However, in fact, Ye Feng and Qian Yan didn't need to worry about Ye and Chen Jixing.

Unlike Qianyan's unhappiness when he went to the old house to deliver braised meat, Chen Jixing saw the silence of the two greedy sisters-in-law, and Ye was actually quite optimistic.

In Ye's opinion, it's nothing for relatives to rub each other's meals, not to mention that today's braised pork is still free. As for this dumpling, it is only more than a pound of meat in total, and the main cost is white noodles.

And the family doesn't eat like this every day, and Huang and Zhu's behaviors rarely happen in a year, so there is no need to be angry with them.

The most important thing is that she felt that Zhu was right last time, she didn't have to wait for Mrs. Liu the day before yesterday, these two bowls of dumplings, three packs of braised pork, or the oil that was rubbed by them in a year, should be the price to be paid for the separation.

Thinking about it this way, she doesn't lose.

In fact, Ye's thinking is right, for this family, improving food is just a meal at noon. The current economic situation simply does not allow them to eat white noodles every day.

As for the leftover white noodles, they should be eaten with the thick noodles, or they should be left for the Chinese New Year.

In the evening, except for the braised pork saved by Chen Jixing and Ye's drinking at noon, how the family eats on weekdays, it is still the same, and they don't even dare to drink the porridge too thick.

However, since eating a meal of white flour dumplings at noon, Ye Feng is really reluctant to eat sorghum noodles. It's not that he's hypocritical, it's the rough taste brought by the thick noodles, and he even finds it a little difficult to swallow.

But he didn't dare to say it, everyone ate a thousand words and a girl, why is it difficult to swallow when he comes here?

Therefore, for him, the most important thing at the moment is to make money.

When he has money in the future, he hopes to be able to eat dumplings and white noodles until he gets tired of it.

There are still a few catties of meat marinated by Ye's in the clay pot.

However, this is used to improve food and strengthen physical strength in the next period of time. Because, immediately the whole family will be very tired, and you have to eat something good to have physical strength.

The autumn harvest is about to begin.

Generally speaking, the autumn harvest is the most important harvest time of the year, and it will not last too short. Therefore, most families are willing to eat poorly before the autumn harvest and save the delicious food for the hungry to eat during the autumn harvest.

And when the grain is laid and the rent is paid, the rest can be improved as appropriate.

For Ye Feng, the overall mood during this time was good.

The first is that the red fruit tree in the backyard grows as long as possible.

After this period of careful cultivation, regular watering and fertilization, and control of the soil, the red fruit tree has not only managed to survive, but has already produced small white flowers just a few days ago.

The emerald green branches and leaves, with small off-white flowers, look so cute. When I got closer, I smelled faintly floral.

Surprisingly, the scent is somewhat similar to the smell of orange blossoms, and the smell is very pleasant.

Moreover, the habits of this red fruit tree are the same as those of rhododendrons, so there is no need for Ye Feng to remix the soil, just use it.

Ye Feng is planning to grow more rhododendrons, so there is not a lot of nutrient soil at home.

After Ye Feng's patient and professional pruning, this red fruit tree is no longer as fluffy and scattered as when it was first dug up, and gradually reveals its due beauty.

The dark and thick branches, which show an angle of about 60 degrees, rotate upwards and are nearly a meter high. Ye Feng cleaned up all the small branches and leaves that kept popping up on the branches, leaving only the branches and leaves at the top like an umbrella cover.

The small white flowers will wither after a while, and bear bright red fruits.

Originally, this flower was not the point, and the red fruit tree was originally a fruit-watching plant. Ye Feng has already begun to look forward to the scene of "the flowers are retired, the white and red fruits are small".

Another happy thing is that according to the time calculation, the longevity fruit planted in the four big bamboo baskets is also about to ripen. In modern times, in general, peanuts do not take more than four months from sowing to harvest.

But the peanuts in these four bamboo baskets have refused to ripen, and as far as the current situation is concerned, they are still growing. That is, it will take some time to mature.

This is a month later than the maturity time estimated by Ye Feng.

Right now, the leaves of these peanuts are still verdant, and it looks like it will take some time. However, this is not a problem, it is estimated that after the harvest of corn, sweet potatoes, sorghum and potatoes at home, it will almost be ripe.

If it is left in modern times, to judge whether these peanuts are ripe, the method is very simple, just pull one out and take a look and taste it.

