Chapter 425 The First Harvest
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In the north of the Ming Dynasty in July, Shaanxi, the scorching sun is like fire, scorching the earth, and the ground is about to smoke, such weather is obviously not suitable for outdoor work.
But for Ge Tiedan, who is building his own home, and other new citizens who have come to settle in Jingbianbao, no matter what kind of weather it is, it is suitable for work.
Everyone is full of energy with hoes and working together to dig the foundation.
To build a house now, it is necessary to dig a three-meter-deep foundation, then tie up the steel bars, pour the cement to dry it, then repair the frame, and then repair the floor on the second floor, which is the ceiling on the first floor.
Then the beams are erected, capped, bricked, painted, decorated, and doors and windows installed, so that the house is completed and repaired.
How to repair the house, Ge Tiedan didn't know very much, the engineers told them a lot of new citizens about the construction process and other related knowledge, Ge Tiedan and the others all listened to the clouds, mountains and fogs, I don't know why, but this does not prevent them from doing things, because the engineers let them do what they do, they do.
The first step in repairing the house is to dig the foundation, and everyone has now learned to work together, digging the foundation as a family, and everyone else comes to help, without much trouble.
When excavating the foundation, Ge Tiedan thought that it must be the chief's family who started construction first, but he didn't know that he was completely wrong in the direction, and the two lieutenants were temporarily appointed by the government to be in charge of the work of the settlement, and they did not settle down here.
And according to the political tradition of the first army in Jingbian Fort, it was his old Ge family who was the first to start construction, and even the lieutenant chief had to come to help Ge Tiedan's family dig the foundation.
Only then did Ge Tiedan see the supreme status of soldiers in Jingbian Fort, and he felt that his younger brother was really worthy of being a soldier, with status and a future.
Twenty households, more than 100 people, regardless of men, women and children, go into battle together, dig the foundation, and two days of hard work can be dug well.
The foundation of Ge Tiedan's house was dug up, and the people of his own construction team put in the steel skeleton and filled the cement. Ge Tiedan very consciously carried a hoe to help other people's families dig foundations and repair houses, but he didn't worry too much.
Twenty households, twenty houses, if there is any rainy weather or the like, I am afraid that the house will be more troublesome to build, but the weather in Shaanxi has been dry, and the temperature is still relatively high, which brings great convenience to the cement drying.
Ge Tiedan's house, the foundation was excavated on July 20, and by August 20, the first layer was almost solidified, followed by the second floor, and the first layer of other people's houses was almost solidified, and only the second layer was missing.
When the new house is about to be built, the new citizens are naturally excited, and something that makes them even more excited is coming.
In July and August, the sun is abundant, it has not rained once, it is very dry, and the summer in the north is different from the south, the day is hot and spicy, the hot is cool, and the temperature in the morning and night is not very high, which is the temperature difference between day and night is very large, so that the spring wheat is filled early.
At the end of August, the fields around the settlement were covered with golden wheat, and the breeze blew through the waves, and the people who watched it were fascinated.
Ge Tiedan stood in the field, looking at the yellow, orange and orange wheat in his field, he should have been happy, but when he and his father and mother met their eyes, he suddenly found that although the other party had a thick smile on his face, there were rare tears in his eyes.
That smile is naturally a natural reaction to be satisfied with everything in front of you, to feel that life has a rush, but the tears are overflowing because of the bitterness and goodbye to the tragic past.
"Dad, mother, we used to eat the last meal without the next meal, the house we lived in leaked on all sides, and even the mice couldn't be seen, and then we were robbed, I thought we would fill the ditch at any time, and die somewhere, I didn't want to meet Liu Dashuai who rescued the suffering, and now, here, on Liu Dashuai's territory,
We have our own land, and even have such a beautiful house, which was put on the back foot, where dare to think, father, mother, so much wheat, we can't eat it all, and when we harvest, let's keep some for ourselves, and then save some for my brother, and the rest will be returned to the government, after all, we have borrowed so many things from the government. Ge Tiedan took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and then said to his father.
"That's natural, Dashuai is in charge of so many people's eating, drinking, and Lazar, and has borrowed so many things from us ordinary people, and now that we have a harvest, of course we have to return it to Dashuai." Uncle Ge is a very simple person, borrowing and repaying, this is the rule taught by the older generation.
"As soon as our chief says it's time to harvest, we'll start cutting the wheat right away." Aunt Ge also said with a smile.
When the wheat was ripe, the attention of all the new citizens in the settlement shifted from their houses to the wheat fields.
The two lieutenants of the settlement, as well as the two lieutenants of the settlement, seemed to know that the new citizens were concerned about the harvest, so they went to the fields on the 25th of August with all the strong men and women of all their men and women, and began to harvest.
The new citizens, with the permission of the lieutenant, bent over and reaped as if the scorching sun did not exist, and reaped all the way through with their scythes, not knowing what the toil was.
Ge Tiedan, like everyone else, was about to go crazy when he worked, he watched the golden straws full of plump ears of wheat fall, and the pleasure of satisfaction suddenly hit his whole body, making him feel as if he had taken a stimulant, and he had endless energy, harvesting without a price.
