The villagers had arranged to sharpen the production team's sickles with whetstones beforehand. Whetstones are consumable items, with only one per production team, and they were used sparingly. Last year, before the trio arrived, the Xiangyang Brigade's whetstones were already as thin as razor blades. They were reluctant to use them, fearing they would wear out. This spring, Guan Huashu went to the county to sell goods and brought back five, which was more than enough for him.
The villagers have been able to eat full meals every day for more than six months, and their physical condition and mental outlook have improved significantly.
The livestock in the team have been fed with coarse grains mixed with cut grass, and they are no longer as skinny as when they were first brought in.
All preparations are ready, and this year's wheat harvest will be much faster than in previous years.
The old farmers in the village go to the fields every day to observe the maturity of the malt. The sooner they put it in the warehouse, the sooner they can feel at ease.
A week later, the harvest began under the call of Grandpa Wu.
The wheat was cut and laid down in piles every few steps. The women then piled the wheat together and tied it up. They then carried it from the fields to the carts and transported it back to the village field.
This was a flat, hard patch of land. Wheat ears were spread here to dry in the sun, then a roller pulled by animals was passed back and forth over the ears, pressing down the grains. Forks were then used to pick up the wheat stalks, which had been crushed away from the ears. The stalks were piled together and then distributed to the families. The wheat stalks were very useful, used for cooking, making bricks for building houses, and so on.
The wheat grains removed from the straw had to be handed over to the commune as part of the annual production quota. The team leaders had all signed letters of guarantee.
After the wheat harvest, we have to continue planting corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes, beans, etc.
After the harvest, they have to plant winter wheat to prepare for the next year. Every drop of sweat is worth eight petals, so it is said that farmers are the hardest working people!
After the wheat was harvested, it was weighed and found to yield an average of over 600 kilograms per mu, which delighted the villagers. In recent years, disasters have left the land barren, but this year's bumper harvest will not only save more lives but also reinforce the importance of scientific farming practices.
After discussing with the commune, all the wheat harvested this time, except for a sufficient amount of wheat seeds, was handed over and distributed to various counties as wheat seeds.
Xiangyang Commune was unsurprisingly rated as an advanced production team, and Guan Huashu was rated as an advanced individual.
After a busy autumn, in order to enrich the members' spare time, the commune sent people to the village to show movies.
That day, a young man with a middle-parted hair and wearing a white coat came to the village on a bicycle, holding a letter of introduction and asking for the team leader.
Guan Huashu had just returned from the fields and sat down at the brigade headquarters. Before he could even get a sip of water, he heard Er Gangzi come in looking for him, saying someone from the commune was coming. He stepped outside and saw a young man with a traitor's hairstyle pushing a bicycle. A dangerous glint flashed across his face at Guan Huashu, and even though he was hiding well, Guan Huashu spotted him. He was well prepared! Guan Huashu's sixth sense immediately alerted him. This year, Xiangyang Brigade had a bumper wheat harvest, and Fifth Grandpa had said someone would definitely be on the move. And here they were.
When the young man saw the captain, he smiled and handed him the letter of introduction, saying that he was from the commune's cultural department and was there to show movies.
Guan Huashu arranged for him to live in a room next to the brigade headquarters, which also had a kang (kang bed) and was located next to the east and west wing of the brigade headquarters. Usually, when a leading cadre was unable to return home for a meeting, they would stay there. The main reason for this was to facilitate surveillance.
The man's surname is Li, and Guan Huashu calls him Xiao Li the Projectionist.
Projectionist Xiao Li asked Captain Guan to inform the villagers that a movie would be shown at the open space in front of the brigade office at 8:30 tonight.
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