Lao Zhou's family harvested wheat very quickly. In just five days, Lao Zhou's family recovered all their wheat.
Fortunately, Lao Zhou's family has two yards this year, and the ground is flat and smooth. The picked wheat ears are spread in the yard to dry.
Two days in the sun is enough, and you can always stay in the fields for another half a day.
Zhou Dalang and others continued to go to the fields to cut wheat, while He and Fang stayed at home to beat the wheat with shackles. When the stick was swung, the shackles spun half a circle in the air and then landed on the wheat ears, and the wheat grains fell.
On the ground.
Qian took the remaining children and sat on a low stool with medium-thick wooden sticks and took pictures again bit by bit.
When Zhou Dalang and others came back from the fields, they didn't need help from a group of young, sick, and pregnant women at home. They just tied their sleeves and picked up a handful of wheat ears that had been beaten twice and started rubbing them.
Grinding wheat is very hard, not only tiring, but also pricking your hands. This kind of work has always been done by men in Lao Zhou's family.
Ms. Fang had just entered the house, and she was still a little unaccustomed to it, because in her memory, women had always done more of this kind of work.
For example, her family is like this.
In addition to cutting and picking wheat, her father and elder brother also had to kill sheep, so she and her mother-in-law had always been responsible for cutting wheat, carrying water for cooking, and threshing wheat.
Of course, her father and elder brother would help when they had time, but she didn't remember many such things.
She didn't quite understand why the old Zhou family would leave all this work waiting for the men to do it in the dark when they came back.
But He, who had been married into Lao Zhou's family for many years, was used to it. Seeing Fang looking at Zhou Lang with a distressed expression, she pulled her and comforted her, "It's okay. Men are all thick-skinned and thick-skinned. The fourth child can't even fight."
It's okay, don't worry about him."
Xiao Qian also just came back from the fields. Everyone had already had dinner but hadn't washed up yet.
She went directly to the kitchen to boil water. After it was hot, she called Daya, "I asked your sister-in-law and brothers and sisters to come and take a bath. After washing, go to bed quickly. We will cut the beans tomorrow, so you won't be needed."
Da Ya became happy.
Xiao Qian continued: "I'm going to wash clothes early tomorrow morning. When I come back, I'll go to the small bay to peel some vegetable leaves and feed them to the chickens. If there are any insects, remember to catch them."
Da Ya responded and happily went to fetch water to take a bath.
After the children have been washed, the women come, and after the women have been washed, the men come.
This is also different from the customary rules of other families.
Mrs. Fang didn't think it was a big deal before, but now this rule seems to be very important during the busy farming season.
Because everyone is very tired and comes back late, take a shower earlier and go to bed earlier.
Of course Mrs. Fang would not think that the rules were set by her father-in-law, so it could only be set by her mother-in-law.
So when the men were not around, Mrs. Fang couldn't help but whisper to her sister-in-law, "My mother-in-law is really awesome. The rules in the family are so clear."
Feng and He nodded with deep understanding.
Xiao Qian burst into laughter and was about to say something, but stopped when he saw Zhou Xi beside him.
Zhou Xi only said, "These rules are not made by my mother."
Fang blinked in confusion, "Who decided that?"
Zhou Xi thought for a while and smiled: "No one has to set rules, but they become rules once you get used to them."
Man Bao rushed in from outside wearing a fragrant scent and shouted: "Sister-in-law, dad won't ask me to catch birds anymore."
Xiao Qian turned around and tapped her forehead, put the washed dishes and chopsticks away, and said, "It's okay if you don't give it to me. How much wheat have you wasted these days?"
"Obviously there aren't many," Man Bao said, "I use them over and over again."
"That's a handful. Dad was busy harvesting wheat and didn't care about you. Now that the wheat is harvested, you're going to feed the birds with the wheat. Don't you feel sorry for me?"
"Then you also eat birds. You all say they are delicious."
"That's not how it tastes," Xiao Qian said: "Although meat is delicious, flour tastes better and lasts longer, don't you think? And aren't you in school? You have to read and do homework every day.
Where is the time to catch birds?"
"It's time, just squeeze it in and you'll have it."
"I wish you had thought like this when you were studying."
Man Bao said seriously: "I thought the same way when I was studying."
However, Xiao Qian still didn't let go, unwilling to convince his father for her, so Man Bao sighed sadly.
Despite her young age, she actually knows how to pick weak persimmons, so she dared to negotiate conditions with Old Zhoutou, dared to pester Xiao Qian for a favor, but did not dare to go to her mother.
Man Bao sighed, and the next day he lowered his head and went to find Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang, asking, "We can't catch any more birds?"
Bai Erlang, who had been playing with them for the past three days, exclaimed: "Why?"
The sound was so loud that everyone in the school looked at him.
Bai Erlang immediately lowered his voice and asked, "Why?"
"Because my father won't bring me any wheat," Man Bao said. "Without wheat, I can't make bait to attract birds."
Bai Shanbao pointed to Bai Erlang, "He has it at home."
Bai Erlang was about to blurt out, "I have it at home," but when Bai Shanbao said it first, he was unconvinced and shouted, "Don't you have it at home too?"
"My family doesn't have any," Bai Shanbao said, "My family only has rice, and the wheat is far away."
His family's land is not here. Mr. Bai allocated several acres of nearby land to his family, and asked his family to grow rice and other things, such as vegetables and fruits.
Anyway, their family has no shortage of food. Even if the outside manager doesn't bring it in, they can still buy it from Mr. Bai, which is very convenient.
Bai Erlang then remembered that Bai Shanbao's family's field was not here. Even the rice was only more than one acre, and they were just growing it for fun.
So Bai Erlang became proud again, raised his neck and said, "Don't worry, it's just wheat. I have plenty in my house."
His family owns a lot of land in Qili Village, a lot of land in Dali Village, a lot of land in Baimaguan Town, and a lot of land near the county seat. There is no shortage of wheat and other things.
So when school was over in the afternoon, Bai Erlang ran away in a hurry, and within two-quarters of an hour, he came back with a servant.
The servant was carrying a sheaf of wheat on his shoulders. Man Bao and Bai Shanbao looked at it dumbfounded.
Man Bao also rubbed his eyes to make sure he was not dazzled, then he looked down at his homework, turned to Bai Shanbao and said, "Let's finish our homework first and then go play."
In order to save time, they did not go to Bai's house to do their homework, nor did they go back to Zhou's house to do their homework. Instead, they sat in class and wrote.
Bai Shanbao also withdrew his gaze, swallowed back the word "idiot", nodded and continued to do his homework with his head down.
Daji, who was standing outside the classroom, lowered his head and shook his shoulders. After a while, he raised his head with a serious face, but his eyes were a little wet.
Bai Erlang had already rushed into the classroom and said, "Mai Zi is here, let's go quickly."
Bai Shanbao said: "What about the fishing nets and sticks? Weren't they placed at your concierge yesterday?"
"That's right," Bai Erlang then remembered and asked his servants to put down the wheat, then turned around and ran again, "Wait a moment, I'll get it right away."
Bai Shanbao and Manbao looked at each other and continued to do their homework slowly with their heads down.