When double grabbing, there is no fixed time for the end of work, but it is based on the standard of dark.

When the sun goes down, it's time to call it a day.

Sometimes even when the sun has set, they are still working, until they can see nothing, and everyone is evacuated from the fields one after another.

When the sun set, the members dragged their tired bodies back.

Even so, almost all men still carry a load of rice on their shoulders, and when this load is carried back, today's busyness is officially over.

At this time, the broadcast on the loudspeaker continued, and it was obvious that Zhang Cui'e was still sticking to her post and had not yet gotten off work.

After carrying the rice back to the village, the men went to the river with them to bathe in the water, and when they returned, they would bring back a load of water, because by this time the family must have run out of water.

If we all look forward to tap water so much, if there is tap water, do we still need to carry water?

The women came home with their children and were busy washing the mud off their bodies.

After cleaning up a little, he hurried to Captain Yang's house, waiting to calculate today's work.

With the help of the electric lights in the hall, Accountant Liu took the scorebook and registered the work points for the members one by one.

According to the rules of Lujiawan, under normal circumstances, men can get 10 to 12 points for high-intensity labor like today, 6 to 10 points for women, 4 points for children over 12 years old and under 18 years old, 3 points for those between 10 and 12 years old, and 2 points for children under 10 years old.

All the people who participated in the labor had an account in Accountant Liu's heart, and the crowd of people from every household passed in front of him, who worked part-time, who did not come in the morning, who did not come in the afternoon, how much effort he made, and how much work he did, he remembered it clearly.

can become an accountant and scorekeeper, not because of his surname Liu, but because of his ability to recognize people!

After a while, he wrote down everyone's work, and at the same time had to register it in the "personal work book", and everyone had no objections.

(Personal Notebook)

It's like this every year, who has more strength, more effort, and longer time, everyone knows the same.

Even if there are a few "tricky" young people who want to ask for one or two more points, they will be pulled away by their families before they finish speaking.

The three families of Yang, Liu and Huang account for the vast majority of the surnames of the 6 teams, and if you question Accountant Liu at this time, you are slapping the Liu family in the face, do you want to start a war or what?!

Accountant Liu was busy here, so the custodian Huang brought the popsicle box over and shouted loudly, "Send popsicles, according to the rules just now, one ice cream for each household, and then according to the ranking of work, first send mung bean popsicles, and then send cream popsicles, until they are finished, no one is allowed to talk nonsense." ”

At this time, everyone instantly became excited and unconsciously rushed forward.

Keeper Huang immediately crossed his hands and stared at him, "What a squeeze, I haven't eaten or seen it, I'm waiting next to it, whoever I call, who will come and get it again." ”

Then he took the record book, "Send each household first, then send rewards, the first household, Yang Jimin ......"

A trembling old man squeezed out of the crowd with a cane and walked out.

Custodian Huang hurriedly took an ice cream and sent it over, "Ouch, old lady, slow down, why did you come in person, Yang Laojiu, you won't help your grandfather......"

Yang Jimin stretched out the bowl in his hand, watched the custodian Huang put the ice cream into the bowl, grinned, and his teeth were gone, "Let him come?" Is my great-grandson still eating? ”

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left, and the people around him hurriedly gave way while holding on, for fear that the old man would fall.

Yang Laojiu, who was in his twenties, smiled wryly and followed respectfully.

The custodian Huang wiped his sweat, "Second household......"

Next to him, Captain Yang and Accountant Liu had palpitations.

Accountant Liu poked Captain Yang with his elbow and whispered, "How long has it been since I saw the old lady smiling so happily?" ”

Captain Yang was already laughing so hard that he couldn't open his eyes, "Old child, old child, this old man's temper is the same as that of a child." Xiao Chen did a good job. ”

……

The hustle and bustle in the village did not affect Chen Fan.

At this time, he was busy in the Educated Youth Academy, and after a while, he made three dishes and one soup and put the meals on the table.

It is still mainly vegetables, supplemented by oil and meat, which is both appetizing and nutritious.

At this time, Jiang Lili, Huang Ying and Liu Dan walked into the courtyard together.

Chen Fan looked at them and asked casually, "What about Yang Ju?" ”

Liu Dan pointed to the village in front of her, "She's still waiting to get a popsicle." ”

Huang Ying smiled happily, "I asked just now, it is counted according to 48 households, so the educated youth are counted as one household, and Mr. Chen, you are also counted as one household, and we can receive two." ”

As for the other rewarded popsicles, they couldn't even think of it.

