Chapter 140 Autumn Harvest Mobilization

"Lao San, let's go and repair the sun!" Brother Cheng's father greeted at the gate.

Xu Laosan quickly put the last two mouthfuls of rice in the bowl into his mouth, drank a mouthful of soup with a spoon, reached out to take off his straw hat, and said as he walked out, "Here it comes."

Ye Shi chased out uneasily and told him, "Your arm injury hasn't healed yet. Be careful!"

"Don't worry, sister-in-law!" Brother Cheng's father said, "With my help, he won't be tired!"

"Brother Li, isn't that kidding me!" Ye Shi blushed and said, "There is nothing wrong with strength. It's just that the doctor told him not to touch the wound with water, that's why I told him."

Xu Laosan put his straw hat on his head and nodded, "Oak, I'll just be more careful."

Before and after the end of summer, it is the autumn harvest season. The village should prepare the drying field in advance, and the village should organize the young and strong labor of each family to pick up the drying field a few days in advance, so that it is convenient to use.

To repair the drying field, first loosen the soil on the surface, crush the loose soil with stone barren, then pour water on the ground, sprinkle the sorghum skin evenly, and then dry it until it is still wet but not wet. Roll it repeatedly with stone barren until it is as flat as a mirror and hard as stone, and the drying field is ready.

The drying field in the village is very large, so the workload is still not small. Because every family needs to use it, each family has not quarreled, and all of them have labor to repair it together.

There are several young and strong workers who are not at home or really can't come, so they can only let women come over and clean up a few buildings at the side of the drying field for people to rest or temporarily store things.

The Xu family sent Xu Laosan's conservatory, and then old man Xu and Boss Xu built a rice building at home.

The original bract building at home has been used for too long, and the foot of the pillar below has been gnawed by rats again. It has been repaired and used every year until now, and it looks very shabby.

The window in Mr. Xu's house is facing the bud building. These days, I feel upset when I see it. I simply plan to rebuild it before the autumn harvest.

Old man Xu cut down a few birch trees with thick arms and straight trunks in the sky, and asked someone in advance to help break some boards to prepare.

In the position selected by Mr. Xu, first smashed four trees as columns, then nailed horizontally at a place more than half a person high from the ground, laid two layers of boards horizontally and vertically to sit on the bottom, and then surrounded the three sides with wooden boards, the last side was made into a half-living and half-dead block, and then cut into several sections with the remaining tree trunks, nailed a rough but It is a strong low ladder, built on the bract building.

Old man Xu turned around the rice building with his hands behind his back. From time to time, he reached out and pushed and patted it. Seeing that it was really strong, he nodded and said, "Ok, put it on the top!"

"Dad, do you make a slope or a front and rear slope?" Boss Xu raised his arm and rubbed the sweat on his face and turned his head to ask.

"The front and rear slopes are good, make it higher!" Old man Xu thought for a moment and said firmly.

"Good!" Boss Xu is an honest man. He usually listens to his daughter-in-law at home and his parents in the old house. He never complains about what to do, but he is too cowardly and let his daughter-in-law die.

The top cover of the front and rear slopes is a little troublesome, but after all, it is just a place to put food. It doesn't need to be as fine as the living room. After working for most of the day, it has finally been built.

Boss Xu got up from the ladder and looked left and right. Seeing that there were no omissions, he clapped his hands and smiled honestly and said, "Dad, it's all set up. I'll go up the mountain tomorrow to pick up some birch bark and cover the top tightly."

Old man Xu looked at the brangu building and said with great satisfaction, "Yes, it's built well. This year, the wind and rain are smooth, and the harvest must be good. At that time, fill the brangu building. I hope to have a good year next year, and the days will become more and more prosperous in the future."

The Xu family is younger than in previous years. Chen is pregnant, and Li is still having a confinement in her mother's family. Xu's second and third are both injured. Mrs. Xu and Ye are not in good health. Xu's old man thought that he planned to start collecting sorghum two days earlier than others.

According to the practice of the Xu family, the whole family will get together for a good meal before the autumn harvest. First, old man Xu will talk about the division of labor during the autumn harvest, and secondly, he will let everyone have more oil and water in their stomachs, so that they can also have strength to work.

Two tables were placed on the kang. Old man Xu took his sons on the kang, and Mrs. Xu led his daughter-in-law and children to eat underground.

Seeing that everyone had almost eaten, Mr. Xu took a sip of wine, cleared his throat and said, "This year's July 29th is the end of summer. Our family began to collect sorghum. When the sorghum is cut and transported to the field to dry them, and then just went to collect the buds. When the bracts are harvested and dried, the sorghum can almost play. ."

Hearing old man Xu say that he would collect sorghum in advance this year, several sons showed disapproving expressions. Xu Laosi couldn't hide his words and directly objected, "Dad, the crops are now the critical time for grouting. It's rare that it's such a good day this autumn. It's really the same day by day. Isn't it short to harvest it a day early? We already owe a famine outside our house, and we can't wait to stay for a few more days!"

"Isn't everyone else stupid? Isn't that bottle of something less than half a bottle taught you? What are you shouting about? Old man Xu stared and said, "Our family has less labor this year, and your second brother and your third brother have not been injured. If you don't collect all the sorghum quickly, you will definitely be dragged more than others, and you can't even grab the drying field."

Xu Laoshi suddenly shrung up and sat back without saying anything.

When old man Xu saw that no one objected, he assigned the task and said, "Your four brothers went to the ground to collect sorghum. The eldest daughter-in-law didn't go to work in the field. He cooked a meal with your mother at home and boiled water. The third daughter-in-law and Lingzi went to the field to brave the ears. Dashuang and Xing'er then went to the field to watch the sun stalks, and Xiao Shuang led the peaches. Is it okay to pick up ears in the field?

