【Chapter 080】 Harvesting Rice

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The autumn breeze continues to blow, and in addition to the ginkgo villages all over the mountains and fields changing into autumn clothes, the farmland around Jinghu Lake is also gradually revealing a bumper harvest.

Located on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau, the western Yunnan region offers a rich diversity of crops due to its high altitude, abundant sunlight and variable climate. However, unlike the rest of western Yunnan, the main inhabitants come from the village of Ginkgo in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and with the help of the unique natural conditions here, more wheat and rice are cultivated as staple foods.

After the wheat harvest in early June, the villagers of Ginkgo Village seized the time to plant rice in the fields, and now four months later, the golden rice is about to ripen.

As if overnight, the Mirror Lake was surrounded by a golden collar, which formed a sharp contrast with the blue water and leisurely white clouds.

The ripe rice not only brings smiles to the faces of the villagers, but also to the cheers of the birds that inhabit the surrounding village of Ginkgo as they emerge from the woods and meadows and swoop in flocks into the harvested fields.

Among them, the most disgusting to the villagers is the sparrow, which is known as one of the 'four evils', and they have a few hundred and eighty to hundreds of them, and they have begun a feast of scourge of rice.

In order to drive away these harmful spirits, the villagers tried all kinds of methods, such as scarecrows, beating gongs and drums, and even setting off firecrackers to drive them away, in order to preserve this year's harvest.

However, these sparrows are well versed in the essence of Taizu's guerrilla warfare of 'the enemy advances and I retreat', and they play hide and seek with the villagers, so that the villagers really have nothing to do.

This is also the drama that is played out in Ginkgo Village every year during the summer and autumn harvests, and it has been the same every year for hundreds of years, and it is also a process of continuous struggle between humans and nature.

The scenes of the villagers fighting with the sparrows were very interesting to the tourists who came from afar, and they went to the fields with their cameras to capture these wonderful pictures, despite the scorching sun.

For those born in the city, they rarely see wild birds, let alone an overwhelming flock of sparrows like the one in front of them, so it's an eye-opener.

So, after lunch, Xiao Feng, who took Xiao Haoyu to walk around Ginkgo Square, saw such a scene, tourists holding single-lens reflex cameras worth tens of thousands of yuan, and filming the scene of villagers driving away sparrows under the scorching sun.

Xiao Feng looked at the lively scene in the field not far away, and could only smile and shake his head, and began to tease Xiao Haoyu.

These days, Xiao Haoyu has been eating space fruits and drinking milk powder brewed by space spiritual springs, his body is much stronger, and he is not as faltering as before. What is even more surprising to everyone is that Xiao Haoyu's speech is becoming clearer and clearer, his words are clear, and he gradually has his own logic.

Everyone laughed at Xiao Feng's special class for being effective, and it seemed that he could go to kindergarten to become a teacher.

"Ninth Master, ride a big horse!" After running in the square for a while, Xiao Haoyu began to be lazy, and stretched out his hand to shout to Xiao Feng.

"Okay!" Xiao Feng didn't say a word, picked up Xiao Haoyu and threw it on his head, and put the little guy on his neck very lightly.

The little guy skillfully grabbed Xiao Feng's head, and the two tender little chubby legs swayed leisurely, and the little chubby face smiled so much that he almost squeezed out his eyes.

"I hate it!" Xiao Hong, who was squeezed into Xiao Feng's shoulder, was very depressed and shouted at Xiao Haoyu.

"yes!" Xiao Haoyu didn't care about this at all, but stuck out his tongue and grimaced at Xiao Hong.

Perhaps in Xiao Haoyu's eyes, whether it is vocabulary or reaction ability, Parrot Xiaohong, who is almost the same as him, is more like the same kind of world. Therefore, after getting along during this time, Haoyu and Xiaohong have formed a very deep friendship.

The two little guys argued for a while, and Xiaohong jumped on Xiao Haoyu's shoulder again, rubbing Xiao Haoyu's neck with his head, making him 'giggle'.

For the interaction between the two little guys, Xiao Feng rarely interferes, anyway, Xiao Haoyu will not toss Xiaohong without knowing the severity, and Xiaohong will not peck Xiao Haoyu, both parties can find the most suitable way to get along.

The combination of a parrot and two earth dogs is so famous in Ginkgo Village that those rushing tourists can't help but stop and take pictures of this scene.

On the way back to the old house from Ginkgo Plaza, the leaves of all the century-old ginkgo trees have turned yellow, and they are falling one after another under the autumn wind, just like a heavy rain of apricot leaves.

With the flying apricot leaves, Xiao Feng seemed to be able to hear the heartbeat from nature, and the whole person's thoughts involuntarily blended into it.