But now there are too few seeds to be risked.

If it's ripe, it's nothing, just dry it and keep it for seeding. But if it's not cooked, it's not a waste.

In Ye Feng's method of leading Chenjiacun to make a fortune, this peanut accounts for a large proportion. Rao is like this, he also needs to accumulate for two or three years before he can get enough seeds.

After thinking about it, Ye Feng felt that it should be that modern chemical fertilizers should have the effect of ripening in disguise, so the planting period of peanuts is relatively shorter.

Then there is the efforts of agricultural scholars, after thousands of years of evolution and continuous improvement of seeds, the species of peanuts has changed. It has become more drought tolerant and the harvest is higher.

The third thing is that the autumn harvest at home is about to begin.

The whole family has been busy for more than half a year, and Ye and Chen Jixing have left countless sweats, and it is finally time for a bumper harvest.

This is not only the case for the Ye family, but also for the entire Chenjia Village.

Now, every household is preparing for the autumn harvest, and everyone has prepared bamboo baskets, bamboo mats and other farm tools early.

After all, the autumn harvest is just as much a race against the heavens.

Except for potatoes and sweet potatoes, which can be hidden in the cellar, almost all the rest of the grain needs to be threshed and dried before it can be put into the warehouse.

And now the weather is the tail of summer, if you don't hurry up to thresh, exposure, and wait for autumn, the sun is not as good as a day, then it will be troublesome.

Besides, if it rains, it's really over.

Take corn as an example, if the threshing corn cannot be dried in time, it will turn black or even moldy.

If this is the case, not only will you not be able to pay the rent, but you will also not be able to sell it at a good price, and then paying taxes will also be a problem.

Therefore, during the autumn harvest season, even half of the boy will be coaxed and tricked into the field by adults, and he can help to do a little calculation. Academies in the city also take about seven or eight days off to urge rural students to go home and help.

In order to dry the grain that should be dried when the weather is cool, this can be completely assured. Otherwise, when the time comes next year, you will wait to be hungry.

On this day, the whole Ye family, including Qianyan, got up early in the morning, and they didn't know what time it was, anyway, the sky was still dark. After half a year of adjustment, Ye Feng's biological clock formed in the Nameless Temple has been completely disrupted.

Ye got up early to make breakfast, and even the pig food was prepared and put in a wooden barrel to cool.

Breakfast is white bread, a small bowl of fatty meat stir-fried with Chinese cabbage, and a must-have dish at home, pickles. After breakfast, Chen Jixing and Ye took advantage of the cool weather to go to the field to harvest corn.

Ye Feng and Qianyan were not idle, the two of them divided their jobs, one fed the pigs, the other fed the chickens and ducks, and did the housework quickly.

Qianyan also picked up a few eggs when she fed the chickens, and happily she only jumped.

Since the beginning of the summer, the hens in the house have not laid eggs very much, and the next one every three or five is considered good, and some have stopped completely. Although it is still hot these days, it already has the feeling of autumn in the morning and evening.

As a result, some chickens began to lay eggs again.

After tidying up the stove, Ye Feng thought that today was to harvest corn cobs, and he must need space to stack them. The custom of Chenjia Village is not to hang the corn cob and hang it under the eaves, but to take it back and thresh it immediately, then expose it to the sun, dry it and put it in the granary for preservation.

Ye Feng took Qianyan to clean up the stools and tables in the hall, and took out all the baskets and the like, and put them under the eaves, and after a while, a large amount of space was freed up.

After doing this, the two closed the chicken pen and locked the door, and then one of them carried a small basket and walked towards the cornfield.

At this time, the sun had not yet risen, and from a distance, it was scarlet, and it was already predictable that it would start to heat up after a while.

When they arrived in the field, Ye and Chen Jixing had already broken out a large pile of corn cobs with their hands and feet.

Ye Feng picked one up and looked at it, he was very happy, because of the topdressing and soil interplanting, this year's corn cobs are big, full, yellow, orange and orange, and they look happy.

"Why are you here?" Chen Jixing said, "It's too hot, you should go home, I'll come back with corn in a while." ”

When he spoke, the work on his hands did not stop.

He knew in his heart that there were few people in the family, and the main labor force was him and the Ye family. If Ye Feng and Qianyan can help when sowing seeds, then there is nothing they can do at times like this.

Neither the tall corn stalks nor the somewhat sharp corn leaves are suitable for two children to work in the fields.

