That year and month (3)

What are you most afraid of when harvesting crops?

The only answer is the unpredictable weather.

Beidahuang also has its own microclimate, where the sun rises in the east and rains in the west. Even if it rains, it will fall.

But is it okay if the wheat is not harvested? It will really rot if it is left in the field. When it rains, the harvester is not easy to use, especially the current machinery and equipment, which can really scare people to death.

What to do? Each person has a sickle and harvests manually.

No one in the company can escape, including Lin Yutong and Fourth Master.

One person has one ridge of wheat. At this time, as long as you stand on the ground, you can deeply feel how big the land in the Great Northern Wilderness is. You can't see the end at a glance.

Although it rained, the weather was sweltering. The young men were all wearing vests. Red, green, white, and blue. Looking around, they all had something like "labor is the most glorious" and "vast".

The countryside has great potential, "Serve the People" and "Learn from Comrade Lei Feng".

The vest that Fourth Master was wearing was found by Lin Yutong in the space. It was white, clean, and had nothing printed on it. It looked a little special.

Lin Yutong also had a towel to wipe sweat around his neck and wore long sleeves. Even the cuffs were tied tightly. He also brought a small medicine bag for himself and Fourth Master to prevent mosquito bites.

The Fourth Master and Lin Yutong both know how to harvest wheat. In the past, not much wheat was grown in the Old Summer Palace, but they were all harvested by themselves. Occasionally, they would call Fourth Master’s bad brothers. Of course, no matter who you call or not, that’s all.

Favor. Once, Master Jiu messed up his errand. He was afraid that Honghui would punish him. So, he entered the garden without saying a word and refused to leave. At that time, it was the time of harvesting wheat.

It happened to be the time when the melons in the field were about to mature. He volunteered to live in the melon shed and show the melon field to the fourth master. He said he was afraid of someone stealing the melons. To hell with him, who dared to steal watermelons in the Old Summer Palace. As a result, Honghui

He asked Hongzhao to go into the garden to invite someone. Hongzhao himself was naughty, and he would always be naughty no matter how old he was. Seeing that it was Master Jiu who was looking at the melon field, he kept doing it and actually secretly picked the melons in the garden.

The big ones, which looked ripe, were all picked and hid in the middle of the night. The next day, Master Jiu was so frightened that he couldn’t stand up. If he didn’t look at the melon field, the melons would not be lost. When he looked at the melon field, this thing would be gone.

Why was it lost? Two uncles and nephews, one said that the other was a thief who stole melons, and the other said that this one was a thief who stole melons. Even the Fourth Master was so angry that they couldn't do anything about it. They were a pair of useless things.

Thinking about it now, it really happened in a previous life.

Now, the two of them bent down and harvested wheat, but their moods were no longer the same.

The ridges they were assigned were next to each other. The fourth master occupied half a ridge, which meant that he had to harvest one and a half ridges, while Lin Yutong only had to harvest half a ridge.

How could Lin Yutong be willing to work hard for him? So his men flew around and cut quickly. When he passed the fourth master, he went back to pick him up. The two of them alternated so much that they were not inferior to the others. Although they were not the top group, they did not fall behind.

Go to the back.

The rain kept falling, flowing down people's faces. The towel around Lin Yutong's neck soon became soaked. It felt wet and heavy hanging around his neck.

We couldn't go back to eat at noon, so the clerk's team brought us steamed buns, and each person got two steamed buns. He swallowed them in the rain.

Lin Yutong had to admire the hard-working quality of these people.

She ate one and gave the other to the fourth master. In this place, you can't eat secretly in public. Even if you eat secretly, you can eat it little by little without attracting attention. The fourth master can't do it anymore. He is not polite.

I guess he also knew that the steamed buns he ate were a bit hard to swallow, so he took it and ate it. Then Lin Yutong gave him water from the kettle on his body to drink. Just to prevent him from getting caught in the rain and catching a cold.

The fourth master glanced at Lin Yutong, handed his coat to Lin Yutong, "Put it on."

It's wet inside and out, what difference does it make if you wear it or not?

Lin Yutong shook his head. Fourth Master stubbornly put the clothes on Lin Yutong, then lifted her arms and stuffed them into the sleeves.

What's wrong?

The clothes on my body are already soaked. Will I feel better if I wear another wet clothes and tie them up?

Lin Yutong didn't understand until Fourth Master adjusted the clothes on his chest.

I was wearing a white shirt, but underneath it was a pink bra. Girls of this era wore vests like those worn by old ladies in later generations. So, if those clothes get wet, you can't see them

Nothing comes out. But the shaping effect of Lin Yutong is really impressive. In addition, the growth is good and the chest is turbulent. This wet, the effect is really a bit inappropriate for children.

She smiled awkwardly and arranged her clothes. She didn't forget to tease him, "...do you want to...?"

The fourth master glared at her and said, "I'll deal with you when I get back."

Fortunately, everyone was as tired as a dog, and no one paid attention to her. Looking up, she saw some lying on the wheat stubble ground, not caring about the scratches, there was water everywhere, and they didn't mind even the mud. They were lying sprawled out like that.

