Chapter 122: Spring Ploughing
"This silt dam was built by our educated youth, I don't care about other teams, we have to divide some, not too much, right?" Zhong Yuemin shouted.
"What are you yelling about~ Why are you still in a hurry?" Chang Gui had no choice but to say: "It makes sense for you to say this, whoever contributes will benefit first, and you are in charge, and this land will be divided into some of your team." ”
"Thank you, Chang Zhishu, then when will we draw this land?" Zhong Yuemin said happily, pulling Chang Gui to divide the land.
"What's the hurry!" Chang Gui was caught off guard, and the gown on his shoulders was about to fall off.
"Isn't this striking while the iron is hot! Otherwise, you turn around and forget, who am I going to?" Zhong Yuemin said as a matter of course.
Chang Gui smiled helplessly, so he had to call Zhang Jinsuo, carry the wooden peg, and give Zhong Yuemin and them the land.
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Most of the fields of the five teams were scattered on the dry land of the bar, and only the dam land that Zhong Yuemin asked for from Chang Gui could be regarded as watering the land.
Although the captain Chen Laohan was sick in bed, the members did not dare to slack off spring ploughing, the so-called "people coax the ground for a day, the ground coaxes people for a year", when Zhong Yuemin took over the fifth team, he didn't care about anything, and took the members to the field every day to plow the land.
There is only one cow in the village, and several production teams have to take turns to use it, and the ploughing cattle have to rest every day. Arable oxen can rest, but people cannot, and without oxen, people can only pull the plough to plough the land.
The rooster crows three times a day, and before it gets dark, Zhong Yuemin has to tell the educated youths to get up, take a pout, and put a wooden plow on their backs to go out, and at this time every household in the village is also lit with lights.
After gathering at the entrance of the village, the members of the fifth team set off together, climbed the mountain and crossed the depression, walked the sheep's intestine path, lit torches all the way, and rushed to their team's fields with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
"Yuemin, you are the captain, let's not talk about the benefits, why are you still carrying dung?" Zheng Tong complained as he walked with a bag of green manure.
Zhao Dayong followed behind and echoed: "That's it, the donkey and sheep dung in this pocket is too delicious!"
"Our entire production team, except for the children and those who can't get up, are all here, a total of seventy-three people, forty-six men, all carrying things on their shoulders, you can't let female classmates and aunts carry manure, right?" Zhong Yuemin asked rhetorically.
"That, that can't. Zhao Dayong looked left and right to see that was indeed the case, and he was silent.
Zheng Tong stopped talking, so he had to cover his nose with his hands.
The dog baby said: "These are all good things in the fertile field, and they don't smell good when they are dried." ”
"Isn't this a taste?" Zheng Tong said in a loud voice.
"Isn't this the smell of sheep dung, if it weren't for Yuemin looking for Du Laohan to move back overnight the night before yesterday, where would we be on the wheel!"
The other members of the village laughed, but their steps were not slow.
The sound of the group talking and laughing added a bit of beauty to the silent dawn, and there was just a glimmer of light in the sky.
Zhong Yuemin discussed with several production team leaders and divided the work, set the workload, and everyone went back to work.
In larger villages, each production team has a bookkeeper, accountant, and warehouse manager, but the fifth team really can't support so many idlers, so Zhong Yuemin did it alone.
The group leader then went back to divide the work among the members, some people grabbed dung, some people pulled the plow, some people supported the plow, some people sowed seeds, and everyone had a fixed workload.
The quicker group quickly sowed seeds back and forth in the field, after all, the day's workload is fixed, and the sooner they finish it, they can rest early.
Unlike many people's perception, it is difficult to be lazy in collective labor, because the team leader and team leader coordinate all the workload, plan it to each day, and assign it to each person according to their personal situation.
So everyone worked hard, and for a moment they could only hear the sound of the plough blade lifting the dirt, and the heavy gasping of the ploughman.
A pair of ploughs and oxen may only need one, but to use people to pull, it takes two strong laborers, and the strong laborers in the team can pull more than a dozen times, and when they are rotated to the educated youth, they have no strength to pull five or six times, so they can only keep changing people.
Zhong Yuemin was pulling the plow, bowing his body, moving forward step by step, sweat constantly falling down his chin to the ground, and Zhao Dayong, who was partnering with him next to him, was no better.
An old woman in the team was holding a dung bag in front to catch dung, Zheng Tong was holding the plow, and Jiang Biyun was following behind to sow seeds, and slowly ploughed a lot of land.
Ploughing and ploughing, the sun suddenly jumped out of the sky, sprinkling colorful light on people's faces, dispelling the morning dew.
The shining of the sun made everyone who had been working in silence suddenly feel inexplicably comfortable, and even some members opened their voices and sang:
"Facing the sky with his back to the Yellow River,
The mountains of northern Shaanxi are covered with mountains.
The valley on the east mountain (yo) on the west mountain,
(oops) laughing in the loess (coming) crying in the loess.
Grab a handful of loess (yo) and sprinkle it into the sky,
(Oops) Xintianyou can't finish singing forever.
Oh......"
When everyone arrived, everyone's minds were also alive, and they couldn't help but smile when they looked at the sun in the sky.
Zhong Yuemin was also in a good mood, took off the rope, made a trumpet shape with both hands, and shouted loudly to the sky:
"The sun is out, happy and happy!"
Everyone laughed when they saw his childish appearance.
When the people on the other side heard the singing, they also stopped what they were doing and looked over here.
"Yuemin!"
When Zhong Yuemin heard the voice, he happily rushed to the edge of the cliff, "Qin Ling, you are also working here?"
"Yes, it was dark before, and I couldn't see people clearly, so I knew it was you!" Qin Ling shouted to him across the ravine.
Zhong Yuemin shouted, "Do you hear my voice?"
"It's hard not to hear your broken gong voice, but the song you sing is quite good, is there anything behind?" Qin Ling replied.
"Yes~ I'll sing it to you. ”
"Okay!" Qin Ling's voice was bright, and he actually called out an echo.
Zhong Yuemin stood on the edge of the cliff and sang:
"The sun is out
Beaming with joy
Pick up the flat shoulder and grow bright
Go up the hill and shout
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The overhanging rock is steep
It's not uncommon
Singing is full of brilliance
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After working all morning, the members also stopped to drink saliva, so Zhong Yuemin and Qin Ling talked about a "long-distance relationship" under the attention of the members on both sides.
"This is still doing this job, just sing with your own object, how can we live!" Zheng Tong complained while holding the plow, saw Jiang Biyun also standing and watching, and said, "Hey, Biyun, why don't we make a pair?"
"Who made you call Biyun a hooligan!" Jiang Biyun glanced at Zheng Tong in disgust, this guy has nothing to do if he is idle.
Zheng Tong has long been accustomed to Jiang Biyun's attitude, and said cheekily: "I'm not trying to appear close to you, you see that Qian Zhimin and Wang Hong have made a couple, and we can't lag behind." ”
"Why are you so shameless, get out of the way. Jiang Biyun listened to him more and more excessively, and pushed her away.
Zheng Tong stood there lonely.
The eldest aunt said with a smile: "Men chase women across the mountain, don't be discouraged in the future, and good women can't stand Lai Han's entanglement." ”
Zheng Tong threw the rope, "Yes, after all, I'm still a Lai Han." ”