For seven or eight days in a row, the rain still did not fall, and the temperature remained high all the way. The crops in the field are almost all drought, whether it is corn and soybeans in the dry land, or the rice in the paddy field, they are not filled with pulp, and this year's grain is destined to fail. The villagers sighed and complained one by one. Many people have already started to go up the mountains to pick fruits and dig wild vegetables, while others have gone to the town to do odd jobs, hoping that they will not go hungry until the next autumn's food arrives.

Thinking quietly, it's just late July, why do you have to prepare a year's worth of food? At least enough food to eat until the autumn grain of the next year comes down.

So he went to the town every other day, and bought a lot of rice and grain every time he went. She didn't dare to buy more at home, for fear of arousing unnecessary suspicion, and she would not be able to explain it at that time. A few rice grain shops rotated. Seven or eight times in a row, another room in the west wing was filled with a room full of grain. Quietly buy grain that has not been hulled, such grain is easy to preserve, and it will not spoil if left for a year. Moreover, the food prepared quietly is enough for a few members of their family to eat when the new food comes down next year.

With food and vegetables, the next thing to prepare is oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. Jing Jing went to the town again, and bought two large jars of rapeseed oil, twenty catties of fat pork used for oil, two large jars of fine salt, and ten catties of rice vinegar. Then I went to the cloth shop and bought cloth and cotton. Because it's not yet time to stock up on winter clothes, the price of cotton is not expensive. And the new cotton in the south has not yet arrived, at this time the cotton in the store is still last year, last year's cotton harvest in the south, the price is not high, quietly think about buying as much as possible, in case of emergency. A dozen pieces of cheesecloth and muslin cloth were bought, and twenty or thirty pieces of coarse kudzu cloth were bought. I bought more cotton, and I bought 500 catties in one go.

In fact, there are only four sisters and brothers in the quiet family, where can they use so many things? The reason why Jing Jing bought so much cloth and cotton was because of the idea that when one side was in trouble, all sides would support. She always thought that God had given her a gift by letting her come here. Besides, she has a windfall, what should she do for the people of this era? So she bought a lot of them just in case she needed them. If it really comes to that time of crisis, she can also do her part. For those poor people who can't eat and can't wear clothes, contribute their own warmth. I hope that her little warmth can bring hope to those in need of help. I hope that her little warmth can arouse the love of more people. I hope that those who need help can live through her little warmth and strength......

It's August, and it's time to harvest the crops.

Today, I was quietly planning to harvest corn and peanuts, and I got up early in the morning, and the three sisters came to the field. Anxin led the ox in front, and quietly held the iron plough in the back, breaking the peanuts from the middle. In this way, after the ridge is broken, it saves time, effort and convenience in picking peanuts. Before noon, the peanuts of half an acre of land were harvested. Because the germination was promoted when it was planted, the seedlings came out early, and the peanuts matured a month earlier than others, so they were not affected by the drought.

The peanuts of this half acre of land are full of ox carts, and it is estimated that there is a **100 catties quietly. Of course, there are not so many after drying. Pull the peanuts back into the yard and spread them flat on the ground, so that after two or three days of exposure, the peanuts are dried. Sun-dried peanuts can also be stored in the warehouse.

After lunch, I quietly went to the field to harvest corn by myself. Leave Anxin and Jiayue at home to dry peanuts. The corn planted in other people's dry land, because of the drought, is not filled with pulp, and it does not bear fruit. Quiet corn in this acre, the cob is large, the grain is full, and there are two people on top of each other. In the final analysis, it comes down to a sentence, early germination, early seedling, early fruiting, and early harvest.

An acre of corn was broken quietly until sunset. The broken corn cobs were pulled three times by ox carts before they were all transported to the home. The corn cobs were also unloaded into the open space in the front yard and dried for two days before they were received in the warehouse.

In the next few days, he quietly led his two sisters to finish the sweet potatoes on three acres of land, the yams on five acres of land, and the potatoes on half an acre of land. The peanuts were packed in baskets and piled up on the floor of the west wing. The potatoes have gone down to the cellar. The sweet potatoes of three acres of land are almost 10,000 catties, and sweet potatoes are not as valuable as grain. Quiet also had other plans, so it was all stored in the cellar, and not a pound was sold.

Five acres of yam, one acre of land also had two ox carts, and a full ten carts of yam piled up in half of the yard. This yam has already been agreed with the shopkeeper of the Rejuvenation Hall in the town and sold to them. This yam is sold for one price as a whole, and it is another price for cutting into slices and drying it. Originally, Jing Jing planned to sell the whole root, firstly, she was troublesome with slicing, and secondly, she was not short of that money now. However, when she saw that the villagers were running up the mountain every day in order to get more food, she changed her mind. It was decided to cut all these yams into slices and dry them to sell, so that the women in the village could earn more money while selling them for more money. It is also good that the villagers are better off in this difficult winter because of her small gesture.

Quietly and impatiently went to talk about it from house to house, so he told the village chief about hiring someone to cut yam tablets. The village chief was enthusiastic and handed over the words yesterday. Therefore, when Quiet opened the door early this morning, the door was already full of people, and when they saw her coming out, they rushed up one by one, and asked gossipily: "Quiet, do you really want to hire someone to work?" How is the salary calculated? ”

"Quiet, I can do any job, I have strength, I'm not afraid of getting dirty, I'm not afraid of being tired, and it doesn't matter if I get paid."

"Quiet, it's rare for you to think about the big guy. Rest assured, we will do a good job. If you have any work, just tell me. ”

Quiet "......"

Quiet almost didn't get squeezed back into the door, she coughed lightly and stood on the steps and said, "Listen to me, what about me, I really have to hire people, as many as I want, that is, to cut things." This is a job that sisters-in-law and aunts can do. Work starts at dawn every day, and stays at work when dark. Everyone should take the matter by themselves, and go home for lunch. This salary is twenty cents a day. But the ugly words are ahead, I don't want such people who want to come to me to steal and play tricks and mix wages. When the time comes, I will find out, don't say that I don't care about my face and am not close to people. What kind of person I am quietly, I want to know the big guys. As soon as the quiet words fell, a few women in the crowd slipped away quietly. The rest of the people are all diligent and quick to work, and they are not here to mix wages, so they are naturally not weak-minded.

"Quiet, when can we start work?"

"Yes, yes, we can do this washing, washing, and cutting work, and we won't cheat and cheat. When do you start doing it? ”

Quietly raised his hand and signaled, and when he saw that the crowd was silent, he spoke: "You can start work today, and if you have something to do, you can go back to get the guy's business now." As soon as the quiet words fell, there was no one left in the impenetrable doorway.

The women, walking briskly home, they were all very happy, at this time the men went out to work for a day, only twenty salaries, and it was not easy to find a job. Now Quiet wants to hire women like them to work, not to mention the high wages, and not to delay the work of cooking at home. In this way, there is no need to worry about sitting and eating all day at home, and you will not be able to survive the next year's autumn grain.