“Swish~!”

The bone shovel that scooped up the bran grains was raised high, and the grains like golden sand scattered in the air and fell in long strips.

This is the rule in winnowing, which is called "winnowing a line, not a large area."

The long strips of grains are more scattered in the air, and the debris mixed in them are easily blown away by the wind. Moreover, after falling to the ground, some impurities on the surface can be easily swept away by the tip of a broom.

In the Qingque tribe, when it comes to winnowing, the balloonist who often makes these things is second to none, and no one dares to claim to be the first.

However, now, as the top master, he couldn't help frowning as he looked at the grains rising and falling.

In the past, after the wind was lifted up like this, there would be no impurities in the fallen grains, but now, there are a lot of chaff on them.

It's not that his skills are not as good as before, but the weather is not good today. The field has not been half full when there is no wind at all.

Balloon put down the shovel and gently swept away the chaff on it with a broom.

He had an almost obsessive attitude towards winnowing and didn't want any debris to appear on the pile of winnowed grain.

After sweeping the chaff aside, Balloon felt a little better.

Looking at the motionless leaves, the balloons became dejected again. I don’t know when this will end...

Without wind, the balloon has no choice but to wait and start winnowing when the wind comes.

However, the wait lasted until the next day.

The weather was not very good the next day. The sun was hanging in the sky and the moon was scorching.

The Green Bird Tribe had threshed all the millet that had been harvested, and the millet stalks were piled on the side of the field.

Except for this last half pile of millet grains, the rest were winnowed out.

The grain from the first two harvests had been dried and stored in the house.

At this time, some people were busy transporting the millet drying in the yard into the house, worried that it would rain today and soak the crops that they had harvested with great difficulty.

"Balloon, don't wait any longer. Take the grain back and raise it when the time comes..."

Someone called out.

The balloon looked at the sky and then at the pile of grain mixed with a lot of chaff. After waiting for a while unwillingly, it finally had to bow to reality.

He found a cart covered with smooth animal skins and began to load the millet mixed with bran into the house.

An open-top tool with a handle like a 椤頭 is much more convenient to use than a pottery jar for carrying things, except for water, of course.

The previous sieves could not be used to store fine grains such as rapeseed and millet, because a lot of them would spill out from the gaps.

Later, Han Cheng covered the floor with hairless, non-warm old animal skins, and this problem was solved.

"Balloon, wait, use this."

The balloon stopped and saw Shen Zi walking towards him with a large, strange object in his hand.

Han Cheng was holding a winnowing basket in his hand, which he had recently asked Bo to make.

The main purpose of this thing is to clean dirty grain, regardless of whether there is wind or not, and secondly it can be used to transport grain.

The main materials used for a winnowing basket are flexible tree branches, ropes, and bark.

In later generations, the winnowing baskets that Han Cheng had seen were basically made of unpeeled hemp.

Although Han Cheng had discovered traces of hemp before, he did not bring back many plants, so he could only use rattan instead.

It is more difficult to make a winnowing basket with rattan than with hemp pole, but it is stronger than hemp pole.

The large opening of the winnowing basket was wrapped with tough bark.

This place is often used for shoveling and is easily worn out. The tough bark can give it the protection it deserves to the greatest extent.

Balloon's eyes, which were squeezed to a slit due to the excessive fat on his face, widened for a rare moment and looked at the dustpan in Han Cheng's hand with full of confusion.

Can this strange thing be used to clean grain?

How to clean?

Like a bone shovel, first scoop up the grains and then throw them up?

But isn’t this head too big?

How is it possible to throw so much grain?

The winnowing basket in Han Cheng's hand was quite large, with a width of more than 70 centimeters at the opening, a length of 60 centimeters from front to back, and a maximum height of 25 centimeters.

This winnowing basket can be filled with more than 20 kilograms of millet, so it is impossible to throw it away.

Han Cheng knew from Balloon's reaction that he didn't understand how to use it, so he said no more. He walked directly to the uncleaned pile of grain, bent down and shoveled some with a dustpan.

Then walk to a place where he will not be in the way, hold the winnowing basket in both hands, and winnow it up and down.

The grains in the winnowing basket were winnowed up to a height of more than ten centimeters, fell back into the basket, and were winnowed up again without stopping.

As the dust and chaff came out from the mouth of the winnowing basket and fell to the ground.

As for the heavier millet, except for a few restless grains, the rest stayed well in the winnowing basket.

Apart from the disadvantage of producing a lot of dust, there is nothing much to say about objects like winnowing baskets when used to clean grain.

The balloon's eyes, which had been squeezed by the fat flesh to the point where there was not much left, opened wide again, filled with surprise.

"Son of God, I'm coming."

After Han Cheng poured the cleaned millet into the leather-covered hoe, Qiongbao, who was extremely surprised, rubbed his hands and said to Han Cheng with a look of anticipation on his face.

This winnowing basket was originally used for balloons. Han Cheng did not plan to winnow it for too long. Seeing that Balloon had already understood how to use this thing, he handed it over and acted as a technical instructor on the side.

Farm work is not difficult and you can learn it just by watching. As long as you are willing to work hard and don't be lazy, you can get the job done.

When the winnowing basket first came into Qiongqiong's hand, he was still a little unfamiliar with it. But after using it twice, he became familiar with it, and even surpassed Han Cheng, the beginner who used the winnowing basket.

It’s not that Han Cheng is too stupid, but he doesn’t use the dustpan very often, and another reason is that he is not at an advantage in terms of height and strength.

“Brush, brush, brush…”

The sound of grains hitting the winnowing basket could be heard continuously, and more grains were being cleaned out continuously.

At this time, the weather was becoming increasingly hot and humid, and the moon-like sun in the sky had disappeared, replaced by large dark clouds.

A heavy rain is about to fall.

The people of the Qingque tribe had already collected all the millet that had been drying in the sun. Now some were busy covering the piles of threshed millet stalks with thatch and then pressing them down with stones.

At this time, wooden forks are used to thresh millet. Millet is not like rapeseed. It is impossible to beat all the grains down in one go. It needs to be beaten a second time, or even a third or fourth time.

The harvest will drop precipitously, but as long as there is a harvest, it is always good.

The sign of the coming heavy rain was felt not only by humans but by other creatures as well. Deer, sheep, chickens, etc. seemed a little restless.

The balloon, whose fat on its face was shaking, worked even harder, shaking it up and down, and finally cleared out the last bit of dirty millet before the heavy rain came.

He ran into the house carrying a winnowing basket and a small handful of millet, gasping for breath. Looking at the raindrops as big as beans falling, he let out a long sigh, showing a sense of relief and joy of victory.

Then his eyes fell on the winnowing basket in his hand. If it weren't for it, there would be no way to clean out the grains this time.

Because it wasn't until now that there was some wind outside.

Just one such good thing is too little, the tribe needs more.

He made up his mind that when he had some free time, he would ask Shen Zi and Lao Bo for advice and learn how to make a winnowing basket.