Because I was walking across the wheat field and had to lower my head to pick up wheat ears from time to time, of course I couldn't walk very fast.
After they walked around from the west side of Tuqiaoba Village to the south side, they found another wheat field.
They continued to walk, and the wheat fields in the two villages next door were the same, until after walking for more than four miles, they finally came across an unharvested wheat field.
They did not enter the next two villages, but took a look at them from a distance. When they saw blood stains in the courtyards outside the village, they knew that they had suffered the same fate.
Those people were so crazy that they slaughtered all the nearby villages!
They probably took away the food, and it was useless for them to go in.
This surviving wheat field probably hasn't had time to be harvested yet because it is located under a slope on the outermost slope.
And on a large downhill slope, it may mature slower than the ones above, probably because of insufficient sunlight.
The fertile fields above are not dense, let alone here. They are sparse, some grow very low, and some even have some green color. This should be why they remain.
Now they are not in a hurry. There is food to harvest, so they must not miss this opportunity.
They haven't eaten staple food for several days. Although they should be able to encounter a town after walking for a day or two after going out, who knows what the situation is in the town? What if there is none? Wouldn't it be more troublesome then?
After leaving here, there is flat land. There is no place to hunt, let alone dig wild vegetables.
Because there are trees in the mountains for cover, and there are some wild vegetables, the fields outside have long been like wheat. They are either old or yellow and dry, and they can be seeded.
Or maybe they were pulled out by the villagers because they were afraid of robbing the wheat of nutrition. Then they would probably starve. Now that we have the opportunity to harvest grain, we must still harvest more.
It just so happens that there is a slope here to avoid the wind and hide. If someone comes over, you won't be able to see them immediately, so I will rest here today.
They first pulled up the wheat by the roots with their hands and pulled out a flat piece of land. This flat piece of land was where they would rest later.
This wheat field is divided into two layers, covering two or three acres. Even if we could finish harvesting in one day, there would be no way to thresh it. It would be difficult to walk with so many ears of wheat, and the wheat kernels would definitely be rubbed out.
That's right, they just rub it out with their hands. There's no other way. Now they can't enter the village and can't use the threshing tools in the village, so they can only rely on their hands.
When passing through those villages, Qingyan and Chou Chou listened carefully to see if there was any movement inside. If there were any surviving children like the two siblings, they could come out.
But it's a pity that they didn't hear it. Even if they passed by slowly on purpose, they couldn't stay there for too long. Even if they missed it, they would have to admit it.
Except for Li Hao and the other three, everyone was very skilled in pulling wheat. The three of them had never done farm work, so they couldn't master the strength at first, so they just pulled the wheat ears off, all with their hands.
In fact, if you have a sickle, cutting directly is the fastest. Just like in Tuqiaoba Village, you can directly cut off the wheat ears, and then dig out the straw and dry it in the sun to use it as firewood.
But they didn't have sickles in their hands, and even the big swords they had before were lost when they were making donkey carts. They only had shovels and shovels, so they had to rely on their hands.
Don't ask them why they don't go to the village to look for them, you just don't dare to ask.
They are mortals and can avoid open and hidden attacks. If it is a virus, they cannot avoid it, so they should be careful.
After harvesting the upper acre, the ears are first placed on the fine straw mat made previously.
This straw mat was made when refining salt. It was woven very densely, so that the wheat could be placed just right, and even the wheat grains could not escape.
It has been used to cover the luggage on the donkey cart since then, and now it is perfect for this.
The more than an acre of land below the slope is used by men, but the women do not go there and just grind the wheat grains there.
Rub the wheat kernels off the ears and put them into the sack that contained the wheat kernels previously.
Qingyan was also helping to rub it together. Her hands were relatively delicate and it hurt to rub them directly with her palms.
Just take out a piece of rag and wrap it around your hands to use it as gloves.
However, because of this layer of cloth, it is not as strong as the direct contact with the skin on the palm of the hand. She has not finished rubbing it even though she rubbed it twice.
Da Ya's two siblings were also helping, and they were much more skilled than Qing Yan.
The two siblings have actually done this job before, and they even picked up more wheat ears than they did before. Maybe because the children are shorter and have sharp eyes, they still have an advantage.
When they were done, it was getting dark, and the women quickly set up the stove to cook, and they just cooked wheat porridge in the evening.
They planned to cook it thicker, and then put some of the marinated meat in. Don't think about wild vegetables. You can hardly find wild vegetables here. If you go further, there will be no wheat fields, just a wasteland.
