Chapter 13 Planting rice in the song is busy

Section 1: Letter of condolence from the regional revolutionary committee

There are only a few days left before the Spring Festival, and the breeding team has been idle for a while, and they are extremely busy.

Since the seedlings have grown out of the three-leaf one-heart, the speed has become faster, just like a fat pig that has eaten baking powder, and it is going up day by day, and the tillering is also very fast.

Because the seeds of the falling valley are very thin, when the five leaves are single, the tillers will grow. A few days after tillering, the originally bare seedling board was covered by the green seedlings on the water surface, from a distance, like a green carpet covered on the earth, in the early morning glow, standing under the shade of the coconut tree, bathed in the gentle sea breeze, everything in front of you, makes people feel refreshed.

It's a pity that Ma Linxi has no poetic talent, otherwise, Yaxing would have made a fortune and could leave a few beautiful poems that are popular among the people.

No, Marlinxi can write poetry, but it does not affect his love and appreciation for seedlings.

In the boring and monotonous observation of the age of the leaves, Marlinsi appreciated them as works of art with living life on the earth, and enjoyed another kind of joy from their color, leaf shape, tillering posture, and swaying in the wind.

Later, when Marinxi talked about this time to his friend Chenhong, he said: "You, that is the real appreciation of the music written on the earth. Poetry in the breeze. ”

As soon as he said this, Marlinxi had an epiphany that the boring labor at that time was so romantic and poetic in the eyes of his friends.

In the observation and appreciation of Marinxi's record of leaf age, he unconsciously reached the age of the leaf transplanted by the father.

Before the transfer, the breeding team held a mobilization meeting.

At the meeting, Yang Hongru, deputy county magistrate, read out a letter of condolence from the regional revolutionary committee and the county government. This made everyone's hearts feel warm, and Marlinthi never expected that the organization would attach so much importance to them.

A letter of condolence is handed, printed very exquisitely, on the red wax paper, printed with three large black characters of "condolence letter" in hot Qin, the content is even more comfortable and warm.

Deputy County Magistrate Yang read on the stage, and Ma Linxi watched below, and their hearts were sweet.

All comrades from Hecheng area who went to Hainan and Zhanjiang to breed:

Under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee headed by Chairman Hua, a wise leader, the vast numbers of cadres and masses throughout the region ushered in 1978 with great fighting enthusiasm. On the occasion of the Chinese New Year, I would like to extend my cordial condolences to you.

Recently, you have received good news from the coast of the South China Sea of the motherland, and you have successfully completed the spring sowing preparations for the paternal parent and sterile lines of the seed field, which is the result of your hard work and hard work under the unified leadership of the local party committee. It is also your practical action to contribute to the high-speed development of rice production in our region.

In the new year, I hope that you will continue to hold high the great banner and carry forward the revolutionary spirit of revolution and hard work under the guidance of Chairman Hua and the CPC Central Committee's strategic decision to grasp the program and govern the country, work hard and be simple, fight in unity, carry forward the achievements, advance by victory, resolutely complete the task of southern multiplication, strive for the realization of a yield of more than 100 catties per unit of farming, and make greater contributions in the struggle for the rapid development of rice production in our region.

Revolutionary Committee of the River City District

1 February 1978

Thinking of the election of the deputy to the people's congress as mentioned in his wife's letter, Ma Linxi felt a sense of relief and emotion.

Perhaps, if it weren't for Nan Fan this time, maybe he Ma Linxi wouldn't even be able to touch the side of the people's deputies.

Man, sometimes it's really fate. Originally, when he came to Hainan Island to breed, he didn't expect it to be so lofty at all, but he just wanted to select one or two promising rice varieties from the promising varieties that he had carefully cultivated in the past few years to promote planting in the field, and then select high-yielding varieties from them. He hopes that the improved varieties he has cultivated will be promoted and planted by more production teams, and more grain can be harvested than other varieties, with high and stable yields, so that more people can solve the problem of eating, and he will be satisfied.

