Good mountains, good water, good people

Chapter 12 012 Free Labor

140021-04-0221: 40

After knowing how much her son spent to rent such a piece of land, Gu's mother felt distressed, as if she had cut her flesh. What is the wrong thing to do with this money, but why come back to farm?You said that this child has been very smart since he was a child, why is he so stubborn in this matter, once he decides that ten cows can't be pulled back?

But now that the land is rented and rented, what else can they do, the whole family can only come to help clean up the land.

I don’t know how long it will take to clean up such a large piece of land. Mother Gu looked up at the endless weedy land. She never thought that there was so much land in the back mountain before, but what is the work now? Can't finish it?

On this day, even the retired village head Gu and the current village head Gu went to work in the fields with a sickle and a hoe.

"The grass in this field hasn't been treated for many years. It's not easy to get rid of it. Let's try it too." Seeing their village chiefs and old village chiefs bending over to mow the grass, some spectators nearby didn't care. Well, let's stand and watch the fun again. First, a few people came to help, and then gradually more people followed, even the children followed behind to join in the fun.

The children in the countryside are in charge of the family early, and children who are a few years old know how to help the family. Now they follow behind the adults, and they do what the adults do. It's just that the strength of the children is a little weaker. The grass is so deeply rooted that several people can't pull it out even if they work together.

"Just rest on the side, there's no need to help us." Seeing everyone coming to help them with work, Grandma Gu said a little embarrassedly while she was working.

"Hey, it's okay, we're idle anyway, and you can make things faster if we come to help you." Most people basically have nothing to do.

It is not without reason that the income of the people in this place is not without reason. Most people do not have much pursuit of material things. As long as they have food to eat and children have books to read, many people are relatively easy to be satisfied with the days ahead. up.

If they had to worry about paying school fees for their children before, this worry has basically disappeared in recent years.Now elementary school and junior high school are free, and children don’t need to pay tuition fees. They just pay a small fee for books and some stationery for children every year. After a year, children’s school expenses are greatly saved.

Most of the people in their village are old people and children, and some young women. Young men are basically working outside, and their wives and children stay in their hometown.The young women who stay at home not only have to take care of the children, but also help take care of the elderly at home. The men only come back from outside during the Chinese New Year every year.

There are only a few couples who have earned a little money outside, and they will take their children to study when they are older, but most of the children still live and study in the village with their grandparents.

"The land is too strong. It's too difficult for you to pull weeds with your hands. I have a few spare scythes here, whoever wants to use them come and get them." Fortunately, Gu Changning was well prepared and counted these people. It would be embarrassing to watch Village Chief Gu and Old Village Chief Gu go to work in the field and stand by. He even prepared the sickle early, just waiting for these people who came to watch the excitement to help them with their work.

No, before he took the initiative to fish, these fishes took the hook by themselves.

"Haha, you kid, so you were already prepared."

"Give me one."

"Give."

"..."

But everyone said so, I still went to get a sickle to help mow the grass.

The adults took sickles and hoes to remove the weeds, and the children followed the adults to pick up stones and pick up things. They all had smiles on their faces, and it was obvious that the children loved being able to help with the work. Things are still very positive and enthusiastic.

The older people were sitting on the sidelines watching the fun, and Gu Changning didn't dare to let those 90-year-olds to help him with work. There are quite a lot of centenarians in their village. Over there, there are about a dozen people in their 90s and 80s, and there are quite a few people in their 70s and 40s.A few elderly people in their [-]s and [-]s said they would come to help him, but he didn't dare to agree, although these old people usually go to work in the fields, and their physical strength may be better than that of young people aged [-] or [-] in the city. .

Looking at these old people, and looking at those children running around in the field, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. These children are the future of their Yunxi Village, how young and cute!