Li Yu dried the few catties of wild rice alone and sifted through them with a straw. She chose the straw grains and soaked them in a wooden bucket filled with lime water. She then soaked them alone and urged them to sprout.
After soaking the rice seeds for two days, Li Yu led people to pick the rice seeds to the side of the mountain stream. She washed the rice seeds and soaked them in the stream. She soaked them for six hours before picking them home. She spread the disinfected burlap bag on the ground and poured the rice seeds on the burlap bag. Then, she spread the rice seeds evenly on the burlap bag and covered it with a burlap bag to speed up the sprouting.
Er Ya looked at the sacks covering the rice and asked Li Yu curiously, "Miss, are you afraid that it will be cold?"
