Chapter 259: Autumn Harvest Begins 3



The shaved sweet potato slices are dried during the day and harvested in the evening.

If dew falls on the sweet potato chips at night, they will easily become moldy, so they should not be exposed to rain.

A group of children, both big and small, who had just finished school or did not go to school, came with bamboo baskets or wicker baskets, picked up the sweet potato chips on the ground with their big and small hands, filled the baskets with them and poured them into the big bamboo baskets, and then went back to pick up sweet potato chips.

Jiang He, Zhang Erya and a group of orphans were busy running around, and Feng Qingxue gave them work points according to Wang Zhengguo's suggestions.

The next morning, when the sun comes out, the harvested sweet potato chips are spread on the ground to continue drying, and then collected in the evening.

Repeat this process every day until the sweet potato chips are dried.

While the dried spring sweet potato slices are being stored in the warehouse, the summer sweet potatoes and corn are being harvested.

Those responsible for digging summer sweet potatoes are experienced farmers with rich experience. The sweet potatoes they dig out are less damaged. Through careful screening, they remove the injured, diseased, disabled and water-stained sweet potatoes, and transport the intact, plump and large sweet potatoes into the cellar according to the previous storage method. During the process, all the sweet potatoes are handled with care, and transported lightly, so as to leave the best seeds for next year.

If the seeds are planted well, the seedlings grown will be good, the rice seedlings will grow strong, and the harvest will naturally increase.

For corn, male laborers cut down the corn stalks one by one and placed them neatly on the ground in rows. In each row, women and children squatted and used awls to pick open the husks on the corn cobs, peel off the skins, break off the corn cobs and throw them on the open space.

Piles of corn cobs, golden, plump and beautiful.

The joy of harvest is on everyone's face.

The land in Wanglou Brigade is fertile, the corn cobs grow long and big, and the yield is unquestionable.

Some corn grows under the shade of trees and does not receive enough sunlight. The stalks are thin and the cobs that grow are also small. The husks are green and the kernels on the cobs are tender and soft. If you poke them, the juice will splash out.

At this time, someone has to supervise to prevent everyone from being extremely hungry and stealing the raw corn.

Wang Zhengguo was more tactful and shouted, "Pick out the tender corns and put them in a pile. When you get off work, each person can take two back home to cook and eat! It won't be counted towards your work points. So, don't eat them secretly in the fields. If I catch you, it will be embarrassing for everyone!"

Upon hearing this, everyone applauded and worked even harder.

Feng Qingxue hadn't had her period for more than two months. Although she didn't have time to see a doctor for a pulse check, she was definitely pregnant. In addition to recording work points, she also had to work, but she was very careful not to do any work that required her to bend over and put pressure on her lower abdomen.

It cannot be said that they did not work, because many women with big bellies were sweating profusely in the fields.

Some women are even busy even when they are eight or nine months pregnant.

In this case, how could Feng Qingxue use her pregnancy as an excuse to not go to work?

After cutting the corn stalks, the male laborers carry the bamboo baskets or dung baskets full of corn cobs onto a mule cart and transport them to the field to spread them out for drying. At this time, the summer sweet potatoes that cannot be used for planting are cut into slices and scattered on the field to dry, so as not to take up space.

Corn stalks are transported to the fields and piled up, and after wheat is planted, they are transported to the cowshed and piled up into stacks.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Corn stalks, like sweet potato vines, are used as feed for livestock.

At noon, in order not to delay work, everyone ate the dry food they brought under the shade of trees at the edge of the field. Some people brought boiled water they cooked themselves, and some drank the raw water directly from the river.


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