Reborn to be rich

Chapter 14
When the first sunshine in the morning rose from the mountain stream, the earth began to gradually enter the daytime. Zhang Jialing and others were making final preparations for the first wheat harvest, checking the sharpness of the sickle and sickle blade, and allocating luggage. bring.

An old man in his 60s came from a distant village. This was the first local to come to them this morning.

"Have you harvested the wheat today? Harvest the wheat for me!" The old man was not very fluent, and said to Zhang Guodong that he came yesterday afternoon to inquire about the situation of Zhang Jialing and others, and he came this morning before dawn.

"What land are you, old man, is it far from here?" Zhang Guodong asked patiently.

"Four and a half acres, that's the one!" He pointed to a wheat field not far away, where the land was flat and surrounded by water canals, and it seemed that there would be a good harvest.

"It's best to mow a large field in your land. If three people give you a day, you can mow it in one day! How about 3 yuan per mu?"

"Okay, last year I harvested wheat for 5 yuan. You can measure the land of 4 mu and 6 fen."

The land must be measured. Zhang Guodong unanimously warned everyone that the harvesting of the wheat should be agreed first, and the amount of land must not be moved until the amount of land is determined. This is the principle of the wheat harvester.

"Second Brother, Uncle Mao Da, Brother Yuanli, the three of you should go and harvest first! The wheat is not yet yellow, so don't be in a hurry to get the sickle off in the morning, and it won't be too late when the sun comes out at noon." Guodong instructed. .

"Which of the three of us did not cut as much wheat as you, and left. The one who has cut it will come back here first. Let's go!" The three of them followed the wheat owner, and after a while, another person came to ask about the harvest.

The owner of wheat only has two acres and four quarters of the land. Guodong handed it over to Heizi and his father.

"Can the two of you, Uncle Jiu, take over this three-acre land?" There is a wheat owner with a little more than three acres of wheat, which is only more than 1000 meters away from here.

"Okay, leave this to us!"

Only Guodong, his father, his son and his cousin were the only ones who left. Those who had just come out of the village saw that Zhangjialing's mikes were about to be robbed, and several people rushed to let Guodong cut off their family first.

"Everyone, stop arguing! The number of people is limited and we can only harvest more than 6 acres of wheat today. If you see anyone who is close to us, we will cut it first." His family has 30 acres and 6 points of land to be collected today.

Following the elder sister to see their home, Zhang Guodong frowned before he started to measure the area.

"Sister, that's not right! The whole piece of wheat in your house has fallen down, and no one will cut the 5 yuan." The wheat ears of the eldest sister's house have grown overweight this year, and a large piece of wheat can't afford it. This kind of wheat adds money Generally no one wants to accept it.

"Little brother, how can you say that if you don't accept it, you won't accept it? I also know that you can add money to the wheat. How about I add you another 5 quick money for this piece?" The eldest sister spoke very quickly, and Guodong waited for her for a long time. Still talking, couldn't bear it, he finally interrupted the other party to continue talking.

"Sister, let's not talk too much. This is ten yuan per acre of wheat. Your house has more than two acres. I'll give you the two acres. If it doesn't work, I'll go to the house."

Although the eldest sister was dissatisfied, she finally nodded in agreement, and the general Mai Ke would not come after hearing this.

"Dad, you, Guotao and Wenbin start harvesting from the north, so don't worry about the dumping."

"Okay, pay attention to safety, take a rest when you are tired!"

Zhang Chenglin brought two and a half young guys to start his first wheat farm in his life. He thought it would be easy for him to harvest more than 2 mu a day, but it was not a problem until he got off the sickle. He realized that the wheat here is different from Zhangjiazhuang of.

The wheat in Zhangjiazhuang is very sparse, and the yield of 300 catties per mu is not bad, but the initial yield of wheat here is more than 500 catties, and the straw feels heavy in the hand.

Guodong's use of the sickle is not very good, but he has practiced quietly in the past few days.His hands are strong and his body is agile. He started from the south of the wheat fields by himself, and he cut out a large area in a short time.

"Brother, your bundle of wheat is too big, and it takes too much effort to weigh it!" While Zhang Guodong was cutting, the wheat owner's family lifted the bundle of wheat onto the cart.

"The main reason is that your wheat is good. Brother, you don't know my Yongkang County. You don't even have half of the wheat sheaves. How much land is there for one person in your family?" Guodong and Brother Lamai chatted.

"In our village, one person has four acres, and our family of six has more than eight acres. In addition to this, there are nearly two acres on that slope."

Zhang Guodong's words are well-founded, and his way of speaking is gentle and approachable. The more he talks to the other party, the more he understands the current society.

