Meng Yan's Transformation

Chapter 154 Pulling Soybeans

In the evening, Zhan Yingying and Zhan Mengyan began to bundle and load the harvested beans.

In the late autumn evening, the setting sun slowly retracted its dazzling light and approached the distant mountains with a soft halo across the sky. Zhan Yingying chopped bundles of soybeans high on the carriage. Under the reflection of the setting sun, they were coated with a layer of sparkling golden light, making them look even more golden.

The bundles of soybeans on the carriage were chopped higher and higher by Zhan Yingying. She had to use a steel fork to lift bundle after bundle of soybeans high up, throw them to the top of the stack, and then climb up to the top to stack them.

Zhan Mengyan saw Zhan Yingying climbing up and down, which was very time-consuming and laborious, so she said, "Sister Yingying, I will climb to the top of the soybean pile on the carriage and catch the soybean bundles you throw to me. This way you can save time and effort."

"Sister Mengyan, can you do it? I'm afraid you can't stack the soybeans properly. If you stack them crookedly, the carriage will overturn when it encounters a pothole. Not only will we have to reload the carriage then, but the bean bundles will fall to the ground and the beans will explode from the pods and fall to the ground. That will be a big loss for us." Zhan Yingying said.

Zhan Mengyan looked at Zhan Yingying, who was sweating and panting, and said, "I think I can do it. I'll code it and you just watch me. It's okay if it's crooked. Besides, the sun is about to set and it will be dark. It will be difficult for us to walk at night. If it's too late, Dad and Mom will be worried."

Zhan Yingying was already at the end of her strength. She was overworked and felt as if her body was hollowed out. She was drowned by fatigue and could not find the shore or breathe. She was left with endless fatigue and powerlessness...

Zhan Yingying looked at the afterglow of the setting sun flickering in the sky. The sky was no longer azure blue, but turned into a warm orange ocean. The sky gradually dimmed, as if warming up for the arrival of the night, as if telling her that the day was about to end...

Zhan Yingying felt that time was running out and she had to give in. Zhan Mengyan saw that Zhan Yingying remained silent and knew that she had tacitly agreed to her idea. She hurriedly climbed to the top of the pile of soybeans on the carriage and prepared to receive the bundles.

"Okay, Sister Mengyan, you have to be careful. The bundle of beans is coming, Sister Mengyan, you have to catch it!" Zhan Yingying said as she threw the bundle of soybeans to Zhan Mengyan.

Zhan Mengyan was hit by the bundle of soybeans and staggered, failing to catch the bundle.

"Sister Mengyan, I'm giving you a chance. You can't catch the bundles of soybeans by yourself. You told me you couldn't do it, but you still didn't accept it. Now you are convinced, right? Come down quickly. I'll load and code them by myself. It doesn't matter if you go slowly or wait until late." Zhan Yingying shouted.

"The first time is new, the second time is familiar. Try again and again. I promise to catch it this time. Give me one last chance." Zhan Mengyan said.

When Zhan Yingying threw out the bundle of soybeans again, Zhan Mengyan successfully caught it. In this way, the bundles of soybeans on the carriage were piled up like a small mountain.

"Sister, we can't load it anymore. There are too many. I feel like even our chestnut horse can't pull it anymore." Zhan Mengyan said as she stood on the shaking pile of beans.

"Just load up the last three bundles and we'll be done." Zhan Yingying replied.

After the two sisters finished loading the soybean bundles, Zhan Yingying used a large cable to tie up the bean stack. Because the bean stack was a bit too big and the cable was not long enough, Zhan Yingying used a woven bag to connect it to the cable and barely tied up the bean stack.

Zhan Yingying raised her whip and drove home. Zhan Mengyan lay on the shaking soybean stack. The dusk had passed and the night began to fall. The autumn evening brought a hint of coolness. The air was filled with the fragrance of fallen leaves and wild daisies, as if covering this season with a mysterious veil. The sky was so blue that it made people imagine. The night sky was more like an extremely wide blanket. The stars in the sky were like crystal and dazzling gems on this blanket. A new moon rose quietly, casting bright moonlight, as if covering the earth with a layer of white mist. Around it, there were a few stars emitting faint light...

The carriage was swaying on the country road, and Zhan Mengyan felt like she was lying in a cradle, drowsy. Suddenly, there was a bump, and the carriage seemed to run over a stone, and Zhan Mengyan felt the bean stack begin to tilt.

