After his father went out to work, there was one less person in the family, and Zhenhua felt a lot more lonely. When his father was at home, Zhenhua felt pressured, but now that his father was away, Zhenhua felt empty in his heart.

Panpan misses her grandfather, always pestering her grandmother and parents, asking when she will come back.

Yilan coaxed her daughter, saying that when the gardenias bloomed, her grandfather would come back. So, from time to time, Xiao Panpan looked at the two gardenia trees under the threshing floor, looking forward to the day when the flowers would bloom.

These two flowers and trees were sent by Zhuang Xiaodie last spring. A few years ago, Zhuang Xiaodie cultivated more than a dozen flower trees, and now they have grown to nearly a person's height.

Throughout the spring, Zhenhua was busy with family affairs, farming and raising pigs, and there was very little village work.

Zhenhua also wanted to do something for the villagers, but the village had no money, and neither Ge Shoudao nor He Naiping supported it.

At the end of the third month of the lunar calendar, Zhenhua's father came back from work, brought back 600 yuan of hard-earned money, and also brought back a lot of snacks for Panpan. Panpan cheered happily, and couldn't get down in his grandfather's arms.

Zhenhua and Yilan took some snacks and gave them to Pujia.

Ji Huamei quietly told Zhenhua and Yilan that someone came to Zhuang Xiaodie yesterday to ask for money and had a quarrel.

Zhenhua was a little surprised, and hurriedly went to Zhuang Xiaodie's house to inquire about the situation.

Zhuang Xiaodie smiled bitterly and said, "It's the son of Lao Ge, who sells seeds and fertilizers in the town, and he came to me to ask for last year's fertilizer money." Last year's fertilizer was on credit and I haven't been paid. Lao Ge's son was very fierce and said that he would take away my family's ploughing cattle...... This year's rice planting is about to start again, and I'm still worried about fertilizer money. ”

"How much do you owe?"

"More than three hundred. ”

Zhenhua frowned and was speechless, and couldn't think of any good way. A penny is hard to beat a hero, not to mention that Zhuang Xiaodie owes so much money.

Zhuang Xiaodie thought for a while, and suddenly said, "My brother, I want to discuss something with you." ”

Zhenhua nodded: "Say it." ”

"I want to sell my family's ploughing cattle, and then find someone to lead the ploughing and spend money to find someone to plough the land, okay? If I sell the ploughing cattle, I can still get 2,500 yuan, and I can make an emergency temporarily. Zhuang Xiaodie said.

"Selling cattle?" Zhenhua was silent.

Other people's families sell their cattle and can buy tractors. Zhuang Xiaodie has no money to replace the tractor, and if she sells her cattle, she will have to rely on others to plow, rake and farm in the future.

This ploughing cow is also Zhuang Xiaodie's last asset besides the house.

"Brother, is it okay to sell cattle?" Zhuang Xiaodie asked again.

"It's okay, I'll try to help with the ploughing and harrowing work in the future. If you sell your cattle, you don't have to serve the old cattle, you have more time, and you can do other things to earn money. Zhenhua said.

"But my second uncle doesn't agree, what should I do? My brother is going to talk to him?" Zhuang Xiaodie said again.

Zhenhua nodded and asked what Qi Liangfeng meant.

Qi Liangfeng shook his head again and again, and said, "I don't know how to drive a tractor, and after selling the ploughing cattle, won't I farm anymore? The crops all eat the food of the ploughing cattle, and Fluttershy will have food in the future after selling the ploughing cattle? Isn't it getting poorer and poorer to spend money to find someone else to plough?"

Most of the cultivated cattle in the countryside are raised by two or three families. If the cattle are raised alone, Qi Liangfeng does not have enough forage to ensure that the cattle survive the winter, nor does he have enough time to serve.

Zhenhua smiled wryly, "But Fluttershy is really having trouble right now, and she doesn't have the money to buy fertilizer this season." Otherwise, the second uncle will find someone else to raise cattle in partnership and get Fluttershy to withdraw from the shares. Fluttershy ploughs the fields in the future, and I do my best to help. ”

Qi Liangfeng sighed: "I'll see if I can find someone to partner with." ”

On the third day, Qi Liangfeng came to Zhenhua to testify, and gave Zhuang Xiaodie half of the price of 5,100 yuan for the cultivated ox.

Since then, Zhuang Xiaodie has withdrawn from the cattle stake and has become a farmer with no cattle and no tractor.

In the blink of an eye, the mid-season harvest begins.

Yilan has been pregnant for seven months, with a big belly, cutting rape and wheat in the field, which is very hard. Zhuang Xiaodie took the time to help for two days, which was an au pair for Zhenhua, and asked Zhenhua to help him cultivate the land.

Zhenhua has taken on the task of cultivating the land at Zhuang Xiaodie's house, and this year is also very hard.

Fortunately, the walk-behind tractor turned over the ground very quickly, and Zhenhua turned on full horsepower, and could turn over seven or eight acres of land a day. The farmland of the two families was added together, and it took four or five days to complete.

Because the 1234 groups in the East Bay have all restored the machine farming road, there are more villagers who buy tractors this year.

These folks came into contact with the diesel engine for the first time, and they were not skilled in operation, and they did not know how to maintain, and often encountered small problems, so they came to ask Zhenhua or Liu Zhigao to repair.

Liu Zhigao opened a processing plant, and there was not much time, so Zhenhua undertook these maintenance business, did volunteer maintenance workers, repaired machines for the villagers for free, and popularized the use and maintenance technology of agricultural machinery.

When Zhenhua was plowing the land for Zhuang Xiaodie, two groups of villagers came to look for him, and he shouted: "Zhenhua went to help me look at the tractor, the direction is very dull, and it is very laborious to turn around......"

"Rigid, anti-slip wheels are installed in reverse, right?" Zhenhua asked.

"I don't know, you can help me take a look. ”

"Okay. Zhenhua nodded, stopped his machine, and went to see the villager's tractor.

Sure enough, the two non-slip wheels were installed upside down.

"It's not that the machine is dull, it's that you are dull. The wheels are installed backwards, so the steering is very heavy. Zhenhua smiled bitterly, swapped the anti-skid wheels, finished debugging, tried to operate it, and then left.

The diesel engine maintenance masters of the 1234 group in Dongwan are also Zhenhua and Liu Zhigao.

Throughout the busy farming season, Zhenhua repaired the diesel engine for the villagers at least more than 30 times, or installed and debugged. These voluntary works delayed Zhenhua's time and the family's farm work, but Zhenhua did not complain.

Farming technology is in the era of alternating between the old and the new, and I am a cadre in the village, and I also have this obligation to popularize technology for the villagers.

Fortunately, the maintenance technology of the diesel engine is simple, and the villagers are also smart and willing to learn, generally speaking, after operating the tractor for one or two years, the villagers can solve it by themselves. Only when there is a big problem will Zhenhua and Liu Zhigao be troubled.

After a busy season, Zhenhua tanned a lot.

Yilan's due date is also approaching, and Zhenhua began to prepare in advance to welcome his second child.

However, as soon as the rice planting work was completed, Zhenhua received a notice asking him to select three key militiamen who knew how to operate and maintain diesel engine pumps to join the flood fighting commando team formed in the township and rush to the south of the Yangtze River to fight the flood.

Zhenhua is very entangled.

I had nothing to do in the spring, and I saw that Yilan was about to give birth, but at this time I came to the task.

Yilan comforted Zhenhua and said, "This is my second child, and I am waiting to give birth in the health center, so there is no risk." You can work with peace of mind, and when fighting floods, you must be careful and pay attention to safety. ”