Soul Travel: I was bought by the fierce man in the village to farm

In mid-March, the first spring rain came quietly in the middle of the night.

When she woke up in the morning, the sound of rain dripping outside the window made Mao Xiaosui, who was already unconscious, even more sleepy. She turned over and said lazily, "It's great, it's finally raining."

The low temperatures in March only exist in the morning and evening. Now that it’s raining, the house is even colder.

Li Yunshan got out of bed, lit the clay stove, cooked porridge, smoked the house for a while, and then went to the backyard to feed the chickens and rabbits when it was hot.

Mao Xiaosui got up and went to the latrine. When he came out of the latrine, Li Yunshan had also fed the chickens and rabbits. Most of the clothes on the two of them were wet after just a few steps.

There was a strong fire in the clay oven, and the porridge was already boiling when we returned to the house.

He forgot to boil water in the morning, so now he could only wash it with cold water, wet the cloth, toast it on the fire, and then handed it to Mao Xiaosui after it was warmed.

Mao Xiaosui spit out the foam in his mouth and wiped his face and hands with a cloth.

After putting away the porridge, he went to dig out some salted green onions with chopsticks and came back to eat the porridge.

After eating and washing the pots, the rain still showed no sign of stopping.

Li Yunshan went to get some dried fish and eggs.

Boil the eggs, tear the dried fish into pieces, and finally bake them over the fire together with the boiled eggs.

Li Yunshan brought another wine, poured a glass and started eating the dried grilled fish.

After a glass of wine all morning, it was lunch time again.

Li Yunshan came back from feeding the chickens and rabbits and said, "That female rabbit doesn't come out of the nest very often recently. I just caught it and took a look, and she seems to be pregnant."

"That's right." Mao Xiaosui was a little happy, "Then when the rabbits are raised, we can sell them."

Li Yunshan laughed and said, "Let's talk about it then."

"How long?" she asked.

"How long?" Li Yunshan didn't understand.

"How long does it take for a rabbit to give birth to cubs?"

Li Yunshan thought for a while and said, "A month or two, this thing gives birth to babies very quickly, and there are many of them. There can be hundreds of them a year."

Mao Xiaosui had never raised rabbits before. He only knew that rabbits could give birth to seven or eight rabbits, or even a dozen in a litter. When he heard what he said, he felt that he was going to get rich in the future, and he felt even happier.

After a nap in the afternoon, the rain became heavier when I woke up, from moderate rain to heavy rain, and then back to light rain in the evening.

The sky was overcast, and the fog enveloped the entire village and forest, making it difficult to see the road clearly.

Li Yunshan was already lying on the bed, and Mao Xiaosui also took off his clothes and lay on it, humming while stroking her stomach where he would kick her from time to time.

Li Yunshan closed his eyes. Mao Xiaosui thought he was asleep. He moved his body and changed himself into a more comfortable position to sleep. When Li Yunshan asked, "What? It sounds pretty good."

Mao Xiaosui laughed and said, "Hum it casually."

Li Yunshan didn't ask further questions and turned over to face her.

I slept until dawn, and the rain stopped. Looking from the edge of the wall, all I could see was white fog floating in the air.

The air is moist and smells of the earthy fragrance after heavy rain, which makes people feel comfortable.

Mao Mingzhu came out of the backyard and saw her with her head up and her hands open. She felt confused and asked her, "What are you doing?"

Mao Xiaosui was startled by her, put down his arms and replied, "It smells good."

Mao Mingzhu muttered something that she didn't listen carefully, and he was probably scolding her for being sick.

The sun came out, the fog dispersed, and the village gradually emerged.

The next day the sun was out all morning, and in the afternoon the villagers began to go to the fields.

Li Yunshan pulled the plow, and Mao Xiaosui followed to pick grass.

Lu Xiaoxia and Li Yunqiang were also busy in the field next to them, but Ding Wenxiu was the only one missing.

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Growing food is similar to growing vegetables. You just need to plow the ground, pick up grass, scatter the seeds and then cover them with soil.

I have been busy working on the six acres of land for half a month, and it will be April when I finish clearing it.

Before going to bed at night, Mao Xiaosui always feels itchy.

She couldn't reach the back, so she turned over and faced Li Yunshan, saying, "Please scratch it for me."

Li Yunshan opened her clothes and took a look, and found that her body was covered with many red bumps bitten by insects.

"Scratch it for me," she urged.

Li Yunshan scratched her with his nails and found that the more he scratched her, the more itchy she became, and the skin on her body was almost broken, so he rubbed it with his palms instead.

The intensity of friction was far less effective than scratching with fingernails to relieve the itch, and she fell asleep after itching for a while.

It was bright in the morning, and when Mao Xiaosui woke up, he still felt itchy on his back.

She rubbed it with her clothes, then slowly got out of bed and went to the latrine.

Li Yunshan came out of the backyard and asked her, "Are you still itchy?"

"It's not bad." She said, "You light the clay oven, we'll take a shower after dinner, and then wash the clothes. We'll go to the market the day after tomorrow."

"Okay." Li Yunshan pulled some hay into the house.

If there was not enough water at home to take a bath, he would cook the porridge and go out with a bucket.

Mao Xiaosui took off the cloth from the bedding, carried the bedding to the yard to dry, swept the table and floor, and after finishing everything, Li Yunshan came back.

The two of them were not in a hurry to have breakfast, so Li Yunshan went to pick up the food twice more.

Mao Xiaosui found a stick and patted the bedding. After the ashes were collected, he went to the food room to get fried eggs.

After dinner, Li Yunshan went to fetch water again, and Mao Xiaosui patted the bedding for a while before going to the kitchen to boil a large pot of water.

First I washed my hair, wiped my body, and even called Li Yunshan on the parts of my back that couldn't be wiped.

After cleaning up, the sun had warmed her up. She sat by the clay stove to dry her hair. She took out the cloth tie given by Li Yunshan during the Chinese New Year from the closet and tied it up. Then she put all the dirty clothes into the basin and waited for a while. After finishing cleaning, I took the basin to the river to wash.

There are already people washing clothes in the river now, including Liu Xiaoxia.

The family's clothes piled up into a mountain, and Wang Dong was catching fish not far away.

Compared with when Li Xiaoru was here, Liu Xiaoxia and Wang Dong were obviously having a hard time these days. Their faces were dark and thin, and they looked pitiful and worn.

Li Yunshan helped her wash the clothes. Because they were all cotton clothes, they were heavy to hold when wet, so Li Yunshan carried a basin up to dry them first.

Heizi was fishing for fish and shrimp in the river, and did not run far away. He stayed next to her. Liu Xiaoxia would look here from time to time, and would avoid looking away when Mao Xiaosui looked back.

Not long after Li Yunshan left, Mao Xiaosui heard footsteps approaching. She knew it was Wang Dong without raising her eyes.

Heizi heard the movement and stood in front of Mao Xiaosui. He watched Wang Dong stop next to Liu Xiaoxia and then squatted down.

Li Yunshan came back quickly. When he saw Heizi squatting next to her, he subconsciously looked at Wang Dong and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Mao Xiaosui shook his head, "Nothing."

Li Yunshan felt relieved, picked up the shoes soaked in the water and began to wash them.