After entering May, the weather is getting hotter and hotter.
Today's May Day Labor Day only stipulates one day off.
It’s not yet the May 17-day Golden Week that everyone misses so much.
But whether it’s one day off on Labor Day or seven days off.
For farmers, this is the time when crops begin to be harvested.
While Zhang An's family was still busy picking cherries, everyone in the village was already busy harvesting rapeseed in the fields.
Now in mid-May, the entire field looks bare and the field of vision is extremely wide.
Zhang An looked from the yard and found that in the entire field, there were only crops in his own field.
Other people have already finished harvesting, and the rapeseed stalks and rapeseed husks have been burned.
The ashes are used as base fertilizer for next season's rice.
They just finished picking cherries yesterday, and today the Zhang An family has to rush to the fields to harvest crops.
Especially when she saw that there were only her own rapeseeds in the surrounding fields, Wang Fang became anxious.
After all, other families have already started to release water into the fields, and they will start plowing the paddy fields in a few days.
Farming is a slow process, so we have to hurry up and keep up with everyone's progress.
It took two or three days to capture all the rapeseeds in several acres of paddy fields and take them home.
But the good times did not last long, the sun was still shining brightly and the sun was scorching hot in the past few days.
Zhang An's family will continue to harvest rapeseed in the fields, but they haven't left home yet.
Dark clouds began to cover the sky, and there was lightning and thunder.
They say that on a June day, a child's face will cry when he wants to cry and laugh when he wants to laugh.
But Zhang An feels that it seems to be similar in May.
When I first woke up in the morning, I could still see the sun.
During this breakfast time, the sun goes off work.
Not long after, the rain started to fall from the sky.
Looking at Zhang An's posture, the movement of this rain will not be too small.
As soon as he finished talking to his parents, the sky outside immediately turned into a violent storm.
And the most terrible thing is that hail fell from the sky.
In just a few minutes, a layer of ice eggs began to pile up in the yard.
At this moment, it's not just Zhang An's family who is staring outside, countless people are paying attention to the situation outside.
But most people are lucky because their crops have been harvested and returned home.
For a few families, some of their crops were confiscated.
Although this hailstorm was not very heavy, it lasted a bit too long, falling for more than twenty minutes.
I could only hear the crackling sound of the concrete floor outside being hit by falling hail.
Every minute, Wang Fang's face became more sad.
At this time, what she was thinking about was no longer the acres of rapeseed in the fields.
Because of such a rain, there will definitely be no harvest of mature rapeseed.
What she was worried about were the watermelons and strawberries in the nest, and the green peaches that had just grown in the peach grove.
After the rain stopped, Zhang An's family went out to the fields to check on the situation.
When Zhang An came to Taolin, the place could only be described as miserable.
The ground was covered with green peaches that had been smashed by hail and heavy rain.
There are still a few sparse peaches hanging on the peach trees.
This can be regarded as a blessing among misfortunes, preventing this peach orchard from losing its harvest.
After seeing the peach forest, Zhang An went to see the nest when he came down the mountain.
The situation of watermelons is not as optimistic as that of peach trees in peach orchards.
The small watermelons that have already grown on the ground will grow into big watermelons if they are not harvested.
But now, with this hailstorm, everyone was beaten to pieces.
Although the strawberries haven't set fruit yet, they are in flowering stage.
After this hailstorm, most of the branches, leaves and flowers have been damaged.
After coming out of the nest, Zhang An walked to his own land.
When they arrived at Qingjiao, Zhang An saw that his two uncles were already in the fields, checking on the kiwi fruits.
"Second uncle, how is the situation here?"
"The situation is not bad. Fortunately, the vines of the Yangtaozi grow quickly. The vines and leaves have blocked the flowers, so they are not affected much."
Uncle Zhang came here after the rain stopped, and now he has looked at this piece of kiwi fruit.
The two brothers breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that there was nothing wrong with the peach tree.
"Anzi, how is your family doing?"
"My dad went to the fields to look for rapeseeds. I guess they are gone."
Hearing this, Zhang An had a complicated expression on his face, with a wry smile on his face.
"Although the peach orchard and melon field at home are not completely harvested, there are not many good ones left. Only the strawberries are still blooming, but they feel crooked."
Hearing this, Uncle Zhang and Uncle Zhang were silent, not knowing what to say.
"Hey, God, I just don't want to make people feel comfortable."
