The Kingdom of Klein is located at a high latitude within the continent, and although it has many cold areas and the yield is slightly lower, spring wheat is often grown in the area, sown in spring and harvested in fall.
The village of Kaina, which was once part of the region and is now part of Jin's territory, was no exception, and was busy harvesting spring wheat.
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"Let's harvest while the weather lasts!
"Let's reap what we can while the weather lasts!" "After you've reaped, keep drying it!
You, leave this to me!
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"Oh, please. I'll start the reaping on the other side.
Under the clear autumn sky, all the villagers were reaping in unison.
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"But this sickle is very sharp, isn't it?
"I probably haven't sharpened it once in the past two years.
Jin is using a sickle coated with adamantite.
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"You, chop some wood for me!"
"Oh, sure!"
The machete, which splits the firewood with a scorching sound, also has an adamantite blade.
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"Dad, I'll carry the cut wheat away."
"Oh, don't turn it over."
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The hand-pushed wheelbarrow, known as a "cat wheel," pushed by a child helping him, was also made by Jin.
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"......Wow,......we've come at a terrible time,......"
Jin was invited by Erza to come to the village of Kaina for a change of scenery, but what he saw before his eyes was the entire village working together.
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"This reminds me of two years ago. ......"
"Brother Jin?"
Erza, I'm going to go help out. Reiko, let's go!
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Yes, Father.
Jin...
Sorry, Elsa, I'll do whatever you want today!
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Jin thought there was no way he could let Erza, who had never harvested wheat before, help him, so he went to help her alone (though with Reiko in tow).
Looking at Jin's shrinking back, Elsa let out a wry smile, as if to say, "You're such a good-for-nothing person, aren't you?
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"Hey! I'm here to help you!
"Oh, Jin!
Jin-chan!"
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The year before last, Jin had spent nearly eight months in the village of Kaina, and of course he had experienced the harvest.
Jin, I've never heard of an estate that requires the lord's help.
Giebeck, the village head, said to Jin in disgust.
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"Why can't you have at least one person? What do you want me to do?
"Well, then, go to Martha's," he said.
"Yes, sir."
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Jin went to Martha's house as the village head told him.
"Oh, Onii-chan!"
On the way, he met Hannah, who was pushing an empty cat-cart.
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"Hannah, I'm here to help you."
"Really? Then come with me!"
"Okay, I'm coming."
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I followed Hannah and found a pile of wheat that had already been harvested.
"I'm going to take this to the square."
"Okay, I'll do my best. Reiko, help me.
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"Yes, Father."
Hitoshi loads the wheat onto the spare cat-cart. Hannah did the same. But Reiko...
Reiko is using a force field generator to lift the pile of wheat.
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"Wow, that's amazing!"
Hannah rolls her eyes.
"Well, let's go."
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"Yes, this way!"
Hannah leads the way, carrying the wheat. On the way, some villagers were a bit surprised to see Reiko's wheat clumps floating above their heads, but when they saw Jin's face and confirmed that Reiko was carrying the wheat, they muttered <
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The drying of the wheat must begin immediately after the harvest because the quality of the wheat will deteriorate if it is left to dry for a long time after harvest.
Unlike rice, the wheat brought to the central square of the village is first threshed.
"Ah, Jin-chan!"
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The threshing was mainly done by children.
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Some picked them off by hand, some with two sticks, some by slamming the whole bundle down on a stump.
"Oh, I guess they're harvesting about three times more than when I was there."
With good quality farming tools, improved health, better soil, golem horses, and the support of Gon and Gen, the production of wheat and barley in the village of Kaina has tripled in the last two years.
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Manual labor as usual is no longer enough to keep up.
"We don't have time to make tools ...... Reiko, call the five-colored golem maids."
"Yes, Father."
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As soon as Jin requested, the five colored golem maids, each number five, arrived.
"Master, I'm here."
"Wow, Jin-chan, the maids are helping you?"
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The mischievous Kurt rolled his eyes.
"That's right. We've got a bumper crop this year, so we'll have to make it in time."
The children are not too surprised to see the golem maid at Nido Castle. That's good for Jin.
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"Thank you for your hard work. Thresh this wheat. Don't mix wheat and barley, okay?"
"Yes, sir."
The golem maids began to work quickly.
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The speed of their work was so fast that the mountain of wheat was threshed in the blink of an eye.
"Brother Jin, is there anything I can do to help?
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Then Erza came in.
"Oh, Erza," she said.
No, I'm Jin-san's housekeeper now.
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"Oh, I see!"
It seems that for some children, Erza has a strong image of a teacher who taught them how to study.
"Please, let me help you. Let me help you with something."
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Elsa doesn't like the idea of just watching. She wants to help in some way, even if she has never done it before.
"Oh, well... ...... then use your engineering magic to dry out the threshed wheat."
"Yes, okay. ......<
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Jin looked at the drying wheat, and thought that he would build a dryer in the near future.
All the piles of wheat are threshed and dried.
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"All right, everyone go and help with the reaping.
Jin instructed the five-colored golem maids again.
They thought that since the 101s of the same model were in Nido Castle, they would be accepted by the other villagers.
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And just as they had planned, the five-colored golem maids began to join the villagers in harvesting the wheat.
"That's it!"
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Jin let out a laugh as he carried the threshed wheat to the milling place with the cat-cart.
"Jin, you have a good face.
And seeing Jin's smile, Erza also smiled with relief.
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