Chapter 80: The Harvest Season
On the way home from the wheat holiday, Liu Qingying was also worried that Zhao Qiwu's family would lose a labor force this year, so how to harvest the wheat.
Zhao Qiwu said that he was going to find a harvester, and before he could speak, Huang Dani said first: "We calculated that you will come back today, the harvester has been found, and we and your second uncle's house will be cut early tomorrow morning, and you won't go out and run away for the past two days, right?"
"If you don't go out, you'll go tomorrow to harvest wheat. Zhao Qiwu agreed very neatly.
He said that he wanted to take the gold off the car body, but when the little guy saw the house, he immediately jumped down by himself, circled around Huang Dani and Zhao Jingshan a few times, and was driven away by the two and began to go crazy in the yard.
Zhao Qiwu hurriedly went to close the gate so that it would not run out.
Then I asked my mother, "What time do you go in the morning?" We both use the car, and the day is almost the same." ”
"How can it be so fast, you still have to fight!" Huang Dani said and walked into the kitchen. "Hurry up and eat, rest early after eating, you should be busy tomorrow!"
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It's really time to get busy, the golden wheat is spread all over the fields, and many families have begun to wield their sickles and harvest the wheat.
The harvester that Sanhe Town is looking for here is to add a small harvester in front of the tractor, just cut the wheat upside down and put it down, and nothing else.
In fact, Zhao Qiwu's walk-behind tractor can also hang this kind of small harvester, but their family is so small, and they don't plan to make money from this, so there is no need to buy a big tool that can be used once a year.
Zhao Qiwu was busy early in the morning, and his magical second uncle has not been heard from yet. Every time Zhao Jingshan mentioned a few words, he was hit by Huang Dani, and now he doesn't mention it much.
In addition to Zhao Qiwu's family of three, his aunt Yang Xiu'e also brought Zhao Tuqiang here.
The harvester of one acre of land is done after two trips, but the rest has to rely on manpower, tying the wheat into bales, loading the trucks, sending them to the wheat field, then milling the field, and finally raising the field.
This is a traditional way of working that has lasted for thousands of years, except for the mill, when the livestock is much less used than before, and everything else is no different.
This year's wheat field was rolled out by Zhao Jingshan earlier by driving a tractor to drag the stones, so they can use it first - this order is very important, who beats first has an advantage, otherwise once it is rainy, the wheat will sprout quickly.
Zhao Qiwu has now realized that he doesn't feel very tired from working, so he works very hard.
With a broken straw hat, he skillfully grabbed a small handful of wheat as a rope to tie up, tied up a large bundle of wheat, twisted his hand and stuffed it inside, and a bundle of wheat was tied.
It looks relaxed, but it's actually tiring, because there is a big sun on your head and wheat stubble left under your feet.
Don't look at the wheat falling down against an ear of wheat wind, but the wheat stubble left after harvest is not a good stubble, and you have to wear strong shoes when you come to the field, not sandals. Otherwise, if you are not careful at work, you will have to get a few holes in your feet.
And when you work, you have to bend over without squatting, and those with tender hands have to guard against the ubiquitous wheat mang.
Everyone who has done it knows that it is not easy at all.
In comparison, it is easier to load the car in the car in the end, at least you can straighten your waist when you walk.
Not unexpectedly, it didn't take long to see the wooden box of newspaper pasted with the newspaper shouting to sell popsicles, and put it on the back seat of the bicycle, there are adults and children selling popsicles, anyway, a popsicle costs five cents, and this account is easy to calculate.
When Zhao Qiwu saw it, he shouted that he was selling popsicles, and gave one to each of his own people.
Especially Xiao Tuqiang, the little guy couldn't help much, so he walked in the field to pick up the scattered ears of wheat, and he was also tired and sweaty, and his little face was red.
is much better than his father, and his father's work is not as good as Huang Dani and Yang Xiu'e.
Others rested and continued to work while nibbling on popsicles.
Dad is not in good health, and he is now the laborer of the family, the pillar of the family.
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With Zhao Qiwu, a tireless labor machine, this year's wheat harvest is quite smooth.
Tractor tricycles are used, and two drivers take turns running, and the speed is very fast.
In the afternoon, I caught up with the time to run over.
The mill is to spread the wheat that has just been bundled and transported in the field, and use cows, horses or tractors to pull the stones to circle on it, which is the mill.
The two men took turns to be the driver in a circle, and Huang Dani and Yang Xiu'e took the fork and followed the turnover, turning over the place that had been run, so that the grinding was more thorough and faster.
It's a very inefficient and labor-wasting process, but it's faster than the ones who drive oxen and horses from elsewhere.
Now there are actually threshers, but the number is small, and the rural people can't believe it, and they always feel that the detachment is not clean and will spoil the grain.
It was the first time for Zhao Qiwu to grind the field by himself, and he was very happy to drive the tractor around in circles. He didn't think that he would do some business casually during his time running in circles, and the money he earned was worth more than all the wheat in the field.
No one has thought about this problem these days, many people who work outside the home and people who go out have to come back to harvest wheat, including girls who marry outside the town and city, and those who have no land at home must also come back.
The fare for a trip far from home is hundreds of yuan, but no matter how big the boss is and how much money he earns, he enters the wheat field and picks up a wooden fork and a wooden shovel.
It's basically the same as the New Year, at least the atmosphere is not worse than the New Year. Anyway, the people in every household are relatively uniform, and some people who work outside to do business may not go home for the New Year in order to earn money, but they will definitely go home to harvest wheat.