It is also because of this that every year when his family starts drying grain, the family members in the village who have a large population and good labor force have almost dried it.

Therefore, he was very anxious.

Ye Shi also said: "Go back quickly, this job is not something you two can do." ”

Ye Feng could reach it, but there was not enough space in the field this year than in previous years, planting potatoes and sweet potatoes. If you are not familiar with it and are not used to it, you will inevitably trample the potato seedlings and sweet potato vines beyond recognition.

However, since he came, Ye Feng really wanted to help, and he couldn't bear to worry that Ye and Chen Jixing were working too hard. The two haven't conceived a child for so long, maybe it's because the pressure of life is too great and it's too hard.

In addition, he knows how to break corn on the cob, so he doesn't plan to go home.

When I saw the section of corn in the field, the reason why I didn't put the big bamboo baskets together, but put them on the side of the road, I thought that I was afraid that the bamboo baskets would press the sweet potatoes. Presumably, Chen Jixing and Ye broke the corn cob first and piled it on the ground.

When it's almost done, let's put these corn cobs in a bamboo basket on the side of the road and pick them home.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng went down to the ground with the basket on his back, and put the pile of corn on the ground into the basket one by one. Estimating the weight that he could bear, he got up, carried the basket and poured the corn cob into the big bamboo basket.

Although Qianyan's power is small, he also follows Ye Feng to do this, and he can fit a few at a time.

Right now, Ye and Chen Jixing are carrying a large back basket, skillfully breaking the corn cob off the corn stalk and putting the corn cob into the back basket on their backs.

When he had accumulated most of the basket, he fell to the ground.

Seeing that Ye Feng and Qianyan were putting these corn cobs into the bamboo basket, they didn't object. Anyway, this work is not tiring, and the sun has not come out yet.

After thinking about it, Ye Shi said again: "You two be careful, there are green worms and ants on those corn cobs, don't get them on your body." ”

Ye Feng and Qianyan agreed, and they were busy for a while before they filled the four bamboo baskets placed on the side of the road.

In this way, there is still some left of the land.

If Chen Jixing didn't start to pick it up until the end, the sun would be fierce, and Chen Jixing would be tired all morning, I was afraid that he would not be able to bear it, after all, there would be several days to finish.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng said to Chen Jixing: "Brother-in-law, I can also break corn, and if there are many people, I can break it faster." In this way, I see that there are almost several loads of corn cobs now, brother-in-law, you can go back first. My sister and I are breaking in the field, Qianyan will follow you back to boil some boiling water at home, and bring it by the way when my brother-in-law comes back later. ”

Qianyan thought about it, he really couldn't help much, and he was not as high as the corn cob. Not only can I boil the water when I go home, but I can also help watch these corn cobs and threshing them by the way, so I agreed.

Chen Jixing thought about it, Ye Feng, this kid is amazing, and he saw the key point at once. Wasn't that the case before, I was tired enough to break a stick, and I had to carry it home under the scorching sun.

Now that the weather is just right, and there are still a few loads of corn cobs outside, presumably Ye Feng and Ye Shi can supply it, so they will be as good as a stream, and immediately stop breaking the corn, and build the bamboo basket that the two of them have filled before, and then pick it up.

Qianyan carried a small basket on his back, sensibly put more than a dozen corn cobs in it, and followed Chen Jixing to go home.

After a night of dew, the slender and fluffy corn leaves were not very scratchy at the moment, but Ye Feng still put down his rolled up sleeves.

He had broken the corn, and naturally knew that these inconspicuous-looking fluffs would be very scratchy after a while, and in serious cases, their skin would be red and swollen. And there are some small ants and insects on these leaves, which like to bite people the most.

So, Ye Feng tightened his cuffs again.

Then, following the example of Ye, he carried a basket on his shoulder, and while breaking the corn, he carefully moved forward, trying to avoid the sweet potato vines under his feet.

These vines could be cut to feed the pigs, and he didn't want to spoil them.

He broke it like this, and when he felt that the basket on his shoulder was beginning to sink a little hard, he went to the ground and poured out the corn in the basket, and then continued to break it.

Ye Shi was worried that Ye Feng would not do well at first, but instead wasted the crops in vain, but later saw that Ye Feng did a good job, and the cobs on the corn stalks were not missing.