"Zhan Mengyan, hurry! Hurry! Hurry! The car is going to overturn. You must crawl to the other side of the soybean pile and hold it down! Hold it down! You must hold down the soybean pile!" Zhan Yingying exclaimed.

When Zhan Mengyan heard the shout, it was too late for her to climb to the other side of the bean pile. As the pile tilted, she also rolled to the ground...

Zhan Yingying saw the soybean bundles on the ground - the road and the ditches on the roadside were all filled with soybean bundles. She stamped her feet in pain. She pulled Zhan Mengyan up from the ground and checked her. She didn't find any injuries. She was fine. She yelled, "Zhan Mengyan, are you dead? When you found that the soybean pile was tilted, why didn't you climb in the opposite direction and hold down the tilted soybean pile? What should we do now? We have to reload the truck, and so many beans will fall to the ground!"

Zhan Mengyan was also furious when she heard Zhan Yingying's blame. She said angrily: "Do you think I am a god? How can I be so fast? When I wanted to climb, it was too late. Besides, can you blame me? You should blame yourself for biting off more than you can chew. I asked you to load less, but you refused. You loaded the soybean bundles into a small mountain. Even the ropes were not long enough. It would be strange if the car didn't flip over!"

"Pa...pa..." Zhan Yingying raised her hand high and slapped Zhan Mengyan in the face, and then slapped herself wildly. Zhan Mengyan covered her burning face and was about to explode, but when she saw Zhan Yingying hitting her even harder, she softened her heart and hugged her sister, crying, "Sister, sister! I was wrong, I was wrong, please stop hitting me, please stop hitting me..."

The two sisters hugged each other and cried bitterly. The big red horse raised its head high, shaking its beautiful mane, and a white mist was sprayed from its nostrils with a hiss. Its black pupils were shining with starlight. It looked at its little masters with a sad look, like a ball of fire, burning wantonly, and its hooves were anxiously kicking the ground...

It was dark, and Zhan Yu and Yun Qing had not yet waited for Zhan Yingying and Zhan Mengyan to return home. Zhan Yu and Yun Qing became a little anxious, and Yun Qing began to become restless.

"Don't walk back and forth in front of me. I'm worried about Zhan Yingying and Zhan Mengyan. Just support me and go to the intersection to meet them. It's better than walking back and forth in front of me. It makes me dizzy." Zhan Yu said as he picked up his crutches.

Zhan Yu was supported by Yun Qing to look for Zhan Yingying and Zhan Mengyan. They heard the neighing of their own chestnut horse and approached. Seeing Zhan Yingying and Zhan Mengyan crying, they said, "It's dark now. Why are you two crying here instead of going home? Oh my God, my beans are scattered all over the ground. Zhan Yingying, did you overturn the carriage? You still have the nerve to cry. Hurry up and pack up and load the cart!"

"Zhan Yu, is there any father like you? The children are crying so sadly, they must be hurt and crying in pain. Can't you just say it nicely when you have something to say? You just blame them." Yun Qing said.

Yunqing looked at her two daughters with tears streaming down her face. She hugged her daughters and asked, "Let mom take a good look. Are you two injured? Where are you injured?"

"Mom, my sister and I are not hurt. We just feel sad that the beans exploded to the ground. We feel that the fruits of our hard work have been lost. We are very sad..." Zhan Yingying replied.

Yunqing was very relieved to see that the two sisters were not injured, and said: "You two are my treasures. It is worth it to use more beans as long as you two are safe and sound."

Zhan Yingying loaded the bundles of soybeans back into the truck. This time she didn't dare to load so much, so she loaded it in two batches and pulled all the bundles back home to the yard one after another.

As the night deepened, the autumn atmosphere became stronger. The sky was particularly high and far away. The moonlight stretched the shadows of the trees on both sides of the road into long ones. The autumn wind blew, and the fallen leaves fluttered, decorating the autumn night more peacefully. Everything was silent, and the world seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep. Only the occasional barking of a dog broke the silence... Zhan Yingying and Zhan Mengyan took advantage of the moonlight to sweep up the beans that had fallen on the ground, along with the fallen leaves and dirt on the ground, and put them into a snakeskin bag. The two sisters dragged their tired bodies to carry the full snakeskin bag back home...