Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 129

Chapter 129: Chapter 103: Busy (Part 2)

"You all usually get up around five, and I saw the lights on, thinking something was up. Dad, I’ll go to the backyard to see if there’s any work to do." After speaking, he left first.

There weren’t many vegetables left in the backyard now. It seemed that while he was not at home, the potatoes and sweet potatoes had been dug up, and even the cabbages were harvested. Zhang Guoqing thought for a moment about what was normally done this time of year. After looking around, he walked to the woodshed, picked up a hoe, and intended to turn the soil. This body was very good at farming, knowledgeable in farming, hunting, and strong enough to do the work of three men. Luckily, he traveled here with his memories; otherwise, he wouldn’t know how to farm or hunt.

Zhang Guoqing followed his memory and, relying on his eyesight, started hoeing the sweet potato patch. His strength was an advantage; by the time his dad arrived, he had already turned over the sweet potato fields. The day had dawned, and he didn’t bother to chat with his dad. If he did a little more work, there would be less for the family to worry about, especially since they were busy with house construction. When the snow fell, and the ground froze, the hoe wouldn’t be able to break the earth, and it would be too late to cry over it then. He then headed to the cabbage patch, which required a bit more care, as his mother wanted the cabbage roots. He slowed down, not picking up the cabbage roots since his second sister-in-law would help after feeding the pigs.

When his dad came with a hoe to start from the other end, Zhang Guoqing quickly moved to the potato field. They occasionally exchanged a few words, but both concentrated on their work. When his second sister-in-law came out after making pig feed and feeding the pigs, and started filling bamboo baskets with cabbage roots, the father and son had already finished hoeing the backyard. They were waiting to fertilize in the evening, which Zhang Guoqing refused to do, as even the previous Zhang Guoqing didn’t like fertilizing.

"Dad, we’ve finished everything, and I won’t involve myself in the fertilizing tonight. Look around to see if there’s anything else that needs to be done. If not, I’ll head to the mountains to gather firewood; I’m sure we won’t have enough for the year."

"Go ahead, but come back before breakfast, and don’t go too deep into the mountains. Your brother and I will go to the private plot; that area needs to be hoed, and the three of us are enough, with half already done." Mr. Zhang looked at the backyard, sighed in relief, and enviously glanced at his youngest son. Having such strength was really beneficial; one man doing the work of three. Yesterday, the three of them had worked on the private plot until before starting the farm work and still had half left, but the backyard, which was so big, was easily finished by him without taking a breath.

Zhang Guoqing put away the hoe, took a machete, rope, and a carrying pole, and headed out the back door. Many of the village women liked to gather firewood from the North Mountain, so the peripheries had no dead wood. He followed the mountain path, found a spot, and laid down the pole and rope; he didn’t even need a machete. With his hands for the thin dead trees and his feet for the thicker ones, he worked with crackling sounds echoing, and soon moved to another spot.

After a while, estimating he had enough and checking his watch, it was around mealtime. He still needed to go back and check on Jiao Jiao’s postpartum meals. He hastily collected the firewood into a pile, trimmed it with the machete, and tied it up with rope. He made five large bundles, hanging four on the ends of the carrying pole, and easily carried them home, holding an extra bundle in his hand as he walked back in through the back door.

Mother Zhang stood at the back door watching him return, calling out from afar. When he unloaded the firewood into the woodshed, it filled up quickly.

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