Chapter 61 - Chapter 61: Chapter 61: Sun-drying the Grains (Second update) (1/2)

Chapter 61: Chapter 61: Sun-drying the Grains (Second update)

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Due to the slightly elevated location of the drying yard, rice was brought over by a tricycle driven by Xiao Wanshan.

Well, in this era, only two or three families in the village own a tricycle. There are not many people in the village who can ride a tricycle, so Xiao Wanshan brought it over personally.

The villagers don’t know how much money the Xiao Wanshan family has, but they have all the convenient transportation tools.

Cars, motorcycles, tricycles; other families, having a motorcycle alone means their living conditions are considered good.

After the tricycle was parked, the three of them took down the bags of rice one by one.

When Xiao Siqian offered to help, Xiao Wanshan asked, “Xiao Quan, can you handle it? Each bag of rice weighs at least seventy to eighty jin.”

The main reason was that Xiao Wanshan thought Xiao Siqian was too thin, not like a strong child.

Xiao Siqian nodded, “Uncle, don’t worry, I can handle it!”

It’s a joke, as someone who exercises every day and can single-handedly knock down a dozen thugs, he wouldn’t struggle to carry a small bag of rice.

Having said that, Xiao Siqian picked up a bag of rice, pulled it a bit, and it barely moved.

He slightly knitted his eyebrows, exerted some strength, finally moved it, then reached out, pushed with his thigh, held the bag of rice in his arms, and staggered a few steps.

Xiao Junxuan laughed, “Haha, Xiao Quan, if you can’t do it just say so. My dad and I will take care of it. You can just open these bags and pour the rice out.” Having said that, he took the bag of rice from Xiao Siqian’s hands and placed it steadily on an open space.

Xiao Siqian, “…” He underestimated these farm tasks. At first glance, they seemed simple tasks that only required physical strength, but it wasn’t that straightforward.

It was indeed a misjudgment.

In order not to embarrass himself, Xiao Siqian followed Xiao Junxuan’s instructions to untie the bags.

The mouths of these snake skin bags were all tied with thin ropes.

During his time in Xiao Family Village, he could handle some simple farm work. For example, untie these small ropes and pour the rice onto the ground.

When the rice was poured out, it was all golden, very dazzling and beautiful.

However, the rice had just been taken from the field and had not been sorted properly, so there were some rice straw leaves and green granules mixed in.

The rice straw leaves could be slowly swept out while turning and sunning the rice. As for the green granules, they would be very light after drying, and could be shaken out using a grain windmill, leaving behind the golden full grains.

Of course, the green granules could also be crushed by machines and turned into bran to feed chickens, ducks, pigs, and so on.

More than a dozen bags of rice were quickly placed by the father and son duo.

Xiao Wanshan drove the tricycle away as there was still some rice left in the field that had not been brought up yet.

Xiao Junxuan and Xiao Siqian were left to sun the rice.

Xiao Siqian, following the principle of asking if he didn’t know, asked, “Brother

Xuan, how do we do this?”

Xiao Junxuan pointed to two tools used for sunning rice in his hand and said, “These are bamboo rakes and push scrapers, both used for sunning rice. Now that the rice is in small piles, we use these two tools to spread and thin them.

Which one would you like to use?”

Xiao Siqian smiled and said, “I can use either.”