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Chapter 19: Baling Rice, Waterloo

Zhong Zhiran was lying on the kang in his room, feeling indescribably at ease. In just a few days, he not only had his own nest, but also met someone who treated him sincerely. A sense of satisfaction filled his body.

Time flies by, and the autumn harvest is ushered in in a blink of an eye. Everyone attaches great importance to the autumn harvest, which is related to their livelihood for the next whole year.

Fortunately, the weather is going well this year, and a bumper harvest is inevitable. This year's autumn harvest starts with harvesting potatoes. There is no mechanization at this time, and everything requires manual harvesting.

The only tool for lifting potatoes is called a two-toothed tool. It is a rake-like tool. It is similar to a rake. The difference is that the rake has multiple teeth but the two-toothed tool has only two and they are very long. You can tell the name. It started simply and crudely.

This tool can better bring potatoes growing underground out of the ground, and can avoid damaging the potato skin after mastering the skills.

This was the first time Zhong Zhiran saw this kind of tool. While it was novel, he also marveled at the wisdom of mankind. It was the first time he had done this kind of work, and Zhong Zhiran enjoyed it a little.

Because potatoes are not the main product of this place and account for a very small proportion of the mission grain, the area for planting potatoes in the village is not very large.

So the potatoes were basically harvested in just one day. All the harvested potatoes were placed in the vacant warehouse next to the drying field of the brigade. It is said that the surface of the potatoes was dried so that they could be better stored.

The second day is the beginning of the main event of the autumn harvest - harvesting rice.

Although the two-crop rice production in Black Province is not as large as that in the south, the rice produced here tastes particularly good, and the planting area is also very considerable.

There is no harvester operation like in later generations, and you can directly get the rice that has been peeled off. At this time, you have to use a sickle to cut off the rice bit by bit, and the pricks left should not be too long, that is, the sickle is almost touching Cutting rice on the ground.

"There is less rain this autumn, so we can have a clean harvest. The second autumn when I went to the countryside, the rain was particularly heavy. When harvesting rice, the fields were not dry at all. After a day's work, it was not only on my shoes, but also all over my body." There was mud above and below, it was absolutely miserable.”

Zhou Xingyu and Zhong Zhiran were divided into a group of male educated youths. While harvesting rice, Zhou Xingyu talked about his first experience when he went to the countryside.

Zhong Zhiran's hands were constantly moving, but it did not affect her ability to listen to the story. Compared with Er Zhizi's handy tool before, Zhong Zhiran disliked the sickle in her hand, mainly because it was unpleasant.

For the sake of his own arm, Zhong Zhiran naturally started cheating. He kept moving his hands, but it was just a deliberate move, relying entirely on his own spatial abilities.

If people who knew Zhong Zhiran in his previous life knew that boss Zhong Zhiran's terrifying spatial powers could one day be used to harvest rice, I wonder how they would feel.

Anyway, Zhong Zhiran had no time to think about this. Her eyes had long been attracted by her aunt who was following behind her.

Harvesting rice, like harvesting potatoes, involves a division of labor. Rice harvesters like Zhong Zhiran are only responsible for placing the harvested rice neatly in similar quantities in the shop. The person responsible for bundling the rice behind will bundle it up and then set it up. on the ground.

It sounds simple, but it requires a lot of technology to make it. The "rope" for binding the rice needs to be made from local materials. The locals call it "Caoyaozi", which is made of grass, rice stems or wheat straw.

The straw used for tying rice is, of course, made of rice straw. Grab a strand of rice, pinch the rice ear downwards, and then divide the straw under the rice into two evenly and lay it out in the shape of a "one" unit. On the ground, put the cut rice on top, use both hands to pull the two ends of the string below quickly like this, and then tie it up...

The reason why Zhong Zhiran kept watching was that the hands of the aunts behind them were faster than the other, so that she never understood the last step of "this and that". It was obviously like a simple entanglement, but how could it be so tight? The rice is tied together.Zhong Zhiran felt that her intelligence was a bit insulted, she couldn't even see!

But Zhong Zhiran's biggest advantage is that she is not stubborn. If she doesn't, then she won't. Anyway, she is good at harvesting rice. As long as she doesn't tell, who can know.

Zhong Zhiran never expected that her little eyes full of curiosity would betray her long ago...

During the autumn harvest, lunch is eaten in the fields at noon. At this time, nothing is as important as the grain in the fields. Although it is definitely a bumper harvest in a good year, if the grain has not been collected and stored in the warehouse for a day, it will feel uneasy, so in order to save Bring meals every time or ask someone at home who is not working to deliver meals.

Zhong Zhiran and the others brought sugar cakes baked early in the morning, and Zhong Zhiran used hot noodles. The cakes were soft when they ate them at noon, and with sugar in them, they were very delicious.

After working all morning, everyone was in the middle of the field. There were trees at both ends of the field for shade, but no one was too lazy to go further.

Almost everyone put down the bundled rice beside them and sat on it to rest.

Zhong Zhiran was eating the cake in his mouth without taking his eyes off the ropes on the rice bundle, trying to figure out how "this and that" worked based on the actions of the aunts in his memory.

"What? I've been reading it all morning and still don't understand it?"

Tian Zeyu was amused by Zhong Zhiran's appearance. After eating the first piece of cake, she clapped her hands, then got up and used the sickle to cut another armful of rice and put it in front of Zhong Zhiran, and then did it again in slow motion.

After completing the action, he looked up at Zhong Zhiran with a smile on his face, as if asking Zhong Zhiran, "Do you understand?"

Then I saw that Zhong Zhiran's face was not very good-looking. Don't ask why, Zhong Zhiran still didn't understand it!

"Hahaha, I really didn't expect Zhong Zhiqing to be so capable and not be able to tie up his wife..."

"Hahaha... there are things that can be difficult for Zhong Zhiqing..."

Tian Zeyu single-handedly made everyone know at the same time that there was something that Zhong Zhiran couldn't do, and the empty land was suddenly filled with laughter.

The villagers did not laugh at Zhong Zhiran. After all, Zhong Zhiran looked very thin among a group of grown men. However, Zhong Zhiran's ability in the work unit was noticed by everyone. Even the most capable man in the village could not fall behind Zhong Zhiran.

Zhong Zhiran's "competent" persona has been ingrained in everyone's mind. In rural areas, even eight- or nine-year-old children can do it. Now everyone is told that Zhong Zhiran can't do it. Do you think everyone can stop laughing?
Of course, there is no malice in these smiles, it’s just the contrast that makes them laugh.

Tian Zeyu was laughing so hard that he was kicked by Zhou Xingyu. After regaining consciousness, he followed Zhou Xingyu's line of sight and saw Zhong Zhiran, who had a completely dark face. He felt like he was going to die...

(End of this chapter)