Chapter 36
People in Qinghe Village were all talking about it. This harvester had been placed at the entrance of the village for three or four days. It was covered with a dark green curtain every day. No one was allowed to look at it or touch it. It seemed that the team leader borrowed it to use as a decoration.
Some people also said that Jiang He’s eldest son Jiang Wen probably didn’t know how to drive. He said that the engine was out of oil and he had to go back to the farm to get diesel. As a result, he didn’t come back for two days. He must not know how to operate it and deliberately borrowed this big guy to make his father look good.
Everyone had their own opinions, but on the fifth morning after the harvester was borrowed, everyone went out to work and finally saw the harvester in action.
A harvester as big as a house drove from the village entrance into the vast wheat field. The eldest son of the Jiang family sat on it, and his eyes were full of pride when he looked at people.
The villagers were a little unhappy, but it was understandable. If they could drive a harvester, their attitude would definitely be more arrogant than Jiang Wen's.
The harvester was seen turning back and forth in the wheat field in a short while. The cylindrical cutting in front was five or six meters wide. In this one round trip, a distance of about twelve meters, one-fifth of the wheat was harvested, leaving the people nearby stunned.
Liu Chenggen, his pipe between his lips, said, "I've been farming all my life, and I've never seen anything like this. Wow, this is too fast! In just a few moments, we harvested as much as the entire village does in a whole day."
The custodian, a dark-faced uncle, is a relative of Liu Chenggen. He is his father's cousin, and therefore his uncle.
The old man, holding a sickle, looked at the scene before him and sighed. His hoarse voice was a little dazed, "It's not just you. I've lived for more than seventy years and I've never seen wheat harvested like this."
There are many people like Uncle Liu. When they were children, the Qing Dynasty still existed. When they were teenagers, they witnessed the fall of the last dynasty of China. They experienced the warlord wars, the Anti-Japanese War and the founding of New China.
From feudal society to the current steam age, from old-fashioned farm tools to scientifically mechanized large-scale agricultural machinery, it is overwhelming for old people like Uncle Liu to keep up.
The educated youth from the Youth House were also watching all this from afar. Pi Jingxuan was wearing a vest, the original white color now damp with sweat, and his smooth, white hands were covered in calluses.
He placed one hand on his hip and licked his dry lips. "These machines are becoming more and more advanced. Last year, when we harvested this wheat field, the entire village worked non-stop for a week to finish. I had just arrived at the time, and after finishing, I lay in bed for two days before I recovered."
Sun Yating went to the edge of the grass ridge, picked up her water bottle, took a sip, and then handed it to Pi Jingxuan, "Here, drink some water, your lips are so dry!"
"Give it to me, can you give it to me? Is it inconvenient?" Pi Jingxuan's ears turned red, and his hands were stiffly placed in the air. He didn't know whether to take it or not, and he looked flustered and at a loss.
Sun Yating raised her eyebrows, "Why, do you dislike me?"
"No, no, no, no." Pi Jingxuan waved his hands quickly and took the kettle in a hurry. He accidentally touched Sun Yating's hand and quickly retracted it as if it was scalded.
Sun Yating didn't care about him. She rested for a while and then continued to work.
Bai Ting noticed this, rolled her eyes, and snorted coldly, "Shameless!"
Then he walked over and deliberately bumped into Sun Yating's shoulder, covering his mouth and apologizing pretentiously, "Oh, sorry."
Sun Yating twitched the corner of her mouth, not intending to tangle with Bai Ting, "It's okay."
Bai Ting didn't intend to let Sun Yating go. She cleared her throat and said, "Sun Yating, you are the daughter of a capitalist. You came to the countryside to receive education and reform. None of us have water to drink. Why are you so squeamish and bring a water bottle? Isn't that too bourgeois?"
"As a child of the Red Five Categories, I have the right to supervise you. Don't bring a kettle here next time. You must accept the tempering of labor to remove the bourgeois nature in your bones."
Sun Yating pursed her lips, buried her head in her work, and ignored Bai Ting's self-righteousness.
