Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 64

In order to prevent rain, it is necessary to spend all day and night in the field harvesting wheat until all the wheat is received in the field, threshed, dried, paid rent, and stored in a large glaze tank. Breathe a sigh of relief.

The so-called three autumns are not as busy as one summer, which is naturally different from farming in spring, especially when wheat is harvested in summer, when there is more rain, one bad weather may ruin a year's harvest.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the wheat harvest is a tiger's mouth.The wheat is harvested, the grain is harvested, the skin is peeled off, and the field is beaten.

That is to say, when harvesting wheat, it depends on the weather to compete for time, day and night to harvest wheat in the field and transport it home, and it has to be piled up in the field to watch it dry. If it is cloudy, I will be so nervous that I can’t sleep. Hurry up to pile up the wheat and cover it with grass thatch, and wait for the weather to dry after the rain.After drying in the sun, take advantage of the scorching sun to put on the cattle, hang up the apron, and start threshing while shouting to the cattle.

After threshing, they have to turn them in the sun until they are scorched and dry, and then pay the rent. After paying the rent, the rest of the family must quickly collect the grain and put it into the warehouse.

If it rains accidentally during this period, the food will probably suffer heavy losses. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the wheat harvest is a desperate battle, and even good people are tired.

The farmer has been busy for a year just for this wheat harvest. If he is blind, the land rent has not been paid, the money for renting animals, seeds and farm tools when planting the land has not been paid, and the rations of the whole family have not been paid, then the family is probably in danger. Falling into the vortex of famine and unable to extricate themselves.

The members of the old Qin's family naturally had to be prepared, and Qin Ye, who was going to help the workers, also asked for leave to go home and collect the food quickly.

The day before the opening of the sickle and before the wheat harvest, Mrs. Zhang took the children to make pancakes again, which can keep them full and save food. When delivering the meals, just wrap the vegetables and eggs inside, so you don’t have to deliver the food every time, which is very convenient. It is convenient.

At night, Old Qin checked the sickle again and put it into the basket after confirming that it was correct.He said to Mrs. Zhang: "Cutting wheat is hard work. You also go to cut some fat meat to show everyone that it is greasy. Every day, each person who cuts wheat and binds wheat has an egg, and the children only have one egg. The vegetables that can be eaten in the garden are only one egg." Make more for the children to eat, don't be reluctant, plant it for your family to eat."

Mrs. Zhang muttered, "I still need to cut the fat? That's expensive, where is the money? I'll just put some oil in the cooking."

Old Qin said angrily: "Why are you so stubborn, if you don't cut the fat, you can cut the lean. Anyway, you have to give the children some oil, or you can stand it."

Although Mrs. Zhang feels sorry for the old man, she also feels sorry for the old man. If he wants to eat meat, he can eat meat. It is cheaper to buy more at one time. It costs more than 20 or even [-] yuan, which is really painful. Pork is really expensive!

"How about buying some bones or pig tails, pig offal or something? Anyway, it's meat." Zhang tentatively said.

Old Qintou said in a bad mood: "You can do whatever you want, just add some oil and water anyway, harvesting wheat is so tiring, you have to eat some." All year round, wheat harvesting is the most tiring job, and everyone sleeps wholeheartedly without a break If you eat a stable meal, if you don't add some nutrition, how can you stick to it until the end?
After he finished speaking, he went out to the yard, just as Mrs. Liu was looking for him, "Father, shall I also tell Mrs. Zhou to go home to harvest the wheat first, and then go after I'm done with work."

Old Qin shook his head and said: "The girls of the Zhou family get married in winter, and the dowry must be a lot. You should help me. It's hard to find a job, so I can't delay it. If there are more jobs at home, you can do as much as you don't." You concentrate on helping others, don’t do anything wrong.”

The money Liu's earned in Zhou's house far exceeded the profit she could bring back home to help with the wheat harvest, so Old Qintou still asked her to go to Zhou's house to help instead of coming back to participate in the wheat harvest.

Seeing him like this, Mrs. Liu agreed, and the second aunt over there was so jealous that she couldn't afford to embroider?She doesn’t have to be busy harvesting the wheat. How tiring it is to harvest the wheat. She squats in the field day and night. Although she doesn’t cut the wheat, she still has to bind the wheat. Binding the wheat is also tiring. She feels dizzy and has a backache. Yes, I was too tired to stand up straight.

But jealousy is jealousy, she doesn't dare to say anything now, if she says something unpleasant, Old Qintou or Ergui will scold her if she hears it.Everyone is so busy that they don't touch the ground, who has time to listen to her?

"Old lady, have you cleared up the lanterns? Are the candles ready?" Old Qintou asked Mrs. Zhang through the window.

Zhang said: "Ready."

