Chapter 104: Cleaning up the Threshing Ground

"Han Li, are you okay?"

Yun Yingying's voice came before anyone entered the room.

After hearing this, He Mi quickly got up from the kang and quickly tidied up her clothes, which were not wrinkled to begin with.

Han Li was in the quilt at this time, and it was inconvenient for him to come out because he didn't have too many clothes.

When he was about to say something, Yun Yingying had already rushed into the room.

Han Li smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm fine, but I came back from the mountain a little late last night, and I didn't want to get up."

Yun Yingying only found He Mi at this time, and she said a little puzzled.

"I'm glad you're okay. Hey, He Mi, you're here too?"

"I didn't hear Han Li practicing boxing today, so I came over to take a look. I just came in, just came in."

"Haha., I feel the same way. Han Li, since you're not feeling well, let me make breakfast for you."

He Mi: "Then I'll go with you."

While the two of them were talking, Hao Hongmin and several other people also came. Han Li, who was in the quilt, was now extremely regretful.

Why did he forget to lock the door when he came back? But now he has to think about how to get up.

If it were normal, the clothes would be on the kang, and he could just reach out and pull them into the quilt to put them on.

But the clothes from last night were all smelly, and he threw them directly into the yard after washing himself.

The other clothes were in the kang cabinet at the moment, and Han Li couldn't take them out in his current situation.

Yang Xiuying: "Han Li, why are you still lying in the quilt? I tell you, you should give those wolves away. When we came, they stretched the rope straight and grinned as if they wanted to bite us to death. I'm really afraid that the rope will suddenly break and they will bite me."

Hao Hongmin shouted from the outer room at this time: "Xiuying, come out and help."

"It's just to burn the stove, how many people do you need to do it together."

Yang Xiuying walked out mumbling, and Han Li immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He quickly wrapped himself in a quilt and took out his clothes from the kang cabinet, and put them on as quickly as possible.

Han Li didn't know if the others were embarrassed or not, but he was embarrassed now.

After putting on his clothes, he said thank you to everyone for their concern and went outside to brush his teeth.

Before he finished brushing his teeth, several girls came out of the house.

"Han Li, cornmeal porridge, you go and eat after brushing your teeth, and we will go to work first."

Han Li's mouth was full of foam, and he waved his hand casually.

He wondered if he should find a chance to talk to He Mi again, what if she agreed?

Han Li rushed to the threshing ground after eating, and the assignment had not started yet, so he was not late.

He thought that today would be another day to go to the field to slack off, but he didn't expect that this dream would be shattered as soon as Captain Liang opened his mouth.

"The autumn harvest is coming soon. Today we will adjust the tasks. Team 3 will move the remaining grain in the granary to dry it. Remember to move the grain far away and not spread it on the threshing ground. Then check all the storage spaces. Repair the ones that can be used and make new ones as soon as possible."

[Storage space: Grain storage, made of wood and sorghum stalks. The shape is generally round of varying sizes. Of course, there are other shapes. The storage space should be about one meter above the ground. After the grain is stored in the storage, the top of the storage space should be covered to effectively prevent the grain from getting damp. However, it is necessary to check regularly whether the grain is hot. Once it is hot, it should be immediately turned over and some need to be dried. 】

"The threshing ground also needs to be leveled again. Team 1 will fetch water to wet the threshing ground first, and Team 2 will go to cut grass and collect wood ash. Later, everyone will level the threshing ground together."

Due to the shortage of cement in this era, most rural threshing grounds have to rest every year.

First, wet the ground with water, then bring in animals, hang up the plow to plow the land and start turning the land.

Just turn the soil over shallowly, not too deep. If there are no animals, use manpower.

Then, just like building a house, add rice straw, straw and other materials to the ground, and spread them evenly.

In some places, the ground will be plowed again to ensure uniformity, and finally it will be leveled with a rake.

After all this, some water should be poured to ensure that the soil has a certain viscosity.

After sprinkling the ash, the livestock can pull the huge stone mill to start rolling. This process may be three times, five times, or ten times.

Keep rolling the ground until it is flat and solid, and finally the completely dry threshing ground will become flat, smooth, solid and durable.

The threshing ground made in this way will not crack easily, and without cracks, grain will naturally not fall into it and be wasted.

Because it is mixed with rice straw and straw, and is covered with ash, the whole threshing ground looks a bit like chopped green onion pancakes.

The work of the third team is not tiring, but it is a bit dirty. When cleaning the granary, it is so dusty.

After the grain was moved out, two older people were left to dry the grain.

