The next day, Gu Jinli got up early and ran to the threshing ground to check on the rice.
Xiangzi was already there with three families, lifting the oiled paper to dry the grains. Seeing her, he said, "Young Master, don't worry. Although half of the rice was soaked, it'll be fine after drying for two days and won't sprout."
Young Master values the grain storage a lot. The collected grains are never sold; instead, they are thoroughly dried and stored away.
Now, in the manor, there are five underground cellars and eight grain silos specially for storing the grains like rice, wheat, soybeans, sweet potatoes, etc.
Gu Jinli glanced at the sky with some worry: "The weather looks gloomy. It might rain again... Take out the bamboo mats and dry the rice on them. If it rains, we can just roll up the mats. That way, we won't need to sweep the grains again."
