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The little ones lined up under the eaves, and he gave each of them an ear of corn.

They picked up the corn and went to eat it.

The wind was quite strong in the afternoon. They sat by the door, and the wind blew in from the snow-capped mountains, hitting their cheeks and feeling particularly refreshing.

Shi Wen brought out a chair with a backrest and sat by the door, slowly eating corn while enjoying the breeze and admiring the scenery in the distance.

Although he has been looking at this scenery for a very long time, he still hasn't gotten tired of it.

After the little ones finished eating their corn on the cob, they took the cob to the trash can and threw it away.

Shi Wen was still eating.

The little ones found a random spot in the hallway, lay down, and started sleeping.

Shi Wen picked up a book and put it on his lap to read. As he was reading, he met Heiwa 'Heiwa gaze and waved to him.

Heiwa obediently walked over, rested his chin on Shiwen's knee, looked at Shi Wen with his big eyes, and twitched his eyebrows slightly.

Shi Wen broke the corn cob in his hand in two, put the uneaten piece into Heiwa's mouth, and whispered, "You eat it."

Heiwa sniffed it, Shi Wen took it aside and ate it.

The other little ones who noticed the commotion perked up one ear, only to find that Heiwa had eaten just a little more than half an ear of corn, and then put their ears down again.

Shi Wen couldn't stop laughing Shi Wen watched their synchronized movements.

When Yan Kexing returned in the evening, the entire ranch smelled of corn.

"Did you boil corn today?" Yan Kexing over.

"Yes, the sows have a little poor appetite today. Sikewell asked me to cook some corn porridge for them, so I went to pick some corn and brought it back to cook." Shi Wen gently touched Yan Kexing's shoes with her foot. "I left you an ear of sweet corn and an ear of glutinous corn. I don't know which one you prefer, but they're both in the pot. Go and try them."

Yan Kexing: "Which one do you like?"

"I like them both," Shi Wen said with a smile, leaning back in his chair. "Sweet corn tastes good, and glutinous corn has a good texture; they're both quite delicious."

Yan Kexing to the kitchen and brought out two ears of corn, then broke each one in half and gave them to Shi Wen.

The two sat on the corridor and watched the sunset.

Shi Wen eating corn, said, "I ate so much corn today, I can't eat anymore."

Yan Kexing: "If you can't eat anymore, it means you can still eat."

Shi Wen, "Are you going to find loopholes in what I said?"

Yan Kexing smiled and hummed in agreement, "I'll make you corn pancakes tonight, and cook some porridge too, then you'll be able to eat."

"Sweet pancakes?" Shi Wen looked at the corn in his hand. "Are you talking about those pancakes with corn kernels in them, made by mixing them with wheat flour and then baking them?"

Yan Kexing: "If you don't like sweet cakes, then make savory ones. Peel the corn kernels, grind them into a paste, and then bake them into cakes."

Shi Wen, "Then let's have savory pancakes. I ate too much sweet corn today, and I can't eat any more."

Shi Wen quickly ate a few bites of the corn in his hand, then waved to the Fu Wa beside him, letting the Fu Wa take the rest of the corn and eat it.

They all especially love eating this.

Shi Wen went inside and brought out fresh corn on the cob, along with a basket and a small knife, and began peeling the corn kernels off the cob.

After shelling the corn kernels, it's easier to put them into a blender to make a paste.

Shi Wen said to Yan Kexing, "The corn at home is ready to be harvested. I'll ask a few people to come over tomorrow to help pick the corn cobs. Once we've picked the cobs, we'll have the machines come in and thresh the remaining corn stalks and silage corn into silage."

Yan Kexing: "Do you want me to stay home and help out?"

Shi Wen looked up and smiled, "No need, I've already hired someone, you can go to work with peace of mind. But if you want to stay home and husk corn, I have no objection."

Yan Kexing: "I'll come back early and try to get off work at 3 p. m."

Shi Wen, "That's a good idea. I'll ask Gong Jiang if they're free. If they are, you can bring them along. I think they'll be quite interested in our corn."

Yan Kexing: "I'll just let them leave work early."

I asked about it in a Shi Wen job group.

Their family only has five mu of corn to harvest; the rest is all done by machine.

For the five mu of corn, he hired three people: Fu Meng, Chang Qingqing, and Xin Xianghong.

The next Shi Wen looked at the three of them and said with a smile, "If I had known you were free, I wouldn't have asked in the part-time job group; I could have just asked you directly."

Chang Qingqing: "We have quite a bit of free time in this weather. It's been a while since we've worked at your ranch. It would be quite interesting to work at your ranch."

Shi Wen, "Then you should have dinner at home tonight. Our corn soup is delicious."

Xin Xianghong laughed, "That's exactly what I was waiting for you to say."

After laughing for a while, everyone took their bags and went to the cornfield to pick corn.

With so many little birds in his family, Chasing Clouds was still keeping a close watch in the sky, but there were still many bird nests in the cornfield, where the parent birds were incubating their eggs.

Shi Wen was impressed.

I didn't know how to turn on the machine today. Shi Wen that some of the birds were protected animals, so I didn't disturb them. I just called Zhou Hongzhong and he took the birds and their nests away.

It seems that when they come to harvest the corn in a few days, we'll have to send the little guys in to chase the birds away first.

Harvesting corn wasn't difficult; they finished around 11 a. m.

Shi Wen said in great surprise, "This speed is much faster than I expected."

Chang Qingqing: "There are four of us, and your corn isn't planted very densely, so there aren't many ears of corn in total."

Looking at the sacks outside, he said, "This isn't much? There are dozens of sacks."

Fu Meng: "Sixty-three bags in total."

Xin Xianghong: "With so much corn, are we just going to dry it directly or what?"

Shi Wen, "I'll dry fifty bags first, and eat the other thirteen fresh. I'll send them for testing first, and if they pass, I'll probably give some to the customers."