My village can't be like this

Chapter 721: Golden Lotus Emerging from the Ground
On the day of the exam, the students took the bus back home. This was an arrangement that had been made long ago.

After all, staying here for one more day costs money, and the accompanying teachers have to worry about their safety.

These students are at the age when they are most curious and love to play. Without exams, how could they stay quietly in front of the teacher? It is better to send them home early.

Zhang An and his family did not go back together because Su Ying had been accompanying students to take exams for the past few days and had not even gone to see her parents. If she didn't even come home, Wu Qiuping would be angry.

After spending a day with his parents in the city, Zhang An and his family of three returned to the village.

The weather these days, just as Zhang An expected, has never cleared up.

It started raining on the last day of the high school entrance examination. Two days have passed and there is no sign of it stopping.

"Hey, we've only been away from home for a few days, and the fields have become different."

As soon as she arrived in the village, Su Ying immediately discovered that the seedlings in the rice field in front of her house had looked different.

When they were at home a few days ago, although the seedlings in the field had been planted a long time ago, they looked no different from when they were first planted. Only a few sparse seedling leaves could be seen in the paddy field.

But now, after just a few days of not seeing them, the seedling leaves that were originally floating on the surface of the water in the field have not only grown much stronger, but have also sprouted more leaves, and the plants look more lush.

The entire paddy field looked completely alive, no longer like before where all you could see was water.

"Of course, you think the rain these days was in vain."

Zhang An smiled and said, Su Ying didn't know, but he, a native country kid, knew that the rain in the past few days was really crucial to the seedlings in the fields.

Because after the seedlings are planted in the field, it takes some time for them to take root and then start to grow.

This period of time is exactly when the seedlings grow, and this rain is just right for them as they have great growth needs. It completely helps them grow faster, but without any side effects.

In fact, the growth speed of the seedlings after taking root is not slow, it’s just that this rainfall has accelerated their growth rate.

In addition, Su Ying had been at home before, and she saw the scenes in the fields every day when she went out, so she always felt that they had not changed much.

She had been in the county town these days, and after coming back, she felt that everything had become new.

After returning home, Wang Fang, who hadn't seen her grandson for a few days, directly pulled little Siqi in front of her and asked about his well-being with a doting face.

Little Siqi didn't look annoyed at all, he really liked his grandparents.

Not to mention Wang Fang, the animals in the house also missed their little master very much. When Xiaohu and the others heard that the little guy had come back, they immediately ran out of the pen and were now squatting at the gate.

Even Chouchou and the little squirrel, who usually didn't get along well with him, no longer looked like enemies meeting each other, and ran to him to act nice.

By the evening, the rain was still falling, but not heavily, and there were still many villagers walking around in the fields wearing raincoats.

Because it rains every day, the water in the fields will accumulate more and more, and they need to dig out some of the water.

On the one hand, the water in the fields is too deep, which is not conducive to the growth of seedlings. On the other hand, there is a concern that the water in the fields will flood the ridges, which would be troublesome.

Zhang An also pulled on a raincoat and walked outside. He wanted to go to the depression to check on the condition of the Davidia involucrata seedlings that had just been planted.

"It's still raining outside and we'll have dinner soon. Where are you going?"

Seeing that he was about to go out, Wang Fang wiped her hands on her apron and asked.

"I didn't go far, I just went to the riverside depression to see if the saplings were submerged."

Zhang An shook his head and said to his mother with a smile.

"Then come back early for dinner."

When Wang Fang heard that he was not going far away, she ignored him.

When he came to the depression, he saw that the drainage ditch he had dug a few days ago was full of rain water.

Although the rain is not heavy, it lasts for a long time. In addition, the terrain of the depression is low, so the overflowing field water and the rainwater flowing down from the orchard finally converge here.

Fortunately, the drainage ditch he dug before was deep enough, otherwise there would be no way to drain so much accumulated water into the river.

When I woke up the next morning, it was no longer as windy and rainy as it was yesterday. The mountaintops in the distance were shrouded in mist, and the clouds in the sky had not yet dispersed, but the dark clouds had disappeared, and the sky looked very clean and spotless.

Zhang An stretched his arms and legs a few times in the yard, breathing in the slightly cool air, which was very refreshing.

"It looks like the situation this year won't be too bad. The fields will definitely have a good harvest."

Zhang Jianguo, who had just finished feeding hay to his livestock in the pen, said this with great emotion.

