Chapter 316: The Problem of Cutting Wheat
Today can be said to be a double happiness. No, it should be three joys, and my wife's article was published in the newspaper.
Since he knew that there were two more little otters in the courtyard, Liu Junhao went to the entrance of the cave every day to watch, but who knew that the two little guys were reluctant to show the true face of Lushan. He originally thought something was wrong, but later checked on the Internet and learned that the growth and development of the otter is very slow, and it usually takes more than a month after birth to open his eyes to the world.
During this time, Daiyu also fully fulfilled her responsibilities as a mother, caring for the two little ones, except for occasionally going into the backyard to hunt, most of the time in the cave with her children.
In June, the people in the village were visibly impatient. The main reason is still the rainy weather, at this point, the wheat is in the filling period, and it will be harvested in eight days, but God does not stop. If this continues, the wheat is likely to sprout directly in the ground, and in this case, the harvest will be basically blind for most of the year.
To say that the other income of the people in the village in the past two years has been quite large, that is, the wheat is completely bad in the field and they cannot starve, but the fruits of their labor have come to naught. And how is it not distressing.
Thankfully, God still has some sympathy. After a week of rain, the weather finally cleared, and all the dark clouds in the hearts of the villagers also dispersed. The people in the village sharpened their knives, and the whole family, young and old, drove the oxen, pushed the cart, and ran towards the wheat field with a sickle in their hands.
Liujiagou Primary School also officially started the wheat holiday, and it rained a few days ago, and Liu Junhao has been staying at home and has nowhere to go. Usually I go to the Internet at most, and then I just play a few games of chess with Professor Zhao, and the whole person is about to get moldy. When the weather was clear, he had the intention of moving his muscles and bones, and was ready to take Xiaopi to the mountains with his wife.
"What are you turning around, don't you see that everyone is busy?" Zhang Qian directly vetoed his decision.
"Well, you don't want to help other people's families cut wheat, do you?" The two of them have a good heart, and he can guess a few points of his wife's thoughts.
"Of course, labor is glorious, let's go and help the sixth aunt's family cut wheat."
"If you want to help, I'll go, you can rest in the house, after teaching for so long, you finally have a chance to rest." Liu Junhao felt a little sorry for his wife and didn't want her to go to the plot to get sunburned. Of course, there is another meaning, she can't help much when she goes, just making trouble for others.
"It's okay, if I'm tired, sit on the ground and rest" Zhang Qian wanted to feel the busy atmosphere of the wheat field.
couldn't resist his wife, so Liu Junhao had to help her sharpen the sickle. As soon as the two of them went out, they happened to meet Mr. Wang drying clothes in the yard. Teacher Wang was very curious when he saw the two of them carrying sickles. He asked, "What are you two going to do, are you going to cut fine grass by the river?" ”
"No, help cut wheat for the sixth aunt's family." Zhang Qian waved her scythe, looking at the posture, as if she was going to make a lot of effort.
"Oh, wait for me for a while, I'll discuss it with Uncle Zhao, and I'll go over to help." Teacher Wang quickly hung the rest of the clothes on the rope, and then went into the house to call someone.
Soon, Professor Zhao was also pulled out.
The four of them wore straw hats and carried kettles, and Zhang Qian also carried a small horse in her hand. This situation does not look like working in the fields, but rather like going on an outing.
Liu Junhao helped the sixth aunt's family cut wheat once last year, so he is quite familiar with this plot.
Before he reached the ground, he saw Er Mazi driving a few sheep and walking leisurely with his hands behind his back.
"Uncle Guangxi, why aren't you cutting wheat, and everyone is busy?" Liu Junhao asked very strangely. This man is still herding sheep at any point.
"I just went to the field to take a look, and the wheat in the plot was still a little green. At this time, cut and beat seventy or eighty pounds of grain. Besides, there is no need to panic this year, as long as it doesn't rain, it's okay to be 20 days late. Er Mazi drove the sheep to the side of the road and stopped care, and stood there chatting with everyone. There are ditches on both sides of the road, so there is no fear that the sheep will eat other people's crops.
"Why is that?" Several people came to be surprised.
"When I went to the street to buy beef the day before yesterday, I heard Lao Guo say that this year's harvesters from other places are going to enter our Daqingshan. So, this year I'm going to use the harvester to harvest the wheat. Er Mazi explained with a smile.
"Well," everyone understood, no wonder this man was so relaxed. Although the wheat cutting outside has already been mechanized, Qingshan Town cannot enter the town because of the obstruction of the mountains, so everyone can only rely on manpower. However, after the road was repaired the year before last, there were significantly more machinery in the town. Not to mention anything else, many people in Liujiagou alone have bought four-wheeled vehicles. Qingshan Town mainly grows wheat, and the harvester driving in definitely makes a difference.
"Then why don't you tell the people in the village, so that they don't panic and cut with their hands first?" Liu Junhao asked a little strangely, this kind of thing is not a big secret, and it is nothing to tell the people in the village.
