Chapter 61: Help
The wheat was still being harvested nervously, and Li Yuqing was a little tired after sending the toon for a few days. Now the toons are old for two or three days to find some tender heads, so there is no need to send them every day. After delivering the toons on this day, I can be idle for two or three days, so I thought about taking Li Yuxin and Li Minghao to Chen Dazhuang's house to see if I could help.
These two little guys talk about Chen Jiali every day, Li Yuqing thinks that she is idle at home anyway, and she hasn't been there for a long time, so she can really help a little while she is not busy.
Because no one sent them over this time, Li Yuqing called them up early in the morning, packed up the things she bought from the town yesterday, and let Li Yuxin lead Li Minghao out of the house with a basket on her back.
There are not many people along the way, Li Minghao is young, basically Li Yuxin carries it for a while, and he walks for a while. So although I set off early, the sun rose high at Chen Dazhuang's house.
Li Yuqing stepped forward and knocked on the door, Chen Jiali ran over to open the door, and was very happy to see Li Yuqing and the others, and took Li Yuxin's hand and walked into the house, Li Yuqing and Li Minghao walked behind.
When he walked into the house, Cai was the only one, and Cai was very happy to see the person coming, "Yuqing, why are you here, sit in the house quickly." With that, he stood up and moved his stool.
Li Yuqing hurriedly stopped, "Grandma, we have nothing to do at home, Xin'er, Hao'er is yelling every day to find a beautiful girl to play, just in the past two days, I will come down to see you and grandpa by the way." ”
Cai Shi took Li Yuqing's hand and put it in his hand, "Good boy has a heart, your grandfather is in geography, wait a minute, I will call Jiali to call, they may be so happy to know that you are coming." ”
"Grandma, don't bother so hard, why don't you ask Belle to take me over, so that I can help harvest some wheat." Li Yuqing hurriedly said
"Well, you came all the way to the hot day, and you can still do that job. Look, this little face is going to tan, grandma should be distressed. Cai touched Li Yuqing and Chen Yue's somewhat similar faces and said.
Li Yuqing was a little speechless, is it so exaggerated. "Grandma'・・・・・"
Li Yuqing wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Cai, "Yuqing, you have to carry everything at home, now relax at grandma's house, don't be too tired, wait and ask Jiali to call her mother to come back and cook, you finally come over and talk to this old woman." ”
Looking at Cai's loving look, Li Yuqing didn't say anything, so she chatted with her about some family life, telling her about the progress of building a house and her next plan.
Cai Shi was dizzy when he heard it, although he didn't understand Li Yuqing's plan to make a fortune, he also knew that it was powerful. I can't help but sigh, since Li Yuqing fell last time, I feel much smarter than before, and there are many things in my head that others don't know.
People are also more lively and cheerful than before, and the whole temperament is completely different. Cai Shi looked at Li Yuqing, who was talking eloquently, and had an illusion, although Li Yuqing was vivid, he felt very distant, and he had a feeling that he couldn't catch it, so he hurriedly held Li Yuqing's hand that he had just let go. Li Yuqing was very puzzled when she saw Cai's like this, and she didn't know what happened to Cai's.
Tilting his head and asking Cai, "What's wrong with grandma, is she uncomfortable?"
Seeing Li Yuqing asking himself with a concerned face, Cai Shi relieved himself and looked at the face in front of him, feeling that everything he had just done was an illusion. Li Yuqing is obviously her granddaughter who grew up watching her, and she is still so close to herself.
After figuring it out, he breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay, I'm older, and I'm thinking a little too much." ”
Because Chen Jiali ran to the field to call He's, He came back early at noon. Seeing Li Yuqing and them, the He family was also very happy, because they would have to rely on Li Yuqing for their good days in the future.
Li Yuqing only brought some rice noodles this time, and now that the weather is hot, raw meat can't be spent overnight, because he still has a young Li Minghao, so he didn't go to the town. When making lunch, Cai's called He to him and gave her money to buy meat, Li Yuqing originally wanted to stop it, but then thought that she didn't want to eat much, but Chen Dazhuang's family was different from them, so she didn't say anything.
Before the lunch was ready, Old Man Chen and Chen Dazhuang returned home with the wheat. At the door, they asked the Cai family to help carry the wheat, Li Yuqing came out when they heard the sound, and Chen Dazhuang and the others were very surprised to see Li Yuqing's sister and brother.
No wonder they didn't say why Chen Jiali didn't say why when she called He, she only said that Cai asked her to go back, and on the way He asked her why, Chen Jiali said that Li Yuqing was here. In this way, He Shi knew that because Li Yuqing was here, he asked her to go home to cook.
Seeing Chen Dazhuang and them pushing the cart over, Li Yuqing hurriedly ran over to help. Help carry the wheat tied in a pile into the house, and take time to beat the wheat in the afternoon.
