Chapter 186: Threshing the Grain

August 25th. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

As soon as the sky was bright, Li Fan's family had already gotten up. Today is a busy day, but also a harvest day.

Li Fan took advantage of his mother's breakfast time to punch outside the courtyard for a while. Boxing and exercising every morning has become a habit for him.

As soon as I finished boxing, the third uncle and the third mother also came over with a basket. Even the little girl followed behind, yawning as she walked, looking like she hadn't woken up. Today, I beat the grain of Li Fan's family, and the third uncle's family is eating here.

"What are you going to do, girl?" asked Li Fan, looking at the sleepy-eyed little girl.

"I'm going, it's fun. After the little girl finished speaking, she yawned again and followed the third uncle into the courtyard. Li Fan smiled and returned to the courtyard to prepare breakfast.

After breakfast, the whole family was ready to go. The first stop is Dongzitian.

The father carried the mixing bucket, and the third uncle carried three baskets, and there were several sickles in the baskets. Li Fan carried a double threshing machine. The threshing machine is manually pedaled and can be used by two people to work at the same time.

Threshing machines have only emerged in the last decade or so. With this thing, threshing is a lot easier. In the past, when there was no threshing machine, it was all operated by manpower, which was much more tiring than now.

The people of the village called the former pure manual threshing of grain "hand-mixed buckets". Now, if there are young people in the village who shout that they are tired of threshing grain, they are often educated by their father's generation, "Now that there is a threshing machine, why are you tired? When Lao Tzu was as old as you, it was all 'hand mixing buckets', and Lao Tzu never shouted tired." ”

On the way, I met many villagers carrying baskets, mixing buckets, and threshing machines one after another. It was still early in the morning, but I didn't meet any tourists. After the construction of the hotel and restaurant is completed, there will be tourists in the village at this time.

Half an hour later, Li Fan's family came to Dongzitian. There are two villagers who are earlier than Li Fan and them, and they have already finished a short fight.

Take off your slippers and don't pull up your trousers. Li Fan, his parents, and the third uncle and three mothers took the sickle and went directly to the field to start cutting rice. Everyone wore long trousers, and they stepped into the water with their trousers. It can not only prevent mosquitoes, but also prevent being cut by seedlings.

The little girl was playing with the bear children of the other two families on the field.

The cave field is a thick field, the mud and fertilizer are deep, and people step on it and sink deeply. It's a little difficult to move. But rice yields will be greater than dry fields. In addition to the current Dongzi Field, there is also a square field in Li Fan's house, which is also a thick field. The other four-open field is dry field.

Of course, Noda also has the advantage that it is easier to move the mixing barrel. In addition, you will encounter a fish and a lobster from time to time. It's much more interesting than dry fields.

Dry fields do not have water all year round, and are only ploughed to store water during the rice planting season. In addition to rice, dry fields also grow other things, such as rape.

Several people talked while cutting rice. Parents, uncles and mothers are all sighing, the older they get, the better their bodies seem to be. Now that I have cut so much rice, I don't feel tired at all, and I feel much more relaxed than last year.

Li Fan smiled and didn't tell the reason. It's just that it's a blessing to be in good health. It means that their blessings have arrived. Naturally, my parents laughed and scolded.

The part of Dongzitian belonging to Li Fan's house is rectangular, about 5 meters wide and about 60 meters long. Now a few people have cut more than 20 meters, and they can start threshing.

So, only my father was left to continue cutting rice, while Li Fan, my mother, and my third uncle and three mothers returned to the field and prepared to start threshing grain.

Several people first picked up the cut rice and put it together, forming two piles on the left and right. Li Fan and the third uncle dragged the mixing bucket into the water, half of which was rectangular, about 2 meters wide and 3 meters long, with a depth of about 50 centimeters. The bottom is in the shape of a hull.

Li Fan put the threshing rack on one side of the mixing barrel, and the other three sides were surrounded by a fence rod to prevent the grains from splashing out.

Everything was ready, Li Fan and the third uncle were on one side, each stepping on the threshing machine pedal with one foot. With the rhythmic pedaling of the two, the threshing wheel spun rapidly. Lao Ma and Sanniang were on both sides, handing rice to the two of them. The people in the village call it "handing over the hand".

At this time, several more villagers came to Dongzitian one after another. The sounds of threshing machines rose and fell with each other, mixed with the laughter of the crowd. It's a hot scene.

As time passed, the sun was already hanging high in the sky. Some tourists have also appeared in everyone's sight one after another.

Although the sun is very strong these days, the village is hot and hot, but it is not stuffy at all. In addition, there are many places that are still very cool, and it is definitely a good place to escape the heat.

Therefore, there are still many tourists who come to the village every day.

Some tourists inquired that these days were the time for threshing grain in the village, and they even brought their children to the village on these days. I want the children to see how the rice they eat every day comes from.

The bear children who were playing on the ridge did not know when they had come down to the field. It's fun to fish in the area that has already been played. In normal times, the fish are not easy to catch due to the deep water.

But now, after repeated trampling, the water has become very muddy. It's easier to catch fish. Coupled with the roar of the threshing machine and the sound of everyone talking, the fish were quite frightened and would scurry around from time to time. It's easier to catch.

Sometimes, the fish even jump on the rice stalks piled up in the field. Of course, you will also jump on the pedals of the threshing machine. Li Fan had already picked up several carps at his feet, all of which were four finger wide carps. Some of the fish jumped up and jumped back into the water before they could pick them up.

These fish picked up will naturally become a lunch at noon. This can be a gift from nature and cannot be wasted.

As for lobsters and snails, there are even more, and everyone is too lazy to catch them.

After 10 a.m., the entire mixing bucket was already full of millet. The grain must be brought back first.

So, several people pushed the mixing bucket to the edge of the field. Transfer all the millet in the mixing bucket to the basket and fill it with three picks. Li Fan and the third uncle each picked one and went home. My mother also went back to cooking. The little girl also followed.

Dad and Sanniang continued to cut the rice, and there was still a third of the rice in the Dongzi field.

Back at home, Li Fan and the third uncle poured the millet in the yard to dry. With such a big sun, you can enter the warehouse after two or three days.

After drying the millet, the two returned to the cave field.

At about 12 noon, the villagers finished work and went home one after another, and Li Fan and them were no exception.

After returning home for lunch. After a period of rest, at 3 p.m., everyone continued to go out to work.

In the afternoon, the cave field was still in full swing.

It's not just Dongzitian. Today, the whole village is filled with the roar of threshing machines and the laughter of the villagers.

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(To be continued.) )