The villagers worked from dawn till dusk to harvest the soybeans and corn as quickly as possible.
There's no rush to cut the corn stalks in the cornfield; we can wait until after the autumn harvest.
Without corn cobs, the corn stalks are useless; they'll just be used as firewood in the future.
Many children and adults would pick out the juiciest stalks and cut them down to eat like sugarcane. Some corn stalks are also very sweet, and many children like to eat them.
Children don't usually get to eat candy, so these corn stalks can sweeten their mouths. This is a snack that many children crave, and it's only available at this time of year.
The corn cobs were piled up on the threshing floor, and the husks needed to be removed as soon as possible, otherwise the corn would get damp, moldy, or sprout. Villagers who couldn't do heavy physical labor and teenagers were assigned to husk the corn and then dry it.
The autumn sun was very strong, and the soybeans dried quickly. Liang Shouzhen was reluctant to use a tractor to thresh the soybeans, as it was too wasteful of oil, so he had two people use an old ox or mule harnessed to a stone mill to thresh the soybeans.
Some people were assigned to thresh beans and husk corn, while the rest went to harvest potatoes and sweet potatoes.
This year, Laohewan Village also planted some peanuts, which were also provided by Du Yuhan, and they grew very well.
The sweet potatoes and potatoes they dug up were large and plentiful, making the villagers overjoyed. Liang Shouzhen was even happier, knowing that the villagers of Laohewan Village would not go hungry this year.
After the adults carefully harvested one crop of potatoes and sweet potatoes, there would definitely be some left over in the field. So Liang Shouzhen let the children dig them up again, and whoever found them could keep them.
This is also to motivate the children and minimize waste, otherwise the potatoes and sweet potatoes that fall on the ground will all go to waste over the winter.
Children love to scavenge for potatoes and sweet potatoes in potato and sweet potato fields. The joy of finding potatoes and sweet potatoes that adults have missed brings them a lot of happiness.
The potatoes and sweet potatoes they dug up could be taken home and eaten, saving the family's food supplies. The children were all in high spirits and refused to go home until dark.
The children turned the field over and over again, leaving almost nothing untouched.
Every day after work, the adults would go to their children and carry home the potatoes and sweet potatoes they had harvested. Although everyone was tired every day, they were all very happy. The autumn harvest season was filled with laughter and joy.
During the autumn harvest, all three Du brothers, including Du Haifeng, went out to work, and they managed to bring back a basket of potatoes or sweet potatoes every day. This delighted Du Lianqiao and his wife.
In soybean fields, some bean pods and beans may fall to the ground. Children can collect these. If they are not collected early, they will sprout or be eaten by field mice or other small animals.
Since the adults didn't have time, all the children in the family would go out to scavenge for scraps. Even picking up just a handful of soybeans meant they'd have more to eat.
So the fields were thoroughly searched by adults and children.
He Yuhan didn't join in the fun; she didn't need the food and didn't want to compete with the villagers for it.
The potatoes and sweet potatoes she planted on the mountain were ready to be harvested. Han Yixian had already told her that she didn't need to harvest them; he and Liu Gang would come and collect them.
This autumn harvest, Liang Shouzhen's youngest son, Liang Jiajun, and daughter, Liang Jingyun, both returned home.
Liang Shouzhen's youngest son, Liang Jiajun, failed his university entrance exam this year and did not retake it. Liang Shouzhen then asked He Chenglin to find his youngest son a job in City C, where he is now a factory worker.
He works in City C, which isn't far from home, and he occasionally goes back. This autumn harvest, he went home to check on the harvest.
Liang Jingyun is already in high school, and the school has given everyone a break for the autumn harvest. They all came back to help with the harvest.
They were quite surprised when they saw the harvested grain.
Liang Jiajun asked his father, "Dad, why are the crops growing so well this year? Wasn't there a drought that supposed to reduce the yield? This looks even better than last year!"
Liang Shouzhen said, "What do you know? This year, with Yu Han's help, our village built waterwheels to irrigate the fields in advance. We also have high-yield grain seeds and fertilizer. All these factors combined have resulted in a harvest that is even better than in good years."
Our village can have a good New Year this year. I can finally relax now.
This year, our village got a tractor thanks to Yuhan, which has been a huge help. This machine is really something else; it made the autumn harvest much faster.
Look at Yuhan, she never went to college, but she can even fix tractors. She's the one who fixes our tractors whenever they break down. She's also designed several practical agricultural implements to match our tractors, which really saves us a lot of trouble.”
Liang Jiajun said, "Machines are definitely much more efficient than manpower. Yuhan is really amazing. I'll have to learn from her more in the future."
Liang Shouzhen said, "You also graduated from high school, so you should learn more from Yuhan. Just a couple of days ago, the factory manager of the tractor factory came to visit Yuhan with his entourage. This shows that they value Yuhan very much. They even wanted Yuhan to work at the tractor factory. But that scared me to death. Luckily, Yuhan refused, otherwise our village's newly opened clinic would have had to close down."
After Liang Jingyun returned, she frequently visited He Yuhan, and she became a regular at He Yuhan's home.
She especially adored the two little ones, completely charmed by their cuteness.
Liang Jingyun admires Sister Yuhan even more. She is not much older than her but knows so much and is already a qualified village doctor.
Now everyone in the surrounding villages knows that Dr. He from Laohewan Village has excellent medical skills; he can cure almost any illness except serious ones. Moreover, the villagers don't spend much money on medical treatment, and it's entirely affordable for them.
The villagers in the surrounding villages all like Sister Yuhan very much.
Liang Jingyun also hopes that she can become a useful person in the future and gain everyone's recognition and affection.
When Liang Jingyun returned, she took over the cooking duties at home. Although she couldn't cook anything complicated, she could manage simple dishes.
Du Lianqiao and his wife worked from dawn till dusk every day, and the three Du brothers also went to the fields to collect scraps. He Yuhan took over the cooking, and invited her adoptive parents to eat at her home every day.
At first, Du Lianqiao and his wife disagreed and didn't want to trouble He Yuhan.
It was only after Yu Huiru spoke up that Du Lianqiao and his wife agreed to have dinner at He Yuhan's house.
When the autumn harvest in Laohewan Village was almost over, Han Yixian arrived with Liu Gang. Even He Zhenhua, He Zhendong, and Huo Xicheng came. They had arranged to come together to harvest the potatoes and sweet potatoes that He Yuhan had planted on the mountain.
He Zhenhua and the others had never seen what He Yuhan had planted in the mountains, but Han Yixian and Liu Gang knew about it, so they both came during their holidays.
He Yuhan felt relieved to see so many people around. To be honest, she hadn't intended to plant so many things on the mountain, but she had accidentally planted too many. If she weren't worried about arousing suspicion, she could have easily harvested everything she grew using her spatial abilities.
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