It was still dark on the second day, and I heard the sound of the watchman's clapper outside, but it was the fourth watch, so the old Qin head got up to greet his three sons and Qin Ye to cut the wheat first. He lit the oil lamp and asked Mrs. Zhang: "Lantern Where?"

Zhang said: "I've already taken it out of the cabinet in the inner room."

Old Qin looked around with the lamp on his head, but he couldn't find it. He got anxious, came out and shouted in a low voice, "Where is it?"

Zhang said: "It's on that cabinet, can't you see it? I took it out a long time ago."

Old Qin said angrily: "I asked you to take it out at night, did you not take it?"

Mrs. Zhang argued: "I tidied it up a few days ago, it must be there." Then she got up, went to the ground, pulled her shoes and ran to look for it, but the lantern was not there at all. She patted her forehead and said in surprise: "I obviously It's just found out and it's all pasted up, so it's impossible to lose it." She said angrily, "Who moved? Is it Xiuting and Xiuyao's girls?"

Old Qin was so angry that his beard trembled, "You know that you are relying on others. Who dares to touch your things? You must have forgotten by yourself. I told you to tell you at night, and you insisted on cleaning them up." Well, look, let's delay things."

Old Qin had no choice but to look for it again, and when he pulled it out, he found that the lantern was useless, a skeleton strip was broken, and the pasted paper had several holes. He was so angry that he threw the lantern and went out with his head. up.

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly said: "I obviously packed it up. I remember it clearly. Anyway, there are stars, so you just look at the stars." Just enough to cut the wheat.

Old Qin was so angry that he still wanted to say a word to her. He drank some water and went out. Qin Dafu, Ergui, Sanshun and Qin Ye also got up. Qin Ye checked the sickle, put it in the basket, and carried it Basket went to the field with everyone.

More than half an hour later, as soon as she entered the fifth watch, Mrs. Zhang yelled hastily. Anyway, Qin Yang was not at home, so she yelled all the time, even adults and children.

Mrs. Zhang shouted loudly, "It's not the past at this moment. Give me some energy when the wheat is harvested, and get to work quickly. If the wheat harvest is delayed by a scythe, someone will go hungry. Xiuqin, follow me at home." Feed the pigs and chickens with rice, and let Xiurong go to the fields to glean ears of wheat."

Xiuqin immediately went to hug the grass, Xiuyao helped to light the fire, Xiurong added water and put the grates, then put the cake on the boil, counted the eggs by head, washed them and put them in the pot to cook.When Xiuqin came back, she replaced them, "Hurry up and wash up."

Mrs. Zhang asked Xiuqin to make a little rice paste, so that the broken lantern could be made alive for a whole summer.Although you can make lanterns at home, you have to spend money to buy better paper. If the paper is bad, the effort will be broken in a while, so let's make use of it first.

While eating breakfast, Mrs. Zhang ordered: "Sannier, you and the little girl are picking ears of wheat, and take care of them every day when you come back and get food for them."

Although Xiurong is very reluctant to go out to bask in the sun, she also knows that there is no way to do it. Since there is no way to change something, she will never talk nonsense, so she accepts it obediently, and then thinks about how to not get tanned.

Xiumei heard it, and said to Zhang: "Nurse, Xiuting and I can also come back to get food."

Mrs. Zhang reprimanded: "Nurse Mama ordered you to pick and choose? Hurry up and go to the field." She felt that the two girls would definitely have disputes if they did this. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, It's better to let Xiurong and Xiuyao do it, at least these two girls won't pick things up on purpose - such as refusing to feed someone or stealing someone's meal and so on.

Xiuli also wanted to follow Xiuyao and Xiurong, and the second aunt didn't bother to take care of her, and each of them had to get busy, so Xiuyao happened to watch the child.

Xiuyao stood on the ground, looking at a golden ocean, the wind blows, the wheat waves roll, and waves of golden waves gushes out, which is really beautiful under the blue sky.But Grandpa and the others have already cut a large area, the golden wheat is lying obediently on the light golden stubble, revealing the emerald green cotton seedlings inlaid in it, the contrast between growth and harvest, gold and green, blue sky and light clouds, there is a saying Undeniably full and beautiful.

Xiuyao took a deep breath, and there was a faint fragrance of ripe wheat in the air. If the overloaded work was ignored, this was the beautiful home she dreamed of.

Over there, the heads of Old Qin ate first, and Xiuxian, Qin Chan, Second Aunt, and Third Aunt began to bundle the wheat, and the girls Xiuyao and Xiurong picked up the bundled wheat and put them in piles, waiting It saves time when loading the car.

In addition to piling up wheat, Xiuyao and the others also had to pick up the ears of wheat that fell, and a large bundle could be picked up in a field.

In addition, they have to take care of the cotton, so as not to be accidentally overwhelmed by the wheat sheaves, resulting in lack of seedlings.