It has been raining for the past few days, and even though it has stopped now, the mountains are still not suitable for grazing.

"It's time for everyone to have a good year. In the past few years, it was either drought or floods. Only last year was not too bad, but it was just okay. If it continues like this, how can everyone live?"

Whether this year is a good year or not can be known just by looking at the beginning of summer.

In previous years, God would bring heavy rain and even hail without even giving us any warning. It would rain heavily every two days or heavily every three days.

This is very good this year. Since the beginning of summer, there has been no hail or thunder. Even when it rains, it just rains a little to notify everyone that the rainy season has arrived.

After it stopped raining, Zhang An's mood became much more cheerful, just like the clouds in the sky.

He is a very typical person who doesn't like rain. If it rains for one day, he thinks it's no big deal. If it rains for two days, he can accept it. But if it rains for more than three days, he will become very upset.

"Oh, Uncle An, my old man, why did you take so long to come back?"

Although it was still early in the morning, Zhou Yang came running over.

As soon as he entered the door, this man started to complain to him in a very resentful tone, as if something was wrong.

"No, I've only been away from home for a few days. You shouldn't be that serious."

Zhang An felt that he had only been away from home for a few days, but how could this person make it sound as if he had been away from home for many years?

"How can it be so? You don't know how miserable I have been these past few days since you took my little brother away."

Although Zhang An had only been away from home for three or four days, to Zhou Yang, it was no exaggeration to say that he felt like a long time had passed since he last saw him. These days felt like a year to him because Zhang An had taken little Siqi away.

During the first few days after being discharged from the hospital, Zhou Yang felt that taking care of the child was not difficult.

Every time their daughter started crying, they just had to call their little brother, Xiao Siqi, over to comfort her with some babbling.

He doesn't make a fuss when he's awake during the day, and he sleeps soundly at night except when he wakes up to feed.

Because babies don’t have much energy, and after using it up during the day, they won’t be able to make noise at night.

But after Xiao Siqi and Zhang An went to the county town, his hard days began.

When their child Zhou Jiayan started crying during the day, his grandmother and others helped to comfort him.

But they were not little Siqi. Although Zhou Jiayan was coaxed into stopping crying, she was not interested in adults like them and could not play with them.

So although he stopped crying, he started to sleep after eating.

This sleep is amazing. I get enough rest during the day and I don’t feel sleepy at night.

Children are very afraid of the dark. If they can't sleep at night, they will cry and make a fuss. Now Zhou Yang's nightmare began.

Every night, when Zhou Jiayan was making a fuss, Zhou Yang had to carry her around the room to do anything, and she couldn't even stop for a moment. Every time Zhou Yang thought she should coax her daughter to sleep, she would carry her to bed, but before she even touched the bed, she would start all over again.

Because the child gets enough rest during the day, just to torture people at night.

After a few days, he looked like a ghost, and even had dark circles under his eyes.

"Can you be more promising? Your daughter is pretty good. At least she only made trouble for a short while. Think about Ding Zijie back then. He played mixed doubles day and night. He was a real devil. Ding Yi was tormented for several months, but he persisted."

Zhang An looked at Zhou Yang with an angry look on his face.

"You are good at making sarcastic remarks. Only my little brother is sensible and won't make trouble for others. Otherwise, you will suffer the consequences."

Zhou Yang glared at him, thinking that this person was really talking without any pain in his waist.

"So what? Isn't it a father's ability to keep his son from making trouble?"

Zhang Anke didn't care. Little Siqi was really well behaved before. That was all thanks to him as a father. If other people had the ability, they could also give birth to such a well-behaved child.

"Is it really okay for you to be so cocky? Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you have a sensible son."

When Zhou Yang saw his expression, she just felt angry. Why couldn't her own daughter be so obedient?

"Oh, sorry, I really can do whatever I want."

Hearing this, Zhang An became even more proud. In the whole village, everyone said something good about his son, Zhang An.

Seeing Zhang An becoming even more arrogant, Zhou Yang became even angrier. So he didn't bother to look at his face and ran into the house to find his little brothers.

"Oh, our Qiqi is really amazing. She can wash her face by herself. Look, Brother Yang brought you some delicious food."

When Zhou Yang saw little Siqi washing her face, he walked over with a smile and opened the lunch box he brought with him.

Inside was a box of fried chicken nuggets, which he had fried himself this morning. He was trying to bribe Xiao Siqi.