"Look at them, how energetic they are when we came, and I can't wait to get everything done in one day." A white-clothed lieutenant said with a smile to a black-clothed lieutenant beside him.
"Why not, when our family harvested food, my father slept with a sack full of rice. And halfway through my sleep, I woke up with a smile a few times! The black-clothed man laughed.
"Haha, you're right, on the day of the harvest, my mother used our own rice to grind noodles, cooked a big pot of noodles, I even ate five big bowls, and I want to eat again, it is the best noodles I have ever eaten in my life, because it is the rice milled noodles grown in our own land, and the taste is very different." The white man laughed heartily.
"Who said it wasn't, but now the land is not mine, and I don't have my share, so I asked my brother to divide it." When the black-clothed lieutenant said this, he couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.
"Look at you, you are not satisfied, right, my land property is not given to my sister. I don't have a part in this son, and I can't think about it even more than you. The chief in white looked at the inside of black, and said slightly depressedly.
"Then what can you do, the handsome said, women can hold up half the sky, and the eldest daughter also has the right to inherit, thanks to your father, who is still an understanding person, and did not force the land to be distributed to you, otherwise if you let the procuratorate know, you will not be able to eat and walk around." The black man reminded the white man to say a long way.
"That's right, we should be content, although we don't have any land, but don't we also serve an iron rice bowl? The two of us had good grades in school, and then we were elected to the political school, and then joined the party, and now we are the mayor, make a transition, and when Ma Ye goes to Ansai County to establish the county government, we will go over to be the civil servants in the government, and the monthly money is no less than that of workers and soldiers. The white-clothed man was thinking about the days ahead.
"Needless to say, who doesn't want to live this kind of fairy-like life, but I want to ask you something, if you join the Social Democratic Party, you have to follow the big business that the handsome can do, to be honest, are you afraid?" When the black-clad lieutenant had spoken of this, he suddenly remembered the ultimate ideal of the Social Democrats, and he felt that this matter seemed to be a bit unnatural, so he asked his companions with some apprehension.
"What are you afraid of, what is there to be afraid of, how chaotic the world is now, you have also seen it, in the past, we were all about to starve to death, the government was still urging taxes, those landlords and old wealth around us, which is not to knock on the bone and suck the marrow for us, the exploitation is terrible, and finally the thief rebellion, how miserable we are, you should also remember, if it weren't for the handsome man to protect us and give us a way to live, you and I can have today. Besides, since you arrived here, have you ever seen corrupt officials who bully people? The white-clothed lieutenant asked.
"No, these officials are polite to us." The black-clothed lieutenant replied.
"Did those generals bully others?" The white-clothed lieutenant asked again.
"No, a few days ago, when I went to Liujiabao to run errands, I saw the handsome carriage waiting for the red light." The black-clothed lieutenant replied again.
"That's right, let me ask you again, if it weren't for the handsome, would you be able to live like today?" The white-clothed lieutenant asked again.
"If it weren't for Dashuai, I wouldn't be able to study in my life, let alone get a monthly salary of ten taels of silver a month." The black-clothed lieutenant replied.
"That's it, Dashuai is so good to us, we are losing our lives, and we have to repay Dashuai's kindness, not to mention, Dashuai's career is a great cause, a just cause, there are still many people like us in the world, get up early and be greedy for darkness, work all their lives, or be poor and have four walls.
And it will also be exploited by the government, oppressed by the gentry, and looted by bandits, horse thieves and official soldiers, so we must work together with the marshal to bring the gospel of democracy to every corner of the Ming Dynasty, so that every citizen of the Ming Dynasty can have their own land and their homes, and decide their own destiny.
To be able to live with dignity, not to be afraid to submit to others, not to sell one's soul for the sake of power. Fighting for such a cause, I only feel full of strength and no fear, what do you think? When the white-clothed lieutenant said this, he who was originally sitting stood up involuntarily, his eyes looking into the distance, as if he was immersed in an ethereal illusion.
When the black-clothed lieutenant heard this, the slightest doubt in his heart seemed to disappear, and he nodded vigorously and said, "Well, you're right, but I'm like a coward, timid. ”
"It doesn't matter, anyone will be afraid of such a thing as rebellion, but we have a big handsome, so we don't have to be afraid of anything, we just follow the big handsome." The white clothes are long and said.
"That's right, follow the big handsome, that's right." The black-clothed lieutenant echoed with a resolute face.
"By the way, you said that if we leave, who among you should be the right chief?" When the white-clothed lieutenant said this, he suddenly changed his words.
"Ge Tiedan, he is a good person, his younger brother is a cavalryman, and the others are also convinced." The black-clothed lieutenant didn't think about it, and replied.
"The hero sees the same thing, Ge Tiedan is not bad, there is a man named Yang Jiangyun in our family, and it is not bad, there is a person in the family who is an artillery soldier in the army, and he can serve the public as a lieutenant." Long in white.
"That's a good feeling, when we finish building here, tell them about it, let them take care of this place, and the two of us will follow Ma Ye to Ansai County to be civil servants." Long in black.
"yes, that's it." The white man said with a smile.
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