Chapter 1073: Harvesting Rice
The workers assigned by Chen Lan to take care of the grain fields are the most experienced grain farmers. Harvesting rice with a sickle is nothing new for them. After coming to the rice field, several workers didn't say much, and tacitly chose a starting point, from where they began to harvest rice side by side.
Xiao Ping also wanted to work in the field, but was desperately stopped by those workers. According to them, with their own old grain farmers present, how can they let the boss do the work with their own hands, this is tantamount to slapping them in the face, and this must not be the case.
Although Xiao Ping is the boss, he is reluctant to overpower people many times. What's more, these workers are all well-intentioned, so he doesn't insist, just stands on the ridge of the field, watching with interest as everyone cuts rice.
With the boss on the side, several workers worked harder than usual. I saw the sickle in their hands flying, and every swing could cut a handful of rice. Then I used a bundle of rice stalks, and a bunch of rice was harvested.
For these workers, harvesting rice is as mundane as eating and drinking. Xiao Ping carefully watched the movements of the workers, and felt that their every move contained a magical rhythm, which could not only harvest the ripe rice at the fastest speed, but also save the greatest amount of effort.
This also made Xiao Ping secretly sigh, as the so-called "three hundred and sixty lines, the line is the champion". Don't look at Xiao Ping's physique is far better than these workers, but if he really wants to cut rice faster, he thinks that he is really not everyone's opponent.
The workers cut the rice quickly, and it wasn't long before a long clearing appeared in the rice field. Behind them were sheaves of wheat. Each bunch of ears of wheat is huge and plump, heralding the joy of a good harvest to Xiao Ping.
This time, the seed base was used to try to grow new varieties of grain. In total, there are only more than 20 acres. On these 20 acres of land, it is necessary to plant new varieties of rice and wheat. It is also necessary to grow the grain of the control group, and distribute more than five acres of land to each crop.
For a dozen or so workers who are working hard to harvest rice. A rice paddy field of this size is nothing at all. The big guys started working hard from dawn, and when the sun was almost overhead, more than five acres of rice fields were harvested.
Although the workers felt that this amount of labor was nothing at all, Xiao Ping still felt that everyone was working hard. He repeatedly assured everyone that he would let Chen Lan allocate funds to buy some mechanical and agricultural tools to reduce everyone's labor intensity.
In fact, in the eyes of the workers, more than 20 people take care of more than 20 acres of fields, and the work is already very easy, and there is no need to buy any more machinery and farm tools. But I see that the boss cares so much about himself. Everyone was also very impressed. Although the sun was already poisonous at this time, everyone insisted on tying up all the cut ears of rice and transporting them to the concrete floor in front of the office building.
The next step is threshing, where the rice is removed from the ears and the straw is left. After a few days of drying, the rice can be bagged and sent to the seed warehouse for the next season.
The thresher is a worker's, and now he is already a worker in the seed base, and it is useless to leave the machine at home. Simply move to the seed base to use.
Several workers hold bales of rice and rub them back and forth on the threshing machine. The fast-rotating drum can get all the grains off the ears of rice without harming them, so that they can be kept for the seeds.
It didn't take long for the golden paddy to form a tall pile. At the same time, there is a steady stream of freshly removed grains added to it. Soon the rice was piled up into a mountain, shining golden in the sun, as dazzling as a real mountain of gold.
An experienced worker watching more and more rice is growing. His face was full of unbearable joy, and he couldn't help but say to Xiao Ping: "Boss." I estimate that this batch of rice is at least more than 10,000 catties! How much grain can be produced from more than five acres of land, this is a real bumper harvest!"
Although so far. The characteristics of the high yield of the new varieties of grain can be basically determined, but Xiao Ping still has not completely relaxed his mind. After all, according to the agreement between him and Chen Lao, only if the yield per mu exceeds 30% of the control group, Chen Lao will promote grain varieties throughout the country. In order to know the exact yield increase data, you must wait until all the rice ears have been threshed and dried and weighed. So for Xiao Pinglai, the most critical moment is still to come, and it is not yet time to relax.
While Xiao Ping was nervously waiting for the results, Chen Lan was still asleep in her dormitory. The pretty widow did drink too much last night, and when she returned to her room, she slept groggily, and she didn't even know that Sister-in-law Zhang had helped her undress.
But at this time, Chen Lan was woken up by the noise of the threshing machine, and before she opened her eyes, she remembered what happened before she got drunk last night, and then felt that she was only wearing underwear, and immediately let out an exclamation.
Sister-in-law Zhang, who was busy outside, heard Chen Lan's exclamation, and hurriedly ran in and asked in a panic, "What's wrong, Manager Chen?"
At this time, Chen Lan also found out that she was in the dormitory, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Sister-in-law Zhang, why are you here?"