Of course, Hainan Island is far away from home, the customs are definitely different, along the way you can also feast your eyes, see the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, enjoy the scenery, and you can grow knowledge and insight to open your eyes, which is very attractive to Marinxi

It's really unexpected that there will be so many unexpected gains in breeding on Hainan Island. If you think about it, it's just that the newlywed wife suffers. Fortunately, it didn't take long, just half a year. It's a long life. No, in a blink of an eye, it's about to be the Spring Festival, and the seedlings are planted. Marlinsi thought.

Next, Deputy Director Ji Xuebin mobilized the transplanting work of the first phase of paternal parenting, and also emphasized some technical essentials, "When you pull seedlings, your hands and feet should be light, and you must not hurt the stems, and try to wash or not wash the root mud." The field should be level, and the water should not be too deep to prevent flooding of the seedlings, which will be difficult to grow. When planting seedlings, the water should be shallow, but the seedlings should not be floated. This time, the specifications are four feet five inches apart between rows, six inches apart between plants, and the first, second, and third phases of the male parents are spaced between every four plants, so you must not make a mistake. Considering that the transplanting workload of the first phase of the male parent is not large, and the Spring Festival is about to be celebrated, and the members are busy with the New Year's affairs, the transplanting task will be jointly undertaken by the breeding team and the liaison officers of the production teams, and strive to complete the planting within two days, so as to easily spend the Spring Festival. In this way, you can take a good few days off, so that everyone can rest and go out to have fun. ”

Deputy Director Ji's speech undoubtedly won warm applause from the audience, which was obviously louder than the applause at the end of Deputy County Magistrate Yang's speech just now, and it had a relaxed and happy element.

The breeding team members are also ordinary people, and everyone is also realistic, and Deputy Director Ji's announcement shows that they can have a good time during the Spring Festival. I've been to Hainan Island for so many days, and I haven't really been able to play without distractions.

Section 2 The seedling pond is stunning

The next day, everyone was busy in an orderly manner.

First, the rice fields were leveled.

A few days ago, the local members have been used an iron rake to straighten it over, now it is mainly muddy water, leveling the mud head above the water surface, there is a cow rake in front of the pull, the breeding team members followed behind with a shovel to find the leveling, found that there is a mud head above the water surface, shovel shovel, flat, half a day, this process is all over.

In the afternoon, the rice fields were lively. Mitsuta was full of laughter and songs. This singing, this laughter, is all because of a dozen young and beautiful female liaisons.

After lunch, they arrived early among the breeders.

As the saying goes, men and women are matched to work without getting tired. What's more, the job itself is not tiring, and they are all young, lively, and energetic girls and guys. The young man is from the mainland that Hainan people envy very much, and it is a relatively developed coastal economic area, even if he is not handsome, compared with the young man in Hainan, he is also an outstanding handsome guy. So, the same won the hearts of the girls. Although the girls are not the most beautiful in Hainan, they are outstanding in the whole production team, and there are many literate and smart bright girls like Ke Ruiying, Ke Meiying, Ke Naying, and Gao Xiaojing.

The breeding team is a relatively closed world, and it is not allowed to visit the members' homes at ordinary times, and they are with the liaisons, and most of them are one-line contacts. Today, it is the first big gathering of Hainan girls and mainland boys.

There is another reason why no one can say the reality. Although the breeding team members are young, more than half of them are married, they haven't touched a woman for so long, and they rarely have contact with women.

Needless to say, today's farm work is the easiest to do.

Because the work is easy to do, perhaps because of other plans, except for a few leaders of the team site, everyone else knows that the liaison girls will pull out seedlings and plant seedlings with everyone in the afternoon, and almost all of them have consciously prepared for it.

After lunch, everyone changed out of the clothes that had been soiled by the morning rake, took a shower, brushed their teeth, and changed into clean clothes. Before the afternoon work time, there are people who have paired liaison officers, they all push the bowl, they don't sleep in the afternoon, and they go to the liaison girls to contact the work.