It's good to have two popsicles for five people, but many people have only one for seven or eight people.

Chen Fan smiled and was about to speak, when his gaze suddenly froze, and he walked over and looked them up and down, "How did you become mud monkeys?" ”

The three girls suddenly turned red, Huang Ying covered her face and ran to the room, Liu Dan simply covered her eyes, "Don't look, don't look." ”

Jiang Lili lowered her head in embarrassment, looked at the thick layer of dry mud on her arms and legs, and muttered, "There are too many insects, and you can prevent bites by smearing mud." ”

Chen Fan blinked, "Are there a lot of bugs?" ”

"Uh-huh."

Jiang Lili raised her hand and touched her neck and face, which were covered with a thick layer of mud, and the mud was still falling down from her hand.

She said embarrassedly, "When it gets dark, there will be a small insect flying up in the paddy field, and there are so many of these insects that it bites a big bag, so we wipe our bodies with mud so that they don't get bitten." ”

Chen Fan nodded suddenly, "So that's the case." ”

After a pause, he pointed to the two buckets of water next to him, "You wash first, then go to the bath, and then come over to eat after the bath." ”

Jiang Lili and Liu Dan glanced at each other, and they could see the embarrassment on each other's faces, so they hurriedly lowered their heads and went to wash.

Huang Ying also came out with a basin and went over to rinse.

Wash off the mud with cold water, scrub it with warm water, and finally take a shower with a bucket of hot water.

After a while, Yang Ju ran back with a bowl, which was two ice creams that had just been distributed, and she saw that the three of them were busy cleaning, so she didn't care to speak, and joined the ranks of rinsing.

By the time they had all washed up, changed their clothes, and washed their dirty clothes to dry, it was already half an hour later.

By this time, the two ice creams had completely melted into a bowl of ice water.

Originally, when Chen Fan bought it, the ice cream was not very hard, and it was put in the box for a few hours, but now it has been brought back and dried for a long time, the weather is so hot, it is normal to melt.

Chen Fan looked at the ice cream in the bowl and didn't know what to say.

A few girls were very happy.

Yang Ju clapped her hands, "It's just right, you can have a small cup per person." ”

She went into the house and took out five pottery cups, distributed them little by little, and did not forget to scrape the bottom of the big bowl.

Chen Fan also took a cup, brought it to his lips and took a sip, and said with a smile, "Yes, it's still cold." ”

Look at them again, they are all taking small sips, their faces are full of satisfied smiles, as if they are tasting some peerless wine, and even their bodies don't seem so tired.

With such a small glass of ice cream water, several people quickly finished dinner.

According to their usual habits, they have to go to the general room to study at this time, and now they also hold books and plan to continue studying for a while.

I studied mathematics, physics and chemistry, algebra, geometry, physics, and chemistry.

However, Chen Fan stopped them, "Tired like this, can you still learn?" ”

Jiang Lili said with a smile, "What you said, learning is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, if you don't learn for a day, I'm afraid that learning will regress." ”

Yang Ju also nodded again and again, "It's just studying, it's much easier than working in the field, so it's just resting." ”

Huang Ying, "Let's watch for a while, and if we're too tired, go to bed." ”

Liu Dan continued to nod, "Uh-huh." ”

Chen Fan looked at them, stood up and said, "Follow me." ”

With that, he walked to the backyard.

Jiang Lili and the four of them glanced at each other, but did not speak, and they all followed.

After a while, walking to the new house on the top of the slope behind, Chen Fan pushed open the door, and a faint medicinal fragrance emanated from inside.

He glanced back at the four of them, turned on the light, and walked to the living room, while saying, "I lit a pot of medicine here just now, and there should be no mosquitoes in this room." ”

Originally, a lot of mosquito-repellent herbs were planted around the house, and with this incense, there were fewer mosquitoes.

The four of them followed into the house, and immediately felt a cool air, and when they followed Chen Fan into the living room, they saw a small incense burner on the coffee table in the living room, and the incense burner was still emitting green smoke, and the fragrance of medicine was emitted from it.

In addition, in the originally empty place, there were two large beds, the bed was covered with a mat, and not far from the bed, there was an electric fan?!

