Chapter 28 Into the Granary
In the evening, when everyone came back from the field, An Jiajia was using a plank rake to harvest the rice in the yard. www.biquge.info The sun has been very good these two days, and the rice is very dry, so you can put it away and put it in the granary.
"I'll pay the grain tomorrow," An Guodong said, looking at the dried rice.
"Pay the public rations?" An Jiajia almost thought crookedly, but after thinking about it, this public grain should be equivalent to paying taxes, right? "Dad, I want to go too!" An Jiajia hasn't seen it yet, so I really want to go and see it!
"Okay, you can come along," An Guodong readily agreed.
"How come there's a dog here?" An Jiahe was about to go to the kitchen to drink water, but when he saw the little milk dog squatting at the kitchen door, he immediately shouted.
"Jiajia, where did this dog come from?" He Xianglan asked, and everyone gathered around to look at the dog.
"I'm going out for a walk today, this dog has to follow me, I can't get rid of it, so I have to bring it back," An Jiajia scratched her hair, I don't know if everyone will agree.
"Woo~, take me in, I'm very obedient," the little milk dog watched everyone wagging their tails wildly, and whined flatteringly. However, to An Jiajia's ears, this is no longer a simple whine, but a clear sentence.
At first, An Jiajia would be surprised how she could understand what the animals said, but thinking that other traversers have their own spatial system golden fingers, maybe this is a reward from God? Thinking like this, An Jiajia quickly adjusted her mentality and accepted this unexpected situation, but she would not tell anyone about it.
"I think this dog is quite spiritual, if no one finds it, it can be stayed," He Xianglan said. Having an extra dog in the house is not a big deal, and there is no reason for everyone to refuse.
"What's this dog's name?" An Yingyong asked as he touched the little milk dog.
"Uh," An Jiajia thought about it, Wangcai or something immediately denied, the white dog is called Xiaobai? It's too ordinary, "Is Dabai good?" "Dabai is a warm and cute thing!
"Okay, Da Bai will stay," An Guodong didn't care about the extra dog at home, "It's okay to let it look at the door." ”
An Jiajia breathed a sigh of relief, although she didn't think about raising this dog at first, but Dabai has been very well-behaved since following An Jiajia home. An Jiajia said: "There is rice drying on the ground, you can't step on it, otherwise I will drive you out!" So Da Bai has been obediently sitting under the wall, otherwise he is guarding the kitchen door, very well-behaved, and An Jiajia's liking for it immediately made a qualitative leap.
Because he had to pay the public grain tomorrow, when he was harvesting rice at night, An Guodong took out five baskets with the words "An Guodong" written on them, filled these five baskets and began to process the remaining rice.
"Dad, are these five baskets used to hand over the public grain?" An Jiajia looked at the five baskets full of them, and her heart hurt very much. Although she has only been here for a few days, she has watched the An family go out early and return late to work, which is very hard.
It is really unreasonable to pay so much public grain now. But An Jiajia won't say it, this is a problem in the general environment, and it is not something she can solve in a short period of time alone, what she can do is to help the family.
"If it weren't for my father's strength and high rice yield, our family wouldn't have enough to eat," An Yingyong said as he loaded the rice.
"Daddy is amazing!" An Jiajia hasn't been to other people's homes to see it, but two meals a day here is indeed very powerful, "Dad, Jiajia also wants to help you make money!" ”
Since they have come here, then they have to live a good life, farmers can't just rely on the land to eat, and doing a little business to make money is the king, at least not to let their tuition fees increase the burden on the family.
"Jiajia has really grown up, Dad is waiting for Jiajia to make money for me to spend!" An Guodong said with a smile.
"The granary is cleaned," He Xianglan shouted, and An Jiahe came out of the utility room where the grain was placed. "Come, hurry up and leave the valley."
“???” What does it mean? An Jiajia looked at everyone with a confused face, preparing step by step.
He Xianglan went to the house and took out a big sunflower fan, An Guodong and An Yingying each took a dustpan, and An Yingyong and An Jiahe stood beside them with a broom. He Xianglan sat on a small bench holding a big sunflower fan, An Guodong and An Yingying filled rice with a dustpan, and two people with brooms stood next to them.
What are they doing here? Formation? An Jiajia was completely dumbfounded and didn't know what to do.
"Jiajia, stand far away, it will itch when the deflated valley blows," He Xianglan finished speaking, An Jiajia hurriedly ran to her side, so they started working.
He Xianglan fanned the fan vigorously, and An Guodong and An Yingying tacitly took turns to pour down the rice in the dustpan little by little. So under the action of the wind, the bulging rice was piled up in front of He Xianglan, and the desalute grains and sun-dried broken leaves and other debris were blown farther away.
An Jiajia suddenly realized that this was the "deflated grain", that is, to screen out the rice without rice. An Jiajia saw He Xianglan fanning hard, and felt very uncomfortable in her heart, if there is an electric fan, you don't need to fan it manually.
An Jiajia had to be glad that the environment here was good, if there was any greenhouse effect now, they would definitely be too hot to sleep at night. But there is no air conditioning fan here, An Jiajia can still sleep, the mountain breeze at night is very refreshing, and the second half of the night makes her feel cold.
An Guodong and An Yingying saw that there was a lot of piling up in front of He Xianglan, so they stopped, He Xianglan also took the opportunity to rest for a while, An Jiajia had nothing to do, so just give her a massage to soothe.
An Jiajia was in charge of sweeping the deflated grains together, and An Yingyong put the rice into a basket, and then dragged it aside to put it away temporarily. After all the rice has been skimmed, the grain is put into the granary.
In addition to putting miscellaneous things in the utility room, a place was deliberately separated as a granary, An Jiajia didn't go in to see it, but this should be the most important place in the house, and grain is the most important property of farmers.
An Guodong carried two baskets into it with a flat shoulder, An Yingying and An Yingyong carried a basket together to follow up, and walked back and forth several times, and the rice was finally completely in the warehouse.
An Yingying, An Yingying wiped their sweat and walked out, An Guodong also walked out, An Jiajia immediately ran over, and He Xianglan was the only one in the end.
"Mom, I'll come in and take a look!" An Jiajia walked in curiously, it was dark in the granary, only an oil lamp was on.
Through the dim light, An Jiajia can see the environment clearly. The granary is a cylindrical place enclosed with iron sheets, which is very high, almost the height of an adult.
"Mom, is this a big iron bucket?"
"No, it's just fenced off with iron sheets so that rats don't steal it." He Xianglan hugged An Jiajia so that she could see clearly.
It was indeed a place enclosed by iron sheets, like a cylinder, but the upper and lower sides were empty. The bottom surface is covered with red, white and blue plastic, and the top is covered with something like a cloth woven with bamboo seedlings, which can prevent rats, cockroaches and other insects.