Xiuyao has never done this kind of work before, and Lixia has been there for a month, and she felt hot and tired after a while, and the sweat continued to flow down her cheeks and neck. After a while, her clothes were soaked, sticky and uncomfortable .

Moreover, the thorns on the skin were very uncomfortable, and after a while, small red bumps appeared, which were itchy and painful.Not only that, but you have to be careful of the stubble in the field, because the wheat cut by the sickle leaves oblique stubble, which can pierce your feet if you are not careful.

In addition, there is a lot of dust in the wheat field. The face of the wheat harvester is dusty, and the nostrils are full of dust. Although Xiuyao and the others are far away, they don't feel so comfortable.

Although Xiurong is big, she seldom does field work. Now the sun is scorching and the dust is smoky, she can't stand it anymore. Over there, Xiuting hides under a large pile of wheat to rest after picking it up for a while.

Xiuyao still insisted, one is to avoid being scolded by others for being too lazy and hurting her self-esteem, and the other is that she is a little resigned to her fate. I can't bear this crime.

When it was almost noon, Old Qin took a look at the sky, "Everyone, take a rest, Sannier, you and Yaoyao's family can get some food."

This land is not very far away, so it won't waste time for them to pick up food.

He looked at the sky and felt very happy in his heart. Although it was hot and tiring from work, the hotter the merrier, because it was hot and the sun would not rain, and the food would not be in danger. Wheat was the least afraid of the sun's poison, but A little rain may reduce production and waste food.

After lunch, Old Qin asked others to continue harvesting the wheat. He and Ergui, one by one, pushed the other with a cart to deliver the wheat to the field.Lao Qin's family has no animals, and when they need to cultivate land, they must rent animals.Now when it comes to pulling grain, he thinks that there are people anyway, so it’s okay to use a cart to push it home, so that at least it can save some money for renting animals.

Although it saves money, it is undoubtedly the most tiring choice.

While transporting food to the field, let Xiumei and Xiuli watch over it, so as not to be stolen or set on fire or something.

At the end of the day, Xiurong and the others were so tired that they could hardly bear it, and Xiuyao was even more so. She had never done such a tiring job before, so she could only hold on.

When it was time to deliver dinner, the two of them brought over the pasted lanterns by the way.In order to rob wheat at night, I propped up the only lantern in the house, and lit the candles that I never wanted to use, and put them in the lantern.Then I used a long sycamore pole to pick up the lantern and put it in the wheat field. When it was dark and the moon hadn't gone down, let everyone continue to cut the wheat with the dim light.

In order to grab the wheat, several adult men in the family are in the field day and night, the food is delivered, and they continue to work after eating two bites. When they are tired and sleepy at night, they roll in the wheat straw with their clothes and sleep randomly for a while. , get up and continue to cut the wheat.Every household is like this, for fear that the rain will damage the food.

After dinner, the woman has to bind the wheat, and she will not go home until she needs to light the lamp.

The second aunt leaned over and said to the man: "You are stupid, why do you have to pick the wheat, you won't let the elder brother pick?"

Er Guiweng said angrily: "It's not the same who picks the food from my own family. I'm stronger than elder brother, so naturally I pick it."

The second aunt said angrily: "You idiot, you think that he has no strength, but he is not as stupefied as you, so he knows how to work."

Ergui said: "Aren't you annoyed by chirping, you girls, if you have the time, hurry up and do more work."

The second aunt sneered and said: "If you don't cherish yourself, then I don't care. I'm exhausted. Look at the third child, he can rest after cutting the wheat for a while, and he can take a nap. How are you? know how to work."

But Ergui didn't listen to her, "You take a break, and I take a break too, who will cut the wheat? Look at his great career, he's only sixteen, he can do better than anyone else, and until now he hasn't had a break except for eating."

The second aunt sneered: "What's the matter with Shiliu, Shiliu also pays, if he doesn't do it, who will do it?"

"You're about to hit it, you know it's silly," Er Gui ignored her and continued to cut the wheat.

Over there, Qin Dafu cut a few ridges of wheat, and when he met Lao Qintou, he took a breather, "Father, why don't you go to Sandada's house to ask at noon tomorrow, and use an animal to pull it for us?" , We have to go back and forth several times for a cart of wheat, how can we rest."

Old Qin said: "Their family only has one donkey, and they will be tired."

Qin Dafu said: "Father, don't be tired, the animals are for work. Besides, Sandada's family is not an outsider."

Old Qin thought for a while and said, "Medium."

Qin Dafu said again: "After noon tomorrow in the field, it will be our family's turn to chop the wheat. Let Er Xian and Chan go to the field and watch the field by the way."

Old Qin nodded, "Can you two?"

Qin Dafu said: "Sure, it's okay, the two of you are switching gears, it's fine."

Old Qin said: "Then hit."

(End of this chapter)