Chapter 301 Other Ways

The old Zhou family harvested the wheat very fast, but within five days, all the old Zhou family's wheat was collected.

Fortunately, the old Zhou family has two yards this year. The ground is level and neat, and the picked wheat ears are spread in the yard to dry.

It is enough for two days in such a big sun, plus it can always be in the ground for another half a day.

Zhou Dalang and others continued to go down to the ground to cut the wheat, while He and Fang stayed at home to beat the wheat with the shackles. With a flick of the stick, the shackles circled in the air and landed on the ears of wheat, causing the grains of wheat to fall. on the ground.

Qian took the rest of the children and sat on the low stool with wooden sticks that were neither thick nor thin.

When Zhou Dalang and the others came back from the field, they didn't need the help of a group of young, sick, and pregnant women at home. They tied their sleeves and picked up a handful of wheat ears that had been beaten twice.

Kneading wheat is very hard, not only tiring, but also thorny. This kind of work has always been done by men in the old Zhou family.

Fang Shi was not used to it as soon as she entered the door, because in her memory, this kind of work has always been done by women.

Like her home.

In addition to harvesting and picking wheat, her father and brother also killed sheep, so she and her mother-in-law had always done things like harvesting wheat, carrying water, cooking and threshing wheat.

Of course, Dad and Big Brother will help when they are free, but there are not many such things in her memory.

She didn't quite understand why the old Zhou family had to wait for the men to come back and rub it in the dark.

But Mrs He, who has been married to the old Zhou family for many years, is used to it. Seeing Mrs. Fang looking at Shizuolang with a distressed face, she even pulled her and comforted her, "It's okay, men are rough and fleshy, and the fourth child fights. It's okay, don't worry about him."

The little Qian family just came back from the field. Everyone had already eaten dinner, but they hadn't washed up yet.

She went directly into the kitchen to boil the water, and when it was hot, she called Da Ya, "Tell your aunt and your younger brothers and sisters to come take a bath. After washing, hurry up and go to bed. Tomorrow we will go to cut beans, and you won't be needed."

Big girl is happy.

Xiao Qian continued, "I'll go to wash clothes early in the morning. After I come back, I'll go to Xiaowan to peel off some vegetable leaves and come back to feed the chickens. If there are worms, remember to catch them."

Da Ya responded and happily went to fetch water to take a bath.

After the children wash, it goes to the woman, and after the woman washes, it goes to the man.

This is also a customary rule that is different from other homes.

Mr. Fang didn't think there was anything in the past, but now this rule is very important when farming is busy.

Because everyone is very tired and come back late, take a shower earlier and go to bed earlier.

Of course, Mrs Fang would not think that this rule was set by the father-in-law, so it can only be set by the mother-in-law.

So when the men weren't around, Mrs Fang couldn't help whispering to her auntie, "Mother-in-law is really amazing, the rules of the family are so clearly set."

Feng and He nodded in agreement.

However, Mrs. Qian burst into laughter and was about to say something, but she stopped talking when she saw Zhou Xi on the side.

Zhou Xi only said, "This rule is not set by my mother."

Fang shi blinked suspiciously, "Who decided that?"

Zhou Xi thought for a while, then smiled: "No one has to make rules, but when you get used to it, it becomes a rule."

Man Bao rushed in from the outside wearing a fragrant body and shouted, "Sister-in-law, Dad won't tell me to catch birds."

Xiao Qian turned around and nodded her forehead, put the washed dishes and chopsticks away, and said, "It's okay if you don't give it. How much wheat have you wasted these days?"

"Obviously not much," Man Bao said, "I use it repeatedly."

"That's also a handful, a handful. Dad was busy harvesting wheat and didn't care about you. Now that the wheat is finished, you can feed the birds with the wheat again. Don't you feel bad for your dead dad?"

"Then you also eat birds, and you all say it's delicious."

"It's not like that when it's delicious," Xiao Qian said. "Although the meat is delicious, the flour is more delicious and lasts longer, don't you think? And don't you go to school? You have to read and write your homework every day. Where's the time to catch the birds?"

"It's time, just squeeze it."

"If only you thought that way when you were studying."

Man Bao said with a serious face: "I thought the same thing when I was studying."

However, Mrs. Qian still did not let go, and was unwilling to persuade her father for her, so Man Bao sighed sadly.

Regardless of her young age, she actually knew that persimmons were soft, so she dared to negotiate with the old Zhoutou, dared to entangle with Xiao Qian to intercede, but did not dare to go to her mother.

Man Bao sighed, and the next day he drooped his head to look for Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang, and said, "We can't catch birds anymore?"

Bai Erlang, who has been playing with them for the past three days, exclaimed, "Why?"

The voice was so loud that everyone in the school looked at him.

Bai Erlang immediately lowered his voice and asked, "Why?"

"Because my father doesn't bring me wheat anymore," Man Bao said, "If you don't have wheat, you can't use it as bait to lure birds."

Bai Shanbao pointed to Bai Erlang, "His family has it."

Bai Erlang was about to blurt out "I have it in my family", but when Bai Shanbao said it first, he was not convinced and called out, "Don't you have it in your family?"

"My family doesn't have it," Bai Shanbao said, "my family only has rice, and the wheat is far, far away."

His family's land is not here. Mr. Bai has allocated a few acres of land nearby to his family, and asked his family to grow rice and other things, such as vegetables and fruits.

Anyway, there is no shortage of food in their family. Even if the outside manager does not send it in, they can buy it with Master Bai, which is very convenient.

It was only then that Bai Erlang remembered that Bai Shanbao's family's field was not here, and even the rice was only more than one mu, as if it were just a play.

So Bai Erlang became proud again, raised his neck and said, "Don't worry, it's just wheat, my family has more."

His family has 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.

So in the afternoon after school, Bai Erlang ran away, and within two quarters of an hour, he came back with a servant.

The servant was carrying a bundle of wheat on his shoulders, and Man Bao and Bai Shanbao stared at it in astonishment.

Man Bao also rubbed his eyes, made sure he was not dazzled, then looked down at his homework, turned his head and said to Bai Shanbao, "Let's finish the 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, but sat in class and wrote.

Bai Shanbao also withdrew his gaze, swallowed the word "idiot", nodded and continued to do his homework.

Daji, who was standing outside the class, lowered his head, his shoulders shook, and 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, "Maizi is here, let's go."

Bai Shanbao said, "What about the fishing nets and sticks, weren't they placed in your house's concierge yesterday?"

"That's right," Bai Erlang remembered, and asked the servant to put down the wheat, turned around and ran again, "Wait a minute, 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.