CH. 18

Chapter 18

Cats have simple minds. Based on Xu Jiayan's understanding of her own cat, it will remind her to change its drinking water, knows how to sense her mood changes, accompanies her and makes her happy when she is in a bad mood or sick, reminds her when the home appliances are broken or the food is burnt, and opens and closes the door, turns on the TV, and takes care of itself comfortably, which is already the limit.

If it's anything more personal, I'm afraid it can't do it.

But this should not include her love of hot and sour taste.

In order to complete the task targets as soon as possible, Xu Jiayan seldom takes a vacation. So every time she has a rare vacation, she will buy a lot of food and stay at home to watch her favorite dramas or comics to relax herself. Unlike others who buy snacks such as potato chips, spicy strips, nuts, and fruits to watch dramas, Xu Jiayan basically only buys sour and spicy things, such as pickled chicken feet, chicken tips, and pork skin. The sourer and spicier the food, the more enjoyable it is. All kinds of pickled peppers, vegetables, and pickled peppers and ginger are more attractive to her than snacks.

Even a cat that doesn't understand human taste buds can understand her preference for sour and spicy food by the fact that she always shouts "so spicy, so sour" but still eats it with relish.

The most important thing is that Ye Zimo has a light taste and can’t handle spicy food.

The second day after the show started was the first time they cooked. It was a fish feast for lunch, and fish jelly was the spiciest dish. At that time, she didn't know their taste, so after it was done, she let everyone taste it before deciding whether to make it more spicy - although that bit of spiciness was not considered spicy enough for her.

Ye Zimo didn't ask for more at the time, nor did he say that he couldn't eat spicy food, but Xu Jiayan later noticed that he had hardly ever eaten fish jelly.

After that, even when she cooked spicy dishes, she would take everyone's taste into consideration, and try her best to let Ye Zimo and Zhao Shuya, who could not eat spicy food very well, have a delicious meal after their work like everyone else.

Because the food was prepared to suit everyone's tastes, Ye Zimo's true taste preferences were concealed, and Lin Miaomiao did not notice this.

The peppers used in Uncle Tang’s pickled radishes are string peppers and chili peppers. The spiciness and sourness are what Xu Jiayan likes best, but it is definitely not something Ye Zimo can bear.

Sure enough, Ye Zimo didn't eat the pickled leeks that Lin Miaomiao gave him at all. In order to prevent the spicy taste from spreading, Ye Zimo even became careful when eating noodles and drinking soup.

But Lin Miaomiao didn't notice that she was sweating from the spiciness, and she was still telling Ye Zimo how delicious the scallions were, urging him to eat faster...

Watching Lin Miaomiao eat all the dishes, Xu Jiayan thought of how Lin Miaomiao had eaten everything during this period of time... Was she really the picky cat she was? Or did her taste change drastically after becoming a human?

Gu Qingming and Bai Li were only guests for one day, so they only experienced pulling up rice seedlings in the morning and packed up and left after breakfast.

After seeing the two off, the five people from Happy Farm set out to the fields to look for Sister Chen and the others.

When they arrived, Sister Chen and her colleagues had not yet started planting rice. A group of people were guarding the edge of the field, waiting for the workers in the field to spread fertilizer.

"You have never planted rice seedlings before, right? Let me teach you first." Sister Chen untied a bundle of rice seedlings.

"First, separate the seedlings. For thick seedlings like these, two or three will do. For thin ones like these, use more, five or six will do."

"Then use your thumb, index finger and middle finger to pinch the base, and poke three fingers into the mud like this. Try to poke it as deep as possible. You can feel it yourself. It's best to poke it about two finger bones deep. Otherwise, it will be unstable and will float up easily."

Sister Chen explained while picking up a few seedlings to demonstrate, and then distributed the seedlings in her hand to others, "You learn by the side of the field first."

"Hey, what is this? An earthworm?" Yang Jun suddenly shouted, pointing at a worm the size of a thick needle crawling among the seedlings.

"It's a leech." Sister Chen reached out and took the rice seedling from Yang Jun's hand, and helped him remove the leech inside. "Don't be afraid of them being so small. If a leech crawls onto your legs, just use the rice seedling to hit it. The rice leaves will prick your hands, so it will fall off with a single hit. It's more effective than taking it directly with your hands... Here."

