The whole village of Xiaoquanzi is in full swing to harvest wheat, two large wheat harvesters are running in the fields, the golden ears of wheat have turned into piles of wheat grains, and people sweat to put the wheat grains into woven bags.

Bags of grain were moved into the car, with four-wheeled rickshaws and agricultural tricycles, busily passing through the fields.

Qiao Xi kept following the wheat cutter to prevent the wheat cutter from crushing the corn seedlings in the field, and the wheat husk that was automatically crushed by the wheat cutter scraped her body and stuck to her face with sweat.

The two masters of the wheat harvester were busy until about ten o'clock in the evening, when it was already dark, and only the huge lights of the wheat harvester were left in the field. The wheat fields in the east and west of the village were cut in half, and the two masters were gathered together on the ground, both exhausted, half leaning on the hillside and smoking cigarettes.

Qiao Xi helped the last household's wheat load the cart and walked over, "Master, I'm really bothering you, so you have been busy until now, now follow me to wash your face and eat something, and you will continue to be busy tomorrow." ”

The two masters stepped on the cigarette roll and got up and followed Qiao Xi out.

Qiao Xi has already passed the phone call with Zhang Shouye, and will arrange for these two masters to go to his house for dinner and rest at his house at night.

"Secretary Qiao, to be honest, if it weren't for the secretary of your town party committee who found us, we wouldn't have come to your village no matter how much money we were given." The square-faced man shook his head, "This road in your village is simply too difficult to walk, and the wheat is planted on the hillside, the height is uneven, I have to constantly adjust the height of the wheat harvester to cut all the wheat." ”

Qiao Xi smiled helplessly, not embarrassed to answer.

Another chubby man took a picture of the surroundings with his mobile phone and sighed, "Secretary Qiao, this village is so poor, why do you want to come here to be a cadre in the village." If you want to develop here, it's a bit difficult, and your pressure is not light! ”

Qiao Xi smiled, his eyes showing a bit of perseverance, "Although it is difficult, with the support of the country's policies, the village will definitely develop." I've always believed and always have been. ”

The chubby man gave a thumbs up, "Seeing that you are only in your twenties, I didn't expect to have such a great determination, which makes us feel ashamed." Haha, I hope to come to your village again next year to harvest wheat and see the earth-shaking changes that have taken place in your village. ”

"Yes, definitely!" Qiao Xi seemed to be assuring them, and it was also like telling herself.

As she walked, she made small talk with them, asking them about the wheat cutter.

The square-faced man said: "There are not many wheat harvesters like ours in our city, and the new machine that has just been developed is more than 200,000 yuan." However, there will be more in the future, and I seem to have heard that the manufacturer has accepted the invitation from our city and will come to participate in the investment promotion conference that will be held soon. ”

"City Merchants Association?" Qiao Xi's eyes lit up, "Do you know what day it is?" ”

She won't consider buying a wheat harvester for the village for the time being, but the merchants will be very attractive to her.

The so-called city investment promotion association is the city to provide the best support, hoping that investors can settle in the city and develop the city's economic construction.

Qiao Xi has a bold idea, she wants to try her luck at the China Merchants Association, see what projects are suitable for the village, or learn from these bosses and show Xiaoquanzi a development path.

The square-faced man thought for a while and said, "I'm not sure about the specific time, but I heard that there is such a thing!" ”

Qiao Xi nodded, opened his mobile phone and looked up the webpage, there was still a week before the exact time of the China Merchants Association.

When they arrived at Zhang Shouye's house, the low table had been set up in the courtyard, and the smell of food came from the kitchen next to them.

Zhang Shouye took out a bottle of Lao Baigan from it and smiled at the two masters of the wheat cutter, "Drink some white, live blood, and sleep well at night." ”

The two men responded with a smile and turned on the faucet in the yard and splashed water on their faces.

Qiao Xi and Zhang Shouye talked about the harvest of wheat in their respective fields, although there were some villagers who had a little friction because of the order of the harvest, but there was no major incident.