The most positive is Jiang Sigui, a technician at the Agricultural Science Station of Beijiang Commune, who just finished eating lunch, he put the bowl in front of Qi Moxiang: "Thank you, brother." I'm going to call Xiao Ke. ”

"You don't sleep at noon!" Qi Moxiang actually felt a little sour in his heart.

"Hehe, I'll prevent her from having something to do in the afternoon, can people at the end of the year be busy?" Jiang Sigui smiled mysteriously, wiped his mouth with a towel, took off his straw hat, and hurriedly walked out.

"Hey, wait. Wait for me for a piece. Xu Feng put the rice bowl on the table and shouted loudly at Jiang Sigui's back outside the door.

Out of the door, the two of them talked and laughed, and strode towards the village like meteors.

A few days ago, the breeding team made adjustments to the personnel of each group. Xu Feng was transferred from the technical group to the production liaison group, and was responsible for the production liaison work of the Lichang team. Jiang Sigui was transferred from the liaison of the Lichang team to the Tangfeng team. Because Qi Moxiang is a little older and has experience, he has been strengthened from the production liaison group to the technical group, which is specifically responsible for the discharge of water from the seedling field.

After transplanting seedlings, water management is a very important part.

Last year's rainy season was short, the water storage in the upstream reservoirs was lower than normal, and the area for hybrid rice production was much larger than last year, so there is no doubt that irrigation water is a big problem. A few days ago, when Deputy Director Ji went to Chongpo to hold a breeding cooperation meeting, the local leaders had already spoken. The commune stipulates that each breeding team will take turns to release water according to the plan for a certain period of time. However, the phenomenon of stealing water along the way is very serious, both breeding teams stealing water and local production teams stealing water. In addition to ensuring the safety of water discharge, the water manager must also coordinate with the production team. There are many fields in the seed production field that are arranged with the planting fields of the brother breeding team, and the production team leader can only be solved by interfacing at every turn. Qi Moxiang was the captain of the production team, and it can be regarded as a quantity.

In the afternoon, the seedlings should be pulled and planted, and the seedling ponds and fields should be watered.

After a while, Qi Moxiang also took a shovel and left. A few of the rest felt that they would have no problem with the work they were responsible for, so they went to bed.

Ma Linxi was the first to come to the seedling pond and made a circle of coconut leaf stems to observe the age of the seedlings, and put them on it as a mark to prevent others from pulling them out. Then, the last record of today's leaf age, which is the transplanted leaf age of the first phase of the male parent.

At the end of the record, a mark was made on each seedling with red paint. Before it was over, Jiang Sigui and Xu Feng came with Ke Ruiying and Ke Naying.

"What's the matter, you haven't done it yet?" Xu Feng asked Ma Linxi while talking to them.

"No, I don't. I'm afraid I can't do it. Check the marked ones again. Marlinthi straightened her waist and gently slapped her back with her left hand.

"You're alone. Don't you rest?" Ke Ruiying smiled at Ma Linxi, it was very charming.

"I can't help it. The people who helped were pulled away by you. Marlinsi joked with her.

"Where is he?" Ke Ruiying pointed at Xu Feng on the side and said, "If you don't let him go, just let him go." ”

"Ho. So you slipped away?" Ke Naying pointed at Xu Feng.

"People don't want me. Xu Feng squeezed his eyes at Ma Linxi.

"This is technical work, and County Magistrate Yang is not worried about others doing it. Jiang Sigui said, with a wicked smile on his face.

"Director Ji is looking for you two. Just go. Wang Changsong held a large handful of rope and a small bamboo pole in his hand and said to Qi Feng that he had come from the dormitory to plant his father's appearance.

Jiang Sigui and Xu Feng slipped back to the team headquarters. Wang Changsong measured the length of the ridge with a ruler made of bamboo poles at the head of the field. Let Ke Naying help him straighten the rope, and Ke Ruiying will be left alone in the field, and the others have not yet arrived. She squatted next to the seedling pond and watched the age of the leaves of Marin.

