Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

"Hurry up and tell me what our mother said to Aunt Zhao." Xiaoting said with a blush.

It turned out that when Zhao came just now, she deliberately winked at Zhang and asked her to send Xiaoting away.

Seeing Zhao's anxious look, Xiaoting thought that she was talking about her marriage with Bao Heng, so she avoided her. She was worried, but she was too embarrassed to eavesdrop, so when she saw Xiaolan coming back and eavesdropping at the window, she didn't say anything. Because she knew that if Xiaolan heard anything, she would tell her.

Seeing her elder sister so anxious, Xiao Lan stopped teasing her and told her everything she had just heard.

"How can she be so arrogant? She doesn't even know how to be quiet after going to Hejian County." Xiao Ting frowned and said. The old Sheng family had such a scandal, and the whole family would be criticized, especially for the unmarried girls of the Sheng family. Who knows what people will say.

Xiao Lan agreed with Xiao Ting's words. Pang Xiu'e was really capable. She knew that Xiao Ting's concern was nothing more than being afraid that she would be looked down upon if she married into the Bao family. So she comforted her by saying, "Before Pang Xiu'e married Brother Yuan, we had already separated and lived separately. Even if this matter is brought up again, it has nothing to do with our family."

"Also, sister, Aunt Zhao and our mother would definitely not tell us about this in front of us, so just pretend you don't know about it." Xiao Lan warned.

"I know about this." Xiaoting nodded repeatedly.

The two sisters washed the melons and ate them. Zhao chatted with Zhang for a while before leaving.

After a few days, Zhang didn't mention this to the children at home, so Xiaolan knew about it. Her mother had made up her mind not to tell the children about this. However, Shengxuan's face was gloomy these two days, and he never smiled. Xiaolan thought that Zhang must have told her father about this.

Time flies, and it is time to harvest wheat. Wheat is different from other crops, and it must be harvested at the right time. If it is harvested too early, the grains will not be full enough, and if it is harvested too late, the grains will fall off the ears and fall to the ground.

What is the most feared thing during the wheat harvest season? Of course it is rain. If the wheat is ripe but cannot be harvested before the rain, the grains will sprout and the harvest will naturally be reduced.

Xiaolan's family has not encountered these situations. In the past two days, Xiaolan followed Shengxuan for several trips. Shengxuan waved his hand and said that it was time to harvest the wheat.

The method of harvesting wheat is the same as that of soybeans. A sickle is needed. Cut the wheat from the roots and put it in a pile. Then take two handfuls of wheat seedlings and twist the two ends together to make a simple wheat rope. It is very convenient to use it to tie wheat.

The wheat will be ripe in a few days, and it must be harvested in the next two days, otherwise the wheat grains will burst and fall to the ground. So in the past two days, Sheng Xuan brought four long-term workers from his family and hired more than a dozen short-term workers to harvest the wheat in the fields. Sheng Yugui and his son and Bao Zhanggui and his son also came to help.

Harvesting wheat was the first time that the Sheng family village had grown crops. Everyone, whether free or not, would take some time to come and watch Sheng Xuan and his team harvesting.

It took two days to harvest all the wheat in the field and transport the bundles to the threshing floor for drying.

After the wheat was harvested, only short stubbles were left. Although Zhang's mother and her friends did not help with the harvest, they were not idle. They wrapped their heads with scarves, wore clothes for working in the fields, and each of them carried a basket to pick up wheat ears in the harvested wheat field.

Zhao, Xiaolan, Xiaoting, Shen, and Xiaoyan all came, and Xiaoye and Xiaotao also came to help. They walked three or four times until there were no wheat ears left in the field.

The hard work of growing crops, every grain is full of farmers’ sweat and hard work, so they must not be wasted. Whether you are a sensible farmer or an illiterate farmer, you all understand this truth. As the saying goes, “Every grain of rice on the plate is the result of hard work”, it is true.

Therefore, if anyone left food in their bowl during a meal, they would be beaten. Adults would keep their bowls cleaner than their faces, but some ignorant children would be beaten if they left food in their bowls. Adults would even scare them, saying that if they left food in their bowls, God would strike them with thunder.

This kind of scare certainly doesn't work on adults, but it is very effective on children.

The harvested wheat was brought to the yard of Xiaolan Village to dry. Sheng Xuan and several farmhands built this yard. They found a flat piece of land facing the sun, cleared the weeds and stones on the ground, added soil to the potholes, and used a stone roller to compact the land and dry it. Then the yard was built.

Since the yard was compacted by the millstone, it was very clean and perfect for drying crops. The harvested wheat had been brought back, and now the task was to dry it. Drying required turning the wheat straw three times a day until the wheat was dry.

Because they had just started drying the wheat and there was no need to wait all day, Sheng Xuan took the farmhands to the fields to dig up wheat straw.

After a whole day of digging wheat straw, Xiao Lan saw that Sheng Xuan's legs were scratched red by the wheat straw during dinner. Wheat straw and wheat ears are irritating, so when Xiao Lan picked up wheat ears, she wrapped them tightly to prevent being scratched by wheat ears or straw.

Xiao Lan felt sorry for her father. She knew that he was scratched by the wheat stubble and felt itchy all over. So she suggested to Sheng Xuan, "Dad, even if we dig out the wheat stubble and burn it, it won't burn well. Digging it out is laborious. Why don't we burn it? The ashes can also be used to fertilize the soil."

Sheng Xuan certainly did not dig the ground manually. He let animals pull the plow into the field, and the farmhands followed behind and picked out the wheat stubble with two-toothed hooks or large hoes, and then manually transported it to the edge of the field.

But this would take some effort. Xiao Lan's suggestion gave Sheng Xuan an idea. He was worried about the fertilizer for the land this year. Although he had rabbit manure at home, he also had a lot of land. If he calculated carefully, it was not enough.

Sheng Xuan planned to plant cabbage and radish in this land. These crops are the most common vegetables for farmers in winter. This year, there are many people in the family, and if there are not enough vegetables, there will definitely not be enough to eat. Originally, Sheng Xuan thought that if all the cabbage and radish were planted on this land, they would not be able to eat them all, but Xiao Lan wanted to pickle sauerkraut, and encouraged her father to plant more.

When it comes to ways to make money, ten Sheng Xuans are not as good as one Xiao Lan. Xiao Lan's proposal was unanimously agreed upon by everyone. Not only was the proposal to burn the wheat stubble passed, but even the proposal to grow more cabbage was passed.