Li Xin and Yin Liuchen rested in the house for a while, and the sun slowly climbed from the foot of the mountain to the top.

As the sun slowly rises, the heat gradually rises, and the scorching sun shines on the earth. In comparison, the temperature at this time is not as high as in the middle of summer, and the sun is not as scorching as it was at that time. However, the climate at this time of year is sweltering, as if people are being steamed in a steamer.

I heard from the old people in the village that the reason why the weather is like this at this time of year is because the rice needs to be ripened.

At this time, Li Xin also heard the sound of "Bangbang ......" from the rice field, it turned out that someone had already gone down to the field, and no one even came to call her.

Listening to the sound of "bangbang" coming from outside, Yin Liuchen asked a little strangely: "What is it just a sound?" ”

"It's the sound of harvesting rice, it seems that the rice harvest has begun, let's go to the field!" Li Xin stood up and found two hats, one for himself and the other for Yin Liuchen. The sun is so strong, it's better to bring a hat, and the people who are used to farm work say that the skin is rough and the meat is thick, and it is nothing to dry in the sun, at most it is darker.

However, Yin Liuchen's skin is white and tender, and if the little girl in the countryside doesn't take good care of her skin, her skin is far from being comparable to him. It's well maintained, and the little girls in the village generally like to play around, and there are still a lot of sunbathing days, and the skin is not as white as his.

He has such fine skin and tender meat, if he goes out to tan for a long time, it will not be good to sunburn his face. Sunburn is still a very strict thing. And herself, although she doesn't love beauty much, she doesn't want to be tanned too much, so even if she goes out to work, she always has to wear a hat.

After packing up, I went out to the rice field, and I could see that there were many people in the rice field from a distance.

When I walked in, everyone was divided into small groups, and the people in the group were busy with their own work. Some people are busy cutting rice with sickles, some are beating, and the whole rice field is busy.

Looking at the golden rice, Li Xin always had a very wonderful mood. The child who grew up in the countryside has feelings for the land, and no matter whether her life is good or not, she still cherishes the land very much. Maybe a small piece of land, but I don't know how many people have fed it throughout the ages, how can we not cherish the land!

She looked inside the field, because it was scheduled to start harvesting today, so the water in the field had already been drained, and it was very dry at this time. If there is water, it will be a little inconvenient to harvest the rice. Seeing that the field was dry, she took Yin Liuchen to the field.

Seeing Li Xin coming, many people greeted her, but they were still busy with their own words, so they didn't come around. Meng Liu also saw Li Xin, so he walked over, still the same helpless look he had when he saw him before, rubbed his hands and stammered, "Miss...... How did this get to the field? ”

"I said I wanted to come to see the rice harvest, but no one called me when it started! I also heard the voice, so I thought it should have started, so I came out to have a look. Li Xin smiled slightly.

"This ...... The sun is shining here, Miss...... Miss, let's go back first! Everybody's ...... All serious, not lazy. ”

"I'm just looking at it, I'm not here to supervise everyone, I know what the big guy is, can't I believe it after so long? You don't have to be in a hurry, you can do what you have to do, you don't have to call me. Li Xin waved his hand and let Meng Liu go to his own business.

Li Xin looked around, there was no work she did, and if she went to help, everyone would definitely be nervous, but she was here to affect everyone's performance. She thought about taking Yin Liuchen to pick the selected rice ears together, and then keep them to make rice seeds. Seeing that everyone was busy working, and no one stood up to pick the ears of rice, these people didn't know whether they had forgotten it, or if they thought that it would be enough to pick some later after harvesting.

Yin Liuchen was in a hurry, she didn't expect it before, so naturally she didn't know that he was in charge of crop promotion. Naturally, she didn't tell everyone in the Zhuangzi to leave more seeds, so everyone must have thought about such a Zhuangzi, even if all the paddy fields had to be planted with rice, they wouldn't need too many rice seeds, and they didn't have to pick the ears of rice just after the harvest began.

After all, if you pick the ears of rice, you need to use people, and now that harvesting is a serious matter, where can you just let people go out and do other things. Since there is no one to pick, she is also idle when she is idle, so it is better to do it!

She asked Yin Liuchen to wait for her here first, and she went back to the house first to get the back basket and scissors. gave Yin Liuchen a share, and she took the ears of wheat he had picked. A good ear of wheat must be a plant that grows well, has a proper tiller, has many ears of rice on one plant, and has many grains on one ear. In this way, the rice will be selected to be used as seeds, and the rice that will be propagated will be good.