"There's nothing we can do about it. Fortunately, the cherries were harvested a few days ago, otherwise I might not have had a good time this year."
A person must know how to be content. After all, Cherry has made a lot of money this year.
At this time, Uncle Zhang and Uncle Zhang remembered that all the cherries in Zhang An's family had been sold.
The second uncle and the others had no problem here, so Zhang An went up the road to see his rapeseed field.
Sure enough, just as Zhang An thought, there was no harvest.
The peaches on the peach tree can't even hold on, let alone the rapeseeds that are about to open their mouths.
Zhang An went down to the ground to take a look. Not even the rapeseed husks were left on the rapeseed stalks, they all fell to the ground.
This time it was really reduced to mud and dust.
Zhang Jianguo, on the other hand, was pulling up rapeseed stalks in the field.
Although the rapeseed is gone, these rapeseed stalks still have to be pulled out so that corn can be planted later.
"Dad, why don't you stop talking about it now and come back when you're done."
It had just rained, and the rapeseed stalk was covered with dew. When I pulled it out, it was covered in water.
Zhang Jianguo also stopped what he was doing when he heard what Zhang An said.
"What's going on elsewhere?"
"It's not very good, I guess there's nothing gained."
As Zhang An walked, he told his father about the situation in Taoyuan and the nest.
Although Zhang Jianguo was already prepared after seeing the hail falling.
But after listening to it now, I still feel a little twitchy in my heart.
After coming down the mountain, Zhang An and his son met Mr. Huang at the entrance of the village.
The old man had a sad look on his face, he must have come back from the fields.
"Second Master, how are your plums doing?"
Mr. Huang's crops have been taken back long ago, leaving only two acres of plum trees still bearing fruit.
So Zhang An knew without even thinking that the old man must be coming back from the plum field.
Hearing this, Mr. Huang shook his head.
"I guess half of them were knocked down. There are plums all over the ground."
If these half plums were all ripe, they would weigh several hundred kilograms, or even a thousand kilograms.
Even if it costs just a few cents per pound, the loss is hundreds of dollars.
"It's okay, Second Master, let's just treat it as a second fruit thinning. It's good to have half of it. I may not have even 30% of my peaches."
Originally, Zhang An thought that Mr. Huang’s plums would also suffer heavy losses.
But when Mr. Huang said that half of it was still hanging on the tree, it was considered a relatively good situation.
"Yes, it's a blessing from God that there are so many left."
Although it was a pity for Mr. Huang, he could understand in his heart.
"We farmers have always relied on the weather to make a living. The past few years have been so good and we are no longer hungry. God has been kind to us."
The second master has lived to such an old age, and has long since taken a dim view of many things.
The weather has been good in the past few years, the crops in the fields have been harvested very well, and everyone has enough to eat.
This year's hail is the first one in recent years.
Farmers all know that God is moody and ever-changing.
To be able to provide them with such good years can be considered a sign of kindness to the farmers in the mountains.
"Second Master is right, but it's not that bad."
Zhang An gave Mr. Huang a thumbs up.
"The fishermen at the seaside say that the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish. This time, with the white rain, everyone's fruits will be damaged, and the price will definitely be much more expensive than in previous years."
Huang Erye heard Zhang An say that the price of fruits would increase this year, and asked a little unconvinced.
"Anzi, will the price really increase?"
"Don't worry, Second Master, it will be more expensive than last year anyway."
Zhang An's words gave Mr. Huang a reassurance.
After all, he believed that Zhang An would not lie to him because he had so many plums.
Zhang An's stall is much bigger than his.
Although there is hail this time, the area may not be too large.
But this area of the county has definitely been affected.
Although there are fruit merchants now, they only operate in larger cities.
In such a small county in the mountains, most of the fruits are produced and sold in various places.
Especially now that everyone has money in their pockets, the demand for this fruit has also increased.
Now after the disaster, the production of fruits will definitely be affected, and the price will have to increase no matter what.
After all, people who eat this kind of fruit also need to eat meat.
After returning home, Wang Fang also learned about the situation in her own land, and she felt a little depressed.
Seeing this, Zhang An quickly persuaded him.
"Mom, it's nothing. Even if the peach orchard and the melon field are gone, our family has already made a lot of money just selling cherries."
Zhang An had to persuade his mother quickly. He was very happy when he sold cherries a few days ago.
