One was using a sickle as a saw, and the other was scrabbling over a bunch of wheat stalks. Ji Jiu was better, swinging his sickle with a cold gleam, but wherever he went, the wheat stubble was left very high, with sharp stalks sticking up like javelins pointing to the sky, making the three people behind him even more afraid to move forward rashly. Looking back and seeing this scene, Zhang Shou was immediately angry and amused.
If Zhu Ying hadn't subsidized the tenant farmers a lot, they really wouldn't have come here to help the farmers today, but to cause trouble... Speaking of which, he himself was actually causing trouble, so he should retreat quickly after mowing this ridge!
Zhang Shou was distracted when he saw Zhu Ying gesticulating and ordering several tenant farmers who were watching the fun nearby to come down and help. So he shouted, "Forget it, Ji Jiu, you guys just help bundle the wheat and put down the sickle, don't cut your hands!"
Ji Jiu saw Zhang Shou turn around and slashed a few times before catching up with him, and he actually looked quite capable. He thought of how he had sighed about his bad luck in the past. Otherwise, he would not only be a general but also a prime minister. He would definitely be able to command the army on horseback and govern the people on foot. He could learn anything he saw. Looking at the sickle in his hand, he could not help but sigh.
Well, the fact that you can learn anything by watching should not include farm work. How can he compare with Zhang Shou, who grew up in the countryside outside Beijing
But when he returned the sickle to the farmer who had caught up with him, and was "courteously invited" to the back to learn how to bundle wheat clumsily, and was so busy that his back and waist ached but he still didn't do it well, Ji Jiu couldn't help but look up at Zhang Shou in the distance, and suddenly a ridiculous but practical idea came to his mind.
Although Zhang Shou grew up in the countryside, it is said that he was supported by Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing since he was a child, so even if he did not have luxurious clothes and food, he definitely had enough food and clothing. It is also said that he was in poor health when he was young, so he missed the opportunity to be the imperial teacher Ge Yong. Later, he met him again by chance. If so, how did Zhang Shou go to the fields? Where did he learn these farming skills
Zhang Shou, who was being questioned as to how he could do farm work, immediately handed over his sickle after finishing the first ridge, went to the ridge beside the field, took off his gloves and pounded his waist to catch his breath. If Zhu Ying hadn't been looking at him from the opposite side, he would have sat down without caring about his manners, because he felt that his waist was about to break.
Therefore, seeing Ji Jiu and others struggling to bundle wheat with their buttocks sticking out, and then seeing the farmers behind them quickly carrying away the bundles of wheat, and the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince impatiently jumping down to the ground and starting to pick up wheat ears with baskets, he pounded his waist twice again and could not help but smile.
Just pretending... that's better than not doing it. Just like the emperor personally farming and the empress personally tending silkworms, even if it's just a formality, it's at least a sign that the emperor values agriculture and sericulture. However, it's said that the emperor personally ploughs the fields once every one or two years, but the empress hasn't been personally tending silkworms for a long time. As for the reason... the empress would faint when she saw any crawling insects, that's the reason.
People who would scream when they see a bug might include many daughters of wealthy families, noble ladies, and even quite a few frail nobles, but they definitely did not include the Third and Fourth Princes who were in their prime youth, nor did they include Zhu Ying.