In May and June, the rain in the mountains has become unusually much, this year's rain is particularly much, it has been raining for more than half a month, the rain is still in the "Lili Lala" ground, the water in the puddles in the depressions on the street can bury the knees, the roofs of many houses have begun to leak, the water in the patios of every house is level with the ground, and the rain falls on the ground, as if it falls on the hearts of the villagers: it will rain for a few more days, and the wheat in the field must sprout. Mrs. Li of Li Village, who is over 90 years old this year, vaguely remembers that there was a year before the liberation, when it rained for a month, and all the crops in the field sprouted. "Iniquity, iniquity." Mrs. Li attributed the rain to the villagers' disrespect to God, so she burned incense and prayed every day, kowtowed to God.

As soon as the rain settled, the anxious villagers began to go to the field to harvest wheat, according to the weather forecast: there will be heavy rain in the next few days, if you do not seize the time to grab the wheat, the villagers' hard work for a year will really be in vain.

The business of the common people is the business of the people's soldiers, and each is connected to the notice of the superiors: temporarily suspend training, and go all out to help the common people harvest wheat.

The sky is overcast, dark clouds are rolling overhead, it may fall at any time, although the weather is not good, but the wheat field is full of busy people, a group of PLA soldiers with water bottles on their backs, holding sickles appear in the field, the golden wheat seems to have suddenly turned green, the wheat field has long been soaked by rain, a foot down is a deep foot socket, but the soldiers completely ignored, as soon as they entered the field, they were in full swing, they cut and cut, bundled and bundled, the whole field is a busy scene.

Xiao Fang's family only has three acres of land, which is a piece of cake for a few young men in the first class of the Second Artillery Company, the soldiers are responsible for cutting wheat, Xiao Fang's father is responsible for transporting the wheat home, Xiao Fang's mother is responsible for cooking, Xiao Fang is responsible for logistics support, and she also cuts wheat next to Li Xiwa for a while between serving water and pouring tea.

No, after filling the soldiers' kettles one by one, she squatted beside Li Xiwa and cut the wheat, and the two of them talked and laughed, and seemed to have endless words.

"Brother Xiwa, is it hot? I'll wipe your sweat. ”

"Xiaofang, I'm not hot." Li Xiwa smiled, her face covered with wheat ash, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

Xiao Guangdong's eyes were sharp, and when he saw Xiao Fang next to Li Xiwa, he said crookedly: "I said Sister Xiaofang, you don't keep going to the squad leader, men and women match, don't get tired of work, we also need to cheer up." ”

Xiao Fang smiled embarrassedly and said: "Xiao Guangdong, just your poor mouth, learn from Sun Jiashu, and at the same time start to cut, cut so much longer than you, give you a handful of sugar, and block your mouth." After she finished speaking, she took out a handful of candy and gave it to Xiao Guangdong, who immediately stopped talking, needless to say, the soldiers in the class each got a handful of sugar.

Eat in the field at noon, if it is usually field training, the soldiers of the cooking class will send the food over, today the situation is different, because the personnel are too scattered, no matter how big the ability of the cooking class is, the food will not be sent one by one, then again, even if it can be sent, the people will not agree? How can anyone who helps his own family harvest wheat and does not care about food? Afraid that the soldiers are hungry, the villagers sent the meal early, the villagers are usually reluctant to cut the meat, no matter who will cut three or two catties of meat these days, as soon as the lid of the pot is lifted, the tempting aroma of meat will permeate the field.

After a while, the soldiers were gray and black-mouthed, wiped their faces with their hands, and there would be black and white on their faces, but their teeth appeared whiter, and their eyes appeared brighter, and the soldiers tried to save trouble, and they didn't even wash their hands and came over to eat, Xiao Fang put the shredded meat noodles one by one and brought them to the hands of the soldiers, the noodles were rolled out by Xiao Fang's mother, and the tendons were long, the more you chewed, the more flavorful they were, and when they saw everyone eating, Xiao Fang just filled a bowl and ate it herself, when she ate, from time to time turned out a piece of meat from the bowl, When people were not paying attention, they quickly picked it up and put it in Li Xiwa's bowl, Xiao Guangdong's eyes were sharp, and he said as soon as he saw it: "Our squad leader eats too much and can't sleep at night." With a word, Xiao Fang was so ashamed that she took the bowl aside to eat, and Li Xiwa pretended to be angry and said, "Mouthy." Xiao Guangdong stuck out his tongue mischievously.

