"There's nothing going on at the company. I took a sabbatical," Qin Ruoshu proudly took out a canvas folding chair from the pickup truck, put it on the roadside, and then picked up a baseball cap from the back seat.
, clasped on his head, "By the way, when I called just now, the manager urged me on the design progress. Husband, please go back and work overtime!"
"What bad luck," Zhou Yan rolled his eyes, "Who made you my wife!"
Most of the ration land in Zhoujialing Village is not very "regular", and one of the few "plain lake lands" in the village only has four or five hectares, which is not enough for 200 households.
Therefore, most people's grain fields are hilly. As a result, mechanized operations will encounter a problem. Wheat planted on slopes is more difficult to harvest.
Even veteran drivers like Zhou Yan have to be extra careful when driving in the fields in the village because it is easy for the car to roll over.
Because he was worried about "turning over", Father Zhou and his cousin used sickles to cut the ridges of wheat on the side with a slightly steeper slope. The drainage ditch on the edge of the field was also dug and filled with soil with shovels.
everything's ready……
"Open the cut!"
There was no ceremony or any indication. Zhou Yan waved his hand and Zhou Yan started the harvester.
With more than an acre of land, it took half an hour to finish the work, which made Qin Ruoshu, who was watching the fun on the side, a little bit unsatisfied: "So fast?"
"This is slow enough..."
"knock off!"
Zhou Yan drove the harvester home, while his father went to deliver wheat.
Zhoujialing is not as spacious as the main road in my aunt's village, and it is convenient for machinery to enter and exit. During the harvest just now, although Father Zhou, who was in charge of taking over the harvest, also laid woven bag linings in the carriage, Zhou's mother, cousins, and others
You have to stay in the carriage and catch the wheat in a woven bag.
Back in the village, when unloading the truck, I had to carry it down bag by bag...
Cousins and cousins are nothing, but Father Zhou has lived a comfortable life for too long. He feels that unloading the truck like this is a bit too strenuous. After putting down a bag of wheat, he turned around and gently touched Zhou Yan, who had also just put down the wheat: "
Son, don’t you have any good ideas to make it easier to unload the car?”
"This can have..."
"Tell me about it later..."
It is also very simple to automate unloading. Just install an electric screw conveyor.
However, correspondingly, the tractor bucket must also be made into a funnel shape so that materials can enter the conveyor smoothly.
"We need to change the body of the car. Is there an easier way?"
"This can have..."
Zhou Yan turned around and glanced at the white container bags in the carriage. These are used by the port to lift bulk cargo.
"Just make the container bag into a funnel shape, and the conveyor will be connected from below..."
"It's still early for our wheat to be harvested. Do you want to try it without modification first?"
"This is simple. You can buy finished screw conveyors, but this motor..."
"Buy another diesel generator..."
"I think you have money to burn." At this time, Zhou's mother suddenly came over, "How much effort will it take to move these bags of wheat?"
Dad suddenly became honest, but the look in Zhou Yan's eyes didn't look like he was giving up.
After unloading the car, Mr. Zhou drove home while the others walked home on their legs.
When they got home, it was only after nine o'clock, and it was still early for lunch. Zhou Yan and Qin Ruoshu went back to their house to "do homework."
I found my laptop, connected it to the high-definition cable in the living room, and started designing.
Zhou Yan's drawing speed is naturally not comparable to that of a novice like Qin Ruoshu, who has only been working for two or three years. His left hand keeps inputting shortcut keys on the keyboard, and his right hand cooperates with the mouse.
With the material library of Xinghan Architectural Design Institute, in less than ten minutes, the originally empty picture frame was already filled with flowers and green trees.
Qin Ruoshu on the side was full of stars: "That's amazing..."
By eleven o'clock, just over an hour later, Zhou Yan had already sorted out Qin Ruoshu's work for the coming week.
"Done, call it a day!"
"Honey," Qin Ruoshu checked the drawings with envy on his face, "If only I had your speed..."
"Practice for a few more years. The key now is that you have no experience..."
"You know, if you read thousands of volumes, you will be able to write with wisdom..."
While the young couple was having a business chat, the doorbell rang.
"Enter!"
The cousin smiled and opened the door: "Stop cooking at noon, let's go to my house for dinner. Your dad has already gone!"
After saying that, my cousin found a sofa and sat down, with a posture of "If you don't come with me, I won't leave."
"Okay," Zhou Yan waved his hand helplessly, "Daughter-in-law, clean up and go have lunch at noon!"
"Oh, by the way..." My cousin took a look at the furnishings in the yard, "I heard from Lao Qin that you want to tidy up the old house. Can you help design our house as well?"
"This..." Zhou Yan turned back and stared at Qin Ruoshu.
"No problem, I just have some free time recently. I'll measure it later and give you a rendering. If you think it's OK, ask Zhou Yan to give you a list of supplies, and then find someone to build according to the drawing..."
"Brother and sister, thank you then..."
The cousin stood up and left happily, leaving Qin Ruoshu with a confused face.
"If you have any questions, you can ask."
"Why should we go to his house for dinner?"
"It's a favor. We help his family harvest wheat. Dad is too embarrassed to accept the money, and they are too embarrassed to pay for nothing. They can only treat us to a meal to repay the favor."
"Oh," Qin Ruoshu nodded, "It's not the same as in the city. If you owe a favor, pay it back quickly. I'm afraid if you owe too much, you'll be asked to pay back a lot!"
"By the way, you go change clothes first, and I'll get a long tape measure..."
When the two arrived, Father Zhou and Father Qin had already sat down to drink tea with their cousin, while Mother Zhou and Mother Qin were helping their cousin sister-in-law prepare lunch. When they saw the two coming in, the cousin's sister-in-law smiled and brought out the lunch.
Fruit and snacks.
"Do you need help?"
"No need," Zhou Ma looked back, "just sit down and wait to eat..."
Zhou Yan, on the other hand, smiled and walked up to the three gentlemen: "My brother said that he wants to renovate the house. While there are people around, he should first measure the internal and external dimensions so that we can make a plan..."
As he spoke, Zhou Yan took out a long tape measure from his bag, and then took out a notebook.
"No problem, it will take some time to eat anyway..."
A group of "idle people" spent more than ten minutes measuring the dimensions of the cousin's house inside and outside.
After recording and verifying the dimensions, Zhou Yan walked up to his cousin with a notebook in his hand and asked with a smile, "Will the interior be renovated?"
"You have to save the fire pit in the inner room of the pot house. If possible, widen it. If possible, widen the pot house under the eaves and connect it to the east wing. If there is a way, install heating.
Let’s reorganize the yard. From next year onwards, we no longer plan to dry food at home..."
Zhou Yan made a note of "Party A's" demands, and then asked Qin Ruoshu to take a set of photos for reference.
"You haven't finished your work yet. Come in and drink tea quickly. It's very hot outside..."
Although they are all home-cooked dishes, with the blessing of more than 20 years of cooking skills, the home-cooked dishes are not much worse than the dishes in three-star hotels.
The cousin even took out the treasured "Red and White Cups of Plenary Meeting" and bought juice, which made Qin Ruoshu feel a little embarrassed.
While eating, the cousin's sister-in-law would add dishes from time to time, which made Qin Ruoshu a little uncomfortable.
"That's good enough." On the way back, facing Qin Ruoshu's "happiness complaining", Zhou Yan comforted him with a smile, "When you have the opportunity to go to my aunt's house for dinner, you will know what it means to buy and sell by force..."