Early the next morning, Zhou Ziwen was awakened by the sound of a gong in the village. He looked out the window and saw that it was still dark outside, not even dawn.
After striking a match and lighting the kerosene lamp, Zhou Ziwen finally looked at the time. It was only four o'clock.
Have you ever seen the sky at four o'clock in the morning? Zhou Ziwen said he had seen it today.
I put on my clothes and opened the door. There were still a few lonely stars hanging in the sky outside. In the east where the sun was rising, the white light was reflected, and I could vaguely see the road outside.
“Woo woo!”
At this moment, the unique humming sound of stepping on the clouds came from the feet.
Zhou Ziwen looked down and saw that the guy was biting a black thing in his mouth. Zhou Ziwen looked closely and found that it was actually a vole.
"How did a field mouse get into my house?" Zhou Ziwen frowned.
His house was newly built and was tightly covered all around. Unless the voles could climb over the wall and get in, they would have to dig a hole.
Zhou Ziwen planned to wait until dawn to check to see if the courtyard wall had been dug open by voles.
In the countryside, these guys have amazing reproductive abilities, especially in fields where crops are grown. They can often be found during the autumn harvest.
"Tayun, that's good. I'll give you a snack tonight." Zhou Ziwen rubbed Tayun's dog head and praised him.
After his training, this little guy actually knows how to catch prey on his own. It seems that after a while, when it grows up a little, he can let it go hunting in the mountains by itself.
The requirements are not high, just being able to catch a wild rabbit from time to time is enough.
For the growth of this little guy, he squeezed out precious idle time to improve his dog training skills.
As a beneficiary of this skill, how can I not give something in return?
"Ziwen, wait a moment, I'll make two pancakes for you." Just as Zhou Ziwen was thinking about what to eat this morning, Chen Shiying's voice came from the wall next door.
"Sister, thank you for your help." Zhou Ziwen hurriedly thanked her.
The Chen sisters don't have to deliver food today, and their working hours are the same as before. They will get up when they hear the bell and make food for him.
This friendship made Zhou Ziwen feel a little heavy.
At the same time, a warm feeling rose in my heart, and I wanted to hug her in my arms and comfort her immediately.
"Such a good girl, I must not let you run away." Zhou Ziwen made up his mind silently.
If he was only attracted to her because of her beauty before, this time he really fell in love with this hardworking girl.
With Chen Shiying helping him cook, Zhou Ziwen had some free time. After doing a few rounds of boxing in the yard to stretch his body, Zhou Ziwen went to the next yard.
Chen Shiying had already opened the gate for him in advance. Zhou Ziwen went to the kitchen, washed up, and Chen Shiying's breakfast was also ready.
"Sister, you should go back to sleep for a while. It's still early for work." Zhou Ziwen urged her while eating the heartwarming breakfast made by the eldest sister of the Chen family.
"Okay, then just put the dishes there for a while. I'll let Yiyi wash them after she gets up." Chen Shiying said with concern.
"Um."
After Chen Shiying went back to the room to rest, Zhou Ziwen hurriedly finished his breakfast.
When leaving the Chen sisters' house, Zhou Ziwen left Tayun in the yard.
After closing the gate, he straightened his collar and set off for the production team.
When he arrived at the production team's threshing ground, many torches had already been lit outside.
The entire threshing ground was lit up, making it look like a large bonfire show.
All the vehicles carrying grain in the village came. The most common ones were flatbed carts, there were also wheelbarrows, and the main force were the two ox carts in the village.
In addition to the carts, there were more baskets, each of which was filled with grain, and a shoulder pole was placed between the two baskets.
Some villagers have already consciously put their carrying poles in their hands, ready to set off at any time.
Seeing that there was still a lot of empty space, Zhou Ziwen also came to a pair of baskets.
After most people had arrived, Captain Zhou Weiguo gave an order and the ox cart in the front set off first.
These two cows are the face of their village. In the poorer villages around here, there are not even donkeys, let alone cows.
As the ox cart started moving, the whole team began to move.
Behind the ox cart came carts and wheelbarrows, and behind those were villagers carrying baskets.
The whole team was very lively, with everyone chatting and laughing.
Some who walked fast started to cut in line with their baskets on their shoulders, while some who walked slowly were chased by others.
After leaving the village, the team walked in a relatively orderly manner at first, but after a while, the difference in physical strength became apparent.
Those who are not in good physical condition will gradually fall behind, while those who are in good physical condition will follow closely behind the cart.
Zhou Ziwen mixed in the crowd and came to the front of the team.
In front of him were the villagers working hard to push the carts.
"Xiao Zhou, why are you carrying a basket? Come over and push the cart." Just as Zhou Ziwen was walking briskly with the crowd, Wu Dagang's voice came from the front.
"Oh, okay, Uncle Jiang, come and help me carry the basket, and I'll push it." Zhou Ziwen turned his eyes and saw a man who was having a hard time pushing a cart.
"Okay!" Uncle Jiang quickly put down the cart in his hand and happily took the basket from Zhou Ziwen.
Compared to pushing a cart, carrying a basket is much easier.
Moreover, if you get tired of carrying the baskets, you can take a short rest, but this is not possible with pushing a cart. You have to stay at the front of the team and you can't even be lazy.
As he was walking, Zhou Ziwen suddenly heard a burst of cursing coming from the front.
Looking up, they saw that they had arrived at a human-shaped intersection at the gate of the courtyard.
On the other side of the intersection was the food delivery team from the next village.
Everyone wanted to deliver the food to the grain station as soon as possible, and the time of departure was about the same, so they would meet at the intersection where the road merged into the main road.
The quarreling sound Zhou Ziwen heard just now was the captain scolding others.
The team leader stood up swiftly from the ox cart and looked down at the team leader of the neighboring village.
"Captain of the Xiaobazi Production Team, are you getting braver now? You dare to cut me off?"
"Captain Zhou, no!" The captain of Xiaobazi Village smiled bitterly.
If he had known that the people trying to steal the road were from Dabazi Village, he wouldn't have dared to do it even if he had hundreds of guts!
"Stop talking nonsense. How do you say this? You draw a line and I'll take it. One on one or in a group fight?" The captain acted like a bandit, making the captain of Xiaobazi Village breathless.
He had experienced countless times over the years how powerful the captain of Dabazi Village was, so he didn't dare to say more now.
"Captain Zhou, Uncle Zhou, this is all a misunderstanding. How dare we block your way? It's because the new educated youth don't know you that this caused the misunderstanding. I'll ask them to move aside and we won't leave until you pass first." The captain of Xiaobazi Village showed a flattering smile.
"That's pretty good." Seeing the reaction of the captain of Xiaobazi Village, the captain nodded with satisfaction.
"Fellow villagers, let's go, don't delay things."
The team leader waved his hand, and the villagers of Dabazi Village behind him immediately passed by the villagers of Xiaobazi Village with their heads held high.
Their Dabazi Village production team was a well-known name among the nearby production teams. (End of this chapter)
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