Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

Chapter 124 Harvesting Corn

Tao Wuji left Kaoshan Village after breakfast the next morning.

When they left, they took away a total of 3,000 kilograms of dried chili peppers and more than 4,500 kilograms of fresh chili peppers.

Among them, Xia Shengsheng himself accounted for 1/3.

Because peppers can be picked for the second and third time, in order to ensure that the peppers are not damaged during transportation.

Tao Wuji asked Xia Shengsheng to collect all dried peppers when he was harvesting them.

You can leave just a little fresh chili or none at all.

For this batch of peppers alone, Tao Wuji has already paid more than two thousand taels. The previous two thousand taels of deposit will be kept with Xia Shengsheng first. After the third batch of peppers is harvested, the deposit will be deducted and the final payment will be made.

After the instant noodles are made, Tao Wuji may send a manager over, and he may not have time to come in person at that time.

To be honest, 5000 servings of instant noodles are not a lot, they are just for testing the market effect.

If the effect is good, the instant noodle factory can continue to operate; if not, it may have to close down.

Both factories are now on track and everyone is familiar with all the processes.

There is a supervisor in charge of the factory affairs, and Xia Shengsheng, like most of the villagers, is preparing for the harvest in the fields.

It just so happened that Ercheng and Ye Chao were both on holiday due to the busy farming season.

Xia Shengsheng brought the family's backpack, sack, sickle, drove a donkey cart, and took three men with him, and prepared to go to the cornfield to harvest corn.

Just a few steps out of the house, I heard the voice of Village Chief Ma.

Xia Shengsheng stopped the donkey cart and when she turned around, she saw most of the villagers standing not far behind her.

"Are we going to the fields together?"

Xia Shengsheng was a little confused. When it came time to harvest the land, he rushed to do it.

There were a few drops of rain yesterday, but it wasn't heavy and the weather suddenly cleared up again.

We must hurry to harvest all the grain in the fields and dry it in the sun while the weather is so good. This will prevent the grain from raining and having nowhere to dry after being harvested, as it will all be kept together and catch fire.

Why are we all together today?

"Village chief, everyone is here? Do you want to go to the fields together to harvest crops?" Xia Shengsheng asked.

Village Chief Ma walked forward with a smile and said a little embarrassedly, "Didn't I ask you yesterday if the corn in your cornfield could be harvested? You said yes, so I thought I'd bring everyone to help you harvest it today. It won't take too long."

Only then did Xia Shengsheng understand that this was done with a purpose.

However, this purpose is understandable. After all, Xia Shengsheng had said before that after the corn was planted, he hoped that the villagers would start planting corn next year.

Corn not only has a high yield, but most importantly it is drought-resistant.

If there is no rain next year, maybe we can survive until the autumn harvest by relying on the small river in the village.

At that time, we can harvest more food and prepare for future droughts.

"Okay, in that case, I'll trouble you all. It's a good opportunity for everyone to see how the yield of this grain called corn is. If you think it's suitable, you can plant it on a large scale next year. I'll buy all the corn seeds!"

When the villagers heard Xia Sheng say this, some cheered happily, while others smiled embarrassedly with their heads down.

Now in their hearts, they already felt that no matter what Xia Shengsheng wanted to plant, it was extremely precious. If they could plant it together, it would be a great honor for their ancestors.

Xia Shengsheng invited Village Chief Ma to get on the donkey cart, and took the crowd of villagers to Xia Shengsheng's cornfield.

Looking at the cornfield turning from emerald green to golden yellow, I couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment.

"Xiao Xia! How should we harvest this corn?" Village chief Ma watched the corn field grow, but he didn't know how to harvest the corn and how to eat it in the future!

Should I just cut it into small pieces and stew it in the meat? In that case, it wouldn't count as food, right?

"Everyone should be able to see that there are several ears of corn on each corn stalk!

Let’s first use a sickle to cut down the corn stalks and put them in piles.

After all the cutting is done.

Peel off the husk of the corn cob, break off the cob inside, and check each corn stalk carefully to make sure nothing is left behind. Once all the corn cobs are collected, I will tell you how to thresh the corn kernels when we get back!"

A month ago, Xia Shengsheng drew a blueprint of a thresher and a crusher according to the sketch in the book. This thresher and crusher are relatively simple and not complicated to build.

Xia Shengsheng went to the provincial capital specially to have it custom made.

The wooden frames of the thresher and crusher are not valuable, but the ironware inside is valuable. Together, it cost a total of 30 taels of silver to customize them, which is very expensive.

However, in order to make the work more convenient, the money should still be spent.

Xia Shengsheng taught everyone how to break corn cobs and demonstrated it personally.

The method was simple and easy to understand, and everyone got the hang of it quickly. They all took their own sickles and started chopping the corn stalks bit by bit.

Xia Shengsheng and several children are no exception.

After all the corn stalks were cut down, everyone gathered in groups and started peeling corn cobs.

Seeing the sun rising higher and higher, Xia Shengsheng said hello to the village chief and drove his donkey cart back home first.

There was iced mung bean soup in the well, but because there were too many people today, there was not enough.

Xia Shengsheng could only run to Qiqi and buy some mung bean soup from the cold drink hall.

"Such a large amount, are you trying to tire me to death? How long will it take to finish making these cups one by one?"

Qiqi was very dissatisfied. The profit from these cold drinks was not high for him and could not arouse his fighting spirit.

He is the only one in the whole shopping mall and he has to do all the work by himself.

If you are selling individual items, just pack them up and give them to the seller.

But in places like cold drink shops and restaurants, he doesn't have to do it himself, so one or two servings are fine.

When there are too many of them, it's almost exhausting.

"You don't have to make it one cup at a time. That's too troublesome! Didn't you see me coming in with a bucket? Just pour all the green bean paste you prepared in advance into the bucket, add some honey, and then some cool water. It's not complicated at all."

Xia Shengsheng carried two buckets of water and placed them unceremoniously on the table in front of the cold drink room.

Qiqi looked at the two large buckets and then at the mung bean soup prepared behind her.

"Okay, I have to give you this mung bean paste. I don't care whether it tastes good or not!

The most important thing is that no matter whether it tastes good or not, you have to give it a five-star rating. ”

Xia Shengsheng nodded quickly. Isn't this a trivial matter?

"Why do you have to give good reviews every time I come to buy things recently? Are you making any reforms here?" Xia Shengsheng asked.

“The previous leader got promoted, and the current leader is a new transfer. He made a lot of changes, but fortunately, it has only benefited us, not harmed us.

If you get 100 positive reviews, you will be rewarded with 1000 yuan!

From now on I have to work hard to save money so that I can marry a good wife and have her give birth to a bunch of babies. I am so happy just thinking about the happy life in the future!"

"Hey! Are you thinking about getting married again? Can't you have an online romance this time?"

Qiqi shook his head like a rattle. He was not the kind of person who would let things go. After an online romance, he not only lost his savings but also his feelings. How could he possibly fall in love online again in the future?

Xia Shengsheng was also very happy when he saw Qiqi had let things go.