The heroine of Kuai Chuan Zhi's family only farms

Chapter 1360 [1359] Be friends with the elderly (4000)

In the countryside of this era, there are many trees, all of which are planted by the production team. They are replanted every spring, and most of them are poplars. Therefore, in the season of poplar catkins flying randomly in spring, it really troubles the health of many people.

In the heat of the day, they are looking for a shady place. If they don’t go to the river to take a bath at night, the mother will dry a few pots of water in the early morning, and in the evening, she and the younger brother will take a bath in the yard, because they The two are the youngest and are not suitable to be taken to the river.

The other brothers went to bathe in the river with their uncles, while their mother went with their aunts. The places where men and women bathe are different. She went there once, and the surrounding area is covered by reeds, so the privacy is quite strong, especially after the river has been exposed to the sun for a day. , the upper layer is hot, and the cooler it goes down, it doesn't affect their body temperature.

In the age when there were no cosmetics, even the hair washed with plant ash was still black and shiny, and few people even lost their hair. Unless it was the kind of baldness inherited from the family, most people had very good hair Not even dandruff, really amazing.

Unlike later generations, amino acids, black sesame seeds, and ginger liquid. As a result, the more you wash your hair, the more problems you will get, let alone hair loss. Symptoms such as dandruff, dryness, and yellowing are like being soaked in chemicals too much. Seriously, it makes people speechless.

Ding Wei is more than two years old, and her usual activities are at home, in the fields, and in school. She doesn't like to play with her peers, so most of the time she plays with the old men and women in the fields by herself.

She is very popular with the elderly, but because of this behavior, her parents have been criticized.

But Ding Wei didn't care about that, she just liked to follow them.

Of course, not only because they are knowledgeable, well-educated, but also kind-hearted, and even the stories they tell are more exciting than those in the books.

But when people in the village saw this, they said her mother.

"Children are ignorant, how can you be ignorant? Stop getting involved with those people in the future, and don't implicate you for no reason!"

Instead of blaming her, her mother asked her, "Why don't you play with other children, but get close to those people?"

"Mom, grandpa and grandma are very good. They work very hard and are not in good health. Although they do the dirtiest and most tiring work, they still wear smiles every day. When I go to help them, they tell me stories, so many stories. , but it sounds good!"

"Oh? That's great. Does Weiwei like being with them very much?" Ding Wei tilted her head and thought about it seriously, then nodded to Zhao Qingqing: "I like it."

"Since Weiwei likes it, when you don't want to follow your mother, you can run over to play. Don't go by yourself, call your little brother, you two can be a companion together, and mother can rest assured."

Is this the mother who sent the younger brother to be an undercover agent because she was afraid that she would not be able to explain clearly?

Ding Wei looked innocent and nodded with a smile.

After having breakfast in the cafeteria the next day, she took her younger brother to the apple orchard, which is a certain distance from the village. The apple orchard is surrounded by thorny thorns, and there are four or five thatched huts in the garden. Chickens, ducks and geese are raised in vegetables, there are three wells, and [-] acres of land. Six old people work here every day from morning to night to water, weed, feed chickens, ducks and geese, pick manure and fertilize.

In fact, their production team is pretty good, at least let them have an independent living and working environment, so that they will not be criticized by the villagers.

Although it is a hut, it is solid and does not leak rain. They are far away, and they don’t even need to eat in the canteen of the production team. Someone brings them over every day. The vegetables grown under the fruit trees are also sent back to the production team. It doesn't matter, just ask them to take good care of the [-] mu of land.

Ding Wei likes it here, especially likes to follow Grandma Cai to drive the chickens, ducks and geese out of the pen, watching the ducklings follow the old ducks, and the big white goose will applaud happily when they enter the small pond in the orchard.

However, the little brother was not so lucky. He insisted on provoking the big white goose, but he was chased by the big white goose, which made him cry. It was Grandpa Cao who picked him up and saved him.

Or else, if childhood was not chased by a big goose, wouldn't it be considered a real childhood?

