Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 123 Autumn Harvest Ends
Han Li really felt in the past two days that farmers have never had an easy time, especially in this age without mechanization.

In the past two days, everyone has basically been working in the grain drying field, taking advantage of the weather to quickly dry all kinds of grain and put them into storage.

But at noon, everyone can go home for dinner in batches, and if the speed is fast enough, you can still take a short nap.

At noon today, Han Li and the others quickly finished their lunch, and the Yun family sisters also took advantage of this time to lie down for a while.

After they left, Han Li just lay down on the kang when he heard someone calling him at the street gate.

"Han Li, are Comrade Han at home?"

Han Li didn't know who it was when he heard it so suddenly. As soon as he left the room, he saw Mai Weiguo and Xiong Jinjin entering with depressed faces.

What are these two people doing here?I don't have much friendship with them, but they really changed a lot at this time.

The two are dark and thin now, their waists are not as straight as before, and their legs are still a bit awkward when walking.

Han Li thought to himself that it is true that reality will educate people, and the high spirits of the two of them when they first came here have almost disappeared.

"Comrade Mai and Comrade Xiong, you two are rare visitors. Why do you think that you came to my place? Sit down and have a rest."

Han Li arranged for them in the yard, and he didn't let them inside the house at all.

Mai Weiguo: "Comrade Han, we are here to ask for something. Do you have any money? Can you lend us some to buy food? We have run out of money, and our family will give it to us in a few days." Send the money over, and we will pay you back right away.”

Xiong Jinjin also said: "Comrade Han, don't worry, the autumn harvest will be over soon, and the village will distribute grain at that time. If our family does not send money, we will use the grain to offset the money. I heard that most of the village can't afford it." Those who have money pay off their debts with food."

What?borrow money?This is absolutely impossible.

Han Li heard about it, and the two of them received a letter after they went to the countryside.

Not to mention the remittance slip, even the parcel slip that most people have is gone now.

Leaving aside the character of the two of them for the time being, lending them money at this time is a waste of money.

Still using food to pay off debts?The two of them didn't even have 300 work points, and they couldn't even guarantee their own rations.

In this case, if I asked them to pay off the debt with food that was not enough to eat, then others might not know what to label him.

Besides, if it is the first time to borrow money, it is inevitable not to ask for the second time, and the other party will get used to it after borrowing more times.

If you don't borrow it in the future, you will be a bad person, so it's better not to open this hole in the first place, so Han Li said with a face of embarrassment.

"After I built a house here, I didn't have much money, and you all know that I am dating Yun Yingying. The autumn harvest is a physical labor. I have to let my partner eat more, but the two sisters came together. , we can’t leave her sister aside when we eat, can we? One mouthful becomes two mouthfuls, and my money and food will be bottomed out directly. I don’t know if I can hold on to the food distribution, so the money I really don't, sorry."

"This."

Han Li: "Although I can't help you with the money matter, it's also a kind of fate that everyone gathered in Shanghe Village from all over the world to jump in the queue. I'll bring you back a bunch of hazel mushrooms I picked up from the mountains later. It doesn't matter whether you cook it or cook it." Soup tastes pretty good.”

After sending Mai Weiguo and Xiong Jinjin away, Han Li didn't feel in the mood to rest anymore, so he locked the door and walked to the grain drying field.

In the afternoon, when Han Li was working in the sun-grain field, he heard the follow-up development of Mai Weiguo's borrowing of money. The two borrowed money from the educated youths but failed to borrow money. Finally, they asked Village Chief Zhao. It didn't take long for the food to be distributed, and they finally agreed to exchange work points for a little food.

Another two days have passed, and the position on the grain drying field has basically been vacated.

In the evening, Captain Liang informed everyone to harvest corn tomorrow, and all the young and strong went to the ground to break more than acre of corn.

As for those half-grown children, big girls, young daughter-in-laws, and old ladies who are preparing to peel corn husks in the grain drying ground.

The next day just began to see the light, and all the strong laborers in the village set off.

Everyone broke off the corn cobs one by one from the corn stalks and threw them into the basket behind them.

When the back basket is full, it will be dumped onto the parked cart or wheelbarrow, and then they will pull it to the grain drying field.

At this time, the people who stayed on the grain drying ground began to help unload the trucks, and all the undisturbed corn was unloaded on one side of the grain drying ground.

The older ones sat on the ground and began to pull the corn husks. After the corn husks were removed, the yellow and orange sticks appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

At this time, the younger ones transport the corn cobs to the middle of the grain drying field, and then spread them evenly.

They will try their best to let each corn cob get full sunlight, so that the corn can be dried and threshed as soon as possible.

Cart after cart of corn was pulled over, and the people on the grain drying field were a bit overwhelmed.

At this time, no one was in the mood to chatter, and they all lowered their heads and quickly peeled off the corn cobs.

