The eldest sister-in-law of the Zhou family broke open her own mooncake and gave a small piece to her husband and a small piece to each of the two children. What was left for her was just one bite.
Put it in your mouth and chew it slowly, feeling the sweet taste, "Brother-in-law, your sister-in-law is really thoughtful."
"Yes, these are all prepared by my sister-in-law. With so many of our brothers getting married, my sister-in-law will spend a lot of money."
"In the future, you must be kind to your sister-in-law and make her a good girl." Li Hongniang sighed.
"Definitely, my sister-in-law doesn't come here often. She stayed here this year because she wanted to see how the machinery is doing. She also knows how to arrange things outside and how much food can be produced."
"How much will such a large amount of grain cost in the future?"
Cheng Dong would not answer this kind of question. After eating moon cakes, he was arranged to sleep in the same room as the boys.
I'm used to being clean, so I wait until everyone else goes to bed and get up to take a shower secretly.
The same goes for the other two families. They were also grateful to Chen Miao while eating mooncakes.
On the 16th, An Guoqiang and the four of them drove a tractor and left with their wives. They originally wanted to go back last night, but they didn't want to move, so they set off today before dawn.
When the tractor arrived in the village, many people followed it. The eight of them didn't go home, but went directly to the fields.
The four sisters have planted ten acres of corn, not counting sweet potatoes and other miscellaneous grains. Today they are just breaking the corn, and the corn stalks are just growing. They will think of a solution when they have time to come back in the winter.
They broke the corn, and several old people from the village came and said, "Show, breaking the corn now will reduce the yield a lot."
"Fifth Master, I have no choice but to seize this time to collect grain. The main reason is that they have too much work and have no time to wait." It was hard to say anything to others. They were all dissatisfied with their publicity.
I've been reminded, it's up to them whether they listen or not.
Nowadays, the corn cobs can actually be broken off. The outer skin has turned yellow. It must have been done earlier and the yield will be lost. However, there is no way to do it. There are advantages and disadvantages.
It is really easy for eight people to work. The men only have one arm and cannot plow corn stalks, so only women can do this.
Only at such times do men feel useless.
Because in order to pull out the corn, several roads must be dug in the ten acres of land, and the tractor must be able to drive in.
I had lunch in the field at noon, which meant I rested for ten minutes and continued.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, all four tractors were full and it looked like there were still three large trucks left. This year's production is really good.
The four men decided to send them back first. The women stayed here.
"Guoqiang, otherwise we would keep it at home. Let's shuck the corn after we stay at home for a day or two and think we can take it back."
"No. The farm will start the autumn harvest soon. If we don't have that time, we still have to send them back."
The four of them are anxious. They can busy themselves with their own affairs when the collective is free. But if the collective starts the autumn harvest, they can't worry about their own affairs.
The four of them arrived home an hour and a half later, and many brothers followed to help unload the truck.
"Brother Xizi, shall we follow to help?"
"No need. We'll go back right away. There are still three more carts of corn. Before tomorrow starts, sweet potatoes, sorghum and soybeans will also be taken back."
This is the actual situation, and no one is trying to persuade me.
It was already dark by the time the four of them returned to the field, but seeing all the corn broken off and placed on the road, they knew that the wife was really not idle and was tired.
The eight people were not idle either. All the corn was loaded into the cart. There were still four carts, but they were not as full as last time.
"We'll unload it at home tonight. We'll collect all the food early tomorrow."
Of course the four sisters had no objection. It was a tiring day. Even the four tractors could not drive into the yard. Huang Mingxiu was stingy and was afraid that her grandparents would come and steal the corn, so she wanted to sleep in the car. How could men let women
Sleeping outside?
Finally the four of them lay on the corn cart.
It's not yet dawn, and the four sisters have already made breakfast. Fortunately, they brought food. Otherwise, they would still be hungry today. There are two acres of sweet potato land. Four men can't do this job. They can only go there to cut sorghum ears. That's it.
The speed is also much slower.
There is no way around this, we can only do it slowly.
It was until noon. It can be said that all the grain was loaded on the car, and the remaining sweet potato seedlings were given to the next door neighbor. His family had three sheep. Of course, he was willing to take them. He just had to take them back. Such a good thing was not many.
The food in the yard is really not good right now. I can only make time to come back.
The villagers looked at them and thought that they had collected all the food in a day and a half.
Huang Mingxiu went to talk to the village chief, said hello to the butcher's wife, and left.
"Lao San's family, why are they so anxious?"
"I heard that they have to hire a lot of people to work on their farm, but they can't come back to collect their own food at that time."
"Can you still make money?"
"I heard they paid a lot of money and they weren't tiring. There are diesel-burning machines there. I don't know exactly what's going on."
"After they get married, this place is no longer theirs."
The butcher's wife shook her head and said nothing. But she could see that she would be a very capable person in the future.
The four sisters of the Huang family saw that their men were so tired. They were really capable of enduring hardships, and their lives would be very easy in the future. They also thought that they would not come back to farm next year.
It was already three o'clock when the eight people unloaded the car. The men went to return the car, while the women were cooking and cleaning up at home.
"Go back and have a good rest. The autumn harvest will start tomorrow."
"Sanyuan. It felt a little early when we removed the sweet potatoes today."
"Well, potatoes and sweet potatoes will be eaten for a few days, and corn will be the main food these days."
Although everything is mechanical, breaking the corn still requires manual labor.
When they returned home, the women had prepared meals waiting for them.
I have been really tired these past two days, so I always rest after eating.
But the women didn't lie down. The Huang sisters were all capable, and they were afraid of getting sick when they saw the corn cobs piled up in the yard. Their men couldn't do this job, so they had to do it by themselves. It's really not tiring to shell corn, it just takes time.
My fingers hurt.
The men also felt sorry for their wives and called them several times to let them rest, saying that they would do it slowly when they had time in the future.
In fact, this is the most practical way for a couple to live like this, both being considerate of each other and worrying about each other.
After Chen Miao packed up in the morning and waited for the butcher to deliver the meat, she ordered twenty kilograms of pork. It was not too bad to be so tired.
Today the butcher was more than two hours earlier than usual. He came to deliver the meat and also drove over.
