After lunch, the principal and Du Wenbing led the children to continue harvesting sweet potatoes in the field, while Lin Ye and Luo Hao carried the sweet potatoes back in baskets.
Lu Wanqing was busy cleaning up the food scraps left by the children.
The children were great; at the principal's and Du Wenbing's request, there were almost no crab shells left on the ground, and they threw all the crab shells on the table.
Lu Wanqing collected the crab shells, which she had eaten very clean, and put them in the westernmost part of the yard, in a fertilizer pit that Lin Ye had just made.
The fertilizer pit is four meters long and two meters wide. It was dug out bit by bit by Lin Ye after dinner.
The excavated soil is piled around the pit. After the bottom of the pit, which is one meter deep, is filled with rotten vegetable leaves and other food scraps, another layer of soil is covered on top, and then spiritual spring water is poured on it. This process is repeated. Over time, the pit will become the most natural fertilizer.
After throwing away the things, she went to wash the dishes. After washing the dishes, she realized that Zhao Xiaolan and Xueqiu were tired and sleepy from playing, so she hurriedly coaxed her to go to sleep.
When she had some free time, she remembered what the old headmaster had said and decided to go to the consignment shop again when she had time. While looking for furniture, she also asked if anyone wanted a stone mill.
However, she didn't have time right now. After Lin Ye and Luo Hao brought the sweet potatoes back, she carefully arranged them in the cellar to save space.
As she watched the cellar space shrink, she had no choice but to put some of it into the space first.
As it was getting dark, Lin Ye shouted to her from outside the cellar: "Wife, victory is in sight! All the sweet potatoes have been pulled up. I had the children each pull up two to take home. There are only about ten more sweet potatoes left in the field before they are all picked."
Lu Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief and came out of the cellar.
Just pile the remaining sweet potatoes in; they should almost fill the cellar.
She stood in the courtyard and looked out, seeing the principal and Du Wenbing leading the children in a long line to walk out.
The children carried heavy sweet potato vines laden with sweet potatoes, but none of them complained of being tired; their faces were filled with joyful smiles.
Lu Wanqing couldn't help but smile.
The principal and Du Wenbing didn't go empty-handed either; they carried even more things. People in the countryside are generally strong, so to prevent the children from getting too tired, they would rest every so often.
By the time we got all the children home, it was already 7 p.m.
However, their efforts were not in vain. The next day, Lin Ye borrowed the team's tractor and transported 1,000 jin of sweet potatoes to the school.
At lunchtime, the principal patted Lin Ye on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Teacher Lin, thank you so much for solving the children's meal problem this time."
In order to ensure that the children could eat well, he had already carried 100 kilograms of rice from home, and his wife had complained about it countless times. Now, he no longer has to be nagged by his wife.
The old varieties of sweet potatoes were fine when roasted, but when cooked with rice, they tasted strange and the children didn't like them.
But when Lin Ye's sweet potatoes are added to rice, they become soft, sticky, and slightly sweet, making them especially delicious, and the children's appetites have increased.
"Principal, don't say that. I should thank the children. If it were me, I don't know how long I would have to keep working." Lin Ye was also very happy to see the children eating happily.
Yesterday, the children pulled out all the sweet potatoes. He and Luo Hao made nearly a hundred trips in total, and the skin on their shoulders was worn raw. Including the ones they dug up themselves, they had a total of more than 16,000 jin. After deducting the ones given to the school, they still had more than 15,000 jin left.
When Luo Hao saw the cellar completely full, he was dumbfounded and exclaimed that he couldn't believe it. His family's sweet potatoes only yielded a little over 200 jin per mu, while the yield in the forest and fields was more than double.
After listening, the principal's smile faded and he thought for a moment. "Hmm, what you said has reminded me. This work-study program has taught the children the principle that many hands make light work. I'll have each class's homeroom teacher assign the task of writing down their reflections on the activity."
Lin Ye: "..." Children, don't blame him, this is something he didn't expect either.
Those children who did not earn money by digging sweet potatoes still had to complete their work-study program by picking up rice ears after the autumn harvest, and the amount was the same, twenty jin.
Xu Bowen and Zhou Xiaochuan were furious when they heard the task assigned by their homeroom teacher.
The other children, at most, felt a little envious when they heard the children working at Lin Ye's house vividly describing the deliciousness of the big meat buns and hairy crabs.
The two of them clenched their fists. They were so close to the meat buns and hairy crabs, and they didn't know whether to hate themselves for being too reckless or to hate their family for making a mountain out of a molehill!
In fact, when the two actually arrived at the hospital, the doctor simply disinfected them and then sent them away.
"It's just a minor injury, don't make a fuss. We're very busy here and don't have time to do any injury assessment for you. Why don't you go find the police!"
Strangely enough, He Shujuan was originally insisting on going to the police, but after meeting Miao Hongmei and her son Yu Xiaojun, who were at the hospital, she gave up the idea of calling the police and stumbled home with Xu Bowen, leaving Zhou Changsheng completely bewildered.
Of course, Du Wenbing and Lin Ye were unaware of these circumstances. When Du Wenbing saw the two children come to school as usual, he paid special attention to them, fearing that they might fight again.
As the class monitor, Xu Bowen's way of handling problems also needs improvement. He was called to the office and had a talk with him.
Xu Bowen is a smart child. He immediately said that he would definitely change his work style in the future so as not to disappoint his teacher, acting like a little adult.
When Lin Ye picked up Kun Kun after school, the first thing he did was ask Zhou Xiaochuan and Xu Bowen if they had fought.
Kun Kun pouted and ignored him. "A lot of people ate hairy crabs yesterday, but I didn't get to eat any. I'm very unhappy now, and I'm not telling you!"
"Then I'll take you out to eat today, will you be happy then? Can you tell me?" Lin Ye said with a smile.
Kun Kun almost jumped up in the back seat, "Really, Uncle Lin is the best. With me around, I promise I won't let them fight."
This kid knows how to get things done!
Soon, Lin Ye carried Kun Kun to Luo Hao's house and invited Luo Hao and Luo Chunlei to come to his house to eat hairy crabs.
After a long day at work, the first thing Luo Hao did upon seeing Lin Ye was to complain to him.
Yesterday, he got blisters on his shoulder from picking sweet potatoes. Then, he followed the others to harvest rice, and since he couldn't slack off, he picked rice for half a day, and the blisters burst, making him scream in pain.
"My wife applied ointment to my blister, and it not only didn't break, but it also doesn't hurt at all. Are you missing a wife?" Lin Ye said, suppressing a laugh.
Luo Hao rolled his eyes, then placed his hand on his shoulder and kneaded it vigorously, saying, "Go to hell."
Lin Ye remained calm and showed no signs of pain, which only made him pull on his wound and cause him even more pain!
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