Chapter 194 Autumn Harvest

Chapter 194 Autumn Harvest

During the autumn harvest season, the sky is clear and the sun shines on the fields, making them golden. When the autumn wind blows, the golden rice fields ripple with sparkling light, as if they were a golden ocean on the earth. The heavy rice ears bend the rice stalks. This autumn harvest will surely fill the warehouse with rice.

We have been in the country for more than 5 months, and this is the first time that the school is closed for vacation instead of a holiday.

At the end of August, all schools in the country were suspended and all the people harvested the autumn harvest together!

Except for the craftsmen, all the common people who had land had to go to harvest in autumn. While the sun was shining brightly, they hurried to cut the rice stalks, beat the rice ears, take out the grains, and spread them out in the sun before storing them in the warehouse.

It was past 5 in the morning, and it was still dark, but the people in Qingxi Town had already gotten up, and the light of torches and the voices of people were everywhere. Whether they were local residents or those who had just moved here, they all took advantage of the coolness in the morning and rushed to the fields before dawn.

It was still dark, and Lin Youcai simply stuck a bamboo pole into the field and hung his home's outdoor solar lantern on it to illuminate the field and make it easier for everyone to work.

Old Man Lin and Old Lady Wang have one household registration, with 3 mu of land. The four brothers each have 4 mu of land, and the five households have 3 mu of land. Lin Youcai was numbed when he looked at the endless rice fields.

The government took the initiative to give leave to civil servants who owned land, leaving only civil servants who did not own land to work.

Farming is really hard work! It's not as easy as it sounds!

Families with many people have advantages when it comes to work. With many people and many fields, everyone works together, regardless of who is your family or who is mine.

The 21 members of the Lin family divided the work and cooperated with each other to cut rice stalks, move rice ears, thresh rice grains and pack rice grains, and each began to work in an orderly manner.

By 7 o'clock, it was already bright outside. Lin Youcai slapped a mosquito to death, wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve, and went to turn off the light.

Everyone wore long sleeves and long pants, with their cuffs and trouser legs tied tightly with cloth strips. Otherwise, when working in the rice fields, their hands and feet would be cut by the rice leaves, and they also had to prevent snake and insect bites.

Lin Zisu woke up in a daze, and looked at her watch. It was already 7 o'clock. She jumped up and dressed and washed up quickly. Her house had just been built two days ago. The Lin family bought good food, had a sumptuous dinner together, and moved in. But she still lived in the RV because it had air conditioning and it was very comfortable to live alone in the RV.

She got out of the car and walked into the living room, heading towards the kitchen at the back. Before she even got to the kitchen, she could already smell the fragrance.

Lin Cuihe put the steamed buns and steamed bread into a wooden basket, picked up the fried egg sauce and pickled cabbage and put them into another basket, and then put a pair of chopsticks in it. Lin Xiatao put the boiled water aside and took it to the field later.

Lin Zisu: "Sister, you are all done! It smells so good!"

"It's just out of the pot, come and have breakfast." Lin Cuihe called her over to eat.

Lin Xiatao came over with a plate of buns. "This one has pork filling, and this one has pickled cabbage filling. Take whichever you want."

Lin Zisu: "I want a meat bun, and one with pickled cabbage, too."

The three of them ate two buns each, drinking warm water and finishing them in no time.

Lin Zisu sprinkled a little bit of sugar and salt into the water while it was still warm. The three of them brought the food to the RV. Lin Cuihe and Lin Xiatao were the cooks, and Lin Zisu was the driver and part-time fireman. However, the sisters let her sleep a little longer and didn't wake her up.

Lin Zisu and Lin Xianwen were on holiday, and didn't have to train for a week. But they didn't think of it as a holiday. The autumn harvest was hot and tiring, with insects biting and rice leaves to cut. Fortunately, they were not the main force in the autumn harvest, so they were more relaxed and free than during training.

Old Man Lin and Old Lady Wang were reluctant to let Si'er, who had a promising future, go to work in the fields. If it was the Dahuan Dynasty, they could stop him, but it wouldn't work in the He Kingdom. The He Kingdom government doesn't indulge you. All scholars and officials have to work! The autumn harvest holiday was specially given to let people work!

The mule cart and ox cart had already gone to the fields, and Lin Zisu drove the RV over so that they could get water.

As the RV passed by the yards of each family, noises could be heard from inside. The autumn heat was fierce and the sun was scorching, so the craftsmen would hurry up and start work in the morning when it was cooler.

The construction department provides food for the craftsmen. Someone sets up a pot on site to cook and fry food. The government provides three meals a day. Their wages and benefits are also provided by the government.

Craftsmen cannot eat, accept gifts, or receive money from ordinary people. This government regulation can avoid a lot of trouble. If you don't want to go to mine coal, just be more conscious.

The government has a Discipline Inspection Commission and many supervisory departments that strictly monitor and crack down on bad practices.

The construction department has someone special to register and file which house the craftsmen built and how many houses they built, and they also have to sign and put their fingerprints on it.

The roar of the RV attracted the people who were bending over to cut rice to stand up and look at the road. The black, long-columned RV, with four wheels rotating rapidly, could move without animals pulling it in front. It could even run faster than a vehicle pulled by animals. Animals are afraid of heat and cold, and need to eat, drink, defecate, urinate, and rest, but the RV doesn't need to.

The common people looked at the RV as something new, novel, and rare, but they were not too shocked or surprised. Because they had seen many different kinds of cars a few months ago. Yes, "car", a very strange name. There were also tall and big boats, not made of wood, but all made of "iron". How much iron would that take!

Lin Zisu ignored other people's eyes and thoughts. The road was smooth and she arrived at her own field No. 12 in a few minutes. Her family's field number was near the front, so they started threshing the grain from the nearest field first.

The RV stopped, and the three of them carried food and water, walked along the ridge of the field, and walked towards the group.

Lin Cuihe: "It's time to have breakfast!"

"The buns are fresh out of the pot~" Lin Zisu shouted loudly. The Lin family saw a man who was fully armed from head to toe, with only his two eyes exposed, walking over.

Lin Youcai: "You are covering yourself so tightly, aren't you hot?"

Shen Xianglan: "Then it's better to keep it tightly covered!"

"Sweating in the heat is better than being peeled by the sun, cut by leaves, or bitten by insects! The fabric is thin, but it's okay!" Lin Zisu put down the basket of vegetables, took the vegetables out and put them on the thresher. There are insects on the ground, and there are too many people to worry about grass, mud, and impurities falling into the vegetables.

Everyone took steamed buns and chopsticks, and started eating with water, taking a bite of steamed bun, a dumpling and a bite of vegetable.

Before threshing the rice fields, water is released and fish are caught. After the water in the fields is drained and the fish are caught, threshing can begin soon.

It was not the turn of the common people to catch the rice fish. The people who came were from the military, who caught all of them and took them away. At noon after school, many children pulled buckets to catch small fish the size of one or two fingers to take home.

Squeeze out the internal organs of the small fish and stir-fry with chili peppers to go with rice. Dried fish is stir-fried with chili peppers, which is quite delicious.

Lin Zisu and her brother had to train, and they were exhausted when they came back. It was also very hot outside, so they did not join in the fun.

Lin Xianshan and Lin Xianhe were the only ones in the family. After school, the two brothers and the children in the village carried buckets and scooped up a lot of fish.

(Both chapters today have pictures, which will be posted in the early morning.)