My apologies, the author made a mistake earlier and wrote Xu Wenbo instead of Xu Mingxuan. I sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused readers! Xu Wenbo has now been corrected to Xu Mingxuan, and I am hereby making this clarification.
Chen Lan, her mother-in-law, and the others had no idea that Xu Mingxuan, their beloved relative whom they missed dearly, would soon be returning to them.
Since everyone had agreed during the meeting to donate the grain to the border defense battalion, Uncle De and Uncle Fu no longer needed to lead people in digging caves for storage the following day. After breakfast, most people stayed at the drying ground to help sort potatoes.
Chen Lan called out to Xiang Xi and handed him the user manual for the new multi-functional peanut combine harvester she had purchased from the system last night. She then told Xiang Xi, "Little Watermelon, this peanut combine harvester is already in the peanut field. You need to read the manual carefully and thoroughly understand it before operating the machine. This type of machine can complete the entire process of digging up peanut plants, picking peanut pods, and crushing peanut stalks all at once. This new peanut harvester is highly efficient, capable of harvesting two to three mu per hour, and is easy to operate. Like the multi-functional farm tractor, you can adjust the harvesting depth and harvest either lengthwise or crosswise." The website for Sudan novels.
Xiang Xi was very excited to have a new machine to operate. Xiao Shan, Xiao Shuan, and Lin Mao also looked eager to try it out.
Seeing their excitement, Chen Lan didn't say much more and instructed Xiang Xi to drive the tractor with Xiao Shan, Lin Mao, and Xiao Shuan to harvest the fifteen mu of peanuts.
Afterward, Chen Lan, along with the twins, her mother, mother-in-law, and Xiao Shan's mother, also came to the drying ground to work. Under the temporary canopy set up on the drying ground, she spread a carpet and placed the twins on it to play. She also gave each of them a teething stick. She then said to her mother, "Mother, you don't need to help with the work today. Just stay here and watch over the drying ground. You only need to drive away the birds so they don't perch on the corn pile and defecate. Also, don't let the little ones crawl into the corn pile. I'm afraid they might stuff corn kernels into their mouths when you and Aunt aren't paying attention. It would be very dangerous if they choked on corn kernels."
Her mother-in-law chimed in, "Yes, yes, yes, sister-in-law. The children are the most important. Leave the other things to Mingzhe, Wen Kai, and Wen Qi, those three scamps."
Her mother repeatedly nodded, assuring them, "Don't worry, I will watch them closely."
Chen Lan and her mother-in-law then went to the other side of the drying ground where the potatoes were kept.
She saw everyone working together diligently, quickly sorting potatoes on the drying ground. They first selected potato seeds needed for two to three mu of land next year and enough potatoes for half a year's consumption as vegetables, storing them separately in the cave. Then, they bagged and neatly stacked the intact potatoes without any wormholes.
Seeing everyone busy at the drying ground, Chen Lan went to the temporary shed where everyone usually ate. She quickly purchased 300 bags for corn and corn flour from the system, as well as a thousand bags for potatoes, and placed them on the drying ground for later use. She then used her mind to open the system and search for corn processing machines. She found a relatively simple corn hulling machine and a milling machine, placing them in the temporary shed. She then turned to find Teacher Zhou and the others, asking them to help connect the electricity so they could start milling the corn flour that was to be sent out.
Teacher Zhou and his four students were already at the drying ground helping out that day, so they quickly came over. They skillfully connected the power supply and began to test the machines. Teacher Zhou, holding the manual, directed a student named Wang Weiguo to pour corn kernels into the hopper of the hulling machine. As soon as the machine was turned on, it began to peel the corn kernels bit by bit. Next, there was a connected machine that screened out the peeled corn and automatically collected it in a large container. At this point, Teacher Zhou asked Chen Liangcai to transfer the peeled corn kernels from this large container into the feeding trough of the milling machine using the tools provided by the manufacturer. This way, the milling machine processed the corn kernels into corn flour. Immediately after, Teacher Zhou asked Zhao Qimin to organize people at the drying ground to bring the corn here, and Zhang Yujie to bag the milled corn flour.
Seeing that Teacher Zhou had everything arranged and each process had someone responsible, Chen Lan didn't interfere further. She said to Teacher Zhou, "Teacher Zhou, I'll leave this to you. I'm going to check on the peanut field." Teacher Zhou waved his hand to indicate he understood.
Chen Lan hurried to the peanut field and saw Xiang Xi and Xiao Shuan operating the combined peanut harvester in the field. She observed that the harvested peanut stalks were already being crushed by the machine and scattered on the ground. Xiao Shuan was driving the tractor behind the peanut harvester, tilling the peanut field. Lin Mai was waiting with another tractor to load the harvested peanuts for transport.
Chen Lan's main purpose in coming here was for them to till the peanut field directly. She planned to try planting a season of spring wheat and a season of rapeseed next year, an idea her mother had casually brought up the previous night.
Her mother's exact words were, "Lan'er, I don't know if you've felt it too, but I don't know what's wrong with me. I just feel like the rice and steamed buns I eat now don't taste as good as they used to. And the cooking oil doesn't have that vegetable oil aroma anymore."
Chen Lan didn't know how to answer her mother at the time and simply said perfunctorily, "Perhaps the grains from Father-in-law's place are all like this; they have high yields, but they don't taste very good."
This was why Chen Lan had the idea of planting a season of spring wheat and rapeseed before April next year. Of course, this was assuming the ground thawed early in the spring.