"Do you want to help?" she craned.

"How dare you. Malinsi said.

"Gee, how can that. Come on, I'll help you remember. With that, Ke Ruiying motioned to Ma Linxi to give her the transcript.

"Thank you then. Here. Start here. That's it. Marlinsi handed her the notebook and pointed to the line with a pencil.

Ke Ruiying saw that Ma Linxi had to stand up straight every time he reported his age, which was not very convenient. Because she was on the ridge, the distance was a little far, and her voice was so low that she couldn't hear it clearly. So, she quickly took off her sandals, lifted the hem of her trousers, and slowly waded to the board opposite Marlinci. In order to hear more clearly, she also lowered her head and listened to Marlinsy's count.

Now the seedlings that are about to be transplanted, they have reached the age of the full moon, and the seedlings grow particularly luxuriantly, not only covering the water surface, but also the leaves are intertwined, dense, crowded next to each other, and after a few trees, Ma Linxi's eyes are glazed. In this way, check a few trees, you should straighten up and take a break to relieve eye fatigue.

Just when Ma Linxi finished reporting the age of the last seedling at this point, the moment he raised his head, his eyes inadvertently swept to Ke Ruiying's chest, which suddenly made his ears warm and his heart beat.

Although they stood in the same tank across the rice planks, the net width of the rice slabs was only about four feet, and the seedlings to be observed were selected in the center of the slabs to prevent the influence of marginal effects and deviations from the observation results. When observing, he had to lean forward and stretch his neck to the middle, and Ke Ruiying also stretched his neck long in order to hear Ma Linxi's number more clearly.

This stretch stretches out a stunning view.

Even though it's winter, the climate in Hainan at this time still makes people not wear too many clothes. Because she wanted to pull seedlings and plant seedlings, Ke Ruiying only wore a light green shirt and a pair of short red floral sleeves today, and her devilish body lines were outlined undulating, graceful and delicate.

What Ma Linxi caught a glimpse of was the twin peaks in a close-fitting red robe. When Ke Ruiying leaned forward, his chest looked like a pair of live rabbits, so naughty that he was about to run out of his chest, if it weren't for the fact that the corset was still a little tugging, maybe he would have fallen into the water......

This made Ma Linxi dizzy for a while, gasped in surprise, quickly closed his eyes, and was silent for a moment before reverting to the inadvertent gaffe just now.

"What's wrong, uncomfortable?" Ke Ruiying clearly felt Ma Linxi's gaffe just now, her eyes were wide open, and she was as if she wanted to speak.

"Oh, nothing, a little tired. Let's go back over there. Marlinsi covered up the past.

"And. Ke Ruiying asked.

"Hmm. The last point. Malinsi said.

Without waiting for their leaf age inspection to end, everyone arrived in the seedling pond one after another. It's noisy and noisy, so it's not lively.

"You guys. Hey, everyone, listen up. Four people have a seedling board, outflanking from both ends to the middle. Deputy Director Ji was barefoot, his trousers rolled high, and shouted loudly on the ridge.

"Ruiying, come here. We were in a group of two. Ke Naying, a slender and cute girl with big pigtails, shouted loudly.

"Okay. That's it. How much? Five three?" Ke Ruiying answered as she recorded the age of the Ma Linxi newspaper.

"Ponies. It's all good. You can't be wrong. Deputy Director Ji said to Ma Linxi.

"That's right, two people remember. Marlinsi replied.

"Oh, here you go. I went to pull the seedlings. If you have something, you can call me. Ke Ruiying shoved the record book into Ma Linxi's hand, glanced at him meaningfully, and turned away.

Section 3 Busy planting rice in the song

"This way, this way. Beware of stepping on the seedlings. Jiang Sigui saw Ke Ruiying walking crookedly in the sink, and picked her up.

Wang Changsong quickly marked the position of each seedling planting on the ridge, made a deep hole with a shovel in the place where the father needed to be planted, and planted a handful of grass as a mark.

