"Boss, why is the cow so close to you?" On the way back, even Jiang Hongguo couldn't help but be curious and asked about Wang Chong.

"The cow is also a spiritual animal, I just saved its life, and it is grateful to me, so it is close to me." Although he said this, Wang Chong faintly felt that it seemed to be related to the fact that he had just used his true qi to help Lao Niu push the blood, stimulate the stomach and intestines, and expel feces and foreign bodies.

"Boss, how can the cotton still bring out the nails that have been eaten into the stomach?" Jiang Hongguo nodded, and asked about another puzzling thing.

"In fact, cotton can only absorb some fine particles, such as iron nails such a big thing, theoretically it is impossible to bring it out, but cotton can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, coupled with the appropriate guidance of massage, just like the push in traditional Chinese medicine, it is possible to bring the nails out, but the probability is too low, this matter still depends on luck, can only say that the cow is bold and their luck is very good."

"Luckily, I brought it out!" Jiang Hongguo looked happy.

"Indeed!" The king nodded and said, otherwise, the cow would only have a place to enter the table.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, how can there be nails in the forage, and it seems that there are still a lot of them, so Wang Zhong guessed that the nails in the grass are likely to be artificially put in, as for the reason, it is nothing more than that I don't want to raise the lame old cow, and I want to eat meat.

Of course, this is all just speculation.

Wang Chong's voice changed: "I have drawn more than half of the drawings of the new stove, and I almost have a number in my heart, and I will go to transport the bricks back in a while, and the old stove will be dismantled in the afternoon, and the construction will officially start tomorrow." ”

"Then I'll dig some more yellow mud later!" Jiang Hongguo thought for a while and said.

Wang Chong knew that Jiang Hongguo was idle, and he didn't refuse.

The two of them went home, Wang Chongcong pulled the car out the back door, Jiang Hongguo took the cow out of the cowshed, put it on the car, tied the cow to the stake outside the house, and Jiang Hongguo moved eight or nine rattan frames and baskets, tied them to the frame with hemp rope, and Wang Chong also got into the car. Walking ahead, pull the big scalper and slowly walk towards the entrance of the village.

Jiang Hongguo went into the house and picked up a hoe, a shovel, a basket, a sieve, and walked away through the back door.

A few years ago, when digging ditches and weir ponds, the excavated soil was piled up in several places, and everyone agreed that whoever wanted to use the soil would take it by themselves.

The nearest one is not far from the field, but it is still some distance from the village.

Jiang Hongguo memorized it more than a dozen times, and estimated that it was almost enough, so he gave up.

Not long after Jiang Hongguo rested, Wang Chong drove back with an ox cart.

The car was loaded with more than 200 red bricks, more than 20 green bricks, some cement, fine sand and steel bars about 78 centimeters long.

Things don't look like much, but the weight is not light, when encountering uphill, Wang Zhong has to push the cart behind.

didn't use Jiang Hongguo's help, Wang Chong moved everything into the backyard in a few moments, after the things were moved, Wang Chong drank a sip of water, rested for a while, and the stove that entered the main house was demolished by Wang Chong.

Early the next morning, just after a short period of light, the three monkeys came running over.

"Brother! When do we start? The three monkeys were gearing up, looking forward to it.

"Start now! Can you understand this drawing? Wang Chong handed the drawings of the stove he had drawn to the three monkeys, and the three monkeys happily accepted them.

"Brother, what is this?"

"Base Plan."

"Where's this?"

"Profile."

"Just have a number in mind, I'll tell you about it later when I build it, and I'll understand it faster."

Several frames of red bricks were carried into the house, and the doors of the inner rooms were closed.

"Let's start with the cement mortar, the cement mortar is different from the mud, pay attention to the proportion, if the ratio of cement, fine sand and water is correct, the strength of the mortar is as strong as bluestone after it is hard······"

The slurry is naturally in the courtyard, Wang Zhong spoke carefully, and the three monkeys listened carefully, explaining and doing it at the same time.

"The stability of this cement mortar, although the strength is high, but it is not heat-resistant, easy to burn, and our cement mortar is not much, so good steel has to be used on the blade, so we only use cement mortar on the foundation, first build a circle of outer feet, lay a layer of red bricks at the bottom, fill it with gravel loess, and the rest of the place, all use yellow mud······"

The original stove had only one stove and one stove eye, and it could only burn one pot at a time, and it was really troublesome to cook and boil water in turns.

