Chapter 125: Harvesting Rice and Eating Meat
This year, the price of peaches has risen, and the villagers are enthusiastic, and they have picked all the peaches in two days, and the rest is either wounded or still green, but the number is very small, and it is easy to eat at home or send it to relatives.
In the evening of the next day, all the peaches were delivered to the boats, and the five boats that could be navigated in the river went all the way towards the mouth of the Danjiang River.
Du Yunnuan turned around after watching the ship sail away with ink, Du Yunyan held a bowl with washed and cut peach meat in the bowl, "Little sister, how many pieces to eat?" ”
Du Yunnuan opened his mouth, and Du Yunyan picked up a piece and threw it into Du Yunnuan's mouth.
Li Cui passed by and patted Du Yunyan on the arm, "Eat less peaches, and it will be uncomfortable to have heartburn later." ”
"Got it, mother."
Du Yunnuan didn't dare to eat too much, she ate a peach during the day, and then she followed Du Yunyan to eat two peaches and stopped eating, Du Yunyan took a piece of peach to tease the ink, and the ink was licked a few bites and then stopped.
Du Yunyan had no choice but to throw the peaches to the wrong one, and the wrong one ate the peaches in a few clicks.
"The rice will be harvested again in two days, and it is estimated that your house will have to finish harvesting the rice before it can be cleaned up."
"Well, I know, my family will have to work hard for a while."
Du Yunyan nodded, "It's like this every year, I'm used to it." ”
The sun is scorching, in the scorching heat, cutting rice in such weather is really not an easy job, Du Yunnuan saw Du Liansheng and they almost collapsed on the chair when they came back every night, they couldn't even eat, and they were distressed but there was nothing they could do.
I can only find a way to do more things, help deliver water and food, use the Weaver Girl Fan to fan them with a cool breeze, and so on.
Rice is different from wheat ears, the rice is basically cut in the field, directly in the field for threshing, at this time can only use manpower to thresh the rice into a large wooden barrel, and then by the Li family, Wu family they use rice radish to carry the rice to the drying field to the top.
After seven or eight days, dozens of acres of rice were finally harvested.
This is not the end, Du Liansheng and Du Liancheng hurriedly set up pears for the cattle and began to plow the field, and the dried rice on the drying field had to enter the windmill for dust and selection, and the sand, weeds and shriveled rice husks inside were all lifted off, leaving behind the full rice.
Except for the rice that is kept for seeding and dried separately, all the other rice is put into the warehouse after drying.
"This year, except for those who pay taxes, we will not sell the rest of the rice, so as not to have no rice to eat at the beginning of spring next year, but can only eat sweet potato buds."
And what Li thinks about is that Du Yunyan should say goodbye in the spring of next year, and it will not be good if he can't even take out a bowl of rice to entertain others when the time comes.
When the rice was harvested, half of those fields were planted with another round of late rice, and the rest was left empty.
Seeing Du Yunnuan's puzzled eyes, Du Liansheng explained, "The fields can't be planted with rice all year round, the fertility is not enough, after a while, these fields should be planted with rape flowers, and the field where the late rice is harvested must be planted with safflower grass, and when the next spring, the safflower grass will be turned directly under the soil, and the field can be fertilized." ”
Du Yunnuan said that she understood, but she was very curious about rape flowers.
"The rapeseed oil we use when we stir-fry vegetables is squeezed from the seeds of rapeflower."
Du Liansheng replied while carving the carving on the bedpost for Du Yunnuan.
The furniture in Du Yunnuan's house was basically ready, because Li said that he wanted to hang mosquito nets, Du Liansheng added bedposts to her bed, and he was afraid that the little girl would feel monotonous, so he specially carved flowers.
When the Li family washed and cleaned the house, even Ruolan had rushed the things these days.
A thin layer of mattresses was laid under the bed, and then a reed mat was spread, and Li prepared a thin quilt for Du Yunnuan to cover at night in the summer, and the other thick mattresses and covers were stored in the wardrobe for her.
Even Ruolan moved Du Yunnuan's clothes and things over, hung curtains and mosquito nets, if it wasn't for the lack of time, she also wanted to cover Du Yunnuan's desk and chair back with a tablecloth and chair back cover.
When the whole house was cleaned up, Du Yunnuan was allowed to enter, and the room that originally looked a little empty suddenly became popular.
Li said with a smile, "Tomorrow morning, let your uncle go to the town, buy some meat and come back, and our family will also hold a housewarming banquet for Nannan, and officially move in tomorrow night." ”
"Huh? Do you want a housewarming feast? ”
"Of course, our family is moving, everyone must remember to prepare a housewarming gift for Nannan!"
Du Yunyan was stunned, "Do you want to prepare a gift?" ”
"Fifth sister, why don't you tie me a grass cricket? I put it on the windowsill, and when other insects saw it there, they didn't dare to come over! ”
Du Yunyan immediately said, "This is wrapped up in me, I will tie you a grass cricket, and you can also tie a grass butterfly, and decorate your room beautifully." ”
"Thank you, Fifth Sister!"
Li Cui glanced at Du Yunnuan with some gratitude, her stupid daughter, let her prepare it herself, I don't know what kind of gift she will prepare!
Early the next morning, Du Liansheng really drove the ox cart to the town, brought the last batch of ripe peaches to the town, and gave Du Lianping, Du Yunlan, Du Yunjie, Du Yunda, and each a basket to Zhuo Nan.
Then he went to the market, bought fat and lean pork, fat oil, big bones, etc. according to Li's requirements, and saw the fresh lotus pod on the market, Du Liansheng bought a basket of lotus pods, and some other seasonings, etc., and returned with a full load.
In the afternoon, the entire Du family was filled with the smell of meat.
After Li fried the lard, he scooped up the lard residue, pinched some salt and mixed it, and then took it to Du Yunnuan, "Nannan, take it and eat it as a snack with your fifth sister." ”
Du Yunnuan took it, and then sat under the eaves of the porch with Du Yunyan and began to eat, Du Yunyan was giving Du Yunnuan grass butterflies, and she couldn't stop with both hands, so she asked Du Yunnuan to feed her.
Du Yunnuan didn't mind, took one and fed it to Du Yunyan, then found a smaller one to throw to the ink, and ate another one for himself, and suddenly felt that such a leisurely day was too comfortable.
This is mainly compared to the days when she was harvesting rice some time ago, she ran in and out every day, and she couldn't say much work, but she was really tired.
"Oh, my family has eaten meat several times this year, but we didn't have so much meat in previous years."
Du Yunnuan was stunned for a moment, "Although I think it's a reason to hold a housewarming banquet for me, but grandma is not just for me, I was so tired from harvesting rice before, I see that the eldest uncle and the second uncle have lost a lot of weight, grandma should be planning to make up for everyone, right?" ”
Du Yunyan finished the butterfly in her hand, and reached out to stroke it on Du Yunnuan's head, "Then there is also your credit in it, after all, our family didn't have so much silver in previous years!" ”