In the era when machinery was not well developed, it was very difficult to eat millet. Zhang Weifang experienced this difficult process in its entirety for the first time.

First, the harvested ears of grain are spread out on the threshing floor to dry in the sun, and then they are rolled back and forth continuously with a particularly large stone roller. After about three to five times, the grains are almost separated from the ears of grain.

The empty branches should also be collected and used for burning. The millet formed by crushing is not clean and contains many branches, so it needs to be sieved twice with a sieve, and the millet will become much cleaner.

Secondly, the millet should be placed on a stone mill and the animals should be used to pull the mill stone and grind it continuously to separate the husks.

Finally, pass the millet through the wooden fan cart again, put the crushed millet into the cart pocket, and crank the crankshaft by hand to separate the rice bran. The rice grains that come out are clean and the rice bran will be piled together.

One pound of millet produces about 7.2 pounds of millet, so the harvest is pretty good.

Not many soybeans are grown, and they are mainly used to make sauce and tofu.

Harvesting beans is done with a sickle, just like harvesting millet. However, the bean stalks are sharp and prickly, so gloves must be worn when harvesting.

After harvesting the soybeans, they should be continuously beaten with a stick until all the soybeans on the bean stalks fall off. Then they should be sieved with a sieve and finally the broken branches should be winnowed out with a winnowing basket. Finally, they should be dried in the sun.

Zhang Weifang has been busy with everyone these days, sweating profusely, and he didn't dare stop even though his face was sunburned.

Even so, her progress was no match for a teenager, and everyone looked at her with disgust.

She heard the aunts and aunties talk more than once:

"This girl is lucky to marry a worker. She would never get married in our village."

Zhang Weishuang is much better at work than her. She is nearly 170cm tall and is proficient in cutting ears of grain, pushing stone rollers, and carrying beans. She is everyone's ideal candidate for a good daughter-in-law.

Zhang Weishuang was afraid that his elder sister would be sad, so he comforted her:

"Sister, you are a scholar, different from others."

"I know, and I don't care what anyone thinks."

Zhang Weifang was so tired these days that she couldn't even lift her arms, and her calves were sore as if she had run several thousand meters. At this moment, she finally understood the meaning of hard work in every grain of rice.

Li Hongru couldn't sleep well every night because his wife was not at home. He wanted to bring her back as soon as possible.

Zhang Weifang was so tired that she had long forgotten the man at home. All she wanted now was to sleep. The heavy workload from morning to night every day was really exhausting.

"We have to harvest pumpkins and cabbages tomorrow. It's an easy job." Zhang Qiao Na felt bad looking at the tired child.

Zhang Weiren is 12 years old and less than 160cm tall. When he was working these days, his little face was tense and his hands were covered with scratches.

"Life is too hard. I must go to the city in the future." Zhang Weiren made a wish before going to bed.

The remaining few little ones don’t know how to get tired and run around every day to join in the fun.

Picking beans is also very hard work. The beans grow in cornfields, and the branches cling to the corn stalks. The corn grows taller than people, and there is no sunlight at all when picking beans in the cornfield, as the ground is completely blocked by corn stalks.

The beans on the bean vines are clustered in different places. When picking them, you have to look up and down, left and right, otherwise it is easy to miss them.

Picking pumpkins is arguably the easiest job. You just need to use a sickle to cut the pumpkins off the vines, but you do have to run back and forth to move the pumpkins.

Three days later, everyone's job became digging potatoes and sweet potatoes. Some shallow vines could be pulled out directly by hand, while deeper ones had to be dug out with a pickaxe.

Be careful at this time, otherwise it is easy to dig up the sweet potatoes and potatoes.

After harvesting sweet potatoes and potatoes, they should be exposed to the sun to evaporate some of the moisture, increase their storage resistance, and also help to remove the dirt on them. Then you can pick out the diseased and rotten potatoes, and the good ones will be easier to store.

Sweet potatoes and potatoes can be stored in the cellar for the whole winter and are people's main vegetables in winter.

The final step is to harvest the corn. This is a huge project. First, the corn needs to be harvested, then the husk is peeled, the corn is rubbed, and then the corn kernels are dried.

This job is very labor-intensive. You have to rub the corn with your hands. After half a day, your palms will be swollen and painful.

Those who were skinned were not much better off, and many of them had their nails broken.

After all this was done, only cabbage and mustard greens were left in the field.

These two vegetables can grow in the ground for a while longer and can be picked when the weather gets cooler.

Cabbage is a winter storage vegetable, and mustard greens can be made into pickles or sauerkraut.

Zhang Weifang used to think that sauerkraut was made with Chinese cabbage, but now she understands that mustard greens can also be used.

Wash the mustard greens, cut into strips, and boil them in hot water for one minute. Remove from the heat and drain.

Then spread the mustard greens layer by layer in the large jar, fill the jar, press a large stone on top, and wait for it to ferment naturally. It can be eaten in about a week.

During this autumn harvest, Zhang Weifang learned a lot and she has been living at her mother's house for almost a month.

That day, Zhang Qiaona called her over:

"Weifang, you've been living at home for almost a month. It's time to go back to your own home. If you stay any longer, people will gossip about you."

"Mom, I understand. I'll be back after staying for two more days."

Zhang Weifang lives very comfortably at home. Although she is tired, she feels comfortable being with her family.

She has lost several pounds this month. There is nothing good to eat at home. Every day she has only steamed buns and noodles, not a single bite of meat.

She was too embarrassed to cook for herself, so she could only bear it and occasionally eat a couple of candies to replenish her energy.

Li Hongru had wanted to come and pick them up for a long time, but his family was very busy with the autumn harvest and he had to help, so he really couldn't spare the time.

On August 15th, Li Hongru returned home alone, and Li Guifang was so angry that his face fell.

He originally wanted Zhang Weifang to help with the harvest at his home and teach her some etiquette, but who knew that she would go back to her parents' home.

As a result, Li Hongru did not get a good response from his parents, and Li Guifang even ordered him to come back to help with the harvest.

The main purpose was to prevent him from going to pick up his wife. Li Guifang thought that this time he must set rules for Zhang Weifang and not let him go back to her parents' home at every turn.

Li Hongru was extremely anxious, but he had to be patient. After finishing his farm work, he rushed to Shuanglong Village without stopping.

"Weifang, I'm here to pick you up." Li Hongru felt so distressed when he saw his wife whose skin color had become several shades rougher.

"Not only have you become darker, but you've also become thinner. How much work have you done?"

Hearing Li Hongru's voice, Zhang Weifang felt a surge of grievances in his heart:

"Why did you come just now?"

"I'm sorry, I should have come a long time ago, but my family needs my help."

In fact, not only Li Hongru, but Li Hongxi also went home to help with the autumn harvest during this period. This was a unified labor in the family and everyone had to participate.