Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 364 Autumn Harvest 2

Seeing this, Xu Han dressed Ze'er and put him on the building block mat beside him to play by himself.

Ever since Ze'er learned to crawl, all the things in the room that could be put away were put away, and Xu Han also spread nitrated cowhide on the floor so that both children could play on the floor.

When Mu'er saw her brother coming down, she hurriedly protected the building blocks she had just built, and then threw Ze'er's toys to him.

After being taught a lesson by Mu'er several times, Ze'er no longer dared to push the building blocks his brother had built.

Xu Han had no involvement at all in Mu'er's teaching Ze'er a lesson, and it could even be said that it was Xu Han who instigated it.

At the beginning, when Ze'er snatched Mu'er's things, Mu'er would give in to him, but after a long time, Mu'er got very annoyed and could only endure it.

Finally, Xu Han couldn't stand it anymore, so she said to Mu'er, "If someone bullies you, you can bully them back, even if that person is your younger brother. You can hit him, but don't be too harsh, and don't hit him on the head."

At first Mu'er felt sorry for his younger brother and couldn't bear to hit him, so he only dared to pat him gently. But in Ze'er's eyes, his brother was just playing with him.

After a few times, Mu'er really couldn't bear it anymore and beat him, but Mu'er listened to Xu Han and didn't hit him hard.

Xu Han felt relieved when she saw Mu'er fight back. At the beginning, Xu Han and Lu Chuan were really afraid that Mu'er would be weak, and if she did, she would definitely be bullied in the future.

But after a long time, the two realized that Mu'er didn't do it because she loved her younger brother. Fortunately, she changed her mind later.

Xu Han guessed that it might be because Ze'er had gone too far that Mu'er fought back.

Xu Han put Ze'er's dirty clothes into the dirty clothes basket and said to her eldest son, "Mu'er, take care of your brother for a while. I'll go prepare breakfast for you."

"Okay, don't let your brother climb out."

"Watch him, don't hit your head." Xu Han said and walked outside.

First, I went to the backyard and soaked Ze'er's dirty clothes in water, and then fed the livestock at home.

After doing all this, Lu Chuan and the others came back, and Xu Han took out today's breakfast from the space.

The Taoist priest ate the tea egg in his hand and said, "The corn stalks that were cut have all been tied up with straw. Girl, you can carry them to the back of the house later. A while ago, a piece of open space was cleared there, which is just enough space to put them down."

"Okay, I'll do it later. It's really too hot out here, let's stop working for a while, it would be really uncomfortable if we get heat stroke."

This morning, Xu Han was afraid that everyone would get heatstroke while working, so no one had porridge for breakfast. Instead, they drank mung bean soup that Xu Han had prepared in advance to relieve the heat.

After drinking a bowl of mung bean soup, Lu Chuan stood up and served himself another bowl. He was really thirsty after working all morning.

After finishing the green bean soup in the bowl, he said, "Okay, I'll stop working after a while. There's not much work anyway. The weather looks pretty good these days, so it shouldn't rain."

Xu Han continued, "I have spread out the corn in the backyard to dry. We can just light a lamp and peel it at night."

The Taoist priest looked at Grandpa Zhao and said, "Old Zhao, don't go there for a while. You should stay at home and look after the children. Don't let them suffer in the fields in such a hot day."

"It's not too hot now. I'll go pick some corn for a while and bring them back when it's hot."

"That's fine, finish the work early and rest early."

After a short rest after breakfast, everyone went back to the fields to pick corn. They worked until about ten o'clock in the morning, and then they started to go home to rest one after another.

The Taoist priest waved the fan in his hand and said, "There is no shade in the yard. Even though there are ice cubes in the house, it still feels very stuffy."

Hearing this, Xu Han served everyone a few bowls of ice jelly and said, "Have a bowl of ice jelly to cool off. We planted two trees in the yard this year. When the trees grow up next year, there will be shade."

"Two trees aren't enough, why not plant another one?"

Xu Han explained, "No, we can plant a few grape trees in the fall, and then build a grape trellis in the yard next year and let the vines climb up the trellis. This way, there will be a place to cool off in the yard next year."

"This is a good idea. We can eat grapes and have a place to cool down."

"When the temperature starts to cool down in a few days, we will start transplanting grape vines. Then we will plant a few grapes under the vine racks. In a few days, the vine racks will be full."

They chatted for a while, and after lunch they went back to their rooms for a nap.

Everyone woke up around three in the afternoon, but it was still a bit hot to work in the fields.

So a few people stayed in their own rooms, doing their own things or cleaning.

It was around five o'clock when they began to enter the wasteland one after another to continue picking corn.

The four of them worked very quickly and finished shelling all the corn in just one day.

The main reason was that Xu Han's space helped, which saved the transportation process. If there was no space, the four of them might not be able to collect all the things in one day.

No one rested after dark, and I didn’t feel too sleepy after my nap at noon.

So a few people lit torches again and went to the backyard to peel corn husks.

The corns harvested today were all broken directly from the corn stalks and had the husks on.

Now several people need to peel off all the corn husks so that they can spread them out and dry them faster tomorrow.

Grandpa Zhao was peeling corn husks quickly while saying, "It's so comfortable to feel the breeze at night. It's much more comfortable than staying in the house."

"I told you to sleep in the yard at night, but you insisted on staying in the house because of the mosquitoes."

"Next year, when there are more mosquito repellent herbs in the mountains, I will dig some and plant them outside the courtyard wall to keep away mosquitoes. This way, I won't be bitten by mosquitoes every night."

"Yes, you can also upgrade the mosquito coil that the girl made. This one is not very effective, and it won't kill mosquitoes that are far away."

"Okay, I'll try to make some next year."

The Taoist priest heard this and said maliciously, "If you can't make a better medicine, I will look down on you for having been a doctor for so many years."

Grandpa Zhao couldn't stand it when he heard that, and he immediately threw the corn in his hand at the Taoist priest's face. "Except for you who don't think my medical skills are superb, everyone else calls me a miracle doctor."

The Taoist priest nimbly dodged the corn thrown by Grandpa Zhao and said with a smile, "Why are you still angry?"

The two old men were talking and joking, while Lu Chuan and Xu Han just watched silently, occasionally interjecting a few words.

The group of people were husking corn quickly while joking and chatting with each other.

"It's getting late. Let's stop here for today. We have to get up early tomorrow to harvest beans."