. Let the raindrops hit them. There were also two or three people sitting back to back, with a piece of clothing hanging over their heads, which could at least block the rain.

People of later generations always say that women are used as men and men are used as cattle. Lin Yutong feels that they should really be asked to look at the young people of this era. This is when women are used as cattle and men are used as machines.

The rain in the afternoon showed no sign of stopping. I took a short break for half an hour and had to continue working.

When it got dark, Lin Yutong and Fourth Master had their heads cut off. They sat on the ground to rest. They couldn't go back without authorization because they didn't know if the company commander would say anything about working overtime all night.

As a result, I didn’t have to work overtime in the field at night because I had to go back to work overtime in the field.

The wheat brought back today must be threshed overnight and then dried, otherwise it will heat up and become moldy.

This busy work lasted another night. When it was dawn, I could finally rest, but Lin Yutong still couldn't live in peace. Because the big kang in the educated youth dormitory had to be used to dry wheat. These educated youths had to squeeze in Lin Yutong's small courtyard.

Inside, the men's side and the women's side, above and below the kang, including the infirmary and the machine repair class in front, are all occupied. The same goes for those old workers. Men and women from three or five families are crowded together separately. The rest of the space is all occupied.

Have to free up.

This is not a summer harvest, this is simply a battle.

Lin Yutong and Fourth Master couldn't open a small stove anymore. They ate in the canteen. They were very tired during this period. The Corps was not stingy. They killed a pig, stewed beans and eggplant, and served each person a bowl. Lin Yutong

I actually think it tastes better than any other delicacies from the mountains and seas.

"What do you think?" she asked Fourth Master.

The fourth master rubbed her hair. She was not very hungry. Who would think this could compare with delicacies from the mountains and seas?

However, despite such efforts, this year's wheat is still not harvested. Not to mention the reduction in production, there is still a lot of moldy wheat. It can be predicted that in the second half of the year, everyone's rations will be moldy wheat.

After harvesting the summer grain, it's time to plant corn and soybeans. This sowing is even more critical, because you have to pay attention to the farming season. If it is a little late, in autumn, it will not mature when there is frost, and it will be in vain.

Fortunately, now that he can use machinery, Fourth Master is freed. Lin Yutong has to pay attention to collecting various medicinal materials. There is no need to go to the fields. He only needs to tell a few half-year-old children what they need, and they go find it, and Lin Yutong prepares it at home.

good.

But at this time, the company has set a new task. Since everyone had no vegetables to eat last winter, this year, every household and single educated youths are allowed to open up wasteland and grow vegetables for themselves. Those who want to eat in the canteen will have to eat in the cafeteria every day.

Weigh the vegetables, hand them to the canteen, and ask the steward team to mature them. However, this work of clearing up wasteland and growing vegetables cannot delay everyone's collective work.

That means you have to get up and work overtime at night or before dawn.

It's just a dream to use the company's machines. Doesn't the machine consume oil? Is it easy to use the company's small amount of oil? Besides, once it's started, who's responsible if it breaks down?

Using oxen, horses, and mules is even more of a dream. If the animals don’t take a break, will they be able to work the next day? Can they harm the interests of the company for their own sake?

Definitely not.

In short, machines have to rest and animals have to rest. People don’t need to rest.

Even the company commander and instructor have gone into battle to open a vegetable patch for themselves, do the others still want to be special?

Do it!

So, lighting a torch, one person could cultivate more than half an acre of land along the river bank. The fourth master and Lin Yutong cultivated more than an acre of land. What can they grow? Except cabbage, it is radish. There is no time for other vegetables.

In order not to make his own dishes look unspecial, Lin Yutong did not dare to irrigate the ground with spring water too much. Each time he mixed a bucket of water with a small amount of half a cup. Even so, the dishes in his own fields looked more energetic than others.

"At that time, I sprinkled some plant ash." This is how the Fourth Master explained.

But it was all in vain at that time, who knows whether he did or not.

But the other party still believed it to be true, "Originally I was planning to let it go, but I was a little lazy at that time, and the effect was immediately different. It's really like 'people are coaxing the land, and the land is coaxing the belly'. You can't fake it at all."

Fourth Master nodded along with a serious tone, these words are all correct.

In autumn, Lin Yutong's acre of cabbage and half acre of radishes are growing very well. Each radish is about a foot long when dug out and very strong.

Lin Yutong is cool and cool, but they don't eat carrots at all.

"Send a cart to Uncle Wang." Fourth Master said. It's something you grew yourself, so it's okay to give it away. It's more difficult to supply vegetables in the city than in the countryside. Even though Uncle Wang has some power, it's just as difficult.

Lin Yutong nodded. When he was visiting during the Chinese New Year, he saw that Aunt Wang was reluctant to throw away the cabbage roots. She cut them into thin slices and ate them as if they were boiled in water.

When entertaining guests in the city, if you can bring a bowl of water to boil radish in the middle of winter, you have to be a generous person.
Chapter completed!