Aunt Zhang gave Uncle Zhang a reproachful look, then laughed along with everyone else.
Gu Yun Chu secretly vowed in her heart that she would learn from Uncle Zhang and take good care of Zhang Da Hua in the future.
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After chatting for a while, Old Mrs. Li led the Li family back to Li Family Village.
The wheat has turned yellow. After finishing Gu Yun Chu's business in the morning, it's time to go to the fields to harvest the wheat in the afternoon.
After harvesting the wheat, we still need to plant rice. The sooner we finish planting, the sooner we can come and help Gu Lili's family.
Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang also took Zhang Dahua home, as they were also going home to harvest wheat.
Gu Lili changed into her usual coarse work clothes and led everyone down to the fields.
Today, everyone except Gu Huanhuan and Zheng Yue got out of bed.
Even Little Fox wasn't idle; Gu Lili brought her out as well.
Although the little fox can't be of much help, it's good that it runs around in the fields and scares away snakes, insects, and rodents.
Originally, they only had Li Xihua with the wheat they planted on that one acre of wasteland. Later, after Gu Jingsheng's death, the village head gave the land deed of Gu Jingsheng's family to Gu Lili.
Gu Jingsheng planted eight acres of high-quality wheat, so Gu Lili and the others also had a heavy workload.
After all, harvesting nine acres of wheat by hand is no easy task.
When the three Gu siblings returned to the wasteland where Li Xihua had led them to plant wheat, their eyes welled up with tears.
The scene of Li Xihua leading them to plant wheat seems like it happened just yesterday.
The wheat is now ripe, but Li Xihua has long since returned to dust.
"Alright, let's harvest the wheat that Mother planted," Gu Lili said to the others, composing herself.
Gu Yunchu nodded, squatted down, and began harvesting with a sickle.
After watching for a while, Chang'an followed Gu Yun Chu's example, holding a wheat stalk in one hand and cutting it with a sickle in the other.
Although there wasn't much wheat on the ears, they still had to be harvested.
After all, this represents more than half a year's worth of hard work by the farmers.
Gu Chenxi, Gu Yunchu, and Chang'an were responsible for harvesting the wheat, while Gu Lili and Gu Yanyu were responsible for tying it up with simple ropes made of grass.
Gu Lili's family wasn't the only one working in the fields.
Almost everyone in the village was out working, and every household was busy with their tasks.
Manual harvesting is relatively slow; it took five people about an hour to harvest this one acre of wheat.
Gu Lili wiped the sweat from her brow and couldn't help but sigh.
If only we had a combine harvester, it could have harvested all the wheat in less than 15 minutes and even separated the grains.
Gu Lili did have a harvester in her space, but looking at all the people in the fields, she still thought it best to just harvest by hand.
Once this piece of wasteland is cleared, it's time to move on to another.
The group loaded the wheat that Gu Lili and Gu Yanyu had tied into the oxcart. Gu Yun Chu was responsible for taking the wheat back to dry, while Gu Lili led the others to the next wheat field.
At their pace, the wheat harvest could be completed in as little as two days.
Once the wheat harvest is complete, it's time to plow the fields and irrigate for rice planting.
Gu Lili had asked Grandma Li to help cultivate the rice seedlings several days ago.
This morning, Gu Lili went to check on the plants in the plastic greenhouse next door, and they were growing just right.
Rice seedlings are being grown not only in the greenhouses but also in the adjacent fields.
It can be planted on more than 100 acres.
Recently, quite a few people have come to Gu Lili's house to work. Most of them have seen Xiao Li'er before, and even if they haven't seen her, they've heard others talk about her.
Therefore, Gu Lili leading Xiao Li'er through the fields did not cause too much panic.
Some of the bolder ones even dared to touch the little fox.
Seeing that no one meant any harm, Little Fox let them go their own way.
These past two days, Xiao Li'er has indeed lived up to Gu Lili's expectations.
It caught three snakes and ate them as snacks.
After two busy days, the wheat harvest was finally completed.
Gu Lili felt that this body was so tired that it no longer belonged to her.
The next step, plowing the land, was even more tiring, so Gu Lili planned to popularize glutinous rice.
Glutinous rice provides a stronger feeling of fullness compared to regular rice.
Since she had been granted the title of County Princess by the Emperor, she should naturally do her part.
Therefore, this time she plans to plant 100 acres of glutinous rice.
This is indeed an extremely difficult challenge for Gu Lili's family, because, in their entire family, only Chang'an can be considered a working adult.
We can't treat Chang'an like an ox.
Moreover, Gu Yun Chu has already gone to work at the restaurant in Donghai Town, and these past few days, Chang An has been supporting the business almost entirely on his own.
Fortunately, Gu Lili had already discussed it with the villagers, and they would come to help her transplant rice seedlings after they finished their work.
The wages will still be calculated according to the previous tree planting rate, fifteen coins a day.
Watching Chang'an's busy figure, Gu Lili thought to herself that once this busy period was over, she would definitely cook something delicious to reward everyone.
It wasn't enough to rely on just one ox from Gu Lili's family to plow the land, so Gu Lili also invited Sizhu's father and the other people who had helped transport the grain to plow the land.
Gu Lili's hundred acres of land are all adjacent to each other, which will make it easier for them to manage them.
For several days in a row, Gu Lili was busy in the fields.
Once the Li family arrived to help, the wheat had been dried and it was time to thresh it.
So everyone split into two groups, some removing the ears from the wheat and others transplanting the rice seedlings.
"Oh, Lili, I went to Donghai Town a few days ago, and the price of wheat had actually risen to twenty wen a jin, it's really scary." Old Mrs. Li said to Gu Lili while slamming the wheat on the ground to let it thresh.
The price of grain is generally controlled by the government. The price of wheat has more than doubled, and the government has not intervened. This means that the disaster area is probably not limited to the few towns around Donghai Town.
Rising food prices could also trigger famine.
Gu Lili shook her head helplessly, wondering if the taxes would be reduced this year.
I just hope that no more disasters will happen, and that everyone's food supply will last until the rice ripens.
After about ten days of hard work, Gu Lili's 100 mu of rice paddies were finally completely planted.
It seemed as if the heavens, seeing that they had finished their work, began to pour down rain.
Looking at the mountains not far away, Gu Lili thought to herself that she should be able to pick mushrooms once the rain stopped.
Everyone had been busy for more than ten days, and with the rain pouring down non-stop, Gu Lili simply told everyone to take a good rest for a day.
These past few days have been so busy that meals have been mostly just a quick bite. Today, Gu Lili plans to cook something delicious to treat everyone.
Looking at the chicken that Gu Yun Chu had bought yesterday, Gu Li Li decided to make a pot of braised chicken today so that everyone could have a good meal.
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