And although Ye Feng's speed is not as good as Chen Jixing's, it is not bad, and it is worth most of the labor force. Thinking of this, Ye's mood was not so anxious.

Now is the time to employ people, and she didn't have a polite relationship with Ye Feng.

In this way, all morning, from dawn, Chen continued to pick up the good sticks back and forth at home, Ye Feng and Ye Shi were stunned, and Chen Jixing did not have a chance to rest.

Halfway through, Ye Feng and Ye Shi also came out to drink the water that Chen Jixing brought from home, taking the opportunity to take a breath. Qianyan This girl is very smart, and she put some mung beans when she boiled water.

At this moment, everyone is sweating a lot, and drinking this can quench both heat and thirst.

The sun soon rose and scorched the earth violently.

Ye Feng only felt that his whole body was sweating, and some sweat had entered his eyes, and it was a little difficult for Ye Feng to open his eyes. He had no choice but to raise his hand and wipe it in a relatively clean place. The cornfield was stuffy and hot, and Ye Feng felt that it was not a green gauze tent, but like a steamer, which made people a little breathless.

The time was unconsciously noon, and the sun was scorching Ye Feng a little uncomfortable, he had never had such a deep experience. In the past, I only knew that it was really not easy to be a farmer, facing the loess with my back to the sky and living with the sun on my back.

But today he completely understood, who really knows that the Chinese food on the plate is hard work.

In the past, Ye and Chen Jixing had to continue working under the scorching sun after lunch, and they could only finish it in the middle of the afternoon. And today, with Ye Feng's joining, this land was actually broken in the morning.

Although it was a little late at the moment, it was time to make lunch, and there was a pile of corn on the ground, Chen Jixing hadn't finished picking it yet.

While Chen Jixing was still on the way here, Ye and Ye Feng sat in the shade of the ground to rest. Seeing that Ye Feng's little face was flushed, Ye blamed himself a little.

After a while, Chen Jixing had already turned back.

In fact, he was the hardest one, tossing back and forth. However, looking at this plump corn cob, he was indescribably happy in his heart. Along the way, whoever saw it had to boast a few words, and said that they would go to his house next year to learn the scriptures.

has an average relationship with Chen Jixing's family, and is even more blushing and jealous, but there is no way, he can't take it away. The heart is also to grow crops, and other people's corn cobs are so big.

As a result, when all the corn cobs were put together, in addition to Chen Jixing's full load, Ye's half of the burden, there was still about half of the back basket.

Chen Jixing's bamboo basket is already so tired that even if he puts another one, it will fall down.

Ye's strength is small, and no matter how much he has, he is afraid that he will not be able to provoke it.

After thinking about it, Ye said to Ye Feng: "You stay here, your brother-in-law and I will go back first, and your brother-in-law will pick you up in a while, and I will go home to cook." ”

Ye Feng naturally agreed.

After the two left, Ye Feng thought that Chen Jixing was already very tired just now, and he had been going back and forth several times in the morning, and he should be tired if he came back again, and he had to go out to break corn in another field in the middle of the afternoon.

Why don't you try to remember it yourself?

Thinking of this, he tried to memorize it, but he really couldn't stand up.

After thinking about it for a while, Ye Feng found a place half a meter high, and put the back basket up with great difficulty, then squatted down, and adjusted the shoulder strap of the back basket to fit his shoulder.

Now he got up, but the weight on his shoulders was indeed not light, and he couldn't stand up a little bit, but it wasn't so much that he couldn't bear it.

After walking a few steps, Ye Feng felt that there was no problem. So he leaned over and walked home step by step.

By the time Chen Jixing came out to pick out the last bit of corn on the cob, Ye Feng had already walked to the door.

During this period, he rested several times, but he only dared to rest when he found a place where he could put a basket on high ground, otherwise he would not be able to get up after resting.

Seeing this, Chen Jixing hurriedly stepped forward in two steps and took the back basket off Ye Feng's back. He was really tired, so he rested at home for a while, drank enough water before he was ready to go, but Ye Feng had already carried it back.

Qianyan hurriedly took a wooden basin and gave Ye Feng washing water, the water was warm, just right. Ye was cooking in the stove room, and Qianyan was not idle, and he was threshing with Chen Jixing by hand in the hall.

Ye Feng washed his hands and face, and also joined the ranks.

Lunch is more hearty, in addition to stir-fried meat with chia, fried shredded potatoes with chili, and of course, white flour buns. There will be a lot of physical exertion these days, so you naturally have to eat well.

