Autumn is a harvest season, and all kinds of vegetables are ripe.

"Autumn is a harvest season, and all kinds of vegetables are ripe, including sweet potatoes, soybeans, rice, Chinese cabbage, leeks, spinach, okra, water chestnut, lotus root, pepper, chestnuts, wax gourd and kidney beans. , a wide variety, dazzling. "

autumn harvest

Author: Huaxia morning farmers?

"Autumn has been sad since ancient times. I say autumn is not as good as spring." A poem "Autumn Ci" tells how many literati have two completely different attitudes towards autumn through the ages. In their sadness or praise, autumn is given too much emotional sustenance. But neither sadness nor praise seems to have anything to do with farmers. It's not that farmers don't know the mood, it's not that farmers don't know the art, but that autumn is the season of field dedication and autumn is the season of farmers' harvest. Farmers really don't have the leisure, and they don't have the leisure to lament here-the joy of harvest needs to be laid with sweat.

The fields in autumn are very fertile. Peanuts, soybeans, corn, sweet potatoes and cotton are picked one after another, and crops planted in the ground such as red beans, mung beans, red and purple sorghum, inexhaustible sesame seeds, pumpkins and beans are maturing one after another.

The old theory that the melon is ripe is completely correct, and the crops should be harvested in time when they are ripe. Remember that riddle? "Hemp house, red curtains, white fat people living inside."

After a timely rain, people scattered in the peanut fields, lowered their heads, grabbed green or yellow-green peanut seedlings and pulled them out with a little effort. Those "white fat people" hiding in the arms of the land father-in-law appeared in front of people with their "hemp houses".

If peanuts are overcooked, they will not only fall, but also sprout in the ground. People take peanuts home at the right time, put a wooden stick in a larger container, or put a hollow brick in Zhou Leng, round the corners on the spot, hold bright green peanut seedlings, aim at the joint between peanut stalks and peanuts, and gently drop them a few times on the edge of the wooden stick or brick, and the peanuts will automatically fall off. After the fruit falls, the peanuts and peanut seedlings are respectively dried and put away.

Beans are overcooked, pods crack and round beans jump around. The most dedicated is soybeans-whether they are soybeans, black beans or green beans. They carried the spirit of self-sacrifice to the extreme. When the soybeans harvested at home are dried in the sun and in the yard, whenever there is time, people beat the soybeans dried with straw over and over again with agricultural tools such as Mu Cha and sticks. The beanstalk and leaves are smashed to pieces, even smashed to pieces, until all the pods are cracked and all the beans are spit out. The separated beanstalk and leaves were stuffed into the furnace cavity, and in the ceremony of "scratching", they turned into flaming flames and cooked food, ending their life mission in the most gorgeous way.

When the corn is ripe, the green skin turns white, and the heavy corn presses the long handle out of the strong and straight body and leans out slightly, looking forward to the arrival of the owner like a big horn. But don't let them wait too long, otherwise the moisture on the corn husk and stalk will gradually lose, become brittle and tough, and it will take time and effort to break it off. In the field where winter wheat is planted in rotation, it is necessary to quickly break the mature corn home to make room for wheat. When the corn is just harvested, there is generally no figure, only the corn stalks in the distant field are shaking. When you get closer, you can hear the crisp sound of corn in the field. After the corn was broken, the corn stalks were cut off, and you saw the owner of the corn and the piles of broken corn in the field. In the plot where winter wheat is planted, the corn roots and weeds in the field should be cleaned up, and then intertillage, furrow and sow. There are seeds in spring, and there is harvest in autumn. If you want to harvest heavy ears of wheat next summer, you must cultivate again in the wave of autumn harvest, and then sow the seeds of hope. Agricultural proverbs say that wheat should be planted in the autumn equinox. The season waits for no man!

Sweet potato has a long growth period and usually plays a buffering role in the main crops, but it should be harvested before frost to avoid frostbite. When harvesting sweet potatoes, cut off the sweet potato seedlings first, and then shake them? Boss, dig out the sweet potatoes one by one. The harvested sweet potatoes can be sold, dried or stored in the cellar according to people's needs.

In addition, the harvesting of sorghum, soybeans, sesame and other crops, as well as the picking of cotton, mung beans and red beans, are often interspersed or run through the harvest period of major crops. Auxiliary crops such as pumpkins and beans are usually picked home at the end of the evening.

Looking around, there is a busy and lively scene in the vast fields, and people are working hard everywhere. Tractors, tricycles and trolleys shuttle back and forth in the field paths, but they are orderly. Along the way or passing by the fields where villagers work, people meet and smile, ask questions and answer greetings to each other, whether they are very close friends or casual acquaintances. You can always hear cheerful laughter and loud greetings. People who work in the fields come and go all day long, and they don't disperse until dark.

The night with clear wind, long moon and many stars is cool, comfortable and charming. Every night, the chorus of crickets comes from the grass outside the courtyard wall, which is messy, loud and loud; Every household in the yard is brightly lit, and fireflies cruise from one house to another with lanterns from time to time. Henna, cabbage chrysanthemum, autumn chrysanthemum, etc. Opened one after another. As the name suggests, Chinese rose flowers bloom and fall from summer to autumn, one after another, and it seems that it will never be defeated. The flowers on the branches are beautiful, and the flowers under the branches are colorful. Unfortunately, in this busy time, people have no leisure, flowers are not appreciated, and flowers are not washed. These flowers and plants can only wait in front of the court, fragrant. Farmers who have worked hard all day can't rest at night. Listen-the sound of "snapping" is that people are throwing peanuts, and the sound of "swish" is that people are peeling corn. Crops harvested during the day should be picked at night and aired in time tomorrow. The first task tomorrow is still to harvest mature crops from the ground and go home.

Farmers who own orchards, vegetable gardens or contracted land are particularly busy in autumn. "In July (the lunar calendar, the same below), walnuts, pears and persimmons will be listed in August." Apples, grapes, jujubes and hawthorn have also matured one after another. Although fruit vendors will go door-to-door to buy now, some fruit farmers have even signed supply and marketing contracts with merchants, and fruit farmers don't have to go to the market anymore, but picking, sorting and packaging still need to be done, and a small amount of fruit still needs to be taken to the market for sale. One is to meet the needs of the local market, and the other is that the retail price is always higher than the wholesale price. For farmers who grow vegetable greenhouses, autumn is the season to change crops. Digging, repairing, planting and building sheds are busy all day. These farmers are usually in a hurry to get their crops back, so they have no time to take care of them, so they have to dry their stems and leaves and pile them up. Farmers with a lot of land will even dry in the fields, pile them up on the spot, and carefully arrange them in a little leisure time. But it won't be long. Rats that have always been good at stealing food will invisibly urge them to step up the storage of harvested grain, otherwise the grain crumbs in front of the grain pile will be obvious over time. Moreover, if winter comes and the temperature drops suddenly, people can't sit in the yard or field in the cold morning and evening except at noon when there is no wind and the sun is shining.

The first frost is the last season of autumn. As the agricultural proverb says, "If you don't harvest autumn, you will lose it. Except cabbage and radish, all fruits, vegetables and grains should be taken home before winter comes, otherwise they will be frozen and can no longer be eaten. The fields swept away are no longer the original glory, only the hay around the bare land is shivering in the cold wind in the late autumn morning and evening. The smell of winter is getting stronger and stronger. Autumn urges farmers to divide, fold and concentrate the cooked grain they harvested from the fields in the courtyards and barns of every household, bring all the hardships and sweat of farmers, keep the joy of ample food and clothing in their hearts, and then leisurely follow the footsteps of time and drift away.

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