There is a proverb in the Great Northern Wilderness, planted on ice, harvested in water.

This is a statement of experience that has been tested in practice.

In the middle of April every year, the earth returns to spring and everything recovers, which is the season of spring sowing.

The ice and snow of the black soil melted, and the spring breeze dried the floating soil, but it was still frozen and hard under a dozen centimeters.

At this time, only wheat can be sown, and wheat can be sown to a depth of seven or eight centimeters.

So it's planted on ice.

Harvesting in the water refers to the autumn rain.

In August and September, it is the season of autumn rain between the white mountains and black waters.

Late September is the best time for wheat harvest.

At this time, if the wheat field is flooded, the wheat is soaked in water.

The muddy wheat fields are not mechanically available at all, and can only be harvested by hand.

Therefore it is said that it is collected in water.

September '84 was particularly worrying for the employees.

From August, the rainfall gradually increases.

As soon as we enter September, it is one after another.

Han Jianhua checks the situation in the field every day.

Lu Changhua had no choice but to continue the work of draining the water.

There are still more than ten days before the wheat harvest, and the wheat is not yet fully ripe, and if the heavy rain continues, this year's wheat will probably have to germinate.

Germination is the saying of the farm workers, that is, the wheat grains have too much moisture, and they sprout and grow directly in the ears of wheat, then the wheat will be wasted.

With the experience of spring flood drainage, Lu Changhua and his team are very handy. It's just that it's wet every day, and dozens of tons of oil are used for drainage alone.

On September 22, the sky was clear after a sudden rain, the autumn wind swept by, and the wheat waves rolled.

As long as it can be sunny for three days, the wheat will enter maturity, and the wheat will be harvested on the 25th and 6th.

Although the rain has stopped, many low-lying wheat lodging has been severe, and the ears of wheat have been soaked in water, and some have already sprouted.

Take advantage of the sunny weather to quickly pump water.

Rumbling stagnant water erupted and flowed into the ditch.

The stagnant water in the depression is quickly drained, and as soon as the sun shines and the autumn wind blows, the ground is much drier in half a day.

During this time, Lu Changhua's green book reading stopped at 68 times.

The main reason is that the drainage is too busy.

So busy that their rescue team didn't have time to go home to rest, and when they were tired and sleepy, they lay down in the trailer and squinted, but the pumping machine was 24 hours a day.

The leaders of the farm's flood control headquarters all went to the three branches to learn from the experience and inspect it.

There is no way, only three of the farm's drainage work is going the most smoothly now.

The other sub-fields are either insufficient in materials or not enough oil, and there is still a lack of understanding. The damage situation of all the sub-fields is basically the same, why can the three-point field be drained in time?

Your low-lying wheat has sprouted and is still soaking in water. Look at the three-point field, timely rescue and timely remediation, now most of the plots of water have been drained, and there is not much left.

God is amazing.

Sure enough, it was sunny for three consecutive days.

In the wheat field, the waves of golden wheat roll and rise and fall with the wind.

"Organize a wheat harvest now!"

Although the drainage work has been completed, the continuous rain has soaked up the entire wheat field.

There is no open water, but the machine still can't go to the ground.

There is also no time to wait for the wheat field to dry naturally, so it can only be harvested by hand.

Not only the employees of the Daejeon team, but everyone else had to go to the ground, including their families.

Each person is given a sickle, divides the plot tasks, and goes to harvest it themselves.

Lu Changhua's family also has a mission.

The task of sharing a piece of land among the three members of the Lu family must be completed within three to four days.

Hu Dagui's family also has a fang.

My father had to go to the field to cut wheat after finishing his work in the canteen every day.

Mom and Lu Changhua are the main forces.

Glancing at the yellow wheat waves, Lu Changhua put the white-threaded gloves on his left hand, spat on the palm of his right hand, picked up the sickle and bent down to cut the wheat.

The left hand grabs forward and pulls it into his arms, and the scythe in his right hand stretches forward and pulls back.

"Whew!"

A handful of wheat was cut.

He went one step further and continued to grab and harvest wheat. Soon there was more wheat straw in his left hand. Then twist a handful of wheat straw a few times and use it as a straw rope to tie up the wheat straw.

And the sheaf of wheat was set up in the field.

Lu Changhua is young and has good physical strength.

Bending down can cut out more than ten meters in one breath, and when you get up, there are more than a dozen sheaves of wheat standing behind you.

Xiong Bao was well-behaved, lying on the ground honestly, looking at Lu's mother and Lu Changhua who were gradually moving away, it was not panicked at all, because under it was the food brought by the owner, which was packed in a bag, and there was a small pot of cold boiling, which was a good thing, and could not be stolen by others.

