Soon, County Magistrate Shen appeared at the entrance of the village with more than a dozen officials. Father Yao and his whole family came to greet him. The others followed closely behind. They all knelt down when they saw the magistrate. County Magistrate Shen Ling stepped forward a few steps to get everyone up, still looking approachable and kind.

After saying a few words, Magistrate Shen walked up to Father Yao and said:

"Old Master, we are here to harvest corn today. We all obey your instructions on what to do. The servants I brought here are all here to help. I will listen to your dispatch today."

Father Yao said excitedly: "Your Majesty, you're too polite. It's just a little bit. We don't need so many people. We have made arrangements. You just need to rest aside and watch."

After saying that, he turned around and puffed up his chest, stood in front of the long-term workers and shouted: Get off the ground!

The long-term workers who had been waiting for a long time lined up under the leadership of the two brothers of the Yao family. One person was responsible for two longs and began to break the corn. There were others following behind who handed baskets and transported the broken corn to the field for stacking. .

Breaking the corn completed the first step of harvesting. Then Yao Erzhu led another group of long-term workers to transport the broken corn to the threshing floor of the village on a pallet truck. Yao Sanzhu and Yao Sizhu were already leading the workers in the workshop. They were waiting there. The corn that had been transported to the threshing floor was piled on the ground. Everyone gathered in a circle and began to squat down and peel the corn.

Don't peel off all the corn husks, leaving the innermost two or three leaf husks. The remaining leaf husks will be of great use in a while.

After gathering a lot of peeled corn, it can be tied together. Grab the remaining leaves and skins on the corn, lift them up, and braid them together like braiding, so that each corn becomes twisted like a twist. Strand.

Tall wooden shelves have been built with strong wood next to the grain field. When enough corn has been braided together, the two of them work together to lift it up and hang it on the wooden shelf.

This series of prescribed actions was taught to everyone by Guo'er in advance. In order to harvest smoothly, Guo'er thought about the entire process of harvesting corn that he experienced in his previous life, and then used the little corn left in the three acres of land to carry out the operation. On-site harvesting guidance is provided so that everyone will not be in a hurry when the corn is officially harvested today.

Even the wooden frame on which the corn was placed was set up by someone in advance.

The surface of the corn that has just been broken off looks dry and has no moisture. After peeling off all the dry leaves and skins on the outside, you can see that the corn kernels inside are not completely dry and need to be dried for a period of time before the next step can be done.

If so much corn is spread on the ground to dry, it not only wastes space, but also makes it difficult to dry thoroughly, so it needs to be placed on a rack so that it will dry quickly.

After harvesting corn in the countryside in my previous life, every household had several tall wooden shelves in the yard, which were covered with corn. There were also trees, under the eaves, anywhere where corn could be hung. You can understand this with a quick glance. The joy of harvest.

The people brought by County Magistrate Shen followed for a while and then couldn't help it anymore and offered to help. Even Magistrate Shen curiously followed the wooden cart to the threshing floor and watched as everyone peeled off the skin more and more skillfully. , twist the twists, and then lift the twisted corn into a long string and put it on the wooden frame.

Until all the wooden racks around were covered with corn, and there was still a lot of corn in the middle of the threshing floor that had no room to set up.

With more people and greater strength, the fifteen acres of land were harvested in less than a day. After working for most of the day in the autumn, everyone was tired and hungry.

Several sisters-in-law of the Yao family and their servants had already prepared meals and delivered them to the fields and threshing fields just like previous autumn harvests, so that everyone could finish eating and continue working.

Magistrate Shen did not pick a place and left it to the host's family to arrange it, so everyone found a shady place under the shade of a tree and set up stools to sit down. After the food was delivered, everyone gathered around and sat down to enjoy it.

What was prepared for lunch was cold noodles and steamed buns with bacon and meat sauce. The sauce for the cold noodles was prepared by Guoer himself. He took out a large bowl of prepared white noodles, added cucumber shreds, carrot shreds, and fried peanuts. rice, then add a few spoons of the red oily and translucent sauce, and a bowl of sour and delicious cold noodles is ready.

There are also steamed buns with cured meat and meat. Freshly baked sesame cakes are sandwiched with fragrant meat in cured meat. Just the smell of it will make you swallow.

Saliva. When the recipe for cured pork was sold to Juxianglou, Guoer specifically stated in the contract that he could cook and eat it as long as he no longer made money from the cured pork.

There is also a thick mung bean soup with some rock sugar in it. A bowl of it can quench your thirst and relieve the heat. Cold noodles, meat buns, and mung bean soup can be called the ancient version of the Sanqin set meal. Guoer likes this Very satisfied with the combination.

The meal looked simple, but the ingredients used were not ambiguous at all. Everyone ate very comfortably. Many men with big appetites ate two large bowls of cold noodles in a row, plus three meat buns. I poured mung bean soup into my stomach in the middle. Everyone praised the rice for being well cooked, even the experienced Magistrate Shen.

"I've eaten this Roujiamo in a restaurant, but this is the first time I've tasted this cold noodles. It tastes really good. It's really enjoyable to eat a bowl on a hot day. Hahaha, I've long heard that your family is very good. I know how to cook, and it seems I’m not exaggerating today.”

