Chapter Twenty-Six: The Autumn Harvest
In fact, the cabinet is the early money bank, operating the storage of coins and valuables, and the money needs to be paid a certain rent when it is placed in the cabinet shop, and it is necessary to take the voucher or token when you need to take it.
The money ticket of 400 copper coins that Zhao Yuan gave to Huang Qiming and the 1,000 yuan that Wan Yunjun gave himself were anonymous, as long as he took the money ticket to the bank, he could withdraw the money, but the rent that should be deducted was indispensable.
After buying the land, Zhao Yuan and the three of them came to the market and there was nothing else to do. I basically have everything at home, just buy some food and go back.
Coming to the vegetable market, looking at the still busy vegetable market, Zhao Yuan and Meng Ying looked at each other and smiled, more than two months ago, the matter of picking mushrooms to sell was like yesterday.
I bought some food casually, went to the butcher shop to buy some meat and ribs, and then went to Funing Building to lead the little donkey and went home.
"Second, I'm back from the market, why is there still a little donkey?" At the entrance of the village, I met the second uncle who came back after catching up with the market.
"Second grandma, what about the little donkey that my uncle bought for me." Meng Ying said proudly.
"The little girl can't forget the little donkey, isn't this just a fool." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.
"Luoluo, why do you like little donkeys?" The second aunt asked.
"Uncle asked me to sing, second grandma, do you want to listen to me sing?" Luoluo asked, with wide eyes.
"Luoluo can also sing, so the second grandmother wants to listen to it."
"I have a little donkey...... "The little girl sang aloud.
"Ouch, the second grandmother's stomach is about to hurt with laughter, Luoluo, what song are you singing?" The second aunt laughed and said.
"Listen to that, second grandma."
"It's good, Luoluo continues to sing."
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After returning home, feeding the pigs, and then having lunch, the three of them led the little donkey to the river, Zhao Yuan and Meng Ying wanted to see the situation of the rice in the rice field, it should be a few days before the autumn harvest, and the water in the rice field should be dried first.
At this time, the rice was not like the later generations, the branches of each rice plant were not as many as the later generations, and the rice on each ear was far less than that of the later generations, and the yield per mu was only a pitiful two hundred catties, which was still the harvest of the better years of the year.
"Atom, what about putting water in the rice fields?" Zhao Gongzi, who was inspecting the rice field, said after seeing Zhao Yuan.
"Uncle Pole, you are also here to dig the mouth of the ditch." Zhao Yuan heard the voice, straightened up and saw Zhao Pole, and said with a smile.
"Yes, this year's harvest should be good, I took a look, the ears of rice are very full, and we can harvest in five or six days."
"I hope for a good weather." Zhao Yuan nodded and said.
Zhao Yuan's family has a total of four acres of rice, and when the time comes, I will have to ask the people in the village to help harvest it, otherwise Zhao Yuan and Meng Ying don't know how many days it will take to harvest it.
"Uncle, the black tiger is grazing." After digging the mouth of the canal in the rice field, Zhao Yuan said hello to Uncle Pole, and returned to the river embankment with Meng Ying, Luoluo said happily.
"What is a black tiger?" Zhao Yuan wondered, couldn't it be the name that the little girl gave to this little donkey.
"Uncle, auntie, the little donkey is the black tiger!" Luoluo said proudly.
"Why did you name the little donkey Black Tiger?" Zhao Yuan asked with a smile.
"Uncle, didn't you tell me a story that tigers eat small animals? What if our little donkey is eaten by a tiger, so I named it Black Tiger so that it wouldn't be eaten by a tiger. "Luoluo is proud of her intelligence.
"Is it okay?" Zhao Yuan turned his head and asked Meng Yingdao.
"Haha, Luoluo, you have a good name." Meng Ying glanced at Zhao Yuan and said with a laugh.
"Okay, uncle, auntie, in the future, we will have a lot of small animals in our house, and I will give them names." Luoluo said happily.
"Okay, but I'm afraid that there will be too many animals to feed by then, and Luoluo you can't remember." Zhao Yuan teased the little girl and said.
"Then what to do, uncle." Luoluo seemed to have a big push of rabbits in front of him, and he couldn't remember their names.
"Why don't Uncle teach you to read, and when Luoluo can read and write, write the name on each little animal, so that you won't forget." Zhao Yuan said.
"Do you read like Brother Zhili? But I'm a girl, so I can't go to town to study. Luoluo said with her head down.
"Uncle can teach you, you don't have to go to town."
"Then uncle, you have to teach me well, otherwise I won't be able to remember the names of the little animals in the family in the future."
"As long as Luoluo studies hard, he will definitely remember it."
"I'll study hard." Luoluo said as if reassuring.
The three of them chatted and walked all the way to the wheat field. Some time ago, after the villagers helped Zhao Yuan's family harvest the wheat, the wheat straw was still drying in the ground, and it was necessary to burn the dried wheat straw.
At this time, there is no saying that burning straw pollutes the environment, but some people will carry the wheat straw home as firewood, Zhao Yuan's family feeds fewer pigs, and does not need much firewood, so all the straw is burned in the ground, and the land can also be fertilized.
When the straw was burning, a gust of wind blew, and the smoke was blown to the black tiger grazing on the edge of the earth, and the little donkey screamed and ran to the side.
Seeing that the wheat straw was burned out, Zhao Yuan and Meng Ying took the little girl home. The little donkey is only less than a meter tall, only slightly taller than Luoluo, Zhao Luo is holding the reins of the donkey, following Zhao Yuan and Meng Ying, under the sunset, dragging a long shadow.
In the blink of an eye, when it was time to harvest the rice, each family in Zhaojiazhuang had about three or five acres of rice, and they helped each other to harvest, and it took about ten days to harvest the rice.
On this day, when it was time for Zhao Yuan's family to harvest the rice, the women cut the rice and put it on the rice stubble, and the men pushed a wooden bucket made of large wood, picked up the cut rice and slapped it on the wall of the wooden bucket to take off the rice grains.
This year, God is more appreciative, the weather has been very good these days for the whole rice harvest, the threshing rice, packed in baskets, picked home, spread on the mat to dry.
"Xiaoying, are you tired these days?" After harvesting the rice and having dinner, Zhao Yuan sent away the people who came to help in the village, and said to Meng Ying who was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks.
"Fortunately, there are a lot of people, and I can get to work quickly." Meng Ying shook her head and said.
"Uncle, why don't you ask me if I'm tired?" Luoluo said with a pout.
These days, Zhao Yuan teaches the little girl to read and write every night, and by now, Luoluo has learned more than ten words, and even Meng Ying has learned to follow it.
"Are you tired?" Zhao Yuan asked with a smile.
"Uncle, I'm so tired, why don't you know how to read today?" Luoluo asked expectantly.
"No, Luoluo, have you forgotten to name our domestic animals in the future?" Zhao Yuan said with a smile, he taught the little girl to read and write, Luoluo was always infocused, and he forgot it after a while, and he was inevitably a little stricter.
"Alright then, uncle." Luoluo had to nod and say.
"Take a shower and go to bed early, tomorrow you have to help the fifth uncle's family harvest rice?" Zhao Yuan asked Luoluo to review the words that she taught her a few days ago, and taught her a new word, and after the little girl learned it, she said to Meng Ying, who was silently studying on the side.
"Okay, I'll go boil water."