Chapter 12 Harvesting Rice
An Jiajia's family has 5 acres of rice fields, which is quite a lot in the village, plus An Guodong does a good job, and the ears of wheat are heavy, An Jiajia feels that she can make a meal with an acre of rice, you must know that the men of the An family have a lot of food!
At this time, An Guodong came over carrying a large iron bucket, An Yingying happened to look up and saw it, and quickly put down the sickle and went over to help. An Jiajia, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun", was dumbfounded, she didn't understand what everyone was doing, but she wouldn't be stupid enough to ask at this time.
An Guodong put the big iron bucket on the edge of the field, and He Xianglan went to the shed to take out the things that he had worked hard to carry early in the morning. An Jiajia is also the first time to see such a thing, I didn't see it clearly when I went out, and I was still curious about what it was!
An Guodong took it over and unfolded it with He Xianglan, and now An Jiajia saw it clearly. It was woven out of bamboo, rectangular, very large, very long and dense, and they put this thing in an iron bucket, and only a quarter of the iron bucket was exposed.
Originally, the iron bucket was only at An Guodong's waist, but with the addition of this thing, even An Guodong couldn't see it.
An Guodong nodded when he saw the iron bucket, then picked up a bundle of rice with both hands, stood on the exposed quarter, and smashed the rice in his hand into the iron bucket, and An Jiajia was dumbfounded.
After a while, An Guodong threw aside the smashed rice stalk, An Jiajia looked at the rice stalk that had been stripped of the grains, and immediately understood that the big iron bucket was used to remove the grains, and the outer layer was to prevent the grains from jumping out when they were smashed.
An Jiajia had to sigh at the backwardness of the times, they not only had to work hard to cut rice, but also to use their strength to remove the grain, which was really hard.
"Jiajia, hurry up and help!" He Xianglan had already gone over to cut the rice, and when she saw An Jiajia standing there blankly watching, she shouted.
"It's coming!" An Jiajia took her small basket and continued to pick up rice.
"Jiajia, don't get too close, your father is very desperate when he works, what if he doesn't see you hit you?" He Xianglan waited for An Jiajia to approach before speaking.
"Got it, Mom," An Jiajia nodded.
An Guodong finished finishing the rice on an acre of land, scooped out the grains and put them in the basket non-stop, and then carried them to his home. An Yingying asked An Yingyong to help scoop the grains, and when he finished scooping, the two brothers carried the big iron bucket to the acre of the field where they had finished cutting the rice.
An Yingying is the eldest brother, and he took An Guodong's position to remove the grain, but his strength is obviously not as strong as An Guodong, but he still works very hard. Now that An Yingyong and He Xianglan were left cutting rice, An Jiahe went back to collect the rice stalks together and bundle them.
An Jiajia looked at everyone's very skillful movements, and suddenly found herself standing here stupidly. An Guodong picked the rice from the first acre of field home, and then sat on the edge of the field to rest for a while, An Jiajia felt tired when he looked at him sweaty.
An Yingying finished removing the grains of rice from an acre of land, and his hands could barely lift them, An Yingying came over to scoop out the grains, and An Guodong continued to pick the rice home after the break. In this way, everyone worked together to finish harvesting the rice in less than a day.
He Xianglan and An Jiahe tidied up the rice stalks and put them in the field to dry, saying that they were dried and taken home to burn. An Jiajia came home, pushed open the door and saw that the yard was full of rice, yellow and clear, but it still looked a little green, probably because it had not been dried yet.
An Guodong went to return the iron bucket, An Jiajia unfortunately didn't see the internal structure of the iron bucket, but it should be very simple. When An Yingying came back, he used a rake to turn over the rice, and now there is still the sun, and the ground is still hot.
Although An Jiajia didn't do much, she was already tired, and sat on the chair under the wall, and An Jia and Wash Face also sat on the side. He Xianglan hurried to dinner, An Yingyong went to the backyard to feed the chickens and ducks, the rice was not sun-dried, and they all had to stay in the cage.
Because he was too tired, everyone hurried to take a bath and rest after eating, An Jiajia saw An Guodong spread the mat to the base of the wall, and looked at him inexplicably, "Dad, what are you doing?" ”
"Jiajia and Mom go in and sleep, Dad is watching from the yard tonight, in case it rains, I can harvest the rice," An Guodong said.
An Jiajia glanced at the rice that had been gathered in the yard, and followed He Xianglan into the room, An Jiahe also slept at home tonight, and the three of them fell asleep quickly after lying down.
When An Jiajia got up the next day, He Xianglan had already brought out breakfast, and An Guodong also dried the rice in the yard. "Jia and Jia Jia, you stay at home today and watch the rice, you must not let the rain get in, you know?" He Xianglan said.
"Dad will pick the peanuts back, so don't be afraid that the two of you won't have time to harvest the rice." An Guodong said.
An Jiajia secretly breathed a sigh of relief, rice is such an important thing, she is afraid that she will not have time to collect it and let the rain get wet, who knows what the weather will be, and there is no weather forecast here!
Watching them go to the ground, An Jiahe didn't look at An Jiajia, went to the kitchen and took a bowl of things and went to the backyard to feed the chickens and ducks, An Jiajia didn't understand these things, so she had to move a stool and sit at the base of the wall and look at the sky, for fear that a dark cloud would float somewhere.
It's boring to sit and sit, there are no mobile phones and computers here, even the TV is a luxury, An Jiajia really doesn't know what to do except be in a daze. Anjia didn't want to stay with her at all, so she went out after feeding the chickens and ducks. An Jiajia was very helpless, she really didn't know how to deal with An Jia and be dissatisfied with herself.
"Is Jiajia there?" A girl's voice came from the hidden courtyard gate, An Jiajia was overjoyed, and ran over quickly, if she didn't guess wrong, the person who came was An Cuiwen who she had seen that day!
"Cuiwen, you're here!" An Jiajia pulled her in, "Don't you need to work?" ”
"I stayed at home today to watch the rice, I saw that the weather was good, so I came over to visit the door, anyway, I can look at the sky!" An Cuiwen said with a smile, and the two of them sat in the courtyard chatting.
"Have you finished cutting the rice at home?" An Jiajia didn't know about An Cuiwen's family, so she could only tactfully inquire about the situation.
"Well, but your family is the fastest in the village, no way, you have two older brothers, and the work is naturally different!" An Cuiwen said enviously.
"Do you know Li Zhibing from Yoshida Village next door?" An Jiajia always wanted to ask Li Zhibing, but she didn't know if what he said that day was true.
"Li Zhibing?" An Cuiwen frowned and thought for a moment, "Oh, it's him!" An Cuiwen smiled, it seemed that he had met.
"Tell me about him!"
"Didn't you like him before? Why did you suddenly ask him? ”
"It's nothing, I saw him yesterday, tell me if you know!" An Jiajia said calmly.