Chapter 16: Summer Harvest

It was not too late for them to go out, but there were already many people in the fields, and the rice was piled up in patches in the fields, and there was a scene of heat everywhere.

"Be careful, hold the rice stalk higher, don't backhand, it's easy to be cut by a knife." Cheng Wei taught Gu Xicheng how to cut rice with a knife, because the knife is not straight, and the semi-arc zigzag edge is easy to slide.

Everyone will be injured more or less when they cut rice for the first time, and he prepared a handful of holly leaves in the basket of Tian Ji in the morning, for fear that Gu Xicheng would see blood.

Fortunately, Gu Xixuan was a little rusty at first, and soon he caught up with Cheng Wei's speed. However, he is not as good as Cheng Wei, maybe because he is too tall, and he feels very stiff after bending his waist for a while. Cheng Wei didn't seem to know that he was tired, and he kept bending over to cut from one end to the other, and he didn't even see him stretch his waist.

"Is it hot or not? There was honeysuckle tea in the back basket, and I brought several tubes. Cheng Wei caught up with Gu Xicheng from behind while cutting, he looked at the height of the sun, the time was not too late, and the rice in the field had already been harvested by one-third.

Gu Xixuan looked at the sweaty Cheng Wei and shook his head, there are a lot of small insects in the field, and if you can't help but get into your clothes and bite it, it can make people uncomfortable for a long time.

General Gu never knew that he also had such a squeamish day.

"Put your sleeves down, and I'll tie them up for you." Cheng Wei obviously also saw the red and swollen places on his arm, the rice was finely haired, and it could make people itch all day long, and the more they scratched, the more they scratched, the more they itched.

Cheng Wei lowered his head and used a strap to solidify his cuffs, and a bead of sweat under the straw hat slid down the bridge of his nose, hanging on the tip of his nose. Gu Xixuan subconsciously used his free hand to help him.

Cheng Wei was so shocked by his sudden movements that he leaned back, and after he understood, he hurriedly lowered his head and said with disgust: "The hair in one hand, don't move!" ”

Disgusted and disgusted, Cheng Wei still honestly helped Gu Xicheng tie up the two cuffs, he glanced at the small pile of rice placed in the field and said, "You go and tie the cut rice head and tail into two bundles, and we will pick them back in a while." ”

"There's a lot more in the fields." Gu Xixuan looked at it, if he didn't move quickly, the two of them might not be able to finish it today.

"It doesn't matter, only half of it is harvested today, and the cut will be picked back for threshing for a while, otherwise it will be even more difficult to thresh if the rice stalks are dried for a while." Cheng Wei explained two more sentences, then took a knife and wiped his sweat with his sleeve, and went to cut his rice again.

Gu Xicheng hugged the rice into two piles according to what Cheng Wei said, no wonder they had to put each other head and tail, because the rice stalks were soft and slippery. He used the bamboo strips he had prepared in the morning to tie up the rice sturdy, and with the flat poles made of bamboo, he carried two large handfuls of rice home.

Cheng Wei saw that when he was picking rice with a bamboo pole, he was about to put down the knife to help, but Gu Xicheng looked left and right, and there were people harvesting rice next to him.

The rice stalks are soft and can't stand up, and with a little effort, the rice will be tossed off a lot in the field. Moreover, the flat pole made of bamboo is long and thick, which is very difficult to shoulder. Those who are accustomed to farming know that they must string one end first, and then put their backs on their backs and then string the other end.

Cheng Wei didn't see that there was nothing wrong with him, so he buried his head and continued to busy him.

Gu Xicheng picked it four times in total, and when the sun was at its strongest, Cheng Wei put down the knife, hugged the cut rice and bundled it firmly, and let Gu Xicheng pick it home.

The two of them didn't have lunch, and the rice Gu Xicheng picked up was put in the yard, and there were a few wooden planks on the ground.

"Shall we have lunch later? After a while, I'm afraid that the rice stalks will be dry. Cheng Wei discussed with Gu Xixuan.

"Okay." Gu Xicheng nodded, he carried a bundle of rice to a cooler place and untied the bamboo strips.

"I'll rock the core and see if there's any problem." Gu Xicheng motioned to Cheng Wei to stand in front of the core, and the handle he changed was on the side of the core, so it didn't get in the way.

Gu Xixuan had a lot of strength, and the core clicked loudly, Cheng Wei took a small handful of rice, hesitated for a while and put it on the core full of awls.

"Ahh He didn't expect the awl to move with such great force, he didn't grasp it steadily, and several rice stalks were twisted by the core.

"Don't reach out!" Gu Xixuan stopped him in time. This is no joke, the awl on it is deliberately sharpened, and the speed is so fast that I am afraid that my fingers will be gone.

"I didn't reach out...... I'll hold on to it for a moment. Cheng Wei stabilized his mind, and Gu Xixuan also cooperated to slow down a little, this time put the rice stalk in, there was no problem.

Cheng Wei looked at the rice stalk that had been taken off by the core rolling, he looked at Gu Xixuan in surprise and said, "Amazing! ”

Gu Xixuan nodded with a deep expression, that is, he said that he was also a person who had repaired mecha and spaceships on the Blue Star, and there was nothing to be proud of in transforming a small broken thing made of four or five wooden planks.

cough, Major General Gu, look back, your tail is waging happily.

Cheng Wei and Gu Xicheng's two acres of rice were still divided into two days to harvest, and after the threshing that day, Cheng Wei went to the utility room and turned over three pieces of shabby drapery. He faced the sun and patched up the holes in the yard, and then carefully poured the threshed rice on top to dry.

The yard is full of loose soil, and the rice is dried directly, and when it is dried, it is all mud and sand. Later in the town, when people collect it, the price will be kept very low.

But that day, because they went back early, they caused a few gossips in the village. In the busy farming season, every family is eager to grow up in the field, and even brings lunch to the field to eat, how can the children of the farmer be so squeamish.

Older people always have endless topics to talk about when they get together, and when it comes to the two of them, they can talk for most of the day.

For example, Gu Xixuan's short hair and taller than ordinary people, such as whether there is no adult in the family who dares to be so lazy or something, and for example, if his own baby dares to be like this, he will not be scolded early.

Wei Xiaodad naturally knows it, and when he hears people say that he is two, he will always help to say that the bones of the little two are still light, they can't stand the sun, and they don't have much experience.

The east and west families are short, and the big guys don't have any malice, but they don't know where to talk about the topic after two sentences.

Fortunately, God is very face-saving, the weather has always been very good, and the next morning Cheng Wei and Gu Xixuan harvested the remaining rice and picked it back.

The surface of the rice that had been dried the day before had been dried, and Cheng Weidu moved it to a drape, and then dried the newly threshed rice thinly.

"What's wrong with your hand?" When Gu Xicheng was eating at noon, he just stretched out his chopsticks, and it happened that he raised his head, and he saw several large blisters flickering in Gu Xicheng's palm.

"It's fine." Gu Xixuan glanced at his palm with the tail of his eye, and snorted and took a bite of rice.

Although he couldn't taste it, he probably worked hard in the past two days, and all Cheng didn't cook was dry rice. This is much more hungry than porridge, and Gu Xixuan feels full when he eats it. And Cheng Wei also boiled pumpkin at noon, the very powdery taste is very similar to the sweet potato he ate when he came to this other world on the first day, he likes it very much.

Cheng Wei glanced at him, and when he was full, he went to the room and took a needle out.

"Reach out and I'll see." Cheng Wei sat on the stone bench next to the door of the hall and said.