Chapter 43: Borrowing Grain (Three Watches)

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The sun scorched the earth violently, the dry air could light a fire, and the leaves on the trees were hot and curled, and even the knowledge on the trees was too hot to make a sound.

The members of the club sweated like rain and hoeed the grass in the field three times, and there was infinite joy in their hearts, because the wheat was about to be harvested, so that they could eat a mouthful of new wheat noodles.

Finally, in the eager eyes of the members, the captain He Quansheng announced loudly, "The wheat is finished, and the sickle will be opened tomorrow." ”

Wheat opens the sickle, this is the most urgent time of the year in the countryside, the rush to harvest in a race against time, the face of the day doll in June, if you don't grab the grain in time, then the year's busy work will be over.

Therefore, at this time, except for the children who have no ability to work and the old people who cannot get off the kang, those who can go out to work in the village have to go out to work to harvest the wheat, and those who have labor to cut the wheat, and the pregnant women and children who have no labor to pick the ears of wheat in the back.

He Yue also took the sickle to the ground, but she had little strength, sandwiched between the two brothers, and was taken care of by the two brothers, almost following them and cutting a few sickles before running forward a few steps.

All the members of Beishui Village went out to work day and night for seven or eight days, and finally finished cutting the wheat in the village, and the next thing was to cool the wheat in the field for three days, and in the evening, He Quansheng drove back the tractor from the commune, and several male members worked together to unload the rear compartment of the tractor, and then replaced the Lu Jie.

He Quan drove the tractor to press the wheat straw in front of him, and the members behind him picked up the wheat straw with a wooden three forks, and rolled it round and round until the wheat grains were separated from the ears of wheat, and then piled the detached wheat grains into a pile in the granary, and then pulled out to dry them when the sun came out the next day.

After a few days of drying in this way, the dried wheat was finally collected into the granary before heavy rain, so that the wheat was not afraid of moisture germination.

The members who have been tired for more than half a month can finally breathe a sigh of relief, and the next thing is the wheat that everyone is looking forward to the most.

Beishui Village has planted more than 200 mu of wheat this year, with a yield of about 110 catties per mu, and a total of more than 23,000 catties of grain has been harvested. The news is simply exciting, and it can be said that this is the best year for Beishui Village in recent years.

Although this figure is not worth mentioning compared to the yield of wheat per mu of four or five hundred catties in later generations, it is already very high in Beishui Village in the past few decades.

These grains are selected and handed over to the state according to the best, and a part of them must be kept as emergency matters in the team, and the births will be evenly distributed according to the population of the team, and each person should be able to get twenty and a half catties of wheat after accounting.

After receiving the food, everyone happily packed the food into sacks and transported it home.

There were only nine people in the He family, and they received a total of more than 180 catties of grain.

This is nearly 200 catties of grain, but it will not be able to have fine grain to eat until next summer, so for the newly distributed wheat, every family looks at it extremely precious.

The day after the grain was distributed, He Xiangxia, the aunt of the He family, went home.

He Xiangxia's figure is as thin as Old Lady He.

This is the first time He Yue has seen this eldest aunt since she was reborn, and the eldest aunt in her impression is not very liked by Old Lady He, because the eldest aunt is relatively wooden and will not say flattering words. But this aunt is a good worker.

When the He family built this house, the adobe in it was beaten by Aunt He, He Guoquan and the people who helped in the village. Men can't stand beating adobe for a day, but in the whole process, Aunt He has been doing it all the time, and she is no less than a man.

It is also because of her ability that Aunt He will be looked down upon by the Wei family in the neighboring village Xingliu Village.

The second eldest of the Wei family, Wei Sheshe, is a lazy eater and is well-known in Xingliu Village, so almost no one in their village is willing to marry a woman to him, or Wei Sheshe doesn't look down on him.

The Wei family fell in love with He Xiangxia, because they saw He Xiangxia's strength in work, and after the Wei Society went out, the old couple of the Wei family were not afraid of worrying that their son would starve to death.

Wei Sheshe originally didn't like He Xiangxia, but He Xiangxia fell in love with Wei Sheshe all of a sudden.

He Xiangxia has never studied for a day in her life, and when Mrs. He died, He Guoquan was in junior high school, and it was He Xiangxia who earned money by doing coolies for others to provide this younger brother to high school.

So He Guoquan has always cherished this eldest sister.

He Xiangxia wants to marry Wei Sheshe, He Guoquan quarreled with He Xiangxia because of this incident, what's so good about Wei Sheshe? It's not that it looks like Sven for a long time, but it looks good in this era and can't be eaten as a meal.

He Xiangxia recognized Wei Sheshe with a tendon, and even used a hunger strike at home for this matter, He Guoquan had no choice but to agree.

After getting married, He Xiangxia rarely went home, and Mrs. He didn't like He Xiangxia very much, so naturally she wouldn't go to see her, only Yao Zhutao would go to Wei's house from time to time to see He Xiangxia.

In the second year of marrying the Wei family, He Xiangxia gave birth to a daughter who turned out to be rabbit lips and died within a few days. It wasn't until three years later that she became pregnant again and gave birth to her son Wei Peng.

Wei Peng was a few years younger than He Yue, and when he came this time, He Xiangxia didn't bring him over.

"Sister-in-law." He Xiangxia sat on the stool and rubbed her hands, "That ......"

Early in the morning, her mother-in-law drove her over and asked her to come back to borrow grain, Xingliu Village will only start to cut wheat tomorrow, and it is estimated that it will take this month to wait for the grain, but the Wei family has run out of food.

"Don't say anything, Guoquan was ready last night." Yao Zhutao patted He Xiangxia on the shoulder, stood up and took out a bag from her east room, which contained the wheat she had just received yesterday.

"There are five catties of wheat here, which I got before Guoquan came back yesterday, and I will decorate some potatoes for you, so that you can eat for a while." The five catties of wheat were on the way back to the grain, He Guoquan quietly pretended, and he didn't dare to let Mrs. He know, if she knew, it would be another beating and scolding.

"Sister-in-law." He Xiangxia stood up excitedly, "No, leave it to the girls to ...... them"

"Take it." Yao Zhutao stuffed the bag into He Xiangxia's hand, "Our mother will be back in a while, don't let her see it, you go back first, and come back in a few days." ”

At this time, if you are bumped into by Old Lady He, you must know what she is here for.

"Bring Peng'er over next time."

"Sister-in-law, my mother-in-law...... I thank my sister-in-law. He Xiangxia ran out crying.

However, the matter of borrowing grain was still known by Mrs. He, and because of this incident, Yao Zhutao almost caused a miscarriage.