Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 268: Threshing Wheat

The village chief raised his hands to signal everyone to be quiet, and the noise gradually became quieter.

The village chief said loudly: "Regarding the matter of harvesting wheat early, everyone should discuss it with their families."

"As usual, after half a quarter of an hour, each household will send a representative to raise his hand."

Suddenly the place was filled with noise, as if entering a beehive.

Soon, half a quarter of an hour passed.

The village chief raised his voice and asked everyone, "Have you all reached an agreement?"

He paused and said, "Next, please raise your hands if you agree!"

Be the first to raise your hand.

followed by the second one.

The third.

……

Looking at the people raising their hands in unison, it seemed that most people agreed.

After counting the people who raised their hands, Qin turned to the village chief Li Huairen and reported: "A total of 90 households have expressed their agreement."

The village chief nodded in satisfaction, and then said loudly: "Then it's settled. I hope everyone will work together to harvest all the wheat and bring it home in the next two or three days. Be quick! It must be quick!"

After some debate and discussion, most people finally agreed to harvest the wheat early.

The village chief then asked, "Regarding digging a deeper well again, should we do it collectively like last time? Do you agree with this?"

At this point, there was no dispute off the field. After all, the villagers had benefited greatly from the last time the village collectively dug a deep well.

The village chief's voice was a little hoarse at this time. He cleared his throat and said again: "No objection, I will give everyone three days to harvest the wheat. After three days, when the wheat is harvested, we will dig a deep well together. These two things can be considered finalized at the same time."

The village chief said and looked at everyone.

No one said anything.

"Since everyone has no objections, let's go back! I would like to remind everyone again to hurry up and harvest the wheat when you return! Remember!"

After the discussion ended, everyone dispersed and walked quickly towards their own homes.

After saying goodbye to the village chief and Qin, An Yue and Meng Xiuer dug herbs along the way and walked back home.

When we got home, it was almost noon.

Meng Xiuer began to wash her hands and prepare lunch, while An Yue went to the ear room to check on the silkworms.

At this time, the silkworms enter their fourth short period of fasting and hibernation.

An Yue then remembered that only four silkworm racks had been made so far, and four silkworm racks were far from enough.

So she went to pull the remaining bamboo from when Ale Daniu and his team built their house into the yard and started to separate the bamboo pieces.

There was a sound coming from outside the door, and it sounded like Chunzhi, Daniu and the others had returned.

Sure enough, there was a knock on the door soon.

dong dong dong.

An Yue quickly put down the knife and ran to open the door.

The gate was opened, and Chunzhi was seen standing outside the yard gate carrying two bundles of wheat.

Chunzhi saw that it was An Yue who opened the door, so she smiled and asked, "Miss, are you home?"

"We just got home too, and my sister-in-law hasn't prepared lunch yet."

The three men carried a few bundles of wheat and walked straight to the east wing.

After An Yue closed the door, she went to separate the bamboo strips.

After Chunzhi and the other two put away the wheat bundles, they walked out of the ear room. Daniu went straight to the main hall to drink water, while A'er sat down under the eaves.

An Yue asked curiously, "You came back so early today, have you harvested all the wheat in the field?"

"Yes!" Chunzhi said as she took a wooden basin to the kitchen to fetch water to wash her face and hands.

"Thank you all for your hard work. Sit down, drink some water and take a rest!" An Yue said to them with a smile.

Ale, who was sitting under the eaves, smiled and said, "Miss, please don't say that."

He picked up a bamboo strip that An Yue had separated and asked, "Miss, what are you going to make by separating the bamboo strips?"

"Our silkworms are about to spin cocoons! I have to prepare the cocoon racks for them in advance."

Ale put the bamboo stick in his hand on the ground and said, "Oh, wait until I finish drinking the water, I will help the lady!"

An Yue paused what she was doing, looked at Ale and asked with a smile: "Ale can weave?"

"Hehe, if you don't know how, you can learn. Just watch the young lady weave a few more times, and you will naturally learn it."

As Ale spoke, he stood up, brushed the dust off his butt, and prepared to go to the main hall to drink water.

Chunzhi, who was standing on the bluestone slab, turned her head and said with a cute smile: "Brother Ale, the three of us have already agreed in the field just now that I will pick mulberry leaves, you will cut grass for the pigs, and Brother Daniu will drive the ducks to the fields to catch locusts."

At this time, it was noon and the sun was at its highest.

An Yue blocked the sunlight with her hands and looked up at the sky.

An Yue took over Chunzhi's words and said, "This is the first time these ducks go to the fields. You can't drive them alone. If they run away, no one can take care of them."

"Everyone is tired after harvesting wheat for two consecutive days. Especially A'er and Daniu. They went to the fields early in the morning. They must be the most tired at this moment, right?" After An Yue finished speaking, she looked at Daniu with a smile.

Da Niu, who was standing under the eaves, was caught by An Yue and he scratched his head embarrassedly.

"All the wheat in the field has been brought home, which has solved a big worry in my mind. After lunch, the three of you can go back to the house and sleep for a while."

"If we drive the ducks to the fields, we have to leave one person behind to watch them. There's no rush, so let's drive them together tomorrow morning!"

"After waking up from his nap, Daniu Ale can start digging the cellar."

Ale scratched his head and replied with a smile: "Okay, then I'll go drink some water first."

After saying this, he walked towards the main hall.

After drinking the water, A'er walked up to Anyue and watched Anyue start to weave the silkworm frame. He also sat aside and started weaving according to Anyue's technique and style.

After a while, An Yue's silkworm frame was completed, and the silkworm frame in A'er's hand had also begun to take shape.

At this moment, a voice came from the kitchen: "Lunch is ready!"

Chunzhi, who was playing with Bashi in the yard, washed her hands again and went to the kitchen to get bowls and chopsticks to prepare for lunch.

……

After lunch.

Daniu Ale helped to collect the dishes, and Chunzhi washed them in the kitchen.

After finishing their housework, they all went back to their rooms for a nap, yawning non-stop.

……

More than half an hour later, everyone woke up from their nap and sat in the yard to wake up.

After a while, An Yue said to Chunzhi, "Chunzhi, the sun is still scorching hot right now, so you should wait until later to pick mulberry leaves! Now that the wheat has been harvested, you can go to the east ear room to thresh the wheat grains!"

"Well, okay, miss." Chunzhi said, turned around, moved a bench from the main hall, and walked towards the east ear room.

Meng Xiuer on the side said: "Then I will go and pass the straw to Chunzhi."

"Sister-in-law, your body isn't suited to this!" An Yue was a little worried.

Meng Xiuer waved her hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Yueyue, I will pay attention to it."

Afterwards, Chunzhi and Meng Xiuer went to the east ear room and threshed the wheat that had just been harvested.

Then, An Yue turned around and led the big bull A'er to walk around in the newly built backyard.