The Little Lucky Girl

Zheng Huan and his family still lived together with the village chief's family, but plowing the fields was too hard work, so Village Chief Guo let his three sons do it.

Zheng Huan and the others were of course embarrassed, but they had no choice but to follow behind and work hard to weed.

Seeing that Ming Youyou actually brought back a plow, they were afraid that Guo's son would come to "steal" it again, so they didn't bother to ask any more questions and started using it immediately.

Putting the rope for pulling the plow on his shoulder, Zheng Huan took a deep breath.

The memory of the bloody marks from being strangled was still there, so he planned to muster up all his strength and walk a few more steps, so that the pain would last shorter.

As a result, he exerted force and moved to the front, even surpassing the Guo brothers who had already plowed a quarter of the field.

He realized something was wrong, so he stopped and said angrily to Feng Xu behind him: "What are you thinking about? Why don't you hold the plow properly? If the ground is not turned deeply, what's the point of walking faster?"

Feng Xu was still in shock. He ignored Zheng Huan's words and just waved to him, indicating that he should look at the ground under his feet.

Only then did Zheng Xu notice that the land they plowed was actually better than that of the Guo brothers.

They certainly couldn't match him in terms of technique and physical strength, so the change must be due to this new plow.

The Guo family also came over and asked in surprise: "Where did this plow come from?"

Ming Youyou said proudly: "I got it from the county government office."

"Oh," everyone thought they understood. The county magistrate wanted everyone to try out the new farm tools.

After Lord Tao took office, he asked them to try planting new seeds many times, and they have gotten used to it.

Village chief Guo was so fond of the plow that he called all the good farmers in the village to try it out one by one.

They thought that when the county magistrate came, they would be able to give more detailed feedback. If the county magistrate was happy, maybe he would leave the plow to them.

When Magistrate Tao finally finished writing the memorial, he immediately called his confidant and said, "Use fast horses to transport the letter and the things to the capital. If they can be transported in time, they may be used for farming this time, and each household may be able to open up a few more acres of land."

The confidant took the letter and asked, "Sir, where is the thing?"

Magistrate Tao was stunned, only then did he realize that the plow had been taken back by a child.

When he arrived at Xiaguan Village, he saw everyone gathered in a field, chatting and laughing.

When Village Chief Guo saw the county magistrate coming, he led the villagers to pay their respects and said, "Sir, your plow is really useful. Two days' work was completed in less than a day and a half, and I was not that tired. It felt like I suddenly had another son to do the work."

Guo's sons: ...

Magistrate Tao listened to everyone's praise with a smile, then ordered the plow to be loaded onto the carriage as he wanted to take it away.

Ming Youyou hurriedly stopped him, "Sir, this plow is mine."

"Did you pay the money?" asked Magistrate Tao with a smile.

Not really.

The main thing was that when she wanted to pay, the carpenter said it was not necessary and that she could just put the money on the county government's account when she got back.

A plow costs almost one or two taels of silver, and she was able to save money quietly like this. She was so happy at the time, but who knew that someone was waiting here.

Alas, it is indeed not easy to take advantage of Lord Tao.

Seeing that she was unhappy, Magistrate Tao patted her head and said, "When a new batch is made, I'll give it to you first. Is that okay?"

"Okay," Ming Youyou nodded, since their land had almost been turned over, "Then you have to think about sending it."

The key point is "give", you can't ask for money.

Now that the land has been turned over, they will start planting rice.

Zheng Huan and his colleagues had previously planted wheat by simply sowing the seeds on the ground and covering them with soil; but for rice, they had to plant the seedlings in the paddy fields.

They found it quite interesting to see the big guys stomping around in the fields barefoot.

Feng Xu, in particular, thought it would be very cool in the water, so he quickly took off his shoes and went down to the fields.

Only when we actually got to the fields did we realize that the mud was extremely difficult to walk on, especially the ridges. Not only was it difficult to walk on, but it was also very slippery. If we weren't careful, we would fall flat on our faces.

With a splash, after Feng Xu fell down again, he simply gave up, leaving half of his body immersed in the water and the other half resting on the ridge of the field.

Perhaps he felt that there wasn't enough mud on his body, so he turned over and evenly smeared a lot of mud on his back.

Zheng Huan's image was also horrible, but when he saw Feng Xu like that, he couldn't help but laugh, "Are you imitating a buffalo, rolling in the mud so that mosquitoes can't bite you?"

Wrestling is also very physically demanding. Feng Xu no longer wanted to talk and just stared at Ming Youyou.

She was handing them herbal tea from the shore. Seeing that Feng Xu's face was covered in mud, she considerately found a reed tube and let him drink it.

Lu Tai was also helping, but he did not go into the fields. Firstly, he was not as flexible as the others and was more likely to fall; secondly, everyone was worried that if he fell, he would crush a lot of seedlings.

He took a few large leaves to fan Feng Xu and Zheng Huan, and suddenly saw something moving in the water. He immediately shouted, "Snake, there is a snake in the water."

Feng Xu had just been mumbling that he was so tired that he couldn't move a finger, but he jumped up first, screaming and crawling onto the road using his hands and feet.

Lu Tai also helped Zheng Huan climb up.

They took a few breaths in shock, then shouted loudly to alert the surrounding villagers: "There is a snake, there is a snake, everyone come up quickly."

The Guo brothers, who were closest, rushed over immediately. They searched in the water, caught one and asked, "Is that so?"

Feng Xu and the others didn't see it clearly at first. They just felt that something was swimming past their feet. But when they saw the long, twisting thing in Guo Dalang's hand, they thought it should be that.

Guo Dalang smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, young masters. This is not a snake, but an eel. It won't bite."

Ming Youyou came over and asked curiously, "This is the field eel. I think I've seen it somewhere before."

She even tried to grab it with her hands, but the eel's tail shook and splashed water all over her face.

Perhaps this action left a deep impression on her, her eyes lit up and she shouted, "I remember now, my second grandfather would send a basket of food to my house every year, so this is it."

She turned to Zheng Huan and the others and said, "It's delicious. It tastes good when stewed with tofu or chicken."

After saying that, he couldn't help swallowing.

Zheng Huan and Lu Tai were a little greedy because of her, so they were not so scared anymore, "Then let's catch some?"

They imitated Guo Dalang and began to grope along the edge of the field. Only Feng Xu was not very enthusiastic and said, "What is this called field eel? It looks so scary. I won't eat it no matter how delicious it is."

Then at the dinner table, he ate more than anyone else.

Ming Youyou said disdainfully: "Didn't you say you didn't want to eat?"