After dressing up as a stepmother, I transformed the whole family into working in the fields

Riding a horse is fast. It only took two hours to get from the county seat to Liujia Village.

Qin Yao was still trotting back slowly. If he started running at full speed, he could arrive in one and a half hours.

It was around four o'clock in the afternoon when we entered the village.

It's only been two or three days since I last saw it, and the rice in the rice fields has already started to turn yellow. It seems that it will be mature in about a week.

Previously, everyone was green, and Qin Yao's family's ten acres of rice were not conspicuous. Now, at a glance, in the same fertile field by the river, the ears of rice in her field are weighed down heavily, one after another, which is particularly eye-catching.

When Old Man Liu passed by the river, he regretted it so many times. If he had followed Qin Yao in planting the last thirty acres of land near the river, the harvest this year would have been so gratifying.

It’s a pity that we can’t turn back time, and it’s useless to regret now. I can only console myself that there is still a chance to plant the best piece of land like this next year.

Qin Yao rode slowly through the village to the river bank. The villagers along the way were wide-eyed. They didn't know where she went to get rich, and she actually rode back.

No one rides a horse in the village, only Liu Dafu's family has one, but it is also a short horse used to pull goods, completely different from the one Qin Yao obviously rides.

The back of her horse was almost as tall as an adult man, and it looked particularly impressive when riding on it. The big guy had to look up at her.

"Aniang!"

The girl's excited call came.

Qin Yao rode across the bridge and came to the water mill. Dalang and Siniang, who were guarding the money box in the water mill, ran to meet them.

"Horse?" Dalang whispered in surprise, stretched out one hand and lifted him onto the horse.

Siniang looked at it with curiosity, and tentatively compared her height with the horse's with her hands. She couldn't even reach the horse's belly.

"Reach out." Qin Yao reminded with a smile.

Si Niang was not afraid at all. She stretched out her two little hands and was immediately carried by A Niang to the horse and placed in front of her brother.

"Aniang, is this our horse?" Siniang turned her head and asked in surprise.

The old man was already stunned. He only looked at the colorful ball of thread hanging from the horse's neck. His little hands tightly grasped the arch of the saddle, and he took the opportunity to protect his excited little sister in his arms.

Qin Yao grunted, shouted "Drive!", and immediately started running towards the house on the hillside.

Erlang and Sanlang heard the noise and ran out the door. When they saw the mother and son running towards them on horseback, they opened their mouths in surprise.

The old horse started running and wanted to have fun, but Qin Yao grabbed the reins and forced it to stop.

The high horse's hooves were raised and lowered above their heads. Erlang and Sanlang stayed in place, unable to react for a moment.

Qin Yao got off the horse, took the two children off the horse, and directed the four children to stand in front of them, grandly introducing the new family members.

"From now on, the old horse will be a member of our family. You have to be kind to it. When the time comes, you will be relying on it to go to school."

Dalang asked: "Is that his name, Lao Ma?"

Qin Yao shook her head, "That's not true."

Erlang immediately said: "Then let's give it a name. How about calling it Lao Huang?"

Qin Yao shrugged, casually.

So, the four brothers and sisters reached an agreement, and decided to call the horse Lao Huang from now on, without asking if the horse was willing.

Sanlang looked at Lao Huang with his big eyes and said proactively: "Mom, can I take Lao Huang to eat grass every morning when I catch insects for the chickens?"

"Not for the time being." Qin Yao said seriously: "The horse is not familiar with us now. Don't get close to it casually, you will get kicked."

The four children lowered their heads: "Okay."

But his enthusiasm for Lao Huang has not diminished, and he has begun to think about building a nest for Lao Huang so that he can have a place to sleep.

There is no stable at home, and Qin Yao has no plans to raise pigs, nor build a pig pen, so he can only temporarily move Old Huang to the wasteland behind the yard and tie him near the hut, so that he can eat some grass on his own to replenish himself. physical strength.

She would make him a stable as soon as possible. Qin Yao patted Lao Huang on the head, "Be good."

Qin Yao took off the things on the horse and entered the house with her hands full.

The four children followed her happily, happier than during the Chinese New Year.

Except for Da Lang, who was still concerned about whether his biological father had successfully entered the academy, the other three were all focused on the oil paper bag in her hand.

A thin piece of oil paper couldn't cover up the aroma of the delicious food, so Siniang almost put her mouth up and gnawed the oil paper package together.

"You're so greedy, haven't you had enough to eat these days?" Qin Yao asked jokingly.

Knowing that Qin Yao was joking on them, the four elder men shook their heads in embarrassment and laughed at her.

Qin Yao put the things in the main room first, "Don't move yet, wait for me to come back."

The four siblings nodded obediently: "Yeah!"

She first went back to the house and put down her weapons, then changed into clean light linen clothes. She took the dirty clothes that were melted with blood and threw them into the stone trough.

The elder man was very discerning and scooped up half a basin of water for his stepmother and asked her to wash her face.

Qin Yao had filled the two large water tanks at home before leaving home. They were only used by the four children on a daily basis, and there are still some left.

I washed my hands and face, and wiped the hot sweat from my chest and back of my neck. I could no longer smell the blood smell that was no longer strong.

Qin Yao took a deep breath of the fresh air in the countryside. After not sleeping all day and night, she suddenly relaxed and felt a little tired.

He patted his face, cheered up, and under the expectant eyes of the four children, he walked into the main room, sat down, and opened one of the oil paper bags.

Inside was a whole roasted chicken, five braised pig trotters, and a bowl of sweet and sour pork ribs. They were all dishes that had just been stir-fried an hour and a half ago. They were still warm, and the aroma filled their nostrils, making Saburo's mouth water.

Qin Yao smiled and waved to Dalang Erlang, "Go and get the bowl."

The two brothers immediately ran out and ran back with the bowl in hand.

Qin Yao put the three dishes separately into three large porcelain bowls. With the porcelain as a backdrop, they looked more attractive.

Looking at the four brothers and sisters who couldn't wait but held it back in a funny way, they nodded and said, "Eat."

The four of them didn't swarm over like hungry wolves. The elder man asked his younger brothers and sisters to sit down, and each person put a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs in their bowl. Then the two of them began to happily enjoy the food.

"Grandma, it's so sweet!" Siniang said in surprise.

Qin Yao also picked up a piece of spareribs and ate them in a bowl, explaining: "This is called sweet and sour spareribs. It's sour and sweet. It's particularly appetizing, right?"

"Yeah!" Siniang said happily, "My little brother and I both like to eat it!"

"If you like to eat, eat more." Qin Yao pinched the young faces of the twins and looked at the four satisfied little faces in front of her. It was really healing.

One person ate two quick ribs to satisfy his craving, and stopped in a tacit understanding.

Dalang found Qin Yao and used a straw dish cover to cover the dishes, and said happily: "I'll cook."

Erlang, Sanlang and Si Niang also said that they went to pick vegetables and actively prepare for tonight's sumptuous dinner.

Qin Yao lay on the chair, her eyes gradually narrowed.

Knowing that she was very tired, the four children in the family relaxed their movements.