Section 2 Leisure and Sugarcane

There is not much farm work in the later stage of farming, but you still have to go to the field every day, even if it is pulling weeds in the field, removing miscellaneous rice, or walking around the ridges, it is considered to be working, as for whether to work or not is another matter.

Deputy Director Ji was not happy when he saw everyone staying in the dormitory with nothing to do: "Can't you go to the field to have a look?"

Just take a look, the breeding team members are wandering around the fields in twos and threes, anyway, the 200 acres of farming are divided into several different places of the production team, and after the twenty or thirty people are scattered, there is no one in the field. More often than not, they sit in the shade of a tree or rest on the edge of a sugar cane field.

The Tangfeng Production Brigade, where the breeding team is located, is a transition zone from the coastal paddy land to the mountainous dry land on the island. It is also a pleasure to sit on the edge of the sugarcane field and enjoy the scenery in the shade. Of course, you can also eat sugar cane miles without worry.

The dry land in this area, except for a small amount of sweet potatoes and vegetables, is mostly contiguous sugarcane cultivation. At first, they ate sugar cane secretly, but later, as they became familiar with the situation, they gradually grew bold and learned how to distinguish between coarse, sweet, and easy to eat sugar cane.

They now eat sugar cane, not always near the edge of the field as when they first came, they all run to the innermost to look for those wrenches that are thick rods and slightly longer joints, and they don't need machetes, and when they see it, they put their toes against the second section of the ground near the base, and pull them violently, and they will break them all together, and after removing the ends in this way, they can sit on the ridge of the field and taste it slowly and leisurely.

Hainan Island in March and April is like early summer, the sea breeze is cool, and there is no need to work, no need to spend money, you can eat the sweetest and most beautiful sugarcane in the world, what can you do if you live the life of the gods?

Of course, Marlinsi also had some troubles. Although there is no need to use a machete to pull the sugar cane, the locals have been suspected of petty theft. But the sweeter the taste of the finest sugar cane, the more difficult it is to eat, too hard for your teeth to deal with. I often get saliva dripping, but I can't bite it. I finally ate a sugarcane, and my teeth could be sore for a long time.

I'll have to find another way.

The first invention was to crack the thickest end of the sugar cane with a stone. Sometimes, however, it is quite troublesome to find a slightly larger stone, after all, it is a familiar land that has been cultivated for an unknown number of years, and the stones have long been picked up by people when they are farming, and it is inconvenient to find a stone from the village to bring with you.

Hard work pays off.

They've finally found the perfect solution. Within the breeding fields, there are almost two kilometers of railway lines, two of which are connected to the rice and sugar cane fields, just below the roadbed of the railway. Therefore, the hard railroad track has become the best tool for eating sugarcane, and no matter how hard the sugarcane, as long as you knock the rail, it will immediately crack into several petals, and there is no difficulty in eating, and it is very convenient.

It is often the case that seven or eight people line up, facing the railroad tracks that run from east to west, leaning on the inexhaustible sugarcane fields and enjoying the April days of the world leisurely.

Good times don't last long. Sugar cane is also seasonal.

Once harvested, the cane is cut day by day, leaving only crests of stubble. To their pity.

Fortunately, this regret was quickly compensated for by new discoveries.

On the way to Banpo commune near the breeding team, there was a large Liguo sugar factory, which they had visited not long ago, and its raw material was sugar cane in this area. According to careful observation in the past few days, it has been found that many sugarcanes in the mountains are also transported to the Liguo Sugar Factory from the main road at the gate of the Hedong breeding team.

This made Marlinsi and them excited again.

The sugarcane in the fields is gone, but there is a constant stream of large trucks transporting sugarcane on the road, and several of them pass by the entrance of the village every day.

Liguo Sugar Factory is located in the southwest of the breeding team's station, a north-south road in the east of the village, which is the only place to go from the mountains to the sugar factory.

This avenue, with rows of towering pines and cypresses growing on both sides, looks like a green barrier from a distance. But its road conditions are very bad, potholes, the car is like a drunk dancing on it, bumpy, no matter how skilled the driver, can not drive the car fast, every time to this section, have to immediately slow down, one step three shakes, left and right.

Because the truck is too full, there are often bundles of sugar cane falling, and the driver is often unaware, perhaps aware, afraid of trouble, as if he did not find it, and drove it correctly. There are also drivers with a slightly stronger sense of responsibility, who will stop and pick up sugarcane when they see a sugar cane falling from the rearview mirror. In this way, for Marlincy, there is no doubt that the boiled duck has flew, and they have to swallow their saliva, but they are not reconciled.

Ma Linxi, a group of young people bred in the south, is a child who grew up watching the movie "Railway Guerrillas", and when he was a child, he envied the guerrilla heroes who picked up trains and engaged in devil guns and ammunition. From the past Li Xiangyang and other heroes, they were inspired to pick up the train to get sugar cane.

Compared with the fast train, the truck full of sugar cane walks like an old cow, and the slowest section of the road is about the same speed as a human run. So, everyone discussed: "Pick up the car!"

Trucks carrying sugarcane are generally towed behind a carriage box, and on the potholed and uneven road, they walk squeaky and crooked, which provides convenience for pickpocketing.

In the afternoon, seven or eight of them pretended to rest in the fields, some sat on the ridges, some leaned against the trunks of the trees to enjoy the shade, and some craned their necks to look north, and the carts carrying sugarcane came from that direction.

"Hey, here we go. The sharp-eyed Hu Longbiao exclaimed in surprise.