The row spacing of seed production is seven inches, and each row of two rows of male parents is planted, leaving a distance of six rows of seedlings in the middle, and the female parent is planted after the Spring Festival. The two lines of paternal parents are divided into one, two, and three periods, with four trees in each period. In the first phase of planting, four seedlings are planted, which are arranged in a square, and eight trees will be planted in the second and third phases, and they will be planted after the Spring Festival.

Because the size of the planting is not easy to grasp, Wang Changsong specially made a nylon rope with a mark based on previous experience, and tied a red cloth strip where the seedlings need to be planted, which looks clear. These preparations were already in place a few days ago.

I don't know when the singing began in the seedling pond.

At first, whoever hummed quietly, someone responded. Now, let go of his throat and sing a voice. The song is a new movie episode released in the past few days, first singing "Little Flower", and then the theme song in "Black Triangle":

The springs of the frontier are clear and pure,

The songs of the frontier warm people's hearts,

Heartwarming.

The clear spring water flows endlessly,

Praise and sing to your loved ones,

Sing loved ones,

border guards,

The friendship between the military and the people is deep,

The friendship is deep.

Ay!

The green pine of the top of the sky is deeply rooted,

The people's army loves the people,

Love the people.

Haohao Lin Haigen is connected,

The military and civilian, joint defense of one heart.

One heart,

Protecting the frontier,

Splendid mountains and rivers in the spring of ten thousand years,

Ten thousand years of spring.

Ay!

Jiang Sigui said, "Hey, hey, let's take turns singing with your liaison officer, do you say it's okay?"

"Okay. Good. Everyone applauded.

"Your breeding team comes first. ”

"Little Jiang takes the lead first. ”

"No, no, no, Ruiying takes the lead. ”

"Prepare, prepare, rise, Jiang Sigui-" Ke Ruiying encouraged everyone.

"Sing a-" everyone cheered in unison.

"Jiang-Si-Gui-" Ke Ruiying laughed and coaxed loudly.

"Sing one. Everyone cheered again.

"Good, good. I sing, I sing. Jiang Sigui saw that he was burned, blushed, and said a little embarrassed. Cleared his throat and sang:

"Springs of the Frontier ......"

"No, I can't. No way. We've all heard this before. Ke Naying took the lead in coaxing.

"Do it all over again. "Someone shouted.

"Good. Then I'll sing "Shining Red Star". As soon as Jiang Sigui finished speaking, he immediately corrected again, "No, no, I'll sing "Visitors on the Iceberg".

After singing a song, Ke Ruiying was pushed to the forefront. After all, she has been entertained in school, and her blurt out is an authentic Hainan song, which is crisp and pleasant, and her spirit is flying. None of the breeders understood what she was singing, and it was like a tongue twister, and the girls laughed and bent over.

Marlinsi: They guessed that it must be a song that challenged the mountain song.

When I asked, it was really good. There is a habit of singing mountain songs during labor, but there are some differences from the mountains. Unlike the people in the mountains, each of them occupies a hill for the mountain song, and sings in duets from afar, and whoever sings no song will lose. Here, when working, two groups of people are divided into competitions, singing while working, which does not affect the progress of the work at all, on the contrary, it can raise people's passion for labor.

So, under the encouragement of a group of enthusiastic young men and women such as Ke Ruiying and Jiang Sigui, the song was carried out nervously one after another, and the speed of pulling the seedlings was also unexpectedly fast.

Ma Linxi plucked the seedlings that had been observed for leaf age, arranged them in the order in which they grew in the seedling pond, and prepared to plant them in the field immediately.

Just as he was about to put the seedlings on the ridge, Ke Naying shouted as if he had discovered a new world: "Hey, Marlinsi hasn't sung yet." Can't let him slip it out. ”

Her shouting immediately reminded everyone. Especially the liaison girls, they refused to let go, Ke Ruiying also coaxed, she originally had appeal among the girls, as soon as she shouted yes, there was a lot of noise in the seedling pond.

