Qin Gaohe went to the gas supply station to buy diesel, butter, and engine oil, put them on a flatbed truck, tied them to death, and also came to the agricultural machinery station. Together with Qin Zhongliang, after looking at the two newly bought trailers in the team, he found Xiao Chen, pushed the bicycle, and the three of them pulled back together.

"Brother Zhongliang, I'll just pull it with Huanqing, you can go first on a bicycle." Qin Gao said to Qin Zhongliang, "Anyway, the bicycle is placed on a flatbed, and it is idle if it is idle, and it will increase the weight, you can move it down and ride it away!" ”

"I don't ride, let's go together with the three of us, and pull it lightly." Qin Zhongliang said to Qin Gao.

"Brother Zhongliang's arm can't hold the handlebar, how can he ride? I'll pull it myself, and you ride and take him first. Huan Qing stretched out his hand and grabbed the rope on Qin Gao's shoulder and said.

"What's wrong with his arm? Can't slap the handle hard? Qin Gao asked Huanqing. Huan Qing explained to Qin Gao what he had heard from his sister-in-law yesterday morning and Qin Zhongliang's injury.

"If you are so seriously injured, you can't rest well at home, so what trailer do you buy at the agricultural machinery station? One day earlier, one day later, it's not that you can't buy it! Don't pull it, it will hurt more in your arm, I'll take you home on a bicycle and then come back to celebrate! Qin Gao stopped, handed over the car to Huanqing, and went to carry the bicycle.

"Don't go back and forth, just pull and walk together!" Qin Zhongliang urged Qin Gao to continue to hurry, "I'm not a weak person, what is this little thing!" Today hurts a lot better than yesterday. ”

None of the three of them wanted to ride first, so they worked together to move forward on the uneven dirt road.

The three of them walked forward, and Huanqing suddenly asked: "Brother Zhongliang, you only said that you came to buy oil in the morning, but you didn't say anything about our team buying a trailer today!" You're going to buy a trailer, why don't you let each of us drive a four-wheeler in the morning and bring the trailer back with gas? The two of us don't know what to do, isn't this asking for trouble and tiring? ”

"I only said to look at the quality and price first, but I didn't expect to take a fancy to the quality and bargain, how can I hesitate anymore!" Qin Zhongliang said to Qin Gao and Huanqing, "Let's be tired a little bit, anyway, the team didn't suffer!" ”

"We have also seen the trailer there, the quality is okay, the weight of no more than 8,000 to 10,000 catties is absolutely not bad, enough for us to use, but you said that you bargained, I don't know what's going on? The price is clearly written, and the webmaster and accountant are not simple, and they will charge us less! Huanqing asked puzzled.

"It's good to mark the price clearly, but it depends on who buys it, I'll buy it, can he Zhu deputy stationmaster not give face?" Qin Zhongliang showed a little smugness and said with a smile.

"Of course! Yesterday I bought two four-wheelers, and today I bought two trailers, so I have to pay for cigarettes or a meal. Qin Gao said.

"What about a pack of cigarettes and a meal?" Qin Zhongliang deliberately did not say the specific number, let the two of them think about it.

"Anyway, I can't let you be a hundred or eighty, at most thirty or fifty is good!" Huan Qing said.

"Guess again." Qin Zhongliang said.

"One hundred!" Huan Qing said a big number.

"Four hundred." Qin Zhongliang stretched out four fingers and said.

"Four hundred? Yes? Qin Gao and Huanqing were so surprised that they couldn't believe it.

"Really, that's right." Qin Zhongliang repeated, "The real four hundred yuan!" ”

"You're not his cousin, nor his second uncle, can you give you such a big face?" Huan Qing gestured with his two hands on his face and said, "Don't make us happy, nearly thirty people, is it so easy to coax!" ”

"Don't believe me? See for yourself! Qin Zhongliang took out the invoice certificate from his coat pocket and handed it to Huanqing, "Others are looking for more money from me, and my hands are trembling when I hold it!" Because that's not mine, it's not clean money! Whoever wants to ask for an extra point for a fair deal, I won't give it to him! ”

"How did you bargain? Slip off so much? Qin Gao asked Qin Zhongliang.

