You need to raise your pet using a system [Era]

Chapter 28 The Lu Family Son's Attitude Towards Gu Baoxia

In May, the sky brightens very early.

Lu Yuanqing, who had a dreamless night, woke up early in the morning feeling refreshed.

He has developed a good habit of going to bed early and waking up early. He is no longer the Lu Yuanqing who used to stay up late and couldn't get up before noon every day!

Holding a toothbrush, Lu Yuanqing opened the front door of his house. The sky outside was bright, and looking out from the doorway, he could see villagers walking and laughing on the main road of the village.

Lu Yuanhuan had already placed breakfast on the only table in the house.

It looks like if Lu Yuanqing had been a few seconds later, she would have been knocking on the door.

"Third Brother, you're up!" Lu Yuanhuan called out with a smile. "Hurry up and wash up before coming to eat. We need to start transplanting rice seedlings today, so we should get there early!"

Although there's no need to scramble for anything, the tasks are simply pulling up seedlings, picking seedlings, and transplanting seedlings.

But if you go early, you can be assigned to a job that's close by.

Even in places where no one wants to work, it still takes more than ten minutes to walk.

"Fourth Brother, Xiao west, Xiao Dong, are you up yet? Hurry up and get up!" Lu Yuanhuan called out to the others.

Lu Yuanqing saw that she was unusually excited and letting her emotions show.

Lu Yuanhuan was overjoyed!

The busy farming season is tiring, but from another perspective, as long as they grit their teeth and endure the hardship, autumn will come, which is the harvest season. At that time, the grain will be distributed, and they will be able to get enough food to feed their families for a year.

Just when the family's food supplies were running low, Lu Yuanqing brought back another bag of grain from outside.

Uh, it's still using Gu Baoxia's name.

It wasn't that he wanted to shift the blame onto Gu Baoxia; it was just that he couldn't find a good excuse to bring food home.

With no source of income, he couldn't just conjure up food out of thin air!

If there's an extra grain in the house, you can keep it a secret from anyone but Lu Yuanhuan, who's been meticulously calculating the grain and cooking every day.

However, only Lu Yuanhuan in the family cared about the origin of these grains.

Lu Yuanbo, that careless fellow, would never think of anything if there was food to eat.

As for Lu Mingxi and Lu Mingdong, after spending two months together, Lu Yuanqing felt that they were quite clever. He was not as clever as them when he was ten or twelve years old.

Therefore, as long as the family benefits and there is no need to worry about starving to death, they will not investigate further.

But Lu Yuanhuan couldn't do that. She had to keep asking questions. If Lu Yuanqing didn't explain clearly, she would be constantly on edge, worried and afraid.

What could Lu Yuanqing do? He couldn't just have food on hand and let everyone starve to death because he couldn't find a suitable reason!

So, Gu Baoxia, your good reputation among the Lu family's children is all thanks to Lu Yuanqing.

As Lu Yuanqing brushed his teeth, he watched the village become more and more lively, with everyone happily going to work, a stark contrast to their listless appearance a while ago. He couldn't help but smile as he watched.

The three-year famine is over, and this year should be a bumper harvest year, giving everyone hope of survival.

The experienced elders in the village had long ago told everyone that if they worked hard this year, the autumn harvest would be good.

Because of this prediction, everyone is on high alert for the upcoming busy farming season.

After being woken up, Lu Yuanbo and the others hurriedly brushed their teeth, washed their faces, and then ate.

Because the siblings Lu Mingbei and Lu Mingzhong had been eating well and drinking malted milk powder for the past two months, they were no longer as weak as they had been at the beginning and were able to get out of bed and wander around.

Lu Mingnan was originally going to work as well; he could earn three work points from raising cattle in the village.

However, Lu Mingbei and Lu Mingzhong were only 2 years old, and Lu Yuanqing was not at ease leaving them alone at home. He also did not want to follow the example of the villagers and bring his two- or three-year-old children along, leaving them to play in the mud in the field.

So they didn't let Lu Mingnan compete for the cattle-raising job, but instead had him stay home to take care of the two children and cook.

Lu Yuanqing was quite shocked when he first heard that Lu Yuanhuan had asked Lu Mingnan to cook at home.

Lu Mingnan, who is six years old, looks only about four years old. What if such a young child burns down the house while cooking?

But seeing Lu Yuanhuan and the others' normal and matter-of-fact expressions, he swallowed his shock back.

We can't compare children of the future with children of today. Children in the village who are six or seven years old can already work in the fields. Even if they can't do anything else, they can still do chores like pulling weeds and cutting pig feed.

The girls, in particular, are already very skilled at cooking, washing clothes, cleaning, and so on at home.

……

When Lu Yuanqing led them to the field, they saw the same familiar old table set up on a flat ground, surrounded by a pile of winnowing baskets and hampers.

Just like clocking in and out every day for work decades later, they now have to clock in with the scorekeeper every day, return the tools to the village after get off work, and then clock out again.

Lu Yuanhuan took his two nephews and nieces to sign up for transplanting rice seedlings, where they could earn six work points a day.

Moreover, although the seedbeds here are in the fields, there is no water, only the soil is relatively moist. This makes it very convenient for the people who pull the seedlings to bring their own small stools from home, which are very small and made of bamboo, so they can sit and pull the seedlings.

Lu Yuanqing greatly admired the work of pulling up rice seedlings and really wanted to do it together.

But Lu Yuanbo excitedly dragged her to sign up for rice seedling planting.

Envy is just envy.

Transplanting rice seedlings is so hard work! You have to be stuck in the paddy field all day long, and you have to bend over all the time. It's so tiring.

Fortunately, the paddy fields are not very fertile now, and there are no leeches in them. Otherwise, even if it meant losing face, Lu Yuanqing would not have gone to plant rice seedlings.

Lu Yuanqing, who appeared expressionless but felt wronged inside, signed his name in the work log.

There aren't many literate people in the village, and at a glance, the work records are mostly handprints.

"Sister Baoxia, you're here!"

"Sister Baoxia..."

As Lu Yuanqing bent down to sign his name, he kept hearing familiar voices.

They were clearly the kids in the family, so enthusiastic, seemingly with a hint of gratitude and ingratiation!

The person being treated this way resisted the urge to roll their eyes and simply said, "Hmm!"

ill!

Gu Baoxia was speechless; she felt she understood the Lu family less and less.

Not long ago, he stormed into her house to fight, but then turned around and acted as if nothing had happened, calling out to her warmly. Uh, it seems like his warmth is only for her; the rest of the family doesn't receive the same treatment.

But why? What are they plotting?

"Sister Baoxia, hurry up and sign the papers! We'll go to a place to pull up the rice seedlings later!" Lu Yuanhuan said with a smile.

Gu Baoxia finally couldn't hold back anymore and rolled her eyes. Who wants to be with you guys!

"No need, I'll go plant rice seedlings!" Gu Baoxia replied with a faint smile.

Ignoring the enthusiastic gazes around her, Gu Baoxia calmly signed the document, smiled faintly, and then turned and left.

The Lu family is too strange; they seem really odd. She needs to stay away from them.