Chapter 312 Help
Zhou Dalang sighed, "Everyone else in the village has finished harvesting their wheat today, and Zhou Hu's family still has four plots of land."
Old Zhou frowned, "Isn't this too slow?"
"That's all he can do. His wife is still bedridden and can't move. He has to go back home to make sure she gets her three meals a day and takes care of her medicine. Luckily, Dafu and Erlu are able to help out a bit, otherwise he definitely wouldn't be able to take care of both the farm and the family."
Manbao said, "Big brother, bring your fifth and sixth brothers to help tomorrow. I'll go help after school too. I've already learned how to use a sickle."
Old Zhou just smoked for a long time without saying anything.
Qian glanced at him and said, "Just listen to Manbao. I think the sky is gloomy today. It might rain at any time. Take Datou Daya and Ertou Erya with you. Since we've already harvested the wheat, why not help harvest the beans in the field as well?"
Zhou Dalang happily agreed, as he had a good relationship with Zhou Hu.
Qian thought for a moment, then looked at He, who was playing mahjong, and said, "You have a good relationship with Zhou Hu's family. Go over and take a look tomorrow morning. There are some things that men can't do carelessly, so women are the ones who need them."
He also happily agreed.
Her parents' home is a bit far from Qili Village. Among all the daughters-in-law in Qili Village, she and Chen are the only ones from the same village. Moreover, when she was a child, she played behind Sister Chen and was well taken care of. Therefore, they had a good relationship after she got married.
Especially since her marriage with Zhou Sanlang was arranged by Chen, so their third branch has a good relationship with Zhou Hu's family.
Old Zhou didn't say anything, but just smoked a little harder.
Looking down, he saw the little girl's happy face, and he couldn't help but touch her forehead. It was really like treating her like a free human being.
It would be fine if one or two people went over to help, but half the family had to go?
However, Qian had made up her mind, and her sons and daughters-in-law had no objections, so it was difficult for Old Zhou to object.
But no one expected that there would be lightning, thunder and rain that night. Fortunately, in the evening, the Zhou family moved all the things that were drying in the yard back into the house.
So the Zhou family just raised their heads tiredly to look outside and then fell into deep sleep again, but many families in the village could not sleep anymore and hurriedly got up to pack up their things.
Although the things were covered with wheat straw to keep out the dew, it was obvious that wheat straw could not keep out the rain, especially the heavy rain in summer.
So many families had to get up in the dark to harvest food.
Most of the houses in the village had lights on, but half were dark. Apparently, many families, like the Zhou family, had the foresight to take their things back first and did not rely on luck.
The lights in Zhou Hu's house were also on, but he didn't dry anything in the yard. In the evening, Zhou Dalang reminded him to put everything in the yard away in case it rained at night.
He hoped it wouldn't happen, but it happened anyway.
There is still wheat in his field that has not been harvested.
The wind was blowing hard and big drops of rain were falling down, but the summer rain came quickly and went away quickly.
Just as Manbao turned over, rolled from one side to the other, and continued to sleep soundly with his mouth open, the rain outside gradually subsided and stopped after a while.
If Manbao hadn't woken up the next day and seen the yard was wet, he would have had no idea that it had rained last night, even though he was sleeping like a pig.
The next day, as soon as it was light, Zhou Dalang took his two younger brothers out with sickles, so the children could go later.
After all, it is not their own land, so children should still have this privilege.
Wheat is very fragile, especially the wheat that has turned completely yellow. When the wind blows strongly and the rain falls heavily, a large area of wheat will be blown down and stick to the ground.
There was water accumulated in some low-lying areas, soaking the wheat.
In the entire Qili Village, only Zhou Hu's family had their wheat harvested but not completely. The beans in the field were still in good condition, and many people took out sickles early in the morning to harvest the beans.
One rain might not have much effect on the beans, but what about several rains?
It is best to collect the grain, dry it, and store it in the warehouse.
The villagers also saw Zhou Dalang and others working in Zhou Hu's fields. After a moment of hesitation, they greeted them enthusiastically. They knew that they were there to help Zhou Hu. Although they didn't say it, they were very grateful in their hearts.
Zhou Hu was the last one to arrive at the field. After all, he had to cook porridge and boil medicine for his wife and children when he woke up. So when he arrived at the field, Zhou Dalang had already led his two younger brothers to cut out a large piece of land.
Zhou Hu stood there in a daze, his eyes a little red.
Zhou Dalang turned around nonchalantly and waved, "Hurry up, the sun will be out soon."
Zhou Hu quickly picked up the sickle and stepped forward. Today's wheat was more difficult to harvest because a patch of wheat had fallen down. Zhou Dalang and Zhou Hu asked Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang to harvest the wheat that had fallen to the ground, while they bent over and harvested the wheat that had fallen to the ground.
His waist was almost bent to the ground.
If you really can't stand it anymore, just squat and cut forward.
So what they hate most is rain during harvest time.
They didn’t dare to leave the harvested wheat to dry in the fields, so they just tied it up and put it in bamboo baskets and carried it back.
At noon, Zhou Hu went home to take some food to Zhou's house, but was stopped by Zhou Dalang, who said, "My yard is full of wheat and soybeans, and I can't turn around. It just so happens that the third daughter-in-law is here. Just ask her to get some food from your house."
He had no objection at all.
Bringing the grain to Lao Zhou's house is equivalent to inviting the whole Zhou family to dinner. There are quite a few people in their family, and the amount of food they eat in one day is the amount that Zhou Hu's family eats in seven days.
Zhou Hu was a man after all, and he couldn't take care of many things. He had spent the whole morning wiping Chen's body and changing her clothes. Now, after washing her hands, she went to the kitchen to help them cook.
Zhou Hu opened his mouth to say something, but Zhou Dalang held him down and said, "Alright, we brothers shouldn't be so particular about these things. Your family is having a hard time right now. By the way, the sun is shining brightly today. Let's take a break at noon and continue in the afternoon. We'll work a little later tonight, and we should be done with another half day tomorrow."
Zhou Hu responded softly, patted his shoulder and said, "Good brother!"
Zhou Dalang smiled at him and bumped his shoulder.
After agreeing on a time to go to work in the afternoon, Zhou Dalang took his family back home after dinner. However, when they went to the fields again in the afternoon, they found that there were many people standing there.
Not only Zhou Dalang, but even Zhou Hu who came was stunned.
Zhou Dazhu saw them, waved his sickle and asked, "How many pieces are left?"
Zhou Dalang was the first to come back to his senses. He grinned and said, "This piece, and the two pieces behind the mountain. With so many of you here, we should be able to finish it tonight."
Zhou Dazhu smiled and said, "Let's get started."
When Manbao ran to the fields after school, Datou was leading his younger brothers and sisters to gather small piles of wheat together and bundle them up for the adults to carry home.
Manbao rolled up his sleeves and asked, "What can I do?"
Everyone looked at the fair and tender Manbao and said happily, "Don't roll up your sleeves when you hold Maizi. You have to tie your sleeves up, otherwise Manbao will cry at night."
(End of this chapter)
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