Xiaojiaxiu

Chapter 23
Si Ya had just knocked on the door a few times when it opened with a creak, Si Ya was startled.She didn't expect the door to open so quickly!Seeing Wu Sanlang inside the door, Si Ya blurted out, "Wu Sanlang...brother!"

Si Ya was thinking of Wu Sanlang in her heart, but in the end she called out directly, and had no choice but to add the word brother.

Wu Sanlang only cared about his own thoughts, and didn't pay much attention to what Siya called him.He has been thinking about how to tell Si Ya about the food that he ate.

Seeing Wu Sanlang's sullen face and not speaking, Siya thought that he was still upset about his impoliteness just now!But Si Ya didn't care too much. In Si Ya's mind, Wu Sanlang has always been an awkward child.

"Brother Sanlang, is Juan'er at home? Has she eaten the food I sent?" Siya looked into the room and asked.

"That...Juan'er is not here! She ate that...oh! Didn't eat...that...that!" Wu Sanlang began to speak incoherently.Let's talk about Wu Sanlang, he never told any lies since he was a child, firstly, he didn't need to lie, and secondly, he felt that gentlemen disdain to lie.Now, it was not good for him to say it, or not good for him not to say it, so he started to stammer.

There's something going on here!Looking at Wu Sanlang, Si Ya thought with certainty in her heart that in her previous life, her relative's little cousin broke the bottle and lied with this expression and tone.

"Brother Sanlang, did Juan'er eat it or didn't eat it!" Si Ya asked innocently with her round black eyes open.

"Well... I didn't eat it! I just didn't eat it!" Wu Sanlang said affirmatively, gritted his teeth and blushed.

"Why didn't you eat? Did you forget to tell her! As for the food, I'll go to the wheat field later and just bring it to her!" Siya said while preparing to go to the house to get food look.

Wu Sanlang's face turned even redder.

"That...that...!"

Si Ya has never seen Wu Sanlang like this, so she wanted to play tricks on him for a while, seeing him like this, Si Ya also felt that she was going too far.It's normal for children to be greedy, and besides, he didn't lie, so Si Ya followed Wu Sanlang's words and said:
"Brother Sanlang, did you accidentally drop that bowl of food? That's why you didn't tell Juan'er?"

Wu Sanlang was worried that he didn't know what to say, and after hearing Siya's words, he quickly said: "Yes, you fell if you left without paying attention!" Wu Silang was afraid that Siya would not believe it, so he made a gesture of falling!
Seeing the action of 300 taels of silver here, Si Ya almost couldn't hold back and laughed out loud, but for the sake of a certain child's self-esteem, she pretended to comfort Wu Sanlang seriously: "I can't blame you for this, it's just a pity that this Eat food, if I knew it, I would just give it to brother Sanlang!" Si Ya said pretending to be sorry, and sighed while talking.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm okay!" Wu Sanlang quickly waved his hands when Siya said this.

Although Si Ya said this, Wu Sanlang still felt that there was a trace of playfulness in Si Ya's eyes, as if he knew everything already, but Wu Sanlang still thought about how this is possible, he must be a guilty conscience to feel this way of.Siya is a half-grown girl, how could she have such big thoughts.Even so, Wu Sanlang was still flushed.

Si Ya saw that it was almost the same, and it would be a bit too much for him to go any further.

"Brother Sanlang, then I'll go to the wheat field to find Juan'er!" Si Ya planned to go to the wheat field to find Juan'er, and just told her about her plan!
"Wait for me, it happens that I'm going there too, I'll take you there! I'll come as soon as I change my clothes!" Wu Sanlang was wearing a robe because he didn't go to the ground. of clothes.

"That's fine!" Siya thought that this was fine, but she really couldn't find the land of Juan'er's house!

After Wu Sanlang changed his clothes, the two set off.Wu Sanlang changed into narrow trousers and a tight-waisted jacket, which made it easier to work.

Along the way, Wu Sanlang wanted to ask about the food several times, but he was afraid that Si Ya would notice something, so he didn't say anything in the end.

