The Pretty Military Wife

Chapter 244 Bad News

As expected, Liang Xinyue and her colleagues had just filled the newly prepared rice field with water, and there were some large lumps of mud that needed to be dug out to make them finer.

Therefore, the work they did these days was the most tiring, and everyone was soaked in mud and water.

After preparing all the fields, Liang Xinyue missed the farming machinery from her previous life. She wondered when she would be able to use it.

Liang Xinyue built this rice field according to the standards of an experimental field, so it naturally took more time and energy.

What a pity is that there are no experimental instruments, so we cannot measure the composition of the land and the quality of the water here.

We can only judge based on some experience.

Liang Xinyue still wrote down a table of ingredients based on her own experience, and when Director Ye came to prepare for spring planting, she asked him to take some back to the research institute for testing.

It took Liang Xinyue and her team a week to prepare the entire paddy field.

She has been dealing with mud and water every day this week.

It happened to be her period, and she accidentally caught a cold.

Because she had to breastfeed her child, she didn't dare take any medicine and could only drink the ginger and sugar water made by Aunt Li. Then Aunt Li took the child to sleep at night, and Zhou Guoliang took care of her all night and got a fever.

After drinking the hot ginger and sugar water, Zhou Guoliang held him in his arms and he fell asleep. Before midnight, he was sweating profusely.

He got up again, wiped his body, and then fell into a deep sleep.

By dawn, I was no longer feverish, but still a little weak.

She put on the mask she got from Doctor Liao and still breastfed the two children. Then she handed the children to Aunt Li and did not plan to breastfeed the two children at noon.

Now the two guys are more than four months old, and their appetites are getting bigger and bigger. Sometimes I have to give them some water in between, otherwise I feel like I’m not getting enough milk.

So when feeding the child, I told Aunt Li:

"Aunt Li, when you make porridge for Jiajia today, add a little more, and then use the thinner part to feed the two little ones. Jiajia will eat the drier part. Don't put meat or salt in the porridge today. When you feed it to Jiajia later, just put less lard and salt. Don't add the two little ones."

"From today on, slowly give the two little ones some porridge, and cook it until it's softer."

Aunt Li actually discovered that Liang Xinyue's milk might not be enough because the two children were hungry so quickly that they sucked hard when they ate.

These days, it is obvious that Liang Xinyue is much thinner than before she had children. Taking care of two children and working at the same time is really bad for her health.

Aunt Li complained to Zhou Guoliang twice afterwards. Zhou Guoliang found a time to go to the city, bought some food and stewed chicken for Liang Xinyue.

On this day, Liang Xinyue was feeling unwell after catching a cold, but she still took Xiao Shun's car out after feeding her baby.

Because it was Monday again, she agreed to help Uncle Liu build a greenhouse.

When she arrived at Uncle Liu's house, Liang Xinyue was very satisfied with the place.

Uncle Liu's house is located in a bend of the mountain, and there are only two families here, one is Uncle Liu's family, and the other is Uncle Liu's younger brother's family.

When Liang Xinyue came, Grandpa Liu happily asked his wife to bring a stool and asked his daughter-in-law to cook some poached eggs.

Liang Xinyue knew that one egg in the countryside was enough to pay for ten days of salt. She refused to let them cook it.

"Look, it's already daybreak. I came here after having dinner, but I can't eat now. It's getting late, let's go check out the situation on the field first."

The location that Uncle Liu chose was also pretty good, right in front of their house:

"This is my family's private plot. A part of it originally belonged to my second son. After he heard about it, he also agreed to do it. So we did it together."

Liang Xinyue went forward and measured the length and width, and also checked the crushed mud they had found, which was really good.

Then we took some bamboo strips and branches that they had prepared and used whatever we could first.

While teaching them how to do it, Liang Xinyue also told them what they should pay attention to.

In addition to Uncle Liu's family, Uncle Liu's family was also there. They had all heard from their eldest brother that people could eat green beans in the winter. Since the land was empty anyway, it would be better if they could grow something on it.

Liang Xinyue helped them build the shed and also brought them some high-quality vegetable seeds to spread in the shed.

"Just follow my instructions on management matters, and if anyone asks, just say it was someone from the army who helped you build it. We will get in touch with the county later and try to build some sheds in some places. It will probably be after the autumn harvest."

They didn't have lunch here. After finishing their work, Xiao Shun drove back with Liang Xinyue.

And they will start planting rice in the rice fields in the valley tomorrow.

They also built several sheds in the entire field, preparing to try growing rice in the sheds.

But they have to plant the rice first, and then cover it with film, and cover it on the day of planting.

The weather here is still a bit cold. When transplanting rice, Xiao Shun actually asked the women not to go to the fields in the morning but in the afternoon. But Sister Yang said:

"I'm not afraid. I'll do it."

Of course, in the end only Liang Xinyue, Min Honglian and Long Xiaomei did not go to the fields. They helped to pull up the seedlings in the fields.

This time, the seedlings we grew were dry seedlings, and they are growing very well.

Liang Xinyue pulled, Long Xiaomei sent, and Min Honglian helped record and count them.

As soon as they finish planting the rice seedlings, they will plant potatoes. There will be more things to do next. For rural people, the busy farming season begins after spring.

As for those who were working on the experimental fields, they had to work even harder. Now they also had to supply some vegetables from the city, so every day they left early and returned late.

Seeing Liang Xinyue's body visibly getting thinner, Zhou Guoliang became worried:

"You can't work like this. Your body can't stand it. How about you invite Uncle Liu from last time to help out for a few days?"

Zhou Guoliang also wanted to help, but new conscription had arrived and he might have to be away on business for about a month.

What should I do if I’m really worried that Liang Xinyue will collapse from exhaustion?

Liang Xinyue thought for a moment and said:

"Sure. I'll tell Xiao Shun to go find Uncle Liu and see if they can send two workers to help us. I'll still pay them according to the previous calculation. It might be more than the work points they earn."

Zhou Guoliang nodded and said:

"But you can't tell anyone. It won't be good if others know."

Liang Xinyue nodded. The next day, Xiao Shun went to the county town to deliver vegetables, and not only brought back good news, but also brought back Qiu Yue'e.

But this time, Qiu Yue'e came with a lot of bags:

"Sister Liang, I'm here to work for you. I'm not leaving. Director Liao has been replaced, and the few of us who used to follow Director Liao don't want to do it anymore."

Liang Xinyue looked at Xiao Shun in surprise:

"What if Sister Liao doesn't want to do it anymore?"