A man travels through time and becomes a widow, only wanting to pursue a career

Now that the black powder has been successfully developed, Xu Tan is in a good mood, "Mrs. Chen, you have helped me a lot today, and I, Xu, don't know how to express my gratitude.

It's getting dark too early today, so it's not convenient for you, madam, to have dinner here. Let's do it the day after tomorrow. I, Xu, will host a banquet for Mrs. Chen and Magistrate Bai at noon the day after tomorrow at Ruyi Tower. The two of you must be there to show your respects. "

After saying this, Xu Tan put aside his previous playful expression and bowed seriously.

Even though he is joking and joking on weekdays, he is still very serious when he should be serious.

Chen Changsheng and Bai Xiao agreed.

By the time she came back from the county seat, it was already evening.

As soon as you enter the village, you can see that every household's yard is covered with rice. The rice must be dried as soon as possible after being harvested from the field, otherwise it will easily become moldy and rotten when it gets wet on rainy days.

After Chen Changsheng returned the bullock cart to Chen Daniu, he returned to his home. The smell of food was already wafting from the yard. It seemed that Dafu's craftsmanship had improved again.

"Mom, you're back!" Sixi had just collected the dried rice.

Chen Changsheng handed the baggage in his hand and went to wash his hands. He had been busy all afternoon and didn't have time to drink water. Sixi was very discerning and brought a bowl of water. After taking a sip of water, she calmed down. .

When he saw Sixi alone in the courtyard, he asked, "Are you alone at home? Where are your elder brother and the others?"

She had smelled the aroma of food just now, but why was there no one there now?

"We had lunch after we came back from school, and my eldest brother and the others went to the fields to harvest rice, and asked me to spread the rice out to dry at home. I just came back to cook dinner, and seeing that you haven't come back yet, I took the time to work in the fields again.

The eldest brother said that my mother stayed all night alone last night and was exhausted, so he had to work more today. "

Chen Changsheng's heart moved slightly.

These children are very sensible and considerate of her. It seems that her love for them is not in vain.

Fortunately, she has plug-ins. According to yesterday's progress, she should be able to finish them all tonight.

Chen Changsheng ordered, "Go and call your brother and the others to come back for dinner. Don't get hungry."

"Okay!" Sixi responded.

It was completely dark.

It's autumn now and the weather is perfect. The mother and son are having dinner in the pavilion in the courtyard.

Lighting homemade mosquito repellent incense and candles is a very pleasant experience.

Chen Changsheng held a pair of chopsticks with pork stewed vermicelli and asked, "Today is the first day that the four of you officially go to school to study. How do you feel? Did Master say anything?"

"Master Zhan told everyone the rules of the school today. During class time, you are not allowed to be late or leave early without any reason."

"A total of twenty-four students have registered today. The Master also gave each of us a test. He said he wanted to check our learning level and ability based on the test results."

Chen Changsheng nodded after hearing this.

As usual, she poured another bowl of tea for everyone, "Today you have classes and harvest rice. Go to bed early after dinner. Don't delay your studies the next day."

After several people had eaten and cleared away the dishes, the sleeping pills began to take effect. As soon as the children lay down on the bed, they immediately fell asleep.

Chen Changsheng shouted a few words in a low voice. Seeing that no one moved, she quickly locked the courtyard door and went out.

Thanks to her catching up on some sleep in the morning, it wasn't too tiring to drive the harvester in the dark like this. After working like this for a whole night, all the food in the fields was finally harvested.

The next day, Chen Dafu saw his mother coming back with deep dark circles under her eyes...

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On the day of the dinner agreed with Xu Tan, Chen Changsheng got up early.

The weather was quite sunny today, and after confirming that it would not rain, she asked the children to spread the rice out in the yard to dry, and then put it away when Dafu and the others came back from school.

Her family's rice is almost dry and can start shelling today. Other families are not so labor-saving and can only harvest it manually.

If there are many people in the family, they work in teams of two, and the two groups take turns harvesting. One group is responsible for cutting the rice in the field, and the other group is responsible for tying the cut rice with straw ropes, and then carrying it home with poles and stacking it in the yard. The younger children are left responsible for picking up the missing ears of rice from the fields and roads and taking them back, so that nothing is wasted.

If there are few people in the family, the whole family can only work together. The old men and young women harvest in the fields, while pregnant women and women who are about to give birth stay at home. It is impossible to rest. They are responsible for threshing.

There is no threshing machine in Chenjia Village, so the villagers can only divide the rice into handfuls, lift them up and beat them hard against the wooden basin, and the grains will fall into the basin.

But because the rice has just been harvested from the field and has not yet had time to be dried, it cannot be completely beaten with such manual beating, so it must be beaten while drying.

People in Chenjiacun all cut with their bare hands using hatchets and sickles. Within a short time, the palms of their hands would be bruised and blistered by the knife handles.

Picking rice is not an easy task either. Two full loads of rice weigh over a hundred kilograms, and men can still pick one. However, the old men and women are exhausted after a while, and their shoulders are so painful that they even bleed.

But even if their hands were bruised and their shoulders were crushed, no one dared to stop and rest, because everything had to be done quickly and everything had to depend on the weather. Autumn harvest is so tiring, and farmers are always the hardest workers.

It really confirms the saying "Who knows that every meal on the plate is hard work".

After breakfast, the four children went to school, and Chen Changsheng was also preparing to go to the city.

"Sister-in-law Chen, are you ready to go?" Ma Daqiang hitched up the ox cart and prepared to move the barrels.

Chen Changsheng thought for a while and said, "Brother Ma, in the past few days, we are rushing to harvest the autumn harvest. Aunt Ma has to keep an eye on things at the kiln. Isn't your rice finished yet? Why don't you finish it first and then send it away?" goods?"

Ma Daqiang moved all the wooden barrels containing vegetables into the car, and he jumped on the cart and sat down. "Thank you, Sister-in-law Chen, for your concern. My family only has a few acres of land and not much rice. A few days ago, Daju's aunt My niece came over, and now she is helping to collect them. They are almost finished.

Everything has been arranged at home. Sister-in-law Chen, please feel free to let me deliver the goods. "

Hearing this, Chen Changsheng felt relieved and got into the car.

"Aunt Ma, why did her family members suddenly come to help?"

Now is the harvest season, and people are needed everywhere. It stands to reason that Aunt Ma’s family also needs labor, so why do people suddenly come here at this time? And she couldn't find this person in the memory of the original owner, so she was very curious.

Ma Daqiang sighed slightly, "My niece is also a miserable person."