The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket!-Chapter 1179 - 1002, Every Grain of Porridge and Rice Comes with Hardship

Chapter 1179: Chapter 1002, Every Grain of Porridge and Rice Comes with Hardship

Every spring, Daohua would go to Daoxiang Village to inspect the spring plowing, and each time he would bring Daozi with him. Once they arrived at the manor, it wouldn’t be long before Daozi mingled with the children of the tenant farmers, teasing cats and dogs, running around everywhere.

Thus, Daozi was no stranger to the fields.

While Xiao Moreng and the others were still annoyed at getting their shoes dirty and stubbing their toes on the freshly plowed earth, Daozi had cheerfully picked up his little bag and started collecting ears of grain.

The field where the children were picking up the grain had just been harvested the day before.

After the grain was exposed to the scorching sun, the kernels would easily fall off. Even though the tenant farmers harvested carefully, there would still be some ears of grain left behind in the furrows.

Not only did Daozi and a few others pick them up, but the children of tenant farmer families did as well.

Whatever ears of grain were left in the fields, whoever found them would claim them. There was no need for instruction, and whenever this time came, all the children from the tenant farmer families would be mobilized.

Seeing the fields filled with children picking up grain, Xiao Moreng and the others seemed to assimilate and slowly joined in.

"We’re picking up ears of grain as a punishment. Are they doing the same?" Xiao Mobao slowly gathered grain, bending over only to take a rest before bending again, so leisurely that even the youngest, Xiao Moxu, walked ahead of him.

When Daozi heard this, he turned around and said, "I know about this. They’re picking these ears to take home to eat."

Xiao Moqing looked puzzled: "With so much grain grown in these fields, isn’t that enough for them to eat?"

Daozi stopped and stood up: "Because these fields aren’t theirs, so the grain also has nothing to do with them. They can only get a small portion."

With that, he looked earnestly at Xiao Moreng and the others.

"Fourth Brother, Sixth Brother, you must work hard. My dad said that to many people, we are like pieces of fatty meat, attracting hungry wolves."

"If we’re not capable enough, we won’t be able to protect our property, and we’ll be devoured by the hungry wolves, skin and all," he said, gesturing towards the other children in the fields.

"Then, we’ll end up just like them, tilling other people’s fields, picking up ears of grain others have left behind."

Chu Lang on the field ridge: "....."

How did Xiao Yeyang teach Daozi? Is it really okay for such a young child to talk like this?

However, it’s impressive that Daozi remembered and even vividly taught the young princes a lesson.

Xiao Moreng and Xiao Mokuan, being a bit older, understood the situation upon hearing Daozi’s words, looking thoughtful, while Xiao Moqing, Xiao Mobao, and Xiao Moxu appeared unconcerned.

At the beginning, the little fellows were quite interested, and inspired by the children of the tenant farmers, they indeed picked up some ears of grain and put them all into Dongli’s bag—it amounted to nearly half a bag.

But after picking for half an hour and the novelty wearing off, Xiao Mobao was the first to sit down in the field, refusing to move anymore.

Soon enough, Xiao Moxu had had enough as well.

Daozi and Xiao Moqing, on the other hand, ran off to catch sparrows with the children of tenant farmers.

Thus, in the field, only the oldest, Xiao Moreng and Xiao Mokuan, resignedly continued picking up ears of grain.

As older brothers, they couldn’t just run off to play wildly like their younger siblings because Grandfather Chu and Dongli’s bodyguard were watching from the ridge.

In the empty fields, a group of sparrows fluttered to and fro, looking for grains that had fallen to the ground.

Wherever sparrows landed, there would be children pouncing towards them.

"Bang!"

Seeing a sparrow land on a haystack, Daozi, without thinking, leapt towards it.

The haystack wasn’t big; as Daozi’s body pressed onto it, it collapsed, but he managed to catch the sparrow.

"Fourth Brother, look, I caught a sparrow!"

Daozi ran excitedly towards Xiao Moreng with the sparrow clutched tightly in his hands, and upon reaching him, he excitedly said, "Later, we can eat roasted sparrow."

Seeing the straw sticking out of Daozi’s head, Xiao Moreng cleaned it for him, then praised with a smile: "Daozi is really amazing."

Daozi was extremely proud of himself as he ran toward Chu Lang, clutching a sparrow: "Grandpa Chu, look at the sparrow I caught! They say roasted sparrows are delicious."

