When work resumed in the afternoon, the ringing of a bell served as a reminder.
Hearing the bell, Kong Daqian and the others stretched and got up.
After the bell rang, there were still about ten minutes before work officially began. Everyone could take a little time to tidy themselves up and get ready.
Kong Daqian did not dawdle. Before the time had even come, he put on his straw hat, drank a bowl of cooled tea, and headed toward the fields.
"I'll go see how the rice is growing."
When they had come over, they had also brought a batch of rice seedlings at Zhou Xu's behest to plant experimentally here.
At the time, it was already essentially the tail end of spring plowing. Fortunately, the fields in Area Three had long since been cleared by Zhao Geng and the others, so they could be planted at any time. On top of that, irrigation channels had been connected throughout the surrounding area. With a little work, they could divert water into the fields and turn them into rice paddies. That was how they had successfully planted this batch of rice.
This Experimental Field happened to be under Kong Daqian's responsibility.
As an intelligent man, Kong Daqian naturally understood how important this work was.
He had previously persuaded the other farmers in Yellow Sand City to come cultivate and live within Great Zhou's territory, so he had been made group leader as soon as he arrived.
Now, if he could successfully grow rice, he would undoubtedly earn another merit. By then, his position here would be secure.
For that reason, he was naturally taking this Experimental Field very seriously.
After making a round, he saw that the rice was growing fairly well. However, it was still too early to tell