The happiest thing for Ding Wei every day is to pick up eggs with her grandparents in the range of chickens, ducks and geese with a basket. The meal was also brought over, and it saved such a young child from running around.

So, there are still many good people, and the quality of the food delivered is the same as what they eat, and they are not bullied because of their special status.

This gave her a new understanding of the people on and off the Red Flag production team.

It's like talking about it, they are still very clear about major issues and major wrongdoings.

These six old people are three couples, including teachers, professors, doctors and nurses, and high-achieving military students studying abroad...

No matter how they used to be, now they are amiable old people, talkative, stable and at ease.

They never talk about the past. Although they are amiable, they have a sense of distance.

But it will tell them some fairy tales and amuse them both.

How cautious they are now proves how much they have suffered.

So I can understand why they don't want to talk to others. After all, even their relatives have chosen to sever ties, let alone these outsiders?

No matter what, six people can't finish one hundred acres of work, so the captain will also arrange people here when the farming season is busy, and not all of them count on the six of them.

Equivalent to the daily care of the orchard, the supply of poultry and vegetables needs to be guaranteed in place.

The picked eggs are liquidated every day and then transported to the commune by the production team, and then sent to various food stations and supply and marketing cooperatives by the commune.

Of course, this can also be regarded as the income item of the production team, and it needs to have an approval slip and be registered in the account.

In this way, summer turns to autumn, and it is the busy season of farming again.

Autumn harvest can last for 9 days. Corn, sweet potato, sesame, soybean, fruit, and winter wheat must be sown. It can be busy from September to early November in the Gregorian calendar. The students of the school all joined the autumn harvest team.

The legs are sore and the waist is sore from breaking the corn, and they are scratched by the corn leaves. The people in front break the corn stalks, and the people behind cut off the corn stalks and take them away to feed cattle, sheep and other livestock. There are still a bunch of people behind who smash the corn roots. This thing is very sharp. , If it is not resolved as soon as possible, more people will be scratched.

There are also people who specifically pick up the broken corn, and carry them out bag by bag. In short, at least three or four waves of people will clean up a piece of land. After cleaning, the ground is basically clean, and the next step is fertilization. The plowed land is planted with winter wheat.

The sesame seeds should be cut off when they are green, and when they all turn yellow, they will explode and fall to the ground. In this way, half a year of hard work may be in vain.

The same is true for soybeans. When harvesting, you can't wait for all its branches and leaves to turn yellow. By then, it will be too late.

Even so, when soybeans are harvested, there will be old people and children picking in the fields they have harvested, so as not to miss more beans in the field.

In addition, millet, sorghum, buckwheat and other miscellaneous grains are planted in the dry land. Sweet potatoes have to be harvested before the frost, and they can grow a little more if it takes one more day.

Sweet potato leaves are very vigorous at any time, even if they brush its leaves over and over again, it still can't affect the growth of its root system.

The potatoes were harvested as early as around the Dragon Boat Festival.

Whether it's potatoes or sweet potatoes, they are the varieties with the highest output in their production team. In the non-staple food of their production team every year, there are two kinds of income, vermicelli and noodles. As for the filtered sweet potato dregs, they are all made into pancakes for everyone It's no waste at all.

Daqiu was busy in the fields and yards, and when he got home, he had to sort out the food and firewood he got to dry.

In the event of rush harvest, the members simply ate in the field, and the family delivered meals in baskets. A steamed bun, a piece of cooked sweet potato, and a piece of salted radish were a meal.

I finally finished the harvest. I thought I could breathe a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, this year I started to repair the embankment again. The embankment was built during the non-agricultural busy time. It happens that there is no work here in winter, so it is well utilized. this time.

It is very hard to build the embankment, digging soil, pulling soil, layer after layer, and compacting it. It requires hundreds of people, especially this is not the amount that can be completed by one village, but a production team connected with a The production team built a protective embankment along the entire river bank.

Being a farmer is not easy. Ding Wei has witnessed their busy work from morning to night, from spring to winter, repairing rivers and filling slopes, and accumulating manure for farming.