"Marlinsi sings. Sing it. ”

"I sing. I sing. Let me sing a little bamboo chop. Malinsi said to everyone with a smile.

"Okay. Just a small bamboo row. It's a good song. ”

A few years ago, when he was in the entertainment and propaganda team of the brigade, Ma Linxi often sang this song, which can be regarded as his own repertoire. He cleared his throat and began to sing with a clear eye.

small bamboo row in the middle reaches of the river,

Walk on both sides of the towering green hills.

The red star shines,

Fight as I do.

On the shoulders of the burden of revolution,

The party's teachings are kept in mind.

small bamboo row in the middle reaches of the river,

The surging river flows eastward.

The red star shines,

Fight as I do.

Revolutions are surging from generation to generation,

Go forward and follow the party.

Smash the old world of all evil,

Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are covered with splendor.

Before Ma Linxi finished singing, a cheer rang out in the seedling pond, "One more." One more. ”

Fortunately, the seedlings have been pulled out and the seedlings have been planted, so everyone has given up.

Wang Changsong and Qi Moxiang stood on both sides of the field where the seedlings were transplanted, with the referee's whistle in their mouths, and dozens of male and female breeding team members and liaison officers, holding a handful of seedlings in their hands, lined up behind a rope tied with red cloth strips.

As soon as the long whistle sounded, everyone bent down and buried their heads, kicked their buttocks, and quickly planted the four seedlings in a square in the paddy field under the strips of cloth.

Everyone was plugged in, the whistle sounded again, and Wang Changsong and Qi Moxiang moved forward from both ends with ropes to the next line. Everyone helped straighten the rope with all hands and feet, and waited until the whistle blew to quickly plant the four seedlings.

Although it is rice transplanting, the amount of seedlings used is very small. Speaking of 200 acres of seedling fields, it only takes one day's work, and there is no need for the production team to send additional labor, and the breeding team plus the liaison officer can easily be inserted.

At the end of the next afternoon, everyone went to the drain to wash the mud off their arms, legs and feet. Talking and laughing, it's not lively.

Just when everyone was elated, I heard Ke Ruiying suddenly scream:

"Oops. Ahh

It turned out that she had five long and big leeches on her legs.

In fact, the leech bites people with feelings, maybe she was too happy just now to notice it. As soon as he went ashore, he couldn't help but be shocked when he found it, and his feet were stamped straight. Slapping with his hands, those greedy guys were indifferent.

At this moment, Jiang Sigui, who was sharp-eyed and quick-handed, immediately rushed over and squatted down, "Bang-!!!!!"

In just a few clicks, she solved all those big leeches, and took out a white handkerchief to wipe away the blood for her. Ke Ruiying thanked him vigorously, and everyone was envious to death.

In Ma Linxi's heart, there was even a trace of inexplicable sourness. I thought, how could this kind of good thing be touched by his kid.

"Jiang Sigui is not shallow. Fan Guangjie swallowed and foamed.

"If it wasn't for the leeches biting her today, how could she have the opportunity to touch the beauty's legs. Hu Longbiao said.

"If it were me, I would shoot it up along my thigh. Don't touch it, don't touch it. Ha ha. Luo Yufu almost drooled, and he gestured with exaggerated movements as he spoke.

"Oops. Ke Ruiying's skin must be pink and slippery. Qi Moxiang said with a smile, looking fascinated, as if he had touched the thigh with his own hands just now.

"What the fuck you say, I beat you up × raiser. Jiang Sigui said, waving his fist, pretending to hit him.

"What a fight. Save your energy and get ready to × at night. Yes. Hahaha. Fan Guangjie said, making a lewd gesture to him.

"Dog×. You say it again. Jiang Sigui wanted to catch up with Fan Guangjie, who had already walked to the front of the team.

"Can you do it, and you can't let people say it? Qi Moxiang told everyone the story of noon as he walked.