Zhang Shouye's wife was a gray old woman, with a big face, wiped her hands with an apron, brought out a few plates of hot dishes from the kitchen, and smiled at Qiao Xi: "Secretary Qiao, wash your hands, it's time to sit down and eat, it's time to rest after a busy day." ”

"Nope." Qiao Xi smiled: "I'm a little tired, I'll go home and rest first." ”

Zhang Shouye took a puff of his cigarette pouch and looked up unhappily, "Secretary Qiao dislikes the food cooked by my family?" ”

"Old village chief, what are you talking about?" Qiao Xi smiled helplessly.

Zhang Shouye glanced at his wife, "Xiufen, lead her to the back room to take a bath first, and then eat." ”

He had already heard Chen Feng say about the afternoon, Qiao Xi was busy with the wheat cutting in the village, and other people's wheat harvesting, but she was the most tired.

For this reason, he also scolded Chen Feng, saying that he had no eyesight and didn't know how to rush to share it.

Qiao Xi followed Zhang Shouye's wife to take a hot bath, and after coming out, Zhang Shouye and the master of the wheat cutter were chatting at the table, but the food on the table did not move.

Zhang Shouye saw Qiao Xi come out, so he turned on Lao Baigan and poured a little for the two masters of the wheat harvester, and put a mazha aside, "Secretary Qiao, how about tasting this meal?" ”

Qiao Xi sat on the maza, picked up a piece of fried cucumber with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, and nodded with a smile.

Zhang Shouye's wife handed a piece of steamed bun to Qiao Xi, "Their men drink, let's eat more." ”

Qiao Xi ate two bites of something and talked to Zhang Shouye about the city's investment promotion association, Zhang Shouye nodded approvingly, "A few years ago, I also thought about pulling some funds to the village, but no one looked at us here. When the time comes, you can try it, and maybe you will be able to get some funds back. ”

Qiao Xi ate half a steamed bun, asked about the accommodation arrangements for the next two wheat cutter masters, and went back to his home. She was really tired, wrote a work diary, and fell asleep on the table.

The next morning, the wheat harvester was harvesting in the fields, and the households that had harvested the grain also dried the grain on the platforms of their homes or on the streets of the village, and there was a busy scene everywhere.

Another day passed, all the wheat in the village had been harvested, every household was drying grain, and a few grain collectors came into the village, and the price of wheat was three per catty, and many families sold some.

Qiao Xi asked a lot of people, the yield of land in the mountains is average, one mu of land is seven or eight hundred catties, a family can have three or four acres of land, and can earn three or four thousand yuan. When the corn is ripe in autumn, they can have a similar income, which is also the total annual income of most families in Xiaoquanzi Village.

Therefore, more and more people choose to go out to work, and there are fewer and fewer young people in the village.

Qian Xifeng pedaled his bicycle to the door of the neighborhood committee, supported the car, and smiled at Qiao Xi when he entered the door: "Secretary Qiao, the cremation subsidy for Zhang Cripple has come down, I went to the town just now to get it back, a whole thousand yuan." ”

She didn't expect that cremation would really be subsidized, and this thousand yuan was not a small amount.

She put the money and a slip that needed to be signed on Qiao Xi's desk, "Secretary Qiao, go and send it over!" ”

Qiao Xi waved his hand, "It's better for you to send it, you are the accountant in the village, so no one will gossip." ”

Qian Xifeng chuckled, "That's okay, then I'll send it over!" ”

Zhang Cripple's cremation was also arranged by Qiao Xi, but I didn't expect Qiao Xi to have no intention of inviting merit at all.

After Zhang Laozi's death, there was no income in the family, his old mother and youngest daughter had no labor, and the wheat in the field was all harvested by his neighbor Zhang Laosan.

The old mother sat cross-legged on the kang, wearing reading glasses to sew clothes for Nannan, and from time to time she looked at Nannan, who was lying on the kang and drawing.

Nan Nan drew very seriously, the small pencil head drew grandma on the paper, and then drew her, thought about it and raised her innocent eyes, "Grandma, my sister said that when Nan Nan goes to college, Dad will come back, shall I draw Dad too?" ”

The sister she said was Qiao Xi, and what this kind big sister said was all in her heart.

Mom's eyes showed a hint of sadness, and she couldn't help but smile, "Draw, draw Dad." ”

She giggled, lowered her head and drew the appearance of her father in her memory on the paper, drawing and drawing, tears flashing in her big eyes, and tears fell on the drawing paper.

Dad, I miss you.