The sentence "It's cloudy in the daytime and hemp at night" describes the working life of the ancients, and "It's cloudy in the daytime and hemp at night" comes from "Four Seasons 31". This poem enthusiastically praises the busy working life of farmers with simple language and detailed description. The first sentence compares day and night, and unfolds a picture of rural men and women plowing, making contributions and being busy day and night.
The normal progress of ancient people's lives depended on hard work every day. During the busy farming season, they have to plow the fields early, but at night they are racing against time to spin hemp thread. Men, women and children are never idle. Although children are still young and don't know how to farm and weave, they have learned to plant melons under mulberry trees like adults.
Other poems describing the working life of the ancients are as follows:
1. It's full of country heat, and its back is scorched by the sun.
I don't know about the heat, but I regret the long summer. -Bai Juyi's "Looking at Wheat Cutting"
2. After cutting the grain at noon, sweat dripped down the soil. -"Compassion for Farmers"
3. At night, we will have a foot-deep snow outside the city and drive a charcoal car across the ice.
Cows are tired and people are hungry, but the sun has risen very high. They are resting in the mud outside the south gate of the market. -Bai Juyi's "Carbon Man"
People come and go on the river, but they like the beauty of perch.
Look at those poor fishermen, floating up and down in the big waves and rocking in the boats. -Fan Zhongyan's Fisherman on the River
5. The eaves are low and the streams are covered with green grass. Drunk Wu local drunk, gentle voice, white-haired old man who is it?
The eldest son is weeding in the bean field on the east side of the stream, and the second son is busy knitting chicken cages. I like the death of a child best. I lie at the head of a stream and peel lotus flowers. -Xin Qiji's "Qingpingle Village Residence"
6. The mountains and fields are all green, and it rains like smoke in the regular sound.
In April, there were few idle people in the countryside, and sericulture was planted in the fields. -April in rural Weng Juan.
I went to town yesterday and came back in tears.
All over Luo Qi are not silkworm farmers. -Zhang Yu's "Silkworm Girl"
Living under a thatched cottage and never wearing fragrant silk, she is eager to arrange a marriage, but how dare she? .
Who would know that her simple face is the cutest? * * * Poor people dress frugally in this era.
Her finger embroidery is unparalleled, but she can't compete with painting eyebrows.
Year after year, she sewed gold thread for other girls in the bridal gown. -Qin Taoyu's "Poor Girl"