It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 286

Not long after Jiang Yan returned to the yard and sat down to rest, several elders from Dongshan Village came to her home together. The first thing they said was to congratulate her on her birthday.

Jiang Yan was delighted but couldn't hide her nervousness.

Dongshan Village has always paid attention only to the first birthday, adulthood, and birthdays of sixty and above. During these days, even relatives will not easily come to celebrate without the invitation of the host family. It is enough for villagers to say a blessing when they meet.

But she was not yet an adult and was a junior, so why did the elders suddenly come over? What went wrong?

As the most gentle and kind female elder in Dongshan Village, Gao Hua took Jiang Yan's hands and asked her about everything from her daily life to her recent mood. She even walked into the vegetable garden in Jiang Yan's backyard and gave her some advice.

"These vegetables are growing a little slowly, remember to fertilize them."

"That patch is densely populated. You can pick some to eat in the next couple of days to make room for other vegetables to grow."

Finally, they reached the small pond. Gao Hua looked up from the pond and saw a bamboo pipe hanging above it with water constantly flowing out. She praised, "You made this thing very well. It saves a lot of trouble."

When she came to see Jiang Yan before, the weather was still dry. Although she had caught a glimpse of bamboo pipes in the backyard, she didn't think much about their use.

Seeing it now, he was quite interested and said to Li Hao, "Your home is close to the back mountain, you can give it a try."

As for other families, they are far away from the mountain, and it is not cost-effective to use bamboo pipes to divert water.

From diverting water to irrigating the land, to clearing so many acres of land, sowing so many acres of wheat seeds, and preparing so much fertilizer...

Jiang Yan had no way to join the elders in their heated discussion about winter wheat planting, and thus retreated from the center of concern to the edge of the crowd.

After waiting for a long time and finally sending this group of elders away, Jiang Yan was about to go back to the house to take a nap when he received a concerned message from Jiang Ying from above.

She leaned against the wall, smiling and said, "Are you feeling much better?"

"Jiang Ying! You're sixteen, not a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl. Act more steadily and don't climb over the wall all the time."

As soon as Li Hao stepped into the yard, he saw Jiang Ying half-lying on the wall, with her legs swinging in the air at a very high frequency, and then colliding with the wall.

On the other side of the wall, Jiang Yan, who was already fifteen, suddenly felt his ears burning. He gave Jiang Ying a helpless look and then slipped back into the house in embarrassment.

Li Hao was really worried.

The two families are neighbors next door, so if they want to talk, it's just a matter of a few steps in and out of the yard, which is not difficult at all. At the very least, they can hear each other clearly even if they talk through the wall.

But Jiang Ying and Jiang Yan refused to do so. Eight out of ten times they would lie on the wall and chat.

Two days ago, Li Haocai found some patching cloth and gave it to Jiang Ying, asking her to mend the big tear at the knee of her trouser leg due to severe wear and tear.

At this time of year, Jiang Ying only had three pairs of trousers to wear, two of which were patched, and the other one was only a few steps away from being torn.

The knees of the shoes Jiang Yan wore today also showed obvious wear and tear.

How can this be good...

Li Hao did not have Li Yue's good craftsmanship, and Jiang Ying was not able to learn her mother's needlework well enough. Both of them could not restore the torn pants to the point where the difference could not be seen without a close look.

But the two most naughty girls in the village, especially Jiang Ying, are already at the age of getting married. They can't always walk around in shabby clothes.

As for making new clothes and trousers, considering how often they go into the mountains to pick fruits and climb walls, how much money can they afford to make them...

Li Hao made up his mind that he must explain things to them and that they couldn't continue to be so rough.