Xu Ningyan got it right, and when she came back, she saw Gu Zhiyuan going to the ground again.

He hurriedly walked to him and said, "Didn't I let you take a rest? Why are you so active?"

Seeing that the wheat harvesters on the left and right were far away, he quietly taught Gu Zhiyuan how to grind foreign workers.

To be honest, she is the best at this.

My dream is to be a salted fish, and I have my own unique experience in fishing while lying down.

Anyway, here’s a summary: It looks like I’m busy all over the place, but actually I’m not doing anything.

Gu Zhiyuan was amused and angry. Looking at Xu Ningyan's quirky appearance, he couldn't help but want to reach out and rub her hair. When he reached out, he realized that she was wearing a straw hat.

He had no choice but to tap her head with his finger: "I know better! You should take it easy yourself!"

Then both of them slowed down a bit.

It's almost noon, and the women in the fields on both sides of the house have put away their sickles and hurried back to cook for their families.

Moreover, the sun's rays are so intense at noon that I'm afraid I'll suffer from heat stroke if I work under the noon sun.

Everyone got up one after another and went home to eat, then took a short rest and waited until the sun was no longer so harsh in the afternoon before going down to the ground.

Xu Ningyan and Gu Zhiyuan cut about one-third of the land in the morning. After seeing that the people were almost gone, they called it a day.

I have finished drinking all the water I brought with me in the morning, and now I am tired and thirsty.

Back in the yard, each of us drank a large bowl of tea, barely able to relieve the heat.

The terrain of their yard is high and it is close to the back mountain. They sat under the camphor tree and felt the mountain breeze blowing. They fanned themselves vigorously with a cattail fan for a long time before the sweat on their bodies stopped.

After resting for a while, I calmed down a little and went to cook again.

Fortunately, Xu Ningyan took advantage of the coolness of the morning and had already steamed a large pot of steamed buns. The weather was hot, so there was no need to re-steam the buns. It was just right to eat them directly. This is what most families do during the busy farming season.

Slice the pork belly cooked in the morning and stir-fry it with chili and black bean sauce. It is salty, slightly spicy and fragrant.

I mixed a cucumber and made a bowl of egg soup.

Although there are only three dishes, the portions are substantial.

Two people and one dog were very satisfied with the meal.

Don't say that it's too hot to eat. After half a day of hard work, a cow can be eaten.

After dinner, Gu Zhiyuan went to wash the dishes. Xu Ningyan saw that there were not many steamed buns left, so he cooked another pot of porridge because he still had time.

It is cooked at this time and will not be boiled when you come back in the evening. It will be served with steamed buns and stir-fry two more vegetables to have dinner.

Gu Zhiyuan also took the two people's sickles to the river to sharpen them. After using them all morning, they were already dull. If they didn't sharpen them, it would be even harder to cut wheat in the afternoon.

After all this work, you have to take the time to take a rest, otherwise you won't be able to survive the afternoon.

Xu Ningyan felt as if she only closed her eyes when she was in bed, and then the whistle for work sounded again.

Yawning and walking out of the house, Gu Zhiyuan had already packed the tea for the afternoon and sharpened his sickle, waiting for her.

We went directly to the wheat field, and someone had already arrived first.

Xu Ningyan and Gu Zhiyuan didn't say much, they just bent down to harvest like ruthless robots.

Although the two of them were said to be workhorses, they didn't dare to go too far.

It wasn't until the sun set and night fell that the sickle was about to cut into a person's leg if he didn't finish work. Then the whistle sounded for the end of work.

The piece of land shared by the two men was not completely cut, leaving almost three-thirds of the land.

But the two of them tried their best.

The scorekeeper took a look and recorded six work points per person.

Although they were not as good as the women in the team next to them, all of them had more than eight work points, Xu Ningyan was content.

I almost dragged my legs home.

It was getting dark when we got home. Fortunately, Gu Zhiyuan had a candle and lit it to cook.

The porridge in the pot is warm. Serve it up.

After frying the leftover meat for lunch and an egg, the two of them didn't even have the energy to speak, so they finished the meal in silence with a little candlelight.

Xu Ningyan mustered up the energy to boil tea and bath water for tomorrow's day, then threw the big bones into a casserole, threw two pieces of ginger into it, filled it with water, put two large pieces of wood in the stove, and slowly burned it on a low fire. Burn it, and by tomorrow morning, the bone soup will be ready.

After preparing everything, washing up, looking at the casserole again, I went back to the house and climbed into bed without knowing anything else.

When I woke up the next morning, I felt that my legs, feet and waist were no longer my own.

It rattles when moved.

After getting up and moving for a while, the joints seemed to move.

Outside, Gu Zhiyuan had returned from fetching water from the river. The water tank was full and he was sitting under the tree sharpening his sickle.

Seeing Xu Ningyan coming out beating her waist, the two looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Xu Ningyan went into the kitchen and made a noodle soup, beating a few eggs into it, adding green cabbage leaves, and drizzling a little sesame oil.

I kneaded the noodles again and left them. I came back at noon and cut the noodles directly and cooked them for dinner.

Afraid of not being nutritious enough, Xu Ningyan also made a bowl of malted milk for each person, and grabbed a handful of fruit candies and put them in his pocket. He could add some sugar when he couldn't hold them anymore.

After three consecutive days without day or night, all the wheat was finally harvested.

From the next day, old men went to bundle up the wheat straw that had been spent overnight, and then the men began to carry the bundled wheat to the drying field on a pole.

A few days before the grain drying field, water had been sprinkled on it and it was crushed with a stone roller until it was as smooth as a mirror.

Stack the wheat sheaves in the shape of a cone on the drying floor and untie the ropes.

After the wheat drying ground was covered with pavement, they would lead the oxen and drag the stones to roll over the paved wheat straw in circles.

After all the wheat kernels are taken off, the wheat stalks will be lifted aside with a winnowing fork to remove the remaining impurities in the wheat.

After being winnowed, if the sun is good, the wheat will continue to dry for a few days. At this time, old people and half-year-old children will be sent to watch the wheat.

From time to time, you have to use a rake or go up barefoot to break open the wheat grains and dry them in the sun.

At night, the wheat grains are gathered together and piled into a cone shape, and then there is an iron kettle filled with lime, with a symbol drilled into the bottom, and a circle of marks around the pile of wheat grains.

Then arrange for two groups of people to be on duty at night next to the grain drying field.

At this time, everyone can have a little leisure for two days and take a rest.

Prepare for the next transplanting.

Xu Ningyan was not assigned the job of drying wheat grains, and it was not her turn to stay vigil, so she could rest for a few days.

After eating that night, she announced that she would have a good sleep tomorrow morning and don't ask her to get up. She would take care of breakfast herself.

Gu Zhiyuan looked at the little meat that Xu Ningyan had managed to gain, and in just a few days, he had lost weight again.

No matter how tired and hard these days were, Xu Ningyan never complained.

Now I'm too lazy to see her showing this childish side, I'm just happy.

He said quickly: "You can sleep peacefully and don't worry about me!"

Xu Ningyan slept so soundly that it was already noon when she woke up.

I just felt weak all over and my stomach was growling, which was just because I woke up from hunger.

Even so, she didn't want to move, she just lay on the bed and listened to what was going on outside.

Gu Zhiyuan seemed to be talking to the dog-legger: "You scheming dog! You actually sneaked into the mountains to hunt. You also saw that Aning lost weight and worked hard and wanted to replenish her body, right?"

"Thankfully, I went to the commune and snatched some meat. Otherwise, wouldn't I be outclassed by your dog?"

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