Once you become a boy, marry a good man, and become rich together

The threshing ground, the yard and the open space in front of the door were all used to dry wheat.

What is mainly dried in front of the door are the wheat straws pulled from the threshing ground, with some wheat grains on them.

They are hung out to dry in the yard, and people walk around and step on them. They are all food, so no one wants to waste them.

This will also allow the straw to be dried more easily, and then it can be piled in the house or in the yard.

These straws are different from the modern ones. The ones we see in modern Jiangci are bare straws after being peeled by harvesters, but the straws here still have wheat ears with the grains removed.

These straws can be chopped up and mixed with fodder to feed cattle and sheep. In winter, they should also be placed in the chicken coop and sheep pen to keep them warm.

If there is not enough straw at home, just put it on the field. After a year of wind and sun, the straw will become brittle and can be spread on the field to become natural fertilizer.

Jiang Ci ran out of the door and picked up the straw with Ye Wan.

He picked up the top layer and shook it, then carried the straw to the old house in the backyard.

After being washed away by the flood, three of the mud houses in the backyard have collapsed, one kitchen collapsed and could not be repaired, and the remaining two were renovated and used as sheep pens and chicken coops.

The remaining two rooms are fine, except that they leak a little when it rains heavily. Filling up one room with the straw is enough for a year's use.

The other three laborers in the family were still in the threshing yard, threshing and packing the wheat.

When most of the straw at the door had been picked up and only a thin layer was left at the bottom, Jiang Ci used a broom to sweep them together and then picked up the top layer away.

He swept together all the wheat grains left on the ground, and finally winnowed them with a winnowing basket, and a few handfuls of wheat came out.

Lin Xi led the donkey to the door.

"Auntie, Brother Ci, I've returned the donkey to you."

Ye Wan: "Brother Xi, don't use it to press it for a while."

"No need. I don't have much wheat. We have almost tamped it all. Thanks to your donkey, my mother and I don't know how long it will take to finish it."

"Just tie it here at the door. We'll have to go over there to pull the wheat later."

"Oh, good!"

Lin Xi tied the cow to the tree at the door.

Lin Xi talked to Jiang Ci for a while and then went home because he still had some work to do at home.

During these busy farming seasons, Linxi's face has become much darker and redder, and it seems that she has done a lot of work.

At least when Jiang Ci and Lin Xi stand together, it is obvious that during this busy farming season, Jiang Ci's work is far inferior to Lin Xi's.

The key is the different family situations. Jiang Ci's family has three strong laborers working, while Lin Xi's family only has him and his mother who is in poor health, and the entire burden falls on him alone.

But now that he has met Jiang Ci, his life will get better and better.

During these ten days or so, the golden color of the ripe wheat has been lingering in people's eyes.

Now the golden ears of wheat have turned into bags of firm wheat, and the village is filled with the joy of harvest.

With joy, people took up the work of making toothbrushes again.

Firstly, no one would think too much money, and secondly, Jiang Ci's family was in a hurry, so he gave each of them two eggs.

After all, in a few days, it will rain and people will have to go back to work.

Smoke was rising from the kitchen chimney.

Ye Wan also shouted outside with a spatula in her hand, "It's cool outside! Move the table under the tree and eat outside."

"it is good!"

Lin Jingan's voice was very vague when he agreed, and it was unclear what he had eaten.

Lin Jingchen and Lin Jingan carried the table in the main room to under the jujube tree, and Lin Jingxuan followed happily carrying a stool.

Lin Shan was repairing the shelf on the wall at the door of the bathroom. The previous shelf had been used for some years and had become dilapidated after being exposed to wind and rain, so he replaced it with new wood.

Lin Shan stopped what he was doing and looked happily at the happy scene in the kitchen in the yard.

Jiang Ci was holding another pot in the kitchen, "Mom, get a bigger pot. This one can't hold it all."

Ye Wan: "Okay, I'll look for it."

After searching for a while I couldn't find it. Suddenly I remembered that Lin Jingan and his friends must have picked some fruits in the back mountain in the afternoon and washed them in that basin.

"Lin Jing'an, can you bring over the basin you used to wash the fruit this afternoon?"

"okay."

It was just right to pour the fruits in the big basin into the small basin. Ye Wan rinsed the big basin and handed it to Jiang Ci.

Plates of dishes and bowls of rice were brought to the table.

Jiang Ci helped Lin Jingsheng sit next to her, and the family was all together.

The three children looked at the food on the table and swallowed their saliva.

A braised fish, to which Jiang Ci added a lot of dogwood, the fish had bright color and delicious flavor, it was a dish they had never seen before.

A dish of fried eggplant with meat, a plate of fried amaranth, soft and fluffy steamed buns, and thirst-quenching mung bean soup.

Lin Jingchen: "Today's dishes are so rich!"

Lin Jingan: "Eat quickly, or you won't be able to eat at home tomorrow!"

Lin Jingchen will go to the academy to study tomorrow.

Ye Wan: "Now that the wheat is done, let's make some good supplements."

When they started eating, each person ate more than the other and no one had time to speak.

The chopsticks that were stretched towards the fish were about to leave afterimages, but fortunately, these were two fish that Jiang Ci cooked, which was enough to eat.

What if you can't finish the food in this hot weather? Lin Jingchen and Lin Jingan are at home, so it's impossible for them to not finish the food.

They ate to their heart's content in the yard. The donkey in the shed kicked its legs, sneezed, and then lowered its head to eat the grass.

The man got up early, woke up the sleeping donkey, harnessed him to the cart, and began his work for the day.

Lin Shan touched the donkey's head with some concern, "It has suffered a lot during this period."

Ye Wan: "That's right. The wheat is pressed and pulled thanks to it."

The donkey walked on the road with the sound of kicking feet, and staggered into the town.

After leading the donkey to the dock and finding a place to stop, Lin Jingchen walked to the academy.

Lin Shan and Ye Wan found the people brought by Li Qing, ordered toothbrushes together, and then settled the money.

Lin Shan felt it was hot to hold so much silver, eighty-four taels of silver!

After deducting the cost price from the eighty-four taels of silver, they got at least thirty or forty taels of silver.

I really can’t imagine it!

After buying some things in town, I was driving the donkey cart home.

Lin Shan and Ye Wan both looked solemn.

It's been about 10 days since they came to town to sell toothbrushes.

They were busy harvesting wheat at home, and the villagers didn't do much.

They actually saw a stall selling toothbrushes just now, and they both stepped forward to take a closer look at the toothbrushes.

The style is similar, but the wool has a smell, which is obviously not cooked well, or it is not cooked at all.

When I asked the person next to me, I found out that this stall has been selling here for five days.

Ye Wan: "If someone imitated us so quickly, should we still set up a stall in the town?"

Lin Shan: "Let's go back and discuss it with Brother Ci. Even if we don't set up a stall, we can still make a lot of money."

Lin Shan patted the purse hanging on his body.