Start as a farmer from an ordinary world

Chapter 154
Different from the plain area, the reason for the high loess is water and soil, and the growth of wheat is very sparse.

In the words of the old people, it is as thin as rabbit fur.One mu of land can earn forty or fifty catties of wheat, which is already thankful.In drought years, even the seeds cannot be harvested.

Even so, the members are still full of enthusiasm.After all, after harvesting the wheat, every family can eat a few meals of white flour buns.For them, no amount of hard work is worth it.

There is particularity in harvesting wheat, the stalks cannot be placed directly on the ground, but must be tied up and erected.Otherwise, when the sun shines, the wheat stalks will become brittle, and the ears of wheat will easily fall off when they are transported down the mountain.

There is no need to learn about crop work, just bury your head in it and it will be over.

As long as you work hard, you can be a good sufferer.

It was Wang Manyin's first time harvesting wheat, but he was unequivocal.

He wore a straw hat on his head, bent over, and kept a sickle in his hand.Grab it with a handful, but there are only a dozen or so straws.The ears of wheat on the top are only the size of a fingertip, and many husks are still shriveled.

When the mothers-in-law and aunts came to deliver breakfast, there were twenty or thirty wheat sheaves piled up behind Wang Manyin.The main wheat is too thin to work at all.

As the whistle sounded, the people sparsely stopped the sickle in their hands.

Salted lentils, corn and sorghum black nests, this is the breakfast sent by Lanhua.Other families in the village generally have similar meals.Only a very small number of families are willing to boil an egg to nourish the laborers.

The wheat is yellow and yellow, and the embroidered girl gets out of bed.

After delivering the meal, many mothers-in-law and aunts in the village also joined the wheat harvesting team.

Not only them, but even the older children in the village were also arranged to deliver boiled water on the plateau.After these guys came, they pouted their buttocks one by one to pick ears of wheat.

As early as two days ago, classes in Guanzi Village Primary School had been suspended, and the wheat holiday officially began.

In fact, for the broken children, whether they have a holiday or not is a big deal.

Different from the regular primary schools in the former Xi County, most of the villages in Shigejie now have Gengdu Primary Schools.To put it simply, it is both labor and reading.

Students attend classes for one to two hours a day, mainly studying Chinese and mathematics.Basically do not assign homework after school, but go home and help adults with work.

This mode naturally makes many broken babies have a good time.

As for the teaching effect... Wang Qiusheng's Maodan is the most obvious example.He is ten years old this year, and he has been in the first grade for three consecutive years, and he has not yet learned to count from one to one hundred.

Although the sun is scorching right now, these guys are willing to stay busy in the fields.Because as long as the adults find a bird's nest under the root, they will call them to pick it up.

In addition to quail nests, there are also skylark nests, and there are also many wheat fields.

This kind of bird is different from quails. Its call is crisp and clear, and it takes off very fast, and it can fly straight into the sky in just a few seconds.

After half cutting, four or five bird nests have been found in the field.These children couldn't wait to take the bird's eggs home and cook them, so they smashed the shells and poured them into their mouths to swallow them.

There are also children who pick up wheat ears and rub them in their hands.Then blow on the wheat husk and stuff it directly into your mouth to eat.

Wang Lianshun didn't care about these behaviors.

Seeing that the ground was soaked in dew, he called a few more people to start transporting wheat sheaves.

Wang Manyin has great strength, so he is naturally indispensable for this kind of work.

Like transporting lentils, the sheaves cannot be stopped midway.It has to be sent all the way to the tractor compartment to be considered finished.

Wang Manyin was busy when he suddenly heard a voice behind him.

"Rabbit, chase the rabbit!!"

Turning his head, he saw a gray figure running wildly in the stubble field.The laborers on the plateau didn't feel tired either, they threw their sickles and ran wildly, shouting at the top of their voices.

It's a pity that the speed of the hare is too fast, coupled with the terrain constraints, twenty or thirty laborers and broken children, they didn't even catch the rabbit fur.

To everyone's surprise, when the piece of wheat was cut to the middle, two hares burst out.There were even a few pheasants flapping their wings and flying into the air, and soon disappeared into the opposite cliff ditch.

Seeing that all the meat around their mouths escaped, everyone was very sorry.He even said that it would be great if Rhubarb was here, and he would definitely be able to catch it.

Wang Lianshun was also moved, and specifically ordered Wang Manyin to bring rhubarb to work tomorrow.

But during the lunch break, the laborers finally ate meat.It was a "coincidence" that on the first day the second team harvested the wheat, a sheep fell to its death.

Wang Shouchang and others were busy for a long time, and at noon they brought several large buckets of mutton soup to deliver the meal.

After eating and drinking enough, the laborers rarely have time to rest for a while.

One by one hid on the edge of the cliff to enjoy the cool air, and some of them lay down on the ground to sleep.

It wasn't until the sun was not so vicious that Wang Lianshun continued to work with his people.

In one day, Wang Manyin carried at least a thousand wheat sheaves.The coat and gown are wet and dry, and dry and wet.When I walked home by the moonlight, I only felt sticky all over.

After taking clean clothes at home, he immediately carried the bucket and walked towards the earth dam in the dark.

After soaking in the space pond for half an hour, Wang Manyin felt his physical strength recover, and then went home with two buckets full of spring water.

Orchid has already prepared the meal early, and is waiting for the man to come back to eat...

The moonlight was quite good tonight, so the two simply moved the dining table to the side of the court.

The night wind brings coolness, and the sound of summer insects.

From time to time, you can see a little firefly among the grass and trees beside the field.

The mountains in the distance turned into large undulating dragons, extending into the endless darkness.In the nearby village, there were occasional dogs barking.

