Chapter 40 The Perfect Harvest of 4,800 Mu of Wheat Field(1/2)
Out of current interests considerations, Yang Dazhu had to suppress his anger and said:
"In the past few days, we will send more manpower to keep an eye on those workers."
"Want to add more?" Zhou Zicheng covered half of Lao Gao's swollen face, embarrassed:
"Brother, the village has been busy harvesting wheat recently, and it will rain heavily the day after tomorrow. The brothers really can't spare time..."
"I hired you at a high price to ask you to talk back to me?" Yang Dazhu said and raised his hand again.
"Brother, big brother!" Zhou Zicheng dodged subconsciously, pretending to be pitiful:
"I will find a way, I will definitely find a way!"
But I was so angry in my heart that I cursed:
Yang Dazhu, you don’t care about the lives of me and my brothers, and you are so cruel to the lives of workers. You are a devil who eats people without spitting out their bones!
"Hmph, if you idiot hadn't thrown away those guns on impulse, there would be no need to send more manpower to the mine!"
Yang Dazhu resisted the urge to take action and ordered Sen Leng:
"You have to clean up the trouble you dug yourself into!"
After finishing his words, he started to leave, leaving one last sentence:
"Recently, stay away from Si Chen and avoid provoking him!"
Zhou Zicheng slowly stood up. When Yang Dazhu was far away, he dared to spit blood on the ground and cursed in a low voice:
"You were the one who asked me to set a trap for Si Chen in the first place."
"Now it's you who's telling me not to mess with that bastard."
"What? Are you scared? Do you get scared sometimes?"
"Haha, who do you think you are?"
"You're just a maggot hiding in the dark. It's no wonder you're not afraid!"
"You have the ability to deceive, but you don't have the guts to live in someone else's spacious and bright wedding room, you insidious villain!"
…
On July 1st, everyone in Zhaojiayuan regarded this day as the ultimatum day.
Crazy harvest of wheat!
Si Chen was in the wheat field and was so tanned that his whole body was covered in black coal!
It was extremely hot, but he didn't dare to go shirtless.
In summer at high latitudes, not only the sun but also the wind cause the skin's moisture to evaporate very seriously.
Si Chen's exposed arms, neck, and face peeled off a layer of skin from the sun every day.
Even with a straw hat, it can't withstand the sun and wind.
In the evening, large gray clouds rolled up in the west.
The originally red sunset fell into the gray clouds and was rimmed with gold, making it look very strange.
The old farmer who was harvesting in the wheat field straightened up, put his palms in front of his eyes, looked at it, and said with full experience:
"The sunset falls into the clouds. Tomorrow, the sky will change!"
…
In Sijia Village, Mrs. Si, Wan Hong, Liu Chunhua, and Si Kui were loading wheat into snakeskin bags on the roof.
Next to him, Si Jianhua was holding a large wooden square shovel to winnow the wheat.
The shovel couldn't lift wheat and was too heavy, so farmers specially made wooden shovels.
Whether it is wheat that is rolled and threshed, or it is threshed out by threshing machines in this era, it is not clean wheat kernels.
Instead, there is a layer of coating on the wheat.
You have to wait for this layer of coating to fall off after exposure to the sun, and then winnow the wheat in windy weather.
The thin layer of coating on the wheat grains will be blown away by the wind as the shovelfuls are lifted.
Wheat with heavy grains will naturally fall down.
Sometimes, the wheat is winnowed more than once.
Of course, this is also a technical job that ordinary people cannot handle.
Si Jianhua's wheat has long been dried, cleaned and put into storage.
Therefore, I brought Si Kui and Si Xiaoxiao to help Si Chen's family tonight.
There are more people, but the speed is also faster.
Before dark, all the wheat on the roof is cleaned up and put into storage.
At night, after turning off the lights, Wan Hong said worriedly:
"Mom, I just heard what Dad Xiaoxiao said. Si Chen is over at Zhaojiayuan, staying up all day and night?"
"Um."
"This kid is working too hard. If he continues like this..."
"It doesn't matter, young man, you should work hard. We, the whole family, will have to rely on him in the future."
Mrs. Si expressed relief to Wan Hong, but her heart was bleeding!
Si Chen was brought up by her, and she was a distant relative.
"It will rain tomorrow. God bless, they can finish harvesting tonight."
As soon as Wan Hong finished speaking, Zaizai burst into tears.
"Ouch, grandma's little baby has peed, hasn't it?"
Mrs. Si jumped up and turned on the flashlight beside her pillow, shining it on the white wall to reflect light.
Although there are electric lights at home, if you turn on the lights suddenly, you are afraid that your children's eyes will be irritated.
The one who cried was my sister Si Yuanman, and she wet herself as expected.
"Ouch, it's my little Perfection. Hey, it's so big that you have to urinate. Are you trying to wash away Grandma?"
Mrs. Si comforted the baby softly and changed her clean diaper.
Brother Si Ping'an has always been sleeping lightly. If there is any movement, he will wake up.
When the younger sister cried, the elder brother also got mad. His little face wrinkled and turned red from holding back, and he burst into tears.
Wan Hong quickly got up and coaxed her brother.
That's how it is to take care of a baby. Either he poops, urinates, or is hungry.
Such a small pup will be hungry in basically three or four hours.
Peeing is even faster, taking about 20 minutes, just once.
The availability of diapers in modern society is simply a blessing.
Even so, the little Zai Zai needs to be fed at night, and the mother can’t even think of getting a full night’s sleep!
At that time, taking care of a little kid was even more stressful.
…
Early the next morning, county leaders came to Zhaojiayuan in person to inspect the wheat harvesting situation.
Si Chen is covered in loess, which is more authentic than the unearthed terracotta warriors and horses.
The leaders went to the last remaining wheat field of less than 100 acres to inspect.
Standing at a high place, you can see from a distance that harvesters from three directions are gnawing away at the golden wheat fields.
Above the head, there is no longer the rising sun, but a dark gray cloud.
The entire Zhaojiayuan people, including the children on vacation, gathered in the wheat fields and drying fields and were busy like crazy.
As long as the raindrops don’t fall, we will fight to the end even for an ear of wheat or a grain of wheat!
Li Fumin grew up in the city and has always been in the city after working.
It was actually the first time he had seen this magnificent scene of human fireworks before him.
The whole village united as one and fought tooth and nail for the food bags!
This morale excited him beyond words!
"Village Chief Zhao, find me a sickle too!"
"Ah?" Zhao San was confused.
"Find us all a sickle." Mao Yiming on the side said proactively.
Suddenly, the various leading cadres behind him all asked to cut the wheat.
To be continued...