The mechanized road at the head of the village has long been turned into the main road leading from the village to the city, which can pass trucks, but when it rains, it is full of potholes and water, and it is difficult to walk an inch.

Li Lu blamed himself a little, he was busy with business, and forgot to build a beautiful hometown.

Secretly remembering this matter in his heart, Li Zuming had already pointed to the large sugarcane forest on the left and said, "Over there!" The eldest brother and the second brother will come back, but Dad didn't come back, he said that the factory was busy and couldn't leave. ”

"Oh, the eldest brother and the second brother are back too." Li Lu found a hard piece of land to park the car, and then walked with Li Zuming to his sugarcane forest.

Everywhere there were people cutting sugar cane, Li Lu kept greeting, talked a few idle words, and walked all the way, there were more than a dozen families working on this vast and flat field at the same time. The New Year will be over in a little more than a month, and every family is hurrying to harvest sugarcane.

Passing by the sugarcane forest of Yang Qingsong's house, Li Lu didn't see Yang Qingsong, only his parents, older brothers and sisters, younger brothers and sisters were working, and their family was also a big family.

"Uncle Yang, what about Qingsong, why didn't he come back?" Li Lu greeted Yang Qingsong's butcher father, Yang Qingsong's father didn't even kill pigs, and helped the family cut sugar cane, which shows how important this matter is in everyone's hearts.

Daddy Yang stopped waving his short hoe, wiped a handful of sweat, and said, "I'm busy, his morale in that factory is too high, so I didn't let him come back." Didn't your dad come back either? ”

"yes, the brick factory is very busy." Li Lu said with a smile.

Father Yang said, "Why did you run back, I heard that you are the director, so you can't be busier." ”

At this time, Yang Qingsong's eldest brother said, "Dad, how can the leader be busy, do you understand?" ”

Li Lu greeted the others in turn with a smile, and then said, "I'm not very busy, I'll go over to work first, Uncle Yang." ”

"Go, you don't have much labor at home." Daddy Yang waved his hand.

Li Lu waved his hand and hurriedly went.

There are four young and strong laborers in his family, the fifth and sixth are girls, the fifth is older and can cut sugarcane leaves, and the sixth is a real soy sauce player, running around, and a few little children get together to touch and play there. At this time of year, there are quite a few people who are stuck in the roots of sugar cane, including adults. The cut sugar cane has roots on the ground, and the broken section protrudes from the ground, which is quite sharp, and if you don't wear shoes, you can rub off a piece of foot skin.

"Sister! Don't run around! Where's your shoes! Put your shoes on! As soon as Li Lu saw the sixth barefoot, he hurriedly scolded.

Li Zuming ran over to find the sixth child's shoes, caught up with her and hugged her and put on the shoes stiffly, and the sixth child struggled to care about the sugarcane leaves in his hand. The soil in the fields is cool and cool, and I don't know how comfortable it is to step on it barefoot, and the little kids like to run in the fields.

Li Yaohua is the main player, and he is responsible for chopping. Sugarcane is cut with a hoe that is 80 centimeters to 1 meter long, and it is a sharp and thin hoe, which is suitable for light and important, and the hoe and the hoe handle are usually at a 90-degree angle, which is the most convenient to operate. A skilled chopper usually pulls several sugarcanes backwards with his left hand, as if he were holding a child with his backhand, and then swings a hoe with his right hand and chops them one by one according to the roots, as close to the ground as possible. The reason why the machete is not used is that with such a special hoe you can stand upright, work faster, and squatting with the machete is very tiring.

Li Jiahua followed him as the first sickle hand, but also a special sickle, the left hand held the top of the sugarcane, the right hand of the sickle blade with the junction between the leaves and the branches, and then pulled down, the leaves were cut off one after another, the left hand rotated the sugarcane to cut a few times, basically completed the process of leaf removal, and then the left hand shook the floor slightly, turned the sugarcane head and tail around, and cut off the top of the sugarcane tail, so that a sugarcane that meets the factory standards was harvested.

The severed sugarcane tail is crisp and fragrant, making it a good material for feeding cattle.

Cai Yefen and Li Xiaolin were on either side of Li Jiahua, as the second and third scythemen, doing the same work as Li Jiahua. Although Li Xiaolin is only two years older than the sixth Li Qianfan, she can already do a lot of farm work. Because Li Qianfan is the youngest, the whole family is spoiled, and she is only in the first grade of primary school, and she is basically a master who comes to eat and stretch out her hand. Li Xiaolin feeds pigs and grasses or something, and she is familiar with it.

Needless to say, Li Zuming hurriedly found a sickle and went over to join the harvesting process. Li Lu went over and took Li Xiaolin's sickle and said, "You go to the roadside and put on your gloves, and the girl's family looks at your hands, go quickly." ”

Li Xiaolin's hands were red from barbs, and there were cracks. This winter the air is dry, and the skin is easily dehydrated.

"You can work without hurting your hands." Cai Yefen over there didn't think so, and said.

Li Lu said to Li Xiaolin, "Go, bring the gloves and put them on." We should also pay attention to protective measures when working, Mom, this is called labor protection, and we all do it in the factory. ”

"Oh, it's the same in the factory." Cai Yefen agreed.

