For this reason, she specially steamed an extra pot of rice at noon, which she now hung in the well so that it could be kept cooler and harder for frying, and also prevent the rice from going bad due to the hot weather.
There was no need to prepare dinner in advance, so now was her rest time. Jiang Manyue took out her Russian textbook and began to review what she had learned before.
When it comes to language subjects, especially when you have just started learning it, it is easy to forget everything if you don’t review and consolidate for a period of time.
The summer harvest will take at least ten to twenty days to complete. Jiang Manyue wants to spend more time reviewing Russian during these days to avoid forgetting everything and having to start all over again.
Around four o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Qingyou and Li Guifen went to the fields again, carrying their water bottles.
Lu Jun'an didn't go out to play either. He squatted in the yard and took pictures of cards.
Jiang Hong and several other older children ran to the fields to pick rice. Lu Junan and the other two younger children were left at home. They were not allowed to make trouble in the fields, and were not allowed to go out to play by themselves.
The adults were all busy harvesting in the fields, and if anything happened to the children while they were out playing, they would not have time to rescue them.
Lu Jun'an was very obedient and didn't let Jiang Manyue worry about anything. She only needed to finish the obvious housework and then cook.
At around five o'clock, Jiang Manyue calculated that it was almost time to fry the rice. They had eaten early at noon, so it would be almost half past five by the time she sent it to the field. If it was any later, the old couple would have to work on an empty stomach.
Jiang Manyue immediately went to the well to fetch the rice, went to the kitchen to quickly beat six eggs, cut two cans of luncheon meat, and picked a handful of green onions from her private plot.
She was willing to use oil, and the fried rice she made looked oily, with the aroma of eggs and meat mixed with the aroma of rice and onions, which made people's mouths water at the smell.
To go with the rice, Jiang Manyue also made a clear soup, which was not too oily but was perfect with fried rice.
Seeing that Lu Jun'an was still playing in the yard, Jiang Manyue served out a large bowl of fried rice and covered it with some pickled vegetables such as dried radish. She left the remaining two portions in the pot and would eat them with Lu Jun'an after she came back from delivering the meal.
When the meal was delivered to the field, the old couple lost interest in chatting with others. After eating quickly, they went back to work in the field.
Jiang Manyue packed up and went home. She ate fried rice with Lu Junan, and then, considering that it was almost time to get off work, she cooked a bowl of noodles for each of the old couple.
As soon as Li Guifen came back, she saw two bowls of noodles on the table. She couldn't help but feel that Jiang Manyue was considerate and even considered that they might be a little hungry after work.
In order to let the old couple have a good rest at night, Jiang Manyue specially asked Lu Junan to sleep with her, so that the child would not get up at night and disturb them.
Because of this incident, Li Guifen talked about it with everyone in the field the next day. When she met Miao Xianghua when she went to the toilet, she even praised Jiang Manyue to her.
When Miao Xianghua heard her praising Jiang Manyue, she was naturally happy. Her daughter didn't have to go to the fields and only needed to cook at home. Her mother-in-law was so touched. Who could live as well as her?
The two people who originally didn't get along well became closer because of Jiang Manyue. They even liked to work together, and their relationship as in-laws really improved.
Nearly twenty days passed like this, and the summer harvest finally came to an end. Once all the grain was stored, everyone could have a good rest for a few days.
The team members worked overtime and finally stored all the grain, allowing the team leader to pay the public grain tax on time.
After paying the public grain tax, it is time to distribute the grain, which is also one of the two moments that the team members look forward to most in the year.
The other one is of course the distribution of grain and the New Year pigs during the autumn harvest. That is an even happier moment than the distribution of grain during the summer harvest, representing that their whole year's work has been rewarded.
On the day of grain distribution, Lu Qingyou and Li Guifen went there pushing a handcart, and Jiang Manyue also brought Lu Junan to join in the fun.
This was the first time she had seen the team distributing food since she came here, and she really wanted to see the scene of food distribution.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she arrived, she was drafted into the army by the team leader.
"Come on Manyue. You are in junior high school, so you can help register as well."
The scorers and educated youth in the team each moved a small table to the side to register, but there were too many people coming to collect food, and everyone wanted to get it first, so the threshing ground was very crowded.
Upon seeing this, the team leader began to recruit able-bodied men from all over the place. Anyone who could read and write was brought in to do the registration work.
Jiang Manyue had no choice but to move a table and sit next to the educated youth to register the team members together.
After working for a long time, there were finally fewer people coming to collect food.
Jiang Manyue rubbed her sore wrist, looked around, and finally waited for the captain to say that she could go home for lunch and rest at noon.
The better news was that she didn't need to help in the afternoon. The remaining work would be completed by the team leaders, and everyone else could go back and rest.
Jiang Manyue hurried back home. Seeing that she had gone to the brigade to help, Li Guifen volunteered to make lunch.
But she didn't do anything else, just simply cooked a bowl of noodles, which wasn't that bad after all.
After dinner, the family went back to the house to rest. The summer harvest was over and the grain was received. The next few days were a time for rest. Summer planting would not begin until the seedlings were grown.
Jiang Manyue also felt relieved. Although she did not go to the fields for this summer harvest, she still contributed a lot of effort.
She is busy preparing three meals a day and has to find ways to make them eat better. She has put a lot of effort into it.
Lying on the bed, Jiang Manyue was still thinking about going to the black market in the next two days. She hadn't been there for more than 20 days. She guessed that Zhou Laosan was almost impatiently waiting for her.
As Jiang Manyue was thinking, she fell asleep. She didn't wake up naturally until the afternoon, then she stretched and got up.
After getting up, she didn't rush out of the room, but entered the space and picked out a batch of belts, ready to take them to the black market for Zhou Laosan, which were also fresh goods.
After choosing the belt, Jiang Manyue took out the Russian textbook and sat under the eaves to review silently, muttering to herself.
Seeing that she was reading, Li Guifen did not disturb her and just mended her clothes.
During the summer harvest, I have worn out a lot of clothes. Some of them were scratched by sickles, while others were accidentally rubbed. I have to mend them one by one in my free time.
Lu Qingyou didn't come out, but was resting in the house. He had worked very hard during the summer harvest, and he became lazy when he had some free time.
Lu Junan went to Jiang's house to play with his friends. The three members of the Lu family were doing their own things, and the yard was quiet.
But soon, there was a knock on the courtyard door. Jiang Manyue put down her textbook and went to open the door, only to find that it was Lu Lin standing at the door!
Jiang Manyue looked at him, a little confused. Why did he come back without a word?
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