Yang Jun was completely frightened and took it with trembling hands.

"They are so small, there's nothing to be afraid of." Lin Miaomiao checked the seedlings in her hand, and saw that she only had one in each hand, so she took them away easily.

Yang Jun and others: "..."

Xu Jiayan just looked at Lin Miaomiao and didn't care at all whether there were leeches on the seedlings in her hands.

Although Ye Zimo and Su Zhixing were not as frightened as Yang Jun, they also checked the seedlings silently, and then followed Sister Chen's method to smack leeches with seedling leaves.

It turns out the effect is quite good. Once the leeches touched the grass leaves, they rolled up into a ball and fell off.

"Okay, it's time to plant the rice seedlings!" At this time, a shout came from the field.

"Get to work!"

Sister Chen and others clapped their hands and called for help, then picked up a bundle of seedlings and threw them into the field with the other people waiting at the edge of the field.

"I want to throw it too!"

Seeing it was fun, Lin Miaomiao also quickly picked up a bundle and threw it along.

"Don't just throw them in one place." Sister Chen taught her as she threw them, "You have to spread them out so that we can get the seedlings anytime."

"Oh, okay, I get it!"

After throwing the seedlings, several people at the edge of the field rolled up their trousers and went into the field.

Several people from Happy Farm also followed suit and rolled up their pants, but were stopped by Sister Chen: "Hey, this field is not big, five or six people are enough, you should split up and have a few people go over there to help."

Sister Chen pointed in a direction and a few people looked and saw someone spreading fertilizer not far away.

"Yang Jun and I will go over there." Su Zhixing glanced at Ye Zimo who had already gone to the field and said, "Miao Miao and Jia Yan, you guys stay here and help Sister Chen and the others."

"Good."

Rice planting officially begins.

After Lin Miaomiao went down to the field, she quickly walked to Ye Zimo and said, "Teacher Ye, if you are afraid of leeches, just call me and I will help you take them off."

Ye Zimo looked at her and smiled helplessly, "...Thank you."

Xu Jiayan: “…”

Ye Zimo doesn't need your protection.

[Lin Miaomiao was only speaking to Ye Zimo. If it was another man, he would not have said "thank you". He would have given her a cold shoulder.]

[I think this is Ye Zimo's advantage. In his mind, there is no stereotype about what boys and girls should and shouldn't do.]

[I saw a behind-the-scenes video of Ye Zimo filming at the beach. It didn’t look hot that day. The director and actors were discussing their positions. A bunch of extras were waiting nearby. The female extras were crowded under the parasols of the crew, while the male extras were standing in the sun. Later, Ye Zimo asked his assistant to find a super large parasol to shade the male extras, saying that the ultraviolet rays were strong and they should be careful of sunburn. He didn’t have the idea that girls like to use umbrellas while boys don’t.]

[Yes, I remember he was interviewed before. I think the host asked him what he thought about what girls did. I don’t remember the question very clearly, but I still remember Ye Zimo’s answer. He said, “That’s great.” Damn, sisters, this answer is so cool! ]

As soon as the topic turned to past interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, fans began to reminisce about the past. At the same time, they couldn't help but feel sad about why Ye Zimo suddenly disappeared for four years, how lonely it was without any news about him and how lonely it was not to be able to watch his plays.

Standing in the water and bending over to plant rice seedlings is more tiring than pulling them out. In addition to bending over less than 90 degrees and constantly lifting and moving your arms, you also need to keep moving back.

Although the mud in the rice fields is not as thick as that in the fish ponds, it is still harder to lift your feet than to walk on flat ground, not to mention walking backwards. To plant a row of seedlings, you have to take a small step back, and both your hands and feet need to move. It is much more tiring than pulling up the seedlings until your arms can no longer reach them.

Even Ye Zimo, a fitness fanatic, couldn't hold on and had to stop frequently to rest.

Even if she stood up to rest after planting a seedling, Lin Miaomiao couldn't last more than a few minutes.

When she stood up and moved her body again, Lin Miaomiao felt a black screen in front of her eyes, her body swayed, and she was about to fall down, when a hand reached out and supported her back with their arm.