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"Uncle, why are you free?!" Back at the old mansion, Xiao Feng suddenly saw Xiao Jinxu sitting in the courtyard talking to Xiao Qiang.

After receiving the 1 million contract money provided by the Xiao family, Xiao Jinxu is busy renovating and expanding the public facilities and schools in the village, and building a new elderly activity center. In the words of his old man, he has been messing around for the past 20 years, and now he is in his early sixties before he finds the passion for work.

The eldest lady didn't complain to Xiao Feng in private, the old man was not at home at all during this time.

"No, the rice in the village is about to be harvested, I am asking these three rabbit cubs to suspend the work of the farm for two days and let the villagers come back to harvest the rice!"

Since the start of the Xiao family's farm, the strong laborers who stayed in the village have joined the ranks of the construction army, after all, according to the contract price offered by the Xiao family, basically each strong laborer can earn about 8o yuan a day. If it is changed to the coastal area, this 80 yuan is half a day's salary of ordinary laborers, but in the western Yunnan region, it is already a sky-high price.

However, for farmers, earning too much money is secondary, and the harvest in the field is more important.

"Brother Jiu, the farm is suspended, and I am worried about affecting the progress. As the person in charge of the farm, Xiao Qiang put forward his own opinion.

Xiao Feng has made a very complete plan for the construction and exhibition of the farm, and the timetable for each stage is quite detailed, which makes Xiao Qiang feel pressured while the daily management is quite easy.

"It won't be a problem to delay for two or three days, if the rice in the field is not harvested, those sparrows will be cheaper!" Xiao Feng didn't think too much about it, and agreed with Uncle Xiao Jinxu's idea.

Xiao Feng's words also mean that the matter is finally decided, and even Xiao Feng himself is not aware that he has more say in many things.

Next, Xiao Jinxu discussed various details of the autumn harvest with Xiao Qiang and others, and Xiao Feng didn't care about so much, and took Xiao Haoyu back to the bedroom to take a nap.

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Today, the villagers of Ginkgo Village woke up earlier than usual, and as soon as the sky was white, the whole village began to smoke.

Accompanied by the sound of pots and pans, the sound of chickens and dogs barking one after another, immediately woke up the sleeping mountain village from its sleep, and it was instantly full of vitality and vitality.

The housewives cooked breakfast in the kitchen, and the head of the house took the sickle that had been sitting for months out of the barn, squatted in the yard and began to sharpen it.

Ginkgo Village is a typical intensive farming area in the south, where agricultural machinery is rarely used for farming, and people are more accustomed to manual harvesting. Since the beginning of this year, the steel cable bridge has been completed, and the income has also increased, but many villagers who want to buy small harvesters and tractors for farming have been denied by Xiao Feng to protect the original agricultural production situation of the Jinghu Scenic Area.

Therefore, this year, everyone is still used to sharpening the sickle to snow white and sharp, and they are waiting for the harvest.

The early risers also affected the tourists who stayed in the village, and when they heard that the village had started harvesting rice on a large scale today, they all climbed up excitedly to experience the taste of the harvest up close.

When the first rays of sunlight shone on Ginkgo Village, all the men, women and children of the village were ready, and everyone walked towards the field outside the village with scythes and poles. Beside them, tourists with cameras around their necks are interested in recording the rustic scene in front of them.

The water in the paddy field is drained as early as when the rice ears are filled, and after so many days of wind and sun, the soil in the paddy field has become as hard as iron, which can bear the weight of the human body lightly.

The main force of the rice harvest is the housewives and the big girls, who wave their sickles lightly, knock down a large patch of rice with a 'swish', and then tie it up. They had already repeated this action thousands of times, so it didn't seem to have any muddy feeling, but it had a hint of flowing water.

As for the strong laborers in charge of the family, they had the more important task of driving the horses and carrying the bales of rice from the fields to the village's drying field.

When Ginkgo Village was not electrified, the villagers were accustomed to using human threshers to thresh in the fields, but this year, after the village was electrified, two electric threshers were purchased, so everyone naturally chose a more convenient and efficient way.

In the process of harvesting rice, one or two hares were driven out of the rice field from time to time, which caused the little baby who was picking up ears of rice in the field to shout and scream, which added a bit of a relaxed atmosphere to the busy work. In addition to reducing waste, they also look forward to their mother's ability to find bird eggs from the rice bushes and eat them beautifully.

In the midst of mechanized mass production, this spectacular sight of the whole family fighting together has long since disappeared, which makes tourists from the city feel very fresh. They always feel that their memory card is not enough, and no matter how much they shoot, they can't restore the harmonious and joyful scene in front of them in the photos, because no matter how realistic the photos are, there are no more smells and laughter that can touch the hearts of the scene.

The harvest of rice means that the most beautiful harvest season of the year in Ginkgo Village has begun!

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