Chapter 103 Cleaning up the grain drying field

Author: Mao Sui loves sweets

Chapter 103 Cleaning up the grain drying field

"Han Li, are you okay?"

Before anyone even entered the house, Yun Yingying's voice came over.

After He Mi heard this, he quickly climbed up from the kang and quickly straightened his wrinkle-free clothes.

Han Li was under the covers at this time, and he didn't have too many clothes, so it was really inconvenient for him to come out.

When he was about to say something, Yun Yingying had already entered the room in a hurry.

Han Li smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm fine. It's just that I came back from the mountain a little late last night and I didn't want to get up."

Yun Yingying discovered He Mi at this time, and she said a little doubtfully.

"It's okay. Hey, Hemi, are you there too?"

"I didn't hear the sound of Han Li practicing boxing today, so I came over to take a look. I just walked in. I just walked in."

"Haha. I'm like that too. Since you're not feeling well, Han Li, let me make breakfast for you."

He Mi: "Then I'll go with you."

While the two of them were talking, Hao Hongmin and several others also came. Han Li, who was under the quilt, now felt extremely regretful.

Why did he forget to close the street door when he came back? But now he has to think about how to get up.

If things were fine under normal circumstances, the clothes would be placed on the kang, and he would reach out and pull them under the quilt to put them on.

But his clothes last night were all smelly, so he threw them in the courtyard after washing himself.

The other clothes were placed in the kang cabinet at the moment, and Han Li couldn't take them out in his current situation.

Yang Xiuying: "Han Li, why are you still lying under the quilt? Let me tell you, you should give away those wolf strings. When we came, they stretched the strings straight and grinned.

They looked like they wanted to bite us to death, and I was really afraid that the rope would suddenly break and they would bite me twice."

At this time, Hao Hongmin shouted from the outer room: "Xiuying, come out and help me."

"Isn't it just a cooking pot? How many people do you need to do it together?"

Yang Xiuying walked out muttering, and Han Li immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He quickly wrapped himself in a quilt, took out his clothes from the kang cabinet, and put them on as quickly as possible.

Han Li didn't know whether the others were embarrassed or not. Anyway, he was quite embarrassed now.

After getting dressed, I said thank you to everyone for their concern, and then quickly went outside to brush my teeth.

Before he finished painting, several girls came out of the house.

"Han Li Bangzi Noodle Porridge, you can eat it after brushing your teeth. We will go to work first."

Han Li's mouth was full of foam now and he waved his hand casually.

He was wondering if he should find a chance to talk to He Mi again, what if she agreed?

Han Li rushed to the grain drying field after dinner and had not started assigning tasks yet, so it was not too late for him to come.

He originally thought that today was another day to work in the fields, but he didn't expect that this dream was shattered as soon as Captain Liang opened his mouth.

"The autumn harvest is coming soon. Today we will adjust the task. The third team will move the remaining grain from the granary to dry. Remember to move the grain far away and do not spread it on the drying floor. Then check all the contents of the warehouse to see if it can be used.

If it's not working, just repair it; if it's not working, hurry up and make a new one."

[Warehouse capacity: Grain storage is made of wood and sorghum stalks. The shape is generally circles of different sizes. Of course, there are other shapes. The warehouse should be about one meter above the ground. After the grain is put into the warehouse, the warehouse

Covering the top can effectively prevent the grain from getting damp. However, it is necessary to regularly check whether the grain is hot. Once it is hot, it must be dumped immediately, and some need to be dried.】

"The grain drying field also needs to be leveled again. One team will go to carry water to wet the grain drying field first, and the second team will mow the grass and collect plant ash. Later, everyone will level the grain drying field together."

Due to the shortage of cement in this era, most rural grain drying fields need to be rested every year.

First, the ground should be wetted with water, and then the animals should be attached to the plow and start plowing the ground.

Just turn it over lightly and don't need to dig it too deep. If you don't have animals, you can use manpower.

Then, just like building a house, add rice straw, grass straw and other materials to the ground, and let them be evenly spread inside.

In some places, the plowing is done again to ensure uniformity, and finally it is leveled with a rake.

After doing all this, you need to pour some more water to ensure that the soil has a certain consistency.

After sprinkling the plant ash, the animals can pull up the huge stone roller and start grinding it. This process may be three times, five times, or ten times.