"Manager Chen, you were drunk last night, and Mr. Xiao asked me to stay and take care of you. Sister-in-law Zhang said to Chen Lan with a smile: "Mr. Xiao is kind and handsome, I can see that he cares about you very much, what a good young man!"
Sensing something from Sister-in-law Zhang's smile, Chen Lan's heart jumped violently, she didn't want to argue with Sister-in-law Zhang about this matter, so she quickly changed the topic and said, "Last night...... Who sent me back?"
"Mr. Xiao, of course. Sister-in-law Zhang said with a smile: "He personally went to the city to pick you up, and I heard that he also had a conflict with some leader of the Agricultural Bureau and beat people up! Manager Chen, Mr. Xiao is really good to you!"
"Still beating someone?" Sister-in-law Zhang's words shocked Chen Lan's heart, and she hurriedly got out of bed and hurriedly finished washing, and wanted to go to Xiao Ping to ask for clarification.
However, when Chen Lan arrived at the door, she suddenly remembered that since Xiao Ping sent her back, what happened after she was drunk by Zhao Guangzhi last night must have been seen by him. Chen Lan, who was drunk, didn't know what the situation was at that time, what if something bad was seen by Xiao Ping, and he was angry with himself because of this?
This thought made Chen Lan startled, and she didn't know what to do for a while. Chen Lan also finally met Xiao Ping, a man worthy of lifelong trust, Xiao Ping's position in her heart is extremely important, and the pretty widow almost regards him as her own sky.
If Xiao Ping really misunderstood that Chen Lan was a frivolous woman because of what happened last night, or simply thought that she deliberately wanted to lean on the big tree of Zhao Guangzhi and fight her from now on. For Chen Lan, it is undoubtedly equivalent to the fall of the sky, which is a situation that she absolutely cannot accept.
These thoughts flashed through Chen Lan's mind one by one, and standing at the door, she couldn't help but think with a loss: "What if he really thinks I'm a casual person and doesn't pay attention to me anymore, then what should I do?!"
Although reason told Chen Lan that Xiao Ping was definitely not a ruthless and unrighteous person, she still couldn't help but think, if Xiao Ping really didn't give birth to himself, why didn't he come to see himself, but watched everyone cut rice? Chen Lan was worried that if Xiao Ping really made the decision to break up, she would definitely not be able to bear such a big blow.
In the end, Chen Lan still didn't have the courage to face Xiao Ping immediately, she dispelled the idea of going outside to see the threshing, and returned to her office with a heavy heart.
Before entering the office, Chen Lan instructed the secretary not to see anyone, and then closed the door and sat in the seat in a daze thinking about things. At this time, she only felt that her mind was in chaos, countless thoughts appeared upside down, and her heart was even more uneasy and at a loss.
Xiao Ping, who was outside, didn't know how entangled Chen Lan was at this time, and he was still watching everyone busy working with great interest. He didn't leave until all the rice had been threshed and spread out on the cement floor to start drying.
Xiao Ping went to Chen Lan's room first, and found that she had already left, and couldn't help but feel a little strange. After all, according to the relationship between Xiao Ping and Chen Lan, the pretty widow should have come to meet him as soon as she woke up, why hasn't she shown up until now?
However, Xiao Ping guessed Chen Lan's intention to do this after thinking about it for a while, and couldn't help but show a smile of sudden realization. He was also unambiguous, went straight to Chen Lan's office, used gestures to stop Xiao Liu, the secretary who was about to call Chen Lan, and went straight to the door and broke in.
Chen Lan, who was already nervous, saw Xiao Ping suddenly appear in front of her, and her pretty face turned pale in an instant. She stood up in a panic and stood in front of Xiao Ping with her head down, her pitiful appearance was like a schoolboy who made a mistake and was caught red-handed by the teacher.
"Drunk?" Xiao Ping casually locked the door of the office and said to Chen Lan expressionlessly: "You are a very good manager, you have actually had a relationship with the deputy director of the Agricultural Bureau!"
Hearing that Xiao Ping seemed to have a bad tone, Chen Lan, who was already very uneasy, became even more worried, and pinched the corners of her clothes with both hands and whispered, "I...... I have a hard time, please listen to my explanation!"
"What's there to explain?" Xiao Ping, who intended to teach Chen Lan a lesson, interrupted her coldly: "You are not a three-year-old child, you know that Zhao Guangzhi didn't have any good ideas to invite you to dinner, but you still go to the appointment alone like this, what do you think?"
Hearing Xiao Ping's tone getting colder and colder, Chen Lan was about to cry in a hurry, and hurriedly said to him: "Zhao Guangzhi threatened me with the matter of the seed base, I ...... I can't help it!"
"There is no way? Have you ever thought about what would happen to you if Li Zheng didn't be loyal to his duties last night, or if I didn't arrive in time?" Xiao Ping simply picked out the words, shook his head slowly at Chen Lan and said, "Speaking from the heart, I am very disappointed with your decision yesterday. (To be continued......)