Zhou Dalang sighed, "Every other family in the village has finished harvesting their wheat today, but Zhou Hu's family still has four pieces of land."
Lao Zhou frowned, "Isn't this too slow?"
"There is nothing we can do about it. His wife is still lying in bed unable to move. He has to go back and make three meals a day and take medicine. Fortunately, Dafu and Erlu can help, otherwise he would definitely not be able to take care of both the fields and the home."
Man Bao said: "Brother, tomorrow you can bring the fifth and sixth brothers to help. I will also help after school. I have already learned how to hold a sickle."
Lao Zhou just smoked for a while and said nothing.
Qian glanced at him and said: "Just listen to Man Bao, I think the sky is very gloomy today, maybe it will rain when, take Da Tou Da Ya and Er Tou Er Ya with you."
, since the wheat has been harvested, let’s help others cut the beans in the field as well.”
Zhou Dalang happily agreed. He and Zhou Hu have a very good relationship.
Qian thought for a while, then looked at He who was doing the massage, and said: "The Zhou Hu family has a good relationship with you. You can go over there early tomorrow morning and have a look. There are some things that men can't do because of carelessness, and a woman has to do it."
He also happily agreed.
Her natal family is a bit far away from Qili Village. She and Chen are the only daughters-in-law from the same village in Qili Village. Moreover, she played behind Sister Chen when she was a child and was well taken care of, so they had a good relationship after they got married.
In particular, the Chen family was involved in her marriage to Zhou Lang, so their third bedroom also had a good relationship with Zhou Hu's family.
Lao Zhou didn't say anything, but he smoked harder.
When he lowered his head and saw that the little girl's face was also filled with joy, he couldn't help but nod her forehead. It was like using labor for free.
It’s okay if one or two people go over to help, but half the family has to go over?
But Qian had made up his mind. His sons had no objections, and his daughters-in-law had no objections either, so it was hard for Lao Zhou to object.
But no one expected that there would be thunder and lightning and rain that night. Fortunately, in the evening, Lao Zhou's family moved all the things that had been drying in the yard back into the house.
So the Zhou family just raised their heads tiredly and looked outside before falling asleep again. However, many people in the village couldn't sleep and quickly got up to collect their things.
Although things are covered with wheat straw to block dew, it is obvious that wheat straw cannot block rain, especially heavy rains in summer.
So many people had to get up in the dark to collect food.
Most houses in the village had lights on, but half were dark. It was obvious that many families had the foresight to take things back first, and did not take any chances like the old Zhou family.
The lights at Zhou Hu's house were also on, but he didn't dry anything in the yard. In the evening, Zhou Dalang reminded him and asked him to take back all the things in the yard in case it rained at night.
He hoped not to fall, but ended up falling anyway.
There is still wheat in his field that has not been harvested.
The wind was strong, and big drops of rain fell in patter, but the summer rain came and went quickly.
That is to say, when Manbao turned over, rolled from one side to the other, and continued to sleep with his mouth open, the rain outside slowly decreased, and then stopped after a while.
If Man Bao hadn't woken up the next day to see the wet yard and slept like a little pig, he wouldn't have known it had rained last night.
The next day it was slightly brighter, so Zhou Dalang took his two younger brothers and went out with sickles. The children could go later.
After all, the land is not our own, so the children still have to have this privilege.
Wheat is very fragile, especially wheat that has turned completely yellow. When strong winds blow or heavy rain falls, a large piece of wheat will be blown down and stick to the ground.
There was still water in some relatively low-lying fields, soaking the wheat.
In the entire Qili Village, only Zhou Hu's family's wheat was confiscated, but the beans in the fields were in good condition. Many people came out early in the morning with sickles to harvest the beans.
One rain may have little effect on the beans, but how many more rains will there be?
The grain still has to be taken back to dry and it is best to put it in the warehouse.
The villagers also saw Zhou Dalang and others working in Zhou Hu's field. They were stunned for a moment and greeted them enthusiastically. They knew that they were here to help Zhou Hu. They talked a lot, but they were not without emotion in their hearts.
Zhou Hu was the last to arrive in the field. After all, he had to cook porridge and medicine for his wife and children when he woke up. So when he arrived at the field, Zhou Dalang had already led his two brothers to cut out a large piece.
Zhou Hu stood blankly, his eye circles a little red.
Zhou Dalang turned around carelessly and waved: "Hurry up, the sun will come out soon."
Zhou Hu quickly picked up the sickle and stepped forward. Today's wheat was even more difficult to cut because it had fallen into pieces. Zhou Dalang and Zhou Hu asked Wu Lang and Zuo Lang to cut the good ones, while the two of them bent over and cut the wheat that was lying on the ground.
His waist was almost bent to the ground.
When I couldn't bear it anymore, I squatted down and cut forward.
So they hate rain when harvesting.
The cut wheat did not dare to be dried in the ground anymore, so it was tied directly and put in a bamboo basket to pick it back.
At noon, Zhou Hu went home and wanted to carry the food to Zhou's house. Zhou Dalang held him down and said: "My yard is full of wheat and soybeans, but I can't turn around. It happens that the third daughter-in-law is here. Let her do whatever she wants in your house."
Just get some food."
Mr. He had no objection at all.
Bringing food to Lao Zhou's house is equivalent to inviting the whole family of Lao Zhou's family to have a meal. Their family has a large population, and the food they eat in one day is as much as Zhou Hu's family can eat in seven days.
After all, Zhou Hu was a man and couldn't take care of many things. He just wiped Chen's body and changed clothes all morning. At this time, he washed his hands and went to the kitchen to help them cook.
Zhou Hu opened his mouth to say something, but Zhou Dalang held him down and said: "Okay, if you and I don't pay attention to this, your family will not be easy now. By the way, the sun is not small today. Let's take a rest at noon and come back in the afternoon."
Go, let’s work a little later tonight, and we’ll finish it off in half a day tomorrow.”
Zhou Hu responded in a low voice, patted his shoulder and said, "Good brother!"
Zhou Dalang smiled at him and bumped his shoulder.
After making an appointment to go out to work in the afternoon, Zhou Dalang took his family back after dinner. However, when they went to the field again in the afternoon, they found many people standing in the field.
Not only Zhou Dalang, but also Zhou Hu who came was stunned for a moment.
Zhou Dazhu saw them, waved his sickle and asked, "How many pieces are left?"
Zhou Dalang was the first to come to his senses and grinned, "This piece and the two pieces carrying the mountain. With so many people here, you should be able to make it tonight."
Zhou Dazhu smiled and said: "Then let's get started."
When Manbao ran to the fields after school, Datou was leading his younger brothers and sisters to hold small piles of wheat together for the adults to tie up and then carry them home.
Man Bao rolled up his sleeves and asked, "What can I do?"
Everyone looked at the white and tender Man Bao and said happily: "You can't roll up your sleeves when hugging wheat. You have to tie up your sleeves, otherwise Man Bao will cry at night."