The solar term of grabbing peanuts

Today is the first day of August, which happens to be the festival of the Millennium. Whenever there is a white dew, rural people will say: The white dew meets the single, the field is not dry, the white dew meets the double, and Man Cang is a dry valley. The "single" and "double" in this sentence refer to the lunar month, so what does this sentence mean? Simply put, if the Millennium falls in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, it will be a single month, and then the whole autumn may be rainy and rainy, and the lotus will not dry in the field. Such weather will bring great disadvantages to the autumn harvest. On the other hand, if the Millennium is in August, it will be a double date. There is little rain in autumn, and the air is crisp in autumn. The crops brought home by farmers can be safely dried, and there is no need to worry about too much rain, mildew and rot. Naturally, this is Man Cang, a dry valley.

Around the Millennium, it is the harvest season of peanuts in rural areas of Jiaodong. Ordinary farmers want plenty of rain, but they really don't want it to rain these days. Because if it keeps raining, peanuts in the field will suffer. There is too much rain, not only can the machine not enter the field, but even people can't pull peanuts in the field. If the date of pulling peanuts is postponed, peanuts will sprout in the field again, and the farmers' hard work for half a year will be in vain.

It's just that it's been raining here these days, and our family has been planning to go to the fields to pull flowers since the day before yesterday.

But I can't go to the peanut field today because it rained for two days and nights. Looking at the withered peanut vines and leaves, I feel really anxious. I can't pull them out if I don't collect them. The vines are rotten, so I need to use a pouting plane, which is in trouble. In addition, if the harvest is late, the peanuts in the field will germinate, and the germinated peanuts will no longer be able to extract oil.

Fortunately, the Millennium falls in August of the lunar calendar this year, that is, every double. As the saying goes, the white dew meets the double, and the dry valley is Man Cang, which indicates that there will not be too much rain this autumn. August of the lunar calendar is the busy farming season for rural people in northern China. Except sweet potato, other autumn crops are harvested in August, and peanuts and corn need sunshine. I have worked hard for half a year, and I really don't want it to rain at this time. According to people's experience for many years, the Millennium is in August, and there is relatively little chance of rain. All kinds of crops have a chance to dry up, so they can dry up in Man Cang, as the old saying goes. .

It has been raining in our local area for several days. After reading the weather forecast, it will be sunny today and in the next few days. Although the soil in the field is wet because of the rain for several days, it is autumn now. As long as the weather is fine, the autumn wind will soon reduce the moisture in the ground. As long as it doesn't rain for two days, we can go to the ground to pull peanuts. .