The rest of the people continued to clean the granary. There were a lot of rat droppings under the granary that needed to be cleaned out.

The rat holes found in the granary had to be filled with rat poison, and then the holes were blocked.

As for repairing the granary, it was relatively simple. The wood was basically fine, but the surrounding sorghum stalks were bitten by rats.

Everyone just brought some and rearranged them, and then the grain was moved back in the afternoon.

At this time, Hao Hongmin from the third team, who was moving grain to the granary, saw the threshing ground at this time, licked his lips and said.

"Han Li, does the threshing ground look like a big scallion pancake now? It looks delicious."

Scallion pancakes are a snack in Lu City. This girl is either greedy or homesick.

However, it is more likely that she is homesick. Han Li looked at this always strong girl and said with some softness.

"I have never eaten scallion pancakes, but I have eaten scallion pancakes many times. Otherwise, I will provide the materials and you will provide the skills tonight, so that I can also taste the scallion pancakes in your mouth."

Hao Hongmin said with some regret: "I can't make this. Scallion pancakes without lard and lard residue are not real scallion pancakes."

What are lard and lard residue? My buddy is now a man with 18 pigs, and he still lacks that thing.

"Well, isn't it just lard and lard residue? Just give these two things to me to exchange."

Hao Hongmin's eyes lit up and said, "Really? If you can exchange these two things, then the flour will be given to me. Then after work, I will go to Village Chief Zhao's house to borrow the iron griddle, and I can eat scallion pancakes in the evening."

The iron griddle is a tool for making pancakes. In some places, it is called a pancake griddle, and there are also pancake pots.

However, iron griddles are a rare item in this era. Basically, if one family has a griddle, the whole village can borrow it.

The threshing ground was leveled before work today, and the work was a little early.

In the end, the team leader kept asking everyone to keep an eye on their children and not let them play in the threshing ground these days.

After work, Han Li went directly outside the village, thinking about how to turn pork into cash.

He couldn't eat so much pork, and he might have more meat after the autumn harvest.

Sell it on the black market himself? But there are no good men and women there. There are only two types of people who can run a black market.

One is that he has a little brother with a bit of gray around him, and the other is that he has a strong backer.

If you don't have any of these two and still want to run a black market, then reality will soon teach you how to behave.

I already owe a lot of favors to Aunt Liu. I won't use them if I can, at least I have to keep it like this before 1977.

Go to the county town to find some heads of the canteens in some units? It's better to sell on the black market.

The people in government agencies are all shrewd. If you cooperate with them, you have to be on guard against all kinds of routines. If you are not careful, you may be crushed to pieces.

Although there are risks on the black market, their ways are relatively simple.

If you encounter a black market with a strong backer, the process may be even simpler.

After thinking about it, it seems that there is only one way to cash in pork in the black market. Why don't you try it yourself another day?

Han Li walked around and put a piece of pork fat wrapped in oil paper in his bag.

When he got home, it was already getting dark. He just entered the house and sat on the kang.

Except for Qi Zhaodi, everyone else was here. It turned out that they all knew about it. Yang Xiuying asked as soon as she entered the door.

"Han Li, did you get it back?"

"Yes, I got a piece of pork fat."

"Really pork fat? You've been gone for so long, the other party must not be from Shanghe Village, right?"

"Hehe, I promised him not to tell anyone about this, but his skills are very good and he often has good harvests. If you want to eat anything, as long as the other party has it, I can help you get it back."

"Xiuying, come and help quickly, it's getting late."

Hao Hongmin called Yang Xiuying over in time. Yang Xiuying went over, but Yun Yingying sat over.

"Did you go into the mountains with the other person last night?"

"We met on the way."

"Then can you take me with you next time you go hunting in the mountains? I just want to experience the fun of hunting."

"No."

"Why?"

"It's too dangerous in the deep mountains. I can't even guarantee my own safety. How can I dare to take you into the deep mountains? It's better to go around the periphery."

"But there are only hares in the periphery. The key is that there are not enough hares for the villagers to set traps. I saw someone carrying a rabbit back this morning."

Looking at Yun Yingying's attitude of not giving up until she achieves her goal, Han Li can only deal with her first.

"How about this, after the autumn harvest, I will take everyone to smoke wolverines. At that time, wolverines are full of autumn fat and it's just right to catch them."

"Really, can the wolverines you mentioned be boiled into burn ointment?"

"That's them. If we can catch them at that time, I will give you all the burn ointment I boiled."

Yun Yingying really doesn't care about burn ointment. She just wants to experience the feeling of taking a dog to hunt.

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