Lu Changhua and Lu's mother were cutting wheat when they suddenly heard Xiong Bao's scream. When I looked up, I saw several soldiers in green uniforms walking on the field path, holding scythes in their hands.

"Fellow, we're here to help."

One of them was wearing a cadre uniform with four pockets and an armed belt tied around his waist, and greeted him with a smile on his face.

"You are the People's Liberation Army?!"

Lu's mother was pleasantly surprised.

"Yes, fellow."

Without saying a word, the other warriors rolled up their trousers and walked into the muddy wheat field.

They didn't say anything, just sweated like rain, followed Lu Changhua's example, and set up the wheat bundles in the field.

"Oh, this is our task, how can we let you do it!"

Mom was embarrassed to let the People's Liberation Army help, and stopped it one by one.

"Auntie, fellow. We came a regiment and already went to the various companies of the farm. You can rest assured, we have a company in the third field, and we will not leave if we don't finish harvesting the wheat! ”

The PLA cadre took Lu's mother's hand and explained.

"......"

Mother Lu didn't know what to say, so she turned around and walked home.

Lu Changhua looked up, and a green figure had already appeared in this large wheat field.

They are not bitter, not afraid of tiredness, except for a few cadres who do the explanation work for the villagers, they all work silently, there is no grandiose words, only practical actions.

Lu Changhua knew that these commanders and fighters were really the strong backing of the common people.

Soon, most of the wheat fields of the Lu family and the Hu family were harvested.

At this time, Mother Lu and Aunt Hu came one after the other, carrying a large basin containing steamed buns and a large plastic pot.

"Comrade of the People's Liberation Army, take a break, drink saliva and eat something."

Mother Lu and Aunt Hu stood on the ground and shouted.

Lu Changhua also stood up to greet these soldiers.

No one of them got up, they only obeyed orders.

"Okay, comrades, take a break."

When the soldiers who were working hard heard the order, they immediately got up and saluted the company commander: "Yes." ”

The answer was sonorous and powerful.

Lu Changhua saw that these soldiers were only eighteen or nineteen-year-old young people, and some of them had childish faces.

He liked these commanders and fighters from the bottom of his heart, and they were all the people's soldiers and real revolutionary soldiers.

The sheaves of wheat standing in the field should be exposed to the sun for two or three days, so that the wheat grains can be dehydrated and the pulp can be harvested.

These days, PLA soldiers go to the fields very early every day and go back late to rest.

On the west side of the Hu family, there is a brick house, which was the dormitory of the educated youth back then, and now it has long been vacant.

This is where the temporary station of this company is located.

There were soldiers on duty at the door.

A military uniform, red collar badge and cockade, which can only be seen in movies, but it really appeared on the farm.

Lu Changhua was very curious about this temporary military camp, standing at the door of Hu's house chatting with Hu Dagui, and peeking at the camp gate not far away.

A few kids are also watching the odds.

They gathered together and squatted four or five meters at the gate of the camp, squatting for more than an hour.

Seeing that these children did not leave, the soldiers did not speak ill of each other.

When a squad leader saw this, he turned around and went into the barracks and came out with a few pieces of bread.

Walk in front of the children.

"Come, kid, do you know what this is?"

Where have the children on the farm ever eaten something so high-class?

The little heads shook like rattles.

The squad leader crouched down, broke the bread, and distributed it to the children.

The children looked at the fragrant things in their hands, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

"It's bread, it's delicious, you can taste it!"

These children, who looked like little cats, opened their small mouths and took a bite, and their eyes lit up.

Then he took a big bite of it.

"Eat slowly, don't worry, and."

Seeing a few children smashing their mouths unsatisfied, the squad leader got up to get it again.

In the distance, two cadres approached.

"Report to the company commander, instructor, a platoon of three squads are on duty."

"What's going on with these kids?"

The company commander asked solemnly.

"Company Commander ......"

The third squad leader told the story again.

"Well, anything else? Go get a few more. ”

The company commander and the instructor looked at the children in front of them, smiled and entered the barracks.

After a while, each child had a loaf of bread in his hand, and the children were smiling and running to their homes, shouting: "Uncle PLA gave me bread!" ”

Don't mention that pride.

Lu Changhua and Hu Dagui looked at the scene in front of them and were moved.

Is this what the old generation said about the military and civilian fish and water conditions?!

This year's autumn harvest was in such an atmosphere that wheat and soybeans were harvested.

The front is busy harvesting, and the rear is busy drying.

All the grain is recovered, and it must be dried in the drying field for a few days to remove a large amount of water and impurities before it can be put into the warehouse.

The thresher threshers directly in the field, and truckloads of wheat are sent to the drying field.

Dozens of people were busy in the drying field.

Lu Changhua also came to help.

No way, not enough people.

Looking at the grain truck that drove into the drying field, he wiped his sweat and shouted: "Another car, unload!" ”