Although the rice yield was low, they still had to harvest the rice from the fields.
After the rice harvest, plow the land as soon as possible, and then plant corn and sweet potatoes, so that at least before winter, they won't starve to death.
Under the scorching sun, not only Ning Jing, but also Xiu Hua and Tie Dan went to work in the fields together.
Ning Jing and Xiu Hua cut in front, while Tie Dan tied them up behind.
Once they finished cutting one row, Ning Jing and Xiu Hua would turn around and continue cutting the other row.
Tie Dan then bundled up several bundles of rice and carried them to the wooden cart on the edge of the field.
Once the wooden carts are piled high, someone will come and take the rice to the threshing ground to thresh it.
The threshed grains were spread directly on the drying ground to dry.
Younger children like Xiuchun and Siya would carry a small basket and pick up fallen rice ears in the fields where the rice had been cut clean, leaving only stubble.
The twins followed behind them, thoughtfully helping to pick up the items.
After a day's work, even though their faces were covered in sweat from the sun, they could still pick out a handful of rice grains.
Don't underestimate this handful of rice. The children in the village will gather the rice they have collected, burn the straw, and then throw the rice into the fire.
The rice grains that have been burned will soon burst into popped rice.
This is the village children's favorite snack.
However, some poor families couldn't bear to let their children waste food like that.
If the adults see this, I'll definitely get a beating.
After all, even straw is a collective asset of the village.
With so many things being raised these days, there's simply not enough straw.
After Chen Daohui and his consultants finished harvesting the two acres of land in the experimental field, they went to dig up the peanuts that had been planted next door.
Because of proper fertilization, the peanuts they dug up filled several large baskets, and they weighed them; they estimated it to be less than 300 jin (150 catties).
These peanuts can be pressed for oil, and since this year's harvest was better than last year's, Tan Dingguo decided to keep some of the peanut seeds.
He also went to the next village and pressed all the peanuts for oil.
One pound of peanuts can yield about 4 ounces of oil, and about 200 pounds of peanuts can yield about 100 pounds of peanut oil.
After it was transported back to the village, all the villagers were summoned.
Just like the rice paddy fish, they were bought with work points.
Ten work points for one jin of oil, no oil coupons required.
That's equivalent to about 90 cents a pound of peanut oil, which immediately tempted many families who were struggling to make ends meet.
Normally, when you go to the supply and marketing cooperative, the oil supply is rationed.
Money is secondary; after all, those workers certainly have the money to buy it.
However, it's not easy for villagers to earn money, and besides, the village chief didn't say that it was necessary to exchange it for a pound of oil.
Several households in the village were buying peanut oil in small quantities, one person buying a few ounces at a time. Ning Jing took a three-pound oil can and filled it to the brim.
Because of the tranquility of their home, they almost never buy rapeseed oil from the supply and marketing cooperative, so they have to use lard to cook every day.
It had been almost a year since she had eaten vegetable oil. Ning Jing hugged the oil jar and smelled the fragrant aroma coming from it, which made her feel relaxed and happy.
Tan Dingguo bought quite a lot for his own family, and there were still more than two jin of oil left, which he directly distributed to the educated youth at the educated youth settlement.
They weren't asked to exchange work points, since they had only been there a short time and hadn't worked for very long, so they had almost no work points.
Another reason, of course, is that they grew these peanuts themselves.
Therefore, no one had any objection to the village chief's decision.
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