Chapter 3 Harvesting Wheat
Soon, they came to the wheat field of grandpa's house, the program team had already arrived first, and the director pointed to the remaining three acres of land cut by grandpa, "The task of the three of you today is very simple, finish cutting this acre of land, and bundle it and transport it back to grandpa's house." ”
An acre of land doesn't sound like much, but it's only when you're standing in front of it that you can really feel how big it really is!
"While it's still hot, let's start working quickly, and when the weather really gets hot, it's even more difficult to get it" Grandpa divided the sickle into the three doors, and then showed them how to cut the wheat, and how to use the straw to tie so that it would not loosen.
After a while, looking at the movements of the three people, they basically mastered it, so they went to the field on the side and started working.
Harvesting wheat looks simple, but it is still quite difficult to operate, Zhou Miao almost cut his hand several times, and the skin of the sharp Mai Manzha is painful and itchy.
After only ten minutes of cutting, my waist began to feel a little sore, and the weather was hot, and soon my clothes were soaked.
Wang Jiang and Li Feifei were even more unbearable, they were screamed by Mai Manza, and they had to get up and rest for a while, and half an hour passed, and the three of them gnawed a horn down.
"I'm blistering on my hands!" Wang Jiang shouted irritably.
"My hands hurt to death from this wheat, and this sleeve is useless." Li Feifei sat on the field and rubbed her arms vigorously, and her arms were already red from being pierced.
Zhou Miao stopped and poured a sip of water hard, hot and tired, his face was red, his hair was all attached to his scalp and it was very uncomfortable, he looked up at the sky, and the sun was even more dazzling.
"Hurry up, it'll be hotter at noon."
So far, Wang Jiang and Li Feifei have not cut more than half of Zhou Miao's, hearing Zhou Miao's urging, the two sighed helplessly, and began to work reluctantly, with weak movements, and the efficiency was lower than before.
After cutting for a while, Wang Jiang couldn't stand it anymore, and threw the sickle, "I don't understand, what age is it, why don't you look for a harvester?" How long have you been able to cut yourself? ”
"It costs fifty or sixty yuan per mu to find a harvester to harvest, and more than 20 acres of Lin Ye's family is more than 1,000 yuan, anyway, we have nothing to do ourselves, just cut it ourselves, no one in our village is looking for a harvester."
The one who spoke was a little girl who was harvesting wheat in the wheat field across the path from the field, who looked about the same age as Zhou Miao and them, with a ponytail, a round face, and a little tanned by the sun.
Seeing the camera of the program team turn around, he turned around a little shyly, his hands did not stop, he was very quick, and the speed of working alone was much faster than the three of them.
The director sat on the edge of the field and lit a cigarette and said slowly: "My hometown is also rural, and when I was a child, what I was most afraid of was being pulled by my parents to cut wheat, and my waist was not my own for a long time." ”
"But there is no way, in the countryside, adults and children have to work, after a long time I hate farming very much, as soon as I heard that the old man said that you have to farm for a lifetime without studying, I was afraid that I couldn't, so I studied desperately."
Bounced off the cigarette ash, and the director pointed to Zhou Miao and the others: "Compared with me, your lives are much better, you don't have to do anything since you were a child, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, and you feel tired when you study." ”
"You don't want to think about it, what are you going to do when you don't study? You don't have any fields in your family, and you won't even be able to plant them in the future. ”
Wang Jiang was very unconvinced when he heard this: "I have a lot of strength, I really can't do it, can't I go to the construction site to move bricks?" ”
The director smiled when he heard this: "Coincidentally, the village chief's family is going to build a building, don't you have a lot of strength?" Tomorrow you will go and move the bricks. ”
Wang Jiang's little fat man suddenly collapsed when he heard the director say this, and Li Feifei was also anxious.
"I didn't say that I have a lot of strength, I'm a girl with a lot of strength, why do I have to move bricks."
The director thought for a while and nodded: "It seems to be such a reason, so let's do it, grandpa's vegetable field should be fertilized, tomorrow they will move bricks, and you will go to water the vegetable field." ”
"Hahaha" Zhou Miao was amused, and the back molars of the smile were exposed.
