"After the production team finishes harvesting tonight, we can come back after dinner to pick up some wheat from the fields. Some people cut it carelessly, and there will be a lot left on the ground when they were moving it. We can pick it all up," Gu Zhixiang said in a low voice. "Then let's go over there too, and finish harvesting early so we can get some rest."
Then he found a place to harvest wheat.
"Xixi, you can cut slowly later. Your dad and I will come and help you after we finish. Don't tire yourself out." Lin's mother, wearing a straw hat, didn't delay and went with Lin's father to surround ten rows of wheat. They started bending over to cut. At first, they weren't very skilled, but they learned how to do it after watching for a while.
Gu Chen is with her now.
“You’ve only just started cutting today. I’m quick, let me finish cutting for you first.” Gu Chen rolled up his sleeves and was about to bend down when he saw that Lin Yuxi had already squatted down.
She bent down and used her sickle to pry open the soil on the ground. The soil had cracked open in many places, and at least ten centimeters of the ground was dry. Looking at the wheat ear again, she immediately understood that the drought had arrived.
"The wheat is sparse and the ears are short, the soil is thin and dry, so the yield is only about 400 jin per mu." Lin Yuxi broke off a stalk of wheat and said slowly. In fact, she was exaggerating the 400 jin. If the whole field was like this, the raw grain would be at most about 360 jin.
Feet steamed by the hot earth, back scorched by the blazing sun, exhausted but unaware of the heat, only regretting the long summer days.
Others might think it's just hot weather and that summer came early, but little do they know, this is the first step towards drought.
"You know about these things too?" Gu Chen frowned, looking at the soil under his feet. It was indeed very dry. If it was 400 jin per mu, then this year's summer harvest would definitely not be enough to distribute.
"Cut the wheat first. You should cut your own five rows first." Lin Yuxi didn't stand on ceremony. Before coming, she had wrapped her hands and feet up tightly.
It's just harvesting wheat, right? Simple.
Lin Yuxi squatted on the ground cutting wheat, but her speed was a bit slow and she was a bit clumsy, causing some wheat ears to fall to the ground.
She would rest for a while, then cut for a while. Before she knew it, the sun was already high in the sky. The production team didn't stipulate that she had to keep cutting. She could manage her time herself. Some people could cut one and a half rows in two hours.
Half a day passed, and Lin Yuxi had only managed to cut two rows in five hours, her palms turning red.
When it was time to eat, she found that most people were resting in the field, sitting on the ground and under the shade of trees. Luckily, she had put the steamed buns and pickled vegetables in her spatial storage, so no one could see them in the field. She took the opportunity to take them out and put them in her bag, and also filled her water bottle.
Lin Yuxi sat under the shade of a tree, stuffing pickled vegetables into the meat. When working, everyone did their own thing, but when eating, her family and Gu Chen and the others gathered together and ate heartily.
"Hey, what are you eating? It smells so good!" He Meifang was eating a cornbread and a potato when she suddenly smelled something and came over. "Do you have any left? Can I have some to try? I'll trade you some potatoes."
"Would you like some cold vegetarian salad? I don't need the potatoes, but I have some steamed buns here." Lin's mother took out a plastic bag and put some steamed buns into it for her.
He Meifang didn't stand on ceremony. She took a bite, and the sweet and spicy shredded radish was especially delicious. She sat down next to Lin's mother and called her "Auntie".
"Auntie, your cooking is really good. It tastes much better than what you get in restaurants."
She had eaten at many canteens and state-run restaurants, but none of them could compare to the delicious food that Lin's mother made.
"My daughter taught me how to make these dishes. Without her, I couldn't have made them so well."
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