After two busy days in a row, spring plowing is over. The fields are plowed, and spring planting begins again in a hurry.

In the following days, the cowherd boy no longer has to wake up early and work late at night to feed the cows. He only needs to listen to the announcements on the radio and go out and go home with the people working in the fields.

This type of land is also specific and divided into regions. Yushu Village is located in central China. Rice is planted in the spring. Rice is harvested in the summer to grow wheat and corn. After the autumn harvest, sweet potatoes are planted in November.

Nowadays, growing rice requires a large amount of water to be poured into the fields. The water conservancy project for the production team only started construction in 1959, and it has not been completed yet. So the young and strong people carry water from the river and pour it into the fields one by one.

Modern machinery is all done by manpower.

Yun Xiaotang sat on the grass and watched people one after another carrying two buckets of water on poles and coming back again and again. She couldn't help but lament the hardship of farming in these years.

There is still strength in numbers. In the morning, the fields were filled with water. After starting work in the afternoon, everyone took off their shoes one by one, rolled up their trousers and stepped into the paddy fields to plant rice seedlings.

In early spring, it was still a bit cold. Zhao Xueer stepped into the paddy field and felt a cold feeling from the soles of her feet to the top of her head. After planting seedlings and working for a while, she recovered.

In the paddy field, all you could see were members bending over to plant seedlings. After Zhao Xueer glanced around, she lowered her head and worked hard. After a while, neat rows of seedlings were planted.

After a few days of busy work, the spring planting is finally over, and acres and acres of fields are covered with green seedlings. Looking at the seedlings in the field, someone sighed, "Oh, we have finished planting. I hope there will be a good harvest."

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When everyone heard this, they all nodded and prayed silently in their hearts.

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After finishing the spring planting, although I still have to work every day, I feel much more relaxed.

Zhao Xueer took advantage of her lunch break to go to the mountain with her bamboo basket on her back. She was not afraid of being seen at this moment. Everyone was resting at home. Even if she was discovered, she could say that she went to the mountain to collect firewood.

The mountain forest is particularly lively in spring. As soon as you walk into the forest, you can hear the crisp chirping of birds. The trees and flowers have sprouted buds, and the area is lush and green.

Zhao Xueer looked at the small pink and purple flower buds in the grass, picked a handful, and woven the flower branches into a wreath while walking. She imagined how happy her sister would be when she saw the wreath, and then thought of Zhao Tianer, so she also made a wreath for her brother.

It was sunny and windy in the forest at noon. After climbing over the top of the mountain, Zhao Xueer arrived at the water stream where she had caught fish before. She always remembered coming here to catch fish in spring.

The stream is clear, and you can see swaying aquatic plants in the water at a glance, and a few fish playing among the aquatic plants.

Zhao Xueer's eyes were shining. It was the time when fish were spawning. If she caught a few more fish, there would be small fish in the future. She took off her shoes and socks, stepped into the stream, and waited until the fish was caught.

He left quickly and rushed home.

At home, Yun Xiaotang, who had taken a nap, had already gotten up and sat in the yard, looking up at the elm tree in the yard of her home. Unlike the old elm trees at the entrance of the village that were already full of elm trees, their elm tree had just sprouted new shoots.

When the elm tree at home is full of elm trees, my sister will no longer have to go to the village entrance to pick them.

Before the radio in the village rang, Zhao Xueer returned home with a loaded bamboo basket on her back.

As soon as he got home, he handed the garland in the bamboo basket to Yun Xiaotang, then returned to the kitchen and poured the fish into the bucket. It was too late to clean the water tank in the yard.

In the yard, Yun Xiaotang happily looked at the wreath and put it on her head. When she saw her brother coming out of the room, she put another wreath on his head.

"Brother, this is the wreath that my sister made for us. Isn't it beautiful?"

Zhao Tianer carefully touched the wreath on her head with her hand, then looked at her sister who looked happy wearing the wreath, and nodded.

"It's beautiful. This is my first time wearing a garland." His tone was full of surprise. After all, he was still a seven-year-old boy.

Wearing garlands, the two people ran to the kitchen door and saw Zhao Xueer pouring the fish into the bucket. One by one, the fish fell into the water, full of joy and vitality.

"Sister, do you think this fish will give birth to baby fish?" Zhao Tian'er asked, staring at the fish in the bucket.

At this time, Zhao Xueer noticed her younger brother who was wearing a wreath like her sister. The two little guys looked so cute.

"Yes. When there are more and more small fishes in the future, my sister will dry the small fishes for you to eat."

"Okay, you should also put some chili pepper in the dried fish to make it taste better." Upon hearing this, Yun Xiaotang suggested in a sweet voice next to her.

"Okay, okay, let's put some chili pepper in." After saying that, Zhao Xueer pinched Yun Xiaotang's nose.

The three people locked the door and went out to work.

In the cattle herding team, many children stared at Yun Xiaotang and Zhao Tian'er who were wearing garlands. They thought the garlands were really beautiful. Their eyes turned to the face of Yun Xiaotang who was wearing garlands. Her ears turned red. People...

Very cute too.

Zhou Nanyue immediately saw the two brothers and sisters wearing garlands in the crowd, especially the younger one. Unlike other children in the village who had dark or sallow skin, that little guy had fair skin, but he was too thin.

With a figure as thin as a bean sprout, it felt like a gust of wind could blow her away.

However, all the children in this village are thin. In this era, almost no one in the countryside is fat.

Some children are skinny but have tight skin, but she is like a pampered flower that needs careful care in a greenhouse. However, it is difficult for a pampered flower to survive at this age.

Zhou Nanyue didn't care, so he picked a piece of dogtail grass and put it in his mouth, lying on his back on the grass, no longer paying attention to the situation there.

Here, Zhao Tian'er felt a little uncomfortable being stared at. He touched his head and looked at his sister who looked calm.

Finally, a little girl came up and talked to them, "Hello... hello, your wreath is so beautiful. Where did you pick the flowers?"

Sure enough, no girl doesn't love flowers, no matter what era.

Yun Xiaotang looked at the little girl who was shyly asking them, and answered seriously, "Our sister picked these flowers when she went to collect firewood in the mountains. Our sister is very clever with her hands and weaved the flowers into garlands for us."

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The little girl nodded, "Yeah, I understand. I'll ask my dad to help me pick some flowers later and let my grandma make a garland."

All the children with pricked up ears nodded their heads, then turned around and made garlands of flowers to wear themselves.

A few days later, there were more and more children wearing garlands in the cattle herding team. Everyone was very happy. Some children even judged whose garland had the most beautiful flowers and whose garland was the best.
Chapter completed!