The stove built by Wang is a new wood-fired stove with its own wind eye, and the flue is still the original, so that the stove does not need to be moved.

If Wang Chong does it alone, he can build the stove in half a day, but he still has to teach the three monkeys, and the speed is slower.

Seeing that it was almost noon, the new stove with the triple size of the original stove was finally formed.

The new stove has two large and one small three stove eyes, two large ones are sealed with two cast iron cauldrons, the small one is a semi-open round stove eye, specially used to boil water, under the side window sill, against the position of the door, there is also a special space for firewood.

"Brother, why doesn't this stove have bellows?" Looking at the shaped stove, the three monkeys reacted.

Wang Chongdao: "This opening at the bottom is not only an outlet for ash, but also an air inlet reserved in advance, no bellows are needed, as long as there is a fire in the stove, the air will enter here." ”

The three monkeys looked suspicious: "Can you still get into the wind by yourself without bellows?" ”

"Don't believe me?" Wang Zhong said with a smile.

"No, no!" The three monkeys waved their hands one after another.

Wang Zhong didn't care: "After three days, after the maintenance period, when you officially start using it, you can come and see it yourself!" ”

"Hey, hey, hey!" The three monkeys grinned.

"Although the work of this plasterer is not difficult, but if you want to do it well, you kid has to spend more snacks, if you have the opportunity to go back, let's go to the county town, pick up some work, let your kid get started quickly, and you can earn a few spare money when the farm is slack."

"Brother, I listen to you!" The three monkeys said with a smile.

Three days later, the new stove was officially used, the three monkeys ran over curiously to observe, after the firewood was lit, the stove was covered, the fire in the stove was not extinguished, but burned more and more, two large pots, a steamed bun, a stir-fry, the steamed bun was almost steamed, and the stir-fry began.

The pot heats up quickly, which is quite firewood-saving.

"Brother! Will you make one for me another day? The three monkeys' eyes lit up as they watched.

"It's no problem to make one, but you have the money, are you sure you don't want to talk about a daughter-in-law first?" Wang Zhong asked.

The three monkeys sighed: "How can it be so easy!" ”

"Sister-in-law Jinhua is very good!"

The three monkeys were immediately embarrassed, squirming like a big girl.

"Brother! I ·····"

"Sister-in-law Jinhua is good, although she is a widow, she is diligent, capable, not bad-looking, and kind, your sister-in-law has a good relationship with Sister-in-law Jinhua, if you really fall in love with someone, I will ask your sister-in-law to help you explore Sister-in-law Jinhua's tone."

"Of course, if you don't like it, forget it, I'll say it in vain."

The three monkeys were a little moved, but they hesitated: "Sister-in-law Jinhua is good, but she is a widow after all." ”

It can be seen that the three monkeys are indeed a little interesting to Jinhua's sister-in-law, but because of Jinhua's widow's identity, there is a pimple in his heart, after all, the three monkeys are such a strong young man with fields and land, sound limbs, and a fairly rich life, and he still has a little longing for the Huanghua girl.

"Looking for a yellow flower girl?"

The three monkeys immediately nodded like pounding garlic.

It's no wonder that this kid was so enthusiastic about letting Sister-in-law Jin Hua join the mutual aid group at the beginning, but then he didn't see any other actions, and now it seems that it may have something to do with Lao Ganbang marrying Han Chunmei.

Han Chunmei is not only the eldest daughter of Huanghua, she is young, she looks good, her hands and feet are quick, she works hard, and now she and Lao Ganbang are living a prosperous life, which is famous in the village.

"Then you should go to Ma Pozi, what's the use of looking for me." Wang Chongdao: "I'm not a matchmaker, except for our Maixiang Village, where do I know which girl to marry." ”

"I've asked Mrs. Ma to help me find it a long time ago, isn't it that I haven't believed it all along!" The three monkeys sighed.

"It shouldn't be, although Ma Pozi is a little bit broken, but she still has a hand in protecting the media." Wang Zhong looked at the three monkeys with a smile and said, "It can't be that you kid picked the fat and thin by himself, so he never succeeded, right?" ”

"Hey, hey, hey!" The three monkeys rubbed the back of their heads and smiled a little embarrassedly: "I just want to find someone who looks handsome." ”

"Xiao Zhuan looks quite handsome, but he doesn't like to dress up, and his face is dirty all day long."

"If I can't eat enough, I've long been worried about the small turn, and I hang around in front of the small turn all day long, offering hospitality, where can I get my turn." Three monkey road.