When everyone was resting at noon yesterday, Jiang Sigui put down the bowl and went straight to Ke Ruiying's house. Ke Ruiying was alone in the house, and when the two were talking about speculation, Qi Moxiang broke in. Qi Moxiang asked her father to implement the water release.

Actually, Ke Ruiying and Jiang Sigui are just talking and playing, but as soon as Qi Moxiang renders it so exaggeratedly, it has the taste of peachy news. What to touch, no hug, no kiss, is it prepared? Jiang Sigui, who had made his face thick and thick-skinned, also blushed. The more they blush, the more nonsense everyone talked about.

A young married man who is away from home, who has no woman around him during the day and no woman in his arms at night, of course misses that very much. As long as there is an opportunity, making fun of women is always the happiest topic for men in private. And making fun of beautiful women that everyone is familiar with is even more of a man's specialty. The days without a woman are difficult. What's more, Ke Ruiying is beautiful, educated, polite to everyone in the breeding team, and is a real public lover. When others make her happy, others also have a psychological pleasure. Therefore, as long as one person mentions the topic of Ke Ruiying, everyone will follow along endlessly.

However, when Ke Ruiying really appeared in front of everyone, they were all like shrunken turtles, dumb, pretending to be upright and gentlemen. Perhaps, this is to please her. Including Ma Linxi, he also likes to be alone with her, even if he doesn't speak, it's comfortable to look at her once or two.

Unfortunately, Marlinsi didn't have many such opportunities. In his heart, he attaches great importance to Ke Ruiying's existence. cares more about what others say about her.

Section 4 Spring Festival gifts for the liaisons

The next day, it was the Chinese New Year's Eve.

All the farm work in the field has been completed, and as long as the field is kept with normal water, the seedlings will soon be alive and green.

The second phase of the male parent has two leaves and one heart, the third phase of the male parent has just fallen into the valley, after the Spring Festival, at least until the end of the first month, before the sowing of the female parent.

Then, this period of time is relatively easy, a small amount of field management such as fertilization, insect control, the amount of labor, do not need to be so bothersome, the breeding team members can do it themselves, no need to find the production team members to work.

After dinner, the team team convened a meeting, Yang deputy county magistrate fully affirmed the work carried out since entering the island, especially the smooth seedling raising and transplanting of the father, is very satisfied, and the relationship with the local coordination is also better, especially the most worrying transplanting irrigation water is timely and sufficient, there is no incident like other breeding teams to grab water and quarrel with each other, the breeding team and the local tacit understanding, the relationship between the team members and the liaison is very harmonious, he hopes that everyone will carry forward the achievements, make persistent efforts.

Finally, Deputy Director Ji talked about a few specific things: "First, the holiday starts from the Chinese New Year's Eve, the time is one week, everyone can move freely, and they can also freely combine to go to Sanya, the end of the world, and Ledong to play. The second is to prepare to go into the mountains to cut firewood once after the Spring Festival. At present, coal is a little tight, and the price is also more expensive, we cut some firewood by ourselves, and the money saved can be distributed to everyone for pocket spending. ”

After the holiday, everyone was busy with their own work.

After breakfast, Ma Linxi took the mosquito nets, quilt covers, and clothes to the well platform to wash. Some people also wanted to save trouble, and carried their clothes to the sand river in the west.

Wang Changsong took the initiative to remove the mosquito net, and Qin Zhongrong unwrapped the quilt and came to the well platform together.

Some people went to Chongpo and Huangliu to buy things together.

Ma Linxi made an appointment with Fan Guangjie, Wang Changsong, and Qin Zhongrong to go to Huangliu to play after the Spring Festival. Judging from the map, the Yingge Sea Salt Farm is quite close to them. According to the book, Yingge Sea Salt Field is the largest sea salt field on Hainan Island and second to none in South China. The salt farm is located in Ledong County, facing the sea, backed by the Jianfengling forest area, and is a tidal flat area of more than 30 square kilometers. There is an endless silver-white salt sea as far as the eye can see, the channels are vertical and horizontal, and the salt pans are shining with silver, and the scene is very beautiful. So I wanted to have fun for a long time.