Li Fei'er stomped her feet angrily, snorted and said, "Forget it, I'd better move the bricks." ”
After listening to the director for a long time, the three of them almost rested, and continued to work, the director watched for a while, it was really hot, and he hid back in the car to blow the air conditioner.
The sun is getting stronger and stronger, even with a straw hat, I am sweating like a spring, my eyes are constantly covered with sweat, and my clothes are discolored and distorted.
Zhou Miao poured a sip of water hard, Wang Jiang and Li Feifei looked at him with blank eyes, their water had already been drunk.
Zhou Miao threw the kettle to them, and the two of them were suddenly like puppies that saw bones, and they didn't dislike it, and they drank there by tons.
drank so much water, but the three of them didn't have the slightest urge to urinate, and all the water had turned into sweat and drained out.
It was already noon, and they had only harvested one-fifth of their acre of land, mainly because Wang Jiang and Li Feifei were too serious in paddling.
At this moment, Grandpa glanced at the sun and shouted, "It's almost time, let's get here in the morning, put a bundle of cut bundles, and go back to dinner." ”
Hearing this, the three of them were about to jump up excitedly, their movements were much faster, and they didn't care whether they were tied tightly or not, they went directly to the tractor, and then rushed back to eat.
When I got home, the meal was already on the table, and it was my grandfather who asked the neighbor next door to help cook in advance, and he also made a big pot of chrysanthemum tea.
But the three of them were overtired in the morning, and they had no appetite at noon, huddled in front of the electric fan to blow the wind, and only now did they feel a little more alive.
After eating, they squinted for two hours at noon, and after the most scorching time of the sun, the three of them reluctantly came to the field again, and Zhou Miao also brought a wet towel around his neck to protect himself from the sun and wipe his sweat.
The back was scorched by the sun, Zhou Miao estimated that he might be two points ripe, his body was tired, his heart was also tired, and it didn't take long for the other two to pick on him and quit, no matter how Zhou Miao scolded, it was useless, Li Feifei also threatened to sue the program team for abusing teenagers.
In the end, the little girl in the field next door couldn't stand it anymore, and ran over to help them cut together, and the two of them saw Zhou Miao and the little girl working hard, and their faces were really a little unbearable, so they joined in to get it together.
It was not until six o'clock in the afternoon, with the joint efforts of the four of them, that the acre of land was cut, mainly because the little girl named Li Xiang contributed the most, and Zhou Miao and the three of them combined made three-fifths of it.
Stacking the last bundle of wheat on the tractor, the three of them were almost so tired that they collapsed, and they couldn't get up for half a day, and it took a long time before they climbed into the car under the urging of the program team, thanked Li Xiang and said goodbye.
After dinner, I saw my grandfather move a wheat threshing machine out of the warehouse, and the three of them suddenly turned pale with fright.
"Isn't it! Do you want to keep working at night? Wang Jiang's expression was about to cry.
"No, you can rest, I'll get this myself." Grandpa said with a smile, the three little guys have helped a lot today.
The three of them breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhou Miao asked curiously, "Can't you get it tomorrow?" Why are you in such a hurry? ”
"If it rains in a few days, you have to quickly beat the wheat out and dry it, and then you have to raise the wheat and bag it, and make it all before it rains." Grandpa explained.
Zhou Miao didn't know much about these farming steps, and they were slimy after eating, and they had to take a shower today.
Li Feifei occupied the only big bucket and hid in the room to take a bath, and Zhou Miao and Wang Jiang simply wore a pair of shorts and ran to the small river not far away to take a bath.
The river water is very clear, at this time many old and young masters in the village are soaking in the river water, and there are children holding wooden barrels to learn to swim, which is very lively.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Miao's heart suddenly calmed down, whether it was in his previous life or in this life, he had never experienced this kind of life, and he actually felt quite kind.
Just when Zhou Miao was secretly distracted, Wang Jiang nodded at him, "Do you want to rub your back?" I'll finish rubbing it for you, and you'll rub it for me later. ”
Zhou Miao smiled, "Okay." ”
The unpleasantness of young people is so easy to dissipate.