Chapter 107 Autumn Harvest Begins
Two months passed in the blink of an eye.
Everyone in the village is very excited because the most important event of the year is about to begin - the autumn harvest.
There is a competitive relationship between the nearby villages. Whoever produces more grain will have more face.
Dayu Village ranks second or third every year. With the additional fertilizer this year, the wheat ears are almost bending the stalks, and the growth is gratifying.
This year's grain harvest champion must go to Dayu Village, and everyone gets excited just thinking about it.
The autumn harvest is the most important event for the whole village. No matter what job you do, you have to ask for leave to go back to the village to work.
The lights in the Fu family's house were brightly lit. Everyone finished their meal and went back to their rooms to rest. Fu Qinhui was still waiting for Lu Xiang.
As a cadre, Lu Xiang attends meetings very late every day.
This autumn harvest, all the cadres had to command from the front line, which was not an easy task.
Fu Qinhui hadn't eaten dinner yet and planned to eat with Lu Xiang. Seeing that it was getting late and there were few street lights in the village, he simply went out to pick up Lu Xiang.
Fu Qinhui was lucky. When he arrived at the village committee, people inside were just walking out.
From a distance, the director of women's affairs could be heard smiling and saying to Lu Xiang, "Look, Xiao Fu is here to pick you up!"
Lu Xiang saw that Fu Qinhui was quite happy and was waving.
The other cadres smiled knowingly at the affection between the young couple. They were in the same village, and they were still picking each other up. How rare was that?
Lu Xiang said goodbye to other village cadres and quietly walked to Fu Qinhui's side.
Fu Qinhui gave the boiled eggs to Lu Xiang.
I've been holding this egg in my hand the whole time, and it's still warm now. Selling duck necks has been quite profitable lately.
Xiao Cailian was unprecedentedly generous and decided to boil an egg every three days and share one with each family.
The brothers and sisters-in-law gave their eggs to their own children, and Fu Qinhui's eggs belonged to Lu Xiang.
Lu Xiang came from a book and had eaten all kinds of delicious food before.
Now, I'm craving eggs. There's nothing I can do about it; the food here is just too bad. Xiao Cailian's family already has the best food in the village, but it's still not enough.
Lu Xiang was eagerly waiting for the pork from the pig farm.
Lu Xiang said, "We have two pigs over there in the pigpen. If we don't sell them, we can bring them over and eat them!"
Fu Qinhui said, "Okay, whatever you say." His words were full of doting for Lu Xiang.
Lu Xiang cracked the egg open and ate the yolk, leaving the egg white for Fu Qinhui.
The two of them cooperated well, ate the eggs sweetly and then went back.
The food was cold, so Lu Xiang simply ordered two bowls of noodles, which would be refreshing to eat in the evening.
After dinner, Fu Qinhui and Lu Xiang digested their food in the courtyard. Fu Qinhui said to Lu Xiang, "The autumn harvest starts tomorrow. Can you hold on?"
By then, we will be directing operations on the ridges and ditches every day.
They don't have loudspeakers here, so they have to rely on their voices. After an autumn harvest, they are exhausted.
Others are fine, they have strong physical fitness and have experienced it several times.
But it was Lu Xiang's first time, and as the only youngest female cadre in the village, everyone paid special attention to her, which put Lu Xiang under a lot of pressure.
Lu Xiang said confidently, "It's okay!" A few days ago, when I was preparing the ingredients for the duck neck stir-fry, I bought some puffed tamarind. I'll soak it in water and drink it when the time comes. It should be able to last.
Finally, the two of them soaked their feet comfortably in a bucket of water.
After Fu Qinhui poured out the water, the two returned to the room and went to bed. Lu Xiang lay skillfully on Fu Qinhui's arms, feeling his light fragrance and warm body temperature.
The next morning, before daybreak, I heard the sound of drums and gongs outside.
It was just getting dark when all the villagers came to the threshing ground.
From a distance, the village chief could be heard standing on a broken cart, shouting to the people below: "The autumn harvest is our mission. Everyone must complete this task with guaranteed quality and quantity, and deliver the grain safely to the county granary. Only then will this year's work not be in vain!"
They checked and found out that it rained every day for a few days.
According to them, the best time to harvest would be ten days later. But they can’t wait, so they rush to harvest early.
It is not easy to harvest such a large piece of land in the village.
Some were harvesting, some were bundling, some were transporting, some were organizing the drying, some were soaking, some were weighing, some were bagging... everyone in the village, young and old, male or female, got into action.
The tension and urgency are a bit like the college entrance examination in later generations.
Anyway, everyone was ready and shouted, "We will complete the mission!" Lu Xiang was among them and was also infected by this atmosphere. She felt inexplicably excited.
Then, with an order, those who usually worked very bravely rushed to the front, waving their sickles, and rushed out in front.
The people behind immediately followed suit, rushing towards the grain field like thousands of troops.
Large pieces of grain are bundled up and thrown on the edge of the ground, and someone will take them away later.
Lu Xiang followed the women's director to lead a group of female comrades to work.
The women's director shouted, "Sisters, we must surpass those men. Women hold up half the sky, and we can't let people look down on us!"
The women were also very passionate, their hands moving faster and faster. Everyone's enthusiasm was aroused.
Everyone was busy, even the children were crowding in to pick up wheat ears. Whoever picked up the most would get two pieces of candy.
This is a great honor!
Everyone worked quickly and in an orderly manner, threshing the wheat. It would take more than one day to thresh all the wheat in such a large field.
Someone will be guarding here all night in the evening.
I heard from the old people that there are some wicked people who steal the crops when people are not paying attention. They are simply stealing the lives of ordinary people!
Their village didn't have this problem, but they heard that the neighboring village had suffered from food theft.
The villagers were furious that their entire year's harvest had been stolen. The higher-ups criticized them by name, saying it was a disgrace that they couldn't even keep an eye on the grain.
To prevent such incidents from happening again, the village chief said, "All cadres will stay here tonight to keep watch, and the next shift will be tomorrow."
It wasn't too hot in the morning and it was comfortable to work, and soon the sun came up.
The village cooked porridge in a big pot and asked everyone to have a bite before working.
Everyone was in good condition and high spirits, and they ate with great relish.
This is just breakfast. I heard that they will cook meat for lunch.
Every autumn harvest in this village is like the Chinese New Year and is the most important event.
No matter how stingy the village chief is, he is willing to give everyone better food at this time.
Everyone suggested: "Why don't we let Lu Xiang do it?"
They had a meal there when they were building the pigsty! Even those who haven't eaten it often hear others talk about it.
Normally, Lu Xiang is not needed, but now that she is a cadre, she is making a contribution to the village. Everyone is very supportive of her.
The village chief even went to Lu Xiang to ask about it. Cooking a large pot of rice is different from cooking a small one, so Lu Xiang agreed immediately.
The villagers felt relieved when they heard this.
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