Reborn Ugly Girl Farming to Support the Family

"Dad, we need to dig a drainage ditch in our yard. All the rainwater is accumulating in the yard."

Zheng Qingming stood under the eaves and looked at the accumulated water in the yard. The water was so deep that it was almost above his ankles.

Zheng Dashan's voice came from the house, "I was just planning to go, otherwise our family will be blocked by the rain at the door."

He changed his clothes in the house, put on a pair of old shoes, put on a hat and took a shovel and went to the yard.

Zheng Qingming also changed his clothes and followed him out. The father and son began to dig a ditch at the edge of the yard.

The ditch was dug very deep. As we don’t know when the rain will stop, it’s better to dig deeper to be prepared.

The ditch leads all the way to the outside of the yard. The accumulated water in the yard flows into the ditch and then flows out of the yard along the ditch.

Zheng Xiaoman, her mother and Lixia were busy in the vegetable garden in the backyard. The terrain here was higher than the front yard, so there was not much water.

However, there is a lot of water in the vegetable ridges. If it continues like this, the vegetables in the field will be rotten.

Three people used small hoes to make a hole in each ridge of the land so that the water inside could flow out.

After the land was ready, she went out in the rain to add grass to the cows and rabbits and feed the pigs.

I went to check on the other animals and poultry to make sure their sheds were not leaking.

However, the chickens, ducks and geese were used to being free, and now they were locked in cages, clucking non-stop and seemed a little anxious.

After adding some food and water to the chickens and ducks, Zheng Xiaoman walked back from the backyard.

At this time, her shoes were covered with mud and kept falling down.

After her shoes got stuck in the mud again, Zheng Xiaoman decided that when the rain stopped, she would pave a gravel path in the front and back yards.

The rain showed no sign of stopping. Zheng Xiaoman stood under the eaves and put his muddy shoes in the rain to wash off the mud.

Little Huang lay beside it boredly, looking at the water curtain falling from the eaves, and occasionally scratched its big head with its hind legs.

The weather is humid and hot on rainy days, and the dog's body is covered with thick fur, making it feel very uncomfortable.

After scratching their itch, the man and the dog sat under the eaves in a daze.

When Zheng Dashan and Zheng Qingming came back after digging the ditch, they saw a man and a dog squatting under the eaves with the same expression. The scene was unexpectedly harmonious.

Zheng Dashan asked with a smile: "My dear girl, what are you thinking about?"

Zheng Xiaoman retracted his scattered gaze and looked up at his father. "Dad, do you think the crops in the field are okay? If it rains any more, I'm afraid the sweet potato vines in the field will be soaked and rotten."

She is not worried about those things in the mountains. She is mainly worried about the few acres of land in the village.

Zheng Dashan said, "I'll go over to the fields to take a look. I'll go to your grandparents' place for lunch, so you don't have to wait for me to come back for lunch."

Zheng Qingming hurriedly said: "Dad, I will go with you."

Because of the heavy rain, the school was closed for the past few days and he had nothing to do at home.

Zheng Dashan shook his head. "No, just stay at home. It's just a few acres of land, I can handle it by myself. Don't bother going back and forth in such heavy rain."

After saying this, he put on his raincoat, walked into the village with his hoe on his shoulder, one foot deep and one foot shallow.

At noon, we just had a quick bite at home. Everyone was worried about their own fields and had no appetite.

When Zheng Dashan arrived at his own land, he saw many people carrying hoes to the fields.

The crops in the fields are their lifeblood. As long as there are crops planted in the fields, no one can sit peacefully at home without going out.

Zheng Dashan looked at his own field and saw that a lot of rain water had accumulated there.

Some of the sweet potato seedlings have been soaked in rain water. If they are not dealt with, the fruits below will probably rot soon.

He took a hoe and began to dig several criss-crossing trenches in the ground so that the water in the ground could flow out of the field.

Their fields are not adjacent to other people's fields, so they don't have to worry about the water flowing into other people's fields.

Zheng Dashan kept his head down while working and did not notice a figure in the distance walking towards him with a hoe on his back.

Because the rain was so loud, he didn't hear the footsteps of the person coming.

When Zheng Dashan turned around, he found that there was someone standing behind him. He was startled when he turned around.

"Dad? When did you come here? You said you didn't make a sound, and suddenly you stood behind me and scared me."

Old Man Zheng looked at him angrily and said, "What's there to be afraid of in broad daylight? You're not a grown-up girl, what can anyone do to you?"

Zheng Dashan wiped the rain off his face with a smile, "Are you not afraid if she's not a girl? What if the person standing behind you is not a human?"

As soon as he said it, he knew he had said the wrong thing again.

Sure enough, Old Man Zheng was so angry that he raised his foot and kicked him in the butt, "You idiot, who are you saying is not a human being?"

Zheng Dashan didn't dare to dodge and just took the kick from his father.

"Dad, I'm not saying you're not a human being. I'm just saying what if."

"Hmph." Old man Zheng didn't want to talk nonsense with him any more.

"Hurry up and work. We have to drain all the water from the fields. We can't let any of these sweet potatoes get damaged."

Zheng Dashan also put away his smile, and the father and son stopped talking and began to work with their heads down.

At noon, Zheng Dashan went to the old house to have lunch. After lunch, the two of them went back to the fields to continue working.

The happiest person at this time was Boss Zheng. His family had just harvested their two acres of land and nothing had been planted on the land yet, so he didn't have to worry about the crops being flooded.

Zheng Dashan worked in the fields all day and returned home only after it got dark.

Although he was wearing a straw raincoat and a bamboo hat, the rain still soaked his clothes after a day of rain.

Zhou Chunfeng hurried to boil some hot water for him, "Go wash yourself first. I've found some clean clothes for you. I'll boil you a bowl of ginger water."

Zheng Dashan responded and went back to the house with the basin.

After he took a hot shower and changed into clean clothes, he felt much better.

After taking a shower, I drank a large bowl of scallion and ginger water, and began to sweat all over.

Zheng Xiaoman finally had the chance to speak, "Dad, is our farmland all right?"

Zheng Dashan wiped the sweat off his head with a towel. "It's nothing. There's some water but not much. Your grandfather and I dug a lot of ditches in the fields today and drained all the water out."

Zheng Xiaoman breathed a sigh of relief and now just hoped that the rain would stop.

She didn’t know if God heard her thoughts, but the next morning, she was awakened by the chirping of birds under the eaves.

She opened her eyes drowsily, and the light from outside the window filtered into the room, sweeping away the gloom of the rainy days of the past few days.

Zheng Xiaoman sat up in surprise. There was no sound of raindrops outside. Did the rain stop?

She quickly put on her clothes and opened the door. The unique fragrance of the earth after the rain, mixed with the aroma of wild grass, hit her in the face.

The red sun rose from the east, and the sky outside, washed by rain, was blue.

The sound of birds singing could be heard from the woods. The chickens and ducks in the backyard were all released, and they were calling out happily.

If you ignore the mud in the yard, it's a beautiful picture of sunshine and rain.