Chapter 30 Threshing

The three of them arrived at the grain drying field. The huge grain drying field was shining white under the scorching sun, which was particularly dazzling.

The compacted and hardened ground reflects the hot sunlight, as if it can scorch people. Without the shelter of trees, the heat wave surged in like a tidal wave, making it difficult to breathe.

Chen Wanling and Chen Wanrong had big beads of sweat rolling down their foreheads, their cheeks were wet with sweat, and their clothes clung to their bodies.

Chen Dashan's sweat was like broken beads, constantly dripping on the sun-heated ground, disappearing in an instant, leaving only a faint watermark.

The air is filled with the aroma of rice and the smell of dust, mixed together to form a suffocating sultry heat.

There was no cloud in the distant sky, which was unbelievably blue. The scorching sun was like a fireball, mercilessly scorching the earth, seeming to melt everything.

Chen Dashan said nothing and silently unfolded the sunbathing mat. When Chen Wanrong saw this, she immediately handed over the bamboo pole on her shoulder.

Before long, with the tacit cooperation of the three people, drying mats were set up on three sides of the field to prevent the rice from flying around during the beating process.

There are two stone slabs used in threshing, and Old Man Chen and Chen Dashan had already transported them in a wheelbarrow in the morning.

One piece weighs about a hundred kilograms. The front is flat and smooth, and the back is slightly rough. There is a hole drilled in the middle of the stone slab at the upper end, allowing the user to insert a portable or bamboo pole for lifting and moving.

The other piece is a stone pier, weighing about half a hundred, roughly square in shape, with a slope at the top, and a shallow pit dug into the upper end of both sides, called "stone ears", to facilitate people to lift and move it.

Chen Dashan lifted the stone slabs and stone piers to the middle of the heping, and the stone slabs leaned on the slope above the stone piers.

Chen Wanrong and Chen Wanling were nearby. They skillfully organized a large bunch of rice into a small bundle.

Immediately afterwards, they passed the small bundle of rice to Chen Dashan.

Then, Chen Dashan picked up the small bundle of rice and threw it hard on the stone slab. After he beat it dozens of times, alternating left and right, the rice in a bundle of rice was completely removed.

After the clean rice straw piles up, Chen Wanrong is responsible for tying them into small bundles and finally stacking them neatly outside the site, waiting to be finally transported to the yard or field to build a straw pile. .

These straw piles can be used for making fires, making beds, retting, mulching and raising seedlings.

About an hour later, Old Man Chen led everyone in the Chen family over.

Old man Chen saw that Chen Dashan had no energy left, and it was a waste of time to occupy the position, so he said: "Second brother, you go and rest for a while, I will fight for a while."

Chen Dashan's arms were almost too tired to lift up. Hearing his father's words, he was moved beyond words.

So, Old Man Chen took over Chen Dashan’s position.Set it up and start throwing rice skillfully.

Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Zhu took over the positions of Chen Wanrong and Chen Wanling, handing rice to Old Man Chen.

Chen Wanbai and Liu were responsible for tying up the rice straws.

Chen Dasong and Chen Yuanxiu put the rice straw into the basket and carried it to the designated place with a pole.

After a while, the number of villagers in Shai Guchang gradually increased.

At this time, a villager passed by and saw that Old Man Chen's family had already harvested so much rice, and asked curiously: "Why did your family harvest so much rice?"

Mrs. Zhou stopped what she was doing, wiped the sweat from her forehead, then took a breath and replied at the top of her voice: "Our whole family didn't even take a rest at noon. We came to work right after dinner. We wanted to finish it early. I feel at ease."

Her voice echoed in the grain drying field, attracting the attention of the surrounding villagers.

The surrounding villagers heard this and cast approving glances, and some even gave a thumbs up.

"This Chen Datou family is really hard-working. They don't even take a break at noon."

"No, we can't be lazy. We must work harder." . "

Chen Dashan, who was sitting aside and resting, heard these words. He did not expose them. He felt that he could not embarrass his parents in front of outsiders.

And he believed that what his mother said must make sense.

Chen Wanrong and Chen Wanling were a little unhappy.

"Second sister, how dare she say that? They have just arrived."

"Did you meet Nai on your first day?"

Chen Wanrong looked helpless. She knew very well what Mrs. Zhou was like. It's just that Old Man Chen never allowed them to embarrass his family outside, otherwise they would be beaten severely.

