun is too hot. Let's go to the fields later." Shen Hui'e pointed at the scorching sun in the sky and said, "Avoid the hottest time."

"Ah!" Cheng Donglai looked at her in astonishment and said, "They don't even take a break."

"No, it's too hot. We may get heat stroke easily. Let's eat and go to sleep!" Shen Hui'e looked at them with her deep and penetrating eyes and said, "Let's do it at night."

"Mom, there are mosquitoes." The raccoon slave looked at her with eyes like black grapes and said.

"I have a medicine bag, don't be afraid." Shen Hui'e said simply and easily.

"Can you see at night?" the tiger asked anxiously, "Will your sickle hurt you?"

"No, I can close my eyes and it's fine." Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows and looked at them confidently, "Besides, it's the beginning of the month now, the moon comes out early, it's just right for us to harvest the wheat."

"It's cool at night, so let's do it at night." Da Chong said confidently.

"Okay, you separate them, and we'll keep the straw for burning." Shen Hui'e said to them with her bright eyes.

"Hey!" Da Chong and the others responded.

Shen Hui'e pushed a wheelbarrow carrying a backpack, took a harpoon and a large knife, and went to the river.

When he came back, there were a dozen or so grass carps that had been skinned and chopped in the basket.

Shen Hui'e directly minces the meat into paste and makes fish balls without picking out the bones.

After eating and drinking, go straight to bed to avoid the hottest time at noon.

After eating something, Shen Hui'e and the others went back to the fields.

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Huang's mother didn't see them in the field, and she was really worried, so she walked towards the city. She met them at the city gate and breathed a sigh of relief, "You are all right. I was worried and wanted to go to your house to see if you were tired from working and feeling uncomfortable." Then she said, "When I delivered lunch to the field at noon, you were not there. I waited for a long time and didn't see you. I thought something had happened to you."

"No, no, we took a nap at home." Shen Hui'e said to them with gentle eyes.

"What?" Huang's mother looked at her in surprise and said, "Go to sleep." She looked at the farmers who were still working in the fields.

"We plan to work until night." Shen Hui'e looked at her with her dark and lively eyes and said, "Avoid the hottest time. I'm afraid of heat stroke."

"Is it okay tonight? Won't this sickle hurt you?" Huang's mother looked at her worriedly and asked.

"No!" Shen Hui'e's pearly eyes reflected the tiny light and looked at her firmly, "I am full of energy now."

"Okay then! Go quickly! The food will be yours only once you bring it home." Huang's mother looked at them lovingly and said.

"Hey!" Shen Hui'e replied with a smile, "You should go home as well! It's hot."

"Well! I'll go back and boil some water for you. You need to drink more water in this hot weather." Huang's mother looked at them with concern.

"Thank you." Shen Hui'e looked at her gratefully and said.

"What are you thanking me for?" Huang's mother looked at her unhappily and waved, "Go!"

After Shen Hui'e and the others left Huang's mother, they hurried to the fields.

With her experience, Shen Hui'e was able to harvest wheat like two people, and she felt extremely powerful.

It was gradually getting dark, and there were quite a lot of people working at night.

"This moon is so big!" said the big tiger, looking at the red moon that had just risen. "Mother, this moon is red."

"It will turn white in a while." Shen Hui'e said without raising her head.

"How did you know, mother?" asked the cat slave with bright eyes as she looked at her mother who was bending over to cut wheat.

"I used to see it often!" Shen Hui'e said gently, "People today cannot see the moon of the past, but this moon once shone on the ancients! For thousands of years, this moon has remained unchanged."

"Will a ghost appear?" The big tiger's black eyes rolled around.

"I don't believe in ghosts, so they won't appear." Shen Hui'e's hands were moving at a fast pace. "If you don't do bad things in your life, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door in the middle of the night." She said faintly, "You are afraid of ghosts because you have ghosts in your heart." She stood up and looked back at them and said, "It's okay to chat, let's work!" She pointed at the cut wheat and said, "See if we can catch up."

"Oh oh oh!" The big beast and the raccoon slave quickly bent down and used straw to bundle the wheat.

Under the bright moonlight, farmers are everywhere bending over to harvest wheat, but they have no time to appreciate the moonlight over the wheat fields.

The rustling sound of sickles cutting wheat and the chirping of insects, the cool night breeze blows, sweeping away the sweat on my body.

The moon was at its zenith. Shen Hui'e stopped, stood up straight, raised her hand to wipe the sweat off her forehead and said, "Let's stop here today!"

During this period, the children delivered some wheat to their homes. Now the harvested wheat was piled on wheelbarrows higher than a hill, and Shen Hui'e, who was pushing the cart, could not be seen.

