Chapter 529: Agreement
"My friend and I have four acres of land in total, and I'm the only laborer. As time goes by, the wheat will be ripe," said Shen Yanming.
The young security guard thought about it and took the candy with a smile and said, "Do you need help? I can go when I'm not on duty."
Shen Yanming shook his head. "You have to work and take care of the fields at home. It's not easy. I'll take my time and I can finish it by harvesting a little bit a day."
After hearing what he said, the young security guard did not insist. After all, he was just familiar, and it was far from being as familiar as Chen Shunwei.
He nodded: "Then call me anytime if you need anything, or I can tell our captain for you."
Shen Yanming couldn't help laughing. This kid was really a traitor to the captain. But he still said, "Okay, I'll go over first. Don't get me wrong if you see a figure in the video later."
The young security guard nodded, "Okay, got it, you're busy!"
Shen Yanming turned around and got in the car, and drove to the foot of Qingning Mountain. He dragged out a few woven bags from the car and rolled them up the mountain.
The night was dark and Green Lemon Mountain was very quiet. Apart from a few street lamps, there was no other light source.
Relying on his own eyesight and the faint light, Shen Yanming went to his own field.
I don’t know if it was because the thief was almost caught that he started to behave himself, but along the way, I didn’t hear any other noise except the chirping of insects.
Shen Yanming opened the lock on his wire fence gate and looked at the calf-high wheat seedlings in front of him with a gratified smile.
He bent down and gently pinched the wheat ears with his hands, but the wheat awns, as sharp as steel needles, almost pierced his fingers.
Shen Yanming felt pain and immediately retracted his hand.
Then he took a long time to avoid the wheat awns and pinched the wheat ears with his fingertips. This time he was not poked, but could feel the bulging wheat grains in the hard shell.
Shen Yanming took off his backpack, took out a flashlight and tied it around his waist, then took out a pair of white-line gloves and put them on his hands. Then he took out the hidden farm tools from the corners and prepared to start working.
With the help of the flashlight, Shen Yanming could clearly see that there was no trace of rust on the sickle.
He couldn't help but sigh that he was too lazy to throw the tools into the ground and never took care of them. He didn't expect that after so long, they were still as bright as new. He didn't know if other metals were added to them.
Of course, he only thought about it for a moment. With such a large piece of land to be harvested, he didn't have the time to think about anything else.
Shen Yanming bent down, grabbed the wheat ear with one hand, and swung the sickle with the other. He pulled hard at the root of the wheat, and the wheat ear fell off, but it was still attached to the long stalk.
He gathered a handful of straw with his hands until he could grab no more. Then he put the straw into a bundle and piled it beside him.
Just like that, Shen Yanming kept moving, knocking down the wheat in front of him bit by bit.
Half an hour later, his waist and legs ached and he felt like he could hardly stand up. He sat down on the ground, breathing heavily.
Although he trained in the guard team every day, he was not used to farm work. It had only been a short time, but he wanted to give up. He still remembered that he and his wife were also so sad when they harvested corn last year.
In today's mechanized agriculture, few people can harvest wheat manually. They chose the land in the community, and every time they sowed and harvested, they saw others using machines while they could only rely on manual labor, and they were really envious and jealous.
However, precisely because the land here is within the community, sowing and harvesting are only a few steps away, and there are usually security guards watching over it, they have less to worry about, and they don't have to run to the suburbs every now and then.
Those who choose to farm in the suburbs can indeed spend some money or food to use machines to do most of the farm work, but they are also worried every day, fearing that someone will steal their food.
So, there are really pros and cons to each.
Before he had rested for five minutes, Shen Yanming wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued to work. The sunrise was abnormal now, and it would be light before four o'clock, so he didn't have much time left.
Shen Yanming was busy for more than an hour. Seeing that it was getting late, he quickly stopped his work, picked up piles of wheat straw, stuffed the ends with ears into a woven bag, and then used a sickle to cut off the remaining straw.
Although doing so would cause many wheat ears to be missed and some wheat stalks to be left behind, time was tight and there was no time for fine work.
After he put all the harvested wheat into woven bags, he was ready to leave. But there were several woven bags in the field and he couldn't take them back all at once.
So they transported it down the mountain in batches.
Fortunately, I had trained my strength before, so I had a bag of wheat grains in each hand. Although it felt a bit heavy, it was still sufficient to move it.
After several trips back and forth, Shen Yanming finally moved all the woven bags back into the car, filling the trunk and back seats.
Before going down the mountain for the last time, he put the sickle, hoe and other tools back to the same corner. To avoid being discovered, Shen Yanming also covered them with a thick layer of wheat straw.
Looking at the abrupt golden hill, Shen Yanming always felt that there was something fishy going on, but looking at the barbed wire around him, he suppressed his discomfort.
He didn't go upstairs to go home, but drove directly back to the Haishi Guard. However, when he was on the road, it was already dawn, and the sunlight shone directly on his face through the glass. Now it was good, and the abscess was going to form again.
Fortunately, he had his arms protected because he was doing farm work, but even with long sleeves, he couldn't cover his hands.
Shen Yanming took off his gloves after finishing his work. After all, it was summer and wearing gloves would not make your hands sweat enough.
Although I am very unhappy, I can only accept this reality. At worst, I can soak my hands in the spiritual spring water when I go back.
cough!
Half an hour later, Shen Yanming returned to the escort team. He hesitated for a moment, decided to break his promise, and drove to the agricultural area.
The guard on duty at the door still remembered what he looked like. After briefly checking his ID, he took him to find the person in charge.
Shen Yanming did not beat around the bush and directly stated his purpose.
Ye Wengui raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Of course, it's OK, but the escort team will charge 10% of the labor fee."
Shen Yanming nodded, "I have only harvested part of it, and there is still a large part left in the field. Can I leave the harvested wheat ears here first, and send the rest over after the harvest tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?"
Ye Wengui smiled and said, "Okay. Today, we will thresh and weigh the wheat ears you brought back, and then dry them here. When they are completely dry, you can come and get them."
Shen Yanming had no objection to this. After completing the formalities, he and Ye Wengui drove the car to the processing plant. With the help of the young soldiers, they took the woven bags off the car and took them to the vicinity of the thresher.
Then turn on the switch and pour the wheat ears into the thresher. With a series of thumping sounds, the wheat stalks and wheat grains come out.
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