OBS Chapter 429: Non-stop Oxcart and Horse Cart
Chapter 429: Non-stop Oxcart and Horse Cart
The Chen family was the last one to use the car. In order to avoid crowding, the other families had already used them, and the remaining ones could be carried back by their own family members.
Zhou Guo dragged the wheat to the threshing floor. The threshing floor was about seven or eight acres in size. The ground was rammed smooth and flat, even smoother and more solid than his own yard. At first glance, it looked like a cement floor.
At this time, except for their family, everyone else's wheat was dragged here. Each family had a large area, which was enough for each family to dry the grain.
After the grain is harvested from the threshing floor, each family will send someone to guard it day and night. At night, they will temporarily build a straw shed and make a simple bed, or simply spread some hay on the ground and lie down, then snore away. However, there will probably be a lot of mosquitoes.
She thought it was quite fun this way, with all the families here, talking and laughing, chatting about everything under the sun. Just thinking about such a leisurely moment after a tiring day made her feel relaxed.
It's a pity that her father is gone, and the men from each family are the ones who guard the wheat field. She can't let the old man guard the wheat field at such an old age. It must be so miserable at night, just feeding mosquitoes. That's why she thought of building a bigger yard so that she doesn't have to guard the wheat field.
Their wheat field is not in use and no one is using it yet. If someone’s field is not enough in the future, they will probably come to borrow it from them.
She helped them unload the wheat. Chen handed her a small sack and said, "Thank you so much. Thank you also to your cows and horses. They have worked hard today. I heard that they like to eat beans, right? Take these beans back as a snack for them."
Zhou Guo evaded the question, "Why should our two families be so formal? I just hauled two loads of wheat, and you want to give me so many beans? No need to give me. We have plenty of beans at home, and we bought them all for them. If I accept all of them, my mother will scold me to death when I go back."
Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Look at what you said. Are you going to be scolded to death for a little bean? Take it. It's just a few beans. We have plenty of them at home. We don't have cattle or horses to raise. We usually exchange them for tofu, or make bean rice, or stir-fry beans. If we eat too much of them, no one in the family likes to eat them anymore. Fortunately, although the weather is dry this year, we have watered the crops in time, and the harvest is not bad. These beans are even less rare. Take them. After this crop of wheat is harvested, we are also thinking of planting a crop of soybeans. We will use it as fertile land. It would be great if we can get a harvest. Even if there is no harvest, we will be satisfied if we can get the seeds back. These beans are nothing. Take them back."
Zhou Guo didn't hesitate to be polite. He knew that their family had a lot of land and they didn't need these beans. He smiled and said, "Then I'll take them."
Chen said happily, "I have to accept it. It's just a small amount of beans, but you are still being so distant with your aunt. You don't treat me as your own family."
She drove the two carts back to get more work. Although the two guys did a lot of work today, they also ate a lot.
Although the families who came to borrow the tractor had no livestock at home, they all loved their livestock equally. After each trip, they would take them to drink water, give them beans, cut fresh grass in bundles, and provide them with delicious food and drinks. At the end of the day, their stomachs were bloated, and they hadn't taken care of them at all.
I think in the next half month, I won’t have to take care of these anymore.
She sent all the wheat from Chen's family to the threshing ground, and then drove two carts back to the fields. In such a short time, they probably harvested some more wheat. She knew her mother's temper. She would not go home until dark. Now it was beginning to get dark, and it would be dark soon. She had to persuade them to go back.
I can't work with my eyes open all day long. I'm still working before I close my eyes. I always need to take a break.
When we got to the field, we saw that many people had not left yet. In addition to Zhou Xing who had returned home, no one else in their family had left.
She parked the car and went to the field to bundle up the harvested wheat. She said, "Mother, Master, I'm done. I'm going back. It's getting dark. Let's go back and eat. It's lunchtime. I'm so hungry that I'm almost starving."
The old man was the first one to turn around and leave. In fact, he had not wanted to work anymore. He had eaten a few roasted grasshoppers and some rice cakes for lunch in the afternoon. The rice cakes could only last for a while and were of no use. He was already hungry.
I looked up at the mountain not far away and thought to myself.
Zhou Mai and others also put down their sickles and lifted their legs, which were heavier than boulders, to move towards the car. The feeling of having an empty stomach was really uncomfortable.
Li stood up and saw that everyone was shouting about being hungry. She thought that she should fry the rice cake tomorrow and bring it over. But the rice cake is fried in lard and doesn't taste good when it's cold.
Seeing the old man looking at the mountain again and again, Zhou Guo couldn't help but laugh and said, "Master, do you want to go to the mountain to hunt and barbecue tomorrow?"
The old man glanced at her and couldn't help complaining, "This farm work is more tiring than boxing. I eat and I get hungry in no time. Farming is really tiring!"
Zhou Guo thought so too. She had never worked in the fields under the scorching sun for a whole day. Even during the spring plowing season, the sun was not that strong, and not that intense. This time it felt like taking an exam.
After thinking for a while, he said, "Tomorrow, I will bring some food to the fields. I will find some oil and salt when I have time, so that you can have enough to eat and resist hunger."
Speaking of hunger relief, glutinous rice cake is really a good thing, especially fried glutinous rice cake, which is crispy on the outside and soft and sticky on the inside. It is delicious, but it is a pity that it is gone. I can't help but say: "When the New Year comes, we will make a big jar of glutinous rice cake. By this time next year when the wheat is harvested, it will definitely not be eaten up. We can get some and fry them in the fields. It is fast and delicious."
The old man nodded, "Very good, very good."
Rice cakes and the like are not as satisfying as fried glutinous rice cakes at this time.
Zhou Gu touched his stomach and walked over and said, "I want to eat glutinous rice cakes, but unfortunately they are gone."
The family ate up the last few in the morning, but they were still saving these and leaving them aside on purpose, otherwise they would have been gone long ago.
Zhou Mai and Zhou Mi also nodded. They were hungry and wanted to eat everything. They felt they could eat two chickens.
Li brought Xu over and loaded the last harvest of wheat onto the cart. She patted the wheat stubble off her body and said, "We are all hungry. Let's go back quickly. I think dinner is ready and we can eat when we get home."
Zhou Guo drove the horse-drawn carriage in front, Zhou Gu drove the ox-drawn cart behind, and the group headed home as the sky began to darken.
Li greeted everyone she met along the way, "Are you not going home yet? Oh, we'll be leaving soon. We'll be leaving too. Oh, the children are hungry. They're just little kids, so they get hungry quickly. So we'll leave first. You guys are busy... Oh, right, we'll be going back first. It's getting dark..."
Zhou Guo was listening in the front and felt it was quite familiar.
When they got home, dinner was ready. The table was set in the yard, filled with several clay pots. They were all delighted, but they could hardly walk when they saw the food.