Splendid Pastoral: The Strong and Hot Wife

Chapter 126 Harvest the Wheat

Xu Xiaomi and Xiaoxiang were chatting in the kitchen of the west front yard, while packing the refined mercury in a delicate small iron bottle.

She never thought that there would be someone on the roof watching her do all this in the middle of the night.What's more unfortunate is that what she said also fell into the man's ears.

The morning sun shone on every corner of Xujia Village, and Xu Xiaomi returned home covered in morning dew.

She went to deliver food and water to those five people very early this morning, because yesterday her grandfather told her that they were going to Guilin Village together today.

Xu Xiaomi asked her cousins ​​to stop the mill by the river, and planned to harvest all the wheat today.

After breakfast, my grandparents, Qiu Qiming, my second uncle and my cousins ​​took their tools and rode a wooden ox to Guilin Village.

Xu Xiaomi feeds the chickens and rabbits at home, and rides an all-iron bicycle that weighs [-] catties, made by her uncle according to the drawings she drew, with her younger sister Xu Xiaoting sitting in front and Xu Hao sitting in the back.

The three brothers and sisters wandered on the main road of Xujia Village, chasing relatives who rode away on wooden oxen.

After a while, the three of them caught up with the mighty wooden cow brigade ahead.

The cousins ​​looked at Xu Xiaomi riding that bicycle with envy.But, why can't I control it myself!I can only give up!

Qiu Qiming also wanted this bicycle very much at first, but he gave up because the body was too heavy to handle.

It's a pity for Xu Xiaomi to see such a good thing and leave it unused at home like this.So, today I rode out as a contemporary mobility tool.

The people working in the fields on both sides of the main road in Xujia Village were already very jealous when they saw the team riding wooden ox before Xu Xiaomi's house.

Now, seeing Xu Xiaomi and his brother and sister riding an even more strange bike, I feel unbalanced.It happened that Xu Yaowu's family was also in the field at this time, busy harvesting.

So, someone provoked: "Brother Lizheng! Look at Xu Erqiang's family. The adults are riding on wooden oxen, and the children are also riding on iron carts. You are usually so kind to their family, why don't you see them send a dog to your family?" What about the wooden cow that doesn’t eat grass?”

Xu Yaowu heard this, looked at the woman who spoke, and said, "Hmph! You want that wooden cow in their house, right? If you know how to control it, I'll get one for you!
I can't, and there are not many fields in my family, I don't want it! "

Xu Yaowu said something against his will, but the person who said it couldn't say anymore, he bent down and concentrated on cutting the wheat.

Xu Xiaomi could hear clearly not far away.

When Xu Xiaomi and the others passed Old Man Xu's field again, Old Man Xu, Mrs. Wang and Wen Xiuniang were also cutting wheat in the field.

Seeing Xu Xiaomi and the others passing by, Mrs. Wang snorted fiercely.Wenxiuniang stood up, looked at Xu Xiaomi and the others' backs, and then at the mother-in-law beside her.He sighed and continued to cut the wheat.

When Xu Xiaomi and the others had gone far away, Ding Qiuyue from the field next door raised her head and said with a smile, "Aunt Wang, your eldest granddaughter is so talented!

You see, people now ride wooden oxen and iron-wheeled carts. Whenever you ask her for a wooden ox, the camels plow the land with grain! "

After cutting a handful of wheat, Mrs. Wang put her head up and put it away, glared at Ding Qiuyue with her inverted triangle eyes, and said angrily, "Mrs. Qingshan's family, did you eat too much this morning?"

Seeing that Mrs. Wang was angry, Ding Qiuyue said happily, "Oh! Auntie! I know you're not feeling well.

Obviously it was my son who built a new house, but his in-laws, old and young, lived there, and they didn't even leave you a shack, so anyone would be angry if they changed! "

Mrs. Wang was about to answer after hearing this, but her eyes caught sight of Old Man Xu's unsightly face, her lips moved but she didn't dare to say anything.

Old man Xu put the wheat in his hand, stood up straight, looked at Ding Qiuyue who was still looking at the road, and shouted to Xu Qingshan who was cutting wheat in the field: "O Qingshan!

You fed your mother-in-law too much lately, didn't you?Why don't you work hard, the boss is the boss all day long, the west is short, and gossip?
If your wife is really too busy, you kid should put in a little effort to go home and have a baby, so why gossip here?

If you don't care about her, next time I hear what she says, my old man will help you teach her what is womanhood? "

Neither Ding Qiuyue nor the people present thought that the old man Xu would say such a thing, let alone Mrs. Wang!
Xu Qingshan has a fiery temper, and the past few days were exhausting enough, but now he heard old man Xu talking about his talkative wife.Putting down the sickle in his hand, he walked over and pulled Ding Qiuyue to slap Ding Qiuyue a few times.

Ding Qiuyue touched her burning face and cried, "Ah! Master, why are you beating me? I'm your wife! Why are you listening to other people? Woo... woo..."

"My father told you to eat too much all day long, and if you don't pay for your work, you will know that the boss is the master and the west is short! Work! I am yelling, I will kill you today!"

Xu Qingshan roared impatiently.

When Wang and Wen Xiuniang saw the old man Xu opened his mouth, Ding Qiuyue, who was usually sharp-tongued, was beaten by the man. They bent over to cut the wheat without even daring to lift their heads.

