Once the time of the Beginning of Autumn passed, the increasingly cooler August days arrived. However, the noon sun remained fiercely hot, and few people would labor in the fields at this time. Yet, compared to the scorching June and July, Mao Tuan and his heat-fearing companions found their days considerably more bearable.
August was also the harvest season, and the Mo Family's orchard welcomed a bumper crop. Although the fruit trees had not fully matured, the fruits they bore bent the branches with weight. It was clear without having to pick and weigh each piece that this year's harvest would exceed the last by more than fivefold.
The quantity of fruit harvested last year was not large, but Mo Yan and Yan Junyu kept a little, and the rest was sent to the Imperial Palace. The quality of those fruits was much higher than the so-called tribute brought from the south, and there wasn't enough to go around in the palace.