Summer harvest again
What to do if you are still poor?
What can I do? I can only work harder to make money.
In a blink of an eye, it's summer harvest again. Xizi, Liu Shehong and Shi Liming all have land at home, so Hu Yufeng gave them a holiday and told them to go back to their respective homes and get busy.
In the shop, Huahua and Liuliu had no work to do, so Hu Yufeng sent Huizi up there and asked her to continue working with the two of them.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the oil pan for frying twisted dough sticks is already hot, so the working hours in the shop have been adjusted. During the hottest period, people can go home and rest for an hour and a half. Of course, the working hours in the afternoon have also been extended accordingly.
Huizi was also smart. Knowing that the supply could not keep up, she quietly observed for two days and increased their workload, pushing them to their limits. At the same time, boiled water and Huoxiang Zhengqi water are always available in the shop, so anyone who feels unwell can drink it in time.
Hu Yufeng was ashamed after hearing this, thinking that this guy was destined to be a boss.
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When Yang Xiu came back, he also brought his little tail Qin Yu with him. Since most of the teachers in the school were from rural areas and had to harvest wheat at home, they gave the students a week-long holiday.
Qin Yu was very happy. Since school started, she could only go back to her hometown on weekends. She missed her hometown so much where she could have fun.
Yang Xiu was also very happy. Qin Yu was eight years old. Even if he couldn't bundle wheat, he could carry wheat and pick wheat ears. It was a good opportunity to train the child.
Of course, the happiest person was Qin Shu. He hadn't held his mother's left hand and his sister's right hand for a long time. He felt so happy that he was about to burst into tears.
After the family reunion dinner, they began to prepare for the summer harvest.
First of all, the sickle must be sharpened so as not to affect the harvesting speed. This task was assigned to Qin Shengtian. He squatted on the ground with a bowl of clear water in front of him. There was half an oilstone in the water and five sickles on the other side.
Seeing Qin Shu squatting in front of him, Qin Shengtian was kind enough to remind him not to touch the sickle casually and to stand far away while he was sharpening it.
The second thing is the venue. The wheat has to be put on the threshing ground to dry, so the debris in the ground has to be cleaned up. This job is done by Qin Wenli and Yang Xiu. Qin Yu is very smart and picks up a broom and follows behind his parents.
Hu Yufeng stood on a stool and tiptoed to take down the hanging smoked pork. He picked up the knife and tried it out, then simply cut off most of it. Summer harvest is the most tiring. If you don’t eat well, how can you have the energy to harvest?
She cut the square piece of meat into several small cubes evenly, washed it and threw it into the pot to cook.
As soon as the summer harvest began, the cooking job was handed over to the old lady. Although the old lady's cooking tasted better than hers, she was always worried that the old lady might not cook the meat well enough. It's not that she was worrying for no reason. The old lady had a criminal record. When Yang Xiugang went to town, the family was too busy to take care of the cooking and the old lady had to do it. Well, Qin Shengtian almost became dehydrated after eating so much meat.
The old lady had no idea that her daughter-in-law was complaining in her heart. She tremblingly found the mung beans in the house and poured them into a winnowing basket to pick out the mung beans. Xizi said that his father would cook mung beans to relieve the heat every summer harvest, so the old lady hurriedly prepared it. It’s always right to listen to the doctor, even though this doctor is not very reliable.
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On the second day, the first harvest was started in the sunny wheat field, and then people could be seen moving around in all the large and small plots of land in the entire Xiaogou Village. The whole village entered the summer harvest season in an instant, and both adults and children were busy.
Lao Qin's family has 18 acres of wheat this year. It would be too much work for the four of them to harvest it, so they can only wait three or two days. The people in the village with less land can pay to hire someone after they finish harvesting.
Even if they knew that they would have to hire someone, someone like Qin Shengtian, who loved to show off his cleverness, would still work hard. It's simple. The sun can only make the wheat three-quarters ripe. If the process is slower, the wheat ears will be dried through and the grains will need to be sown on the ground.
The scorching summer sun was shining, the fine wheat awns were prickling, and the adults working in the fields only felt their throats burning. The children were very happy. They were not afraid of the sun and gathered in groups to pick wheat ears in the fields. The clear voices of children are like the last breath of coolness in summer. The adults turn their heads to take a look and slowly get back to work.
The Qin family relies on mung bean soup to keep them cool. Qin Yu held a kettle on each side, and Qin Shu held four bowls in a small frame. The light green soup trickled into the bowl. Qin Shengtian couldn't wait to take it and drink it up, sighing comfortably.
Hu Yufeng, who was beaten to the punch by him, glared at him, then took the bowl handed to her by her granddaughter with a loving smile.
After a break, they continued working until dark, and Hu Yufeng felt like her legs were borrowed.
As soon as I got home, I sat down with my arms and legs spread out and didn't want to move.
Qin Yu also sat down and panted like her grandmother, mumbling for a long time: "Grandma, farm work is too tiring, too hard, and too hot. I want to work in an office in the future!"
