Reclaiming Wasteland: Carefree Mountain Farmer

Chapter 3 Everyone Loves Him
Old Li's family

Two young women returned home together and found their mother talking to someone at the door.

When the neighbor, Aunt Wang, saw that he had returned, she smiled and said, "It's getting late, I'll go home first."

"Alright." Aunt Li watched Aunt Wang leave, then, after her two daughters returned, she said coldly, "You know how to come back? Where did you go?"

Seeing her mother's expression, Li Hong explained, "We went to the fields and saw that several families in the village were sleeping in the fields. We looked around and found that only one family in the whole village had finished harvesting their wheat."

Li Bing smiled as she spoke well of her future brother-in-law, or perhaps husband.

"It's the Arctic family at the west end of the village. Their son, Arctic Wu, is hardworking and good-looking! He's about our age and not married yet."

Li Bing is young, about the same age as Beijiwu.

Beijiwu is good-looking and a great worker; following him will definitely ensure we don't go hungry.

There weren't many people in the village to begin with, and many of them were related by marriage. If they didn't want to marry into another rural area, then Beijiwu was definitely the best choice.

Although it was her older sister who met the person first, Li Bing noticed that the person had looked at her several times and didn't seem to like her that much.

Even though his own older sister has been so proactive, this person just won't budge.

You have to ask him to agree.

Both sisters wanted to take this opportunity to introduce Beijiwu to their parents and get them to accept this young man.

Before she could even say a few words in support of Beiji Wu, Aunt Li cursed, "Shameless bastard! That good-for-nothing from the Beiji family doesn't even recognize his own family. His brother sold his cattle and fields to hire a sorceress to cure his illness, and he immediately demanded a division of the family property, which angered his brother and sister-in-law to the point that they no longer acknowledge him as their brother."

“When someone dies in the village, whether it’s for a wedding or a funeral, this bastard never goes. If you dare say a word to him, I’ll beat you all to death!”

After saying this, Aunt Li went inside, even angrier at her two good-for-nothing daughters.

It turns out that Arctic Martial's reputation is so bad. The two sisters only knew that there was a martial arts madman in the west of the village. It turns out that he is Arctic Martial!
"Sister, what should we do?" Li Bing asked Li Hong.

Li Hong hadn't expected this unexpected turn of events. If Arctic Martial Arts had a better reputation, the deal would have been finalized easily.

"Let's think of another way." Li Hong walked into the yard, trying hard to figure out how to persuade her mother.

Li Bing responded with a "Mm".

After entering the courtyard, Li Bing turned around and closed the door, but in her heart she thought her sister was thinking of another way.

Although Beiji Wu is somewhat selfish and ruthless, he is still a skilled farmer.

They were about the same age as me, not short, and not as ugly as the others.

If you can't care about other people's families, then so be it; as long as you can care about your own, that's enough.

Li Bing thought that Beijiwu always wanted to resolve his own problems before helping others.

Others' impressions of him were correct, and Li Bing also discovered that he was just that kind of person, not fond of helping others.

“This kind of man is perfect. Only by marrying him can you live a good life,” Li Bing whispered. “You don’t want him, but I do! Where can you find such a family-oriented man?”

Li Bing felt much more relaxed this time, because it was her sister who didn't want it anymore, and she wasn't fighting with her for it.

The Li family was so poor they couldn't afford oil lamps, so they went to bed early after dark.

In the middle of the night, Beijiwu looked at the starry sky, then quickly looked down and continued to gather the wheat in the field.

"I have a feeling it's going to rain, let's get this dry quickly."

Thinking of the two beautiful girls, Beijiwu worked even harder.

When they got tired, they would eat some dry food or drink some salt water and fruit to replenish their energy. The moon was bright and the stars were few, and the earth was as bright as day. The mountain wind blowing from Yinshan made many of the men sleeping in the wheat field pull their blankets tighter.

The moonlight is beautiful in this era, but there's no time to appreciate it.

You can work at night, but people need to rest. You can't work during the day and then continue working at night.

Working at sunrise and resting at sunset was the norm in the agricultural era.

Arctic Martial also follows the routine. For the past few days, he has been working during the day and resting at night. However, today the weather is good, and he is in a hurry to finish the work, so he takes advantage of the time before the clouds come to work a little longer.

I wore an extra layer of clothing to prevent being bitten by mosquitoes that are active at night, and also to avoid being pricked by wheat awns, otherwise my whole body would be in pain and itchy.

Work when visibility is high, and rest for a while when visibility is low, moving your waist and arms.

It was cold, the water was cool, and the humidity was high. Beijiwu spent half the night tying everything up and putting it together, then found a place to sleep.

The next day, just as dawn broke, Beijiwu went home and brought out his wheelbarrow.

This unicycle was made by Beijiwu himself. It has an A-shaped triangular body with a simple wooden wheel in the middle without any parts.

The manufacturing process is very simple: three pieces of wood are arranged to form the shape of an A, with a hollowed-out wooden disc that can roll in the middle.

Miracles happen with brute force; there's no need for lubrication at all, as long as it works.

The Arctic warrior placed a few tree branches on the cart to cushion it, then threw the bundles of wheat onto the wood and pressed them down, piling them up little by little until they were about 1.5 to 1.6 meters high.

After tying it up with hemp rope, Beijiwu pulled the wooden cart away from the difficult-to-walk field. By then, the sun had already risen.

Seeing Bei Jiwu pushing the cart forward, Old Zhang quickly shouted, "How come you work so fast, kid? The wheat in the field has all flown up and been bundled up by itself!"

Arctic Warrior cursed, "You sit in the field and sleep all day, and see if the wheat can grow by itself. I've been working myself to death all night. Go harvest your wheat and don't block the way!"

Old Zhang didn't dare to mess with this strong young man. He had previously thought that the boy was heartless, aloof, and didn't know what was good for him.

But after seeing how hard he works these past two days, I think this kid is pretty good.

"Fourth brother, can you help your brother Wu out?"

Old Zhang asked his daughter, Zhang Xiulan, to help Beijiwu. Even the neighborhood kids could guess what was going on in those eyes.

Zhang Xiulan, a farm girl, works hard all day long and is not as pretentious as a city girl.

The girl walked over and said, "Brother Wu, let me help you push the cart."

As Beijiwu walked towards his house, he directly refused, saying, "I don't have time to help your family with chores today. You should help your dad first."

Zhang Xiulan smiled and said, "It's alright, I'm just going home to get a drink of water."

Not wanting to be misunderstood, Beijiwu quickly pushed the cart and ran, saying, "No need! It's only a few hundred steps, no need for help! Your family should hurry up and get things done too!"

Zhang Xiulan hadn't even come up from the field when she saw Beijiwu run away.

Seeing the wheat that Beijiwu's family had already harvested, and then looking at her own twenty or thirty acres of unharvested wheat fields, Zhang Xiulan had no choice but to go to the fields and work with her parents, brothers, and other family members.

Zhang Xiulan returned to the wheat field to bundle the wheat. Her thin little sister, Zhang Xianglan, smiled and said, "Sister, if you marry him, our two families will be one."

Zhang Xiulan bent down to pick up the wheat, and shyly scolded, "Pah! Shameless! Get back to work!"

Even after scolding someone, Xiulan still had a slight smile on her face while working.

(End of this chapter)