Chapter 116
For the threshing machine, Chen County Magistrate didn't take it seriously at first, even if he had seen the finished threshing machine assembled by Jiang Changfa, it was the same, because he had never done an experiment, and because he knew that anyone would brag about his invention some.

But how much strength does it really reveal?It's just a person who is trying to catch fame.

Until the people in the Yamen Workshop made a crooked threshing machine and experimented with immature green rice, which really saved time and effort and improved efficiency.

The county magistrate Chen was also shocked. At this time, the magistrate came to Laichang County to investigate the threshing machine in person. At the same time, he also started publicity, and directly promoted the threshing machine to its peak.

Anyone who can afford it will spend money to order from the yamen, especially those landlords or rich merchants with a lot of land.

A large number of orders made iron and craftsmen scarce, and some people without connections couldn't get the goods at all, even if they paid the full price.

The threshing machine became an unprecedented hit for a while, and it was once sold for 20 taels.

However, few people know that the threshing machine actually came from Shanshang Village, and the news should have been blocked by the higher authorities.

Fortunately, all the threshing machines produced by Jiang's family were sold for seven or eighty-eight dollars based on their relatives. Except for Shanshang Village Bencun and Wang Biaotou, others also cost more than ten taels of silver to buy them.

But in fact, people will definitely not find out in a short period of time. The threshing machines with the Jiang family logo produced in Shanshang Village are of better quality than those produced by the Yamen, and the Jiang family's products are also free of 'maintenance engine oil'.

And these engine oils are also extracted by Jiang Changan from minerals. The quantity is not much, but it is enough to distribute these one hundred threshing machines for more than ten years.

Before harvesting the rice, it is necessary to sacrifice the sickle, and it is also a respect for the gods, thanking the gods for blessing the good weather, and praying for the old man to continue to bless the people to have a good harvest.

This is a common event held by the village. Every household takes sacrifices to the ancestral hall to make sacrifices. After the sickle is sacrificed, they can go to the fields to start work.

Jiang Chang'an was surprised to see it. This is the power of people's beliefs. It's true that people need some beliefs to complete their life.

Halfway through the burning of incense, Hong Lizheng finished his congratulatory speech, and then the sound of "opening the sickle" that the villagers were looking forward to sounded, and everyone could finally hold up the sickle and rush to the field.

Because the old people already had a premonition that it would rain in a few days at most, and it would still be a heavy rain.

The Jiang family didn't do unnecessary things today, and everyone went to the fields to harvest.

The school also officially took [-] days of busy farming leave to show its emphasis on agriculture, which of course was stipulated by the imperial court.

Jiang Chang'an's family of four, each of them brought a sickle, Jiang's second child also pushed a giant wheeled cart, and a threshing machine was placed on the cart.

Yao shi followed with two pairs of baskets, while Jiang Changan and Jiang Jiabao walked last.

However, at the fork in the road, the direction Jiang Lao Er walked was not their own field.

Jiang Changan knew in his heart that her father was a knife-mouthed bean curd, even if he said he didn't like his mother, he still felt sorry for his father, "Father, do you want to help grandparents harvest first?"

"Hey, why don't the two old ones work on their own until the year of the monkey? The heavy rain will come soon, so it won't be a waste of food." Jiang's second son is still stubborn, but he doesn't hesitate in his determination to help.

Jiang Changan and Jiang Jiabao looked at each other, and they both covered their mouths and snickered, but it didn't matter, anyway, their family only had five acres of land, and it would be over after a day or two of work.

On the contrary, the old man in the family suddenly has ten acres of land brought back from the clan, and there are only two people, so he really can't finish it in a while.

Thinking about it this way, when the family reached the ground, they also had the same thoughts as them, and the people in the big house had already been busy with the two old people there.

Afterwards, the people from the third room came late and didn't want to come, but their family didn't have a threshing machine, and even if it was a two-acre field, it would be tiring.

It's better to partner with everyone, just like when there is no separation, they don't need to be the main force, but they can finish their own work.

Although their family's farmland seems to be at a loss, the old man has ten acres of land and can't eat it all. Even if they don't divide their food, at least let the children eat in the main house, right?Anyway, it’s not bad, it’s pretty good, hee hee.

"Father and mother, let's help too." Jiang Laosan also took courage and a sickle, followed by four family members who looked like soldiers.

Although the old man Jiang saw the thoughts of his youngest son at a glance, he was very grateful to see the neat unity of the whole family.

As a family, it should be so harmonious, "What are you talking about, hurry up and work when you come, the first room and the third room are cutting rice, the second room and I are carrying and threshing, and then transport the threshed millet back to the threshing ground for drying. "

There is a stone field at the head of the village that is used as a threshing ground. In previous years, everyone used mats to dry the grains, but this year, Jiang Changan used the method to pour it into a concrete floor.

