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Chapter 212 - 212 208 Sensation
Chapter 212 - 212 208 Sensation
?Chapter 212: Chapter 208 Sensation Chapter 212: Chapter 208 Sensation The rush to harvest was indeed urgent. Granny Lei had heard that it was going to rain in a few days, so in addition to the people already hired, she called upon several hardworking villagers from nearby to help with the cutting.
Together with those who came voluntarily to lend a hand, there were over a hundred people in total. Excluding children and the elderly, it could be said that there was one able-bodied laborer for each mu of land.
Those who were quick with their hands could finish harvesting a mu in a day and a half and spend the remaining half day threshing, so on average it took a person about two days to harvest a mu of land.
The Ruo Family had over one hundred mu of land planted with rice. United as one, the group tirelessly bustled about, completing the harvest in just two and a half days.
Now they only awaited for the rice grains to dry. After airing them through the winnowing machine to remove impurities, shriveled grains, and some small bits of straw, the rice would then be weighed to see the total yield.
In the following days, the weather remained clear and sunny, with the spring breeze sweeping across the land, drying out the rice grains quickly.
One evening while collecting the rice grains, Granny Lei picked up a grain and bit into it, then joyfully exclaimed, “It’s dry! It’s at least eighty to ninety percent dry. After half a day of sunning tomorrow, we can weigh them.”
If the weather remained fine after the weighing, the grains could be sunned for another day or two. Rice that was completely dried out could be kept for a long time. If it wasn’t all consumed within a year, it could be taken out and aired again to continue preserving it, as long as it stayed dry and crisp.
Ruo Shui also picked up a grain to bite, seeing the white broken rice inside. Those who knew could tell to what extent it was dry just by looking.
“I’ll go inform the village head and the Xuanyuan matriarch right away.”
Actually, there was no need for anyone to do so, as the village head had just come looking for them: “Sister-in-law, have your rice grains dried out? Can we weigh them tomorrow?”
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