Chu Lang took the sparrow from Daozi’s hand with a smile: "Let me have someone roast this sparrow for you. You go ahead and keep picking up grain ears."

The smile on Daozi’s face faltered as he tugged at his clothes, looking somewhat awkward.

He didn’t want to pick up grain ears anymore. He wanted to play, catch sparrows, and climb trees. Daohua was already climbing trees with the tenant farmers’ children to pick fruit, and he wanted to join them.

Chu Lang saw right through the little guy’s thoughts and said with a smile, "Do you still remember what you promised your mother before we left home?"

Daozi fell silent, muttering, "But Daohua went too."

Chu Lang replied, "He is the son of the Crown Prince, and it’s not easy for your mother to manage him. But you are your mother’s son, and since you promised your mother to retrieve the grains you wasted yesterday, you must keep your word."

"You wouldn’t want to disappoint your mother by returning home this afternoon, would you?"

Daozi pouted, turning to Chu Lang with pleading eyes: "Grandpa Chu, but I’m tired."

Chu Lang wouldn’t indulge him, and continued with a smile, "Your mother said that if you don’t finish picking up today, the amusement park will be closed for a while."

Daozi’s head drooped down, and he silently turned around, resuming his task of picking up grain ears in the fields.

Seeing that Daozi was unable to gain any leniency, Xiao Moreng and the others completely lost hope and could only continue picking up grain ears diligently. Even Xiao Moqing, who had played for a while, seeing that no one was coming to fetch him, also returned to work.

For Xiao Moreng and the rest who had never done manual labor before, collecting two bags full of grain ears was not an easy task. In the afternoon, seeing that the children were getting tired, Chu Lang directed them to pick in the fields that were harvested today.

He had spoken to the farm supervisor in the morning, asking them not to harvest the crops too cleanly today.

The children must complete the task of collecting two bags of grain ears; their enthusiasm should not be dampened.

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Xiao Yeyang knew that his son and nephews were going to the manor for labor reformation today, so he took several officials out of the city to inspect the autumn harvest situation elsewhere.

Approaching evening, Xiao Yeyang and his entourage arrived at the manor, partly to see the achievements of his son, and partly to pick up the children.

The families of An and Du had also followed along, and when they saw the royal grandchildren all dirty, stooping to pick grain ears in the fields, their hearts ached for them. ƒrēenovelkiss.com

They knew that the royal grandchildren had come to the manor today to be punished for the mishap with the mooncakes yesterday. They had thought that Princess Consort Xiao was just making a show of it, yet she had actually let the royal grandchildren work in the fields!

However, they couldn’t say much either since they had agreed to the royal grandchildren’s visit to the manor. Moreover, Xiao Moxi was also picking grain ears in the fields. If the Prince of Weiyuan didn’t feel sorry for his own son, what could they say?

"Father!"

Daozi’s face lit up with a brilliant smile when he saw Xiao Yeyang arrive, then he spread his arms and ran toward Xiao Yeyang.

However, as he stepped onto the ridge of the field, he stumbled and fell to the ground, scattering the grain ears from the small bag hanging around his neck.

Just when everyone thought that Prince Weiyuan was about to step forward to comfort Daozi, they noticed that Xiao Yeyang just calmly said, "Get up by yourself after a fall," showing that it was no big deal.

Not only did Xiao Yeyang not move, but Chu Lang and others around did not step forward either.

Sitting on the ground, Daozi chuckled, then dusted himself off with his hands and stood up nonchalantly.

Xiao Yeyang gestured at the grain ears on the ground with his chin, and Daozi quickly ’oh’ed and bent down to slowly pick them up.

"Dad, there are too many grain ears, come help me."

Only then did Xiao Yeyang walk over, squat down, and start picking up grain ears with his son, while asking, "Do you understand now how precious food is?"

Daozi’s face wrinkled like a steamed bun as he sighed and nodded vigorously: "Dad, food is indeed precious. The grain ears I picked today, Grandpa Chu said they’re only enough to make ten mooncakes. From now on, I’ll never make trouble in the kitchen again."

Xiao Yeyang rubbed his son’s head: "Every grain and every meal should be appreciated for its hard-won journey. Wasting food is shameful."

Daozi nodded earnestly: "Dad, I understand."

The officials from the An and Du families were visibly moved, seeming to realize the true intention behind the Prince and Princess Consort of Weiyuan’s decision to have the children work on the manor.

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