At first I felt very tired, but as the sun rose and the wheat stalks heated up and finally dried up, Zhang Guodong felt more and more powerful all over his body. He never cut a second time with the sickle, and the sickle flew in his hand quickly. One person pulls the tied wheat sheaves in Guodong, and finally becomes two people. In the end, Guotao and Wen Bin start to rest when they are too tired. Three of the four members of Mai's family are pulling the wheat sheaves in Guodong.

"Take a break if you're tired!"

Father did not know when he had cut into the middle of the wheat field, and he started to turn around and continue heading south. Guo Tao and Wen Bin took a short rest, drank some water, and started working again.

There was a sweltering heat in the hot sun. Zhang Guodong lifted up a pile of dumped wheat and cut it off. Finally, he tied it up and put it on the edge of the ground. A large piece of dumped wheat was cut off, but more reselling was still to come, until the sun was three poles , Mr. Mai's family went home to rest and cook, and Guodong, father and son had not rested yet.

The pot of water has already been drunk, and if you want to drink again, you can only wait for Master Mai's family to come back in the afternoon to help bring water. Guo Tao and Wen Bin are already very tired, Zhang Chenglin is also a little tired, and the speed of the scythe slowed down a bit.

"Brother, how do you cut the wheat? The speed of pouring the wheat is not slower than our dad's. The two of us combined are not as much as you." Guo Tao saw that half of the pouring wheat had been cut, and the 6 acres and 7 points of land had almost been completed. 3 Mu and a half, it has been almost 5 hours since 7:[-] in the morning.

Although Zhang Guodong felt very tired, it was not the feeling that he couldn't bear it. God gave him such a strong body again, and it would rust if he didn't wear it.

When Guodong felt that half of all the wheat had been cut, only a small piece of the poured wheat had been cut by him, and he flew up with a scythe, leaving bundles of wheat behind.

"Uncle... Uncle, my mother asked me to call you home for dinner!" Zhang Guodong was cutting smoothly when he suddenly heard a child's voice.

"Okay, we got it! Kid, you are so obedient, uncle is here!" Zhang Guodong smiled, his face did not have the red and black of ordinary farmers, and the children looked more friendly.

"Brother, I can finally eat, I'm starving to death! Wen Bin, stop eating!"

The wheat owners are generally very kind to the wheat guests. Many farmers will share the best things in their homes with the wheat guests, and the wheat guests will harvest cleaner when they harvest.

Walking into the village, many people saw that the four people in Guodong were all children, so they didn't come forward to disturb them. When Mai Ke had not completed the last task, he could not discuss business with other Mai owners.

This village feels similar to Zhangjialing Village at the beginning of the 21st century. Many people’s homes have big black wooden doors, and occasionally some people’s homes have iron doors. A row of electric poles pulls the wires to every household.

"Are you back? Hurry up and wash up! The food is ready!" Seeing Guodong and his son come back, the elder sister filled the two washbasins with warm water, and there was soap beside the washbasins.

Zhang Guodong shook the dust off his body with a dry towel, and the three of Zhang Chenglin also followed his example to clean up the dust and wheat awns on their bodies. The house will change a basin of clean water.

"This is the soft noodle I made. Try it. There's still some in the pot after you eat it!" The eldest sister led the four of them to the dining table in the yard. There were four dishes on the table, one of which was fried pork with cauliflower.

Guo Tao and Wen Bin were drooling already, seeing their brother sitting down and picking up the bowls and chopsticks, the soft noodles in the bowls were stuffed into their mouths without stirring a few times.

"Don't worry, there's still plenty in the pot! Harvesting wheat is hard work, so eat more." The eldest sister took out four sodas from the room, opened them, put them in front of them, and left.

The eldest sister was also afraid that the four of them would be embarrassed, so she went back to the house first.There were three children in their family who stood at the door and watched the four of Guodong eating, and were dragged back to the house by their mother several times. Their family did not often eat such meals.

Guodong and his father ate fairly decently. The two younger brothers had completely let go of their stomachs. The old bowl of dry noodles was quickly eaten by them. The eldest sister came out to pick up their bowl and went into the house. In time, the two buried themselves in the food.

All four of them ate two big bowls of soft noodles. This kind of noodles with meaty noodles is not available in Zhangjialing. Except for Guodong, everyone else was conquered by this delicacy.

"Let me serve you another bowl!" The eldest sister knew that Maike ate a lot, so she didn't make a fuss, seeing that they wanted to go in again after eating.

"No need, big sister! I'm already full! I'll let you bother!" Zhang Guodong said politely when he saw that the four dishes had been cleaned up and everyone was full.

"Don't worry, it should be! The food is as long as it suits your mouth!" With Guodong's appreciation, the eldest sister said with a smile.

After dinner, the eldest sister's husband and two old people pushed the cart to the field. The eldest sister took out four stools from home for Guodong and the others to rest, and took out the whetstone at home for them to sharpen their sickles. There are several sickle blades on the blade, and it is not necessary to harvest wheat for the first day today.

