Chapter 309: Secret

Farming is very much attuned to the agricultural calendar. To compete for a few days' advantage during the summer harvest, many farmers would work day and night, some even taking up residence in the fields.

In the past two years, when Qili Village had a bountiful harvest, Zhou Dalang, Zhou Erlang, and Zhou Sanlang lived in the fields to seize the farming opportunity, working under the moonlight and firelight even when they were so exhausted they could hardly straighten their backs.

Otherwise, a single rain could wash away a whole year's worth of effort.

Usually, after the rain, the summer harvest would come to an end. Then, it was time to harvest hemp. The hemp was pulled out, soaked, beaten, combed out, then woven into fabric, and finally taken to the river for cleaning and additional beating...

The process was both cumbersome and labor-intensive. Children of the Zhou Family disliked harvesting hemp the most, and the adults felt the same.