Naturally, the Jiang family was assigned a piece of land, and only their ping did not need to pay for it. Everyone else had to spend money, otherwise they would have no priority.

Now that the sun is just right, it will dry after two days in the sun, and it can be stored for a long time without getting moldy.

The Jiang family was working hard, and they saw some villagers spontaneously running over to help one after another, and one or two people came out of the family.

"Uncle Jiang, we are here to help, and then you will also lend us your threshing machine and sunscreen?"

Some people in the family are left to cut the rice, and the extra people go to help the Jiang family, so they can use the threshing machine.

The Jiang family's field is also dry now, and the family cleared a place early to install a threshing machine. Now Jiang's second child is stepping on the pole of the threshing machine, the rollers are turning, and the rice is slapped into the barrel .

After turning it around three or two times, the millet in the hand was smashed clean.

Unlike before, they had to beat the millet for a long time without falling clean. In comparison, the threshing machine is indeed very time-saving and labor-saving.

Someone came to help, old man Jiang was of course happy, there were quite a lot of people from outside, so old man Jiang asked Jiang's second son to go home and move the other two threshing machines.

But in fact, these two threshing machines are going to be sent to Aunt Jiang, but everyone has no time recently, and the harvest in the town is a day or two later than in their mountain village.

Old man Jiang just planned to wait for his family to come to the door with a threshing machine and help his in-laws harvest by the way when his house was almost cleaned up. They did this in previous years.

Why, Aunt Jiang often brings things back to her natal family. They don't have good things to return, so they should do something.

The Jiang family has only about [-] acres of land. This year, not only the threshing machine and sickle are used, but also many villagers come to change jobs to help, so it only took two days to complete the summer harvest.

The millet is sun-dried and put into the warehouse, but the rice stalks are still sun-dried in the field. After drying, they are taken back and used as rations for cattle for the winter.

In the Tian family in the town, Aunt Jiang and Jiang Wulang got up and went to the field before dawn, and took their four-year-old child with them. They were busy, full of life, and very energetic. Their family was always at the forefront of the team.

The Tian family has six or seven hundred acres of land, but there are only a few dozen people in their family, and they can't take care of them at all, so they hired five long-term workers, and each of them usually looks at about one hundred acres of land.

But when the harvest is good, a dozen or so day laborers will be hired to help.

It's just that it's very difficult to find part-time workers this year, because they are either hired by the yamen to make threshing machines, or all part-time workers go to work in the landlord's business with threshing machines.

Because the threshing machine saves trouble, the working time is greatly shortened, and the merchants increase the harvest, and the wages must also rise accordingly.

The key is that it is not tiring, and the wages are high. People are definitely more willing to go to those houses with threshing machines.

Anyway, this year the Tian family only invited five or six short-term workers, because they had no connections, so they paid tens of taels of silver to the Yamen to order a threshing machine, but after so many days, Mao did not see it.

It is said that the threshing machine may not receive the goods until the autumn harvest or next year, but by then, the day lily will be cold, how much grain will they lose?
The old couple of the Tian family were so anxious that they mobilized all family members to participate in the summer harvest, but of course those who did not work often were not happy, such as Aunt Jiang's sisters-in-law and children.

Seeing the positive appearance of Wufang's family, some people immediately disliked the people of Wufang, "Hey, the sycophant has gone to please the old couple again." Tian's second sister-in-law pouted at Tian's third sister-in-law, her eyes full of contempt.

But I couldn't help being envious, what happened to Jiang's sycophant, the two elders of the Tian family sincerely liked her, and they often gave the elders a lot of benefits, even Jiang's natal family benefited greatly.

This is a treatment that is unmatched by any of their families. Of course, it is right that their natal family is not poor, and they don't look down on those small favors. Only the Jiang family can be grateful to Dade.

"If you don't please the Tian family, how can the Jiang family get food and cloth? The Jiang family will never do business at a loss."

For example, the Tian Wulang she married, everyone said that he was a dou who couldn't afford to support him. As a result, Wulang's homework is getting better and better now. The master said that next year he is expected to be a scholar.

Moreover, she is good-looking, and she has been trained by men to study hard for her for many years, to please her parents-in-law and to give her heart and soul.

Who doesn't praise Tian Goro's good fortune, married a beautiful and capable woman, and is very prosperous.
Whenever their sister-in-law had any troubles, not only the parents-in-law, but even outsiders would think that they had bullied Mrs. Jiang, and that was the most pretending little green tea.

Mrs. Tian San has suffered many times, and she no longer wants to pay attention to Jiang's scheming bitch.

"Hmph, sooner or later the Tian family will be cheated out, and the Jiang family will become rich instead. Just wait and see, that's a white-eyed wolf." The second sister-in-law of Tian was dissatisfied.

