Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 497 Everyone Harvests the Autumn Harvest

Xu Han had just put her things away when Lu Chuan came back with them.

"I'm back. This afternoon I took out all the things that will be needed for tomorrow's autumn harvest. Check to see if there are any that are unusable. If they can be repaired, repair them. If they can't be repaired, we'll replace them with new ones."

Lu Chuan took a sip of water and ordered, "Well, Uncle Zhu, take someone to check and see if it's enough."

Zhu Qiang received the instructions and quickly flipped through the books. "Most of them are usable. We will sharpen these sickles and other items later so that they will not be delayed for use tomorrow.

The broken backpacks can be repaired and used. If they are not enough, there are still many in the valley. You can also go there to get some when the time comes."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you. Take your men and do it."

After Lu Chuan finished speaking, he turned around and went outside. Xu Han had just told him that Mu'er wanted to drink fish soup, so he had to quickly go to the fish pond and catch two fish to make fish soup for his son.

Xu Han was still the chef for today's dinner, including a crucian carp soup, a stir-fried lamb, and a plate of stir-fried vegetables.

One meat dish, one vegetable dish and a soup is considered a very rich meal for an ordinary family.

Xu Han prepared dinner here, and Zhu Qiang and his men packed up all the tools that would be needed for tomorrow, waiting to start the autumn harvest tomorrow morning.

After dinner, Lu Chuantong informed everyone, "Everyone should go to bed early tonight. We should harvest early tomorrow morning while the temperature is not high and try to finish the work as soon as possible."

Li Si agreed, "Okay, Master, don't worry, we will get up early tomorrow and will definitely not delay the autumn harvest."

"Okay, then you should go back and rest early."

After everyone left, Lu Chuan closed the gate, and the whole family washed up and went to rest early.

On the second day, when Lu Chuan got up before dawn, Xu Han also got up. Today everyone had to go to the autumn harvest. Not only did the servants have to work in the fields, but even the brothers Mu'er and Ze'er were driven to the fields by Xu Han.

Although the two are still young and can't do much work, Xu Han doesn't spoil them. In the past, they have participated in every autumn harvest and planting. Although there are many more people in the family this year, they cannot change the habits of previous years.

She didn't want her two children to become spoiled brats who didn't know the difference between farmland and agriculture. Her family wasn't rich and had always lived by working in the fields. It was impossible for her to raise spoiled children.

Since everyone in the family went to the fields, Xu Han was responsible for preparing today's breakfast. Cooking for so many people by herself was a bit tiring, but in order not to delay everyone's meal, Xu Han started preparing after they went to the fields.

Since she couldn’t eat anything too greasy in the morning, Xu Han simply mixed a cucumber and made a serving of roast chicken with potatoes, and served it with rice porridge.

In order to make the food better for everyone, she cooked a big pot of eggs, nearly fifty in total, so that each person could eat two.

The thing that the family has the most right now is eggs, so Xu Han was ruthless when it came to cooking the eggs.

While Xu Han put the breakfast into the pot, Li Si and others started to deliver corn to their homes one after another.

I have to say that although there are more people, the work efficiency is not much higher than before, but it is also much faster.

After all, when Xu Han and the others transported things home during the autumn harvest, they used the space directly.

You can use the space to transport a lot of things at once, saving the trouble of running back and forth.

But now there are two animals in the family, a cow and a donkey, both of which can pull and deliver food, but they are a little slower. Fortunately, there are many people now, so it is not particularly difficult.

Seeing someone coming back, Xu Han asked, "How is the corn this year? Is it growing big?"

Wang Lin took a corn and handed it to Xu Han, saying, "Madam, look, the corn is growing so well this year. The kernels are plump and each one is quite big."

Xu Han took a piece of it. There was plenty of rain this year, so the corn grew really well. "Hahaha, it looks like this will be another bumper year. I'll make you clay pot chicken with corn pancakes after I grind new cornmeal in a couple of days."

"Okay, ma'am, we'll all be waiting then."

Xu Han smiled and said, "Okay, okay, you're indispensable. You can just dump the corn into the backyard, and I'll spread it out to dry in the sun later."

"No, ma'am. You've worked hard enough making breakfast. We'll just spread it out after we unload it. Don't bother you."

"Okay, you guys go ahead and get busy. I'll go check on the food in the pot and make sure it's not burnt."

Everyone worked together for the whole morning, and all the corn in the field was harvested just in time for breakfast.

Xu Han greeted everyone and said, "Everyone, have breakfast first, and then we will work later."

The Taoist priest also agreed, "Yes, yes, yes, we have been working all morning and are already hungry. Let's wash our hands and eat."

After breakfast, Xu Han stayed at home to shell corn, while the others went to the fields to harvest beans.

Not many soybeans were planted. Last year, we planted about three acres. This year, we planted a little more than last year, almost a little more than four acres. The same goes for corn, which is a little more than usual.

We made a lot of sweet potato wine last year, so we planted fewer sweet potatoes this year, and the remaining land was used to plant corn and soybeans.

We worked until about eleven o'clock, but the weather was too hot, so we stopped temporarily and continued working in the afternoon when the sun was a little weaker.

Xu Han didn't have to cook lunch herself. Since she couldn't work in the fields, Dan Niang and the others were also free, so lunch was left to them.

Everyone was tired at noon and the food was simple, just brown rice and simple home-cooked dishes, which was enough to make a meal.

Everyone took a break at noon, and when it was around three o'clock, Xu Han had not gotten up yet, so Lu Chuan took them to the fields to continue harvesting soybeans.

By the time Xu Han took her two children to the fields, the soybeans had been almost harvested.

"You guys work really fast. The area was so large this morning, but it's almost finished in just a short while."

Mrs. Li echoed, "We have a lot of people, about 30 in total, big and small. With one sickle each, we can finish the harvest quickly."

Ma Pozi said, "Yes, ma'am, one person can do one trip, and we can finish the mowing without going back and forth."

"Hahaha, it's true."

Lu Chuan shouted over there, "Li Si, Chun Feng, there isn't much left in the field, you guys should start transporting it home."

Xu Han also said, "Chunchan, stop working and take the kids to pick up the beans that fell on the ground."

After receiving the order, everyone immediately started to act.

Chunchan led four little kids, each holding a small bamboo basket, and started picking up the fallen beans and pods on the ground.

Wang Lin and his companions were not willing to be left behind and immediately started loading the goods onto trucks to transport them home.

After a busy afternoon until it got dark, I finally pulled all the beans from the field.

The corn was placed in the backyard, so the soybeans had to be piled in the front yard.