Chapter 133: Harvest
The seedlings were planted late, and in late July, the rice was yellow.
The newly sown seedlings have also grown, and I have been thinking about going back to harvest the rice in the next few days. The people in the village looked at the rice on the more than two acres of land, and their eyes were very red.
"Daughter-in-law, the scythe is ready, look at it!" The third child took back the sickle from the iron shop and handed it to Chen Chunhua.
Chen Chunhua nodded and said. "Cheng, I'll go back later, and the rice can be harvested!" After saying that, he went to the utility room and brought a large piece of cloth that had been sewn before, and this large piece of cloth was still a coarse cloth with a hard feel, and it was good when it was placed on the floor for threshing grain.
After cleaning up for a while, Chen Chunhua and the third child went back to the village, the eldest went back yesterday, and now they go back, and they have to buy some things to go back.
The house in Qiu Ju's house is also about to be repaired, and yesterday I heard from Erzhu that it will be completed in these two days.
Back in the house, Chen Chunhua called the eldest and the third to go to the field to work, looking at the rice growing in the field, Chen Chunhua was very happy, the long rice looked carefully, but it was much fuller.
In these two acres of more than one field, Chen Chunhua has worked hard, and when the rice core is pumped and flowered, he specially went to the whole cow dung and sprinkled it with water into the field, and more than that, this season has been on the thick fertilizer twice, otherwise how can it grow so well.
Chen Chunhua took the sickle, took off her shoes and socks and went down to the field, cut a handful of rice with her hands, and looked at the boss and the third child. "Big brother, third brother, you have to be careful when you cut this, don't cut it to your own hands!" After speaking, he put down the rice in his hand and held the rice in the field. Road. "Handle it up, cut it with the sickle, and stick to the root and make it a little bit!"
The eldest and third nodded, went down to the field, and did as Chen Chunhua said.
The people who were busy in the fields watched the rice harvest in Chen Chunhua's house, and after a while, many people gathered together.
Chen Chunhua has been harvesting rice for many years, although he has not been in the field for many years, but the skill is not still there.
When I first started. Naturally, it's slower. When a small piece is cut, the momentum comes, and the knife falls in hand, very fast. The eldest and third looked at it like this. I just can't keep up with her speed.
When the rice is cut, it is to be put in piles. You can't put some here and there. Looking at the disarray of the eldest and third children, Chen Chunhua straightened up and wiped the sweat from the corners of her forehead. Road. "Big brother, don't mess up your piece, it's hard to fight when you get it back!"
The boss looked at what he had put it on, it was indeed a little messy, and nodded. "Cheng, I'll pay attention!"
Everyone looked at the three of them busy in Chen Chunhua's house, and couldn't help but say. "Big brother, this grain in your house grows so well!"
The boss listened and said. "It's done!"
Chen Chunhua spent a few years at her grandfather's house, starting to go to the field at the age of seven, at that time she was pulling seedlings in the field, and when she was older, she helped harvest the rice.
Busy until noon, the three people in the sun were sweating, looking at this, Chen Chunhua couldn't stand it, and said. "Let's go back, it's a big day, and it's getting people!" After Chen Chunhua finished speaking, she went up to Tiankan.
The eldest and third are busy working in the fields all year round, and the sun is sunburning, and they all stopped after hearing Chen Chunhua's words.
Chen Chunhua put the sickle on the ridge, took a cloth rope, and put all the rice that was put in small piles and piled them together.
The eldest and third didn't just stand, watching Chen Chunhua do it, and they also did it together.
"Let's go back and carry this rice back!" There is no threshing machine here, she thinks that she doesn't have the heart to tinker with those traditional threshing machines in the countryside, if she is really busy with it, she will have to use it for a long time, and this matter will have to be put on hold!
The three of them carried each one in a bundle back to the house, and the rice was laid down in the courtyard of the old house, and the land was empty. Chen Chunhua came back with a bundle on her back, she was out of breath when she was tired, put down the rice, and sat down on the threshold, and said. "Let's put it on hold!"
The eldest and third have good physical strength, and this little work is nothing.
After resting for a while, the third child went back to the house to have lunch, and Chen Chunhua and the eldest spread out the rice to dry the water on it.
In the first season of rice, the water in the field could not be drained, and the cut rice was naturally wet in the field.
But the rice can't be dried for too long like this, if the stem is wilted, when the grain is beaten, it will be soft and collapsed, and it will naturally be difficult to beat!
Dabao knew that Chen Chunhua had come back from the house, and seeing that they had just come back from working in the field, there was no one to eat in the house.
"Third brother, don't be busy, just leave it in the house to eat!"
The third child listened and said. "This is a success, we can eat whatever we want!"
Chen Chunhua and the boss dried the rice, went back to the yard and saw that Dabao was coming, and said. "Dabao, why are you here?"
