Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan soaked in the bathtub for more than half an hour before coming out, because they had more important things to do.
What is it? It's posting on Weibo!
Hmm, it doesn't seem that important...
However, Bi Qiaoan felt it was still worthwhile to record a video to remind her friends.
So, Bi Qiaoan directed Shen Yanming to act as the photographer, while she moved all the vegetables from the family's several vegetable rooms together.
Then I cleaned the bedroom and stacked the corn cobs I had picked today, one by one, layer by layer.
"The freshly harvested corn still contains moisture, and if it is not dried, it will easily mold and rot."
Those with the means can put them in mesh bags and then arrange them evenly on a well-ventilated wall, wooden shelf, or rooftop, turning them over every two or three days.
Alternatively, you can leave the husks on, tie the corn cobs into a large braid, and hang them on a rack to dry.
I don't have many resources, so I can only arrange them neatly. This is fine, but you have to make sure they are spread out evenly and not too thick. You also have to turn them over every day until they are completely dry.
Regardless of which method you choose, remember to keep the ground dry and ensure good ventilation and sunlight.
After Bi Qiaoan finished speaking, Shen Yanming ended the recording, edited the video, and posted it on Chacha Li's Weibo.
Then the two stopped paying attention to the commotion on Weibo and instead placed the corn that had been brought back that day into the bedroom one by one. If there wasn't enough room in the bedroom, they placed it in the living room and on the balcony.
In short, they dried all the corn cobs according to what they had learned from books and videos.
After arranging the corn cobs, Shen Yanming felt as if he were swimming in a golden ocean. Because the living room was large and Bi Qiaoan didn't want to rearrange them every day, she simply spread them all out on the floor.
And so, apart from the passageways leading to the various rooms, the rest of the place was filled with corn cobs.
After that, the two ate well and went to bed early.
The next day, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan dressed neatly and went to Qingning Mountain again, this time to pick corn.
However, the two of them transported the corn cobs directly back to Ji Kangyong's home today.
Although Ji Kangyong didn't have time to harvest corn with them, he was still home at night, so Shen Yanming delivered all the grain from his and Zhang Heping's fields to him so he could check it every night.
The two of them carried the load down Qingning Mountain time and time again, which naturally attracted a lot of attention.
Because everyone who had been working in the fields all day yesterday had sore backs and legs, very few people could be like them and continue working the next day as if nothing had happened.
So everyone is envious, thinking that young people have good physical strength, but in reality, well, I can't say!
However, no one noticed that the two of them moved things much faster today than yesterday.
This is because they drove their car to the foot of Qingning Mountain, and each trip only required them to move the corn from the field to the car.
Once the trunk and front and rear seats are full, just pull it back. This saves both time and effort.
So, the two of them really made a foolish mistake yesterday, sticking to their usual routine of walking between Qingning Mountain and home.
It's unclear whether others made the same mistake or discovered the problem earlier.
Anyway, thankfully they reacted in time, otherwise...
After finally finishing harvesting the corn cobs in the field, the two decided to rest for a few days before continuing.
Firstly, there are only sweet potatoes left in the field, and it's not quite harvest time yet. Digging them up too early would affect the yield.
Secondly, the locusts haven't arrived yet. Once they actually enter Qinghua Kingdom's territory, the two of them can still finish harvesting the sweet potatoes if they hurry.
This is because Haishi is located in the central part of Qinghua Kingdom, and ordinary residents don't have much land, which is why they dared to do this.
They were satisfied, but the residents of southern Qinghua Kingdom were worried.
Because they are the closest to Yu Jingguo, if locusts enter Jingguo, they will definitely be the first to suffer.
Moreover, the southern part of Qinghua Kingdom consists of major producing provinces, whose cultivated area and grain output are unmatched by the central and northern cities. Therefore, the south cannot afford to have any problems.
Ever since news of a possible locust plague spread throughout Qinghua Kingdom, southern cities have been racing against time to harvest grain. To speed things up, the Southern Guard has even borrowed agricultural machinery from central and northern cities.
The Qinghe Alliance naturally noticed this situation as well, so various agricultural machines from the central cities were transferred to the south to help the southern cities harvest grain.
Therefore, Sister Yan's statement about being able to get harvesters should be taken as a joke, because apart from the few vehicles of the guard team, there is no usable agricultural machinery in Haishi now.
As for the northern cities, they also intensified their grain harvesting under the instructions of the Qinghe Alliance.
The Qinghe Alliance broadcasts around the clock in these cities: "Don't wait, don't delay, and don't take chances."
That's right, the Qinghe Alliance wants to remind everyone not to be in a hurry just because the locust swarm is far away, and not to think that you can escape it. You should know that the most common thing in this world is the possibility of something unexpected happening.
Moreover, since the central region's support for the south would inevitably affect the harvesting speed of grain in the central cities, the northern cities would have to hurry to the central region to help after the harvest was completed, and the same would be true for the southern cities.
Therefore, the central cities had no choice but to take matters into their own hands first.
And so, the grain harvesting campaign in Qinghua Kingdom was in full swing. Because everyone was of one mind and helped each other, the grain was being harvested quickly.
Besides Qinghua Kingdom, many other countries are the same.
Because the Qinghe Alliance also issued a warning to other countries the moment it determined the locust swarm's movement trajectory.
However, those countries were affected by the unknown virus No. 1 during their spring planting season, and then lived in constant fear of the HZ virus, so they didn't have much food in their fields at all.
Even if it's not much, we need to take action in advance, otherwise we'll go hungry again this year.
Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan rested at home for almost a week before recovering. Just as they were about to go out to harvest sweet potatoes, they saw a push notification on their phones.
The two looked at each other, then picked up their phones and were stunned.
The locust swarm has arrived; it has truly arrived and has reached the southern border of Qinghua Kingdom.
The two looked at the locusts in the live stream with some unease, so Shen Yanming opened the official Weibo account of Qinghe Alliance to check the news.
The grain harvest in the southern cities has been completed, and agricultural machinery from the south and central regions is on its way back.
The northern cities had already finished harvesting two days ago, and agricultural machinery that came from the north to provide support has already started working in various towns and villages.
Seeing this, the two felt somewhat at ease.
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