The day of harvesting is here again, Chu Jiaqiang's family deliberately got up a little early on this day, the woman helped make breakfast, and the man helped find out the tools, the repair that should be repaired, and the grinding that should be sharpened. Those sickles have not been used for almost a year, and some of them may have been wet at the beginning, not cleaned, and have rusted, so they have to be sharpened.

Originally, Chu Jiaqiang suggested requisitioning Chu Jiacheng's diesel engine thresher, so that he didn't have to work so his feet. But Chen Wu and others want to experience the rural threshing machine and truly experience the authentic rural harvesting experience.

Rice is the staple food in the southern region, so the main crop in the southern region is rice. Peasants in the south spend most of their time every year on planting rice, starting with sowing grain seeds, raising seedlings, plowing the fields, harrowing the fields, planting seedlings, looking at the water in the fields, removing barnyard grass, plowing the fields, plowing the fields, shading the fields, harvesting, drying, sifting, and storage.

In Chujiazhai, rice harvesting is usually called harvesting, and among all these farm tasks, harvesting is the most stressful one. Especially in summer, when you want to harvest and grab seeds, you can not delay for a moment. If the rice that has been planted for one season is not recovered in time, in case it is destroyed in the event of a typhoon or heavy rain, then the farmers will be working in vain for a season.

As a result, the summer harvest is the busiest time of the year for farmers. There is an old folk proverb called: "June is early - not idle." This means that at this time, the farmers are very busy and have no time to spare.

Cutting is a major item in farm work, and it contains many small items, such as threshing, stepping on the threshing machine, etc. Harvesting is a very important agricultural work, and it is also one of the necessary agricultural tasks for farmers in the south. In the past, it was impossible to harvest rice without harvesting, and without rice, the family would have nothing to eat, and if they were hungry, they would not be able to live.

"I've lined up the water two days ago, so it should be a little better." The second uncle spoke.

Before harvesting, farmers drain the paddy fields to make it easier to harvest the crops. However, there are also some paddy fields that have springs that cannot be drained, and it will be troublesome to cut grain in such fields.

Subsequently, Chu Jiaqiang carried out his family's threshing machine, which was a total of three parts. A hat at the top, a wheel full of iron teeth in the middle, and a barn resembling a cabinet below. The upper hat prevents the grain from flying out, the middle wheel can be rotated for threshing, and the lower barn is for the grain.

A person in front of him steps on a device similar to a bicycle with both feet, driven by a turntable and a chain, and a wheel full of iron teeth flies in the back, and then the ear of rice in front of the seedling is leaned over, and the millet will automatically be beaten off the ear of rice and fall into the threshing machine. Underneath the wheel is a wooden barn designed to hold grain, which is not small. If the barn is full, take the grain out in a bamboo basket and pour it into a sack.

The age of application of this kind of agricultural tool should not be too long, because there are gears and other products of modern industrial civilization. Earlier, it was necessary to thresh with hull, which was a more primitive agricultural tool.

The second uncle took out the engine oil, put a little oil on the gear, and lubricated it.

When the second uncle installed it and tried it, Chen Wu and the others rushed to experience it first. These guys are all over-energetic. Chu Jiaqiang shook his head, after they really worked for a while, they might lose interest, and even hate this thing. In less than a day, your feet may be sore, and farmers may be less likely to do this because they work regularly.

"Save some strength and use it for a while!" Chu Jiaqiang saw that they were still stepping on it desperately, and couldn't help but speak.

After breakfast, Chu Jiaqiang instructed the giant bear to carry the threshing machine over. That guy is a coolie, and people have the strength, not to mention a threshing machine of more than 100 catties, which is three or four hundred catties, and it is also a piece of cake for them.

"Son, go and harvest the crops! This kind of coolie, we can do it. Zhou Furong hurriedly said.

He knew that the Chu family was cutting the harvest very quickly, and everyone saw it last time, that guy could compare to two people alone. The last time I used a diesel thresher, I didn't use much force, and they felt quite relaxed at the time.

And this traditional threshing machine, they also stepped on it just now, and it doesn't seem to take a lot of force, which feels quite interesting. But they ignore the obvious problem, when the ears of rice are put in, the resistance will increase a lot, and when the time comes to step on it for an extra hour, they may not be able to stand it.

"Whatever! I can do anything. "Chu Jiaqiang doesn't care, it's easy to cut the crop, after all, there are so many people, they must be busy. When the time comes, you may have to help the second uncle to pick up the detached grains back to dry! Of course, this work can also be done by the giant bears, and it will be easy for them anyway.

When harvesting, each person has a sickle, lined up in a row, each chooses a position, and swings the sickle in one direction to cut. A quick person can cut down a large piece at once.

The rice seedlings that have been cut down are placed on the side of the rice with the grip of the adult's hands. When putting it down, it should be arranged in order, and the head and tail should not be messed up, otherwise it will be difficult to get it when the threshing is done. After all the rice seedlings in a field have been cut, the millet is removed from the rice seedlings with a threshing machine.

Farming in the rice fields is of all ages, from five or six years old to seventy or eighty years old.

For example, children of five or six years old, although they can't cut or step on a threshing machine, are called to help in the rice fields when they are busy farming. Ordinary farm work can not be done, and when it is time to thresh, arrange for it to grab the rice that has been cut down on the ground and send it to the adults who are threshing behind the threshing machine, which is also a kind of farm work, called "Duanhe".

In this way, adults don't have to bend down to grab the rice handles, and they don't have to walk back and forth, which can save a lot of energy and time.

The leaves of rice seedlings have serrated teeth, so they are very sharp, and if the harvester is not careful, he will be cut by it with a long opening, although it is not too deep, but it is also red. Therefore, when harvesting, people should wear long-sleeved clothes, otherwise, after harvesting, they will find that both arms are covered with blood.

However, if you are an older person, because of the perennial labor, your hands have long been adapted, and you have mastered the skills when cutting the rice, so you can also cut the grass without wearing long-sleeved clothes.

This time, Zhou Furong and they learned well. Although the sun is a little poisonous, I still wear a long-sleeved shirt and pants and pants like midpants. Last time, I was scared by the leaves of the seedlings and the insects, and the itchy feeling was very uncomfortable.

After the work was divided, everyone took their places and began to act. Even the little squirrels also help pick up some missing ears of rice in the back.