Because he didn't know how long it would take to harvest the rice, Shu Miao did not choose to enter the space at home this time, but took a detour to Daqingshan where he usually went.
After all, there was always something going on at home during the day, and she really didn't have the chance to stay in the house all day long.
In addition, after becoming closer to Zili, that guy would always look for her to show his presence whenever he had something to do.
If she went into the space without caring about anything and was suddenly attacked by him, and she knew nothing about the space, it would be difficult to deal with.
You can't always pretend that you're not in the room, right?
But this involves another problem. When she is about to enter the space, should she insert the bolt? If she forgets to unlock the bolt one day and someone comes looking for her anxiously, will they break in directly?
How would I explain then that the door was bolted but no one was in the house?
You know, the window of her room is not suitable for people to climb in and out.
Taking these into consideration, Shu Miao chose to look for a suitable place outside to enter the space.
This is a small valley that almost no one has ever set foot on.
The valley is full of strange rocks and sparse vegetation. Unless someone's stone tools for pounding rice are broken, or there is a problem with the stone roller used by the team to grind rice, people will come here to pick stones. Otherwise, no one will set foot here all year round.
It was said that she was able to find this place because she accidentally saw someone using a stone roller to grind rice to remove the husk. She was curious and asked Zili about it. Later, she learned that this was how the husks were removed in most rural areas.
Since stone mills were not available in every household, they could only borrow stone rollers and oxen from the brigade to grind rice.
Of course, a stone roller is only used when there is a lot of grain to be ground.
As for why she said that she accidentally saw people grinding rice, it was because each household was not given much rice, and most people were reluctant to eat it, so naturally few people would borrow stone rollers and ox carts to grind rice.
Even though half of the land in their Yanhe Brigade is planted with rice, the rice yield is really low. Apart from the public grain that should be paid, the rice distributed to each member is not enough to eat for a year.
Therefore, when food is distributed, most people will ask to replace rice with coarse grains so that they can eat it for a longer time.
Even if we switch to whole grains, it is still not enough to feed everyone.
Therefore, in most cases, the stone rollers in the brigade were only used to thresh rice.
The few other families who had rice in their hands would just pound some rice by hand at home to improve their meals occasionally.
The tool for pounding rice is a pestle and mortar (chu, third tone, jiu, fourth tone).
Of course, if you think it is too tiring and troublesome to grind rice at home, you can also send the rice to the mill, but the fact that you need to pay the labor fee will discourage most people from doing this.
Shu Miao is no exception.
In addition, Shu Miao was more concerned about the fact that he had too many acquaintances in Yueer Bay.
Everyone has a rough idea of how much millet your family received this year and whether you are willing to eat it.
Even if she had money, if she rashly went to the mill to grind rice, it would definitely cause an uproar.
So in order to eat rice every meal, Shu Miao had to spend time preparing the tools for pounding rice himself.
So she found an opportunity to let Zili teach her how to choose suitable stones, and then the two of them came to this valley for a "field investigation."
After secretly noting down this place, Shu Miaohou came here alone to look for suitable stones.
I then imitated the pestle and mortar at home and made a low-end version of rice pounding tools.
A thick wooden stick with one end thick and the other thin - a pestle.
A large stone with a slightly irregular depression in the middle - a mortar.
Back to the topic, Shu Miao, who had been looking forward to harvesting rice for a long time, felt a surge of excitement in his heart when he thought that he would be able to eat white rice soon.
Even when walking in the freezing mountains, I didn't feel cold.
After several twists and turns, we soon entered the valley.
She found it familiarly. It was just a few large rocks put together, forming a small "stone cave" that could block rain and wind.
Because he had been there several times before, Shu Miao was already very familiar with the area, and he bent down and crawled in through the crevice.
Before entering the space, she looked up again at the road that was blocked by rocks, and then she slipped into the space with peace of mind.
In a flash, she appeared in the storage room, grabbed the backpack that had been prepared long ago, and walked straight to the fields outside the yard.
We first passed by a green rice field, and finally stopped beside a golden rice field that was estimated to be only three square meters in size.
Actually, the seeds for this small rice field came from her boldness and she just picked them up from the field without knowing what was going on around her.
Just two days later, some children stole sweet potatoes from the collective field and were tied up and whipped by their parents in the drying yard.
Shu Miao didn’t know whether others scared her or not, but she was scared anyway!
No matter where the rice in front of us comes from, just looking at these golden rice ears, we can feel their heavy weight.
Shu Miao subconsciously reached out and grasped a rice ear. The sense of fulfillment brought by the plump grains made her feel a sense of accomplishment from the bottom of her heart.
He even felt reluctant to harvest, but this thought lasted only a few seconds, and Shu Miao immediately suppressed this unrealistic idea.
Are you kidding? I can’t even get enough to eat, who would have the energy to grow rice like a flower?
He decisively took out the notched sickle he had prepared long ago and bent his body slightly.
Grab the middle of the plant with your left hand, hold the sickle with your right hand, move the blade close to the top of the rice root, and cut hard, and a small handful of rice will be successfully harvested.
Shaking the rice ears in her hands, the rustling sound was indeed very pleasant. After satisfying her desire, she just put them on the ground beside her.
I repeated the previous action and tried it a few more times, even though I was not very skilled, and soon I mastered how to cut the fastest and with the least effort.
The rice in this small plot was sparsely planted, so it was harvested in no time.
There seemed to be quite a lot of rice growing in the fields just now, but now that it's been harvested, it seems even less.
Especially when all the straw could be easily put into one backpack, Shu Miao was silent for a rare moment.
The first thought in my mind was not whether this amount of millet was enough to eat for a few meals, but whether this amount of millet was not enough for seed...
She felt depressed for only a second before decisively shifting her gaze to the rice field next to her which had not yet turned yellow.
I kept comforting myself in my heart, it’s okay, it’s okay, isn’t there still a rice field that hasn’t been harvested yet?
When this field is harvested, the total harvest will definitely be enough for seeds!
After calming down, he immediately delivered the harvested rice to the roof of the bungalow.
Shu Miao stood on the roof of the bungalow, looking at the lush green rice field, roughly estimated the area, and felt more at ease.
only……
She shifted her gaze to the small empty space next to her. What should she do with the harvested rice fields?
Not to mention that her tools are simple, even if she is very strong, she can't plow the fields as deeply as a cow, right?
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