Tobacco is generally harvested in the morning and afternoon, except in the middle of the day, unless it is cloudy or rainy. Otherwise, the tobacco leaves will wilt and sticky hands, and the leaves will be easily damaged, and the flue-cured tobacco will not be able to be baked in good condition.

The road is full of people who transport and harvest green tobacco leaves back and forth, and the large village of Qiguanying is divided into seven production teams, and there is more than one production team that collects flue-cured tobacco today. Halfway there, he met his father picking tobacco leaves, and when he saw his son, Qi Zhengming didn't stop, and said with a smile as he walked, "There's still a load in the field, you go and pick it up." ”

"Dad, you don't have to come again. I'll just pick it up. Qi Jingtao smiled and spoke, staggered past his father, and quickened his pace and hurried towards his own cigarette field.

When I arrived at my tobacco field, the sun had set, and my mother, Chen Huifen, was loading the collected tobacco leaves. In the tobacco field, the flue-cured tobacco stands in rows in the ground, and there are five or six, seven or eight tobacco leaves on the tobacco plant, which are not yet ripe, and most of them are still green. One or two patches in the lower layer are slightly yellowed and almost ripe. The tobacco leaves that have been harvested are ripe enough for roasting and are green or yellowish white in color.

Qi Jingtao saw that his mother had packed one load and was about to load another, so he hurriedly said, "Mom, put it all together, and I'll take it back." ”

Chen Huifen looked up at her son who came to the ground, stood up straight and said with a smile: "Are you back?" I heard Linlin say that your computer system is going to be used before collecting flue-cured tobacco, and it's almost busy, right?"

"Mom, it's almost, it's already in use. Qi Jingtao's eyes were slightly sour, and he came to his mother's side, put all the tobacco leaves together, and made them into one. Pick it up and try the bearing capacity of the flat shoulder, it's okay, it's only about a hundred kilograms, and he doesn't feel heavy when he picks it on his shoulders.

"Hey, Xiaotao, don't be reckless, give me some, and pick a little less. Chen Huifen was anxious and shouted for her son who was about to walk. She was supposed to divide these tobacco leaves into two loads, and her wife had to come back to pick them once.

"Mom, it's not heavy, I can pick it up, it's getting dark, let's leave while it's dawn!" Qi Jingtao smiled, and easily made a shoulder change in front of his mother.

"Be careful, don't get into the tobacco in the field. Chen Huifen looked at the tall and handsome son in front of her, smiled and picked up another flat pole, as well as two woven bags and self-made pockets, and followed her son home.

The wisdom of the peasants is endless, and in the past, tobacco leaves were harvested using large bamboo baskets woven of bamboo. A pair of large bamboo baskets weighed almost a dozen kilograms. In recent years, fertilizer packaging bags are woven bags, which are very light and strong. In the village, the fertilizer bags were dismantled, several pieces were sewn together to form a complete piece, and the four corners were tied with two ropes of suitable length, so that they became tools for picking tobacco leaves. Lightweight and durable, it can contain more or less tobacco leaves, and can also protect the tobacco leaves from damage. When others saw it, they naturally followed it, and the use of good things did not need to be promoted, and it soon became popular. However, those who make a living by weaving bamboo baskets are miserable, and their business is missing a large chunk.

It was at the beginning of the lunar month, and the mother and son were halfway there, and it was already dark, Qi Jingtao slowed down and let his mother walk slowly behind him.

Chen Huifen's right eye was inflamed with the optic nerve when Qi Jingtao was in junior high school, and her vision was still affected after the inflammation was treated, and her vision was very weak.

"Xiao Tao, is it heavy?" Chen Huifen was still concerned about the son who was carrying the burden in front.

"Mom, it's not heavy, let's walk slowly, you can watch the road well. ”

"Hey, there's a lot of smoke today. This is the best tobacco leaf, and it has to be picked all at once, and your dad has run four times. ”

"Hehe, I didn't know that I was picking cigarettes today, I went to pick up Su Min after work, and I didn't come out until I finished eating in the city, so I was late. ”

"Su Min is also here? Hehe, she is a city girl, will she laugh at us rural people?"

"No, Linlin is teaching her to weave tobacco leaves, the work in the countryside is like this, she has to get used to it if she wants to be the daughter-in-law of the countryside. ”

"What nonsense, Su Min is good, it's good to settle down. Xiao Tao, Linlin is going to go to college in the capital in a few days, is she used to living life over there? Watching TV, the winter over there is much colder than ours in central Yunnan, can she stand it?"

"Mom, don't worry. There is heating in the house in winter. Hehe, it's cold outside, and when I go back to the house, the heating is turned on, and it's comfortable. ”

"Really?...... Hehe, that's right, it's all places where big leaders are, and of course these conditions are better. However, northerners eat a lot of pasta, and Linlin is used to eating rice, so is she going to eat the habitual pasta or not?"

"Hehe, Mom, where did you know that northerners eat pasta?"

"Why don't I know? Do you remember your second grandfather, who lived in the northeast? That year, he went home to visit his relatives and told them a lot about the north. ”

"Hehe, did you say that you originally served as a soldier in the 60th Army of the Yunnan Army, and later rebelled in the Northeast, and also participated in the Second Grandfather of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea? I haven't seen him, so he should be retired, right?"

"I'm gone. This year, the eldest of his family came back, saying that he lived in the Northeast after his retirement, and it seems to be the provincial capital of HLJ, where is it?"

"Harbin, hehe, live far enough. Mom, the second grandfather doesn't want to go back to Caiyun to live?"

"Your uncle Yunlong said that he wanted to come back, but your second grandmother is a local in Harbin, and she is reluctant to come over there and doesn't want to come. Hehe, a large family is in the Northeast, and it is inconvenient for him to come alone. ”

"It's been decades, and my second grandfather has also become accustomed to living in the Northeast. Mom, this time Linlin will go to the capital, will you go over and have a look together?"

"There are so many jobs at home that you can't leave, you just send her over. ”

"Mom, what a chance. Linlin is also going for the first time, anyway, I want to send her over, so let's just go as a family, and it is very fast to go by plane, and it will be there in two hours. ”

"Hehe, I think, of course I want to go and see where Linlin is studying. But what about so much farm work. Also, how much does it cost, don't go. Hehe, Xiaotao, Linlin's school is not far from Tiananmen Square? ”

"Not far, just around the corner. Hehe, Mom, I haven't been to the capital either, either I'll go and see it together, or a few days. You can ask Uncle Zhenglin to help with the farm work at home, and the rice is also ripe, so just ask a few more people to help harvest it tomorrow. Our family went early on the 20th, and Linlin just started school after a few days of playing. ”

"How much does that cost?"

"Mom, I have money. Linlin told you, I made hundreds of thousands of dollars by speculating in stocks. Money, you don't have to worry. While my grandmother is still in good health, why don't I go with my grandmother? ”

"Hey, Linlin told us. You also told us, Xiaotao, you should be careful when you speculate on that stock, of course it is good to make money, I heard that there are more losses. ”

"Mom, I'll be careful. I took out most of the money I earned, and now I only have a part of the money in it. ”

"That's good, that's good. ……”

The mother and son chatted and walked, and when they returned to the drying field, Su Min had already left the school, and was talking and laughing with Linlin weaving tobacco leaves under the lights of the flue-cured tobacco room.