"I said it earlier, but they didn't believe it, and they said that they hadn't seen the harvester yet, so what if the wheat really didn't come and blew up in the field. I think it's distressing about money, one or two have made a fortune in the past two years, and this little money should be saved. Er Mazi talked about this topic with a look of indignation.
After chatting a few words with Er Mazi, everyone turned their heads and ran towards the wheat field of the sixth aunt's house.
For the arrival of several people. The sixth aunt naturally welcomed them, and even said that it was troublesome for them.
After taking two sips of water, Liu Junhao bent over and began to get busy. It was just a sunny day, and the ground was still a little damp, so it wasn't fast at first. When the sun became scorching, the middle of the ground gradually became dry, and Liu Junhao's speed increased suddenly, and after a while, he was already six or seven meters away from everyone. Seeing that his wife was far behind, he cut off his head and wiped out her part.
Zhang Qian's performance in the morning was good, although her movements were slower, but she did not complain in the morning.
There are many people with great strength, and after half a day's effort, you can see the land, and about one-tenth of the wheat is still uncut. The sixth aunt thought that people were coming to help, so she naturally had to go back to Zhang Luo early at noon to cook. Who knew that everyone saw that it was about to be completed, and they all said that they would go home after cutting.
In this way, I didn't go home for dinner until half past twelve.
In the afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Zhao could still persevere, after all, they had been trained in the mountains and the countryside when they were young. But Zhang Qian began to complain, and a purple blood blister was ground on her hand.
Liu Junhao was distressed, and hurriedly pulled his wife to sit down on the ground.
Who knew that Zhang Qian was embarrassed this time and wanted to help him make a wheat waist. This life is easy, and Liu Junhao also nodded in agreement.
The next morning. Zhang Qian lay on the bed and said that she couldn't get up anything, saying that she had a sore back and didn't want to eat breakfast. It was Liu Junhao who dragged her out of bed after the meal was ready.
Seeing that his wife was tired, he originally planned to let him rest at home and go over to help. Who knew that Zhang Qian said that she would not do anything, but she would go together. He really didn't understand his wife's thoughts, which was to experience the joy of a good harvest, and he simply wanted to find sin.
As soon as the four of them went out, Er Mazi rode by in a hurry and passed by the door, and Liu Junhao hurriedly stopped and asked him what he was doing.
"What can you do, go to the field and tell everyone not to cut wheat." Er Mazi hurriedly grabbed the car and replied.
"What's wrong again?" I don't know what happened to him in the past two days. Always saying things that make people feel inexplicable.
"The harvester has arrived in the town, and I asked him to come to our village in the morning to cut. But when people heard that there were only about ten acres of land, they even said that there was too little, and the back and forth was not enough for oil. I didn't go to the field and ask which other families were going to use harvesters to cut the wheat, but if there was no one, I would have to cut it by hand. After Er Mazi finished speaking, he hurriedly jumped into the car again.
"This person ......" Liu Junhao didn't know what to say about him.
When I arrived at the plot, I saw from a distance that Old Man Wang was also leading a few old people to be busy in the wheat field of Liu Wuye's house, and their posture was even more terrifying, and more than a dozen people waved their sickles at each other.
Yesterday, there were six laborers, large and small, and a total of two acres of wheat were cut. Today's results are even more brilliant, half a day's effort, one acre and two cents of wheat completely down.
In the afternoon, Er Mazi finally invited the harvester. People in the nearby plots left their work and leaned over to take a look. While watching, the mouth is amazed.
"Good guy, it's fast to cut, it's only taken about ten minutes, and more than an acre of wheat has been cut."
"That is, you see, this wheat is cleaner than the threshing machine. It's more trouble-free than a threshing machine, and you don't need manpower at all......"
After seeing the effect of the harvester, people who didn't plan to use it also moved their minds.
In the middle of the crowd, Liu Junhao also saw Zhao Guangming. He wondered what this kid was doing in Liujiagou, and when he asked, he knew that the harvester was contacted by him from the county.
This person really has brains, and he really wants to make money in every possible way.
With the harvester, Liujiagou's wheat harvesting speed has been greatly accelerated, and after a morning's effort, the golden wheat waves have disappeared, replaced by bags of full seeds. Under Zhang Qian's instigation, the sixth aunt also cut the remaining plots with a harvester.
In the end, seeing that more and more people asked to use the harvester to cut wheat, the driver couldn't help but sigh: "The people of this village must have money, they only cut ten acres of land in Liwan in the morning for half a day, and they cut more than 50 acres in the afternoon today, and there are so many people queuing up, and they have to work overtime at night." ”
"That's nature, you can see it when you go down to the village. The buildings are all colorful, and it is a well-known and wealthy village in Daqingshan. Zhao Guangming explained.
This year's wheat harvest can be described as fast, three days of effort, except for a very small number of people's plots left gaps ready to plant cotton can not be harvested, Liujiagou large and small plots have been harvested.
Because Er Mazi was the first to look for a harvester on the street, his family's more than ten acres of wheat master did not collect a penny. In the end, the man sighed that he didn't help in vain