jdhmnovel Chapter 167 The Fields Are Buried
Chapter 167 The Fields Are Buried
Xu Qing quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks and ran into the kitchen. Seeing his mother's anxious look, Gu Qingming hurriedly followed.
At this moment, next to the stove in the kitchen, a bird with burnt wings was flying around, making terrible cries.
The rapid flapping of its wings did not put out the fire, but made it burn even more vigorously. Sparks were scattered everywhere by the flapping of its wings.
When Xu Qing ran in, he saw a gray figure with flaming wings flying out of the window, sparks flying everywhere. There was a spot of straw placed next to the stove that was smoking.
"Oh my God, this is terrible." Xu Qing quickly stepped forward and moved the pile of smoking straw away, then stepped on all the sparks scattered on the ground.
"Mother, mother, what's going on? Was it Heihei who did this? Where did Heihei go? I want to beat him up."
"Qingming, go outside and see how Wuhei is doing. There's a window over there, take a look."
What happened to this black thing? Wasn’t it standing aside obediently just now? Now that I haven’t paid attention to it for a while, it almost set itself on fire, and is going to bury this house with it?
"What's wrong? What's wrong? Why are you so noisy? Is Wuhei being naughty again?" Village Chief Gu was preparing the content of the class in the house when he heard the noise outside. He quickly opened the window, stuck his head out and shouted outside.
"Almost. I've dealt with most of it. Don't worry about it. Just do your thing."
Village Chief Gu advised: "Okay, don't hit Wuhei. Be careful that it releases insects. Just scold it."
"understood."
After Xu Qing put out the sparks, he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the straw he had placed was only a little bit close to the stove, and the other firewood was placed far away.
"Mother, the black wing on one side is burnt and the flesh is visible." Gu Qingming came in holding a wilted bird and touched the bird's head with his little hand. The black feathers were covered with white snow, and the bird's whole body was trembling. The cry was weak. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was a "drowned bird."
"Hurry up and bring it over here to warm up by the fire. Shake off the snow on it, or it will freeze to death." Xu Qing took out a fire tongs, picked up the charcoal from the stove, and placed it in a fire basket, and put Gu Qingming on it to warm the bird.
"bang bang bang"
There was a hurried knock on the door from outside, and Gu Qingming almost lost his grip on the bird and threw it directly into the fire.
Wuhei sensed the heat source and his body warmed up a little. He struggled instantly, broke free from Gu Qingming's hand, and flew directly into the straw pile, disappearing without a trace.
Seeing that Wuhei was fine, Xu Qing ignored it and hurried out of the courtyard gate.
"what happened?"
"Sister Li, what's the matter? Come in and sit down."
It was Aunt Li outside the door, and the breath she exhaled formed a visible white mist.
"Ah Qing, the snow on the hillside over your field has collapsed and buried your land."
"Are they all buried? Are they buried deep?"
When Xu Qing heard about this, he asked hurriedly.
Aunt Li waved her hands again and again: "No, no, not all of them were buried. Only the land near the mountain was buried. Only a little bit was buried outside. You can still see the leaves."
"Go quickly, while the ones outside are not completely buried yet. Dig up as much as you can. They are certainly small, but at least the radish leaves are edible. Don't work so hard to grow them, only to end up with nothing to eat."
"I heard that all the land planted by the Zhang family in the village was buried. I have no place to cry and can only blame myself for my bad luck."
"Okay, I understand. I'll go check it out."
Aunt Li nodded and said, "I've got your message. I'm leaving now. I have to hurry and pull out the radishes planted near the mountain. It doesn't matter if they grow or not. At least I can still have some leaves to eat. I can't let the heavy snow bury them and make all my efforts in vain."
After watching Aunt Li leave, Xu Qing went into the house, quickly finished the remaining food in the bowl, covered the dishes on the table with a bamboo cover, stacked the bowls and chopsticks and put them in the vegetable basket, carried them into the kitchen, put them on the table, and washed his hands.
Seeing the little figure warming himself by the stove, he said, "Qingming, when the time comes, you will go to the school with your father. Remember to wear something thicker because your mother is going to be out for a while."
"Mother, where are you going? What did Aunt Li say just now?"
Gu Qingming just stuck his head out of the kitchen door to take a look. When he knew it was Aunt Li who came, he greeted her and then stuck his head back out and went back into the house.
"They say the radishes in the field are buried under the snow. We should pull as many as we can before they are covered by the snow."
Gu Qingming was surprised: "Mother, but they haven't grown up yet. I went to see them with my father a few days ago. I tried to pull one out and see. It was the size of a finger. What can I eat?"
Xu Qing shook his head and laughed, "I'd better go to the field to see what's going on first, then we'll talk about it."
When planting radishes, I chose a field close to the mountainside. That field was closer to home, so it was convenient to check on it at any time.
If it's really as Sister Li said, it would be a real loss.
"Mother, I'll go with you. I won't go to school with father. Father is the one who teaches us anyway. It will be faster if there's one more person."
Xu Qing thought about it and agreed, so he took Gu Qingming to talk to Village Chief Gu.
"Why don't I skip the class today? I'll go door to door and talk to the children later."
Village Chief Gu felt that this situation could not be delayed any longer. If it collapsed again, there would be nothing left.
"Why don't we go check it out first, maybe it's not that serious, and then make a decision later."
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But when Village Chief Gu, carrying Gu Qingming and Xu Qinglai on his back, trudged through the snow and carefully came to the field step by step, he was stunned.
There is a hillside near the mountain. It has been snowing for so long, and it snows a little harder from time to time. The mountain is now covered with snow, and it looks like a blanket of snow everywhere.
But in this area, the fallen snow buried a large area of the radish field.
The worst damage happened at my own home, and the fields next to it were only slightly buried.
Putting Gu Qingming down from his back, Village Chief Gu stepped forward and pulled out the radishes that were not completely buried by the snow.
It's not that big yet, it's just starting to grow.
"Ah Qing, this isn't even edible, what can we do with it if we take it home?"
The radish looked like it was only the size of a human thumb. It would be a shame to dig it out so hastily.
Village Chief Gu suggested: "Why don't we pick some of the radish leaves that are taller and take them back so we can at least taste them. We can leave the others to grow and try to shovel the snow off when we have time."
"also."
"Those radish seedlings outside, bury them with some dirt, or they will freeze to death."
After standing here for a while, my hands were frozen red.
Xu Qing and Village Chief Gu hurriedly pulled out some radish leaves and put them in the backpack.
Use a hoe to clear the top of the ground, and shovel up the soil to cover the radish seedlings.
Gu Qingming was picking up radish seedlings on the side. He let out an "ouch" and sat down on the ground.
When he felt the coldness on the ground, he stood up immediately.
In his hands were only the torn radish leaves, and the lower part was still firmly buried in the ground.
Seeing this, Xu Qing said: "Qingming, stop pulling it out. Just stand there and watch."
The two men quickly buried the radish seedlings, carried the baskets on their backs, and walked back.
"It's snowing heavily. I don't know what will happen tomorrow. Why don't we just hold the school classes until today?"
"Father, how about we not go up today?"