It's not difficult to distinguish this, but at the beginning, you have to observe it carefully, and when you get used to it, you will know which ear is good at a glance. The selected seeds are naturally planted at home, and if there is any leftover, they are distributed to other families. In fact, the rice harvested in general is not impossible to use as rice seeds, but I am afraid that after a long period of time, the advantages of this rice will slowly disappear.

Li Xin explained the reason for this to Yin Liuchen while picking.

After hearing this, Yin Liuchen said: "This is very good, why didn't those agricultural officials think of it?" As he spoke, he had some slight complaints about the agricultural officials who were eating the country's money.

"It's understandable that the officials didn't think of it. The officials of the world are all selected and talented, and how many of those people really understand agricultural affairs? Just as there are very few books on farming, those who can read and write may not understand it. And how many of those old croppers who know a lot are literate? Even if they know, they can't write it, and some people know it and can't tell others clearly, they just understand it. It's no surprise that it's so well thought out. It is not unnecessary for the agricultural officials to save zài, in fact, they want everyone to go to the small villages together to learn from the experience of the people in planting crops. After getting these experiences and discussing them well, you can record them if you think they are appropriate, and make them into books for future generations, won't there be many people who will benefit? ”

"Miss Xin Yao is interceding for those people like this?" Yin Liuchen looked at Li Xin with a playful expression.

"I don't know any of those people, so what's there to say! As long as those people are really doing things, that's fine, at least for ordinary people. But those people still can't be pampered all day long, and how can they know what kind of farming they can do if they stay in the house every day! ”

"When I return to Beijing, I will build the emperor and send those people to the fields to learn." Yin Liuchen laughed.

Li Xin also laughed out loud, thinking that it was still very funny for those knowledgeable people to go to the fields to learn to work. However, it should also be, since you want to be an agricultural officer, you must naturally be familiar with agricultural affairs. In his position, he is in power. "Behold! If you do, you don't know how many people will hate you! ”

"Hate as much as hate! I don't care anyway. ”

The two of them each cut a basket full of rice ears, and they were also dizzy from raising their eyes, although they were wearing hats, they still felt very stuffy, and their whole bodies felt sweaty. Li Xin also proposed to come and rest for a while.

When they walked to the edge of the field, Li Xin and Yin Liuchen put down the basket to rest first. The edge of the field here is not a ridge, but a large roadside, which is relatively wide and is for horse-drawn carriages. There are two rows of trees planted on the side of the road, which must have been planted for some years, but they are relatively tall and leafy, and they have fallen into large rows of green shade.

There are already tables and stools under the shade, so you can take a break here when you are really tired. There was also a cauldron and a vat on the side, Li Xin took a look, the cauldron was hot tea, and the vat was cool well water.

Tea is an ordinary tea, not very low-grade, but it is not a good tea either. Originally, it was not a good tea, but it was for everyone to quench their thirst and fatigue, and they didn't have to use any good tea. Where do people in the countryside care if it's good tea! It's good to have water to drink when you're thirsty.

Yin Liuchen was afraid that this kind of tea would not be looked down upon, so Li Xin only gave a bowl of water and a bowl for himself, and then sat down to drink water.

"It's really hot! I never thought it was hot before! Yin Liuchen drank water while wiping his sweat with his sleeve like a farmer.

"Don't come and follow the bad school, when you return to the capital, others will talk about you. Rub it with this! Li Xin said and handed over a clean handkerchief.

"Thank you." Yin Liuchen took the handkerchief. The two of them rested for a while, and then went to the warehouse with the basket on their backs, and there was a large drying area outside the warehouse. Someone had already sent the beaten rice to the drying field to dry, and Li Xin and Yin Liuchen also put the cut rice ears on the drying field to dry.

After leaving the ears of rice here, the two of them went back to the rice field to continue cutting. Although it was hot and tired, Li Xin was still very happy. After all, it's harvest time, and it's actually very good to have such a simple day. Because if you put your heart into it, you will definitely reap the rewards.

"If the dust boy is tired, he can go to the house to rest first." After being busy for a while, Li Xin was worried that Yin Liuchen was not used to doing such a thing, so he said.

"Fortunately, Miss Xin Yao doesn't feel tired, will I be tired? Miss Xin Yao also looked down on me too much. ”

"I didn't mean that, I just thought the Dust Boy might not be used to it." R1152