Chastity Layman

Qin Lang came to the field for a walk.

The leopard followed behind shaking his head. The seedling fields in Qinzhuang were verdant. Old people and children were bending over to pull out seedlings in the field. The hunchbacked old man and the children with long horns went to the seedling fields before dawn to start pulling seedlings.

In the season of transplanting rice seedlings, there is always a race against time. Young men are responsible for plowing and harrowing the fields, while women are responsible for transplanting rice seedlings. The task of pulling rice seedlings is naturally left to the elderly and children.

Pulling seedlings is also a hard job. In the paddy field, you have to bend over and stick your butt all the time, and your hands don’t stop pulling the seedlings. When the seedlings are pulled out from the ground, there will always be a lot of mud. Once the seedlings are pulled out, they have to be removed in the water. , wash off and tie the straw, and continue to dial without stopping.

Bare feet soaked in muddy water, there will always be leeches to suck blood.

The tied rice seedlings gather behind the rice pullers like soldiers. When the number exceeds 100, they will start to be loaded into baskets and baskets, and the rice seedlings will be delivered to the front line of the paddy field for replenishment.

A load of rice seedlings was full of water, and the shoulders were lifted to walk hard on the muddy field ridge, sweating continuously.

In the thatched pavilion by the canal in the rice seedling field, Qin Lang saw the red lady who had come here a step earlier, and today the red lady was accompanied by a young girl.

This girl is about twenty-eight, but she looks dignified and delicate, and there is even a heroic look in her eyebrows.

Qin Lang walked into the grass pavilion.

The red lady just nodded casually, she didn't have so many rules and etiquette, but the young girl bent down and crossed her hands to pay respects, which was very polite.

The red lady said to Qin Lang, "This is the granddaughter I told you about last time. How about it? It's not bad. If you regret it, there will be time."

Qin Lang smiled, but he had already guessed the girl's identity.

"Little lady, you don't need to be too polite."

Qin Lang jokingly said, "You look like you came from Daiguo's mansion. Your grandmother is just like a landlady in the countryside of Sanyuan."

The red lady said angrily, "You brat is presumptuous."

Qin Lang sat down straight away and said, "I'm not wrong. Auntie, who doesn't know you, who would believe that you are the lady from the right servant She's family? How come Auntie is free to sit here today? You Isn’t your family planning to plant late rice this year?”

The red lady was not really annoyed, she sat there and said, "I, I like to come to your village when I have nothing to do, and take a look at the scene of your village, it's refreshing."

Qin Lang couldn't laugh or cry at this answer, "Why do I have the feeling of being missed by thieves!"

"It's your boy's blessing to let me remember, old lady." The red lady looked at the busy field scene in front of her, and she was really in a good mood. Although her family also listened to Qin Lang's suggestion this year, they prepared to plant all the land with water Rice should be harvested in early autumn to avoid early frost damage.

But, even though they both raised seedlings and started planting rice seedlings at the same time, I always feel that there are still some differences between the two Zhuangzi. This difference is not technical, but just a difference in spirit.

In order to verify her feeling, she brought her granddaughter here today to have a look.

"Granddaughter, you have also seen the real Qin Sanlang, what do you think? Isn't it very good, why don't you just be with Saburo, even if you can't be the first wife, you won't regret it in the future. Women, sometimes Fame is indeed very important, but it is not necessarily the most important. If you follow the right person, you will be willing even if you have no name or title. .”

Miss Li looked helpless and blushing.

Qin Lang said to her, "Little lady, don't listen to your grandmother's nonsense."

Miss Li got up to leave, embarrassed to stay here, Hong Niangzi was dragged away by her granddaughter, and Qin Lang sat alone in the pavilion blowing the cool summer wind.

In the distance, there is Dugu Yanyun leading a team of guards. They stay far away and do not disturb, but their eyes are vigilantly scanning the surroundings like leopards, and they will never let any suspicious person escape their sight. To Duke Wei.

The leopard head strolls leisurely on the ridge, occasionally eating a handful of grass. Although the seedlings in the fields are greener and more tender, the leopards will not touch their heads, even if the seedlings are next to the ridge of the field, the leopards will not touch their heads.

Qin Lang sat for a while.

get up.

Walking out of the grass pavilion, I came to a seedling field. In the water in the field, a white-haired old woman was pulling seedlings with three children who were only five or six years old. The youngest child was probably less than five years old, but she was also serious. The ones are pulling out the seedlings.

Qin Lang took off his robe, folded it and put it on the field ridge, took off his boots, and removed his socks.

With his trousers rolled up, Qin Lang went down to the ground barefoot.

The water was still a little cold, and the mud was scurrying between the toes, and I even felt that I had stepped on a loach. A few water spiders flew across the water quickly.

Rolling up his sleeves, Qin Lang walked up to the old woman, greeted her with a smile, and began to pull the seedlings.

The woman straightened up, still tied the seedlings in her hands, and looked at Qin Lang with a smile. There was no surprise or fear in her eyes, only the kindness of neighbors and relatives.

"Have Qin Xianggong eaten breakfast?"

"I've eaten it. I ate boiled chicken and millet porridge." As he said, he took out a few chickens, and the three little guys handed one to the old woman, "Specially for you guys." Take it."