Magistrate Shen held the empty bowl of noodles and said with unfinished content.

Father Yao said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, thank you. The granddaughters at home made them. Country kids don't have any merit, so they just mess around on the pot table."

Magistrate Shen: "The old man is so humble. He can make such unique food. It shows that your granddaughters are also exquisite girls."

After drinking half a bowl of mung bean soup, Magistrate Shen asked again:

"You said we can't weigh in today? When can we do it?"

Dad Yao: "Sir, the corn has just been picked today and it is not dry yet. You have to peel off the outer skin and dry it for a few days. After it is dry, you can peel off the corn kernels before weighing it."

Weighing naturally involves weighing the edible part of the corn. You have to dry the broken corn thoroughly and then dispose of the corn husks and corn cobs. Every step in the process is indispensable. The so-called "who knows how to eat on a plate" "Every grain is hard work", doesn't it refer to the hard work that farmers go through in the process of scattering seeds into the soil and finally collecting the grain into the granary?

County Magistrate Shen sighed: "It's not easy for the people. There is little rain this spring and summer. It's hard just to water such a large area of ​​land."

Father Yao chuckled: "Sir, corn is really a good thing. It is different from other crops. It is drought-resistant and requires very little water. If you water it too much, it will not grow well."

Magistrate Shen: "Oh? Put it this way, this is really a treasure."

Father Yao talked even more eloquently: "Of course, this corn grows so tall, it is a treasure both above and below. The corn stalks can be used to make fires, and you can also dig a deep pit to store it as feed for cattle, and rub out the remaining cores of the corn kernels. , it’s also a good material for making fires after it’s dried, so it won’t be wasted.”

Hearing what Father Yao said so eloquently, Magistrate Shen couldn't help but feel strange and asked:

"Is this your first day growing corn? Where did you learn these methods of growing corn?"

Yao Erzhu interjected from the side: "It's Master Shen. When Master Shen gave us corn seeds, he told us some methods."

Yao Erzhu knew his niece's temperament well, so he blamed Shen Shen. Even if Master Shen asked him face to face, I believe Master Shen would help her get through.

The more County Magistrate Shen heard about it, the more excited he became. It has been proven that this food is edible. We will wait until the yield per mu is measured to see if it is worthy of promotion throughout the county. I hope he will not be disappointed.

The weather continued to be fine after that, and people continued to harvest other mature crops despite the hot autumn weather. The corn on the threshing floor also dried out quickly under the sun.

The folks at the threshing floor in the village also had to dry and winnow the wheat, so all the dried corn was transported back to the Yao family's mansion. When Magistrate Shen came again with his men, he could peel the corn in front of them. grains and then weighed.

There are more than a dozen large bamboo baskets placed in the yard. A group of ten people gather around a bamboo basket. They first peel the loose corn with bare leaves, then take an awl and go down the row of corn kernels. It will be much easier if you start peeling off the cracks.

After peeling a few corn cobs, you can use the peeled corn cobs as an aid to rub them hard so that the corn kernels can fall off one after another.

Guo'er was a little dizzy spinning around these baskets. She had to provide technical guidance. There are often shriveled corn kernels when the corn tips come out.

I have to remind everyone to eliminate them and don’t rub them into the basket.

All the officials brought by Magistrate Shen this time were put to use, and several big bamboo baskets were assigned to them to grind the corn with everyone, so that the speed would be faster.

Every time a basket full of corn is peeled, a special weighing official comes over to weigh it, and then pours the weighed corn into a big bag and stacks it up. Next to it, a man dressed as a master is writing and drawing with a pen and paper. Record.

If you observe carefully, you will find that the expression on the master's face changed from calm and calm at the beginning to disbelief, and then he climbed on the scale with his eyes wide open to check over and over again, lest there was something wrong in the middle.

In fact, shucking corn is not easy at all. It takes more time than harvesting corn in the field, so the Yao family stopped other tasks today and arranged as many people as possible to shell the corn. In addition to the people brought by Magistrate Shen, Towards dusk, all the corn was finally shucked and weighed.

The master and the people from the county government finished weighing all the packed corn, and now he sat there with an abacus and started calculating with a solemn expression.

Everyone, including Magistrate Shen, stood there without blinking, waiting for the final data with nervous and serious expressions.

After the crackling sound of the abacus finally disappeared, the master reported in a trembling voice: "...A total of 268 bags of corn were packed. The total weight of the corn was 13,395 kilograms. Ten The output of five acres of land is 893 kilograms per acres of land!"

Everyone present pricked up their ears and listened quietly to this series of numbers, their minds a little confused.

Magistrate Shen frowned and asked uncertainly: "How many kilograms per mu?"

The master affirmed again: "Eight hundred and ninety-three pounds."

Magistrate Shen turned around and asked Yao Yao: "Are you sure it's fifteen acres of land?"

Father Yao's old eyes widened even more: "Of course, how dare ordinary people deceive you? The county government official came and measured it in person. I was harvesting corn in the field that day. You saw it in person. There were so many officials and villagers." You guys, how can this be false?"

Magistrate Shen nodded slowly, this thing is indeed very productive.
Chapter completed!