Xu Han had just put her things away when Lu Chuan returned with them.
"I'm back. This afternoon I took out all the things we need for tomorrow's autumn harvest. Take a look and see if there's anything we can't use. If we can fix it, we'll fix it; if not, we'll replace it with a new one."
Lu Chuan took a sip of water and instructed, "Okay, Uncle Zhu, take some men and check to see if we have enough."
Zhu Qiang received the instructions and quickly flipped through the items. "Most of them are usable. We'll sharpen these sickles and such in a bit so they won't be out of use tomorrow."
"The broken baskets can be patched up and used; if we don't have enough, there are plenty more over in the valley, we can go get those later."
"Okay, it's up to you. You take your men and get it done."
After Lu Chuan finished speaking, he ignored her and turned to go outside. Xu Han had just told him that Mu'er wanted to drink fish soup, so he had to hurry to the fishpond to catch two fish so he could make fish soup for his son.
Xu Han cooked dinner again tonight: a crucian carp soup, a stir-fried lamb, and a plate of stir-fried vegetables.
A meat dish, a vegetable dish, and a soup would be considered a very lavish meal for an ordinary family.
Xu Han finished preparing dinner, and Zhu Qiang and his men packed up all the tools needed for tomorrow, just waiting for the autumn harvest to begin tomorrow morning.
After dinner, Lu Chuantong told everyone, "Everyone should go to bed early tonight. Tomorrow morning, before dawn, while the temperature is still low, let's start the autumn harvest early and try to finish it as soon as possible."
Li Si echoed, "Alright, sir, don't worry. We'll get up early tomorrow and definitely won't delay the autumn harvest."
"Okay, then you should go back and rest early."
After everyone left, Lu Chuan closed the courtyard gate, and the family washed up and went to rest early.
The next day, before dawn, when Lu Chuan got up, Xu Han also got up. Today everyone was going to do the autumn harvest. Not only did the servants have to work in the fields, but even the brothers Mu'er and Ze'er were sent to the fields by Xu Han.
Although the two are still young and can't do much work, Xu Han doesn't spoil them. In the past, they have always participated in the autumn harvest and planting. Although there are many more people in the family this year, they still can't change the old habits.
She didn't want her two children to grow up to be spoiled brats who couldn't even tell the difference between farming and natural agriculture. Her family wasn't wealthy; they had always made a living by working the land, so of course they couldn't raise pampered children.
With her family all gone to the fields, Xu Han took on the task of preparing breakfast for the day. Although it was a bit strenuous to cook for so many people by herself, she started preparing the food after they went to the fields so as not to delay everyone's meal.
Since she couldn't eat anything too greasy in the morning, Xu Han simply made a cucumber salad and a braised chicken with potatoes, along with rice porridge.
To make sure everyone ate well, she cooked a large pot of eggs, nearly fifty in total, enough for each person to have two.
Eggs are the last thing Xu Han has at home right now, so she doesn't hold back when boiling them.
After Xu Han put the breakfast into the pot, Li Si and the others started delivering corn home one after another.
It must be said that although there are more people, the work efficiency is not much higher than before, but it is still much faster.
After all, when they transported things home during the autumn harvest, Xu Han and the others used their spatial storage directly.
You can transport a lot of things at once using the space, saving you the trouble of running back and forth.
However, we currently have two livestock at home, an ox and a donkey, both of which can pull grain, although it is a bit slow. Fortunately, there are many people now, so it is not particularly strenuous.
When Xu Han saw someone return, she asked, "How's the corn this year? Are they big?"
Wang Lin handed a corn cob to Xu Han and said, "Madam, look how well the corn is growing this year. The kernels are plump and each one is quite large."
Xu Han took a piece. This year's rainfall was plentiful, and the corn was indeed growing very well. "Haha, it seems that this year will be another bumper harvest. In a couple of days, after we grind the new cornmeal, I will make you a stewed chicken with corn pancakes."
"Alright, Madam, we'll all be waiting."
Xu Han laughed and said, "Alright, alright, you'll get your share. You guys just need to dump the corn in the backyard, and I'll spread it out to dry in a bit."
"No need, Madam. You've already worked hard enough making breakfast. We'll just spread it out after we unload it. Don't trouble yourself."
"Okay, you guys get back to work. I'll go check on the food in the pot right away, make sure it doesn't burn."
Everyone worked together all morning, and just as they were about to have breakfast, all the corn in the field was harvested.
Xu Han called out to everyone, "Let's eat breakfast first, and then we'll get back to work."
The Taoist priest chimed in, "Yes, yes, yes, we've been working all morning and are starving. Let's wash our hands and eat."
After breakfast, Xu Han stayed home to husk corn, while the others went to the field to harvest beans.
We didn't plant many soybeans. Last year we planted about three mu, and this year we planted a little more, about four mu. The same goes for corn; we planted more than before.
Last year we made a lot of sweet potato wine, so we planted fewer sweet potatoes this year. The land we cleared out was used to plant corn and soybeans.
Everyone worked until around 11 a.m., but the weather got too hot, so they stopped temporarily and planned to continue working in the afternoon when the sun was a little weaker.
Xu Han didn't need to cook lunch herself. Since there was no work to be done in the fields, Dan Niang and the others were idle, so they took care of the lunch.
Everyone was tired at noon, so we ate very simply: brown rice and some basic home-style dishes. We managed to make do with that.
After everyone rested for a while at noon, around three o'clock, Xu Han still hadn't gotten up, so Lu Chuan led them to the field to continue harvesting soybeans.
When Xu Han took the two children to the field, the soybeans had almost all been harvested.
"You guys work really fast! This morning it was such a big area, and now it's almost finished cutting it all in such a short time."
Sister-in-law Li chimed in, "There are many of us, about thirty people in total, big and small. With one sickle each, we can finish cutting quickly."
Granny Ma said, "Yes, madam, one person can finish cutting in one trip, without having to go back and forth."
"Haha, that's really true."
Lu Chuan called out from the other side, "Li Si, Chunfeng, there's not much left in the field. You guys start transporting it home."
Xu Han also said, "Chun Chan, you don't need to do it anymore. Take the children and pick up the fallen beans in the field."
Once the instructions were given, everyone immediately began to take action.
Chun Chan led four little radish heads, each holding a small bamboo basket, and began picking up fallen beans and bean pods from the ground.
Not to be outdone, Wang Lin and his companions immediately began loading the truck and heading home.
After a busy afternoon, until it was completely dark, we finally finished harvesting all the beans in the field.
The corn was put in the backyard, so the soybeans had to be piled up in the front yard.
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