Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 361: Enjoying the Coolness in the Evening

After Xu Han took a look around and saw that everything was normal, she took Ze'er home.

It's not that I don't want to continue shopping, it's just that Ze'er is too heavy. My arms are almost numb after holding him for such a long time. If I don't put Ze'er down, he will probably fall down.

As soon as she got home, Xu Han couldn't wait to put Ze'er in the stroller. It was rare that Ze'er was so cooperative today. He sat in the stroller without crying or making a fuss.

Because she had to look after Ze'er, Xu Han couldn't do much work. When she was busy, she could let him play on the mat by himself, but it couldn't be like this all the time.

Children still need company, and parents cannot let their children do whatever they want, otherwise they might end up raising them in the wrong way.

Xu Han simply pushed Ze'er to the backyard, and the two of them watched Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest build the house. Xu Han chatted with them from time to time.

After four days of hard work, Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest finally built the frame of the house, but because there were not enough tiles, they did not put tiles on the roof.

After dinner that night, Lu Chuan played with Ze'er and said, "The framework should be ready now. Tomorrow we will harvest the potatoes at home. The day after tomorrow, Xiaohan and I will go to the county town to bring back the custom-made boat and buy some tiles."

The Taoist priest thought for a while and said, "The potato vines have dried up. If we don't harvest them, they will rot in the ground. We really can't wait any longer.

How about this, tomorrow Grandpa Zhao and I will stay at home to collect the crops, and you and Xiaohan will go to the county town first."

Hearing this, Grandpa Zhao also said, "Yes, there are only two acres of potatoes, and there are not many. The Taoist priest and I will harvest them tomorrow."

Xu Han continued, "Let's collect them together. More people means faster work. Besides, the children at home need someone to look after them. There's no rush to go to the county town. It doesn't matter if we go a day earlier or later."

Lu Chuan also agreed, "Xiao Han is right. How can we let the two of you do it? Going to the county town is not a big deal. There's no rush."

Seeing the two men's firm attitude, the Taoist priest didn't know what to say.

The next day, as soon as it got light, everyone got up to dig potatoes.

It is summer now. The sun is very strong at noon, and it is usually very hot around ten in the morning.

So everyone has to get up early to work, otherwise the sun will be too strong and they will easily get heatstroke.

Everyone is already very experienced in harvesting potatoes, so there is no need for any command or distribution. Everyone has found their own areas of expertise.

In just the morning, they had harvested half of the potatoes. Xu Han looked at the pile of potatoes in the woodshed and a smile spread across her face.

That’s great! With these potatoes, the dogs at home can finally eat their fill.

God knows how worried Xu Han has been about food at home recently. Just a week ago, the few remaining potatoes at home were eaten up by the dogs.

These dogs have such a huge appetite, but we can't stop them from eating.

So during this period of time, the dogs have been eating black noodles at home, and these are black noodles that are not mixed with other grains.

The speed at which the black face is consumed is visibly getting faster and faster, and more and more.

As a result, all the black noodles that had been accumulated in recent times were almost eaten up by the dogs.

Xu Han originally wanted to dig out some potatoes for the dogs to eat, but when she remembered that there was still a lot of black noodles in the space, she didn't dig any.

But I didn't expect the dogs to eat so quickly. In just one week, they ate almost all the black noodles stored in the house.

Fortunately, the potatoes have been dug out, and we will start grinding flour again in a few days, so we don’t have to worry about the dogs having nothing to eat.

Around five in the afternoon, when the sun slowly began to set, a few people started to dig potatoes.

It gets dark a little later at the end of May, and the sky usually starts to get dark around 7:30 in the evening.

A few people took advantage of the fact that it was not so hot now and worked hard, trying to finish it before dark.

This is the life of ordinary people, repeating the same work day after day, year after year.

Spring ploughing and autumn harvest, work varies according to the season, and it's the same every year.

The people rely on these fields for their livelihood, and they know best what kind of work to do in which season.

Not only ordinary people live such a repetitive life, isn't it the same for modern white-collar workers?

But instead of being a white-collar worker in the city, Xu Han would rather be an ordinary farmer if possible.

Just like now, although we have to depend on the weather for our livelihood, but at least if we work hard we will get something in return, instead of working hard to make wedding dresses for others and living our lives by depending on others’ moods every day.

After a tiring day, the group sat in the yard to enjoy the cool air after dinner.

The Taoist priest lay in the rocking chair and said slowly, "Tomorrow I will plow the potato field, pick up some sweet potato vines, and then we will plant some late sweet potatoes."

"Sure, it's not too late to plant at this season." Xu Han continued.

"Hahahaha, there are enough sweet potatoes to eat this year. There are so many sweet potatoes that we won't have room to dig them out and put them away when the time comes." Grandpa Zhao said with a smile.

The Taoist priest took a look and said maliciously, "Don't worry about this. I believe the girl will have a way."

When Xu Han heard this, she exploded. "What do you mean I must have a way? How come I don't know I have a way? I don't know, I can't solve it."

Everyone laughed at this. Xu Han actually knew what the Taoist meant. Wasn't he asking him to make more sweet potato wine? But it seemed that he wouldn't need so much...

With so many sweet potatoes, how much sweet potato wine do we need to make? Xu Han really has a headache just thinking about it now. Why did they have to talk to them about sweet potato wine for no reason?

I regret it so much. Is it too late to say now that I won't do it?

But Xu Han was just thinking about it. Forget it, the sweet potatoes had already been planted and it was too late to regret.

Anyway, you won't be working alone at that time. Everyone here will be forced to do the hard labor.

At worst, you can just be responsible for giving orders. You aren't the one to drink the wine anyway, so whoever wants to drink will do the work.

After figuring this out, Xu Han stopped worrying about it and lay down on the rocking chair, fanning herself leisurely with the fan in her hand.

It’s good to have a carpenter at home. Now there are four rocking chairs for four adults in the family, one for each person.

It is most comfortable to lie in the yard and enjoy the cool in the summer evening. The evening breeze from the mountains is particularly comfortable.

Several people lay in their respective rocking chairs, rocking slowly. Before they knew it, they felt sleepy, so Xu Han got up and walked into the house.

The nights in the mountains are still very cold, so you can't fall asleep outside, otherwise you will definitely catch a cold the next day.

When Lu Chuan saw his wife got up, he followed her back to the house.