Mrs. Wang stayed at home. When the time came to pick up the water millet, she would also use a crawler to pull out the grain and grass inside, and constantly turn it over in the sun to remove the moisture initially. Otherwise, the water millet would be piled together.
To produce seedlings.
If it is rainy, it will be more troublesome. The millet cannot be dried in time. When piled up, it will become feverish, sprout or moldy. The grain station will not accept such millet, and it is not good to eat it yourself.
So when threshing millet, you also have to look at the sky. Liu Limin found that he can see the sky much better now than in his previous life. He can basically see accurately, which is much better than that meteorological observatory. He guessed that it was based on traditional Chinese medicine.
It is related to Qi technique, because this Qi-gazing technique can not only look at people's Qi, but also the Qi of the sky.
Today, there are many families threshing millet in the entire Dingxin Commune, and Liu Limin and the others are not the first ones. They just moved the guys to the edge of the fields when they heard the sound of threshing in the fields.
Threshing millet is really a physical job, especially if it requires two or three strong laborers. As for women and children, they can only cut the millet, not beat it, nor can they carry heavy weights.
Therefore, families with relatively few people will usually fight together with brothers and sisters. One family will be beaten today and another family will be beaten tomorrow.
Liu Limin's family doesn't have many paddy fields, and there are also a lot of people now, so he didn't join forces with others.
The little guy Liu Lixin was very excited, because threshing millet was a fun thing for him. There were a lot of loaches and eels in the fields. If that didn't work, he could still pick up some snails to eat.
Liu Limin put the threshing machine on the mixing bucket and inserted the pads together with Xiao Song. Liu Lihui and the others bent down to cut the millet.
Xu Qing quickly learned from Liu Lihui how to cut millet. This work is not very tiring. The most important thing is to be careful not to cut your hands.
Of course, in the fields, you have to be careful of some dangerous wild animals, such as snakes and leeches.
When Liu Lihui told Xu Qing, Xu Qing was startled and asked quickly: "Xiaohui, are there really snakes in this field? I have been afraid of them since I was a child."
Liu Lihui smiled and said: "Under normal circumstances, it is not easy to encounter. If you think about it, there are so many of us and the noise is so loud, the snake would have been scared away. However, we still have to pay attention, because there are water snakes in the fields. In addition, leeches
You also have to be careful not to let it get into the flesh. If it does, I heard the old people say, it will follow the blood vessels and get into the brain!"
Xu Qing turned pale with fright, but she couldn't give up, so she had to bite the bullet and do it.
Liu Limin and Xiao Song also joined the team of harvesting millet. They had to cut out a piece before they could start threshing, because threshing requires someone to hand over the grain handle. This is a two-person threshing machine. Of course, it can also be threshed by one person.
, if Xiao Song was not there, then Liu Limin must have done it alone.
Now that Xiao Song is here, if the two of them fight together, they will need two assistants.
By then there will be fewer people harvesting the grain, so they have to cut a piece first.
Mr. Zheng stood on the field stem and chatted with Liu Limin and others. The joy of this harvest made him feel very good.
Seeing that a large area had been cut, Liu Limin called to Xiao Song and began to thresh the millet. Liu Lixin and Xu Qing acted as their assistants and handed them the handles.
Of course Xu Qing stood on Liu Limin's side, and Liu Limin taught her how to pass the handle. This job is also very particular, because after the rice is cut, it is piled together, and the handle cannot be too big.
It can't be too small either.
If it is too big, the threshing machine will not be able to thresh cleanly, which will affect the efficiency. If it is too small, the number of times will be too many, which will also affect the efficiency.
In fact, Liu Limin couldn't bear to let Xu Qing participate in the millet threshing operation. After all, she was from the city and a college graduate. She was a pretty beauty. If she had to thresh millet for a day, she would be hurt a lot.
, although these injuries are very minor, mainly blood marks from cuts of corn grass, and red envelopes caused by stabbing the skin with corn stakes, etc., they will disappear in a few days and will not leave scars, but it is still very painful.
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Liu Limin himself didn't care. He was thick-skinned and thick-skinned. His younger brothers and sisters had also participated in labor since they were young, so they were used to it, but Xu Qing was different.
Liu Limin and Xiao Song began to thresh the grain. When the handle was not put on, the threshing machine could be easily moved. However, when the handle was put on, the resistance would be doubled. At this time, it was
It is very strenuous. If you are too weak, you will not be able to stand firmly, let alone be stepped on or beaten.
The handle in your hand might get caught in the threshed grain, and injuries have also happened.
A burst of wonderful music soon sounded in the rice field, paddy, paddy, woo, woo, and the threshing machine made a very rhythmic sound. This shows that the person stepping on the threshing machine is very capable and powerful, otherwise it would be...
No rhythmic noise.
Xu Qing was still unskilled at first, so her speed was relatively slow. However, seeing Liu Limin always waiting for her aroused her competitive spirit, and she didn't care so much anymore. She kept bending down and hugging her.
Hand it over as soon as you get rid of the grain.
Those grain handles soon caused a lot of injuries on her body, although she could feel the pain through her clothes.
Seeing Xu Qing working so hard, Liu Limin couldn't help but said with concern: "Junior sister, don't be too hasty, take your time and master the rhythm, so that you won't collapse from exhaustion after a few strokes."
Xu Qing hummed and said, "Senior brother, don't worry, I won't hold you back!"
After a while, the millet around the mixing barrel was all threshed, and Liu Limin and Xiao Song also stepped off the threshing machine.
Liu Limin smiled and said: "Let's drag the mixing bucket forward and continue beating. Junior sister, please take a rest. This is your first time threshing millet. I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it!"
Xu Qing smiled sweetly and said: "Well, I think it's okay!"
At this time, Xu Qing was already soaked to the skin and her face was bruised, but she felt beautiful in her heart.
There is not much water and millet in the mixing bucket now, so it is easy to drag it out.
Just as he dragged the mixing bucket forward, Liu Limin heard Xu Qing cry out, "Brother, leech!"
Liu Limin felt bad and quickly ran over to take a look.
There is a leech on Xu Qing's white and tender calf, and it has penetrated one-third of the way!
Xu Qing's face turned pale and she said: "Senior brother, am I going to die?"
Liu Limin smiled and said: "No, no, go, go to the side and I will get it for you!"
As soon as Xu Qing raised her feet, she felt a sharp pain and was about to fall. Liu Limin quickly stretched out his arms to hug her.
Xu Qing was so frightened that she buried her head on Liu Limin's chest, which made Liu Limin's heart tremble. Oh my god, he only wears a vest now. Xu Qing also wore less and was soaked through.
There are so many people watching this field.
If Xiuying found out about this, she would be jealous.