It's the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the people in the village are almost busy preparing for the New Year, they came early, and the well platform is empty, just a few of them.

Washing quilts and mosquito nets, this thing has never been done at home, it is very simple in imagination, but when it is really their turn, they are a little at a loss, Ma Linxi and Wang Changsong, two big men, actually sweating profusely.

Ma Linxi first fetched two buckets of water to rinse the well platform, then spread the mosquito net on the cement well platform, knelt on the ground barefoot and made soap, and Wang Changsong kept stepping on the soap where his feet had been soaped.

While she was busy, Ke Meiying sent them New Year's goods. Seeing the bear-like appearance of the two of them, he laughed: "How can you wash like this." Come on, come on, I'll help you. ”

Ke Meiying put down the bamboo basket in her hand and said, "The glutinous rice made at home will be tasted for you." My mom is still waiting to use the basket. ”

"Thank you in advance. A warm current surged in Ma Linxi's heart, it was good for men who were away from home to have women who cared, and he hurriedly sent the glutinous rice back to the dormitory.

As soon as I entered the door, the room was full of people, Ke Ruiying was talking and laughing with everyone, it turned out that the liaison officers were here, sending New Year's goods to everyone, peanuts, candy, bananas, glutinous cakes, on the table, on the floor, everywhere.

Seeing Ma Linxi come in, Ke Ruiying stuffed a handful of peanuts into Ma Linxi's arms: "It's just you and Lao Wang." Oh, don't be too little. ”

Ma Linsi said gratefully, "Thank you!"

Ke Ruiying talked to everyone and said goodbye and went back.

Section 5 Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on the concrete floor

In the evening, the breeding team started eating Chinese New Year's Eve early.

The Chinese New Year's Eve meal was four dishes and one soup, two more dishes than usual, plus local souvenirs sent by the production team and liaison officers, which was also hearty.

As usual, there was no table during the meal, eight people gathered in a circle on the concrete floor, each washbasin was full of vegetables, and the wine was distributed by the team headquarters, and some people bought it themselves.

Wang Changsong, Xu Feng, Hu Longbiao, Qi Moxiang and Ma Linxi are a group.

The wine was prepared by Ma Linxi a long time ago, according to the method taught to him by Ke Meiying, rock sugar was added, and it was sealed and stored in the military kettle issued by the breeding team for more than a month, and the wine poured out was very viscous. Usually, no one in the breeding team drinks, and no one has Yaxing. But today, although everyone is thinking about home, far away on Hainan Island, which is separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, and cannot reunite with their families, it is inevitable that their hearts are a little heavy, saying that it is the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, but there is not even a table and stool, and this special reunion dinner is ended sullenly.

After dinner, everyone washed up silently. It was a bit of a rush, and when it was over, there was nothing to do, no entertainment, no place to go, not even a radio, let alone a radio. No one thought to bring this play.

There doesn't seem to be much enthusiasm for the Spring Festival in the village either.

During the day, the careful Marlinxi wandered around the village for a while, and did not see the joyful and auspicious atmosphere like in his hometown, and the sound of firecrackers was also sparse.

Ma Linxi took out the bamboo flute he brought and played two tunes, because he was homesick, and he was very interested. Stop blowing and go to bed to rest.

Everyone was lying in bed, and they kept hearing someone roll over heavily, and occasionally someone sighed.

Wang Changsong read a book, turned a page, then put it down casually, holding his head in his hands and closing his mind.

Marlinsy's eyes widened and he stared blankly at the top of the mosquito net.

This mosquito net was made by my grandmother when I was in high school. Because it is specially used for shelf beds, it is much smaller than the bed at home, and it has not been used since I came back from high school, and it has been collected. This time I came to Hainan, my mother remembered it and brought it to Hainan for breeding. Through the tent, a huge mosquito circled the bright light bulb several times and then disappeared.

What are you going to do tomorrow?, Marlinthi thought.