But now that Taoyuan and Melon Garden have been hit hard, it is a great tragedy.
Such a mixture of sorrow and joy may cause problems if it is not solved.
"Yes, our family has already made a lot of money today. We can't let our family make all the money in the world. What will other people do?"
After some persuasion from father and son, Wang Fang finally got rid of her depressed mood.
After all, no matter what happens, life has to go on.
Starting from that heavy rain, it would rain from time to time.
This means that this year has entered the rainy season.
The water level of the river, which originally dropped, rose again during this period.
Taking advantage of this period, everyone hurriedly plowed the paddy fields because the seedlings in our rice fields were ready for transplanting.
Zhang An's family didn't plant much land this year.
Just plant a few acres of paddy fields at home and two nearby mountains.
As for other cultivated land farther away, Zhang An proposed to plant it for others first.
At first Wang Fang refused because they had been growing crops all their lives.
I always feel that there is less planting in the land and I feel uneasy.
But now there are too many things to take care of at home, and there is really no time and energy to take care of so much land.
And even if you plant them all, you won't get much profit, and it will only be a waste of time and effort.
Zhang An knew that his mother was reluctant to give up, so he used rapeseed that had been knocked down by hail to persuade her.
Wang Fang finally relaxed a little and gave some of her family's land to others for cultivation.
But not everything has been released, at least the paddy field at home and two nearby cultivated fields.
No matter what, Wang Fang wanted to cultivate it herself and only agreed to release the cultivated land in the distance.
Nowadays, it is different from that of later generations, where many families, including young and old, go out to work.
So all the land in the family was released, but even so, no one could be found to take it over, so it could only be left uncultivated.
It's different now. There are very few people going out to work now.
People in the village, even if they have a little bit of land, have to clear it and plant it.
Some people go out to work, and their land is released for breeding, but there are conditions.
Every year, the amount of grain must be distributed to the owner according to the land, because there are still agricultural taxes to be paid.
Even so, there are many people vying to plant seeds.
When they learned that the Zhang An family was going to release their land, many people came to inquire.
Although they are all mountainous, no one dislikes them, and Zhang An's family has no intention of asking people for food.
I thought of giving this piece of land to other white people, as long as it didn't go unused.
So everyone wants to ask about such a good thing.
In the end, several acres of Zhang An's mountainous land were given to two relatives who had a good relationship with each other.
Of course, it is just for them to plant. When the Zhang An family takes it back one day, they will have to return the land after harvesting the crops.
It only took a few days for Zhang An's family's paddy field to be plowed.
After moving some composted farmyard manure into the field and plowing it, Zhang An's family began to plant rice seedlings.
But I don’t know why this year, everything I do is not going well.
Some time ago, there was hail when we were harvesting rapeseed. Now, half a day after transplanting the rice seedlings, it started to rain heavily.
However, although it was raining lightly, the people in the fields were not ready to call it a day.
Basically, all the people who were transplanting rice seedlings had to finish planting in the fields despite the heavy rain.
In the rain curtain, you can see everyone wearing bamboo hats and plastic sheets.
Because few families had raincoats and raincoats, the plastic sheets were bought from the family as fertilizer.
That layer of plastic film in the nylon bag is used by everyone as a raincoat.
Why don't you rest, because there is a saying that goes like this.
Don’t take shelter from the rain when planting rice seedlings, don’t take a break from the cold when threshing grains.
Because the seedlings growing in the rice fields have to be pulled out and then transplanted into the paddy fields.
During this process, there will be some damage to the seedlings, especially on sunny days, the damage will be greater.
Even if it is planted, there will be a certain period of recovery.
This time is called the anti-growth period in Changqing. If it can be restored, the grass seedlings will be able to take root.
But if it cannot survive, then the seedling is dead and needs to be replanted by the owner.
And many old people have discovered this based on years of experience in transplanting rice.
Seedlings planted on rainy days will take root earlier than those transplanted on sunny days.
Finally, I concluded that if you transplant rice seedlings on a rainy day, the damage to the seedlings will be less.
Therefore, the recovery time after transplanting is short, and roots can begin to grow within a few days and survive.
But weather factors are beyond everyone's control, and rice transplanting must be done in a hurry.
Therefore, when everyone encounters a rainy day on the way to transplant rice seedlings, they will not take shelter from the rain.
On the contrary, I will be very happy and finish transplanting the seedlings despite the rain.