After dividing the eggs, he bent down and picked up the seedlings earnestly. He pulled the seedlings across the water with his hands, making a rattling sound. His movements were very steady, skillful, and even. With a lot of them, put your hands together, hold the roots and grasp the muddy seedlings, and wash them rhythmically in the water. After a while, all the mud on the roots will be washed away, revealing the snow-white roots.

Pulling out a piece of dry straw with his right hand, he skillfully twisted and tied the seedling in his left hand. After tying the seedling with one hand, he turned around, and the seedling in his hand drew an arc and fell into the water behind him.

This morning, Qin Lang has been busy in the white-haired old woman's seedling field. He picked 120 seedlings and sent them to the rice field several miles away. He also helped the woman's daughter-in-law and two older children, They planted three rows of rice seedlings together, and when the sun was high, the water in the paddy fields had already warmed up, and a paddy field was finally planted, and Qin Lang went ashore with his feet of mud.

Carrying an empty basket with them, they drove back to Zhuangzi, chatting and chatting on the road, full of fireworks, and filled the fields with hope.

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Qin Lang has been staying in Sanyuan every day recently, doing farm work for half a day every day. One day he helps this tenant pull rice seedlings, the next day he helps that one transplant rice seedlings, and the day after tomorrow he learns how to plow the fields with the tenants, and sometimes he also helps repair water tankers or dredge canals.

He became more and more familiar with the tenants on the Zhuangzi, not only remembering the names of the tenants, knowing how many sons there are, and who has sons who are single, but also getting to know them really well.

He has worked in almost every family, chatted with them while working, learned about their way of life and work, and also learned about their habits of dealing with people.

Those tenants, Zhuang Ding, have long been accustomed to Wei Guogong's somewhat appalling behavior, from the uneasiness at the beginning to the indifference now.

Qin Lang would also often go to the tenants' homes to eat, and he would eat whatever everyone ate, adding a bowl and a pair of chopsticks, no matter whether he was eating porridge or wild vegetable paste, he could adapt to it, and after eating, he would give everyone a bucket of rice As a supplement to my meal.

Such behavior is certainly not a show.

There must be audiences for a show, and now Qin Lang is so focused on the countryside that he doesn't have any audiences. Although the crown prince Chengqian always comes here every now and then, Qin Lang really doesn't want to act in front of the young prince.

In doing this, he just wanted to really go deep into the grassroots, and really want to really understand all living beings at this time, especially the real living conditions of his family's tenants and employees, as well as their thoughts.

It is undeniable that Qin Lang belongs to the ruling class, he is also a big aristocrat, a big bureaucrat, and a big landlord. He is an out-and-out exploiting class, but Qin Lang believes that it is impossible to eliminate the exploiting class at this time. He doesn't want to do such a great thing, he just wants to adapt to this era, and he also wants to make the lives of the people around him better.

During this period of time, I left the imperial court and stayed away from politics. After I settled down deeply, I gained a lot.

He met a brave village woman and gave her a push to make her a new generation of dominatrix in the rivers and lakes. He also got in touch more with Li Jing's concubine, Hong Fu Nu, and got along better, and even Li Jing's granddaughter, Ying Luo Nu, also got along very well. Just a general impression.

Qin Lang admired Wang Erniang, an ordinary village woman, so he finally gave her a push. Instead of arranging an ordinary life for her, he pushed her into Liangshan to become a new generation of dominatrix, and was sent to Qi Wang Erniang of Zhouzhou lived up to his bullying expectations, and with his help, she quickly gained a foothold in Qizhou. She was calm and decisive, even a little bit ruthless, and she was constantly showing her heroine temperament.

In the rivers and lakes, the new generation of dominatrixes has become more and more resounding.

As for the red lady's relentless opportunity to match him with that girl Yingluonu, Qin Lang didn't resist much, although he had already drawn a warning line in his heart, thinking that this matter should not be done, but after a long time of contact , I found this girl more and more cute.

Appearance is well-educated, dignified and heroic, a girl who is always very polite and well-behaved, but in her bones she has a bit of chivalrous air and boldness. Although this girl is good at playing the piano, she is actually even better at sword dancing.

Of course, what Qin Lang appreciates even more is that this girl is actually not captured by Qin Lang for her grandmother's intentional matching, for Qin Lang's prominent status, even for his young and handsome, and for his various advantages. She maintained a very polite manner towards Qin Lang, but Qin Lang could see from her eyes that this girl really didn't care about him at all.

Such a girl is really rare to see, with Qin Lang's current status, even his ability, and his young and handsome, there are really few girls who can refuse him.

Qin Lang returned to the backyard with his body covered in mud spots, and the exotic beauty Diana was waiting for him with a smile on her face, and had prepared warm water for bathing and a change of clothes.

The beauty didn't understand why Qin Lang would be a farmer every morning. At first she thought this young Tang dignitary was just playing around, then she thought he was attracted to some village woman or peasant girl, and then she thought it was neither. , completely confused.

"Sanlang, Mo Hedu is coming to Chang'an." Diana said.

"What is he here for?"

"Son of Heaven, pay tribute, please make a marriage!" Diana hugged Qin Lang from behind, "You promised to help me avenge, and now my enemy is about to step into Chang'an, I ask you to help me kill him."