The summer sun shines on the golden wheat fields, the heat waves roll, and the cicadas chirp.
In July, Huaihua Brigade began its annual summer harvest.
During these days, the members of the commune and the educated youth went out early and came back late. They wore straw hats, held a sickle in their hands, and had smiles on their faces. As soon as they opened their eyes and finished breakfast, they had to go to the fields to work.
There were no large harvesters in the 1970s, and wheat was harvested entirely by manpower. Everyone waved sickles and cut down heavy bundles of wheat. Although it was tiring, they enjoyed it.
Even Ye Han, who usually has no work to do, is so busy that he has to run back and forth between the fields and the brigade office every day.
However, Li Erhe took into consideration that she was pregnant and could not work too hard, so he sent his own little daughter to help her.
The little girl's name was Li Xiuying. As her name suggested, she was thin and small, very pretty, and looked to be about fourteen years old.
Ye Xuanhan did not make things difficult for the little girl. When he heard Li Erhe say that his daughter was frail and sickly and could not do heavy work, he asked her to help him with the counting.
The work points of each member are just a few numbers, and it is not difficult to add them up. It is not difficult for Li Xiuying, a girl who graduated from junior high school.
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The sound of a tractor "rumbling" was heard outside. Ye Hanhan lifted the door curtain of the brigade office and saw Qian Lanlan driving a tractor in the distance, pulling a whole cartload of wheat towards the threshing ground.
A few days ago, under the guidance of an old tractor driver from the Red Star Brigade, Qian Lanlan was finally able to drive a tractor on the road by herself, which made Li Erhe so happy that he immediately borrowed a tractor from the Red Star Brigade.
Of course, the tractor was not borrowed for free, he also paid rent, three dollars a day.
The summer harvest lasted about fifteen days in total, and Li Erhe gave the team fifty yuan as rent for the tractor.
With the tractor, the efficiency of transporting wheat is three or four times higher than before, and the members no longer have to carry wheat around laboriously.
These days, Li Erhe ran to Ye Xinhan every day to tell her about this, and Ye Xinhan's ears were covered with calluses.
"Uncle Li, just wait and see. After this summer harvest, everyone will definitely agree to buy tractors," Ye Hanhan said.
After the summer harvest, it is time to pay the public grain. The brigade that delivers the public grain to the grain station first can be honored as an advanced brigade, and may even be rewarded.
When he thought of this, Li Erhe rubbed his hands with joy, "Daya, when it succeeds, I will definitely be the first to praise you."
"No, Uncle Li, as long as our team can benefit, I don't want anything else."
Li Erhe nodded approvingly and said to his youngest daughter Li Xiuying, "My daughter, learn from your elder sister and learn her cleverness. Then I, your father, won't have to worry about you anymore."
"Yeah, I get it, Dad."
Li Xiuying was a little timid. She glanced at Ye Xuanhan and quickly lowered her head.
Li Erhe waved his hand and asked Li Xiuying to go aside. He sighed after the girl left.
"Daya, my daughter has been weak and sickly since she was born. Over the years, your Aunt Lu and I have spent a lot of time and effort on her. We always give her the best food and drinks at home, fearing that something might happen to her.
I have long wanted her to learn how to deal with people from you, so that she can handle it when we are not around."
Ye Xuanhan nodded. She felt sorry for the love of parents in the world. She could understand Li Erhe's thoughts.
She's just a little girl. She follows me around just to learn a few things. She doesn't eat my food or drink my water.
"Okay, Uncle Li, I will take good care of Xiuying, don't worry."
The work points during the autumn harvest are more complicated, and she is happy to have someone around to help her.
It was hot in the summer and there was no fan, so the brigade office was stuffy. Ye Hanhan was sweating and had to fan himself with a palm-leaf fan every once in a while.
When Li Xiuying saw this, she stood aside and fanned her with a palm-leaf fan.
Ye Han turned around and looked at Li Xiuying and smiled, "Xiuying, fan yourself too, don't just fan me."
"No," Li Xiuying waved her hands hastily, "My father said that you are my master, and you should treat your master as well as you would your parents."
As she spoke, Li Xiuying fanned herself even harder with the palm-leaf fan in her hand, making Ye Han feel a little amused and helpless.
"I'm not that hot anymore, but you have prickly heat on your face. You must be hot. Fan yourself first."
Ye Xuanhan likes the girl Li Xiuying very much. Although she is not talkative, she is introverted, well-behaved and doesn't act like a troublemaker.
Although she is very young, she is more sensible than other little girls.
Even though her father was the captain, she had never been seen showing off to others, or speaking nonsense just because she was the captain's daughter.
Looking at the little girl's slightly pale face, Ye Han thought for a moment and decided to take her pulse to see what her physical condition was.
Li Erhe always said that Li Xiuying had been weak and sickly since childhood, which made Ye Han start to worry about her health.
Under the little girl's puzzled gaze, Ye Han placed his hand on her left wrist.
After about five minutes, Ye Hanhan finally confirmed that Li Xiuying was indeed suffering from a congenital deficiency, had a weak constitution, and sweated frequently.
However, if you take good care of yourself, the condition will definitely get better.
But Li Erhe was only the captain of the Huaihua Brigade. Even if he could ensure that his family had enough food and clothing, he could not guarantee that he could afford to pay for his daughter's medical treatment.
So the little girl's body was delayed again and again and became what it is now.
Although he is fourteen years old, he is only about 1.4 meters tall and looks like a little child.
"Xiuying, have you ever had sour plum soup?" Ye Xuanhan asked.
Li Xiuying shook her head, "No."
"When I get home at noon, I'll bring you some sour plum soup chilled in cold water. It's delicious."
Ye Hanhan looked at the little girl and couldn't help but touch her head.
I don’t know if it’s because of the pregnancy, but Ye Xuanhan always feels that she can’t bear to see a child suffer.
Always trying to help them as much as possible.
When he got home at noon, Ye Hanhan boiled a bowl of spiritual spring water in the space, and when it was almost cool, he added an appropriate amount of sour plum powder and several other medicinal herbs for regulating the body.
Then I put it in a water tank full of cold water to chill it. When it was almost ready to drink, I took a kettle and filled it with the sour plum soup.
The sour plum soup was specially prepared by Ye Xuanhan for Li Xiuying. She was confident that after conditioning, Li Xiuying's body would definitely return to normal and would be healthier than her peers.
She didn't do these things in order to make others thank her, but just did them because it was convenient for her to do so.
Anyway, there is endless spiritual spring water in the space, so I might as well help as many people as I can. It will be considered as accumulating merit for myself and the baby in my belly.
Thinking of this, Ye Han couldn't help but shook his head.
I was really a bit naive in thinking this way. There is no such thing as merit now. This is not the end of the world, nor is it the world of cultivating immortals.
Even if I want to cultivate immortality, I don't have the spiritual energy to support it.
When they arrived at the brigade office, Ye Han handed the sour plum soup in his hand to Li Xiuying and asked her to drink it to relieve the heat.
Unexpectedly, Li Xiuying took out three eggs and said, "My mother said that we can't just ask for other people's things. Sister Han, these eggs are laid by our old hen. If you don't mind, you can take them."
Ye Xuanhan was stunned and hadn't reacted yet when Li Xiuying put the eggs on the table.
Although the three eggs are of equal value to the spiritual spring water, they are much more valuable than the sour plum soup.
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