Wang Chongdao: "How can this chasing big girl come first and come later, as the saying goes, marry a man and marry a man, dress and eat, do you think that you can't eat enough?" ”

"That can't be!" The three monkeys immediately retorted: "I can't eat enough of that guy, I'm lazy and slippery all day long, how can I not be as good as him!" ”

"That's it." Wang Chongdao: "If you really look at other people's small turns, boldly chase them, you don't even know how to be courteous in front of others if you don't have enough to eat, you don't spend a little more thought, which girl is willing to marry you?" ”

"This old saying is good, friend wife, don't bully, although I haven't read much, but I'm not the one who doesn't know the reason, isn't this the brotherhood between caring and not having enough to eat!" Three monkey road.

Wang Zhong shook his head: "You have been a family, can you still let this kind of thing happen?" ”

The three monkeys smiled.

Looking at this appearance, the three monkeys didn't think about the small turn at all.

"If you really want to find a virtuous girl, I think of someone." Wang Zhong looked at the three monkeys and suddenly said with a smile.

"Which one?" The three monkeys' eyes lit up and they asked eagerly.

"Lights!" Wang Chongdao.

The three monkeys hurriedly shook their heads, looking lost: "Deng'er likes Brother Daring!" ”

"There's no drama between Deng'er and Brother Daring!" Wang Chongdao: "At the beginning, Brother Daring swore in front of his father's spirit in front of all of us, saying that he would never marry Deng'er for the rest of his life!" Brother Daring has always counted when he speaks. ”

"That's not my turn!" Three monkey road.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work either!" Wang Chong said angrily: "You can't marry a fairy in the sky!" ”

"That's not what I meant!" The three monkeys hurriedly explained: "I just want to find someone who is similar to Chunmei's sister-in-law, who looks more upright, has diligent hands and feet, and can get by." ”

Wang Chongdao: "This old saying is good, marry a man and marry a man, dress and eat, this woman marries, doesn't she just want a good life, if you live a prosperous life, not to mention that there is meat in a meal, you can eat white-flour steamed buns in just a meal, and you are worried that you can't find a handsome and virtuous girl?" ”

The three monkeys' eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on their faces: "What my brother said makes sense." ”

······

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the marriage of the three monkeys is still not settled, Wang Chong went to find Ma Pozi, and only after asking did he know that Ma Pozi introduced two girls from neighboring villages for the three monkeys, but unfortunately the three monkeys themselves did not look at others.

In the blink of an eye, the summer harvest came, and everyone in the cooperative gathered together again, but this year, the number of people has changed from the original six to the current eight, there is more Jiang Hongguo, and there is a Ma Renxiang whose legs and feet are not as good as ordinary people, and the people in the village call him Ma Cripple.

Early in the morning, before dawn, the village lit up the cooking smoke, and each peasant community put Wang Zhong of their own community standing on the ridge of the field, facing everyone: "This year's wheat harvest is still the old rule, our male comrades are mainly responsible for charging ahead, and the female comrades are mainly responsible for logistics and threshing work. ”

"Don't worry, president, I will do my best." Ma Renli said with a smile.

"Renxiang, what about you?"

Ma Renxiang patted his chest and said, "No problem." ”

Wang Chong's gaze swept over everyone: "It's still the same as before, it's okay to rest when you're tired, but if you cheat and take the opportunity to be lazy, I won't show favoritism, just do what you want." ”

As early as the beginning of the establishment of the mutual aid group, Wang Chong agreed with everyone on the rules, if there is a cheating, slippery, and do not work hard, if you find it once, a certain amount of food will be deducted when you harvest.

If you don't want to, it's simple, nominally he's still in the support group, but next year everyone won't help him work, so he will be excluded.

In this period of low productivity, if there is no crowd to keep warm together, if you are alone, the work will be more tiring and inefficient.

"Ma Renli, especially you, it's okay to be slower, but if you dare to cheat and play tricks, don't blame me, who is the president, for being unsympathetic." Wang Zhong once again reminded Ma Renli.

"Don't worry, president, I'll do my best!" Ma Renli patted his chest and assured that in the first two years, Ma Renli was not less deducted grain, and the deducted grain was also evenly distributed to other people who worked hard.

"Alright, while it's still early, let's get started!"

With a wave of Wang Chong's hand, everyone began to cut the wheat, and after a while, Wang Chong took the lead in the front.

