October in Northeast China is the harvest season. Most crops are harvested in this season. The main crops are rice, soybeans, corn, sorghum, millet, etc.
There are also potatoes, pumpkins, kidney beans, red beans, black beans, squash, cabbage, carrots, mountain pecans, pine nuts, schisandra chinensis, wolfberries, hazelnuts, and many other good things that I can't name.
By the time of the National Day holiday, the rice in the village had been harvested, and now they had started harvesting corn, soybeans, mung beans, red beans, and some small grains as well.
There are still cabbages, radishes, carrots, potatoes, and sweet potatoes in the fields for winter storage. They should all be harvested together. Autumn harvest is called "rushing to harvest in autumn" and cannot be delayed as the weather can get colder at any time.
There is a saying among the people that three springs are not as busy as one autumn, which is enough to prove that when October comes, the busy work of harvesting the land begins!
Just before the autumn harvest began, Sun Zhiqiang came to the house and took Gu Tinghua away.
It was Mrs. Gu who later came to tell Li Qingyun this, revealing her gossipy nature.
Sun Zhiqiang didn't want to come, but the autumn harvest had begun. There were few people in the family, and few people were working, so there were fewer work points, which affected the distribution of money and food at the end of the year. Although his father was a commune cadre, the family still had to participate in labor to have food and drink.
So under the urging of his parents, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and run again, thinking that if he met that killer Gu Er again, he would definitely turn around and run without looking back. But this time, Gu Er was not there.
Gu's father wanted to keep Gu Tinghua for a while longer. During this period, it was the autumn harvest, and he could have a good rest at his mother's house without having to work. If he went back, he would have to work again and endure the humiliation. The previous incident had not yet been resolved.
Gu's father sternly warned Sun Zhiqiang and told him that if he still wanted to live a good life, he should cut off contact with that woman and take good care of Gu Tinghua. If he found out that she was in contact with him again in the future, he should not blame him for being cruel as the father-in-law, because then no one would have a good life.
He could forget about his job at the commune school and his father's cadre position.
After all, if such a scandal were to get out, which company would dare to keep the employee?
Sun Zhiqiang also knew that his father-in-law had been a soldier in his early years and was a man of blood and a man of his word. So he did not dare to be careless and earnestly promised that he would live a good life and not make mistakes again.
Gu's father was just telling him to go back first and come to pick up Gu Tinghua after he finished his work. However, Gu Tinghua had already packed his bags and came out to go home with Sun Zhiqiang, which made Gu's father very embarrassed.
She was eager to go back with them, fearing that no one would come to pick her up and she would not be able to stay.
Girls cannot be kept at home when they grow up. They are still a little confused and cannot understand the good intentions of their father and brother. We can only let her suffer. Every failure makes you wiser. I hope she can wake up soon.
Father Gu looked at his daughter's back and shook his head.
Gu's mother was also worried. All of her children were in debt, and the second son had a sister-in-law living at home, which was criticized.
This little girl is also not in a clear mind. Even though her husband is like this, she doesn't even bother to be reserved. She just follows him when he comes to pick her up. She can't stop him. It's as if someone in her family is abusing her. I don't know who she takes after with this personality. She is so stupid and doesn't look like the couple at all.
After the fight, Dani secretly told Gu's mother that her aunt took out her anger on Dabao and Erbao. Erbao started crying and her aunt thought it was too noisy, so she asked Dabao to take the baby out to comfort him. It was so annoying to hear that.
Mother Gu was almost mad at her daughter. How could she give birth to such a stupid girl? She just offended her brother and sister-in-law, but they didn't make a fuss with her and sent their child to be taken care of. You shouldn't treat them well or take your anger out on their child.
No wonder the eldest and second child didn’t come over the next day. It’s a good thing that the second child’s temper has improved a lot recently, otherwise there would have been another big fight at home.
Moreover, Gu's mother also felt sorry for her two grandsons. She thought that this girl was hopeless and let her go. It was her fate to decide how her life would be in the future.
Only the eldest family has been quiet recently, but recently, the eldest family member got some folk remedy for having a baby from somewhere. The smell of the medicine is so strong that it makes people feel dizzy, but she can drink it. She is really willing to give up her life for the child.
But we can't say anything to her. After all, she is trying to give birth to a son for the eldest son, so let her do whatever she wants.
Autumn harvest is a major event for the entire commune, and the school also gave children a seven-day holiday so that the children could go home and help their parents with the harvest.
Gu Tingzhou must go to this large-scale autumn harvest. His legs are basically fine, and the work in the fields will not tire his legs. As long as he doesn't carry heavy objects, there will be no big problem.
As the son of the village chief and a soldier, he must not be lazy as long as he is able to work. He must set an example for the people and earn some work points for his family. At the end of the year, when his wife goes to the village to exchange food, the villagers will gossip less.
Gu Tingzhou told Li Qingyun and Li Qinghuan to just collect the vegetables from their family's private plots and not to worry about the team's autumn harvest. He could go alone.
Qinghuan felt embarrassed to eat for free at her sister and brother-in-law's house, so she wanted to go to work with them to earn work points for the family. She didn't care about other people's gossip.
Li Qingyun didn't want to go to work. The last time she tripped someone, she got blisters on her hands, which took several days to heal. She really wasn't cut out for farm work.
But considering her life in the next few to ten years, she couldn't be too lazy and get criticized, so she decided to do some easy work. It didn't matter whether she could earn work points or not, the main thing was to take advantage of the situation.
Starting next year, she will have to participate in labor from time to time, but how much she does depends entirely on her mood.
Finally, the whole family decided to go out. Dabao stayed at home to look after his younger brother as usual and did his homework. Li Qingyun prepared lunch in the morning and took it away. They ate in the field and left some for Dabao.
Gu Tingzhou's advice was futile, so he could only personally give a heads-up to the team leader and ask him to assign some easier tasks to his wife and sister-in-law.
Because Accountant Gu was dismissed, the village accountant position eventually fell into the hands of the team leader's nephew. This incident also indirectly helped the team leader.
So the team leader gave face to Gu's father and Gu Tingzhou, patted Gu Tingzhou on the shoulder with a smile, and arranged a job for Gu Tingzhou to break corn, while the sisters Li Qingyun and Li Qinghuan went to pick soybeans. Both jobs were okay and not particularly tiring.
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