The sky is high and the clouds are light, the autumn is high and cool, the fields are golden, the wind blows, and the rice waves are undulating.

Qiao's father and several old men from the fourth team stood at the top of the terrace and looked down, their faces full of relief.

"Cut a few plots of rice first, and then dry and mill the rice directly, so that the members of the fourth team can also taste the taste of rice. ”

Qiao's father said heartily, he is at home, he can still eat some small stoves with his daughter's golden finger, what about the members of the fourth team, how long has it been since he touched rice?

When I think of the aroma of rice, it seems to be far away.

Qiao Xiangyang secretly calculated the harvest in his heart, and he was also looking forward to it in his heart, "Just call some strong laborers, just try the foot thresher." ”

Father Qiao nodded, he had already arranged this matter to the four team leaders, and the kung fu should be on the way.

The people brought by the four group leaders were all good at work, holding sickles in their hands, and with a few clicks, a large handful of rice was cut.

The cut rice is regularly stacked on top of each other in an X, leaving a strip of space for the thresher to pass through.

The paddy fields of late rice will be drained in the later stage, which will undoubtedly speed up everyone's speed.

The threshing machine sounded the sound of "gurgling" and "banging", and the rice on the rice stalk fell into the rice bucket.

Qiao Wanlin, who was in charge of threshing, fanned out the rice stalks in his hand and found that there was not a single grain of rice left, even the most difficult to lay down rice was rare.

"This thresher works really well. Qiao Wanlin howled at the people next to him.

Qiao Hongzhi looked at it and thought it was funny, so he ran forward: "Uncle Wan Lin, let me try it." ”

Qiao Wanlin agreed, Qiao Hongzhi's hands were relatively small and he couldn't hold too much rice, but he cooperated well with his hands and feet, and it was done in two clicks.

Qiao's father said to Qiao Xiangyang on the side, "It seems that the threshing work can be handed over to the boys in the future." ”

Threshing in traditional rice buckets is very laborious and often requires an adult to do it.

Now this pedal thresher, the division of labor in the field has to be rearranged.

In order to be able to eat rice at noon, before the sun came out, the four teams cut two hundred catties of rice and sent it to the canteen of the four teams non-stop.

The dryer originally used a bamboo sieve with holes, but now there are also a batch of bamboo plaques, so that the rice will not leak down.

When the dried rice was taken out of the dryer, the rice utensils that had not been used for a long time were already placed at the door of the canteen.

The rice is introduced into the utensils, and the experienced people come forward to operate, and the sound of pounding the pestle is surging.

The news that the four teams wanted to eat rice had already spread throughout the entire brigade, and the other three brigades did not dare to be the first birds.

At this time, they saw that the canteen of the fourth team was so lively, and they also came over, even if they couldn't eat it, it was good to smell it!

Once the rice is almost husked, the people on the side take it to sieve and separate the rice from the bran.

Because of technology, it is not possible to hull all the rice cleanly, and the rice bran in the sun contains a lot of broken rice.

These were carefully collected by the women of the fourth team, which was also the ration.

Gao Yulian, Qiao Mu, Li Hongge and others were too busy in the kitchen, and how many dishes to go with a pot of rice had to be calculated.

And in addition to rice, they also have to cook soup, so many people in the entire four teams eat, it's not idle.

Several cauldrons were turned on at the same time, and the aroma of rice wafted in the air, and people outside the cafeteria couldn't help but take several deep breaths in intoxication, it was too fragrant.

Qiao Zhenghuo came over and glanced at it a few times, he was so hungry that he decided to pester the old men of the third team, no matter what, he had to cook a pot to satisfy his hunger.

When the canteen of the fourth team was opened, there was a very strange scene.

The members of the fourth team, young and old, squatted and ate with bowls, and they were all crowded in the house.

Outside the cafeteria, a group of people drooled at them, sniffing the residual aroma of rice in the air, as if they were eating rice as well.

Qiao Jiayue ate two bites of food and looked up at the people outside the cafeteria, their eyes were really a little terrifying.

And some cheeky people have already begun to beg for food, and even more excessively, they will pinch and beat the child and let the child ask for food.

Qiao Hongyuan touched Qiao Jiayue's hand and whispered, "Yue'er, eat quickly." ”

Even if they have an occasional small stove to eat at home, it is impossible to eat rice openly.

Qiao Jiayue lowered her head and grilled the rice, allowing herself to ignore those people outside.

The members of the fourth team also realized the crisis, and ate faster than ever, and after eating, they all drank a bowl of wild vegetable and egg soup, which was very satisfying.

Although they felt that they could eat a few more bowls, the grain could not be eaten open, but had to be kept and eaten slowly.

The members had never thought of eating pure rice, but they were not surprised by such a meal and vegetables, and they were even happier to learn that they would still eat it in the next few days.

At the beginning of the canteen, everyone didn't eat hard, but as a result, they had to go hungry later.

The people outside the cafeteria were disappointed to see that no one of the members of the fourth team was willing to take a bite of food.

They didn't dare to mess with their production captain, because if they messed with the captain, there would be no good fruit to eat.

In short, the current production captain is a word, and the team leader is even more so.

Qiao's father asked the members to eat eggs and rice, who of the four teams is not grateful? After all, there have been two captains before and after, and in comparison, can't you tell who is good and who is bad?

After lunch, the members of the fourth team went down to the field to harvest rice with their tools in a majestic manner.

If there is no anti-feudal superstition, before the sickle, everyone still has to worship the gods of the land, Shennong and other gods.

Nowadays, it's all simple.

Qiao Qi'an only made three threshers during this time, after all, manpower and materials are limited.

Most of the children in the four teams went to the field, and the older ones either took turns threshing and tying the straw, and the adults took over the rice harvest, after all, the number of sickles was limited.

And children as big as Qiao Jiayue and Qiao Hongliang took a small cloth bag and a small basket to pick up rice grains in the field, after all, there would be shaking when cutting rice, and there would always be ripe rice falling to the ground.

Qiao Qiuyue was in a field below Qiao Jiayue, "Jiayue, you take a closer look, and when you see the white grass root, you dig it, it's sweet." ”

"Oh. Qiao Jiayue responded, she stared at the ants on the rice stubble in a daze.

The rice stalks are hollow, but how do these ants live in them?

Qiao Jiayue walked a few steps and came across a bunch of ants, crawling around with unknown white things on their backs, sometimes climbing to their feet.

She quickly shook it twice to avoid it, and sometimes she would run into bed bugs, and when she got the smell, it was really hard to explain.

"Wow, there's a rabbit, catch a rabbit!" I don't know who shouted, and then a group of boys ran up and started chasing the rabbit.

The freshly cut rice stubble was also quite sharp, and some children were accidentally cut and bled out, so they didn't cry, just got some grass leaves to stick to them, and continued to run.

Qiao Jiayue heard Qiao Wanlin scolding the boys who chased rabbits, how could rabbits be so easy to catch.

However, there are a lot of voles in the field, and if you are lucky enough to dig one, there must be more rice in the vole hole than you can pick up.