Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine-Chapter 157 tired

At noon, there were cornmeal buns, but mixed with pork cracklings and minced chives, served with shredded pickled cucumber. There was also a pot of tomato and scallion soup.

Because there were five siblings, no eggs were added, as it would be hard to explain.

In the afternoon, they continued their work. This time, they used the Zhao Family’s donkey cart to load the potatoes they kept for themselves.

They worked for over an hour, and then three vehicles arrived at the station, along with twelve people.

Su Yuanyuan went over to greet them, and Ma Changshun also drove over; he came to weigh their produce.

Zhao Yanli followed behind them, putting the ones they didn’t want, the small or damaged ones, into baskets. Once full, they were loaded onto the donkey cart.

The speed of the twelve of them was quite fast. By evening, all the qualified potatoes harvested that day were loaded onto a total of five vehicles. Two of them were Su Yuanyuan’s donkey carts.

There were also more than a cartload of small damaged potatoes, which were placed in the yard.

In this way, it took three days to harvest the less than fifty acres of potatoes, which was already very fast.

"Group Leader Ma, we’ll start harvesting sweet potatoes tomorrow. If you need to handle autumn harvest at home, we won’t hold you up."

"Well, my family also starts tomorrow. I’d like to use your shed."

Su Yuanyuan shook her head, "Group Leader Ma, this shed was bought by the Zhao siblings and us together, intending to use it jointly. We’re harvesting first, and their harvest hasn’t begun yet. Really sorry about that."

Ma Changshun smiled, "Alright, I’ll get two such sheds myself this year. They really save a lot of effort."

The fifty-plus acres of potatoes altogether turned in eleven thousand. Adding the potatoes left at home and the small ones, the yield per acre was three hundred pounds. It’s really not bad in these times.

"Yuanyuan, the five of us will follow you to finish up before we start our own harvest," Zhao Qingxiang said while eating.

Su Yuanyuan thought for a moment, "Alright, it will probably take about twenty days. By then, we can head to your place to work, ensuring everything is done before the freeze."

Actually, they planted their sweet potatoes relatively late, and now is the time for the sweet potatoes to convert starch, so the yield would be higher if delayed.

After sending the five siblings home, the two of them rested for a while, then worked directly with their superpower at night. They managed to harvest five acres before stopping. By the time the siblings arrived, the two had already picked out the sweet potatoes, similarly setting aside the small and damaged ones.

"Yuanyuan, did you two not rest all night?"

"Yes, we were worried about delaying your work."

"Then we’ll stay tonight as well."

Su Yuanyuan shook her head, "No, you all go rest. During the day, the two of us have no energy; we really rely on you guys for most of the work."

They worked diligently. The entire day, they managed to harvest five acres.

They worked late into the night, their three donkey carts joined in to transport the sweet potatoes.

In the evening, they continued using their superpower. They worked like this continuously for a week. Now, there’s just one day’s work left in the field.

They have already turned in nearly fifty thousand pounds of sweet potatoes.

Along the way, many families noticed the sweet potatoes on the donkey carts, and were very envious of the two of them.

Other households were busy harvesting corn. Seeing such large sweet potatoes, some went back to dig up their own, but none were as big, and all were of the stunted variety.

On the last day, they handed in another three thousand pounds, making a total of fifty thousand pounds of sweet potatoes, surely fulfilling their task.

Zhao Xiaoli, being stingy, wanted to pick sweet potatoes from their field, "There aren’t many, really, trust me, I’ll share some of our bad sweet potatoes with you."

Zhao Qingxiang shook his head, "No need, we have enough at home too."

Su Yuanyuan just smiled and didn’t say much.

Tan Shaoting said, "Tomorrow the two of us will arrive at your field at four o’clock. We’ll be driving two carts."

Zhao Qingxiang nodded. He was anxious too. In fact, it was only five days later than the time he set for himself.

But seeing everyone else’s produce already harvested, how could he not be anxious?

The siblings decided not to rush home but to help Su Yuanyuan and him pack both the damaged and undamaged sweet potatoes into the cellar after dinner.

After all, they needed to grow sweet potato slips next year. In reality, small sweet potatoes could be used for this without affecting the size of the next year’s crop.

"You all head back to rest; there’s just a small bit left, and the two of us can finish it soon."

After they left, Tan Shaoting put all the sweet potatoes into the cellar, keeping them separate, of course.

That day, the two drank Spiritual Spring Water and slept. Honestly, after nearly twenty days, they were utterly exhausted.

The next day, after breakfast, the two of them drove to the Zhao family’s field.

The five siblings were already cutting sweet potato slips.

Now the seven of them lined up, each holding two sickles, cutting in line.

They planted eighty acres of sweet potatoes, thirty acres of potatoes, and the remaining forty acres were corn.

So the seven of them managed to cut and bundle all eighty acres of sweet potato slips in one day.

At noon, Tan Shaoting and Zhao Qingxiang went to the station and applied to start harvesting sweet potatoes the next day.

The operation here would be the same; they’d have someone to pick up the produce.

The next day, they followed the same procedure as in Su Yuanyuan’s field, but the yield of sweet potatoes was indeed significantly less.

However, there were at least some sweet potatoes, yielding just over two hundred pounds per acre at this rate.

They completed the eighty acres in five days.

They turned in a total of twelve thousand pounds, agreeing to start harvesting potatoes the next day.

It took three days for the thirty acres of potatoes, handing in five thousand pounds.

They didn’t keep any seed potatoes, only the smaller ones remained, because their task was fifteen thousand pounds. And that was because of this year’s drought, otherwise, the average yield would have been one hundred to one hundred twenty pounds per acre.

Having finally completed their duty, the five siblings were relieved. They were left with over five thousand pounds of small sweet potatoes and potatoes.

On the return home, Tan Shaoting and Su Yuanyuan took the shed to Group Leader Ma’s house.

Their family prioritized harvesting corn and had just finished with potatoes two days ago, so the shed arrived just in time.

Ma Changshun kept one shed, but they couldn’t use both as they didn’t have enough people to work.

The two of them helped the five siblings harvest corn. While harvesting, the three sisters shed tears because each ear of corn had very few kernels.

"If we had planted sweet potatoes or potatoes on these thirty acres, at least we could hold on until the next autumn harvest. Now, it’s not enough to eat."

Su Yuanyuan didn’t know how to comfort them, it was indeed miserable.

The four girls harvested the corn, ample time allowed them to peel the corn cobs directly on the corn stalks. Each had a basket strapped to their backs, filling them and then loading them onto the donkey cart.

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