The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 1796 The Latest Way to Harvest Wheat

"How can we work like this?" a farmer complained in the wheat field under the sun.

"Then what do you say we should do?" the person who was also working nearby asked him back.

"I'm already so old, but this is the first time I've seen wheat harvested like this!" the man said angrily.

"You're such a meddlesome person! Aren't you getting paid?" a third person spoke up.

"You're the only one who talks too much. We're not the only ones doing this. Don't you see that there are so many soldiers over there who are also cutting the grass in the same way?" The fourth person also joined in.

They all involuntarily glanced at the other field. There were dozens of soldiers in that field, pulling a rack and harvesting wheat ears!

"Oh, even if we only cut wheat ears, we have to be better than those soldiers!" someone said.

This is true, although they are now facing new problems.

  But harvesting wheat ears is still harvesting wheat ears. If they were outdone by those Northeastern soldiers who were also harvesting wheat ears on the stands, they would be extremely embarrassed!

So the people in the row who had set up the racks in the wheat field stopped talking and just focused on cutting the wheat ears!

In fact, deep down in their hearts, everyone has their own professional dignity.

Many of these wheat harvesters like them specialize in harvesting wheat for wealthy families during the wheat harvest season, and they all have their own techniques.

For example, if you do the same work all year round and you mow one mu of land in one hour, but someone who comes here occasionally to do odd jobs mows one and a half mu of land, do you still have the face to do that? Who will ask you to mow wheat in the future?

  But this year is different from previous years. As the man complained, they are harvesting ears of wheat instead of wheat!

Yes! You are right!

  They were using sickles to cut wheat ears, and the Northeast soldiers in another field were also cutting wheat ears!

Is there any difference between harvesting wheat and harvesting wheat ears? Of course there is.

According to the normal way of harvesting, people harvest wheat by hugging the wheat growing in the ground with one hand and using the other hand to hold the sickle and cut the wheat down, leaving new wheat stubble.

But this time when they were harvesting wheat, the owner, Chen Laocai, asked them to only harvest the wheat ears and leave the wheat stalks behind!

Everyone knows that the method of harvesting wheat from ancient times to the present is to cut off the wheat stalks together with the wheat stems and then transport them to the drying yard or threshing ground, where the bundles of wheat are beaten or rolled with stone rollers. In this way, the wheat is left to be ground into flour later, and the wheat straw becomes firewood.

But who would have thought that Chen Laocai used a new harvesting method this time.

Then the problem is coming.

We can't just throw a lot of wheat ears on the ground after cutting them, right? That would be a waste of time!

After cutting a handful of wheat ears, he would put them back into the large specially sewn bag across his chest, and then cut another handful.

When the big pocket on the chest is full of wheat ears, they will be poured into the uniform sack.

Even old farmers who have been farming all their lives have never mowed the land like this!

But what are the benefits of doing this? It saves transportation capacity and shortens the time for harvesting wheat.

At this time, Chen Laocai, who was standing on the road in the field, was watching the busy harvesting scene with mixed feelings.

  It wasn't just the workers who didn't expect to harvest wheat this way, even the owner like him had never thought that one day he would do such a thing!

The reason why he did this was entirely because of Shang Zhen's idea.

  Shang Zhen was not trying to scare him. In troubled times, if Shang Zhen said so, everyone with a gun would have their eyes on your wheat!

Then Shang Zhen counted on his fingers for him, the 51st Army, also known as the Northeast Army, the Japanese devils and the traitors, the Security Division, the Eighth Route Army guerrillas, all of them are working hard for your little piece of wheat!

  Why don't you hurry up and collect the wheat? If you pull the wheat back with you, you will have to use a fork to load it onto the cart, right? Even if you pull a large cart with horses, how much wheat can you harvest?

Besides, that would just waste time!

You have to use a fork to carry the bundles of wheat onto the wagon, and someone has to stack them on top, right? And then you have to unload the wagon when you get back, right? What a waste of time!

So in my opinion, you might as well just cut the wheat ears. This way you can save a lot of time, and by the time the other troops arrive, you will have already harvested the wheat!

No matter whether it is our 51st Army, the Communist Army, or some other organization that helps you, at least you can rely on your tall and powerful courtyard to hold on in the village!

Shang Zhen's idea of ​​collecting grain as quickly as possible sounded so absurd and like a child's prank, but after careful consideration, Chen Laocai had no choice but to do so.

In yesterday's battle, more than 30 members of their village protection team were killed, and more than 70 Japanese and puppet troops died in Shuiquan Town.

Even though the sun is shining brightly and the harvest is underway, Chen Laocai still shudders when he thinks of the bloody scene.

there's no way!

  During special times, something as simple as collecting grain has to be handled in a special way!

After harvesting the grain, should more of it be given to Shang Zhen?

When the two were discussing, Shang Zhen did not say it clearly.

  But Shang Zhen said that you don't have to give me wheat. We are also a group of ordinary people. We don't have to eat fine grains. You can convert it into cornmeal or sweet potatoes and potatoes. We are not like you, Chen Laocai, who are destined to eat coarse grains!

Shang Zhen has said so, do you think Chen Laocai can refuse?

He really couldn't refuse!

If Shang Zhen's men had not appeared in Shuiquan Town in time, his family's farm would have been taken down by the Japanese by now.

Once the village was destroyed, it would not just be a matter of more than 30 people dying. His great-grandfather, his grandfather, his father and all the property he had saved over the years would be looted by the Japanese, not to mention how miserable his entire family would be.

The Japanese devils are already notorious for their cruelty. How cruel are they? How to say it? There is a saying that goes, "There is nothing you can't think of and nothing they can't do!"

Therefore, no matter how smart Chen Laocai was, he knew that he had no room for maneuver. From the moment Shang Zhen and others helped him, he was tied to Shang Zhen's camp!

"Everyone, hurry up and work!" Chen Laocai shouted with his hoarse voice, and then he called out, "Chen Fu! Chen Fu! Bring me a sickle too, so I can cut the wheat too!"

Chen Fu was his butler.

At Chen Laocai's call, Chen Fu ran over breathlessly and said, "Master, where do we have sickles? This is the first time we have so many people harvesting wheat!"

What Chen Fu said was of course the truth.

In previous years, why did they need so many people to harvest wheat? Time was not so tight, but now, Shang Zhen asked one company to provide cover on the periphery and transferred the other company to help him harvest wheat.

"Sickle, sickle, sickle, what kind of sickle?" Chen Laocai said angrily, "Captain Shang, do they have sickles? Aren't we just cutting wheat ears? Even if you have a knife or a pair of scissors, can't you still cut wheat ears?"

"Okay, sir. I'll find it for you right away!" Chen Fu bowed and replied.

At this time, also in the fields, Shang Zhen was listening to the soldiers' report.

The soldier was sent back by Chu Tian to report the news to him.

"The Japanese sent a squadron of more than 500 puppet soldiers, but they were ambushed before they reached our company.

Our company commander sent someone to inquire, and learned that it was the Eighth Route Army that fought against the Japanese invaders.

However, our company commander said that the Japanese were only blocked by the Eighth Route Army for a period of time and would soon reach our company.

We can only delay it for one day at best.

Also, our company has discovered that there are other large forces, which seem to be from our Northeast Army, but we haven't found out which group they are from yet." The soldier reported.

Shang Zhen responded with a sound to indicate that he understood, then he turned his gaze to the golden sea of ​​wheat and stopped talking. No one knew what he was thinking.