Ancient natural disasters: The whole family traveled through time and was almost wiped out

Chapter 48

When Jiang Suying came out of Liu's yard, the sun had just set and the sky was not yet dark.

On the other side, Jiang Yipei and Jiang Xiubai had not yet finished harvesting the rice in the fields because the two hundred acres of land they rented out were scattered.

After the rice is harvested, it is unloaded in the fields and carried back home by themselves. After counting the quantity, they send the harvester fee and rent to the Jiang family.

The two yamen runners had already gone back.

As the sky darkened, Jiang Xiubai turned on the headlights of the harvester. The dazzling light shone with its unique brilliance in this ancient time, harvesting crop after crop, bringing great attention.

But Jiang Xiubai did not give them time to appreciate it. He sat there numbly and let the harvester carry him to complete his last work.

Yes, their own eighty acres of land have not yet been harvested.

His father said that it would be convenient to harvest their crops last. They didn’t have to transport the crops back and forth, they could just drive home.

And they...had already gone home.

She said she would go back and cook for him, and that he had done a great service...

Twenty minutes later, the last rice grain was fed into the harvesting platform. Jiang Xiubai drove the harvester and ran away with Jiang Yipei.

He would vomit if he looked at this field for one more moment.

He looked at the golden rice for a whole day and felt like he was almost turning yellow.

Otherwise...it would be better for him not to earn the hundred cents a day.

Jiang Xiubai had a bitter face.

I'm not tired at all, but my butt is swollen from sitting all day, and I'm so bored that I'm going bald.

Why don’t you do something else at such a young age? Why do you have to spend all your time on the harvester?

His cheap parents probably haven't realized the seriousness of the situation yet.

Maybe apart from the harvested food, other things have not been stockpiled yet!

He has to go back and keep an eye on it!

Otherwise, how will I live in the future?

It’s better to let someone else take care of driving the harvester!

Yep!

Jiang Xiubai easily convinced himself, so he felt at ease telling Jiang Yipei that he wanted to resign.

"Okay, I'll arrange someone to learn it." Jiang Yipei had no objection. After all, he didn't want Jiang Xiu to drive the harvester for half a month for nothing.

He also has a system mall on him, but he just sits there in the harvester every day and does nothing. Isn't that a waste of resources?

Now that the harvester has been discovered by the county magistrate's men, it is even more impossible for him to let Jiang Xiubai follow the harvester around the county.

This is a gold nugget, we can't let others pick it up.

"Xiaobai, you're back!" Jiang Xiubai had just put Jiang Yipei at the door when Liu heard the sound of the harvester and came out: "Are you tired? Come on, wash your hands and eat."

"No, I'll unload the rice first." Jiang Xiubai said weakly.

He was afraid that once he got there and had his meal, he would want to take a shower and go to bed.

Liu was heartbroken by the exhausted look of the little boy, and even Jiang Yida blamed himself, thinking that his son would not be tired from driving the harvester, while they could only watch and could not help even if they stood there, so they just wanted to take the opportunity to shirk their responsibilities.

But now, look at this little face, it's so pale, just like he has just studied for three days.

Jiang Yida's family was busy unloading grain, and Jiang Yipei's family was busy eating.

There were no electric lights in ancient times, and candles were rarely used. Oil lamps were almost always used.

A small bowl filled with lamp oil and a thick hemp rope. Those who are more particular will cover it with a layer of paper lanterns.

Jiang Xiaomi's family is a slightly more sophisticated one. There are six lanterns burning in the dining room, but to be honest, it is not very bright.

The dim warm yellow light not only fails to give a cozy feeling, but also makes people feel depressed.

Jiang Xiaomi really disliked this kind of light, but she couldn't express her opinion because after all, ten more lights would be the same color.

In the dim candlelight, the family members expressed their concern for Jiang Xiumian's injury, and then started to eat. Jiang Suying had been busy all day and her stomach was in a trance.

Jiang Yipei was the same, but just as he picked up his bowl, Jiang Lizheng said, "We went to see it today. The cave on Yunling Mountain is still the same as before, but the road is not easy to walk on. But for safety reasons, we still have to send some food up."

Yunling Mountain is the hill next to Wubei Mountain, only 300 meters away, but Wubei Mountain is a mud mountain while Yunling Mountain is a stone mountain. It is higher and more primitive than Wubei Mountain, but there are three large natural caves on the top of the mountain.

Fifty years ago, there was a flood and Jiangjia Village was submerged. But because of these three caves that provided shelter from the wind and rain and were comfortable for living, no one died in Jiangjia Village even though there was not enough food.

However, there were often tigers and bears roaming the mountain, so Jiang Lizheng and his three sons dared to go up there alone, carrying weapons with them, in order to explore the last escape route for Jiangjia Village.

He is the head of the village, and he has to ensure the survival of everyone in the village, young and old, to the greatest extent possible.

"Hmm." Jiang Yipei held the rice bowl and looked at the dishes on the table. His stomach was growling. He took a chopstick of garlic pork and said, "Let's eat first. We can discuss these things at the meeting in the ancestral hall. If things go wrong, the county magistrate will be here tonight."

This day was so busy that he couldn't even eat properly. He really wanted to slit his throat.

Jiang Lizheng nodded and said no more. He also knew that the yamen runners had come to the village.

"Xiaomi, come and eat chicken wings." Old Lady Yang lovingly picked up some food for Jiang Xiaomi: "Grandma remembers that you loved eating this the most. You must be tired from climbing the mountain today, so eat more."

"Thank you, grandma. Now I like it too." Jiang Xiaomi smiled sweetly.

"Thank you..." Jiang Xiumian, with one hand hanging, also got a chicken wing.

Although the Jiang family can now order servants around, they do not need maids to serve them food or even feed them. They are still used to eating freely as a family without so many rules. They only have two maids to serve them, serving soup and adding rice.

But now their job is to focus on taking care of Jiang Xiumian. Jiang Xiumian saw it with his own eyes, and the food was already in the bowl before he even stretched out his chopsticks.

It makes no difference, they are all what he wants to eat.

With such vision and working ability, it's a waste of her talent to be a maid.

Some of the other maids and servants were already eating their staff meals, while others were still transporting grain from the fields to the house.

Wait until this group of people finish their meal before letting them come back to eat.

The rice has been harvested and it is impossible to leave it in the fields overnight. Whether someone steals it is one thing, but if it gets wet with fog or moisture, it will be bad and will have to be dried again.

So the kitchen added two meat dishes for them. After all, everyone had worked hard today.

"That's good, that's good!" Old Lady Yang smiled and said, "If you like it, eat more. There's more!"

"Well, you can drink milk too." Jiang Xiaomi ate without even raising her head.

"Hey!" Grandma Yang was happy to see her eldest granddaughter eating so happily.

It’s a blessing to be able to eat!

"Sister, have the chicken leg!" Jiang Xiaomai also imitated her grandmother and picked up food for her sister.

"Give me some too, big sister!" Jiang Xiu'an pointed at the chicken leg in the bowl with his chubby little finger: "Come and take it, big sister, you take it."

Jiang Xiaomi: Not really.

She wouldn't even fight with the two kids for the chicken legs.