"Hey, Bai Ting, how can you talk like that?" Pi Jingxuan couldn't stand Bai Ting bullying Sun Yating. She kept talking about the daughter of a capitalist and always bossing Sun Yating around, calling her a spoiled brat, even though she was the most spoiled one.
Before doing any work, she always complains a few words and always pushes her work to Sun Yating. Pi Jingxuan has long been dissatisfied with Bai Ting's two sets of standards, one requirement for herself and another for others.
"Bai Ting, talk less. He has been working all morning. What's wrong with drinking some water? It's not like you haven't drunk before." Zhang Dongsheng has been living with Pi Jingxuan recently. They have a good relationship and he doesn't like Bai Ting's habit of always making trouble for Sun Yating.
We were all educated youth, so why was there any need to categorize us? Sun Yating's birthplace wasn't her own choice, and she worked diligently and never complained. Bai Ting, on the other hand, looked more like the daughter of a capitalist than Sun Yating.
"Zhang Dongsheng, if you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb?"
Bai Ting glared at Zhang Dongsheng fiercely. This traitor, they came here together, but he actually helped the old educated youth instead of her.
"Just shut up, you're acting like a big critic. Who do you think you are? You're one of the five red categories, and you exude a petty-bourgeois vibe. I mean, your family didn't get rich by rebelling, did they?"
Yang Xue had long disliked Bai Ting. She was not interested in Sun Yating's background, but there was nothing about Bai Ting that she liked from beginning to end, inside and out.
Yang Xue always speaks directly and guesses the situation in Bai Ting's family directly.
At this time, although capitalists, rich peasants, and landlords were despised, the speculators who gained power by rebelling during the Cultural Revolution were even more disgusting.
Fan faction is the name for this kind of people.
"You're talking nonsense! I won't let you talk about my father like that!"
After hearing what Yang Xue said, Bai Ting retorted fiercely, her eyes were red and her face looked a little ferocious, as if she wanted to eat Yang Xue.
Yang Xue was stunned for a moment, then sneered, "You're so excited, is it really what I said, that your father is a rebel?"
"Yang Xue, if you keep talking nonsense, I'll tear your mouth apart, believe it or not?" Bai Ting threw away the hoe, walked up to Yang Xue, and threatened her in a fierce voice.
"Oh, I was just wondering what's wrong. If you have the guts—"
"Okay, are you still going to work?"
Zhang Xiuqing came over and scolded a few people harshly, "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll tell the Party Secretary."
Then, looking at the nasty-looking Bai Ting, Zhang Xiuqing's eyes revealed a hint of contempt. "And you, Bai Ting, next time you get into trouble at work, I'll report you to the town's Educated Youth Office. You don't do your job properly, and all you do is quarrel with others all day long."
Bai Ting gritted her teeth and glared at everyone around her fiercely, "Hmph, you are all in the same group, bullying me." After saying that, she left the field without caring about Zhang Xiuqing.
Sun Yating was a little worried, "Sister Xiuqing, is Bai Ting okay like this?"
Zhang Xiuqing snorted and laughed, "Let her go if she wants to. It's not our work points that are being deducted anyway. That little girl Meng Wanqiu has a sharp eye. She'll regret it when the work points and food are calculated at the end of the year."
After hearing this, Sun Yating nodded and no longer paid attention to the matter.
Pi Jingxuan came over and whispered to Sun Yating, "Don't mind Bai Ting's words. She's just picking on you. The reason is not important. What matters is your performance."
Sun Yating's heart softened, "Don't worry, I don't care." Her parents always told her that one cannot generalize based on one's background. Although her family is a capitalist, her parents used to be keen on charity and often donated money and materials to the orphanage.
He is not a villain who is undermining socialism as those people say.
However, Pi Jingxuan's comfort still brought a lot of good mood to Sun Yating.
On the other side, Jiang Wu was watching the operation of the harvester with his good friends in the village.
Watching my eldest brother Jiang Wen driving the harvester, he moved his hands and feet, and the big thing started moving. In a short while, he harvested a large field of wheat. It was so cool.
