There was also a fourth group of people who were responsible for examining and harvesting the cornstalks once the ears of corn had been picked.
Because there were many laborers, and the division of labor was very reasonable, the speed of corn harvesting was very fast.
Lian Manman followed the first cart transporting corn to her family's threshing ground, which, in addition to the ears of corn, also carried two bundles of cornstalks.
At the threshing ground, Lian Manman stopped Lian Shouxin and didn't let him unload the corn first but instead had him unload the two bundles of cornstalks. These cornstalks were just selected from the fields for being the thickest and most robust, with all their leaves stripped off, leaving bare poles.
"Dad, we need to find a couple of thick hemp ropes," Lian Manman said to Lian Shouxin.
"Manman, what are you planning to do?" Lian Shouxin asked.