The afternoon sun is just when the sky is empty, and the wheat has almost been harvested, and the golden wheat ears are replaced by pitted wheat roots.For a well-lived family, the remaining wheat stalks are short and neat, even if there is no wheat, it is comfortable to look at.For some lazy families, the remaining wheat stalks obviously grow a lot and are uneven.

Such pieces of wheat stalks are connected one by one, making the land a little empty and chaotic.Moreover, the wheat harvested by some people has not been transported to the wheat field, but is still in the field!
There will be a wheat field every few fields. These wheat fields may be large or small, but the same thing is the piled up wheat brought back from the wheat field and the busy people on the wheat field.

There are quite a few people in almost every wheat farm. Most of them use one wheat farm. , but also help each other.What's more, if we have a good relationship, we can also discuss using the same wheat field.But these are those families with more land.

People like Juan'er's family don't have their own wheat field. Juan'er's family has a large population and small land, so it is impossible to build a wheat field alone.Juan'er's wheat field is in the land of Wang Landlord's family in the south.Many people in Wangcun thresh wheat here.

The wheat field owned by Landlord Wang's family is very large, as large as two acres. If there are some families, it is the land owned by the whole family, but these two acres of land are really nothing to Landlord Wang's family.It is said that this piece of land was owned by the landlord's grandfather at that time, and it has been passed down like this, and the villagers have become accustomed to coming here to thresh wheat.

This threshing of wheat is a technical job.When the wheat is harvested, it has to be transported to the wheat field.This requires the people who harvest the wheat to rush to harvest it so that they can occupy the space, or you can't use it until someone else has dried the wheat grains.Because it is public, they robbed the wheat field, but there were many fights.

Transported to the wheat field, this requires concentration.The next two days are up to God.The wheat needs to be spread out and exposed to the sun for two days, so that the dried and brittle grains are easier to take off.In the past two days, the wheat field needs people to watch from time to time, and some unscrupulous people in the village take advantage of this time to steal wheat.So people need to watch from time to time.

After two days of exposure, it will enter the formal threshing.Basically every house in the village has a cylindrical stone roller. The round surface of this stone roller must be even and smooth, so that it can be pulled forward.It is also necessary to make a hole in the center of the stone roller, and put a thick and strong rope through it, so that it is convenient to pull the stone roller around.

The conditions here are better, and those who have cattle at home can tie the rope directly to the cattle, and then drive the cattle to pull the stone rollers and start grinding wheat.However, most people here do not have cattle, so they can only rely on people to grind wheat with stone rollers.Just go back and forth like this, after rolling it over once, turn it over and continue grinding.Back and forth like this, grinding with stone rollers over and over again.The exposed wheat grains fall off one by one under the rolling of stone rollers.

It usually takes half a day for the wheat grains to fall off almost completely.Next, it is necessary to separate the fallen wheat grains from the wheat stalks. The wheat grains remain on the ground, and the straws need to be dragged home for burning.

What comes off is the wheat grains, and these grains are not completely clean after they are taken off.The husks are still mixed with the husks, so it is necessary to separate the husks from the husks.This requires the help of wind.With a wooden shovel, the wheat is raised high. Under the action of the wind, the lighter husks will float away with the wind, while the heavier wheat kernels will naturally fall and stay.After going back and forth several times like this, the wheat grains are almost clean.

Below is only the storage for exposure.This not only requires a few days of good sunshine, but also requires someone to turn the wheat grains from time to time, so that the wheat grains can be heated evenly, so that each grain can be exposed to the sun.In this way, until the color of the wheat grains gradually deepens and becomes hard, such wheat grains are almost ready for drying.The grains of wheat must be thoroughly dried in the sun before they can be put into the warehouse, so that the wheat will not be damp and moldy, so that the wheat can be stored for a long time.

This is the whole process of harvesting wheat and threshing wheat.

Or just say "Who knows that every piece of Chinese food is hard work"!Every grain of this food is hard-won. How much sweat of the working people has been condensed here!

Looking at the people working in full swing, Siya thought of this poem. Although she still learned this poem in elementary school, Siya can still truly understand the deep meaning in it!Who in this era can imagine how many people are wasting this hard-earned food today after them!
Si Ya couldn't help but let out a sigh of regret.

(End of this chapter)