The busy wheat harvest wasn't just about harvesting the wheat in the fields. Back then, there were no integrated harvesters. After harvesting the wheat, farmers had to thresh it, dry it in the sun, and load it with grain and hay.
It has been more than half a month since I finished all the work.
Even so, we still have to work around the clock to interplant corn in the wheat field in order to harvest another crop.
After the corn is mostly planted and the wheat is dried, we go back to the threshing floor to winnow the wheat and sift the bran, trying to remove as few clods of soil as possible, otherwise the purchasing station will ask the team to take it back when paying the public grain tax.
Qiu Jianjun picked out a few strong and capable men from the team, loaded up the large cart, and went to pay the tax in a mighty manner.
Li Qingmei rubbed her sore arms and rested at home for a day.
Qiu Yuling boiled water for a whole day, and her two brothers and mother Qiu all washed from head to toe.
"Oh, it feels so comfortable." Qiu Dashu sighed as he wiped the water droplets from his hair.
Qiu Yuling prepared a new set of clothes for each of them, which were made of homespun cloth that she had learned to weave, and she also made an extra set of summer cloth for Qiu's mother.
"Mom, my sister's craftsmanship is almost as good as those sold in the commune." Qiu Dashan is usually calm, but at this moment he couldn't help but praise his sister's craftsmanship.
It's obviously a common style, but he thinks the pants and top look so good together.
Li Qingmei feels the same way.
The jacket her daughter made for her was a cotton and linen jacket with a double-breasted front and buttons, a large round collar, lotus leaf sleeves, and wide black cloth trousers that swung on her legs when she walked.
She tried it on once before taking it off. "Working all day, it's a waste to wear such delicate clothes."
"What's the point of wasting it? Just wear it if I make it for you. It will be worth every stitch and thread I put into it." Qiu Dashu also liked his sister's craftsmanship, but he was not as stingy as his mother. Why make clothes if you are not willing to wear them?
Qiu Yuling sat under the grape trellis, her legs swinging back and forth, her mouth smacking grape skins. "Sh ...
Then he put the grapes aside and said to Qiu's mother, "You can wear them. I will take care of our family's clothes from now on."
"Look at how capable you are. You're talking so big, aren't you afraid of slipping your tongue?" Mother Qiu scolded with a smile, then she sat under the grape rack and picked up the grapes that her daughter had put aside. She liked sour grapes.
"Mom, the school will let us have summer vacation tomorrow. I want to accompany grandma to visit Fourth Aunt."
Fourth aunt Qiu Yuling was pregnant and had severe morning sickness. She wrote a letter to invite Grandma Yuling to visit her. Her words were sincere, but she was worried about her mother going out alone.
That day, Qiu Yuling happened to be going to deliver summer cloth to her grandmother. She immediately said that she was about to have a holiday, and asked her to accompany her grandmother when she was on holiday.
Grandma agreed to this matter after careful consideration. First, her granddaughter could read and write, second, she was capable, and third, she was the only one with free time.
Today, Qiu Yuling was actually notifying, not asking. She even packed her bag.
Not only that, she also packed her grandmother's bag, advised her grandmother to travel light when going out, and then sent the bag to her in advance when she went to town.
She had smuggled a lot of contraband in it, all of which were things that could be obtained from outside.
Like red dates, dried vegetables, rabbit skin, sheepskin, wool and so on.
Of course there aren't so many outside, but don't forget that she has such a big farm, and now she has everything she wants.
Mother Qiu has been extremely busy lately, and she had no idea about any of this beforehand. She is now overwhelmed after hearing about it.
What kind of girl could be so conceited? Huh? She was frantic, trying to find a suitable weapon to scare this wild child.
Qiu Yuling quickly ran behind Qiu Dashan and said, "Brother, you must protect the flowers of our motherland. You can't give the enemy the slightest chance to destroy them."
The three of them were forced to play a game of "Eagle Catches Chicken". Qiu Yuling was also deliberately teasing Qiu's mother, "Mom, eh, I didn't catch it, hahahaha."
Li Qingmei was panting with exhaustion. She held her waist and sat down, waving to Qiu Yuling, "Come here. I won't hit you. Mommy will take care of things for you."
Qiu Yuling: "...I don't believe it unless you swear."
Mother Qiu was so angry that she gritted her teeth, but she could only say hatefully, "I swear."
"Be more complete."
"Are you still forcing your mother to swear a poisonous oath?" Li Qingmei just wanted to scare her at first, but now she was really angry.
Seeing that Mother Qiu seemed to be really getting stronger, Qiu Yuling hurried over with a shameless face and immediately hugged Mother Qiu with her arms.
"Mother, you are the best mother in the world, the most understanding mother, the most respectable and lovely mother. For the sake of a better tomorrow for our motherland, please hold back your motherly love and let your flowers at home admire the majestic mountains and rivers of our motherland, Muma~"
Qiu Yuling's pouting lips smeared her mother's face with saliva. Her mother had never seen such a passionate and unrestrained expression of love before, and she even forgot her intention to trick her into coming over for a spanking.
Her voice softened now. "It's not that Mom doesn't want you to go out. You're still young, and Grandma is that old. You have so many old people and so many young people. If anything happens, no one can help. How can I feel at ease?"
"Mom, you know I'm stronger than you, right?" Mrs. Qiu nodded.
"Is my slingshot more powerful than my third brother's?" Mother Qiu continued to nod.
"Can I read? Can I speak? Am I cute?" She asked three questions in a row, and Mother Qiu continued to nod.
"Does my grandma have any insight?" He nodded again.
"Has my grandma eaten more salt in her life than all of you have eaten rice combined?"
Li Qingmei kept nodding her head. What he said made sense, but she always felt something was wrong.
"So, with such a great grandma and such an outstanding me, aren't we the best combination in this family? Big brother, don't you think so?"
Qiu Dashan couldn't help but admit it with a laugh.
"Third brother, what do you think?" Qiu Dashu also expressed no objection.
Great news! Isn’t that enough?
"No, how can it be settled? Do you know that although we are peaceful here, there are many bad people outside, maybe even kidnappers." Mother Qiu felt that the above was not enough to convince herself.
"Mom, let me tell you, do you think kidnappers like fair and tender pretty kids like me? They'll kidnap me, right?"
"That's right."
"I asked for help, but they said it was my dad, saying it was my naughty child who threw a tantrum if I didn't buy him candy. Then everyone didn't stop me and just watched me get kidnapped, didn't they?"
"That's right." Even Qiu Dashu supported him.
"Mom, I'm not asking for help at all. I'll just destroy anything valuable around here. Isn't that kidnapper my father? I'll make him lose even his underwear, humph!"
"When did your father become a kidnapper?" How could this child bring trouble to even his own father!
Father Qiu, who had just returned, happened to hear the end of the story and asked with a wronged and puzzled look.
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