The only advantage is that in the simple age, people did not have any competitive pressure. Working in the production team, talking and laughing, not only relieved fatigue, but also increased joy, and adjusted their mood. Dear brothers and sisters, the depressed mood is relieved, and happiness comes naturally.

Of course, the pros and cons of the production team period are also very clear.

The big guy goes to work in the field every day, talking and laughing is much happier, and the interpersonal relationship among the members is also good. They can talk freely and talk about everything, and the big guy is in a good mood.

The disadvantage is that there is a contrast between labor and effort, labor efficiency is low, and there is also a lot of fruitless labor, such as spring labor, which now seems to be completely redundant and ineffective. Hardworking people do more, lazy people do less, but eat. The work points are the same, and over time, no matter how hardworking people are, there will be complaints.

However, this is beyond her control as a child. The general environment is such that you can only follow it.

When the first snow came, it was also the twelfth lunar month. This is the third year she has been here. Compared with the previous two years, this year's income is obviously not as good. Even the surplus food and the money allocated are much less. , the couple worked all year round, and only saved about [-] yuan.

Mom sighed heavily: "These days are getting worse and worse,"

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by his father: "Okay, my family still has me earning wages. Although it's not monthly, but during the busy farming season, I can get more than 30 yuan a month."

My mother looked at him distressedly: "That's not what you exchanged with your own sweat. During that time, how many hours did you sleep a day? You can't even find a co-worker, but you have to do it alone! "

"Look at what you said, isn't the salary paid to me alone? Or is it doubled? Doesn't it mean that one machine is not needed to support two people? Besides, all tractor drivers are like this, and it's not just me. During that time I The food is good, the subsidy is good, and when I repair the car, I can earn some rations to subsidize the children and you, I am already very satisfied,"

"Dead man, I feel sorry for you,"

"My daughter-in-law loves me, but I can't see it? I mean, in the current situation, we can live in peace and stability. It's already very good. Let's stop complaining. You see, the son is filial and the daughter is lovely. Let's not complain." What's not to like?"

Compared with the people in the village, their family's situation is really good, but if you compare the commercial grain in the city, you still feel that there is no harm if there is no comparison.

"You said why we didn't catch up with the good opportunity to enter the city!"

Dad turned over and sighed: "Why are you talking about this again? We were all young at that time, and besides, a family can only choose one to go to the city. It's good for you to be this person, but that's a burden. The burden of the whole family, don't think about enjoying happiness in the city, in fact, it is not as good as us country people, don't mention it in the future, let's just wait to enjoy the blessings of our children, instead of relying on ourselves, it is better to see Do these little ones have that luck!"

There was a time when there was a shortage of labor in the city, and the country was given a place to enter the city. How to choose this person was very strict, and he had to be skilled in order to get opportunities in the city, but he was only in the city as a temporary worker. Those who are capable can become regular workers, and those who are not capable are not only temporary workers themselves, but also temporary workers when they bring their own family members.

If the expectation is correct, it is just that in the past few years, a large number of rural people will be streamlined and returned to the countryside. Most of these people are eliminated and have too many families.

When a person enters the city, the life of his wife and children is actually not satisfactory, because she has to send money home every month. She has lived through such an era and knows how difficult these people are. She is still hardworking and capable. The old man is a rascal, so one can imagine how difficult the result will be.

There are quite a few plots like this in the movies and TV shows of later generations, and brothers and sisters who fight for a place are everywhere. Their goal is only one, and that is to stay in the city and eat commercial food.

Not only these people, but also those knowledgeable and cultured people who came to the countryside, tried their best to leave whenever they had the opportunity, just to live a good life and no longer face the loess and turn their backs to the sky.

It is true that it is not easy to be a farmer and the fields are not easy to plant, but in the current environment, she thinks it is better to stay behind.

So Dad is still a sensible person in terms of his attitude towards this matter. She also believes that with her in this family, sooner or later she will be able to live the life of a city dweller.

(End of this chapter)