Agricultural giant since 1983

Chapter 30
When the wheat is harvested from the field, there is no need to be so urgent. In the morning, spread the wheat on the grain drying field to dry, and it is best to thresh when it is completely dry in the afternoon.

At this time, several families usually work together, which can be more efficient. Li Qiyun and Li Qisheng are close to each other, and they spread the wheat of each family to dry first.

When the wheat was completely dry, it began to threshing. Li Qiyun put a stone mill on the ox, and pulled the ox to crush the wheat repeatedly, while others beat the wheat with flails.

The flail is equipped with a row of wooden or bamboo strips on a long wooden handle. When the flail is swung, the row of bamboo strips in front will rotate and beat the wheat ears on the drying ground to thresh them.

This farm tool can be traced back to the Qi State in the seventh century BC, and later even evolved into a weapon, which was improved and used on the battlefield.

Legend has it that Zhao Kuangyin, the great grandfather of the Great Song Dynasty who "defeated four hundred military states with a stick", used a stick that was actually a flail.

Yesterday was a sore back, and today waving a flail turned into sore arms. I also had to wear a mask to prevent my nose from being harassed by wheat awns. This is a very uncomfortable day in this hot weather.

Roll back and forth several times to ensure that most of the wheat grains fall off, then pick up the straw and pile it up, and use a broom to collect the wheat grains.

Go back to the house and lift out the wooden windmill. There is a trapezoidal inlet on the top of the windmill. There is a funnel below to produce full and clean grains. There is a small funnel on the side to produce shriveled grains. The tail is to produce wheat husks and straw. crumbs, dusty.

There is a round belly in the front, with a wooden impeller hidden inside and a handle made of steel bars on the outside. When the blade is turned by hand, it generates wind force. The faster the rotation speed, the greater the wind, and vice versa.

Now go to the grain station to hand over the public grain. There should be no soil particles, sand, grass seeds, wheat coats, and barley in the grain; therefore, it must be cleaned up, relying on manual cleaning with dustpans and sieves, the efficiency is low and the effect is poor, and the windmill is much more convenient. Yes, it’s just that this thing is waste wood, and the price of carpentry is also expensive, so not every family has a windmill.

Li Lei is in charge of loading the material first, and Li Xinwang shakes the handle, and the wheat husks, wheat grains, and shriveled grains come out from different outlets, and they work for a while before changing shifts.

There is also a sieve on the windmill. Once the wheat passes through the windmill, except for some relatively large soil particles and stones that need to be picked out by hand, other impurities will basically be cleaned up.

After working for a few days, I finished processing and drying my own wheat. When the wheat in every village began to dry, the loudspeakers in the village also began to urge the villagers to pay the public grain as soon as possible.

There is a strict time requirement for the delivery of public rations. According to the announcement on the radio, Liushu Commune must pay all the rations within 3 days, and there is only one point for the delivery of rations, which is the commune’s grain station.

According to the current standard, more than 100 catties are required to be paid for one mu of land. The Li family has a total of seven mu of land, and they have to pay almost [-] catties of grain.

As soon as the wheat is harvested, the villagers first pick out the better, sun-dried wheat and put it in bags. They weigh themselves first, calculate how many catties to hand over, and then drag them to hand over.

Due to the tight schedule and the large number of people, every delivery of public grain is like a war. Farmers’ carts, tractors, ox carts, donkey carts, and other vehicles are mixed together and lined up, often filling up a road in front of the grain station. .

Due to the large number of people, they usually go early in the morning and wait until the afternoon or even evening to go home.

But this is not bad, because some farmers, because the grain is not up to standard, have to take it back to dry again, and then come back.

On the one hand, the staff who collect public grain must weigh carefully to ensure that the farmers have delivered a sufficient amount of grain; on the other hand, they must constantly check the quality of the grain, such as the amount of debris, the moisture content of the wheat, and so on.

The staff will take a hollow iron rod, stab it into the bag of wheat, and then take out the wheat, not only to look at it, but also to taste it.

Li Qiyun is not in a hurry, he is the principal of the junior high school in the town, and he is familiar with the people at the food station, so he can pay it at the end. If he goes early, the person at the food station will definitely let him jump in line and hand it in first.

Today's work is not very busy. After he was free, Li Lei went to the grain station to watch the excitement with his camera. He had to take a few photos to record this scene.

Looking at the long queue, accompanied by the smiling faces in front of the staff of the grain station, and the relieved farmers after passing the inspection, Li Lei pressed the shutter.

On the afternoon of the last day, Li Xinwang drove the tractor and transported the grain from the two families together. The staff at the grain station just opened the bag and took a look.

This ticket has to be collected, and when the time comes to buy fertilizers, you have to show it. If you don’t pay the public food, you won’t get the ticket, and if you don’t have the ticket, you won’t be able to buy fertilizer.

After paying the public grain, the rest is his own, and the surplus can be sold. The Li family harvested almost [-] catties of wheat in seven acres of land, and there were only [-] catties left after excluding the public grain. There were only three people in their family. , where can I finish eating?So I sold some more.

The purchase price of wheat this year was 600 cents a catty. Li Qiyun sold two thousand catties for [-] yuan. The money will be used to buy seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides.
In the past few years, the life of farmers has been relatively easy. Food prices have risen, and no one cares about raising chickens and pigs. These have effectively increased farmers' income.

At this time, the ratio of average disposable income between urban and rural areas is almost two to one, which means that urban residents have an average of 200 yuan in their pockets, and farmers have 100 yuan in their pockets.

People who have money naturally yearn for a better life, and naturally want to consume, which gives them the opportunity to get rich.

I have been busy until mid-June, planting corn, soybeans, potatoes and other crops, and the busy three summers are finally over.

Li Qiyun also had time to formally talk about starting a business with Li Lei, "If you don't go to work, what do you want to do?"

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