On July 25, Xiahe Village, Luling Town.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the sky of Dog's Day hangs with a round of Dog's Day sun!

Lao Cai is digging in the field by the river, this field is a wheat field in the first half of the year, the wheat was cut in May, and now he has packed up some fertilizer and planted seedlings in the second half of the year.

This piece of flat land, less than three points in size, can be used to dig a little deeper, seedlings can be planted steadily, and there will be no water leakage.

Lao Cai and his daughter-in-law got up early in the morning and dug for most of the day under the scorching sun of dog days before digging a small half.

I'm so tired!

He studied as a child, grew up teaching, and had less time to do farm work.

Taking advantage of the holiday, he wanted to go down to the field to help, but after digging for a while, his back hurt, and his knees couldn't stop shaking, and he couldn't hold on.

He looked down at the unreachable realm, and it would take at least three or four hours to dig to the end.

How can this be boiled!

He was tired, hot, and thirsty, and he had a fire in his heart, and he wanted to throw away the hoe in his hand.

"Boss, it's too hot, you go and rest under the tree!"

Lao Cai's daughter-in-law noticed her husband's irritability and said reasonably.

Take a break?

Lao Cai took a look, and there was a tung tree on the edge of the ground not far away, with lush branches and shade.

It should be comfortable to lie under a tree!

It's not too late to dig when the sun is a little smaller.

He was about to move his steps when he suddenly noticed his daughter-in-law beside him.

Her daughter-in-law is not tall, the horn hoe in her hand is as long as her arm, under the hot sun, the clothes on her back are soaked, wherever people go, sweat drips there, she panted, raised the hoe high, hey, she gritted her teeth and dug it down hard, picking up a large piece of dirt, the movements were skillful, tireless, and the short and fat body seemed to contain inexhaustible strength.

Looking at the hard-working daughter-in-law, Lao Cai couldn't help but feel a little guilty, he has been teaching in school all these years, and the fields, mothers, children, and piglets in the house are all handed over to the daughter-in-law to take care of, and the daughter-in-law has been working hard for more than ten years, she is the hardest person in the family, and she has only dug the land for two days, why did she start complaining?

What a man he doesn't look like!

He gritted his teeth, "Xiuqin, I'm not tired!"

"Hoha!"

He waved his hoe and dug hard on the ground, tired to death, hot to death, hot to death, dog day sun, if you don't burn me to death, you are my grandson!

"Haha!"

The daughter-in-law Xiuqin couldn't help laughing out loud when she saw her husband's somewhat childish movements.

My husband is a teacher, he rarely works in the field, he has no skills in digging the ground, he buries his head and works hard, he uses all his strength every time, as if he is fighting with someone, but every time he digs out very little soil, he can't do anything after he is tired and tired, he can't do anything, he can't work, what's the use of staying here?

"What's wrong?" Hearing the laughter, Lao Cai was inexplicable.

Xiuqin pulled up the hem of her clothes and wiped her sweat, and didn't care about the exposed belly, "Master, I'm tired, let's go over and take a rest and drink saliva!"

The daughter-in-law took the initiative to propose a break, which made Lao Cai very moved, but how could he repent of the decision he had just made?

"No, no, no!"

Lao Cai's attitude is very resolute, he wants to tell his daughter-in-law with practical actions, your man is a man who says everything!

"Let's go, let's go!"

Under the pull of his daughter-in-law, Lao Cai couldn't resist and reluctantly chose to obey.

Hey, there is a Hedong lion at home!

Under the shade of the tree, Lao Cai put a wet handkerchief on top of his smooth head, which was really comfortable!

Looking back at the land under the scorching sun, there seemed to be a fire burning in the air.

He was a little afraid in his heart, he could kill a person in such a hot weather, right?

How has his daughter-in-law survived all these years? He has both pity and admiration.

"Xiuqin, it's too hot, it's too tiring to dig the ground, wait for next year, let's hire a cow worker!"

"Haha! I still hire a cowman in a big place, and the plough and rake can't turn around in the field, and I don't want to dig some corners at the end!"

was laughed at mercilessly by his daughter-in-law again, Lao Cai was very embarrassed, and said angrily: "Being able to plow a little is a little, it's better than digging with a hoe!"

"It doesn't cost you anything to hire a cowman?"

"A few cents, I can afford it!"

"A few cents is also money, and our family's money should be used sparingly, not indiscriminately. ”

Xiuqin broke her fingers to calculate the small account again, "Our big and small babies are like you, they are smart and can study, and they will definitely be admitted to university in the future." ”

Speaking of her son, Xiuqin is a little proud in her heart, she is a woman who can't read, but she married a literate husband and gave birth to two smart and clever sons, for such a husband and son, she is willing to give everything and endure all the suffering, but she is a little worried, can she make money from digging in the field?

She sighed and said: "The eldest baby and the younger baby have to marry a daughter-in-law after college, and the two babies are married, how can we live in that old house?

Lao Cai also knows the current economic situation, prices are growing fast, but the salary has not changed for 10,000 years, he used to have confidence to provide for his two children to go to school, but now his confidence is losing a lot.

"Boss, I heard that the salary of a formal teacher is higher, and you are now also a correspondence secondary school, can you become a regular teacher?"

"Wait!"

After graduating from high school, Lao Cai has been working as a township teacher in the village and a temporary worker in the teacher team.

Township teachers and teachers in the staff both do the same work, but the difference in salary is ten yuan, one is 28, and the other is 38.

A few years ago, he went to correspondence for two years and wanted to become a regular, but the matter of the establishment has not been resolved.

Situations like his are common in mountainous areas, just like Green Ridge Middle School, where there are only five regular workers, the principal and vice principal, the director of teaching, and two secondary school students who are assigned here.

Because the school has no outstanding teaching performance, there is no place to be allocated a regular throughout the year, even if there is one, there are many people competing for it, his old Cai Zu has three generations of poor peasants, no one pulls above, and there is no money to go, how can there be a chance to become a regular?

"In charge, if we sell the pig in the New Year, you take the money and go to the Education Bureau to have a relationship?"

"Forget it, we don't have any acquaintances in the Education Bureau, and we can't find the temple gate with a pig's head. ”

Lao Cai was very annoyed and wanted to vent, he carried the hoe and said, "Xiuqin, you rest again, I'll go to the ground first." ”

"Hey~~"

Looking at her husband's figure, Xiuqin sighed deeply, her husband is a stubborn person, and there are problems with scholars, he loves face and doesn't like to ask for help, even if he has the opportunity to turn positive, he can't catch it.

Forget it, marry a chicken and marry a dog with a dog!

In this life, I can marry someone who is a teacher, and I Zhang Xiuqin can be regarded as earning.

She patted the ash on her buttocks, followed her husband, and rushed into the blazing sun.

"Teacher Cai, the school called you to a meeting tomorrow!"

The village party secretary passed by on a broken bicycle, stopped on the road, and yelled loudly.

"Oh, I see!"

"The head of the house, why do you have to have a meeting after the summer vacation?"

"Count the days, it's time for the college entrance examination results to come out!"