At half past eleven at night, Li Lanhua got up as soon as the alarm clock rang.
Her family, Zhou Maozhu, went to help build the fermentation tank during the day. Now he was sleeping deeply and snoring nonstop, which made Li Lanhua, who had entered menopause and had difficulty sleeping, feel envious.
But when I think about how the couple can earn three to four hundred a day and save one meal, I can't help but feel full of enthusiasm.
As soon as she left the yard, she saw Zhang Hong, who had gone up the mountain with her, also happened to arrive at the door: "I was about to call you."
Li Lanhua said happily: "I set the alarm - didn't you say you wouldn't come tonight?"
The eight or nine-hour shift during the day is not tiring even though I am only responsible for watching the machine and unhurriedly packing boxes, but picking vegetables in the middle of the night is not that easy, right?
Zhang Hong sighed: "Oh, I haven't been able to sleep well these past two days, so why not come do some work... I called Ulan at eleven o'clock, but she was still not happy."
Li Lanhua laughed loudly: "She was afraid that you would faint from exhaustion and fall into the ground."
Zhang Hong didn't care: "This is a time spread. It's not tiring at all. It's eight or nine hours in the day and four hours in the evening. But you can eat well and live in your own home! I'd rather eat food cooked by other people's chefs."
"I work in the packaging factory next door. I stand on the assembly line 12 hours a day and my salary is 180, but I only have half an hour to wait in line for meals... Is that making money or a life?"
When the topic of part-time job came up, the two of them couldn't help but discuss it - should they try to get this formal job next year?
Calculated, the wages of regular workers are definitely not as high as the daily income of short-term workers like them. But regular workers can guarantee their income during droughts and floods, and they have three meals a day, which is stable every month!
Zhang Hong thought for a while: "I still want to be a formal worker. This part-time worker makes a lot of money when he is busy, but when he is not busy, he has no work, and it is not safe."
"Besides, I don't want to cook at home... You know what I cook is not very delicious. It's quite troublesome to have to cook it yourself after a long day."
The canteen on the mountain is different. When they went to eat before, they discovered that Master Jiang was organized and tidy, and there was no trace of wiping the stove.
The oil used is the same as what they use at home, the taste is good, and there are many varieties...
Who would want to make it at home when there are ready-made ones?
When she said this, Li Lanhua hesitated - what will she do next year?
Just chatting and thinking, the two of them soon followed the bright street lights to the hillside.
At the entrance of the factory, two transport trucks were already waiting there. Ulan stood in front of a pile of plastic white baskets and waved to them when he saw them coming:
"Are you really going to keep going? The amount of food I want for the first day is not large, so I should be able to do it."
If you only pay 80 yuan for three or four hours of picking vegetables, only a fool would refuse to do it! Zhang Hong and Li Lanhua made it clear:
"They're all here... You tell me first what dishes you want and how to put them away, and we'll do it now!"
"That's okay!" They said happily, and so did Ulan:
"Tie this little bench to your body first so that you can sit in the vegetable patch later for convenience."
"Then get the basket here. Once you've got it, go to the water spinach in front and pick out the tender ones in rows."
By the way, this water spinach has only been planted for a few months, can it still grow old?
Zhang Hong said "Hey" and without saying a word, imitated Ulan and tied a bench around his waist. Then he carried an empty basket in one hand and went directly to the vegetable field.
The water spinach is not the old variety of water spinach that they often grow on the ground in rural areas, but is as thin and straight as a young bamboo, about twenty or thirty centimeters high.
When the night light is turned on at night, the leaf stem is as green and tender as a green apple. Just pinch it with two fingers, and it will make a crisp "click" sound when it is broken.
It was the first time for Zhang Hong and Li Lanhua to pick up this kind of upright water spinach in the field. At first, they were a little unfamiliar when pinching two stems. But once they became familiar with it, their hands flew around and their movements were particularly fast.
For a time, even the two of them were playing a particularly rhythmic rhythm in the vegetable field.
And these pinched water spinach are even in size, neat in strips, green in color and tender, and they are neatly packed in rectangular white plastic baskets...
Regardless of whether it is obsessive-compulsive disorder or not, seeing this state will instantly relax your brows.
While working, the two of them were still chatting: "This kind of straight water spinach looks cleaner and prettier than the ones we used to have lying on the ground... I don't know if they will plant it this year. If so, I will plant it next year."
a little."
"Yes, I went to the urban area and saw that they were selling this kind of food in supermarkets... I'll see if there are any stores like that next year. It looks tender and tender. It should be delicious."
The height of the small bench is suitable, and the two of them didn't feel tired when they started working, and they even had enough energy to look at the surrounding vegetable fields——
Amazing! Just these water spinach plants probably require five or six acres of land.
What's rare is that there is still a gap in growth, and fresh ones are picked every day. No wonder sowing seeds was not a heavy task at the beginning, but it took many days.
Moreover, water spinach can grow so fast that one acre of land can yield two thousand kilograms. After picking one crop, it will take more than half a month to pick another crop...
Thinking of the steady flow of work in the coming days, Li Lanhua and Zhang Hong were also very excited.
After they finished picking a row of water spinach, other people in the village also came one after another. However, the division of labor was obviously different. Some picked amaranth - red amaranth, with its tender branches and leaves swaying in the evening breeze, was obviously delicious.
The green and fluffy chrysanthemum makes you want to take a handful of it, then cut it with a knife, mix it with the batter and steam it in a pot. It nourishes the heart and brain without gaining weight!
The most important thing is that it tastes delicious!
A little further away is the man cutting leeks...
The new leeks in October are not the old ones in June. The leaves are thick and wide, and you can hold a handful with one hand, and the sickle is cutting them all over the roots...
Oops! Regardless of whether it’s dumplings or scrambled eggs, it nourishes the kidneys and strengthens yang and is delicious!
And in the field at the edge, there are still people immersed in pulling onions and garlic!
Round multi-clove garlic, purple-skinned single-headed garlic, tender garlic sprouts with unique aroma, and local red-headed chives with the same green tube...
Somehow, as he continued to work, the smile on his lips became bigger and bigger. Then, the voices of everyone talking happily could be heard all over the mountains and plains.
It was obviously late at night, but the mountain was brightly lit, the fire was lively, and it was actually as prosperous as the day.
Ulan pulled Song Sancheng and kept moving the full vegetable baskets over to weigh them, and then sent the empty baskets over. In the cool autumn wind in the middle of the night, she was sweating all over.
The two drivers standing by the car were puzzled:
"There are no vegetables anywhere, why do you have to travel so far across the province? It's really the price of a plate of tofu! The foreign monks can chant sutras."