"Sister-in-law, I'm here to call you to go to my house for lunch, it's this hour, and my house is also tidy!"
Chen Chunhua heard this and said. "Cheng, let's go up to your house to eat, third brother, don't be busy, Dabao will rarely call us back!"
"Alas, what the eldest sister-in-law said is, let's go, waiting for you to come back from your busy work!"
Life in the big treasure house is also good, since the sale of fans to make money, call people to come to the house to repair and repair, originally this yard is good, tidy up and look comfortable.
"Spring flowers, come on, sit down!" Dabao Niang's body and bones are a lot better, and she has to use Dabao to accompany her when she goes out on weekdays, and now she can still eat in the house, tidy up, and she can't do physical work, so she can still take care of herself.
Chen Chunhua responded, and sat down with Da Bao Niang, and there were five big bowls on the table, with fish and meat, and scrambled eggs. "Auntie, why did you cook so many dishes, how embarrassing is this!"
"What's the point of not being able to live so well in my house, it's not all close to your house, don't say that!" This big treasure was stained with light, and then he was busy with the fan, and the big treasure lady also knew, and she was grateful to Chen Chunhua, and she didn't know what to do, and when she saw them come back to work, she called them to come to the house to eat.
"Chengcheng, I won't say it, let's eat it, we're welcome!" After Chen Chunhua finished speaking, she took a steamed bun from the sea bowl and started eating.
Everyone is very familiar, nothing to be embarrassed about, a full meal, Chen Chunhua finished eating, and thanked Da Bao Niang and went to the courtyard of the old house.
The sun was shining, and the water on the rice was almost dry, so Chen Chunhua hurriedly brought two benches from the house, took a handful of rice and started fighting.
There was no threshing machine, so I had to use the oldest-fashioned method to take the rice and throw it along the edge of the stool, and the beaten millet fell on the coarse cloth that had been padded.
Threshing grain with bare hands is naturally not as good as a threshing machine, and there are many broken poles, and some of them break without the grain falling off.
Chen Chunhua was not in a hurry, and after the fight, she threw the pole aside, this straw is very useful.
The eldest and the third came from behind, looked at the grain beaten out of the ground, and said. "Daughter-in-law, your method is very good!" After saying that, he went to the house and brought two stools, and the two of them were busy working together.
There is a tree in the yard of the old house, and the coarse cloth is spacious enough, and Chen Chunhua is reluctant to let the grain that he has worked so hard to grow fall away. The yard is dusty, and it falls to the ground, so you have to pick it up one by one.
Not to mention, this threshing grain looks easy, and after getting started for a while, I feel that my hands are very sore, and I can't help but be soft when I hold the rice in my hands.
"When you finish beating these grains, rest in the house for a while and then go to the field!" The sun is too big, it goes too early, and people are prone to heat stroke when they are sunburned, and when the time comes, let alone the things in the field are not busy, this person will not fall.
"Daughter-in-law, how many catties can you beat with more than two acres of land in our house?" The third child looked at the millet beaten out of the coarse cloth, and he was so happy in his heart.
Chen Chunhua is also estimating, if an acre of land can hit 500 catties, it is a good thing! Without those fertilizers, 500 catties is indeed enough.
Another point is also very good, she looked at the rice, there is no curling worms, otherwise this is troublesome, insects, where is the pesticide sprinkled?
"Not to mention, if it is more than two acres of land, it is excellent to be able to collect five or six hundred catties!" The boss was also happy to see it, and if he put it in a radius of more than ten miles, then he planted rice in his house, and there were people in the village far away, and it was going back, and in the past two years, I hadn't heard of any house planting rice.
Chen Chunhua heard this, smiled, and said. "Five or six hundred catties must be there!" If it is five or six hundred catties each, she is also bored, this is the minimum standard of her estimation, and more than two acres of land is what she wants to plan.
After beating the rice that came back, Chen Chunhua sat and rested for a while, and then spread out the millet to dry, grabbed the broken poles, and rubbed the millet left on it with his hands.
Looking at this grain, Chen Chunhua thought of the valley fan, she felt that the valley fan was difficult to straighten, and wanted to change the original appearance of the valley fan, the whole thing was simple.
The fan made last time can be made, make a bucket for pouring the grain, the fan is then opened, the bottom is opened, and an air outlet is left in front, so that although the deflated millet can not be completely separated, at least it can blow off the rice leaves that are beaten down.
After thinking about it like this, Chen Chunhua settled down, and seeing that the rest was almost over, she went to the field with the eldest and the third.
When she arrived in the field, Chen Chunhua took a look, put down the sickle in her hand, and said. "Big brother, don't we have two piles of rice on our side?"
The eldest and third looked at it, and also noticed that the two piles of rice that were resting on that side were missing.
"Isn't this being stolen?" In broad daylight, everything left in her field can be stolen, and that's it! (To be continued......)