Xu Xiaomi and the others went to Qinglong Town and called their uncle, fourth uncle and six apprentices back to help harvest the wheat.

When they arrived in the field, Xu Xiaomi suggested that the six people should line up with two mixing buckets, so as not to waste manpower.

When Xu Xiaomi went to the field, he saw that the wheat stalks were only one foot high, and the largest ears were only about twenty, not to mention the small ones.

After sixteen people worked hard all morning, only about ten acres of wheat were left in Grandpa's family's forty acres of wheat.

There was not much wheat, so Xu Xiaomi suggested that grandpa take the wheat to Xujia Village with a wooden ox to dry it. There are several courtyards at home, and the drying place is much more spacious.

Zhou Xuewu looked at the sky, there were yellow clouds in the sky in the afternoon, and the sky was extremely boring!It looks like it's going to rain!
The girl is right!If the wheat is dried here in Guilin Village, not only is the drying field small but also the muddy ground, it would be too busy for one person to stay here.

If you take it to Xujia Village to dry, there will not only be a lot of people there, but also several drying places, and the drying will be quick!
After Zhou Xuewu analyzed the situation, he finally nodded in agreement with Xu Xiaomi's suggestion.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, all the wheat in Zhou Xuewu's family fell from the stalks.

Xu Xiaomi counted, and there were only three to forty dans of wet wheat, and about 40 catties after drying.

well!Although everything is natural organic fertilizer in ancient times, the output is too low, right?In modern times, these 1000 mu of land would weigh more than 4 catties per mu.At least [-] catties must be collected, right?
It seems that next year I really have to go out on my own to increase the family's food production!Xu Xiaomi thought so in his heart.

Everyone started to pack all the wheat back in bamboo baskets, and began to carry them to Xujia Village with wooden oxen.

Xu Xiaomi rode an all-iron bicycle and took her younger siblings to Xujia Village again!

After returning to Xujia Village, Xu Xiaomi asked her younger siblings to pull some weeds from the vegetable field and feed them to the chickens and rabbits, but she got into the west front yard and did not go out.

Xu Xiaomi hides in the room alone and draws a sieve frame for panning for sand and gold.She wants to start tomorrow, because now the houses in five places have been built, and she has refined the mercury, so it has to be officially put into production.

When Xu Xiaomi finished painting and went out, Grandpa arrived with a wooden ox carrying eight baskets of wheat.Xu Xiaomi helped to unload the wheat, and distributed it to various courtyards to spread out in an unoccupied room tonight, and then take it out to dry in the sun tomorrow.

Uncle and the others drove the wooden cows back to Xujia Village one after another. It was getting dark, and everyone unloaded the wheat together to dry it.

During dinner, I heard the tiles on the house making a terrible crackling sound.Xu Xiaomi listened carefully, it seemed to be raining!

She put down the bowl and ran out. The rain hit her face, head, and neck.She rushed in and shouted, "Father! It's raining!

Let's go to the drying yard!Most of the people in the village have their wheat there, so let's hurry to help so we don't get all wet! "

When Xu Erqiang heard this, he quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand, stood up from his seat, and walked towards Xu Xiaomi.

Grandpa, the eldest uncle, the fourth uncle, their apprentices, and the second uncle heard this, and when they saw Xu Erqiang get up, they all put down their bowls and chopsticks, got up and followed.

Everyone walked out of the gate together. Xu Xiaomi hurriedly took a dozen straw hats and distributed them to everyone.

It's already dark, and it's the end of the month again, so I can't see my fingers outside!

Xu Xiaomi went to the main road, turned back, took a section of bamboo, poured some tung oil into it, stuffed it with a rag from before, poured some tung oil on the rag, and ran out while the oil lamp was on. .

The rain hit the torch, and only the sound of squeaking was heard.Xu Xiaomi caught up with everyone, and now everyone walked faster by the light of the torch.

A group of Xu Xiaomi and the others arrived at the drying yard, and the drying yard was really lively at this time.

Everyone went to harvest the milled wheat first, only to hear the sound of the rake scratching the wheat.

There are voices of children calling adults, and there are voices of adults calling children.Mixed with the sound of harvesting straw.

"Father! I've harvested all the wheat, hurry up and carry it with your mother!"

"Hey! I'll be here right away, you first help your mother put the wheat stalks into the basket!"

A group of Xu Xiaomi and the others came, but they didn't know where to help?When he was in trouble, Xu Xiaomi heard Xu Yaowu's voice.

Xu Xiaomi walked over with a torch, stood beside the bamboo basket of wheat and called, "Uncle, two of you, come and help!"

Zhou Jingtian brought an apprentice over to help carry the basket, and Xu Xiaomi took it along to the place where Xu Yaowu made his voice.

Xu Yaowu saw clearly that it was Xu Xiaomi by the light of the torch, only the person who helped his family carry the wheat was a little strange.Xu Yaowu shouted from afar, "Girl! It's so late, why are you here?"

"Uncle! We are here to help everyone harvest the wheat! Please tell my uncle where to put the crushed rice? I'll go and look at other people's homes!"

By the light of the torch, Xu Xiaomi saw that the rain was getting heavier and said eagerly to Xu Yaowu.

(End of this chapter)