Mrs. Tian San looked up at the sky helplessly, that's not the case, the Jiang family is not that kind of greedy people, and the Jiang family has always had a sense of proportion, otherwise they wouldn't have won the sincere love of the old couple.

"By the way, when will the Jiang family come to help?" It doesn't matter if you give some food, if a dozen members of the Jiang family come to help, they will save trouble.

It's still morning, it's too hot to go out, sweating all over, and you have to work later, how can you bear it?
And let me ask which in-laws can do the job of the Jiang family?Taking care of the Tian family's harvest every year, I am afraid that their daughter will starve in the Tian family, or that her husband's family will treat her badly.

Anyway, even the sister-in-law's family can't do it, and the water splashed by the married daughter is almost profitable.

If you want to say that you think more about your married daughter, there are really not many, whether they are poor or rich.

The second sister-in-law Tian, ​​whose natal family has a similar background, has four or five brothers from her natal family, and they have never seen them come to help. When there is an advantage, she runs faster than anyone else.

Wealth is like a sister-in-law's natal family, it's as simple as raising your hand, but she has never done decent things for the Tian family, let alone caring about the summer harvest of her in-laws.

The third sister-in-law Tian is in a similar situation to the fourth sister-in-law Tian, ​​so it doesn't matter if they don't mention it, they won't help the Tian family anyway.

"Oh, how could it be so fast? Everyone's situation is similar this year, and their family must be in a hurry. How can they have time to take care of the Tian family's affairs?" Second Aunt Tian's eyes were full of contempt.

The Tian family couldn't buy a threshing machine, let alone the poor Jiang family, but at the same time, she hoped that the Jiang family could come to help with the summer harvest.

After all, I can work less. They haven't worked for many years. They married into Tian's family to enjoy the blessings, not to work. Otherwise, she would marry someone and stay at her mother's house to work, so she wouldn't have to come here Shou Tian's second child's uselessness.

"Maybe I won't come anymore. I heard that Jiang's family had a big conflict and they separated a long time ago. I'm afraid the Jiang family doesn't know about it yet." Tian Sisao said suddenly in a low voice.

"What?! Separated?!" Tian Sansao cried out in surprise, causing the front team to look back, and she hurriedly covered her mouth.

Are the two elders of the Jiang family still alive?As the saying goes, parents don't separate families, otherwise they will be ridiculed by outsiders for being unfilial, they will be looked down upon, and their reputation will be hindered.

What kind of hatred does this have to cause?To tear a family apart?It's no wonder that the three Jiang family brothers who I met before felt weird, and it turned out that they had a bad relationship.

Aunt Jiang was also worried. Of course, she didn't know that her natal brothers had split up, let alone that the Jiang family was burning pottery and building a house.

When the house was built, relatives and friends were only invited to celebrate when the beams were erected. Old man Jiang also planned this way, otherwise his in-laws would think he wanted to borrow money.

Aunt Jiang was just worried that the weather would change soon, and Xiashou of her natal family would also be too late, because she knew her brothers, lazy and indifferent, and she was afraid that her parents would turn gray in a hurry.

"Don't worry, after our family has finished harvesting, go help the parents over there immediately." Of course Tian Wulang knew what his daughter-in-law was thinking.

She has always been an easy-to-understand woman, but people always say that she has scheming, she is simply blind.

Aunt Jiang looked at her husband speechlessly, waiting for her rice to be harvested?Can their rice be harvested?Now I just hope there will be less mold, right?Their family also had no time to snatch it up.

Whether this man is really stupid or fake, but in the end he cares about himself, he has to pay back, he has to be coaxed, man, he is like a child, "Okay, then please come to my husband, we can definitely go back to my mother's house to help .

At that time, let daddy make wooden toys for us Xiaolang." It seems that her daddy only has this stuff, and Aunt Jiang is also very helpless.

Tian Wulang immediately felt the strength in his body, wishing to finish harvesting his own rice immediately, and go to help his mother-in-law's family harvest without stopping.

It is said that they have never helped before, and they will definitely be able to do it today.

Granny Tian suddenly felt that her son was so stupid. Fortunately, her daughter-in-law was still willing to coax him. This kind of patience is really not something ordinary people can have. It is this kind of patience that has been encouraged over the years, and her son's studies will only improve.

At this moment, a large team came towards them in the distance, "Hey, do you think that is the in-laws?"

Mr. Tian is not sure, because in previous years, if his in-laws came, they would still walk on two legs.

But now, there are two bullock carts on the opposite side. Not only are there people sitting in the carts, but also, is that a threshing machine? !There are four or five giant wheel carts? !
"Father?! Mother! Eldest brother, second elder brother, and third elder brother." Aunt Jiang took a closer look, and found out that they were her parents, brothers, sisters-in-law, and nephews and nieces she was most familiar with.

Aunt Jiang was very pleasantly surprised, and at the same time felt sore
(End of this chapter)

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