The women comrades were also in the wheat cutting team at the beginning, and when a large crop of wheat and half an acre of wheat came out, the three female comrades, Jin Huasao, Han Chunmei and Jiang Hongguo, began to threshh the wheat.

Windmills are not a rare object, but this thresher is really very rare, and even if there is, the braking method is not this foot pedal, but the kind similar to the sewing machine pedal.

It is impossible to say who is good and who is bad between the two, but only that each has its own advantages and disadvantages!

But obviously, this bicycle pedal braking mode is more suitable for this mode of working together.

A bundle of wheat, with the ears placed on the roller paper, can be threshed in just a few seconds, and the size of the thresher is completely suitable for two people to thresh at the same time.

After the threshing is completed, the threshing wheat straw is stacked in one place, Jin Huasao and Han Chunmei have already experienced several summer harvests, and they are no longer familiar with the thresher, the two of them quickly walked back and forth between the wheat fields, and the heavy ears of wheat were turned back and forth on the drum of the thresher and put them a few times, and the wheat grains were knocked away by the drum like rain, hit the covered tarpaulin, and then bounced back into the barrel below.

Wang Chong, Lao Ganbang, Three Monkeys, Ma Renli, plus a lame man and five people cut wheat, and they could barely catch up with the threshing speed of Jinhuasao and Han Chunmei.

In two and a half days, all the members of the cooperative had finished harvesting their wheat fields.

Although the wheat was taken back from the field, this was only the beginning, and the wheat had to be dried twice, passed through the windmill, and then counted by the scales.

Because the thresher has become more popular in Maixiang Village, the pattern on the wheat field has also changed, and several agricultural cooperatives agree to cut the wheat first, bundle it and carry it back to the wheat field from the field, threshing it on the wheat field, and then drying it on the spot.

Under the unified control of the village committee, each cooperative has divided its own wheat farms.

The emergence of the threshing machine has greatly shortened the time for harvesting wheat, but it also takes time to dry the wheat, and it also depends on God's face, if the recovered wheat is not dried and dehydrated in time, even if it is placed in a sack, the warehouse is also moldy.

Fortunately, God still gives face this year, and it has not rained for more than half a month, and almost all the villagers in Maixiang Village live in the wheat field, drying wheat, passing windmills, bagging, weighing, and warehousing.

"Ninety-six pounds." The three monkeys shouted out the last bag of data.

Ma Renli sat behind the desk, took a pen and quickly recorded the number on paper, and Ma Renli, who went to university, naturally became the accountant of the No. 2 Agricultural Production Cooperative in Maixiang Village.

"Hurry up, get the data out!" Wang Zhong tapped on the table.

Ma Renli was holding the abacus while writing and drawing in the notebook, and after a while, he put the pen away with a smile on his face.

Ma Renli looked at Wang Chong and said, "President, the statistics are good!" ”

Wang Zhong snorted: "After the statistics are done, I will read it to the big guy!" ”

Everyone looked at Ma Renli expectantly, Ma Renli picked up the notebook, clenched his fist against his mouth, coughed dryly twice, and then said: "Let's still have the old rules, one by one, first of all, our president, two acres and eight points of cooked land, six hundred and eighty-four catties of wheat, two acres and six cents of raw land, four hundred and thirty-two catties of wheat, a total of one thousand one hundred and sixteen catties." ”

"Next is Niu Youdao, three acres and two points of cooked land, seven hundred and sixteen catties of wheat, three acres and two cents of raw land, five hundred and six catties of wheat, a total of 1,222 catties."

"Then there is Ma Renyi, two acres and seven points of cooked land, six hundred and thirty-eight catties of wheat, two acres and four cents of raw land, three hundred and ninety-two catties of wheat, a total of one thousand and thirty catties."

"Sister-in-law Jinhua, two acres and four points of cooked land, five hundred and sixty-two catties of wheat, two acres and six cents of raw land, four hundred and eighteen catties of wheat, a total of nine hundred and eighty catties."

"Ma Renli, two acres of cooked land is one point, five hundred and eight catties of wheat are harvested, two acres and eight cents of raw land are harvested, and four hundred and fifty-six wheat are harvested, totaling nine hundred and sixty-four catties."

"Ma Renxiang ······"

"In this year's summer harvest, our second production cooperative will supply and harvest 6,292 catties of wheat, an increase of 3,261 catties over last year." Ma Renli is also very happy, this year's wheat is a bumper harvest, cut out the part to be handed over to the grain, and the rest will be enough to eat for a year.

