Golden season of drying rice in the communal house yard

Ripe rice is blooming all over the fields, the paddy follows the farmers back to the communal house yard. The communal house yards in Hai Duong are bustling with the season of drying golden rice.

When summer is at its most brilliant, the fields in Hai Duong are dyed yellow by the rice fields racing to ripen. The golden color spreads with the wind, the sound of the harvester echoes steadily in the early morning sun signaling the arrival of the harvest season.

Now, combine harvesters run across the fields, bagging the paddy and loading it onto trucks right in the fields. Farmers now only transport the paddy from the fields. And drying the paddy is now the main work of the harvest season.

There is no longer the scene of people with sickles in hand and shoulder poles on their shoulders harvesting like a few years ago.

In many villages in Hai Duong, after harvest, rice is not dried in the yard but brought to the communal house yard - which used to be a cultural center, but has now become a seasonal center.

Dong communal house yard (Thanh Tung commune, Thanh Mien district, Hai Duong) - the place where the general uprising order was issued to seize power in Thanh Mien district - is bustling with people, fans, and chatter under the ancient communal house roof these days.

The yard of Thach Loi communal house (Cam Giang town, Cam Giang district) is equally bustling. Every empty space is used as a yard to dry rice. The communal house roof, which used to witness ceremonies and festivals, now quietly accompanies the harvest season.

The old people also went to the communal house yard, sat under the eaves, watching the rice and chatting. The rice gradually dried in the sun, and the conversation continued under the roof of the communal house. Watching the rice now was a rare opportunity to sit back, relax, and leisurely talk about the village and the fields.

The joy of a good harvest was evident on every face. This winter-spring crop, Mr. Nguyen Tho Hau's family in Thach Loi area (Cam Giang town, Cam Giang district) planted 4 hectares of rice fields, each of which yielded about 2.4 tons, much higher than the previous crop. "Good harvest, good weather, this weather only needs 2 days of sun drying to be able to bring the rice home to store," Mr. Hau said with a satisfied smile.

Ninh Xa communal house yard (Le Ninh commune, Kinh Mon town) also becomes a rice drying yard every harvest season. In the afternoon, when the sun is mild, children finish their housework and rush out to the yard to help adults collect rice.

Mrs. Vu Thi An (Le Ninh commune, Kinh Mon town) was happy when standing next to a pile of rice still warm from the sun. "This season is considered a great success. I planted 5 sao, each sao also produced about 2 to 2.5 quintals of rice" - she said

The joy of a good harvest is not only in each bag of rice, but also evident on the sun-tanned faces of the farmers. The nods and the questions “how many quintals per sao?” resound like a harvest news bulletin.

In the communal house yard, the harvest atmosphere flows with each beat of the hand fan. It is not simply the material joy after a bountiful harvest, but also the feeling of peace of mind when the land does not fail the people, the sky does not fail the seeds, and the communal house roof is like a silent supporter for a bountiful harvest.

VAN TUAN

Source: https://baohaiduong.vn/mua-vang-hong-thoc-san-dinh-414520.html