Wang Yue, Ye Ran and Lin Xiaomian went back to prepare lunch.
Ye Mo and the others continued to sort the fruits, bag them, put them into baskets... and transport them.
"When are you coming to weigh the fruits?" Ye Mo looked at Tang Xun and asked.
"Tomorrow," Tang Xun said, "I don't know if I can pick all the pomegranates here in one day."
"It should be okay. It's only about 40,000 to 50,000 pounds..."
Back home, Ye Mo and his family, including their second uncle, younger uncle... about ten people, could pick tens of thousands of kilograms of mangoes in one day. At that time, they had to carry all the mangoes on their backs, which was much more troublesome than here.
Too much.
The pomegranates are picked very quickly. From the looks of it, I estimate that they have already picked forty to fifty acres. It’s just the sorting, bagging and transportation that can’t keep up.
Ye Mo and the others were not in a hurry to transport the pomegranates, so they put the pomegranates into baskets first.
At half past eleven.
Father Ye and the others stopped picking, sat under the shade of a tree and smoked a cigarette, and then came over to help sort and transport...
After twelve o'clock, Wang Yue rode over and shouted: "It's time to eat."
"Wait a moment." Dad Ye said.
"how much longer."
"half an hour."
"Why don't you go back and have a meal and come back in the afternoon."
"Don't be in a hurry." Dad Ye said.
The second uncle and the third uncle also said: "Let's eat after we finish."
There are not many pomegranates left without decoration.
Ye Mo and the others moved the fruit frames to the car and sent them to the warehouse one by one. They waited for Dad and the others to finish their work, and they all transported them together... Soon, the pomegranates were picked.
It's noon, the sun is shining brightly, and the temperature is rising quickly.
One by one came out of the orchard, all dripping with sweat...
"The pomegranates here can be picked in one afternoon." The third uncle took the salted tea from Chen Chen, took a sip, and said.
"I can't finish picking them today, but I can pick them tomorrow. Don't worry." Dad Tang took out a cigarette and handed one to everyone.
"The mangoes over there are about to be picked as well." Dad Ye said, "With the recent high temperatures, the mangoes have to be picked in advance and cannot be delayed."
"It's really not easy to get these fruits." Wang Yue's father wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"The main reason is that the yield is not high. If the yield is high, just invite people to come and pick..." Dad Ye smiled and said, "Let's go back to eat. Take a nap after eating and start work early in the afternoon."
"Brothers and sisters, have you made anything delicious for lunch?" Ye Mo looked at Wang Yue and asked with a smile.
"Braised pork, cold pork, braised tofu, braised pig's trotters, roasted ribs...several hard dishes." Wang Yue said.
Mother Ye glanced at Ye Mo: "What, you haven't eaten meat these days?"
"Eat meat, eat it every day." Ye Mo chuckled.
With a rippling smile on Ye Mo's face, Lin Xiaomian looked over with a red face and spat at him.
When they arrived at Tang Xun's house, Ye Mo and the others washed their hands outside and went into the living room.
"Did you pick half of it this morning?" Ye Ran asked.
"It should be half." Tang Xun said.
Ye Mo sat next to Lin Xiaomian, opened a bottle of beer, and poured some for Xiaomian: "Good guy, there are still elbows."
"I'm tired today. Let's have a good meal." Wang Yue said with a smile.
"Where are the two little girls?"
"They have eaten and are sleeping in the room. The elder sister takes care of the younger sister..."
"It would be good to have two daughters." Ye Mo drank a bowl of wine and put a large piece of his elbow into his rice bowl.
"Are you envious?" The second uncle sat at the next table, turned to look at Ye Mo, and said with a smile.
"A little bit."
"Hurry up and eat...you talk a lot." Mother Ye glared at him.
Everyone smiled and poured beer into the bowls: "Thank you for your hard work today, let's go first."
"let's go."
Knuckles and pig's trotters are extremely hard vegetables.
After doing heavy work, this bite is really good...it's fat but not greasy, and it tastes very satisfying.
It's past one o'clock after dinner.
The sun is too big now...
"We'll come back at three o'clock in the afternoon. You should be able to finish picking the pomegranates here before dark." Dad Ye said.
"Hey, okay..." Father Tang and Father Wang Yue sent them to the gate. After watching everyone leave, the two looked at each other and smiled.
"It's so tiring picking fruits." Dad Tang said.
"There's nothing you can do these days that doesn't make you tired." Wang Yue's father said, "If you're tired, you'll only be tired for a few months. Just grit your teeth and persevere and it'll be over."
"I'm just expressing my feelings..."
"Dad, why don't you go upstairs and rest?"
"Let's go back to our house." Dad Tang said, "You guys should also take a rest. We have to do it again in the afternoon."
…
Ye Mo and Lin Xiaomian rode back to Gaoshanping, took a shower, and lay down on the bed.
"Are you tired?" Ye Mo looked at Lin Xiaomian.
"I've been sitting here sorting pomegranates all morning. I'm not tired."
"Get some sleep..." Ye Mo set the alarm clock for 2:45. After working hard all morning, Ye Mo was a little tired and his waist was a little sore...
This hard work is nothing compared to threshing millet.
Ye Mo fell asleep after lying down for a while. When he woke up, the alarm clock had not yet sounded.
I slept for about an hour.
Ye Mo was about to get up when Lin Xiaomian also woke up: "Is it time?"
"It's not yet half past two...if you feel tired, just rest at home and I'll go there by myself." Ye Mo said.
"I'm really not tired." Lin Xiaomian pouted and said.
"Don't force yourself to work outside. If you feel tired, just rest."
"I know……"
Riding over, Tang Xun and his family were already in the orchard.
Chen Chen and Father Chen also came over. Mother Chen was helping load the mangoes on Chen Shan’s side...
In the afternoon, Ye Mo, Tang Xun, and Chen Chen also went to pick mangoes. They hung a basket on their chest and picked pomegranates one by one into the frame...
I estimate that more than fifty acres were picked in the morning.
In the afternoon, I was all fired up. After two breaks, I sat down and smoked two cigarettes... I was busy until seven o'clock in the evening when all the pomegranates were picked. Then it was sorting and transportation...
Finally, I used a flashlight to load all the pomegranates into the warehouse.
Tang Xun and his family have never done this kind of work before, and they can't keep up with the speed or physical strength. Otherwise, the 130 acres of pomegranates here can be harvested early.
16... Chen Chen’s mother also came to help after four o’clock in the afternoon.
Forty to fifty thousand kilograms of pomegranates is not a lot. If divided equally, it would equal three thousand kilograms per person.
At the end of the day, everyone was tired, including Ye Mo.
They have an off-road transport vehicle that can be used in the orchard. The vehicle can enter any location in the orchard. In addition, the pomegranate trees here are not very tall... In this way, a dozen of them can pick 130 acres and 40,000 to 50,000 kilograms of pomegranates in one day.
.
The 130-acre orchard is too big.
There are not many pomegranates on each tree, and some trees even have no fruit at all...
It's been a hard day.
After finishing work, everyone was very relaxed and came to Tang Xun's house chatting and laughing...
During the dinner in the evening, we drank heavily, ate large pieces of meat, and chatted about the Dragon Gate Formation. We ate after nine o'clock until after half past ten, and then we stopped.