All around could be heard the swishing sound of corn husks being pulled, and the fragrance of fresh corn filled the air.

Breaking corn is different from other farm work. In this tall corn field, everyone scattered as they walked.

We all rely on shouting to each other, and when it is dark and we can't see anything, the shouting here is even more continuous.

But it is impossible to be lazy, the scorekeeper will record every basket you carry back in detail.

During the first three days of harvesting the corn, everything was normal. When we returned home from work on the fourth day, the team leader informed everyone to go to the grain drying field for a meeting.

What can we do in a meeting at this time?Han Li followed everyone to the sun-drying field with a puzzled expression on his face.

At this time, people in the grain drying field were sitting on the ground around the corn piles, and most of them, regardless of gender, smoked pipes and pots.

The children never seemed to know how to be tired, they had a great time climbing up and down the corn pile.

Seeing Han Li coming back, Yun Yingying hurriedly beckoned him to sit down, and then whispered about the sudden meeting.

It turned out that the culprits of this sudden meeting were Mai Weiguo and Xiong Jinjin. They stole a little while carrying corn these two days.

The two of them hid part of the corn cobs in the ground while working during the day, and planned to move them out when the time was right.

The two of them started to dry corn from the first day they started harvesting corn. The number started from twenty or so on the first day, to more than 50 on the second day, more than 200 on the third day, and it seems to be three hundred today. root or so.

But today, when they were digging a hole to hide the corn cobs, they were discovered by the five members of Liang's family, and then she took the team leader to catch them.

At this time, Mai Weiguo and Xiong Xianjin had already been pushed over by someone, and behind them was a cart full of corn cobs.

There is no need to say more about the subsequent things, everything is proceeding according to the specified law.

However, the beginning and end of this incident somewhat eased everyone's nervousness for several days.

But what no one expected was that Xiong Jinjin came back two days after this incident.

Mai Weiguo was transferred to another place, so the things here are a bit interesting.

But everyone was so tired every day, no one went to inquire about the specific situation inside.

It took 8 days to harvest the corn, and then threshing was done after almost drying.

Then after peeling, drying, threshing, and drying, the corn can finally be temporarily stored in the granary.

However, after more than two months of high-intensity work, when the last bag of corn was put into the granary, everyone's spirits relaxed for the first time. The villagers were better. Once the food is collected, everyone can share the food.

But the educated youth is a bit miserable, especially the new educated youth, almost all of them seem to have been pulled out.

One by one became listless and drooping. Some sat directly on the ground, some slowly slid down against the wall, and even several female educated youths cried at that time.

Han Li also felt very tired now. Although his body was a bit abnormal, he couldn't bear the psychological pressure brought by him for so long.

At this time, Captain Liang told everyone to rest for two days, and everyone would start to distribute the food after the autumn food was handed in.

In the cheers of everyone, they disbanded and went home. The busyness of the village branch has just begun.

They want to count how much money and votes the village can get after handing over the grain.

It is also necessary to count the remaining grain after handing over in the village, and estimate the expenditure required in the village next year based on this value.

For example: watching a movie for the villagers, buying some necessary farm tools, etc.

When all these estimates are almost the same, a part of emergency money and food should be reserved.

At this time, the remaining food and money belong to everyone, and can be distributed according to each person's work points.

There is also a need to distinguish fine grains, coarse grains, money and tickets. In short, it is a very tedious task.
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On the way back, the aunts, aunts, and sisters-in-law were all discussing where to go to pick up more mountain goods the next day, and bring back more firewood.

Or talk about how to spend the money after getting the money, Maodong should prepare something more, buy something for the house, and so on.

Most of the men are saying that there is plenty of time now, where to go to set up traps and set up traps.

Some of the old educated youths are already thinking that after getting the money and food, if the money is enough, they must go home for the New Year before the heavy snow seals the mountains.

But now most of the educated youths plan to reward themselves. If they have the conditions, they will go to the villagers to exchange two eggs. If they are not, they will cook more meals with themselves.

Han Li's side was naturally no exception. On the way, Yun Yingying was discussing with him what to have for dinner.

He Mi brought Qi Zhaodi, Hao Hongmin and Yang Xiuying all over, saying that they wanted to celebrate together tonight.

Han Li could tell the carelessness of the few of them at a glance. It was nothing more than the end of the autumn harvest.

Instead of enjoying the daily sweaty, muddy look, you now want to wash yourself clean.

So Han Li's house became lively, and each of them brought a lot of ingredients.

But they were not in a hurry to cook, but unanimously decided to take a bath first, and when they all finished taking a bath.

Besides, they have all been washed, and I feel embarrassed to come to him because I smell sweaty all over my body.

So Han Li asked Yun Jingjing to cook something for him, then took a bottle of wine and went to talk to Zhang Xiangjun.

PS: Sorry, the next chapter is a little later.

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