On the occasion of Youshi, the sky gradually darkened, and there were only a few villagers in the originally bustling grain drying field.

Most people use the ox-pulled stone wheel method, so it is quite efficient. There are also a very small number of people who use stone slabs, but most of these people have less fields and are not willing to wait in line to use cattle.

In the Chen family, there are many people but few people doing things.

Among the few remaining households, there is Chen Jinbao's family. They are a little curious that Chen Datou's family has not finished the work.

"Second brother, look at Chen Datou's house. Didn't they even take a break at noon? Why haven't they finished their work yet?" Chen Jinbao asked doubtfully.

"Hey, brother, let me tell you, Mrs. Zhou's words are not trustworthy. She and Mr. Chen's family must have been lazy and sleeping at noon. Most of the work was done by Mr. Chen and his family." Chen Yincai's daughter-in-law Zhou said with a curl of her lips.

She lives in the same village as Mrs. Zhou, and she used to eat at Mrs. Zhou’s place often.Unfortunately, I understand her character very well.

"Hey, I think too, look at Mr. Chen's family, they don't look like people who know how to work." Chen Yincai echoed his wife's words.

"That's right. I saw that they have a few acres of food, but they haven't finished it even after dark."

In the Chen family, Old Chen was anxious. Incessantly. It was getting dark, and there was still some rice left to thresh.

"Boss, come here and fight with me." As soon as Old Man Chen took over from Chen Dashan, he called to Chen Dasong who was lying on a pile of rice straw.

"Dad, I'm so tired. Please let me rest for a while. Call me my second brother." Chen Dasong was still lying down, not moving at all.

Old Chen didn’t want to call him, but Chen Dashan obviously had no energy. Now that time was tight, Chen Dasong, who seemed to have better physical strength, was definitely the most suitable.

For the whole afternoon, Old Man Chen and Chen Dasong basically took turns threshing rice, while Chen Dashan was threshing rice almost all the time, only occasionally stopping to rest for a while.

"Boss, don't force me to beat you." Old Man Chen said with a threat in his tone.

Chen Dasong reluctantly got up. When he passed by Chen Dashan, he kicked him and muttered: "What are you pretending to do? How much work have you done? Just lie down." Just pretend to be dead."

"Second brother, how many times did you take a break in the afternoon? I'm not telling you, you are younger than your elder brother, you will be exhausted if you work more!" The old woman stared with triangular eyes, raised her eyebrows, pointed at Chen Laoer, and cursed in a lowered voice, obviously showing favoritism to Chen Dasong.

Chen Dashan couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved. He had worked hard all afternoon, so why did his mother still scold him?

He looked at Mrs. Zhou silently, with a little confusion in his eyes.

He thought of the hard work he had put in since he was a child. Whether it was farm work or housework, he did his best just to get his mother's recognition and praise.

Mrs. Zhou also seemed a little unhappy when she saw Chen Dashan. She also thought that she had to ask this silly son to do more things, but she could not let him be separated from her.

Then her expression suddenly changed, revealing an amiable look.

She said earnestly to Chen Dashan: "Second brother, mother knows that you are a hard-working and hard-working good boy. Mother said that just now, but she was just anxious. Look, it's getting dark today, you My eldest brother is older than you and can't do as well as you. That's why I thought of letting you do more." After hearing Mrs. Zhou's words, Chen Dashan felt a little less aggrieved.

He felt that what his mother said was reasonable. He was young and should do more.

So, he nodded and said: "Mom, I understand, I will take a short break and then I will go and replace my elder brother."

Mrs. Zhou saw Chen Dashan like this sensible, secretly proud in his heart.

She continued: "Dashan, you are such a sensible child. Mom has always known that you are the most filial. If there is any heavy work at home in the future, you should do more."

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Chen Wanbai witnessed this series of operations and couldn't help but exclaimed inwardly: "Good guy, it turns out that ancient people already understood PUA."

She rolled her eyes and said angrily : "Hey, I'm older, so I should let my second uncle replace me."

After hearing this, Chen Dashan also felt that it made sense: "Si Ya is right."

After saying that, he got up and prepared to replace Old Man Chen.

Old man Chen drove him away directly. He was in a hurry now, and he was much faster than Chen Dashan.