Little Douzi nodded: "I know." ”

Lin Lan led him out of the room, and saw Lin Hong and Lin Jun drying the millet, and Xiaodouzi took a grass rake and ran to the yard to help after seeing it.

"Xiaojun, where's grandma!"

"My grandmother went to my aunt's house, and all the millet she threshed in the afternoon was dried over there." Lin Hong pointed to the hall, "Grandma said that there is porridge on the table. ”

Lin Lan glanced at it and said, "You also eat a little?" ”

"No, we just had a soda." Lin Jun patted his stomach as he spoke, "Listen, my stomach is full of water." ”

Lin Lan looked at his tanned red and shiny face and laughed.

I went to the hall house and drank a bowl of vegetable porridge, packed up a few melons and carried them to the backyard, untied the manhole cover, and saw that a bamboo basket was already hanging in the well, which contained watermelons.

Lin Lan tied the rope on the bamboo basket to the wooden stick, put the basket down the well, covered it and went to the rice field, where all the rice in the field had been cut.

Li Xiangyang saw her coming over and was busy with Tian Kan: "What's the matter?" Are you comfortable? ”

"It's much more comfortable." Lin Lan saw that his face was covered with sweat, and his face and exposed arms were tanned, "Tired, right?" ”

Li Xiangyang shook his head with a smile: "It's okay, you go back and rest." ”

The two said a few words, and Li Xiangyang went down to the field to tart the grain.

Lin Lan knew that Lin Guodong had taken Wu Shuqun's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to the construction brigade of the piece of grain. They plan to work overtime today to take back all the acres of land.

Seeing that she couldn't help, Lin Lan turned around and went home, Xiaodouzi and Lin Jun were playing with dogs in the hall, and Lin Hong fell asleep on the recliner.

Lin Lan grabbed a handful of millet and got it up, and after a day of exposure, the water vapor had dried, and straw and grass clippings floated everywhere on it.

Lin Lan put on a straw hat and took a fine rake to rake the grass clippings, raking the grass seems simple but very troublesome, the hand that holds the handle of the thin rake has to keep making dark force, and it has to be relaxed, so that the thatch in the rice can be dusted out little by little, and it will not bring too many grains.

After raking twice, there are still some fine grass clippings that have to be swept with a broom to sweep away, and the grass clippings on the millet can be swept out with skill by pressing the broom with your hand.

After repeating this several times, the millet dried in the yard dam was much cleaner. After drying, use the wind valley machine to sift out the grain to ensure that the particles are full, the color is golden, and there is no grass clippings in sight.

At five o'clock, Wu Shufen came over from Zhou Shisong, and the mother and daughter began to prepare dinner again, boiling a pot of mung bean porridge and steaming a full pot of dry rice before starting to stir-fry.

When the sun goes down, the grain is harvested.

Wu Shufen took Lin Jun and Lin Honggan, and Lin Lan was not allowed to move with one hand, which made her embarrassed. promised that she would not do anything heavy, and only helped sweep the grain, so Wu Shufen agreed.

Several people first cleaned the eaves, put urea bags underneath, and then pushed them to the edge of the eaves with a grain rake, and used a dustpan to pick up the millet and pour it on the urea bag.

When the grain was harvested, it was already gray, and its neck and arms were itching.

When it was dark, a dozen or so people carried their belongings and grains and returned home with buckets on their backs, spread out the last few picks of grain and hung them in the hall, and ate dinner in the courtyard.

Lin Guodong wiped his sweat with a handkerchief: "If there are more people, the work is faster, and all the millet in the four acres of fields will be recovered in one day." ”

Lin Guoliang said with a smile: "More than a dozen people are strong laborers, can you not be happy!" ”

Lin Lan cut the watermelon and melon and brought them to the small dining table: "Eat some watermelon first, the rice will be set up immediately." ”

Wu Shuqun said: "Xiaolan, you are busy with yours, don't worry about us." ”

"It's not busy, it's all my mom doing it."

After eating, everyone sat in the courtyard to enjoy the shade, and after a while, Wu Shuqun's family said goodbye and walked back with a fan.

Lin Lan and Li Xiangyang are also ready to take Xiaodouzi home.

Wu Shufen said to Lin Lan: "You don't have to come over in the past two days, I will take Xiaojun and them to help dry the grain, and you will come back on the day when the public grain is paid." ”

Lin Lan held her arm, and before she could speak, Li Xiangyang said gratefully: "Thank you, Mom!" ”

"Thank you!" Wu Shufen looked at him with disgust, "During this time, don't be too tired to look at her, just wait for three months." She said and pulled Lin Lan aside, "Xiaolan, the child is still young, I think you and Xiangyang should sleep separately!" ”

Lin Lan glanced at Li Xiangyang, who was being educated by her father on the side, and nodded with a red face: "I know." ”

The old couple saw that the three of them had gone away, so they turned around and entered the courtyard.

Lin Lan's family of three returned home, Lao Li was in the courtyard to cool off, and when he saw them coming back, he stepped forward happily: "I boiled white fungus soup, it's already cold, you go and drink a bowl." ”

"Thank you, Dad!"

The three of them entered the house and drank a bowl of it, Li Xiangyang rushed to wash the bowl, and then took Xiaodouzi upstairs to take a bath.

Lao Li said to Lin Lan with a smile: "Xiaolan, I told Qiaohui and them, you go later during this time, and let them watch and make the cakes in the morning." ”

Lin Lan didn't expect that Lao Li had already told Qiaohui and them, and said gratefully: "Thank you, Dad!" ”

Lao Li Le looked at her hehehe: "Thank you for what I'm doing!" Thank you for your hard work! Tell your dad what you like to eat, and dad will make it for you. ”

Lin Lan's nose was a little sour, and she nodded heavily: "Hmm!" I'll tell you. ”

"Go ahead, go upstairs and rest."

Lin Lan nodded, went upstairs to rinse up, changed into pajamas, and cooled off on the balcony.

Li Xiangyang came in with slippers and looked at her with a smile: "I sent the old man back, and I heard my life all the way, and my ears were calloused." When I was leaving just now, my father-in-law read it again. ”

Lin Lan sighed helplessly: "They are too careful. I don't feel anything other than nausea when I eat fish. ”

"I won't buy fish to eat in the future."

"Hmm!" Lin Lan looked at him, "July and a half are not busy, you know the Mid-Autumn Festival next month, you have to be busy making moon cakes." Sister Yuezhen has a big belly and is also doing things, so it's okay if you don't see it. If I don't feel anything uncomfortable, I'll prepare the mooncake filling as usual. ”

Li Xiangyang thought for a moment and nodded: "Leave the heavy work to Qiaohui and Xinglan to do." ”

"Okay." Lin Lan glanced at him with a smile, "You too, what kind of heavy work does the pastry shop have!" ”

****

At the end of August, Lin Lan and Li Xiangyang took Xiaodouzi to a primary school to take the entrance exam.

When the three of them arrived at the classroom for the preschool exam, Xiaodouzi said to the two, "Mom, Uncle Xiangyang, you have to wait for me to come out!" ”

Lin Lan nodded, worried that his little head was thinking too much, rubbed his head, and said softly: "Good son, you are still young, and you didn't pass the exam this time." We'll do it again next time. ”

Xiaodouzi looked at her unhappily: "Mom, I can be admitted to the first grade." ”