Chapter 474: Skilled and Heartbreaking
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After Lin Tang prepared the insect repellent, he took the medicine and went to Xiaoqingshan.
At this time, several young men who were in charge of medicinal herbs in Xiaoqingshan were talking.
Chen Ziqiang used a fan to kill a flying insect he had never seen before, and pushed the insect corpse to the side. His skillful move was heartbreaking.
The talkative young man scratched the big red bump on his neck and looked at the mountain road with eager eyes.
"Ziqiang, do you think Tangtang will come today? She wouldn't forget us, would she?"
The others regarded Chen Ziqiang as their backbone and looked at him expectantly.
I'm really going crazy because of the insects on the mountain!
It would be fine if they had no hope, but Tangtang gave them hope, and they were anxious.
Chen Ziqiang didn't know either. Who knew if the little girl would be delayed by something?
He took a sip of water and said, "We're fine even without insecticide. Tangtang must have come since she said so. If she didn't come, it must be because she has something else to do. Just wait patiently."
The talkative young man kept his eyes fixed on the mountain road in the distance. He vaguely saw a figure coming out and quickly stood up.
"Here she comes, it must be Tangtang."
Before he finished speaking, he ran towards that direction like the wind.
He ran very fast and stopped abruptly, which scared Lin Tang.
"Brother Aimin, what are you in such a hurry to do?"
Guo Aimin realized that he had scared Miss Lin Tang and touched his head embarrassedly.
"I'm sorry, Tangtang, I scared you. I saw you coming and wanted to pick you up..."
As he was talking, he remembered something important and hurriedly took the paper bag from Lin Tang's hand, saying, "This is insecticide. I'll take it. Don't tire you out."
Lin Tang has a black question mark face.
Are you okay?
Children can hold this medicine bag without getting tired.
Guo Aimin didn't feel embarrassed at all and invited her to go to their camp.
"Don't stand here, let's go, Ziqiang and the others are here."
"To thank you, we picked a lot of wild fruits and will bring them back to you when we go down the mountain later..."
"You're going back to the factory tomorrow, right? I'll bring them all back for you as snacks. If you like them, tell us..."
He kept talking and Lin Tang felt his ears start to buzz.
I finally understand why Third Brother asked me to stay away from Brother Ai Min.
It's noisy!
Lin Tang turned his body slightly to avoid Guo Aimin's loud voice, leaving room for his ears to breathe.
Chen Ziqiang saw Guo Aimin honking from afar and went over to pull him away.
"What are you doing? Go to the side. Your mother told you to be quiet, but you forgot. If you really have nothing to do, go down the mountain and pick corn."
Guo Aimin reached out and covered his mouth, his expression aggrieved. "...Then I won't say anything."
Chen Ziqiang waved his hand and told him to go away.
Looking at Lin Tang, his expression relaxed slightly.
"Tangtang, thank you for your help." He said gratefully.
Lin Tang shook his head. "It's not a big deal. It's all for the team's business. You don't have to be polite."
Then, he told Chen Ziqiang how to use the insecticide. "It's not complicated to use. Just sprinkle it around the shed before going to bed at night. It's not toxic to humans."
So it doesn't matter even if it gets on your hands.
Chen Ziqiang nodded, "Okay."
Lin Tang had just come here to see it yesterday and didn't want to see it again, so he said:
"Okay, the medicine has been delivered. I'll go back first. You guys spilled the medicine, so be careful."
Guo Aimin, who was listening attentively on the side, stuffed the medicine bag into Chen Ziqiang's hand and took the wild fruits they picked on the mountain.
Quickly catch up with Lin Tang.
"Hey Tangtang, wait a minute. I'll walk you off. Didn't we say you could take the wild fruits? Why are you walking so fast?"
Lin Tang glanced sideways at Guo Aimin who was talking to himself, and complained in his heart: You said everything, but I didn't respond to a single word.
Chen Ziqiang originally wanted to see Lin Tang off, but when he saw Guo Aimin running around, he stopped.
He held the medicine bag in his hand and went to sprinkle the medicine.
Lin Tang originally wanted to take a stroll in Daqing Mountain, but she didn't expect Guo Aimin to be so conscientious and only stopped talking and walking after sending her to the village entrance.
Hand over the basket full of wild fruits.
"I'll take you here. You can go back now. I'll go back to the mountains first."
After saying that, he waved his hand and turned away.
Lin Tang was completely treated like a tool.
Watching the young man's back as he left, I just wanted to say, "Goodbye, don't see me off again in the future."
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The members of Shuangshan Brigade harvested corn in the fields for several days in a row, and the threshing ground was already filled with piles of golden hills.
After harvesting the corn, threshing the corn became the top priority of the brigade.
Many members of the brigade took flat-blade screwdrivers and small stools and went to the brigade's threshing ground to thresh the corn by hand.
Some people think the threshing ground is too noisy, so they transport the corn back to their own yard and sit there to shell it.
The Lin family belongs to the latter.
Before I knew it, the yard was filled with mountains of corn.
Everyone in the Lin family sat down with their small stools and peeled corn.
Both the old and the young are here.
Lin Lu took out his beloved radio, turned up the volume to the maximum, and started singing the melodious and cheerful red song. After a while, it turned into storytelling, bringing some fun to the boring work.
Lin Tang was also busy.
Holding the awl in one hand and the corn cob in the other, he poked a hole in the cob and broke off the corn kernels with his hands.
It didn't take long before my palms felt hot and itchy.
Her skin is so delicate that there is not even a callus on the palms of her hands. It would appear after just a little work.
It would be better to wear gloves, but Lin Tang gave his gloves to Xiao Fei'er, so he had to fight with bare hands.
Lin Lu glanced at his daughter and said to Li Xiuli beside him, "Wife, do you have any gloves at home? Find a pair for Tangtang so that she won't get her hands scratched."
When Lin Tang heard this, he smiled and said, "No, I'm not that delicate. I don't need to wear gloves."
If you keep worrying about this and that while doing a job, you might as well not do it.
Li Xiuli never wanted her daughter to do farm work, but seeing that she insisted on doing it, it was difficult to refuse.
"There are no gloves at home."
After answering Lin Lu, she looked at Lin Tang worriedly.
"Tangtang, if your hands feel uncomfortable, stop."
"You're not as used to the work as we are. You have calluses on your palms. Our family doesn't need your little work. Please don't push yourself. We can't lose the big picture for the sake of a small one."
Tangtang's hand is holding the pen, so it can't be hurt.
Lin Tang: “…”
After a long silence, she asked, "Mom, where is the little machine that our team used to shred corn kernels?"
She seemed to have the impression that there was a small antique toy, but she hadn't seen any trace of it this year.
Lin Lu felt distressed when he thought of the only hand-cranked corn thresher in the village that was destroyed during steelmaking.
“It’s long gone…it was destroyed during the steelmaking process.
Iron tools are hard to come by now, and no one dares to think about making one, so they can only peel them by hand.
Fortunately, there are so many people in the team, it will take some time to finish it, there is nothing we can do about it."
When we handed that thing over, everyone was reluctant to give it up, but there was nothing we could do.
The commune has a request, what else can you do except hand it in?!
Li Xiuli also sighed and said, "That thing is indeed convenient. Although it still requires manpower, it is much faster than peeling it by hand."
It would be nice to get another one someday.
However, she also knew that it was unlikely. After all, even an iron pot was difficult to make, let alone this kind of machinery.
(End of this chapter)
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