Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 486 Sharing Pears

Let's think about it carefully during this period. Let's all think about it and speak up if we have any good ideas. Let's draw a few sketches first, and then decide on the jar after the design is finalized."

The Taoist priest's words brought everyone back from their fantasies.

Yes, the autumn harvest is coming soon, and I really don’t have time to make canned food.

Let's wait and see until after the autumn harvest. Anyway, these fruits will not rot in the cellar for a while.

If she really couldn't keep it, Xu Han could just secretly put it into the space.

Anyway, the servants have not been to the cellar and warehouse of the house, and they don’t know what is inside.

Xu Han said, "Then let's think about it for a while and try to decide it as soon as possible. After it's decided, Lu Chuan and I will go to the county town to order ceramic jars."

Grandpa Zhao agreed, "Okay, I have some ideas now. I'll draw them later and you can take a look when you have time."

Lu Chuan said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work."

The Taoist priest interrupted Lu Chuan and said, "Okay, stop being so polite."

Lu Chuan laughed and said, "Hahahaha, you figured it out."

Xu Han continued, "There are still many pears in the orchard. I will take Zhou to pick all the remaining ones later.

The pomegranates are ripe and can be eaten now, but the color is not very red yet, so they can be kept for a few more days.

As for other dates and other things, they can be picked one after another, and we will be busy again for some time to come."

Lu Chuan also said, "The house over in the valley can probably be built for another two or three days before it has to be stopped. The corn and beans in the field have turned yellow and can be harvested in the next two days."

"Well, you should hurry up and work as much as you can these few days. The autumn harvest is coming soon. It will take at least ten days or half a month to finish the harvest once it starts."

The Taoist priest drank the last mouthful of porridge and said, "That's not necessarily true. In previous years, it took us almost a month to complete the autumn harvest and autumn planting.

This year, with so many more people doing the autumn harvest, we can finish everything in just a few days.”

Grandpa Zhao also agreed, "Yes, don't underestimate these people, they are very strong and can work very quickly.

It only takes about a day to harvest and process all the corn in the field.”

Xu Han smiled and said, "Isn't this good? We don't have to worry about the rain anymore and can get up in the middle of the night to harvest."

"Hahahaha, you know what, it's really like that. It's definitely not our turn to harvest the crops this year.

As for the work on the ground, I think they can finish it all without any help from us."

"Yes, these twenty-plus acres of land are not enough for them to fill their teeth!"

Xu Han smiled like a cat stealing fish, and continued, "During the autumn harvest, do you want to go into the mountains to hunt sheep?

The rush to harvest is the hardest work, so at least you should eat some meat to replenish your energy.

You see, they are all as thin as bamboo poles. They cannot bear the heavy work without any benefits.

The Taoist priest joked, "I think you want to eat mutton. Your family has been building a house recently, so we have eaten a lot of meat. They have plenty of oil and water!"

You must be greedy but too embarrassed to say it, so you use them as an excuse."

Lu Chuan also smiled and said, "My wife wants to eat it. I will go to the mountain to catch a goat tomorrow."

Xu Han was not annoyed when her thoughts were exposed, and she agreed with a smile.

My family has been building a house recently, so we have not been short of meat to eat.

Building a house is hard work. The Taoist priest often took Han Qi or Lu Chuan into the mountains to hunt. They ate the game directly without leaving any for later use.

I heard from Mrs. Li and the others that she had eaten more meat in the last few days than she had ever eaten in her entire life.

What they said is not an exaggeration at all. How many ordinary farmers can afford to eat meat?

Only during the annual festivals can we taste meat, and one pound of meat can be eaten for several meals.

What's more, for those of them who sell their bodies, good masters will give them some meat during festivals, while those with bad masters will just have to avoid starving to death, so how can they have meat to eat?

Moreover, as the lowest-ranking servants, it is normal for them to live worse than farmers. What's more, they are servants who do not work in the yard. The masters buy them back just to work in the farm and exploit them.

It is not easy for them to be alive, marry and have children.

If I have some money in my daily life, I will save it and not spend a penny, for fear that someone in my family will get sick or that I won’t be able to pay for an emergency.

You should know that if a servant falls ill, generally the master will not pay for the servant's medical treatment. The money for the treatment is enough to buy another servant, which is not cost-effective.

Without money to treat illness, the only outcome is death. Therefore, in ancient times, people who sold themselves into slavery had no say.

Most families will not sell their children as long as they can make ends meet, unless they really can't survive.

After selling it, maybe you will meet a good owner and have hope of survival.

After finishing the topic and having breakfast, Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest picked the freshly picked pears and stored them in the cellar.

Xu Han also left out a basket of pears and gave each person a big pear so that the others could also taste it.

We can't store all the pears and let these people just look at them but not eat them.

Besides, if they really wanted to eat, Xu Han couldn't stop them. The orchard was right there, and they could just walk in and eat to their heart's content anytime they wanted.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to let everyone eat it openly. Besides, pears are not that expensive. They only cost a few cents per pound at the market. There is no need to be on guard against them.

The family is not so poor that they cannot afford to eat these little things. Although they want to can them and sell them, they don't need to worry about having a few bites of food.

If you sell the leftovers, you can have a lot left!

Of course, the key is that Xu Han also believes very much that everyone is not a selfish person. No one will really eat to their heart's content. It is two different things if the host gives you food and if you eat greedily on your own.

After getting to know each other over this period of time, we have a certain understanding of each other.

Their master treated them kindly, and they were grateful.

Many things are tacitly understood by each other and there is no need to bring them up.

After distributing the pears, Lu Chuan continued to lead people to build a house, while Xu Han pulled Zhou into the orchard again.

After picking all the remaining pears, Xu Han picked a few pomegranates that looked ripe.

After having someone carry the pears back home, she took a small wooden bowl and peeled some pomegranate seeds for the four children to taste.