Qin Zhongliang told the two of them how he grabbed the handle of Deputy Stationmaster Zhu's speech and threatened him, wanted to buy it, and took advantage of his unpreparedness to bargain for his words, and Qin Gao and Huanqing believed it.

"It's worth it to be tired, and it saves the team money to buy fertilizer in the spring." Qin Gao said.

"Value!" The celebration is overwhelming.

Once they went, nearly sixty miles of distance were completed under their feet, and it was already one and three quarters in the afternoon.

After lunch, Qin Gao, Huanqing, Da Niu, and Bao Lian were divided into two groups, two people in a car, and went to the agricultural machinery station to bring the trailer back. Ready for the lunch harvest.

The scene of preparing for the noon harvest has been picked up after half a day of shoveling and leveling by male laborers, and the grass, masonry and gravel, and sand have been picked up. The four-wheeled cart crushed the clods of earth with the stones, and the scene was as flat as a mirror. Qin Zhongliang asked everyone to carry water to water the field in the afternoon, and sprinkle bran and crush it tomorrow.

The women who had taken care of the autumn crops in the fields had a day of rest and sharpened their sickles in preparation for the harvest tomorrow.

In the evening, as soon as the four-wheeled vehicle drove back, Qin Zhongliang arranged for someone to add diesel, engine oil, and butter to keep the machine not short of oil and lubricated freely.

The arrangement of personnel on the field, considering that it is only pressed and sunburned temporarily, cannot be beaten, only five or six people are arranged to sprinkle chaff and roll, and the rest of the remaining personnel are all put into cutting and pulling to speed up the progress.

"Zhongliang, tomorrow is only the first of June, the wheat kernels have just hardened, and the dryness is not strong, is it not a few days to cut again, and it is good to threshh on the field?" Qin Changgeng asked Qin Zhongliang for advice.

"You often say: Artificial wheat harvesting is slow, three days of rawing, three days of ripening, and three days of gluttony, how can you even forget this? Now you can cut it off and put it in the ground or on the field to dry it first, so many acres of land, this year's wheat ridges are thick, and they can't be cut quickly! The silkworm is old for a while, and the wheat is old for a while. Cutting and cutting is ripe, and the phenomenon of ripening, sloppy, and dropping wheat grains in the later stage is not unseen! In case it rains in the middle of the noon harvest, not to mention the wheat sprouts, even pulling will become a problem. The car can't go into the ground, and it depends on people to carry it out one by one, which is much slower. You can't do it like this, and you're still tired! In my opinion, it is better to open the sickle two days in advance. Eight ripe, ten harvest; Ten ripe, eight harvest. We can't do it when it comes to returning the granules, but try to advance as much as possible to reduce losses, and we can still do it if we work together. Qin Zhongliang talked about his own understanding and thoughts in response to Qin Changgeng's suggestion.

"I know this, don't you think our team has a mechanical pull this year, don't you have to worry?" Qin Changgeng poured water on the field and said, "I also said it with good intentions." If the wheat is not completely dry, won't it flatten the wheat particles? ”

"It's okay! Uncle Chang Geng, you stay on the field every day, take people to spread the wheat, turn the wheat, watch the sun, and if you don't bite your teeth, no one is allowed to drive and roll, okay? Qin Zhongliang saw that Qin Changgeng was emotional, and said in gentle words.

"I didn't expect that you were promoted to the field in charge in your sixties, obedient!" Qin Changgeng's frustrated mood was reversed again, "Let's let their young people take on this important responsibility!" Anyway, they bite the wheat particles and try to dry the tide, and they are better than my teeth! Leave a few of my crooked teeth and bite the bun to eat! ”

"Keep biting, just watch! Knead a few ears of wheat with your hands and blow it, you can feel whether it is dry or wet! Qin Zhongliang said, "People are always treasures and have rich experience." Don't you just say that the weather turns around, 'the clouds catch the sun at dusk - it's not sunny', 'the wind circles the moon - there is a strong wind'? I believe it! Based on your life experience for most of your life, you are not 100% sure of what you predict, but 6 or 70% sure. Qin Zhongliang and Qin Changgeng chatted while splashing the water that others had picked up.

The sun set in the northwest corner, and the whole scene was finished, Qin Zhongliang called for his work to go home.