Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Grandfather couldn't help but say, "Two more pairs of hands make a difference. If it were in previous years, your grandmother and I would have to squat and walk around in the fields for another morning to do this work!"

Grandma smiled and sighed, "Yes, we are really old... our legs and feet are not as good as before~!"

An Yue said as she worked: "Grandpa and grandma have difficulty walking while squatting, so from now on, let my brother and I do this kind of farm work! We are not afraid of squatting."

The grandmother, who was wielding a hoe to dig sweet potatoes, heard this and smiled and praised them, "Well, well, well, you two are really good children. But farm work is a very physical job. After a long time, your body will be very tired!"

Grandfather wiped his sweat and said, "If you two are tired, sit down on the ground and take a rest!"

An Nian said excitedly: "Grandpa, grandma, you are not tired every year!"

An Yue thought of what her aunt Wei said, it was like a knife cutting her heart, but what could she do? She and her brother were too young to travel here suddenly, and they didn't know much about the customs and habits of this era. There was nothing they could do but to endure it.

Although the grandparents didn't say anything these days, their emotions were all shown on their faces. They haven't been able to accept the fact that they have lost their daughter.

Until today, the four generations of grandparents and grandchildren work in the fields together. Seeing the two children being well-behaved, sensible and considerate, the old couple finally relaxed their brows.

After the brother and sister cleared all the sweet potato vines in the field, they went around their grandmother to get the backpack.

They put the backpack away and sat directly in the sweet potato field. The soil was very soft after being dug. They picked up the sweet potatoes, gently wiped off the soil stuck on the sweet potato skin, and put them into the backpack one by one.

Soon, it was time for lunch.

My grandmother didn’t allow my brother and sister to put too many sweet potatoes in their backpacks, saying that if the children were weighed down too much, they would not grow taller.

An Yue and An Nian had no choice but to pick out a few big sweet potatoes and put them into the backpack. The four generations of grandparents and grandchildren carried the baskets filled with sweet potatoes and prepared to go home for lunch.

On the way, in order to relieve her fatigue, the grandmother said she wanted to tell the siblings a joke.

Then the grandmother began to talk, "Legend has it that there was a man and a woman who were engaged after being brought together by a matchmaker. But the man's family was poor and the woman's family was rich. The man's family was afraid that things would get complicated, so they chose a good day and proposed the custom of kidnapping the bride. On the wedding day, the man ran into the woman's house, carried her on his back and ran away, and ended up kidnapping her by mistake."

An Nian turned around and asked his grandmother with a puzzled look on his face: "Grandma, who is that person on his back?"

My grandmother smiled and continued, "The one being carried was my sister-in-law, so the woman's family members chased after her, shouting, "He was wrong! He was wrong!" At this time, my sister-in-law was so anxious that she said on his back, "Don't listen to him, it's not wrong! Run! Run!"

The four generations of grandparents and grandchildren burst into laughter.

I carried sweet potatoes along the way and listened to my grandmother telling jokes. I didn't seem to feel tired at all and I arrived home.

After arriving home, my aunt Wei was still cooking in the kitchen, and my uncle Jiang Chenghai was working in the village and usually didn't come back for dinner.

An Yue put down the backpack, washed her hands, and prepared to go to the kitchen to help.

As soon as An Yue entered the kitchen, she saw Wei looking unhappy.

Just as she reached out her hand, Wei lowered her eyes and said coldly, "Don't try to be clever with me! You're a jinx!"

An Yue didn't say anything, but slowly retracted her outstretched hand, turned around silently, wiped the table with a coarse cloth, and prepared to set the table for the meal.

Although this was pretty much what An Yue had expected, she was still sad to be treated like this even though she was prepared.

An Yue knew why her aunt was unhappy, but what could she do?

All the brother and sister can do is to work harder and try to do more work in the future.

After a while, the meal was ready.

My aunt brought the dishes and put them on the table. Seeing this, An Yue hurried forward to bring the corn porridge, while An Nian brought a basket of steaming sweet potatoes.

After washing their hands, grandparents brushed off the dirt on their bodies and sat down one by one.

An Yue and An Nian sat next to their grandmother tactfully.

My aunt Wei took two sweet potatoes, put some vegetables in a bowl, and held a bowl of corn porridge, and walked to her room without saying a word.

Grandpa and grandmother looked at each other and understood.

As my grandmother picked up some food, she muttered in a low voice in annoyance, "How long have you just come in? You're already showing off like that. Who are you showing it to?"

"Alright, alright, stop talking!" Grandfather frowned and told grandmother to stop talking.

Although Zheng was not a mean woman, she was not a pushover either.

At this moment, there were only four grandparents and grandchildren left at the dinner table. Wei went back to her room to eat, and the atmosphere at the dinner table was unusually quiet.

From time to time, grandma would pick up some food for the brother and sister.

"Eat more every year and every month. You must be hungry after doing so much work today!"

"Thank you, Grandma..."

Fortunately, An Nian and Anyue are very sensible and do not cause the old couple too much worry.

After dinner, my grandfather stood up, picked up a stool, sat under the eaves of the main house, and smoked his pipe.

My grandparents are old, and there is endless farm work to do every day. No matter how healthy they are, they can't withstand the years of hard work.

If they take a short nap at noon, they can relieve fatigue to a great extent.

After everyone has finished their meal, leave the table.

Grandma was about to collect the dishes to wash, but An Yue insisted on washing them herself.

In the end, the grandmother couldn't persuade An Yue and had to give her the dishes and chopsticks, besides, she was really very sleepy.

After wiping the table, my younger brother An Nian ran to the yard to wrap dry tobacco for my grandfather. After wrapping it, he wrapped it in coarse cloth. When he went to work in the fields in the afternoon, my grandfather didn't have to sit on the ground and wrap it slowly. He could take it out and smoke it directly.

After An Nian wrapped his tobacco, he had nothing to do, so he squatted at the edge of the yard to watch the ants and play with earthworms.

An Yue had just finished washing her dishes and Wei came out of her room carrying her bowl, only to see An Nian squatting in the yard doing nothing.

She took a look and didn't say anything, just turned and walked towards the kitchen.

An Yue took the bowl from Wei's hand.

Wei turned around and prepared to go back to her room, muttering quietly: "Two disaster stars!"

After washing the bowls, he placed them one by one in the cupboard before coming out of the kitchen.

When she came out and saw An Nian squatting in the yard, An Yue called out to him, "Niannian, come here quickly. Go back to the house with your sister to have a rest. When you wake up later, you still have to go to work in the fields!"

Afterwards, An Yue took An Nian's hand, tiptoed to her grandmother's room, and lay down on the bed carefully.

The brother and sister's bed was made temporarily, right next to their grandparents' bed.

My grandmother was not asleep at this time, she just closed her eyes and rested.

She raised her head, stretched out her hand and beckoned the brother and sister to come over, letting them lie down beside her.

The brother and sister crawled over obediently.