Pastoral Valley Fragrance

Chapter 84

After dinner in the evening, Li Dejiang was still covered in muddy water, so he came to look for Li Dequan just past Guyu, but Chen Yongyu just came over, and both of them came to ask Li Dequan to harvest.

Who knew that Li Dequan's family had just had a good meal and looked calm and unhurried. After they finished speaking, Dequan asked Dejiang: "Brother, didn't the second sister-in-law tell you that our family made a threshing machine, which is what Gu Yu said The threshing machine will come in handy at that time, although our family will have less labor, but it will be much faster when we have this thing, our family only has three acres of paddy fields, and it will be done in a few days, so there is no delay!"

Seeing that Li Dequan was full of confidence, Chen Yongyu was also relieved at this time, "Dequan, if there is a shortage of manpower, it will be easy for us to spare a day or two."

Seeing them like this, Gu Yu said confidently: "Uncle Chen, we have already made an arrangement. When the time comes, my sister and I will dry the millet in the drying yard. My brother, mother and father will go harvest, and we will directly move the threshing machine to the farm. in the fields, and then use bamboo baskets to pick the rice directly to the drying yard, which saves a lot of work.”

Speaking of this, Li Dequan remembered the things he had made. It turned out that he took advantage of the wooden planks and didn't know whether his thresher could be used at the time, so he helped the yard over there and Chen Yongyu each made a big wooden frame. The secondary flail, this improved tool was also recalled by Gu Yu. The large wooden frame can be directly pulled into the paddy field for use, and the flail is actually a bit like the two-section stick used today, but it is just a four-section stick. Four four-section sticks Together, use a long hoe to fix the same thing. When the handle is shaken, the flail will creak and creak, which saves a lot of effort than directly holding the field grain and throwing it on the stone to thresh, because the force Once shaken once, the flail can be driven to shake several times by itself. If they cut the crops and put them in the drying yard, this can come in handy.

After the few people finished talking, they agreed to come over tomorrow to move the wooden frame, and they held the flail and moved it a few times, all of them were very happy.

"Dequan, did you make this?" Chen Yongyu was very interested.

Li Dequan nodded, "Gu Yu said that I heard about it in the city, so I thought about trying it out, but I didn't know that it would be useful if I did it well, but I haven't tried it yet, so you can take it back and try it."

Chen Yongyu held it up and down, and suddenly said, "Dequan, how long will it take you to make one?"

Li Dequan rubbed his hands and smiled, a little embarrassed, thinking that Chen Yongyu was worried about his trouble, "It's not in the way, it's not in the way, this is done very quickly, and it didn't take much effort to do these two, but the leather rope is a bit rare."

Li Dejiang said with a smile: "My family, you don't have to be polite, Brother Chen, don't be polite with Dequan either, he used to like to do carpentry besides practicing martial arts."

After taking the things, they went back.

The next day, Wang Shi and Li Dequan Jingzhe went out early in the morning, saying that they would wait for the sun to be too strong at noon, instead of working a little earlier.

Xiao Man and Gu Yu don't need to go so fast, they have to wait for Jing Zhe and the others to harvest and thresh the rice, and pick it up to the drying yard in bamboo baskets, there will be a period of time in between.

Seeing them going out, Xu Qinshi also changed his clothes and prepared to go out, and explained: "Xiao Manguyu, you cook at home, and then go to the drying yard after cooking, put it at home during the summer solstice, and leave someone at home to watch That's it, I'll go and see if the thresher is good, anyway, I'm bored at home anyway."

Gu Yu stopped in front of her, "Grandma, don't go, Dad said he doesn't want you to go."

Xu Qinshi took Gu Yu's hand, "You little bastard, what do you know? Could it be that you thought your parents didn't have to work hard outside?"

While talking, Xiaohe and Aunt Wen also came over, and they were a little surprised to see that they were left at home, "I thought about coming here sooner, but I didn't know it was still late, so Gu Yu, you and Xiaohe and Xiaoman stay at home to cook, and wait After cooking, you stay home and watch the summer solstice, Xiaohe and Xiaoman go to the drying yard, and I will go with your grandma to help!"

Huh?This one couldn't stop her, and another helper came, so Gu Yu could only say: "Aunt Wen, how can I let you go to the fields, the family is still busy."

Aunt Wen shook her head, "What's busy at home? Our field is still planted by others. After the harvest, it's really busy. Besides, you went to help for so many days last time. Otherwise, when the heavy rain comes this summer , I still don’t know how to live, we should help.”

Xiao He said with a smile: "Don't talk about Gu Yu, it will delay the adults going to the field, let's cook and let them go out first."

So the three little girls cooked together, and after the meal was ready, the three of them had a simple meal with Mrs. Xu, and then carried them in bamboo baskets to the people in the field. Worried, but was driven out by Mrs. Xu.

Xiao He was surprised, "Why isn't brother Jinxuan at home? I thought he had gone to the fields."

Gu Yu said: "He has entered the mountain like a wild man."

Xiao Man delivered the meal, Xiao He and Gu Yu went to Chen Yongyu's drying yard, Chen Jiangsheng was already there, squatting on the ground holding a small stone to paint there, very happy to see them come, "Gu Yu Gu Yu, you come too Well, they haven't brought back the fields and millet yet, so let's set up a shed to prevent it from being exposed to the sun."