Everyone applauded, their palms turned red, they cheered loudly, and their faces were full of smiles, and their smiles were full of satisfaction and happiness.

"Ahem!"

Wang Chong coughed dryly twice, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone be quiet, I will say a few words!" ”

"Although our output this year is more than 3,000 catties more than last year, but that is one more Comrade Ma Renxiang, and the cultivated area is also a lot more than last year, but the output of this year's cooked land is indeed a lot more than last year, which shows that everyone's efforts are not in vain, but we can not be proud, we must make persistent efforts, and strive to raise the output of the dozen acres of raw land that has only been opened in the past few years next year."

"Do you have faith?" Wang Zhong deliberately raised his voice.

"Yes!" The crowd shouted in unison.

The yield per mu of cooked land is more than 200 catties, but there is still a distance from 300 catties, which is the result of changing the spacing of wheat, the way of spreading fertilizer, and the use of irrigation canals to ensure winter irrigation and spring irrigation, weeding and insect control day after day, and careful care.

If we really want to increase the yield of wheat, we still have to rely on improving the varieties of wheat, and the productivity is not something that Wang Chong can improve alone, and only when science and technology are developed can it be realized.

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Although they were all elated, there was an unconcealable tiredness between everyone's eyebrows.

From the beginning of the wheat harvest to the present, almost a week, everyone's spirit is highly tense, the body is overloaded, and they dare not relax for a moment.

Seeing the bags of wheat carried into the warehouse, the smile on Jiang Hongguo's face never broke, this is the joy brought by the harvest.

"How long will it take to eat so much wheat?" Jiang Hongguo was born in a poor peasant, and has lived for more than 20 years, whether it is when she is a girl at home, or after she gets married, there has never been so much wheat in the barn at the head of the family.

"In a few days, I have to pay the public grain!" Wang Zhong smiled and said, "After handing over the public grain, the rest is our own." ”

"That's not a lot!" Jiang Hongguo said: "When we were in my hometown before, we worked hard all year round, that is, the most fertile watered land, one mu of land is at most more than two hundred catties, which is like our side, even the land on half of the slope has become watered land, and the yield per mu is two hundred and forty or fifty catties." ”

"In charge, I heard from Sister-in-law Jinhua and Sister-in-law Chunmei, these farming methods in the village are also all thought of by you?" Jiang Hongguo looked at Wang Chong's eyes with some kind of strange light, that is called worship.

"Not all, some of them are also Ma Renli's suggestions!" Wang Zhong said with a smile.

"Master, is there anything you won't know?" Jiang Hongguo looked at Wang Zhong very curiously.

Wang Chong walked up to Jiang Hongguo, leaned into her ear, and whispered, "Give birth!" ”

Jiang Hongguo blushed instantly, bit her lower lip tightly, and forced a smile.

"Now that there is no shortage of food and clothing at home, it's time for us to have a child!" Wang Zhong stood in front of Jiang Hongguo, pinching his chin, looking serious and serious.

Jiang Hongguo turned sideways, not daring to look at Wang Chong: "This child can be born if he says he will be born." ”

Wang Chong smiled slightly: "I said yes, of course I can!" ”

"I've been busy for most of the day, I'll clean up again, you hurry up and take a shower first, and then cook after taking a shower."

Jiang Hongguo nodded and said, "Then I'll go first." ”

After finishing the rest of the work, he went to the backyard and pushed the ox cart into the yard, tied the back door, and plugged the passages leading to the front yard into the deadbolts, walked to the main house, and listened to the sound of water in the bathroom.

"Guo'er, have you washed it?"

"Not yet!"

"Oh!"

Wang replied and went straight into the bathroom, Jiang Hongguo was almost not startled.

"I haven't finished washing yet!" Jiang Hongguo said with a red face.

Wang Zhong said seriously: "One person is too slow to wash, besides, two people can save a lot of water by washing together!" It's a lot of things. ”

Listening to Wang Chong's serious nonsense, Jiang Hongguo's eyes flowed, and she was faintly a little coquettish, and took the initiative to walk behind Wang Chong, and gently helped Wang Chong wash his hair and rub his back.

This wash lasted for an hour.

When he came out of the bathroom, Jiang Hongguo's face was flushed, Wang Chong was also refreshed, his body and mind were transparent, and the fatigue of a busy day of work was also swept away.

There are still many benefits to taking a bath.