Chapter 288: Harvesting Rice
When delivering the fish, Zhou Ziya did not forget her own promise to go out.
The one who laughed at the Zhou family at first, but in the end, he was the old man who saw the fish baby more than the family, and it was Zhou Ziya who went to feed the fish several times and he helped, and she promised to send the fish. So I personally picked a big fat fish and raised it in a pot of water. When Zhou Zihu came back from school, let him hold the live fish and give it away.
Within two days of harvesting the fish, the rice began to be harvested, and the time for the busiest and most tiring time in the countryside came.
"Tomorrow the workshop will be closed for seven days, and everyone will go back to work the farm at home and take back the ripe crops. Seven days later, the workshop was reopened. ”
Zhou Yanliang followed his daughter's suggestion and gave dozens of people in the workshop a direct holiday, and they were released for seven days.
"Ah, really? It's just wonderful. Before, I was worried about what to do with my family's crops. The woman smiled happily and contentedly, and at first she was going to ask for leave, but she was afraid that the owner would not agree. When the time came, I lost this good job, and I was worried that I didn't sleep well for a few days.
"The owner is such a nice person. The owner is very good, the owner can rest assured, we will work hard in the future, and we will never be lazy. ”
Everyone is very grateful, everyone has a smile on their faces, after all, rural people, still regard crops as more important than life, and the autumn harvest is a big event, and it can't be delayed.
"Alright, alright. In a village, our Zhou family is not the one who picked the skin of the week, and the villagers in the township, this convenience is still definitely wanted. But I still have to say that in the front, I didn't work in the past few days on vacation, so I didn't get paid. ”
Zhou Yanliang said jokingly. I used to think that my daughter was too good to these people, but now I think it seems that my daughter is quite reasonable to do this.
"Ah, proprietor, it should be. You're welcome. I didn't have any work, where did I get the wages? ”
"That's it, owner. We're not the ones who aren't satisfied. There is no reason to receive wages without doing work. ”
"Yes, owner, you can give us a few days off and let us go to the farm, this is already the best owner. It's too late for us to be grateful, and if we ask for any more wages, it will be really unconscionable. We are definitely not such people. ”
One by one, they scrambled to say that it was normal, and if they didn't go to work, they wouldn't be paid, and these people were not unreasonable. After all, when these people were selected, the Zhou family deliberately selected people with good character. For example, those who steal chickens and touch dogs, have big mouths, are cautious, jealous, and have bad morals, so naturally they are not invited.
When harvesting rice, the Zhou family was much easier than others because of the animals. After all, the rice was cut in the middle of the beating, and it was wet and heavy and heavy. It should be packed in bamboo baskets or bags and transported back to the village where the rice is dried. It takes a lot of effort, and it's a tiring job. The Zhou family has livestock, and with the help of cattle, it is not only easy, but also the amount that can be carried at a time is the ability of several adults, which greatly improves the efficiency.
In the next few days, there was no idle person in Shanshui Village, unless it was a daughter-in-law who was about to give birth with a big belly. Even if the old woman doesn't go to the field, she will feed the pigs, cook, deliver food, dry rice and other easy work.
Everyone is busy, and they are naturally afraid that God will not give face. If the ripe rice is not harvested quickly, in case of a wind or rain, the rice will be blown into the water, but it will be bad. And when the farm is busy, God likes to come to thundershowers the most, obviously the sun is still overhead, which can heat a person to death. In the next moment, the clouds were directly thick, and the heavy rain was falling, so that you didn't have time to harvest the rice.
If the rice is not dried in time and is drenched in the rain, the rice will become moldy and sprout, and the grain will be spoiled.