Because everyone was tired in the morning, everyone ate a lot of food.

After lunch, the family gathered around the hall and chatted and threshed. To say that the threshing speed is too slow, but there is no way, there can be no threshers in this time and space, and it can only be done manually one by one.

Fortunately, these corn cobs are fully cooked, and they are very dry in the ground, so you can wipe them with your hands a little hard.

When they were in the field in the morning, because the sun was strong and the corn stalks were high and dense, Ye Feng and Ye Shi were not in the mood to speak, so they really had to maintain their physical strength. Now sitting in the hall and having lunch, I naturally have a good spirit.

After wiping for a while, Qianyan wanted to go out to play, and Ye said: "You can't find anyone when you go out now, everyone is wiping corn at home." Then, my mother promised you, if you can smear a hundred corn cobs before dinner today, my mother will make dumplings for you to eat in a few days. ”

Qianyan was naturally happy when she heard this, and immediately began to smear the corn seriously.

In the middle of the afternoon, when the sun was not as fierce as at noon, Chen Jixing carried a few bamboo baskets, and Ye set off to another piece of land with the basket on his back, and Ye Feng naturally followed.

Qianyan originally couldn't sit still, but thinking about the delicious white-flour dumplings, and being patient, he didn't go out to play.

After Chen Jixing broke enough corn cobs, he still rushed home, and Qianyan was at home alone, and he was also a little uneasy.

As soon as he left, Ye Shi and Ye Feng didn't stop, wanting to break a little more before it got dark. However, because he worked too hard in the morning, Ye Feng was a little tired in the afternoon, and his speed was obviously not as good as in the morning.

When it got dark, Ye had experience, and he couldn't finish breaking it anyway, so he estimated the number of bamboo baskets. This time, Chen Jixing picked up a burden, and she and Ye Feng went home with an empty basket.

Qianyan had already boiled the water for the bath, and Ye Feng couldn't wait to eat, feeling that he had to take a bath first, because he always felt itchy and a little stinging.

As a result, when he took a shower, he found that there were two deep red marks on both shoulders, and his arms seemed to have been scratched by corn leaves, a red patch.

But he didn't say anything, it was nothing, and he would be fine in a few days. He was afraid that the Ye family would feel distressed if he knew about it, and he wouldn't let him go to the ground tomorrow.

Chen Jixing felt that it seemed more comfortable to take a bath and eat, and he also took a bath first following Ye Feng's example. Ye Shi wants to make dinner and can't leave, so it is estimated that he can only wash after dinner. Anyway, he smelled that everyone was sour, and it was really not good not to wash it.

I have to say that Ye's craftsmanship is getting better and better, ordinary eggplant, without any seasoning, is just a little bit of marinated meat before, she is stunned to make it very delicious, and the family is very happy.

After dinner, after doing all this and that, the family still gathered around and continued to threw by the moonlight.

At about eleven o'clock, Ye Feng was sleepy, so Ye asked him and Qianyan to go to bed first. Thinking that he would have to get up early tomorrow, Ye Feng no longer insisted and went to bed first.

Qianyan, this girl had already fallen asleep, and she forgot to count the number of her corn cobs with Ye.

Lying on the bed, Ye Feng only felt pain all over his body, and when he curled up his body, his muscles twitched slightly and throbbed.

Fortunately, he was young, and when he got up early the next day, his fatigue was gone, and he was full of blood again.

There was obviously less corn piled up in the hall, but there were a lot more corn kernels. The stick that was only recovered yesterday, Ye Shi and Chen Jixing actually threshed more than half, and they didn't know what time they went to bed last night.

Ye was making breakfast, and Chen Jixing laid out bamboo mats in the backyard, preparing to dry the corn kernels when he picked up corn cobs and went home.

It's still early, there's still dew, and the sun hasn't risen yet, so naturally it's not okay.

After breakfast, Qianyan was still guarding the corn threshing at home, and several people went to the ground again.

And so on for six days.

In the evening of the sixth day, all the corn of the Ye family was taken home, and in the hall and under the eaves, it was piled up like a hill. As for the threshing before, Chen Jixing had already taken the bamboo mat and spread it in the open space to dry it separately.

After a few days of exposure, the corn kernels taken out to dry on the first day have been bitten loudly, and they can be stored in the warehouse immediately.