The three boys were digging corn stalks in the back. This work was the most tiring.
If there was a good harvest, I would still be motivated, but with corn cobs like this, I really feel suffocated while working.
They used 40 acres of corn for a week.
The corn stalks were also knocked down.
The five first-year tasks of the Zhao brothers and sisters have been completed.
Although they felt that the corn on the forty acres of land was wasted, they were still very happy to be able to complete the task.
It is already early November. The temperature during the day is already around freezing.
They agreed to go to the field department to collect the money tomorrow.
When Feng Baoshan saw them coming, he had a smile on his face. In any case, these children had completed their mission.
The Zhao brothers' eight-month salary is 320 yuan, and there is an extra 3,000 kilograms of work, which is 150 yuan at 5 cents per kilogram. The five of them, brother and sister, work
After more than half a year, a total of 470 yuan was distributed.
Zhao Qingxiang carefully put it away. This is the result of the five brothers and sisters.
It was Su Yuanyuan's turn. Their task was 20,000 jins, and a total of 61,000 jins were handed over.
After excluding the 20,000 jins, there are still 41,100 jins left, which is 2,050 yuan. There are also two people with a year's salary of 480 yuan. The total is 2,530 yuan.
money.
This time Feng Baoshan gave each person a reward of fifty yuan. In the end, the two received two thousand six hundred and thirty yuan.
"You two are really good."
Su Yuanyuan sighed, "Director Feng, we bought the film alone for more than 600 yuan."
"That's also very good."
Now that they were at ease, they discussed asking Ma Changshun to help them on their way back.
The two of them arrived at Ma Changshun's field. They were weeding sweet potatoes.
The two of them also led the donkey and the donkey.
Ma Changshun was very satisfied with their actions, because with their participation, it was much faster.
Their sweet potatoes are almost the same as Zhao's. In the afternoon, people from the field department came to pick them up.
They worked until about six o'clock in the evening, and it was already dark. The two of them tidied up, refused to stay for dinner, and went home.
They still have to help out for a day's work tomorrow, but they can finish it tomorrow.
"We will start picking Japanese melons the day after tomorrow. I asked the accountant. Japanese melons only cost three cents a pound. Do we have to hand them in?"
Tan Shaoting smiled, "Then I won't hand it over. I see that the Zhao brothers and sisters don't have enough to eat. I might as well give them some."
"also."
The two of them drove there the next morning and continued working until evening. Ma Changshun's family also collected all the food.
The Zhao brothers and sisters went to help Team Leader Tian's house, and they have to work for another day tomorrow. Team Leader Tian takes good care of them.
The next day, Su Yuanyuan and the others drove the car to pick Japanese melons and put them into the space. In the evening, they sent a cart of Japanese melons to the Zhao brothers and sisters, with more than fifty of them. Zhao Qingxiang put them all in the cellar. This was life-saving.
In the next two days, the five brothers and sisters helped pick Japanese melons.
That's it. The yard is full.
In the end, Tan Shaoting pulled a cart of Japanese melons and handed them over to the field department. After exchanging them for fifteen yuan, he came back.
The last car was given to the Zhao brothers and sisters.
Now all the grain in the fields has been harvested.
"Yuanyuan, we will start cutting the wounded sweet potatoes and potatoes tomorrow. After they are dried, they can be ground into flour and eaten. Where are yours?"
"We'll do the same thing tomorrow."
The two of them discussed that they should pack everything up before going out.
So the two of them spent two days cutting sweet potatoes and potato slices. They also cut a lot of Japanese melon slices.
In the evening, the two of them used a corn shaker to thresh the corn in the three acres of land. That is, three hundred kilograms of corn per mu of land, and a total of only nine hundred kilograms of corn kernels. If the two of them counted on this for a meal, they would really know how to do it.
starving.
Anyway, after half a month, the two of them put away the corn stalks and sweet potato seedlings.
It had already frozen at night, but the sweet potato slices were not completely dry yet, so I put them directly into the house, not worrying that they would get moldy. At this temperature, they would not become moldy.
It's now December. The temperature has dropped suddenly, and the temperature has reached over ten degrees Celsius at night. The weather now is dry and cold.
The two went to the field department together and found Feng Baoshan to open the letter.
"Are you going out this year?"
"Well, I read the newspaper and said that the cotton output outside is more than 200 kilograms per acre, so we want to take a look, learn there, and buy some seeds. If there is no drought next year, we can still grow it here.
We are preparing to plant cotton next year."
"Then we have to go somewhere far away?"
"yes."
Feng Baoshan was not embarrassed and wrote two letters to them.
"If you can, bring me ten acres of cotton seeds as well."
Both of them nodded. They really discussed where they wanted to go, and then exchanged the supplies in their hands for some cotton.
Now that the letter was in hand, the two went to Zhao's house.
"Brother Qingxiang, we have to go out and won't be back until next spring. I'll leave the family to you."
"Okay, no problem, where are you going?"
"Go buy cotton seeds and bring some back to you if we can. If there is no drought next year, we will also grow cotton."
"Okay, bring your donkeys and sheep over. Let them be raised at my house."
"Yuanyuan, when are you leaving?"
"Leave tomorrow."
"Brother, let's go to the city together. You must buy a watch."
The other three also nodded. It was really inconvenient to have no time.
The final discussion was that Zhao Qingxiang, Zhao Yanli and Su Yuanyuan would drive away together tomorrow, and then they would just drive back together.
The next morning, Su Yuanyuan and the others drove over with two cars and three sheep. Then the four of them set off.
It was really cold along the way, and the wind here was very strong, so the two girls spent more than half of the time walking, and only got in the car to rest for a while when they were tired.
Along the way, Tan Shaoting said something iconic to Zhao Qingxiang, "Don't ever come back."
The four of them arrived in the city at eight o'clock in the evening. The brother and sister did not bring any letters of introduction, so Su Yuanyuan and the others opened two rooms and put the donkey cart behind the hotel.
It's also very cold here, but there's always no wind and there's hot water to drink.
After spending the night, the four of them went out to have breakfast the next morning. It was not bad, and there were corn tortillas. Although it was a bit expensive, at least it was hot and pure food.
After breakfast, they went to the building. It had just opened.
The four of them went directly to the watch counter and finally chose a 175 five-star watch.
Zhao Qingxiang felt really distressed after spending so much money at once, but he still needed a lot of things at home, so he still had to buy them back.
