Su Yuanyuan put a harness on the sheep in the afternoon and pulled the roller back and forth on the soybeans.
Then use a fork to pick up the bean straw, and the soybeans can be collected.
Because it was only done in the afternoon, the speed was not very fast, but she was not in a hurry. And because it was a muddy ground, a lot of soybeans were pressed into the soil.
Su Yuanyuan looked worried, this would not work, but she was not on a concrete floor, and she was not willing to turn the ground into a wheat field.
In the end, I just left it like this. Now that the ground is pressed firmly, even if there are soybeans pressed in later, there won't be so many.
It took a total of three days. I pressed the soybean straw twice and checked it once. There were no more bean grains. These were collected. This is the fodder for the sheep in winter.
The sown wheat has come out. Hu Chunhua even looked at it specifically, "Yuanyuan, soaking this wheat seed overnight is really effective. My wheat didn't come out so quickly before. I will do the same this year."
When the wheat came out, so did the weeds. We started weeding again.
She weeded the weeds, and the two neighboring families harvested corn. Was Zhao Yanli envious of Su Yuanyuan?
"Yuanyuan, why is your family so much faster than ours?"
"My family has little land. I brought cucumbers, do you want to eat them?"
"Do you still have cucumbers at home?"
"I planted it late."
"When did you plant it? I will plant it at that time next year, so I can still eat such tender cucumbers now."
Su Yuanyuan told the time, and the two continued to do their own thing.
Zhao Tian's family has ten acres of corn. Fortunately, the whole family is able to do it, and they harvested it in three days.
Su Yuanyuan looked at the wilting Zhao Yanli and thought that she must have been in this state those days, too? She was too tired.
On the other side, the Zhao Tian family does not work as fast as the Zhao Tian family, and their corn cobs are not as big as the Zhao Tian family. When working, they always beat and scold each other and make a lot of noise. Their children are older than Su Yuanyuan, but the
Everyone is lazier than the other.
Su Yuanyuan shook her head, just like this, she really didn't know what to say.
You are doing it for yourself, and you are so lazy. They will definitely be the ones who will starve in the future.
Now weeding involves squatting and using a hoe. This is very tiring.
However, if the weeds are removed cleanly in the first pass, it will save effort in the future.
Su Yuanyuan was lucky. The day after she finished hoeing, it started to rain. Although it wasn't heavy, it was definitely heavy.
The only remaining sorghum is sorghum, which is now mature and has attracted many sparrows.
Su Yuanyuan feels distressed. No, I will cut the sorghum ears today.
At first, Su Yuanyuan thought she was smart and used scissors to cut, but after a while, her hands began to feel sore, so she finally used a sickle to cut.
Su Yuanyuan is not tall enough to cut sorghum ears, so she can only cut with her legs crossed and pulled with her hands.
This is a lot slower, but that's all the work, as long as you are willing to do it, it will become less and less.
It was right at the door of my house. I felt like I could carry it, so I carried it home.
Only three-thirds of the land was worked in one day, and there was still a lot more. It would take a week for these two acres of land.
At night, she felt like she couldn't even lift her arms. She was really tired and she was really not suitable for growing sorghum.
Wait until the sorghum rice is harvested and weigh it. If the yield is too low, simply plant corn instead.
It was already the end of October, and the sorghum from the two acres of land was finally harvested.
Ignore the sorghum stalks for now. Now hang up the sorghum grains from the ears.
She would sit on the ground, turn the big hoe over, and scrape with the blade of the hoe while wearing gloves.
This work is also uncomfortable, but it is better than cutting sorghum ears.
It took five days to scrape out all the sorghum from the two acres of land. After looking at the approximate quantity, I estimated that one acre of land could harvest 400 kilograms.
That's fine. They're all dried, put into sacks, and stored in the tank in the west room.
Now the big ram is useful. It grinds sorghum rice every day with a stone mill.
This is the kind of white sorghum. I also used the sorghum that came out for the first time to make porridge. I haven't experienced anything else, but I think it's too laborious.
By mid-November, every household had harvested their crops. There were only sweet potatoes in the fields.
Su Yuanyuan has been grinding sorghum during this period. In the end, the sorghum rice alone was less than 900 kilograms.
It's still okay. I'll plant sorghum next year if possible.
Su Yuanyuan went to Yang Minggang's house. "Uncle, the work is almost done now. The sweet potatoes will take a while, so I thought it would be better to fence the yard."
I still want to go out this winter. It is safer to have a courtyard wall at home.
"Okay, I'll find someone and ask them to bring soil embryos with them. Let's discuss it and I'll do it for you in the next two days."
Su Yuanyuan did not go home, but went to Zhao Yanli and told her to wait until three days after the construction of her yard started, and then let those who wanted to sell soil embryos push over.
Hu Chunhua came over in the evening and told her that he would start tomorrow. This time, a total of ten people were found, starting from both sides, mainly two people were responsible for mixing the mud.
Su Yuanyuan went to collect soil again in the evening and piled several piles of soil on both sides. It was definitely not enough. But it would be much faster. She would collect it tomorrow night.
Still don't have to worry about food. It's 50 cents per person per day.
The first person to arrive the next day was Yang Minggang. "Girl, how big do you want your yard to be?"
"Uncle, the village chief said that at most one acre of land can be fenced, and three-thirds of the backyard can also be fenced."
Yang Minggang still drew the line with a stick.
Su Yuanyuan looked at it from the side. If the yard was fenced like this, it wouldn't be too small. Let's leave it like this.
The work was quite fast. In three days, even the door was installed.
Su Yuanyuan stood outside, looking at the yard, feeling so comfortable. This is what home looks like.
I will start peeling sweet potatoes right away. It has already been frosty in the morning and evening. Su Yuanyuan has cut off the sweet potato seedlings and sunned them aside in the past few days. Sheep can eat them in winter.
When the pickaxe went down for the first time, two pieces of the sweet potato were broken.
Su Yuanyuan threw down the pickaxe in frustration. She would never be able to do this. The sweet potatoes would be damaged by then and it would be difficult to preserve them.
After thinking about it, I should expand the range of the pickaxe. Although it will be tiring, it should not be damaged.
Su Yuanyuan untied herself while working. This land will be planted with corn next year. This is equivalent to turning the entire land over.
In the morning, I only dug two parts of the ground, but now I am getting more and more familiar with it. It should be much faster in the afternoon.
She prepared a lot of baskets. The bottom and sides of the baskets were covered with hay, and the good sweet potatoes were put into them. Since there was no one else, they were put directly into the space.
The bad sweet potatoes were carried directly into the yard. After all the work was done, they were washed, cut into slices, dried and kept.
Anyway, there is already a lot of grain and vegetables in the big tank and space.
In three days, all the sweet potatoes were harvested. There were very few pickaxe injuries in the back. More than a thousand kilograms of sweet potatoes were harvested from this acre of land.