The sun was shining brightly above the head, and there was a bare drying yard under the feet. It was really hot, but looking back, there was only a skeleton left of the shed that had been built last year, and there was nothing on it that could block the sun.

Chen Jiangsheng sat on the ground and tied the straws into small bundles, but he was a frizzy guy who made a mess everywhere. Gu Yu was very impatient, "When you finish this, you will be covered with straws. That’s right, how to dry the millet when the grown-ups come back.”

But Xiao He had already gone to help, and tidied it up very neatly, "Brother Jiang Sheng, you see that you have got so many straws on your body, it's hot and itchy, don't do this in the future, when the time comes, these straws will still be gone." It’s not good if you get it on the millet, you go and have a rest, I’ll sweep it.” After finishing speaking, he folded a small bundle of straw that Chen Jiangsheng had bundled just now, and used it as a broom to sweep the remaining fine straw to the side.

Gu Yu looked at the shed in his eyes, and clapped his hands together, "Okay, Xiao He, Brother Jiang, come here quickly! I have an idea. Covering this with straw will prevent the sun from getting out of the sun, but it's also a bit stuffy. I'd rather Thinking that we can go over there and fold some branches to cover them when we have time. It won’t be too thick, just like it’s under the tree. After it’s dry, we can send it home to make firewood and make new ones. of."

As soon as the three of them were mentioned, they acted. Gu Yu felt a little anxious, and moved some over to the shed as soon as it was finished. Chen Jiangsheng was also a little strange. He refused to let go, but Xiao He couldn't stand it and helped him.

When Chen Yongyu picked Tianhe to the drying yard, he found a small green house next to the drying yard, and he was very happy to see it.

He spread the crops on the drying ground, and it was gratifying to see the golden color, but he was panting and erected the pole to support him to rest. Chen Jiangsheng was short, but he wanted to use that flail again, listening to the sound of the flail. That proud, "Come on, come on, I've hit the rice!"

Sure enough, Gu Yu and Xiao He also went to try it, but they were too short and the flail handle was too long, it was very difficult for the two of them to drag and shake.

Chen Yongyu laughed and took the flail, "It's a lot faster to have this one. They cut it over there, and I picked it up and beat it, and the work is younger than before." Chen Yongyu said, and the flail became more and more smooth.

After he beat it for a while, Gu Yu and Xiao He didn't think much of it either. Chen Jiangsheng took the nearly beaten rice aside, and Gu Yu and Xiao He used a broom and shovel to sweep out the grains on the ground and put them on the drying ground. Spread out to dry.Xiao He is diligent. Seeing that Gu Yu was too late, she quickly picked up the wooden shovel, and Chen Jiangsheng was busy, so she hurried over to hug the rice, sweating profusely for a while.

Chen Yongyu saw that the three children cooperated very well, so he could use the flail without worrying so much, "Gu Yu, your father is still the best. This is called sharpening the knife and chopping firewood by mistake. I was worried that he missed the time before, but I didn't expect him to be here. Thinking about these things is better than what we have suffered on the ground."

While speaking, Xiao Man also came over, holding the index finger of his left hand with his right hand, frowning slightly.

When Gu Yu broke it open, she realized that Xiaoman wanted to help her to harvest crops, but she accidentally scratched her hand, so she had to go back to the drying field honestly.

Chen Yongyu went back and forth between the paddy field and the drying yard, sweating profusely, but seeing the millet drying in his own house on the drying yard getting bigger and bigger, he was also motivated.

Seeing Xiaoman coming back from the field, "Xiaoman, although your family has a lot of people, but you are not used to doing farm work, I don't know how much you can do today."

Before Xiao Man could answer, Li Dequan saw Li Dequan carrying a load of bamboo baskets covered with finely chopped grass leaves, but it was a little difficult to walk, and he transported it to the drying yard, turned the bamboo baskets upside down, and Gu Yu and Xiao He Chen Jiangsheng went to see each other again. It was a lot of work, and after spreading it out, it was discovered that the rice in Gu Yu's pingzi was almost the same as that in Chen Yongyu's side.

Chen Yongyu saw a lot of rice grains flying from Li Dequan's body, but his expression was good, and he raised the flail in his hand, "Dequan, this thing is easy to use. In the past, it was laborious and slow to throw it on the rock, but this one is much faster."

Li Dequan gossiped with Chen Yongyu, then went to the field with bamboo baskets, and soon the second load of grain came back, and then the third load, Chen Yongyu was not calm at this time, and followed Dequan to the field of Gu Yu's house to help Picking up half a load, he sighed, "Well, I don't need this flail anymore, I see that Jingzhe is also working hard over there, so let's just partner up and let me get the benefits."

Where did Li Dequan refuse to agree, and he agreed to go to Li Dequan's house to work first in the afternoon. Anyway, his three-acre paddy field will not take too long, and Chen Yongyu's family has few people and not many fields. Such a partnership will make it easier for women. Just cut the crops.

Chen Yongyu is a person who does what he says, so he immediately went to the field and told Jiang to stop working.

And the people who were harvesting in the surrounding fields heard what they said, and some people passed by the drying yard and saw the rice as big as Gu Yu's house, so they all went to their fields to see what happened.

I was too busy at work at the end of the year, and I was dizzy writing various reports, so I finally coded this chapter on time.Thank you for the pink color of Killing Linglong's children's shoes, okay?

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