This is not much different from the arrangement of previous years, so naturally everyone has no objection and nod their heads and said they know.

Ye remembered that when he went back to his mother's house last time, his parents said that if the family needed this autumn harvest, they could come to help, so he hesitated for a moment, but he didn't expect to be looked at by Mr. Xu.

"Old third daughter-in-law, what's wrong with you?" Old man Xu asked directly by name.

"When I went back to my mother's house last time, my father said that if we were too busy during the autumn harvest, we could ask some brothers to come to help. I thought that our family is a little tight now, and we can't harvest a few days early, so it's all chewing. Dad, what do you think?"

Hearing this, Mr. Xu said happily, "Does your in-laws really say so? That's really a big help. Your second brother's injury is not healed, and the third brother's arm is still hanging. It's still inconvenient to work. If your brother can come, it will really help.

Seeing that the old man Xu did not mean to be unhappy, Ye Shi was relieved and nodded, "Then I'll go back tomorrow to ask and stagger the days of the autumn harvest of the two families, so that it can be arranged later."

When Chen saw Ye's face growing in front of the old man, he snorted and muttered in a low voice, "What kind of hospitality for no reason? If it hadn't been for borrowing money from your mother's family, would you have been so much about the autumn harvest?"

Old man Xu sat on the kang and didn't hear this. Ye's ears were full of ears and his face changed slightly, but due to Chen's pregnancy, he gritted his teeth and did not squeak.

"What the aunt said is really annoying. I can't even eat a good meal." Xu Xinger never spoiled other people's problems. She put down her chopsticks and said, "The aunt came to teach me. What is unprovoked hospitality? What does it mean to be thinking about the autumn harvest at home because of borrowing money? Did you borrow money from my grandma's house last year? Last year, my aunt brought three uncles' house to help with the autumn harvest. She even brought her own food. She didn't eat a grain of rice or a mouthful of vegetables at home. My uncle lingered at home for more than half a day before going out to help. At that time, my mother said half a word about you?

In fact, if it was put in the past, Chen would go home and complain a few words to Boss Xu at most. He never offended people directly, but now that he is pregnant and is a little flustered by Mrs. Xu, so he instentionally blurted out his words in his heart. He was robbed by Xu Xinger, and his face suddenly turned red. White for a while.

Ye looked at Mrs. Xu's face and pulled Xu Xinger's sleeve and asked her not to say more.

Xu Xinger didn't feel it, and didn't look at Mrs. Xu. She continued to say to Chen, "Madam, people say that the son follows his mother. Now that you are pregnant with your little brother, you should be more careful to speak and be careful. Otherwise, if you hit the fetal god because of your words, I'm afraid it will only have no harm to your brother."

These words touched Mrs. Xu's heart and made her happy and worried. She was happy because Xu Xinger took a younger brother. People said that the child's mouth was the most accurate. Although Xu Xinger was not too young, she was also a child. Maybe she could really get a grandson. What I was worried about was that after listening to Xu Xinger's words, I also felt that it was definitely not good for Chen to say these words all the time.

"That's right, Xing'er's words are reasonable, the eldest daughter-in-law, not for anything else, but for the child in her belly. You can't be so small." Mrs. Xu rarely agreed with Xu Xinger, "If you were not like this before, what's the matter now?"

Chen Shi didn't expect that instead of scolding Xu Xinger, she opened her mouth to scold herself, and her eyes suddenly turned red.

"Madam, you can't always cry when you have children." Xu Xinger added another sentence.

Hearing this, Chen Shi saw Mrs. Xu's eyes and look over again. She immediately held back the tears that were about to pour out, took a few deep breaths, put down their chopsticks and said, "Dad and mother, I'm full, so I'll go back first."

"Okay, you can go back and think about it. You are not allowed to do this in the future." Seeing that her face was ugly, Mrs. Xu knew that she was uncomfortable when she was told by herself, but she couldn't help telling her, "Didn't I buy you a almanac book? If you don't know it, I'll take it to Lao Si to show you. Every day, you must remember the orientation and taboos of the fetal god, and you can't bump into it.

Now in Mrs. Xu's heart, most of the world is not as big as having a grandson, so everything has to make way for her grandson, but she used to pay this attention to Chen, holding it away and holding it with fear of it.

However, Xu Xinger just reminded her that although the child is in Chen's belly, she is not alone with Chen after all. If Chen does something that should not be done, it will also endanger the child, so her attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees.

Chen got up and walked out and only heard the old man Xu say, "The third daughter-in-law, now our family is still suffering from famine, and there is no face to say what to buy for your parents, but there are still some fungus and mushrooms that I picked up the mountain, which have been dried. You can take some home tomorrow. It's not worth it, but it's also worth your mother's family to taste. Xian'er, it's a little bit of my heart.

"Dad, you don't have to be so polite. Xing's father hurt his arm, and I also love him. Ask his mother's family to help him, and he can also be more considerate."

This is very ingenious. It not only round the face of old man Xu, but also gives him a step that is neither high nor low, which makes him feel very comfortable. He said with a smile and said, "There is an old saying in my hometown that his wife is virtuous for three generations. If you want me, Lao San is blessed."

Chen stood outside and didn't leave. He listened to the words in the room, clenched his hands into fists, and then slowly loosened it.

She slowly walked out of the door, gently covered her lower abdomen, and said softly, "Good son, you must fight for your mother. Now as long as you are born safely, you are the eldest son and grandson of the family. In the future, whether it is separation or something, your mother will definitely strive for the best for you."