He Wanqing withdrew her gaze, looked at her and stood up, collecting her things while saying, "Don't think about it, grandma will never let you rush to harvest in the fields."
"But sister, if the rain comes too soon, we won't have food to eat." The experience of food shortage in previous years reminded her how tragic it would be for them if it rained during the harvest.
"That won't work either. Don't forget that you are already three or four months pregnant. Aren't you afraid of losing the baby?"
"But I~"
"You can't go to the fields, but you can go to grandma's house to help her prepare three meals a day, which can also be considered as helping with the harvest."
After all, everyone is busy working in the fields and rushing to harvest to prevent rain, so I guess every household will not have time to prepare lunch and dinner.
"I understand. I'll go right away." After saying that, Chen Ping walked quickly towards her parents' home. She looked so anxious, and didn't look like a pregnant woman at all.
He Wanqing stood there, looking down at her huge belly, and any thoughts in her mind were shattered in front of her belly.
"Sister-in-law, during the harvest season, just stay home and help us cook. Don't go to the fields or the grain drying grounds, okay?"
Halfway through the walk, Gu Ya, who felt uneasy, came back to give her instructions and gave her their rations and the meat they had bought from the commune.
"Sister-in-law, Shu Ling and I will come back early every day to help with cooking. You just need to cook the rice and leave the vegetables somewhere for us to fry when we come back."
Without waiting for her to answer, Gu Ya gave her instructions again and ran away with the sickle she received from the brigade headquarters.
All that was left was her bicycle, food, meat, and the seafood and fish she asked him to bring.
Seeing that everyone in the village who received the news went to the brigade headquarters, although He Wanqing was anxious, she still endured it.
She turned and went into the backyard, pulled out four radishes, two cabbages, picked a few potatoes, and picked a few tomatoes and eggplants before returning to the door.
Sitting at the door, peeling potatoes and picking vegetables.
After the dishes are ready, they are taken to the yard to be washed, and finally brought into the kitchen to start cooking lunch.
"Granddaughter-in-law, I remember you had a sickle here, why is it gone now???"
Grandpa Gu, who had been here for more than a month and had a heavy accent, looked for a sickle as soon as he entered the door. He turned around three times and finally couldn't find it. So he asked her in the kitchen in the yard.
She had just put the rice into the pot, added water and covered the lid, preparing to light the fire when she heard these words and instantly understood what Grandpa Gu meant.
Now she was very glad that the sickle was taken away by her mother, otherwise she wouldn’t know how to persuade Grandpa Gu not to go to the fields.
Throwing the branches for starting the fire into the stove and closing the door, she walked to the kitchen door and said, "Grandpa, my mother took the sickle away.
The sickle in her house had been broken for a long time. It was good for cutting grass for pigs, but not for harvesting wheat, rice and soybeans.
Grandpa, what do you need a sickle for? You don’t have to go to the fields. "After explaining, Grandpa Gu left without looking back.
"Then I'll go to the brigade headquarters to get one." After saying the last word, he had already walked out the door.
Hearing this, she didn't care that the fire was still burning in the kitchen and immediately followed.
Fortunately, Grandpa He and Grandpa Shen, who had been taking him to the fields before, were reliable this time. They stopped him when he was halfway there and waved to her, asking her to go home.
"Grandpa~"
"Okay, we'll take your grandfather to the drying yard to look after the grain, and he won't go to the fields." After Grandpa Shen finished speaking, he turned around and walked away with Grandpa He, one on each side, carrying Grandpa Gu who didn't want to go.
After knowing that he would not get out of bed, He Wanqing felt relieved and turned back home to make lunch.
Since the autumn harvest began, He Wanqing has been cooking and washing clothes at home and has not gone anywhere.
When I occasionally went to the commune, I would ride my bicycle there and back quickly, for fear that those at home who were participating in the harvest would go hungry.
Fortunately, the weather was pretty good. There were two light rains in the middle, but they stopped after about an hour each time. Finally, most of the autumn harvest was over, with only some corn and wheat left, and it was time to harvest them all.
On this day, the weather suddenly became hot, making those who were rushing to harvest in the fields suddenly feel uneasy.
Everyone looked at the stove above their heads which was as hot as in summer, and kept moving their hands in worry, fearing that the unharvested grain would be wasted in the fields.
Because the weather suddenly became hot at the end of October, everyone lost their previous relaxation and started working as hard as if the autumn harvest had just started.
We even started working in two shifts to avoid heavy rain.
When one shift is tired of harvesting, they rest in the fields and take over as the next shift, unlike at the beginning when they had to work overtime until 10 o'clock in the evening.
As people in the fields are busy, people at home also become busy.
First of all, water and food must be supplied. During the autumn harvest, when there is more time, every household can spare one or two people to go up the mountain to collect firewood in the evening.
Nowadays, every household is sending their three-year-old babies to the fields to collect wheat ears, so naturally there is not much firewood for burning.
Now those who stay at home to cook have to take care of the poultry and prevent them from starving to death, and also deliver meals to those who are rushing to harvest in the fields.
More importantly, you have to take out the vegetables from the backyard and dry them in the autumn to eat in the winter, otherwise you can only drink corn porridge in the winter.
Finally, we have to go to the mountain to collect firewood to heat the kang at night. For those who stay at home, one person is almost used by two people.
He Wanqing, Shen Ping, He Wanlin and a few others pushed a cart and brought lunch from home to the field.
Looking at the busy people in the fields and then looking at the sun that was like a furnace above her head, He Wanqing felt uneasy when she had to do it all over again.
But she didn't know what it was. After all, the rain in her previous life had fallen separately in the summer. It shouldn't rain now, but she was also afraid of snowing.
"Mom, Gu Ya, Shu Ling...Lian Yi, come over for lunch." She was at a loss, so she shouted to the people who were rushing to harvest in the fields.
"I'm coming." Gu Ya, who was so tired that she couldn't even straighten her back, looked at her and waved.
"Auntie, Shuling, Lianyi, let's go eat. I'm hungry."
She was really hungry. She had her last meal at 3:30 in the morning and it was already 11 o'clock. Even an iron man would be hungry after drinking only water for eight hours!
"Here they come." Upon hearing this, the three men cut off the knife in their hands, threw the sickle on the ground, and dragged their heavy legs to the ridge of the field.
When they arrived at the place, the three of them took the water handed to them by He Wanqing and drank it in one gulp.
After drinking three bowls of water, the four of them felt full. They were really full from drinking water.
Looking at the four people's dry and flaky mouth corners, their hair sticking together, and sweat on their foreheads, He Wanqing was filled with heartache.
"Mom, why don't you and Xiaoya get off work early and go home to rest for a night, and then work hard tomorrow!"
If this continued, she was really afraid that the four of them would collapse, especially Gu Ya and the other three. It was their first time to participate in the harvest, and she was even more afraid that they would get hurt. There were also the other three people, Gu Chengshi and the other three who were following behind.
“No, food is important and we can’t let God ruin it.” Now the old people in the village all say that there must be something wrong with the abnormal weather, so we must not delay.
Anyway, it will only be tiring for a period of time. After the autumn harvest, they can stay at home and have a good rest during the winter.
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