After just a short rest, the four of Guodong got up and prepared to continue working. The host had already filled up their kettles.

Two o'clock in the noon was the hottest time, and the road was bustling with people coming and going. Zhang Guodong saw a popsicle seller selling popsicles under the tree at the intersection. The two younger brothers couldn't walk after seeing them.After asking about the price of a large popsicle, which was only five cents, Zhang Guodong bought four of them, one for each of them.

The popsicle tasted only a little bit of saccharin in his mouth. Although the taste was not good, at least it could cool down. Zhang Guodong felt refreshed all over after eating a popsicle.

Harvesting wheat in the afternoon may be due to being full. Guotao and Wenbin mowed very quickly. When Guodong finished harvesting all the wheat, there were only less than two acres of wheat left. The owner of the wheat is tired of pulling wheat bundles today. No, neighbors helped in the afternoon and the speed caught up with the speed of the four people harvesting wheat.

Before he knew it, the sun was about to set, so Zhang Guodong got up and stretched himself. It was no longer a problem to complete the task today with 6 acres and 7 points of land and the last few minutes.

Zhang Guodong and Zhang Wenbin didn't rest in the afternoon. The two of them were able to mow more than an acre today, which has already reached the passing line, while Zhang Chenglin mowed more than the two of them combined.

"Thank you for your hard work, we can just pick up the rest of these bits and pieces by ourselves! It's 38 yuan and 5 yuan in total, you order it!" At the last moment when the four of them finished cutting the wheat, the eldest sister came from the edge of the field, and she took it out of her trouser pocket. Pay Zhang Guodong the 38 yuan and 5 cents that have been prepared.

"It's not hard work, that's how it is to harvest wheat! Don't worry about the rest of the big sisters, we should clean up and there is not much left." Zhang Guodong took the money and counted it, and put it in his trouser pocket. After harvesting the wheat field, there will always be Sprinkle some, and when it's over, Maike must pick up almost all the wheat in the field, otherwise the Maizhu family will be unhappy.

After packing up all the wheat, the sky had already turned dark, Guodong and the others packed up their luggage and prepared to leave. The elder sister politely invited them to eat at home, but Zhang Guodong refused.

"Brother, why don't you go, I'm hungry after lunch!" Zhang Guotao complained to his brother dissatisfied after walking away.

"It's customary for people to invite us to dinner at noon. In the afternoon, they are also polite when they see us busy all day. You can take it seriously! Go back and eat the pot helmet when you are hungry!"

Guotao and Wenbin were still nostalgic for the noon meal, and only after their father taught them a lesson did they subside.

"Wen Bin, today you cut a little more than an acre, which is one acre, and I will give you 5 yuan and 5 yuan." Zhang Guodong took out 5 yuan and 5 yuan and handed it to Zhang Wenbin.

"Brother Guodong, please hold it for me first! Give it to me when you get back, I'm afraid I'll lose it on the way!" Zhang Wenbin didn't take the money. When he was at Guodong's house, his father treated him like a son. Same.

"Dad, take the money!"

Zhang Chenglin couldn’t believe it when he took the money. He earned more than 30 yuan a day. He felt like a dream. If he continued to collect more money for a few more days, he would have enough money to buy bicycles for Maizi’s family. He always wanted to buy a bicycle for his family but failed. .

Back at the gathering place, the second brother and Heizi have all returned, only Uncle Jiu has not yet returned. Just as Zhang Chenglin was about to ask Guodong to look for them, he saw them coming back with salutes from a distance.

It was already past 9 o'clock in the evening. While eating some dry food, Zhang Jialing's group discussed who earned how much today. Everyone's faces were beaming. It was the first time they earned so much money in a day.

In 86, workers’ wages were less than 500 yuan a month, and in rural areas, they couldn’t save dozens of yuan a year. [-] yuan for a wedding is not bad, and it’s unimaginable to earn [-] yuan a day.

The next morning, everyone in Zhangjialing was still asleep, but Uncle Jiu, who was keeping watch at night, woke them up.

Everyone was too tired after working all day yesterday. When the villagers came to invite Maike early this morning, none of them got up.

The harvesting of wheat in a place will end in 4 or 5 days. In this era when harvesters are not yet popular, you must hurry up to harvest wheat.

The personal hygiene was handled hastily, and everyone in Zhangjialing saw villagers coming down the slope one after another. Before Zhang Guodong could react, a group of people had already surrounded him.

Zhang Guodong once again sent everyone away, and repeatedly asked everyone to pay attention. Finally, he and his second brother were assigned to a group to harvest the wheat of the family's 3 acres and 2 cents. His father took his cousin to harvest a 3 acres and 6 cents.

(End of this chapter)