Chen Fan pointed to the big bed, "During this time, you will sleep here." ”

The four of them looked at each other, even the most courageous Huang Ying, who was a little embarrassed at this time, looked at him and whispered, "Teacher Chen, this is your new house, you haven't moved in yet, how can we sleep?" ”

Chen Fan smiled and said, "I'm not done moving in now." ”

Looking at the four people with surprised faces, he said with a smile, "Originally, I wanted to leave this house empty for a summer or a winter, so as to disperse the smell and moisture, but after this house was built, it didn't feel like a smell, and now the weather is hot, and it happens that the new house is cooler, and it is more comfortable to sleep here, so I just want to live here for a few days." ”

Several girls were a little moved, but none of them said yes.

The youth point is different, it is a public space, and anyone can go in and live.

But this is Chen Fan's own house, and a few of them live in a boy's house for no reason, what's going on? !

But when they refused, no one wanted to speak.

Chen Fan didn't care how much mental activity they had, helped them turn on the electric fan, then turned around and walked out, "Read a book for a while and go to bed, don't see it too late." I'm in the bedroom next to me, and you can call me if there's something to call me. ”

His idea is simple: to do a good job of logistics for them, so that they can eat better and sleep comfortably as much as possible.

Wait for Chen Fan to go out, close the door of the living room, four people, you look at me, I look at you.

In the end, it was the yellow warbler that moved first.

She walked to the couch with the book, "I'll read the book for a while, and then go to sleep later." ”

The implication is to stay.

The others were also silent, holding their books and looking for a place to sit and read.

I have to say that this house is indeed much cooler than the house in the Educated Youth Academy, and there is an electric fan blowing, and after a while, the body becomes dry, and there is no stuffy feeling at all.

After all, I was tired today, and after reading the book for a while, Huang Ying was the first to yawn.

She looked left and right, didn't bother to go to bed, just took the book as a pillow, and fell asleep on the sofa.

Yang Ju and Liu Dan saw that she was sleeping, so they also put down their books and went to lie on the bed.

Jiang Lili originally wanted to read a book for a while, but the three people next to her fell asleep, and she couldn't hold it anymore, so she turned off the lights and went to bed.

……

After breaking through the limit of his spirit, Chen Fan's memory has improved a lot, and the things he experienced when he was a child are vividly remembered, as if it happened yesterday.

He remembers that there were also double robberies in his grandfather's village, but it was the late 90s to early 2000s, but compared to now, although the double robberies at that time were still hard, the level of fatigue was far less than that of the 70s.

On the first day of double robbery, Chen Fan thought that it could be regarded as the limit of rural labor, but as time went by, he realized that it could only be regarded as the beginning of extreme labor!

The first two days were busy with the paddy harvest, and on the third day, when the first batch of paddy was basically dried up, the threshing began.

During the day, you have to be busy in the fields, so when will you have time to thresh?

The answer is at night!

After a day's work, the strong laborers washed off the mud in the river, hurried their supper, and threw themselves into the intense threshing work.

In addition to Zhiqing Point and Chen Fan's house, there are 46 households in the entire Lujiawan 6 team, that is, there are 46 farms, and there is also the largest farm in the livestock shed at the entrance of the village, and all the rice is scattered and dried on these fields.

However, there are only two pedal threshing machines in the team, which do not need mechanical power, and rely on manual foot pedaling, and then drive the threshing shaft to rotate through gears to knock the millet off the straw stalk.

The two threshing machines, located next to the barn in front of the village, handle almost a third of the threshing tasks.

What about the remaining nearly two-thirds?

Then you can only rely on "handmade" mixing barrels.

(Mixing buckets, this is a "high-end product", which has a threshing bar like a ladder inside, and there is only one horizontal bar inside, which throws the rice on the horizontal bar to help with threshing)

A large wooden basin in a boxy boxy is equipped with a wooden pole for threshing, which is all held by hand and smashed on the wooden pole to make the rice detach from the straw pole to achieve the purpose of threshing.

Before the electricity is turned on, a few lanterns will be hung on the apron to illuminate it, and a few buckets of water will be prepared below to extinguish the fire at any time.

Now that there are electric lights, the wires can be pulled out, and the bulbs can be picked up with bamboo poles on the field, and people will thresh on the field.

At this time, it is still the men who are the main laborers, which is a harder and more tiring work than carrying the burden, and no matter how strong the woman is, she can only temporarily help replace the man when he is resting, and then hand over the threshing position after the man has rested.

Whenever a certain amount of grain is finished, someone will pull the rice away, drag it to the large field next to the livestock shed in front, wait to be poured into the windmill, blow away the excess straw branches and leaves, and finally get relatively clean rice.