He had been tortured for several days, and now when he heard that his little brother had returned, he suddenly felt that he was finally free.

So when I got up in the morning to prepare food for my wife who was in confinement after giving birth, I fried a pot of little Siqi's favorite chicken nuggets.

Little Siqi is a foodie. When he heard there was something delicious, he immediately became excited.

He quickly threw the towel he was using to wash his face back into the basin and looked towards Zhou Yang.

Seeing the fragrant and hot fried chicken nuggets, I couldn’t resist it and immediately grabbed a piece and put it in my mouth and started eating.

"Don't be in a hurry. Eat slowly. These are all for you."

Zhou Yang was very satisfied with the little brother's reaction and said with a smile.

After waiting for little Siqi to finish eating, Zhou Yang spoke again, "Qiqi, why don't you go to Brother Yang's house and play with your niece later? Brother Yang will make you something delicious then."

"it is good!"

With delicious food leading the way, how could the little foodie refuse? He nodded and agreed to go with Zhou Yang.

"Aunt, I'll take Qiqi away. He'll have dinner at our house, so you don't have to pick him up."

Zhou Dad, whose evil plan had succeeded, immediately told Wang Fang about it.

"OK, no problem."

Wang Fang smiled and agreed, not caring that her grandson was kidnapped by someone using some food.

When they got outside the yard, Zhou Yang said to Zhang An, "It shouldn't rain today. Why don't we go to the mountains to pick mushrooms this afternoon? It just rained, so there must be a lot of mushrooms."

This season is a good time to pick mushrooms, and after two days of rain, it is even more suitable for hiking.

It just so happened that Chen Wenwen was in confinement after giving birth, so he went to get some wild delicacies to supplement the nutrition for his wife and child.

Besides, their restaurant is currently closed, so he still has time. If he waits until the baby is one month old, he may not be able to spare the time.

"Okay, then let's go into the mountains after dinner."

Zhang An agreed without thinking. He had nothing to do at home anyway, so it would be nice to go for a walk in the mountains.

So, Zhou Yang took his little brother back home contentedly.

Zhang An casually stretched his arms and legs in the yard, and suddenly remembered that the two ground-growing golden lotuses he had bought from the medicine market and prepared to give to Chen Ze were still in the space.

After entering the space, I found that these two things had actually bloomed.

You have to know that Zhang An just threw these things into the space casually without planting them.

As a result, it grew and bloomed just by being touched by the soil. It has really strong vitality.

No wonder they can survive wherever they are placed in the mountains, and eventually become feed for pigs.

But the golden-red flower on the top is as big as their small vegetable bowl, and it looks really beautiful.

It has just bloomed, so I'll give it to Chen Ze. I'm sure he will like it.

Arriving at the Dongli yard, Zhang An discovered that there were many more children as old as Zhang Tie, about ten in total.

I think they are the children of the tenants. They probably came to play with the elderly after finishing their exams.

After entering Chen Ze's house, it was rare that Mr. Chen did not go out.

However, when a voice came from their kitchen, Zhang An knew the reason, because Teacher Jiang came over.

"Good morning, Grandpa Chen." Zhang An greeted the old man.

"Chen Ze, Zhang An is here, what are you holding?"

Old Master Chen first called out to Chen Ze into the house, and then asked Zhang An.

"This is a ground lotus, which is considered a potted plant. Didn't Chen Ze say he wanted to plant some flowers and plants underneath? I brought it to him when I saw it."

Zhang An opened the snakeskin bag containing the ground lotus, revealing the thick branches and huge flowers.

"Wow, this flower is really pretty, the name is indeed right."

As soon as Mr. Chen saw the two huge flowers, he nodded and said.

At this time, Chen Ze and Jiang Qiong also came into the main room: "What is this?"

Zhang An smiled and asked, "I found you a potted plant. How is it? Are you satisfied?"

"Satisfied. How could you not be satisfied with something you got? The flowers are indeed beautiful, but are there only two of them?"

This ground-blooming golden lotus is quite to Chen Ze's liking, but he feels that only two plants are too few, so he wants to plant it at the entrance of the hotel.

"Don't worry, this thing grows branches very quickly. When the time comes, you can just break off the branches and continue planting. It's easy to keep alive."

This ground-growing golden lotus is similar to a cactus and is very easy to cultivate.

(End of this chapter)