Ye Zimo looked at her with eyes full of worry, "Go upstairs and have a rest."

Lin Miaomiao shook her head and said with emotion: "It's okay, I just got up a little too hastily, it will be fine if I take my time."

Ye Zimo pursed his lips and said nothing, but withdrew his hand and just supported her with it.

After recovering, Lin Miaomiao immediately left Ye Zimo's support, smiled at him comfortingly, and her eyes fell on the plowing machine that was plowing the field in the distance. She thought of something and asked, "Sister Chen, do you have a rice transplanter?"

"You can't use a rice transplanter." Sister Chen didn't even look up and replied, "The roads between the fields are too narrow, and the fields are irregular. Many fields are wide at one end and narrow at the other. The rice transplanter can't get through, and there's not much space for both. In the end, we still have to rely on manpower, and machines are not cost-effective."

"The fields here are relatively good." Another person added, "The fields behind the village near the back mountain are all terraced fields. The roads over there are even harder to navigate. Even plowing machines can't get through, so we have to rely on oxen to plow."

"Actually, this can also be considered a terraced field." Xu Jiayan looked at the paddy fields of varying heights, "It's just that the terrain here is relatively low, not as obvious as the one behind the mountain."

Lin Miaomiao pursed her lips tightly and said, "It's so tiring to plant all these fields."

"It's OK. We're used to it. Besides, more people means faster speed." Sister Chen stood up and took a bundle of new seedlings. She looked up and exclaimed, "Oh, you guys are too slow."

Upon hearing this, Lin Miaomiao and the other two turned around and realized that in just a short period of time, Sister Chen and the others had already left them several meters behind.

Then he looked down at his own seedlings. Three people, each responsible for only two pits, were left so far behind...

The three of them were very embarrassed. Just as they were about to say something like "Keep it up" or something like that, Sister Chen said, "Go and pull up the rice seedlings. Your slow planting speed will affect us. If you keep going like this, we won't be able to finish planting today."

The three of them looked at each other and felt that Sister Chen was right. They were here to help, not to cause trouble.

"Okay then." Lin Miaomiao handed the seedlings in her hand to Sister Chen who came to take over.

Xu Jiayan apologized, "I'm sorry, Sister Chen, I've caused you trouble."

"No." Sister Chen comforted her, "Pulling the seedlings is also helping, how is it causing any trouble?"

After landing, Ye Zimo was about to go to the rice seedling field, but he suddenly stopped as soon as he turned around, "Huh?"

"What's wrong?" Lin Miaomiao asked curiously.

Ye Zimo chuckled and pointed ahead, saying, "Zhixing and the others have also been caught up."

Su Zhixing and Yang Jun also noticed them and were waving over here. Perhaps it was not enough, so Su Zhixing shouted loudly: "Miaomiao Teacher Ye, have you also been caught up?"

Lin Miaomiao and others: "..."

[Hahahaha, the big stars were despised for not working well and were driven ashore. ]

[Su Zhixing, this idiot, is so happy even though he is being disliked [covering his face]]

[So real... It's one thing for the villagers to cooperate with the big stars to record the show, but if it delays everyone's work, even the emperor will rush over! 23333]

"There's only one patch of rice seedlings left in the field." Xu Jiayan gestured to measure the size of the patch of rice seedlings. "I think it's a bit of a waste for us to go there all together. How about I go back to Uncle Tang's house first and see if there's anyone at home who needs help?"

Ye Zimo thought about it and nodded, "Okay."

Xu Jiayan is a good cook. Even if she is not the head chef today, it is better for her to help others than to pull up such a small piece of seedlings with the five of them.

"Miao Miao, why don't you come back with me to help?" Xu Jiayan looked at Lin Miaomiao.

"No." Lin Miaomiao refused without a second thought, "I'll go pull the rice seedlings with Teacher Ye."

Ye Zimo looked at her, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said, "Let's go."

"Um!"

Lin Miaomiao followed Ye Zimo, holding a shoe in each hand and swinging it.

Xu Jiayan couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth, and subconsciously shouted: "Miao Miao!"

Lin Miaomiao turned around in confusion.

Xu Jiayan: “Do you know…” a cat named Miaomiao?

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