After eating lunch, after sitting for a while, they started to work again, the wheat of Xiaofang's family was knocked down by the soldiers in less than a day, Xiaofang's father had driven the carriage to the field, the soldiers tied up the wheat with all hands and feet, only to hear Xiaofang's father shouted, "Drive-", the mule struggled to pull up the cart, hey, this cart is loaded, looking from afar, like a hill, back to the yard, the soldiers can't believe their eyes, the wheat pulled back occupies the entire yard, Xiao Fang's father has already set up a greenhouse in the yard, and there is a threshing machine underneath, even the light bulb has been pulled, and it seems that he is going to prepare for the night battle, and the wheat at this time does not dare to be stored, and the hot wheat will sprout and rot after a few days.

After dinner, considering that the soldiers have been working for a day, and they can put half of the wheat at home, Xiao Fang's father said that he didn't want to trouble the soldiers anymore, he pushed on the electric switch, and the family of three was covered with white towels, Xiao Fang's father was responsible for pre-wheat into the wheat threshing machine, Xiao Fang's mother was responsible for picking wheat stalks, and Xiao Fang was responsible for loading wheat.

When it got dark, and there was thunder and lightning in the distance to the southeast, it seemed that it had begun to rain there, and I am afraid that it would not be long before it moved here, and if it did, the wheat of the common people would suffer. Li Xiwa immediately held a temporary class meeting, he said anxiously: "This rain is not small, although we help the villagers to take back the wheat, if we don't get out in time, the wheat will still sprout, we should do good deeds to the end, tonight must help Xiaofang's family finish the wheat, everyone is optimistic?" As soon as Li Xiwa's words fell, everyone unanimously agreed, and after a simple division of labor, Xiao Guangdong and Sun Jiashu rushed to replace Xiao Fang's family, Xiao Fang's father was unwilling, and kept saying: "Don't trouble everyone, don't trouble everyone." But he was still pushed into the house by Xiao Guangdong and Sun Jiashu.

The next is Xiao Guangdong and Sun Jiashu two of them did, Xiao Guangdong preemptively occupied the position of the pre-wheat, Sun Jiashu had to give him a hand, Xiao Guangdong was anxious, he only showed that the thresher was too slow, both hands kept stuffing the wheat into it, after a while, the thresher was choked, a strange scream, Sun Jiashu hurriedly pulled Xiao Guangdong aside, stopped for a while, the thresher returned to normal after digestion, Sun Jiashu said: "Or I'll come, I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." So, Xiao Guangdong began to fight Sun Jiashu again.

The two of them are working hard, Nie Fei brought a recruit to change shifts, Xiao Guangdong has never been addicted, he said to Nie Fei: "Squad leader, let me work for a while." Nie Fei said, "What are we going to do when you're done?" Go to bed. Xiao Guangdong and Sun Jiashu reluctantly slept at this time.

At one o'clock in the morning, the hill-like stacks of wheat had been swallowed up by the thresher, and at this rate, it would have been completed in two or three hours.

Li Xiwa walked over, and he said to Yang Huan, a veteran who was really energetic: "You two rest, the rest is mine." ”

"Squad leader, let me work for a while, there's more left." Yang Huan didn't want to leave, and when he turned his head and saw Xiao Fang standing behind the squad leader, he immediately changed his words and said, "You guys, you guys, squad leader, if you're tired of saying a word, I'll replace you." ”

"You're beautiful." Li Xiwa said with a smile.

Yang Huan snickered and walked away with the recruits.

Late at night, the threshing machine screamed more and more strongly, Xiao Fang used a broom to sweep the rest of the wheat into a pile, Li Xiwa was like a robot to fill the thresher with a lot of wheat, the thresher made a strange scream, Xiao Fang complained on the side: "Panic, it's almost over." ”

Li Xiwa said with a smile: "Don't panic, don't panic." After saying that, he poured the last bit of wheat into the threshing machine with a dustpan, and the wheat was finally finished, and the threshing machine made a gentle sound, and Li Xiwa pulled down the electric switch, and the night immediately became quiet. The crickets began to cries one after another, and the hill-like stacks of barley had now turned into sacks of wheat, and Li Xiwa stretched her waist and said, "It's finally done." ”

Xiao Fang said casually, "It's done." The two looked at each other and smiled.

Li Xiwa said: "It's time to rest." After saying that, he sat on the soft wheat straw pile, Xiao Fang also sat down next to him, the two didn't say anything, just leaned on each other like that, Li Xiwa closed his eyes tiredly, a burst of sleepiness hit, his body slowly leaned on the wheat pile, Xiao Fang was also sleepy, she pillowed her head on Li Xiwa's chest, and both of them quickly fell asleep.

Suddenly, a flash of lightning crossed the night sky, followed by a rumbling thunder through it, and large raindrops smashed down on his head and face, Li Xiwa was so frightened that he shook violently, he pushed Xiaofang and stood up in a panic and shouted: "Oh no, it's raining, it's raining." ”