Summer nights on the Loess Plateau are particularly quiet.

After eating, the heat has completely dissipated.

Lanhua boiled half a pot of hot water, and then poured it all into the big wooden basin.

This wooden basin is made of wood hoops, the bottom of the basin is as thick as two fingers, and the airtightness is particularly good. It is also one of the dowry for two people to get married.In addition to washing clothes, I usually use it for bathing.

No way, men can go down to the pond without any scruples, and most mothers-in-law and aunts can only stay at home to wash.

Wang Manyin was half leaning on the bed to read, but when he saw the situation under the lamp, he immediately closed the book.

"I'll wash you..."

Soon, Lan Hua pushed her husband angrily: "What are you doing? Don't you feel tired after a busy day?"

The man just came back from work and kept shouting that he was tired.It's time to rest now, to be refreshed again.

"This is work for my own family, can it be the same?" Wang Manyin smiled, and continued to pick up a towel to help wipe.

"Tomorrow you have to get up early to cut the wheat..." Lan Hua hesitated.

Originally, she felt sorry for her husband after working all day, but after washing and washing, she was carried to the kang in a daze...

When woken up by the loudspeaker, Wang Manyin stretched helplessly, not wanting to wake up.

Not tired, mainly sleepy.

After washing the face, the whole talent becomes full of energy.

After eating salted egg steamed buns, he gathered towards the village again in the dark.Before leaving, he deliberately told Orchid that he would bring rhubarb over when he delivered the meal in the morning, intending to catch rabbits for a long time.

Wang Lianshun's preparations were even more thorough. When he left the mountain, he was carried on a rabbit net.

There was no surprise. After a while, when the whole piece of wheat was about to be harvested, the crowd blasted out four rabbits smoothly.

This time with rhubarb and rabbit nets, the result is naturally different.Three of the four rabbits were caught, and one of them was due to Rhubarb.

***
The second team of Guanzi Village didn't grow much wheat, and they harvested it all in three days.

The tense wheat harvest has come to an end.

Next, we have to take advantage of the good weather to grind the field, and pick up the wheat earlier to pay the public grain.In fact, starting from the wheat harvesting, the big horns in the village sounded on time three times a day.Generally, it is Director Zhao who speaks, calling on the members of the commune to pay public food as soon as possible.If the task is not completed, Xinmai cannot be divided.

Paying public grain, to be precise, it should be called pre-paying public grain.According to regulations, the second team of Guanzi Village had to pay more than 1000 catties of wheat.

Wang Manyin originally thought that he had nothing to do with him, but who knew Wang Lianshun would find him.

"Man Yin, do you know anyone at the grain station?"

"I don't know, what's wrong?"

"Tomorrow, I'm going to be worrying about the summer rations. Every year, those Japanese cowards make things difficult for others. They have sharp noses and sharp eyes. Our dried rations can't be judged by the superiors..."

When it came to the matter of paying public grain, Wang Lianshun had a headache.

Regardless of the fact that the commune is very aggressive in mobilizing, the village is constantly mobilizing.But for the production team, it is not easy to complete the task smoothly.

Just like the task pigs, the public food is also divided into grades.Among them, the first class is the best, the second class belongs to COFCO, and the third class is the worst.If the food handed in is lower than the third class, it will be beaten back.Moreover, the grades of public grain are different, and the amount of miscellaneous deduction is also different.Miscellaneous deduction of 5.00% for the first grade, [-]% for the second grade, and more than [-]% for the third grade.

In other words, if the wheat is one grade different, you may have to pay a hundred catties more, and the income from two acres of land will be eliminated.

As for the rating standard, it all depends on the "experience" of the grain inspector.

These people can take care of things in their hands, and their nostrils are naturally upturned.

Just a word, it may make people toss for a long time, dragging the grain back to dry and remove miscellaneous.

Guanzi Village is relatively close to Shigejie Commune, so it's okay to go back and forth.

Some villages are about [-] miles away. If the inspection fails on the same day, they can only stay at the grain station for one night and continue to inspect the grain the next day.

However, although Wang Manyin didn't know the grain inspectors at the grain station, he also had an idea: "Uncle Lian Shun, it's actually not that troublesome. When we hand in the grain tomorrow, just find a few educated youths to follow."

Wang Lianshun was puzzled at first, then his eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again: "Yes, you should pay attention and follow up tomorrow."

Ordinary people will be made things difficult for paying public food, but educated youths are precious lumps, and the treatment must be different.No matter how arrogant the people at the grain station were, they didn't dare to show off.

A few educated youths in the village did not do much to help them, and kept slacking off and asking for leave, and now they can finally make the best use of them.

After dinner the next day, Wang Lianshun led the team to set off early.

With a walk-behind tractor, it is much easier to deliver public grain now, and one car can finish it.

There are nearly [-] villages and [-] to [-] production teams in Shigejie Commune.Hearing that the grain station started to collect grain today, all villages naturally flocked here.When Wang Manyin and the others arrived by car, there was already a long queue in the yard of the grain station.

Judging from the situation, it will take at least an hour to get the turn of the second team of Guanzi Village.

Wang Manyin and Liu Xiangyang were bored, so they went to the front to check the grain acceptance.

The two of them could see clearly that it was easy to be in a production team with a relationship. The grain inspector poked a few times casually, and asked La to draw the scale to make an order, and most of them gave first-level and second-level.

It doesn't matter, the captain can only smile and keep saying good things to the grain inspector.Of course, there are smart ones who secretly stuff cigarettes into each other's pockets.

Some honest people begged for a long time to no avail, so they had to leave desperately with food.

(End of this chapter)