The daily life of a farm girl raising a family

Chapter 22 A false alarm

He looked at her niece a little helplessly: "Xiaojiu, what's going on?"

While everyone was stunned, Zhao Yunxi had already walked around the windmill. I finally found out the reason and moved back the shield that should have been on the left side.

"It's okay. The shield was not in place just now, and the middle was not blocked, so the rice was directly exposed." Then he turned to Mrs. He and said, "Second Aunt, can you try it now?"

Hearing this, Mrs. He picked up the rice on the ground and prepared to pour it in. After the scene just now, everyone held their breath and watched He's actions nervously.

He quickly poured the rice into the bucket again. After a while, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the rice was not exposed directly.

Zhao Yunxi stepped forward and held the handle with his right hand, pressing the shield left and right and gently pulling away a little distance. His right hand rotated rapidly along with the handle.

Everyone in the Zhao family watched the rice slowly slide down as the handle turned, and the stones and grass clippings were blown out by the wind outlet on the left. Wrapped and plump rice are put into bamboo baskets at their respective exits along different slides.

Zhao Yunxi stopped when the rice in the bucket box was sifted. Everyone felt incredible when they saw a basket of rice being sifted clean in less than a minute.

Lao Zhaotou quickly walked towards the bamboo basket containing rice and carefully inspected the rice in the basket. Looking at the rice in the basket, Old Zhaotou's eyes were full of surprise. Sure enough, as the book said, all the rice coming out of the outlet was full. Old Zhaotou quickly checked the other bamboo basket and found that it was all flat and there was no full rice.

"Hahaha good stuff, really good stuff."

When everyone saw Old Zhaotou's appearance, they knew it must have been successful. Crowds came forward to check.

After a while, several people cheered in surprise.

"It's really successful. Then it will be much more convenient to sort rice and so on."

The family was discussing excitedly, but Old Zhaotou had already stared at Qu Yuuli beside him.

"Boy, get the plow and let's go to the backyard and try it."

Zhao Youcai, who was still squeezing to watch the windmill, turned around and walked to the backyard after hearing his father's words.

After a while, Zhao Youcai plowed a circle and said excitedly: "Dad, this plow is really labor-saving. The ground is so frozen and solid, but plowing is not strenuous at all."

When Old Zhaotou heard this, he stepped forward with a smile and said, "Let me try."

Zhao Youcai gave up his position to his father. The ground in December was dry and hard. Lao Zhaotou used a lot of force at first, but found that it was completely unnecessary and he could easily turn over the ground.

After completing the lap, Old Zhaotou said with a smile: "It's really easy. It saves a lot of effort than before."

Zhao Yunxi, who then came to the backyard, watched the father and son reverse directions, but still lifted the plow and changed it.

He immediately said: "Aweng, change the direction. You can adjust the direction by lifting the tail of the plow."

After hearing what his little granddaughter said, Lao Zhaotou easily lifted the tail of the plow and then changed the direction easily.

"Old man, how are you doing? Which one is better than the old plow?"

Old Zhaotou shouted happily: "Of course it's this new plow. It's easy and effortless. It's easy to plow even frozen ground."

After hearing this, the He family also wanted to try it. In the Zhao family, ordinary women did not have to do the heavy work of pulling plows and plowing the fields. But when things get too busy, women still have to step in and help. They all knew that the previous plows were heavy and difficult to use, so they rushed to try the new plows.

Mrs. Zhou looked at Mr. He and laughed and cursed: "In the past, when I asked you to pull the plow, you would hide whenever you could. I didn't expect that you can still fight to pull the plow today."

Mr. He, who had finished plowing a circle, smiled and said to Mr. Zhou: "Mom, this plow is much lighter than the previous one. Now that we have cows at home, I will be more energetic in farm work in the future."

Old Zhao Tou looked at the excited faces of his children and grandchildren and said to Shiro: "Yunbai, go to your cousin's house and invite your uncle and uncle over." Zhao Yunbai put down the plow and ran to his uncle's house. Zhao Yunhe Upon seeing this, I immediately picked up the plow and wanted to try it. Seeing several children vying for the lead, Old Zhao couldn't help but laugh when he thought that plowing was the last thing everyone liked.

Two quarters of an hour later, Zhao Yunbai brought his grandfather and uncle to the backyard.

As soon as Zhao Guangshun entered the backyard, he smiled and said to his younger brother: "Third brother, Shiro said you made a new plow that is lighter and more economical than a long straight plow?"

Zhao Guangshun is also an experienced farmer. He was naturally curious when he heard that there were more convenient and lighter farm tools.

Old Zhaotou looked at his eldest brother who walked in cheerfully, and quickly stood up to greet him. The others greeted each other when they saw him.

After a while, Zhao Guangshun said happily to everyone: "I have been planting crops all my life. I used to think that it was very convenient to grow a straight plow. Although it is more troublesome, it is much faster than manual labor. But today, for the first time, I feel that plowing the ground is... Such an easy thing.”

When Old Zhaotou heard this, he also smiled and said: "Who says it's not the case? Everyone was doubtful before it was made. Who would have thought that this plow is so easy to use?"

The two brothers walked towards the yard as they talked, "How did you come up with this thing?"

Speaking of this, Old Zhaotou said proudly: "It's this kid Xiaojiu. I saw it at a book stall in the county and bought it."

"This kid is really like you. He likes to visit bookstalls and bookstores."

Old Zhaotou laughed happily when he heard the words, and looked at his little granddaughter with more love in his eyes.

In the yard, Zhao Youde is testing the windmill. Zhao Guangshun's eyes were filled with surprise.

"This valley windmill is also recorded in the book?"

"Yes, it's all in that book."

In the main room, everyone sat around the Kang, discussing the two new farm tools with excitement.

Zhao Youde hesitated for a long time before finally speaking: "Uncle Third, these two farm tools are so convenient, are you taking care of the village?"

Zhao Yunxi saw his uncle's somewhat embarrassed look and said, "Uncle, I know what you think. I plan to sell these two farm tools. Even if they want to benefit the villagers, they have to wait until later. I can provide them for free by then. drawing."

"Free?" Now it was Zhao Youde's turn to be surprised.

Old Zhaotou looked at his nephew's expression and said, "We have discussed it before. Dalang and the others need a good reputation if they want to study and pursue an official career. As long as it does not affect ourselves, there is no need to care about this. It will benefit the village and promote our Zhao. The reputation of the family.”

Zhao Guangshun said in agreement: "Your third uncle is right. If you want to have a good career, a good reputation is essential. But it cannot affect yourself. Xiaojiu wants to sell the drawings. So don't reveal the matter first. Go out and wait until next spring to talk about it.”

Zhao Youde said: "In that case, let's follow the third uncle's idea. This year there are new fertilizing methods and new plows. As long as there are no natural disasters, this year will be a bumper harvest after all."

The people in the main room were all smiling when they thought about the harvest.

"It's already mid-December, so Dalang and the others should be taking a break. I heard Zhao Yang come back and say that the two children have lost a lot of weight due to hard work. When they come back, we will stew more bone soup to replenish the children."

Hearing his eldest brother mention his eldest grandson, Old Zhaotou couldn't help but feel proud.

"Don't worry! Now that we have a bullock cart at home, the second child will bring some food from time to time. I think it will be in these two days that the three children will go home."

In the kitchen, Yang's sister-in-law was preparing to eat in full swing, when she suddenly heard a shout from outside the door.

(End of this chapter)