70s Delicate Girl: A Guide to Being a Rich Woman-Chapter 167: Making a Thresher

Yin Yang looked at Xu Mumu’s outfit, all old clothes with patches. It was long-sleeved, so she couldn’t get sunburned, and the wheat straw bristles couldn’t touch her skin. She also wore a straw hat; she was very well protected from the sun.

The afternoon sun was even stronger than in the morning, and Xu Mumu was wrapped up in old clothes, so hot it seemed she might explode.

Autumn harvest was originally this exhausting, Xu Mumu looked at those who were still working quickly, feeling a little sad inside.

At this time, crops didn’t have as many varieties as they would in future generations, many hadn’t been improved, so naturally yields weren’t high either.

Despite this, everyone was still very happy, with no complaints about the autumn harvest.

Looking at the faces filled with joy, Xu Mumu felt a bit uncomfortable inside; this era was really too harsh.

In comparison, her family’s life was really quite good, and she hadn’t thought about knowing so many things from the future, having all that power gave her enough ability to protect herself. Although some of the family had small faults, in Xu Mumu’s eyes, they were still lovable.

"Mumu, do you want to drink water?" While Xu Mumu was thinking about a lot of things, she heard the voice of her aunt.

"I want to drink, I’m coming right away." Xu Mumu nodded, feeling thirsty.

After gulping down two large cups, Xu Mumu felt quite a bit better, standing under the tree with a breeze blowing by, it seemed to take away a lot of the heat.

"What are you looking at?" Yin Yang looked at Xu Mumu, somewhat puzzled; this vast field of wheat was worth seeing?

"Yin Zhiqing, have you ever thought about changing these?" Xu Mumu’s gaze swept over these wheat fields; now she felt how naive her previous thoughts were. Probably these grains were more practical than the internet.

Looking at those hardworking peasants, even if the harvest wasn’t much, these people were still so joyous, which deeply moved Xu Mumu.

"I don’t understand these things." Yin Yang pursed his lips; he’d only been with the team for two years, having just experienced two cycles of spring planting and autumn harvesting, and he wasn’t particularly industrious. In fact, he didn’t do much in a day.

"I want to change these." Xu Mumu said earnestly, then suddenly laughed.

"Isn’t it ridiculous?" Xu Mumu lightly smiled looking at Yin Yang.

"No, your ideas are good." Yin Yang was silent for a moment; he couldn’t aspire to be so great. What he wanted was just for him and his grandfather to be stable, hopefully, as Xu Mumu said, once this activity was over, he and his grandfather wouldn’t have to live like this anymore.

"Let’s go, time to work." Xu Mumu smiled, not saying much.

For the next few days, Xu Mumu followed up with work, finding it more exhausting than she imagined. Fortunately, her strength was much better than others.

Even though she wore a straw hat and long sleeves every day, after one holiday, Xu Mumu was significantly tanned.

During this time, the sun was quite strong. After the wheat was collected and brought to the threshing field, people removed the husks and dried it. In a few days, the wheat dried and was stored in the team’s granary.

After the wheat was harvested, it was time for corn. Harvesting corn was even more unpleasant than cutting wheat, and it left Xu Mumu’s hands with several blisters.

On the last day of the holiday, Xu Mumu went to Luo Yanrui’s place to get some work back.

During this time, the Xu Family members had lost quite a bit of weight; Xu Mumu had been far more silent. Her father, though prone to laziness, understood the circumstances, worked hard during this period, but he would collapse from fatigue as soon as he came home.

After school started again, Xu Mumu went to Qi Feng’s to buy some meat every other day.

Though almost every day they had a little meat, the family members were still losing weight rapidly.

When school opened, Du Yu laughed at Xu Mumu, who had suddenly gotten quite tanned, which surprised many people.

Since Xu Mumu was tanned, naturally, the other kids were even darker, but Xu Wan, who stayed home doing various chores, remained the same as before, not venturing out to get sunburned.

The entire autumn harvest lasted more than a month, and after a few days’ rest, it was time to harvest rice, and a new round of busyness began.

Watching her family being so busy every day, Xu Mumu felt a bit sad.

But the documents in her hands brought some thoughts to Xu Mumu; she wanted to create a threshing machine.

The team’s millet was placed in a large wooden barrel and threshed, but much wasn’t threshed off and had to be done by hand.

At this time, there should be foot-operated threshers making their appearance. As for the design drawings, she could draw them herself; the rice planted by the team was substantial, related to the entire team’s food supply, some of which also needed to be handed over to the state.

Thinking of this, Xu Mumu immediately found a blank notebook and began to draw.

Once she finished drawing, the parameters became an issue.

After hesitating a bit, Xu Mumu decided to find Yin Yang. This guy knew a lot, and his grandfather was a professor in the physics department; having them help with the reference was better than anything else.

After returning home, she greeted a few of the kids before heading off to find Yin Yang.

"Mr. Xu, what brings you to me?" Yin Yang’s eyes lit up when he saw Xu Mumu; since realizing his feelings, he’d been looking for chances to spend more time with her, but Xu Mumu was simply too busy to pay attention to him.

"I need a little help with something." Xu Mumu said a bit embarrassed, tightening her grip on the drawings she held.

"Come in." Yin Yang said with a warm smile; although he was tired, he was determined not to leave a bad impression on her, so he fought through the fatigue.

"Can you understand this?" Xu Mumu unfolded her drawings and looked at Yin Yang.

Looking at what Xu Mumu had brought out, Huo Qingze and Shen Qi also crowded over to see.

"You drew this?" Huo Qingze was the first to speak, observing what she’d drawn. Its temporary use was unclear, but the style was detailed.

"Yes, I want to make a foot-operated threshing machine, you must know how exhausting it is to remove the husk from rice, right?" Xu Mumu said to Huo Qingze and the others, not hiding her intentions. Huo Qingze had connections, and borrowing them was certainly doable.

"Foot-operated, huh? This machine seems simple." Huo Qingze said with a light smile.

"I can understand it too, no need for you to say." Yin Yang glared at Huo Qingze for stealing his chance to shine.

But Shen Qi felt a bit frustrated; he had only studied in high school, and Xu Mumu’s thing here, sorry, he had no idea.

"I want you to help me work out the parameters, so that the thresher can fit into the wooden barrel, and then attach a tarp around the back so that when the rollers rotate, the millets won’t fly out." Xu Mumu described the foot-operated threshers she’d seen before. She had only seen them while at her grandfather’s house as a child, so she could only draw a rough outline, filling in with her own improvisations for what she couldn’t remember.