Chapter 455

May 27th. Weather: Sunny. After lunch. Si Jiuyue calculated that there were just over two months left until the wheat and rice harvest. At that time, many new agricultural tools would be needed, such as sickles, rollers, threshing machines, bamboo baskets, drying mats, rakes, bamboo brooms, and winnowing pans. Bamboo baskets were simple enough. Jiaohong and three other maids were already working on them every day. Since the subsequent harvest would also involve corn, mung beans, and soybeans, a large quantity of bamboo baskets would be required. For the past few days, the children of the Si Family Courtyard had been attending classes with the other village children in the mornings, and in the afternoons, they would follow their respective parents to learn how to weave baskets with bamboo. Even Jiang Lin was busy making various bamboo items just like the rest of them.