(Threshing windmills, still in use in many places)

Whether it is threshing or car valley, because the light bulb is on, it will attract countless mosquitoes. Therefore, the members will work while swatting the mosquitoes on their bodies.

At this time, Chen Fan would prepare some medicinal herbs, put them in clay pots, and send them over to light them to help them repel mosquitoes as much as possible.

Accountant Liu, who was constantly patrolling the village and recording everyone's performance, saw this scene and secretly remembered it in his heart, and when he found Captain Yang, he said to him, "Although Xiao Chen did not participate in labor, he helped drive away mosquitoes, and also wrote a report on our labor, and submitted articles to "Jiangnan Literature and Art" and the daily newspaper of the prefectural party committee. ”

Captain Yang pondered for two seconds, shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate, it's not appropriate." ”

After a pause, he whispered to Accountant Liu, "Writing and submitting essays is his job, and it's a good thing to help drive away mosquitoes, but after all, it's not within the scope of the scoring rules."

Besides, he is not short of these points, instead of giving him credits, it is better to mention his contribution when registering the work points every day. Let's not talk about making a name for him, just to let everyone know that he didn't do nothing, although he didn't work in the field, but his contribution was not small, that's what it means. ”

Accountant Liu nodded slowly after hearing this, "It makes sense, okay, then I'll mention it every day." ”

Chen Fan didn't know what Captain Yang and they discussed, and even if he knew, he didn't care.

Let him work in the field, he really can't stand this suffering, but within the scope of his ability, he will not stand idly by.

In addition to painting in the fields, writing reports for publicity, and picking herbs to drive away mosquitoes, he will also travel between various teams to deal with the sudden injuries and illnesses of many livestock in a timely manner, and use the herbs sent by the health department to boil herbal tea for everyone to clear heat and detoxify, and treat members who suffer from heat stroke and injuries due to work.

Seeing that he was so busy, as well as the publicity of Accountant Liu every night when he registered for work, there was no one in the team who did not praise Mr. Chen.

As the days passed, the double-robbery work continued.

The harvested, threshed, and beaten rice cannot be returned to the warehouse, but must be exposed to the sun.

It is necessary to ensure that every grain of grain is thoroughly sunburned, otherwise, a grain of damp rice is likely to cause a small pile of millet mildew, and then it will not pass the inspection of the grain management office, and all the rice will be pulled back, then it will be a big loss!

The summer grain has not yet been harvested, and the production team immediately arranged for people to plough the rice fields that have been harvested, preparing to plant late rice.

At this time, the diesel engine that Chen Fan brought back came in handy!

Without waiting for the commune's irrigation team, Chen Fan personally pumped up the water from the river and poured it into the main canal of Lujiawan.

Streams of river water flow into the rice paddies, nourishing the land.

When the ploughing is completed and the water is in place, it is necessary to rush to plant late rice.

As Jiang Lili said before, this time is even busier.

And the time has come to the end of July, from 12 noon to 4 pm, during this time you can't work in the field at all, otherwise the sun will make people sick.

In order to grab time, the members have to get up at half past two in the morning and go down to the ground collectively at three o'clock, except for the time from 12 noon to 4 pm, they have to be busy until 9 or 10 pm before they can go home to rest.

The whole month of July was spent in such a busy cycle.

Chen Fan didn't work in the field, and the whole person lost a lot of weight, his originally fair skin turned bronze, and his appearance changed from white Gu to black Gu.

Even he is like this, let alone Jiang Lili.

Huang Ying, Yang Ju and Liu Dan have become three little black charcoals, their faces, hands, and feet are all black, and there are traces of sunburn in some places, and they can't tell that this is a teenage girl at all.

Jiang Lili is not much better, even if she is naturally beautiful, at this time she is wearing a pair of wheat-colored skin, she has lost weight twice, her back is unconsciously bent, and the whole thing is a small village girl.

If Jiang Tiantian came to see her at this time, she would definitely not recognize this as her own sister.

This is still Chen Fan who cooks food for them every day, hot water and electric fans are waiting, and their spirits look pretty good.

Replaced by other members, not only did they lose weight and dark, but even their spirits were more than half gone, and they were weak one by one, as if they were seriously ill.

But in any case, the hardest double rush is about to pass, and although the next farm work is still very hard, it will not make people feel suffocated.

It's also gratifying!

The most important thing is that this year has been a bumper harvest!

(End of chapter)