EBE Chapter 248: One Person Taught Once
Chapter 248: One Person Taught Once
Zhou Guo still needs to be modest, otherwise what will she do if she is asked to cook every day in the future? "That's not the case. It's mainly because of the good seasoning. The oil used is badger oil that has been fried with pine mushrooms, and there is also dried shrimp and pine mushroom powder. It's impossible for these two things to not taste good. Anyone can make it. Just make it if you want to eat it."
Everyone smiled and said yes.
Li also smiled. Her biggest wish was that the children could have enough to eat.
After dinner, Zhou Guo and Zhou Xing carried the plow and led the ox to the field. They had to plow the remaining land today.
The rest of the family went about their respective tasks.
In a blink of an eye, only Li and Xu were left in the yard. Even Li Lai and the other two were taken away to cut grass.
Li originally wanted Zhou Xing to stay at home because she was already an adult girl and would be getting married soon. She was afraid that if she worked in the fields she would get tanned and would not look good on others.
Compared to staying at home, Zhou Xing prefers to stay in the fields, or to be more precise, she likes to stay with Zhou Guo.
The two sisters met many people along the way, all of whom were old acquaintances, some going into the mountains to collect firewood, some going into the fields to cut grass.
The other local people in the village went to the fields to harvest wheat before dawn and have been working for several hours.
Seeing the two men dressed like this, these people were no longer in a hurry to work. They all wanted to see how Zhou Guo, an eight-year-old child who was just as tall as the plowshare, plowed the land, since there was no one to teach him.
Just follow along.
Zhou Guo walked around with the plow in his hand, greeting everyone with a smile, "Uncles, you are not busy today. That's perfect. I plowed the land for the whole afternoon yesterday, and I still felt something was wrong. You have been plowing the land for your whole life, so you must be very capable. Please teach me."
Now that things have come to this, how can I not teach you?
The men immediately patted their chests and said, "Don't worry, just plow boldly. We have uncles and aunts watching behind us. Even if we don't go to chop firewood today, we promise to teach you."
Zhou Guo smiled and thanked them one by one.
Zhou Xing was leading the cow in front, looking back at Zhou Guo who was speaking in front of so many elders without any stage fright. She felt envious and proud. An inexplicable feeling arose in her heart, and she raised her head even higher.
A group of people walked into the field.
Zhou Guo harnessed the plowshare, positioned the plowshare, and raised the whip. The command "Aoqiqiqi~~" echoed throughout the valley, and the oxen's hooves began to move step by step.
The people behind were shocked!
Watching Zhou Guo holding the plowshare in one hand and the whip in the other, moving forward in an orderly manner, black mud surged like water where the plowshare passed.
"…straight, not crooked."
"The depth is about the same."
"!! They can even turn around. How come their cows are so obedient that they know to turn around without being called?"
A group of men stood on the roadside and commented on Zhou Guo's farming skills, while Zhou Xing listened with a smile on her face.
"It's just that there's something wrong with this body movement. This kid seems to be relying on brute force all the time. This won't work. I'm afraid he'll be more tired than a cow at the end of the day!"
Zhou Guo came back after plowing the land and said with a smile, "I have no one to teach me. I have only seen others plowing the land. I don't know if it is right to do this. You are all old hands and have been plowing the land for decades. You can plow the land with your eyes closed. Please teach my niece, uncles and aunts." He said this humbly and sincerely.
The men present felt a little sorry to see such a small boy like Zhou Guo driving the huge tool to plow the fields. They all had daughters and nieces, and some even had granddaughters. At their age, they were not very good at cooking, and had only learned needlework for less than two years. Some of them were spoiled and had just started learning needlework. They followed their older brothers and sisters and spoke sweetly, and did not even have to do any work.
This little girl has to drive the cattle to the fields every day.
After being flattered by her again, I immediately forgot everything and couldn't even remember why I came out.
They all said, "Although there is no big problem with the land opened, there are still some problems with the body movement. It is difficult to explain it in a short time. Don't worry, I will rush it and you can take a look."
Zhou Guo nodded excitedly and handed the plow to him.
Everyone looked at him holding the plow and driving the ox forward. Zhou Guo watched very seriously. She knew that there were some problems with the technique and in fact, brute force was still necessary in most cases.
The people around her explained to her why she had to walk like that and why she had to be in that posture. Zhou Guo suddenly realized that this was the reason.
After finishing one round, she asked the people behind her to run two rounds as well.
Everyone laughed and said, "Okay, I'll drive two laps just to show you my tillage skills. Although I've been pulling the plowshare for so many years, I've also been holding the plowshare quite a few times."
Several people went up and ran two laps each.
Everyone has different habits and different methods of tilling the land. Some are good at it, while others are slightly worse.
But without exception, they were all better than her. The masters taught a lot of different things, but she learned a lot.
Although Zhou Xing didn't know how to plow the land, she listened carefully and thought: What if I need it someday? Second Aunt knows how to plow the land. She doesn't have as much strength as Guoguo, but if she can do it well, maybe I can do it too.
Several men drove around and looked at Zhou Guo and said, "Guoguo, you see your uncles have taught you a lot. Try it again. We will see if there is anything wrong and teach you."
Zhou Guo agreed and set off again, holding the plow.
Thanks to someone teaching her, she finally got over the awkward parts that she had felt before. This trip went particularly smoothly. It was as easy as walking. She was relaxed and the cow was relaxed too, and it even wagged its tail leisurely during the trip.
The men watched from below, and were proud and complicated at the same time. They saw that she could learn so well just by watching, and that all the bad parts before were corrected. "It's a pity that such a good brain turned out to be a girl. If it was a boy, the Zhou family would be in turmoil."
Some people disagreed, "What's wrong with a girl? She's still so young. Even if she wants to get married, she still has to stay at home for many years. These many years are enough. If the Zhou family can turn the world upside down, these many years are enough."
"Yes, there is also Zhou Dacang, the only child of the previous generation of the Zhou family. He is better than his two brothers. The brothers above Zhou Guo are not bad either. I think they are all good. If our family could have one, I would be very happy every day."
Zhou Xing was picking tree roots in the field. She heard every word of these words. She felt sad. She thought that she only had a few years left at home. She really hoped to stay a few more years.
After Zhou Guo made the trip, the men praised him enthusiastically. After they were done praising him, they finally remembered that they came out to chop firewood, and they hurried away.
She waved from behind, "Uncles, take care. Thank you so much today. I'll treat you to meat some other day!"
The men didn't take it to heart. They just said a few words and hurried back into the mountains. They had wasted half a day. If they didn't get enough firewood today, their wives would scold them to death.