"Jiang Wu, your Jiang family has finally taken the spotlight this time. From now on, the village will have to follow your lead. The branch secretary, accountant, and so on will all listen to the team leader."
The man next to him was saying flattering words. Jiang Wu loved hearing these words the most. He thought that the other party would laugh happily this time, but unexpectedly, Jiang Wu not only did not laugh, but his face became gloomy.
"Why the hell do you keep saying this?" Jiang Wu said angrily.
Damn it, he had finally forgotten about this incident, but this idiot made him remember it again. Thinking about how the three of them, father and son, had made a fool of themselves in front of Pei Xingzhi that day, Jiang Wu wished he could immediately lose his memory and forget that embarrassing memory.
Damn Pei Xingzhi, he knew how to repair it from the beginning, but he made the Jiang family run around here and there. In the end, they found out that the repairman was from their village, and was the son-in-law of their arch-enemy.
There is nothing more fucked up than this. Damn it, God, is he deliberately trying to mess with the Jiang family? Jiang Wu thought angrily.
The funniest thing was that Jiang Wu questioned Pei Xingzhi, only to be slapped in the face. Later, he tried to threaten Pei Xingzhi with the fact that he was secretly having an affair with a new female educated youth, but that didn't work, and he was beaten by his own father and brother. It really pissed him off.
If you still want to compete with the Meng family for attention in the future, what a waste of time.
After repairing the harvester, Jiang He had thought about using this incident to threaten Pei Xingzhi. After all, accepting money privately to conduct transactions was speculation and profiteering, and if caught, he would go to jail.
Jiang Wu still remembers the scene at that time. Pei Xingzhi's hands were covered with engine oil, pitch black, and hung casually on both sides of his body. After hearing what Jiang He said, he smiled meaningfully.
The voice was still as cold as ever, but Jiang Wu felt a strong sense of ridicule, as if he saw a group of clowns.
Thinking of this, Jiang Wu wanted to slap Jiang Xiuxiu to death. Damn it, just one foot they were threatening Pei Xingzhi with speculation, and the next foot Pei Xingzhi turned around and threatened them.
The reason was that Jiang Xiuxiu, who was adopted by her uncle Jiang Hai's family, was actually cooperating with people in the black market in the county town. Jiang Wu was completely dumbfounded when he heard about it.
Where on earth did Jiang Xiuxiu get the courage to cooperate with people in the black market to engage in speculation and profiteering? No, no, no, this should not be called speculation and profiteering. This is ten times more serious than speculation and profiteering. He couldn't think of the right words to describe it.
Compared with Jiang Xiuxiu's, Pei Xingzhi's deeds are nothing.
If Pei Xingzhi was discovered, he would probably spend a few years in jail at most, but if Jiang Xiuxiu was discovered, she would most likely be tortured to death.
The most important thing is that Jiang Xiuxiu will implicate other members of their Jiang family, whether it is the older generation Jiang Hai and Jiang He, or the younger generation Jiang Bo and Jiang Wen, once people find out that they have a daughter and sister who are engaged in speculation and profiteering and have been beaten by Mu Cangzi.
This future is likely to be ruined. Not only will Jiang Hai's family go crazy, but Jiang He will also go crazy.
Thinking of this, Jiang Wu couldn't help but cover his face to block his emotions that were about to collapse. His formerly well-behaved and sensible sister was actually possessed by that lonely ghost.
"Hey, Xingzhi and Xiaowan, where are you going?"
Hearing the sound, Jiang Wu looked over there and saw the young couple walking on the opposite ridge.
The sun shone on them. The man was tall and straight. He stretched out one hand to carefully protect his petite wife next to him. His eyes showed deep affection, which made people who saw this scene smile knowingly.
Jiang Wu's inner resentment faded a lot, and he sighed. Their Jiang family had lost in the end.
On the other side, Bai Ting, who returned to the Youth League Institute, met an unexpected person, who instantly restored her lost confidence.
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