The ground must be ground until it is flat and strong. Only when the drying ground is completely dry will it become flat, smooth, strong and durable.

The drying field created in this way will not crack easily, and without cracks, the grain will naturally not fall into it and be wasted.

Because it is mixed with rice straw and grass stalks, and sprinkled with plant ash, the whole drying field looks a bit like green onion pancakes.

The work of the third team was not tiring, but it was a bit dirty. When cleaning the granary, the dust was flying.

After the grain was dumped out, the two older ones were left to dry the grain.

The rest of the people continued to clean the granary, and there was a lot of rat droppings under the granary that needed to be cleared out.

If rat holes are found in the granary, rat poison must be put inside and then the hole entrance will be blocked.

As for repairing the warehouse, it's relatively simple. The wood is basically fine, but some of the surrounding sorghum poles have been chewed by rats.

Everyone can bring some over and rearrange them, and wait until the afternoon to pour the food back.

At this time, Hao Hongmin of the third team who was moving grain to the granary saw the grain drying field and gently licked his lips and said.

"Han Li, do you think Shaiguchang looks like a big scallion pancake now? It looks delicious."

Scallion pancake is a snack in Lu City. This girl is either greedy or homesick.

But the possibility of homesickness is relatively high, Han Li said with a soft heart as he looked at this girl who had always been strong.

"I have never eaten scallion pancakes, but I have eaten scallion pancakes a lot. How about I provide the ingredients and you provide the skills tonight, and let me try the scallion pancakes in your mouth."

Hao Hongmin said with some regret: "I can't make this. Scallion pancakes without lard and lard residue are not real scallion pancakes."

What is lard and lard residue? I am a man who owns eighteen pigs now, so I am still lacking that little thing.

"It's bad, isn't it just lard and lard residue? You can just leave it to me to find and exchange these two."

Hao Hongmin's eyes lit up after hearing this and said: "Really? If you can exchange for these two things, leave the flour to me. Then after work, I will go to Village Chief Zhao's house to borrow an iron griddle, and I can eat green onions at night."

It’s fried cake.”

The iron spatula is a tool for frying pancakes. In some places, it is called a pancake spatula, and in some places it is also called a pancake pan.

However, iron gourds were a rare thing in this era, and basically everyone in the village could borrow them.

The leveling of the grain drying field has been completed before work starts today, and the work starts a little early.

In the end, the captain kept telling everyone to keep an eye on their children and not let them play in the grain drying field for the next few days.

After Han Li got off work, he went directly to wander outside the village, thinking about how to turn pork into cash.

He couldn't finish all the pork, and he might have more meat after the autumn harvest.

Go to the black market to sell it yourself? But there are no good men and women there, and there are only two kinds of people who can make money in the black market.

One is that he has a younger brother with a bit of gray beside him, and the other is that he has a strong backer.

If you have nothing to do with either of these and still want to run a black market, reality will soon teach you how to behave.

Aunt Liu already owes a lot of favors to her. If you can't use them in the future, you won't need them. At least they will remain like this until 1977.

Go to the county town and find the person in charge of some unit canteens? It is better to go to the black market to sell.

The people in the government agencies are all human beings. When working with them, you have to be on guard against all kinds of tricks. If you are not careful, you may be shattered to pieces.

Although there are risks in the black market, their approach is relatively simple.

If you encounter a black market with a big backer, this process may be even simpler.

Zuo Siyou thought about it and thought that the only way to cash in pork was the black market. How about trying it yourself another day?

Han Li walked around and put a piece of pork suet wrapped in oil paper in his satchel.

By the time he got home, it was already getting slightly dark, and he had just entered the house and sat on the kang.

Everyone except Qi Zhaodi came, and they all knew it. Yang Xiuying asked quickly as soon as she entered the door.

"Han Li, have you changed back?"

"Well, in exchange for a piece of pork suet."

"Is it really pork suet? Then you've been there for so long, so the person must not be from Shanghe Village, right?"

"Haha, I promised not to tell others about this, but his skills are very good and he can often get good results. If you want to eat something, as long as the other party has it, I can help you exchange it."

"Xiuying, hurry up and help. It's getting late."

Hao Hongmin called Yang Xiuying over in time. Yang Xiuying passed over, but Yun Yingying sat over.
To be continued...