When there are too many people, sometimes there will be things that make people feel funny, such as drinking water, the traditional is to prepare a large basin at home, or a large pot of herbal tea, at most, to take advantage of the popsicle sellers to buy some popsicles to quench their thirst.
And those who earn money outside will buy some drinks and beers or something, especially when harvesting wheat in the farmland, there is not even a shade tree, and they need to replenish water the most, no matter what drink can be drunk clean.
In fact, if you calculate carefully, the price of these drinks and beers is enough to hire a harvester to cut several acres of land.
But now is a period of change, nothing is unusual - in a few years, this kind of hot labor scene can only be found in memory, when the combine harvester rumbled past, who still has the strength!
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Relying on cattle and horses to grind is very slow, and you have to prevent cow horses from peeing, which will be very annoying.
But there is a tractor that is much faster in a day, and when it runs over in the evening, Zhao Qiwu throws off his arms and takes advantage of the evening breeze to start raising the field.
'Yangchang' is to raise the wheat with a lot of wheat mangs into the sky, when the wind blows, the wheat will fall directly, and those wheat mangs will be blown aside with the wind.
Yangchang is also skilled, and Zhao Qiwu has been scolded many times before he learns it, which can be regarded as a veteran.
At this time, you can have a few more people to raise together, but you have to cooperate well to have skills, otherwise there will be a mess for a while, and it is better not to do it!
There is such a person in Zhao Qiwu's family, but the person who is making trouble and being lazy this year is not at home - without him, the adults still say a word or two, but Zhao Qiwu thinks it's good, at least he can work faster.
The day is not finished, and at night Zhao Qiwu rolled up the mat and slept with the gold to the wheat field to watch the field.
In addition to preventing theft, the spectators must also protect themselves from the rain.
Although everyone now knows to listen to the weather forecast, the weather forecast for this year is ...... Anyway, people who only believe in weather forecasts are now going out to beg, and the four seas are very chic for their families, and they no longer need to think about wheat harvesting.
There are people from all over the house, not Zhao Qiwu alone.
There are some things in the township that can really spread all over the surrounding corners, and the people in Zhaojiawan have heard about Zhao Qiwu, but Zhao Jingshan and his family don't say anything, and they don't lie to people that they don't know anything, they just don't say anything, and no one asks back, so that the person who asks is not interesting, and it is not good to continue to ask.
Usually Zhao Qiwu is at school, but on Sundays, he flies without a trace, and no one in the village can see him.
I was busy working during the day, and I didn't have time to talk when I saw it.
Now that I finally have time to see Zhao Qiwu himself, some people began to ask him about his school.
Zhao Qiwu played haha, and pushed it to the 'capable person' he knew in the city - in the local dialect, a capable person is a capable and capable character.
Tibetan mastiffs, arresting people, and even Zhao Jingshan and his family found a way to do business...... It's all the 'capable people' who help.
As for who wants to ask what that 'capable person' is doing, and who it is, Zhao Qiwu responded with a smile. Then they thought they understood, and asked no more.
As for what he understood, he knew it in his heart, anyway, Zhao Qiwu didn't know.
There were also people around the Tibetan mastiff to watch the excitement, but at night, that is, with a flashlight to light it up, Zhao Qiwu comforted the gold and did not let it panic.
These things are revealed, and it will be beneficial to Zhao Jingshan's family, as well as Yang Xiu'e's mother and son, to live in the village in the future.
Li Zishu said that it is appropriate to grasp the degree of high-profile and low-key, and to be convenient with others and yourself.
And in the village, if you want to be high-profile, you have to be so high-profile that others can't think of it, otherwise others will be red-eyed, right? If you are very high-profile, others will not be red-eyed, but will only come to praise you.
Unconsciously, Zhao Qiwu also began to make small calculations.
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The next day, we will continue to mill the field, and wait for all the wheat to be packed into bags and transported into the warehouse, in fact, there is still work to be done, depending on the weather, and the wheat will be dried again.
But there's no rush for this, it's up to God to give face.
Now there is a matter that needs to be done immediately, which is to go to Li Dongyong's house, the doctor who was hit by the car and did not ask them for money.
Villagers, usually have nothing to do, and they won't find any reason to go to other people's homes to walk around, now go and see, help do a hard job or something, that's also what it should mean.
As a result, I drove a walk-behind tractor and ran over, pulling all kinds of tools in the car, and carrying a lot of gifts, who knew that people were moving faster than them, and the wheat was bagged into the house early, and they didn't need to help with anything!
Before Dr. Li could leave, he saw that they were very polite, and he excused himself for a long time before accepting the gift.
Then he turned his head and waited for them to leave, and brought them a lot of return gifts.
When Zhao Qiwu's family returned home, they reacted, but they drove cars, and it was estimated that there must be many people who went to help.
But after all, it is the intention of the past, and it also lets people know that they are not white-eyed wolves, and they have not forgotten the feelings of others.
As for the rest, don't pay so much attention to it.
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Then Zhao Qiwu couldn't sit still and was ready to go to the capital to buy a house.
Anyway, that's what he said to his parents, he dragged on for so long, and he didn't do a lot of things after delaying. In addition to buying a house, I also have to go to Sichuan and Shu, find a TV station, and advertise.
In order to advertise, he also took a lot of effort to find out his uncle's name from Huang Dani.
However, selling Cordyceps is more important, and Cordyceps can't be piled up in the house all the time, in case of rainy days, the gain outweighs the loss if it gets damp.
So on the third day of the holiday, Zhao Qiwu set foot on the ...... to the capital Cloud head.