Cheng Donglai and his friends carried the wheat on their shoulders, while Da Chong and his friends carried the wheat on their backs, and they finally brought today's wheat back home.

"You guys go back!" Shen Hui'e picked up the fish balls that were soaked in the well water with chopsticks, heated them up, and handed a handful to each of Cheng Donglai, "Eat them on the way."

"Hey!" Cheng Donglai said with a smile while holding the fish balls, "Tomorrow we will..."

"Come home tomorrow and cut down the wheat ears!" Shen Hui'e thought for a while and said, they have to make room in the yard.

"Okay!" Cheng Donglai said readily.

"Aunt, these wheat ears still need to be threshed!" Cheng Donglai pursed his lips and said, "We need to use a millstone to thresh them, and we also need to winnow them! This yard won't do, it's too small." Then he added, "There are threshing grounds in the countryside that can be spread out."

"I know. Let's take it back first. We have a millstone at home. If it doesn't work, we can just unload it and grind it directly." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her warm eyes and said, "There must be a lot of people in the threshing ground. Let's not squeeze in."

"I understand." Cheng Donglai nodded when he heard it.

"In addition to using this wheat straw for burning, we can get some good ones and use them as pillows." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them in the moonlight, her peach blossom eyes reflecting the tiny light.

"Pillow?" Cheng Donglai understood what he said and said, "Okay!"

"You don't have pillows!" Shen Hui'e said, looking at them with her bright dark eyes.

"No, we don't have pillows." Cheng Donglai shook his head slightly.

"My pillow is too hard. I can't sleep comfortably." Shen Hui'e said with disdain. What's the pillow like at home? It's like adobe bricks, very hard.

"Is it comfortable to pillow on straw?" The big insect looked at her with his black eyes and said.

"Comfortable! It's soft and comfortable to use as a pillow." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with tenderness flowing from her eyes like mercury.

"Hurry up!" The big tiger couldn't help but urge.

"Okay, let's go back!" Shen Hui'e urged Cheng Donglai and the others, "We'll talk about it tomorrow."

Shen Hui'e saw them off, then ate some fish balls, drank a few sips of hot water, brushed her teeth, took a shower, and went to bed.

Shen Hui'e, who was lying on the bed, looked at them through the moonlight and asked, "Are you tired?"

"Not tired!" The big tiger looked at her with its shiny black eyes and said, "What about you, mother? You've been bending over all the time. Are you tired?"

"It's okay!" Shen Hui'e pressed the acupuncture points on her body to relieve the pain. She would continue tomorrow.

Fortunately, there is no need for large-scale autumn sowing, because the land is now rotated and rested.

After planting a crop, you need to rest and not tire the land, otherwise the yield will be reduced.

Unlike their farming, with the artificial sun, they work all year round. When people rest, or rather, when the machines rest, the land does not rest either.

The entire process is monitored through the network. If there is any situation in the farmland, the robot farmers will be dispatched immediately to solve the problem.

It seemed that she had trained her physique well, and Shen Hui'e didn't feel too tired.

It feels like I've taken a power pill and have endless energy.

A bit like the second brother, capable! Human-powered machinery.

This is the benefit of time travel!

"What about you?" Shen Hui'e asked with concern.

"We are just bundling wheat, we don't feel tired." The big tiger shook his head slightly.

"If you are tired, you can bring a small stool over tomorrow and drag it wherever you go. You can do it while sitting down." Shen Hui'e smiled gently.

"Mother." The raccoon slave raised his voice with a look of surprise on his face, and it was very loud in the silent night.

"Mother, people will laugh at you." Li Nu lowered his voice again.

"What's the joke?" Shen Hui'e rolled her eyes elegantly and said, "We can just sit down and tie the wheat! Why bother about what others think!" She made a decision and said, "Take the small stool with you tomorrow." She smiled and said, "The small stool is not high and will not hinder you from tying the wheat."

"What about you, mother?" Da Chong asked with concern.

"I can't do it!" Shen Hui'e said in a low voice, "I can't do my work if I sit down." She added in a gentle voice, "Just leave me alone."

"Then how can we sit down and work?" said the big tiger with a pout.

"Don't worry about this. When you grow up, you won't be able to stop working. You have a lifetime! Are you afraid of not having work?" Shen Hui'e said softly, "Be good! Don't argue about this. Just do the work easily. You can even lie down and do it."

"Okay then!" the two little guys agreed.

"Are your hands okay? Have you got calluses?" Shen Hui'e grabbed their hands and touched them.

"No, no, I'm wearing gloves! There are no calluses, it's just hot!" said the big tiger with a grin.

"That's fine. If there are blisters, I have to treat them for you." Shen Hui'e said softly.

"Do you want to pierce it? It will hurt." The cat slave said with his hands curled up.