"No, if you want to go, let's go together. If grandma doesn't go, I won't go either." Leng You's tone was firm.
"But..." Wen Jiuyue was still hesitating.
"Grandma said she would be with me forever." Leng You just looked at Wen Jiuyue straightly.
"Okay, then grandma will accompany Youyou." Wen Jiuyue finally nodded heavily.
The corners of Leng You's mouth finally curled up naturally.
Wen Jiuyue touched Leng You's head lovingly, and a warm current of happiness spread throughout his body.
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Xiang Huaixin left, and not only Leng You and Wen Jiuyue were sad and lonely, but also Bai Changpu. After all, the two had been together since they were demoted, eating and living together for so many years, and suddenly Bai Changpu was left alone, and she was extremely uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Leng You was there. Every day after breakfast, Bai Changpu would come to teach Leng You medical skills. After class, she and Wen Jiuyue would go to process the prey that Leng You brought back. After processing, they would hang them up and light a fire to smoke them at night.
Later, when they saw that there were so many smoked bacon that the warehouse could no longer hold them, they built a larger room on the north side of the warehouse to store the bacon.
Being so busy, he didn't care about any sadness or discomfort.
Occasionally when he came, he would bring some news from the village, mostly about the Leng family.
For example: Ever since the last fight between Leng Tiezhu and Leng Shugen, the Leng family has become increasingly restless. The fight between father and son, the fight between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law... There have been quarrels and chaos all day long.
However, what the villagers cannot explain until now is that Leng Shugen, who used to be as scared as a mouse seeing a cat when he saw Leng Tiezhu, suddenly stopped being afraid of Leng Tiezhu after that incident, and even when they quarreled with Leng Tiezhu, he found him more like the old man.
Because her man became more powerful, Ma Dahua also showed her true colors as a shrew and beat Shi Sanyue to a pulp every time.
Now the greatest daily pleasure of Daheishan Village is to watch the Leng family's melee, and then to perform a bizarre interpretation of the melee, which will eventually spread throughout the Daheishan Village and then to the Shaoguo Village below.
In other words, the Leng family has now successfully topped the list of the hottest topics in the two villages of Daheishan Village and Shaoguo Village, and is far ahead.
Every time Wen Jiuyue heard such news, she would feel extremely relieved, but Leng You remained expressionless.
The appetizers haven’t been served yet, and the main course will only be delicious if it is served last, right?
The autumn harvest season is approaching soon, and the people of Daheishan Village have no time to gossip. Nothing is more important than filling their stomachs for the year.
For the people of Daheishan Village, although the land is scarce and barren, due to the low level of production, the autumn harvest is still a long process for them.
Although Leng You and his companions were relatively better off as they had horse-drawn carriages to transport food back, they still needed to put in the same hard work.
Leng You ignored Wen Jiuyue and Bai Changpu's attempts to stop him and went down to the field with them.
When he picked up the sickle and went down to the field, Leng You directly startled Wen Jiuyue and Bai Changpu.
Not to mention that his serious appearance is no less than that of a real farmer, his speed and efficiency alone are enough to make people drop their jaws. The results produced by Leng You alone directly exceed the sum of the two adults.
It took less than a day to harvest all the millet from the two acres of land, and the grain stacks were piled in a corner of the stone ground in front of the door.
The next day, they started harvesting corn. Leng You asked Wen Jiuyue and Bai Changpu to just sit there and peel the corn cobs from the vines, while she was responsible for cutting the corn vines and arranging them in piles.
Leng You cut quickly, and although Wen Jiuyue and Bai Changpu were not slow, they were still left far behind by Leng You.
Wen Jiuyue was afraid that Leng You would get tired, so she kept shouting to stop him from behind. Leng You had to slow down. Despite this, all the corn seedlings in the eight acres of field were harvested in just two days.
After the harvest was finished, they drove the horse-drawn carriage and took the peeled corn cobs by Wen Jiuyue and the others back home.
A fence had been built in advance on the east side of the house, and corn cobs were placed inside and left to dry.
The three of them worked together and brought all the corn back home in just four days.
Wait until the remaining corn stalks are completely dry and then pull them back onto the stack. They can be used to feed horses or as firewood in the winter.
After finishing the corn, they moved on to the millet. They cut the ears of millet one by one with a knife, spread them on the stone slabs in front of the house, and then harnessed rollers to horses to roll over them until all the grains on the ears of millet were removed.
That’s not all. After the grains are husked off, they will carry with them a lot of impurities such as husks and bran, which need to be winnowed to let the wind blow away all these impurities. Then they can be bagged and stored in warehouses.
Farmers are the hardest working people. Although there are only ten acres of land, the autumn harvest took nearly ten days in total. Leng You was fine and did not feel tired, but Wen Jiuyue and Bai Changpu were exhausted.
Although it was hard work, when they actually saw the grain being stored in the warehouse, they felt a great sense of accomplishment.
The harvest from these ten acres of land was something that Wen Jiuyue could never dream of before. The same was true for the white calamus. The combined output of his and Xiang Huaixin's two acres of land over the years was not as high as this year's output.
The millet yield from just two acres of land is more than 500 kilograms.
You know, the grain production in this era was at a very low level. The reason why the people in Daheishan Village did not dare to grow millet was because the yield was too low, less than 200 kilograms per mu. The population and land were already small, and if they planted crops with such low yields, people would be even more hungry.
Although the corn is all stored in fences, just by looking at the shiny big corn cobs, the experienced Wen Jiuyue can estimate that the yield per mu can reach at least 450 kilograms.
Don't underestimate this output. Although it cannot be compared with the per-acre yield of one or two thousand kilograms that could be reached easily a few decades later, at least in this era, it can definitely be regarded as the top yield in Daheishan Village.
This year has been a year of good weather and good harvests. In such a year, the corn yield per acre of Leng Tiezhu's family, which owns the best arable land, is only about 380 kilograms, while the yield per acre of other families is basically around 300 kilograms.
After harvesting the crops, it is time to be busy harvesting winter vegetables such as cabbage, radish, and mustard greens.
Wen Jiuyue planted vegetables right in front of the house, right next to the stone slabs. The rapeseed was a new variety that Leng You and Xiang Wentian bought from the county town. It grew well and there were many varieties.
Some of the vegetables that were left over, such as cowpeas, cucumbers, eggplants, peppers, etc., were picked by Wen Jiuyue and pickled into various side dishes and pickles.
Some are dried into vegetables, which can greatly enrich the table in winter when vegetables are scarce.
Cut the cabbage and dry it in the sun to remove some of the moisture. Then wash it and put it in a large vat and press it flat. After a month or two, it will become delicious sauerkraut.
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