Because there were no harvesters in ancient times, rice and wheat were harvested manually, and they were brought home and beaten with sticks until the grain on the ears was knocked off.
After lunch, the old man Chen and his wife went to the field, because the wheat had been pulled back at noon, and the He family did not have to go in the afternoon, and stayed at home to collect grain.
Originally, Cai's life and death didn't let Li Yuqing help, but she couldn't resist her, and in the end, she had to obey her.
In the yard, sacks were spread, and the straws were placed evenly on the sacks, and the straws were struck vigorously with sticks, so that the wheat fell. Knock for a while, change to another batch of new knocks, not clean, and wait for the final unification to do it again. After a while, Li Yuqing had back pain and arm cramps.
I think that when I was a child in the countryside, I had seen myself and others did it, but I drove a tractor to pull a big rolling stone and press it in the back. Looking at Li Yuxin and the others who were laughing and playing next to him, Li Yuqing had an idea. Thinking that now although there is no tractor big rolling stone, there are board cars.
The wheels of the ancient board wheels were made of wood, which were large and round. The weight is not enough for people to sit on it. Li Yuqing did whatever she wanted, called Li Yuxin and the three of them to her side, and said to Cai's, "Grandma, I suddenly thought of a way to finish these wheats quickly, and I don't have to be so tired." ”
After Li Yuqing finished speaking, He's eyes lit up, Cai's old age didn't do much work, basically she did the most of these wheat threshing things. Every year, my arms are swollen and I can't move, and it takes more than a week to recover, but now I listen to Li Yuqing, how can I not be moved.
Although He is usually more wooden, he can't care about it now, and asks shyly, "Yuqing, are you telling the truth, there is really such a way to do it without pain in your arms." After speaking, he suddenly thought of the words he blurted out because of excitement, and he didn't dare to squeak after glancing at Cai.
Cai Shi looked at He Shi and didn't say anything, because she knew that she was really guilty of doing this work. I also did this every year when I was young, and even if I was tired and half dead, I had to take care of the old and the young below, so I understood He's suffering.
After all, the He family is also raised by her, and she is about the same as her daughter. My heart was also in pain, and I asked for He, "Yuqing, tell grandma, how to do it, you are a smart person, grandma listens to you." He also looked at Li Yuqing with blank eyes.
Li Yuqing was a little embarrassed, "Grandma is actually very simple, don't you have a board car at home, we can spread more sacks on the ground." Put the wheat stalks on it, pull the car and walk on it, if it is light, you can sit on it. In this way, there is enough weight, and the wheat will fall when it is pressed and pressed. In the end, even if it doesn't fall clean, you don't have to be so tired to play again. ”
When Cai heard this, he was also reasonable, and hurriedly went to the house to take out all the bags that were ready to be filled with wheat, and left a few to wait for the bottom to be filled with wheat. Ready for a qiē, He Shi pulled the cart up, Li Yuqing felt that the weight was not enough, let Li Yuxin and the three of them go up, and he and He Shi pulled below.
Li Yuqing pulled for a while, and when she was tired, she asked Li Yuxin to come down, and helped He Shi to rest for a while, and then changed to He after resting. He didn't feel tired, because it was two people pulling the car, although it was uneven, she was not tired, after all, she had also done heavy work. Finally, I rested for a while under Li Yuqing's soft grinding and hard soaking.
After a cup of tea, he turned over the straws and pressed them again, repeating for about an hour, and several people shook the straws together and carried them aside. He was very excited, and as soon as she finished hugging her, she couldn't wait to see how much wheat fell. Then he ran to the straw he had just picked up and looked through it. This one is incredible. It was completely beyond her imagination, there were a lot of piles on the ground, and there was basically not much on the wheat stalks.
Although it is not easy to pull a cart, it is much better than beating wheat with a wooden stick, and in the early afternoon, all the wheat that Chen Dazhuang pulled over at noon was finished. The happiest people today are Chen Jiali and Li Minghao. Because from beginning to end, I basically sit on a board car.
After threshing the wheat, He consciously pulled the cart and went to the field. Seeing that He went to Old Man Chen's father and son were still very puzzled, they were very surprised to hear that the wheat that He had pulled home at noon had been beaten, and they couldn't figure it out with their years of experience. The He family didn't sell it, and told them about the method taught by Li Yuqing, and when the old man Chen heard it, he slapped his thigh suddenly, which scared Chen Dazhuang and his wife.
Old man Chen smirked, his granddaughter is out, why didn't he think he could do that for so many years, I heard Cai's say that Li Yuqing said that he fell down and met a fairy in his dream, and it was true to look at it like this, thinking to himself, "Li Yuqing, this child must have a great future in the future." ”
After helping Cai's and them threshk wheat in the afternoon, Li Yuqing took Li Yuqing and them home, Cai's was very reluctant but had no choice, because their family had no extra room for their sisters and brothers to live in. Before leaving, Cai was still holding Li Yuqing's hand and was reluctant to give up.