Although sweet potatoes and potatoes have a high yield, they have a very bad drawback, which is not easy to store and transport.

For example, after the grain is dried, it can be stored properly and can be stored for several years, but sweet potatoes and potatoes are not, so these cannot be completely the main food.

The status of cereals, especially rice, has not changed because of the advent of sweet potatoes and potatoes.

Therefore, the increase in the income of double cropping rice plays a very important role in the development of Jiangnan.

Besides, sweet potatoes and potatoes are the credit of Lord Qincha Gu, even if he has a little credit, it is only an auxiliary.

If the yield of double cropping rice increases next year, it will be his political achievement.

Although he was born in a family, in order to make Jiangnan short of him, he spent a lot of money and favors. The new emperor has a tough approach, and is absolutely not soft on officials who are corrupt and take bribes and bend the law.

Therefore, if he wants to be promoted, he can't rely on the money in his hand, but also has real political achievements.

The opportunity is in front of him, and Lord Liu is not a fool, of course he will arrange it without hesitation, for him, it is just a matter of a little silver.

If it succeeds, it will be a considerable political achievement.

Liu Pan'er made a blessing, and replied with a light smile: "Thank you Lord Liu for your encouragement, the women must try more." ”

Lord Liu is looking forward to it, this Liu Niangzi's actions have been amazing many times. Hopefully, by next year, he'll be amazed again.

Half an hour later, Lord Liu's guard returned, holding ten ripe ears of rice in his hands, "My lord, this is the ear of rice in the rice field in the village of Jiaobanqiao next door, and the rice over there has begun to be harvested." ”

Lord Liu took it, held it in his hand, and then ran to the rice field of Liu Paner's house, compared them one by one, and found that Liu Paner's rice ears and rice grains were not only more, but also fuller.

"Good rice!" Lord Liu praised and pulled out ten ears of rice, "Mrs. Liu, this official will take it back and record how many grains per ear of rice your family have on average compared to other local families." ”

Liu Paner replied respectfully: "Lord Liu cares about the people, and the women admire it, so the adults can pick it at will." ”

Lord Liu took these ears of rice back and prepared to count them himself.

The threshing floor has been built, and Liu Paner went to Baisha Town to buy a lot of sickles to prepare for harvesting the rice in the field. Their nearly 10 acres of rice is a very difficult task for their family, all women and children.

If she could, she wanted to hire someone to do the work.

However, the people in Lijia Village, every household has rice, and it is estimated that everyone is busy with their own first, and there is no time to come out to harvest rice for others for the time being.

Liu Pan'er looked at her sister-in-law and the child, "Do you really want to harvest the rice yourself?" It's hot and sunny! Maybe your face will be tanned and peeled. ”

Liu smiled, "What are you afraid of if you get a tan!" The most important thing now is our rice, and we can't be sloppy. Although we now have silver in our hands and can buy grain to eat, we can rest assured that the rice we grow at home can be returned to the warehouse. ”

Li Dabao patted his chest, "Mother, I can also harvest rice, I have a lot of strength!" ”

Two sisters, Li Fang and Li Li, also said that they could cut rice.

Li Rong also scrambled, "Mother, I'll go too, I have a lot of strength." ”

Liu Pan'er thought for a while, and looked at her youngest son and daughter, "Anan and Xiaobao are still young, and we both go to work in the fields, who cooks at home?" Ah Rong, Ah Li and Ah Fang take turns to cook at home with their children. ”

Liu shook his head, "Ah Rong is younger than Ah Fang and Ah Li, so she cooks and takes care of the children at home, so she doesn't have to rotate." ”

"Third aunt, Sister Ah Rong is two years younger than us, wait until she grows up, and then let her go to the ground. We have a lot of strength, we eat a lot, and we can do heavier work. Li Fang said, love her sister.

Feeling the love and care of her sisters, Li Rong was also very moved, "Thank you, sister, I will cook food for you at home." ”

In this way, the arrangement was made, and Liu sharpened his sickle and prepared to start harvesting the rice tomorrow.

Li Xiaobao smiled, "Mother, let me ask Grandma Li, does her arms and legs hurt?" If it doesn't hurt, it won't rain, and we'll start harvesting. ”

Liu Pan'er smiled and thought deeply, "Pay attention to the weather conditions at any time, Xiaobao is very thoughtful." This task will be handed over to you, and you will ask Grandma Li. ”

Li Xiaobao was quite proud when he got the scratch prize, and went to the next door to ask Mrs. Li's grandmother.

After a while, Li Xiaobao came back, "Mother, Grandma Li said that her arms and legs don't hurt, it should be a sunny day recently, let us harvest quickly." When I went, the village chief's grandfather was sharpening his sickle, and the harvest would start tomorrow. ”

"Okay, go to bed early today, get up early tomorrow to cool down, and go harvest rice." Liu Pan'er gave an order, and everyone began to wash up and clean up, and lay down early to rest.

The reason why Liu Paner agreed to harvest rice with the whole family was because the village could not hire anyone to help her family work, after all, every family had a rice field and had to harvest it; On the other hand, because Liu Paner hopes to endure hardships with the children, not only to unite the family, but also to make the children understand the hardships of life.

Who knows that Chinese food is hard work.

The next day, it was still a little dark outside, and Liu got up.

Liu Paner watched the child sleep soundly, reluctant to scream, and washed lightly. As for the child, when will he wake up and when will he go back to harvest rice.

But when the children heard the noise, they got up one after another, and all of them got dressed with their eyes closed.

When I got to the field, the sky was bright and I could see the rice clearly.

Liu Paner cut two handfuls of rice, then tied a knot and made a rope and placed it on the ground to tie up the rice.

The children don't know how to tie knots, so Liu Paner and Liu tied the knots.

Li Dabao, Li Fang, and Li Li began to harvest rice.

In their hometown, they had cut wheat. Rice stems are harder to cut than wheat, so they have to exert more force.

Liu Paner reminded with concern, "Slow down, don't rush, be careful with your feet, don't get hurt." ”

Li Dabao replied with a smile: "Mother, I'm careful!" ”

"Third aunt, don't worry, we know it." Li Fang and Li Li sisters also promised to be careful, they can deal with what they have done before.

Liu Pan'er began to harvest rice, which she did when she was a child, but after going to school, she rarely did it. I wasn't skilled at first, but I slowly found my senses. Although the speed came up, I was really tired.

Liu is tall and has a lot of strength, and he used to be good at working at home, but now he is familiar with these jobs.

Although she is tired from work, her heart is now very open and happy.

Li Rong baked scallion pancakes and boiled eggs at home, and there was also a clay pot of rice soup, which was placed at one end of the small flat dan, and at the other end was a basket containing scallion pancakes and eggs.

Li Rong locked the door and asked her younger brother and sister to go to Grandma Li's house next door, and she went to deliver food to the family.

At this time, every family in the field has to harvest rice, and they are busy, but they can vaguely hear the hearty laughter of the villagers because of the joy of the harvest.

The laughter diluted the hard work and filled with the joy of the harvest.

When she arrived at the field, Li Rong found a flat place suitable for eating, and shouted loudly: "Mother, aunt, brother and sister have eaten." ”

Early in the morning, the fruits of the labor of the five people were not small, and two terraced fields were harvested, which was enough for seven or eight points of land. At this rate, they should have no problem harvesting three acres of land a day.

Everyone had been working all morning, hungry, and came over to eat.

"Everyone did a good job in the morning, eat more, and we have to continue later." Liu smiled, and after washing his hands in the creek, he came over to eat.