Chapter 296 Shameless Resort to Violence (4)_1
No one in this era had a mechanical grain thresher, and Mo Yan didn’t know how to make one, so she could only rely on the most primitive method, using physical strength to shake the grains off. Fortunately, the rice was very ripe, and it didn’t require too much effort to shake clean, but repeating the same motion continuously also made her arms sore and left her body lacking strength.
Several fellows, having eaten their fill, lined up side by side on the ground to watch Mo Yan labor. They couldn’t lend a hand in such matters, and could only watch helplessly.
After drinking spirit spring water twice to replenish her strength, Mo Yan finally managed to thresh the half-acre of rice grain after several moments. She then spent several more moments sifting through it with a sieve to remove broken leaves, and the remaining grains were stored in hemp sacks.
The yield of space rice could reach two thousand five hundred jin per mu, so the grains from half an acre weighed roughly twelve hundred jin. After removing the husks, there would be about a thousand jin of rice left, which meant that her strenuous efforts for most of the day wouldn’t even suffice for a day’s sales in the shop.
It was also fortunate that she planted a bit every day and harvested a bit every day, so the space had accumulated quite a bit of grain; otherwise, the shop might run out of supplies. The other crops, including corn, sticky millet, and assorted grains, also needed to continue growing; although the space had quite a lot, she couldn’t just ’sit back and consume’ without replenishing.
Thinking of the enormous amount of labor involved, Mo Yan, who had just eaten roasted chicken and replenished her strength with spirit spring water, felt her hands and feet grow weak again.
After finishing what needed to be done and sweating profusely, Mo Yan drove Xiao Hua Dabai and Little Fur Ball out of the space and soaked in the wooden tub. These fellows all possessed spiritual wisdom, and bathing in front of them felt like stripping naked in front of people, rather embarrassing.
After soaking for about two quarters of an hour and coming out, only a little while had passed outside. Dabai had brazenly taken over the cabin and wouldn’t even allow Little Flower inside to sleep.