Li Xiaolin hurriedly went.

Except for her mother Cai Yefen, the two sisters didn't listen to anyone, except for the third brother.

Li Lu worked skillfully and said to his mother, "Mom, let me find a few people to come over and help, our family has more than 30 acres of sugarcane, and we can't finish the New Year." ”

"That's it, Mom, you see that the third child said so, what does it matter to find a few people." Li Yaohua said helplessly, constantly giving Li Lu a look.

It seems that before Li Lu came back, Li Yaohua and Li Jiahua obviously made suggestions, and they were resolutely vetoed by Cai Yefen.

"What are you wasting that money for! Your Uncle Shan's chopping is almost finished, come over and help our family cut after chopping, isn't that a lot more. Cai Yefen was really resolute.

Ask someone to come and cut it?

I'm sorry, but the peasants in these days don't have this kind of consciousness - they are still people who can't take care of their stomachs, how can they hire workers. Moreover, in the minds of the rural people, only the landlords would hire day laborers - not a joke!

Li Jiahua said with a bitter face, "Mom, there are a lot of things in my company, I am very busy, I do the accounts of the entire company, and there are a lot of financial things, you said that you arrested me back to cut sugarcane, you are really ......"

Perhaps a few hours ago, Li Jiahua was still sitting in a modern office in a suit and leather shoes, commenting on various reimbursement documents, but now, he is back to the state of a young farmer a year ago, but he is still very skillful in his work. It's hard not to be familiar with something carved into your bones.

Cai Yefen glared at Li Jiahua and said disdainfully, "Ouch, just your job, you won't transfer if you leave your unit?" Stay with me honestly, and then go back to work after cutting the sugar cane at home. Hong Kong people's units don't know whether they are reliable or not. ”

At this moment, even Li Lu was speechless.

Obviously, Cai Yefen had no idea what kind of work her sons were doing outside. Millions of dollars of money flow every month do not exist here in Cai Yefen. What she is dissatisfied with is that the unit where Li Jiahua works is opened by Hong Kong people, which is unreliable.

It is still the third state-owned enterprise reliable, and the iron rice bowl.

Just imagine, the third child who was a cadre in a state-owned enterprise was arrested by her to work, and the second child, the accountant of a private enterprise, was nothing.

Li Yaohua and Li Jiahua didn't say anything about work to Cai Yefen, but Cai Yefen didn't believe it at all! What are millions of dollars a month, Cai Yefen only thinks they are bragging, and for this reason, they have been taught many times to be honest in life!

The eldest brother and the second brother looked at Li Lu for help, Li Lu was very helpless, and after his eyes signaled them to be calm, he began to seriously consider how to solve this matter.

Li Yaohua is the principal of the Red Star Factory, and the financial power of Fenyuan Company is in the hands of Li Jiahua, and there is no problem for the two of them to be absent for three or two days, but it is obvious that these sugarcanes at home can not be cut in three or two days.

The work in his hands kept stopping, Li Lu thought of a way, and said after consideration, "Mom, the eldest brother and the second brother's units can find someone to help, and I can do it here, let's not invite people, ask colleagues to come over and help with the work for a few days, this is okay." ”

Sure enough, Cai Yefen's attention was attracted, "Can a colleague help chop sugar cane?" They can't do it, they're from the city. ”

"If there is anything that can't be done, they are all from peasant families, and those who don't have a few acres of land at home have done this work." Li Lu said.

Li Jiahua saw that his mother was tempted, and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, Mom, not only do I have many colleagues in my unit, but also trucks, which can be borrowed to pull sugarcane to the sugar factory!" ”

"That's not going to work, you can't use it in vain." Cai Yefen thought about it, shook her head and said, "This is not good, this is not good, it affects the work is not good." ”

Li Lu gave Li Jiahua a look and said, "Mom, there's no problem on my side." Aren't I from the security department, there are a lot of soldiers and comrades-in-arms under my command, our factory is in three shifts, many people have time, and if there are trucks, we also have them. ”

These things, even with a look from Li Lu, someone will immediately come to help him solve them, but he can't do this - it's better not to farm at all, doesn't he have any money?

In his eyes, these things have nothing to do with money, and they have nothing to do with any economic benefits, but his mother's way of life. That's right, now that it's developed, Cai Yefen is a rich generation of his mother, and it doesn't take much money to cook with paper money. But after working in the fields for most of her life, will she be able to adapt? In this way, it is better to let her slowly transition to another way of life according to her wishes. What's more, Li Lu's mother is only about fifty years old, and people at this age are absolutely uncomfortable when they have nothing to do.

Li Lu understands this truth very well, so he will not use strong means to drag his mother and even his two younger sisters into a new living environment, and he has to give them time to adapt slowly.

"Mom, I'll ask my comrades-in-arms to help, the truck that transports sugar cane, and then think of a way." Li Lu said.

Cai Yefen said happily, "That's okay, my mother cooks food for them every day, and people come to help, so they have to eat and drink well." ”

"Derre!"