Hu Yufeng touched her granddaughter's sweaty forehead and said, "Then you should study hard!"
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The next day I was sore all over, but when I thought about the savings at home that couldn't even build half a yard... I just worked hard, as long as I didn't die, I would work until I died!
It took three days to harvest the eight acres of land of the Gou family. There are still ten acres of her own land. Hu Yufeng felt her shoulders even more sore when she thought that she had not even half of it.
"Wenli, please ask if anyone is willing to come."
After dinner, Hu Yufeng sighed and gave instructions to Qin Wenli.
Qin Wenli said "hmm" and went out. In less than half an hour, he came back and said, "Mom, Wenqing bought a wheat harvester!"
"When? Weren't we still harvesting wheat in the field yesterday?"
Why was Hu Yufeng so impressed? It was because Wen Qing was too lazy. He moved twice and then slowed down three times, which made Liu Rong start to curse. He not only cursed Wen Qing, but also cursed the old couple. His family's land was not far from the Gou family's, so Hu Yufeng was harvesting wheat while paying attention to the battle situation, and even laughed a few times when he heard Coke.
"I bought it today."
Hu Yufeng suddenly realized. No wonder there were only Uncle Qin and Qin Ling in the field today. Lazy people have many ways and are blessed!
"The money must have been paid by your aunt." Hu Yufeng was very sure, otherwise she would never have gotten past Liu Rong.
Qin Wenli listened silently, and a sentence flashed through his mind: "Parents who love their children will plan for them in the long run."
Although I seemed to be smiling, I felt a little sad in my heart. Suddenly, I envied Wen Qing so much!
Yang Xiu was sitting next to him. Noticing that her husband was in a bad mood, she silently squeezed his hand from behind. Qin Wenli squeezed his hand back. Both of them still had flawless smiles on their faces.
"Then what should we call his machine?" Hu Yufeng asked with a smile, not noticing the change in her son at all.
Qin Wenli nodded, "There's not much left in their house. It will probably be gone tomorrow."
"Okay, then go over and ask. If his family is done, we can put them in line."
Qin Wenli said "hmm", let go of his hand and stood up.
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Qin Wenqing is easy to talk to as long as you give him money. The price was not expensive, so Qin Wenli didn't make another trip and directly booked it for the day after tomorrow.
When I got home and told Hu Yufeng about it, she had no objection.
The crowd carried the burden for another day. Sweat dripped from her forehead to the ground and disappeared into the loess. Hu Yufeng sighed heavily. She could not bear it any longer.
It's strange too. In previous years, I could harvest ten acres of crops manually, but this year I feel like my arms and legs are falling apart. It is true that people cannot lack beatings. If they are a little broken, they will not be able to get up again.
The next day, Hu Yufeng saw Qin Wenqing's harvester.
She was disappointed at first glance. The head was too small, about the size of a tractor head. The shape is similar, but there is a row of circular gears at the front. When this little guy drove by, he quickly cut down the standing wheat and made it lie in a row. People had to follow behind and tie the fallen wheat into bundles.
She thought it was the kind of combine harvester that could thresh grains on TV. Well, she was thinking too much. A machine like that would cost at least tens of thousands of yuan, and her sister-in-law didn't have the money to buy one yet.
Although it is a bit disappointing, machines are faster than manpower after all. In less than an hour, all the wheat in the field fell to the ground, and Hu Yufeng had no time to think about it.
It took two days to harvest and bundle all the wheat in the house. It took another two days to pull all the wheat bundles back home, and Hu Yufeng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But we didn't catch our breath for long, as it suddenly started to rain again. Fortunately, everyone at home is here this year, so we quickly packed the haystack tightly.
Children are happy when it rains, but adults can’t rest because several stores are urging customers to deliver goods.
Shi Liming's family had finished harvesting the wheat, so her mother-in-law sent her over quickly. After all, I'm being paid by others, so it wouldn't be good to delay it for too long.
So Yang Xiu and Shi Liming started to rub the dough while Hu Yufeng started to fry it, and the three of them started working busily.
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On one side there is the intertwined farm work, and on the other side there is the tiring but joyful business. No one in the Qin family dares to slack off. After the summer harvest, the family looked at each other, and everyone was very dark and thin.
But the harvest was gratifying. It was a bumper wheat harvest, with a full 28 loads. Business was also good and brought in another $1,200.
Of course we should celebrate the harvest. So Qin Wenli bought three pounds of lean meat from the market, added white radish from his home, and made dumplings!
Everyone was very pleased with the dumplings after the meal and slumped on the stools without any image.
"Alas, I used to think that I would be content if my family could have a few thousand yuan. But after I got it, I found that this little money was not enough for anything. I wanted more. When will this life end..." Hu Yufeng murmured.
Qin Wenli and Yang Xiu looked at each other, how to respond?
Qin Shengtian took a puff silently and thought to himself that you are just too greedy. Good days will come when you stop being greedy and stop hoping.
"Oh, sometimes I envy your father. But on second thought, life is like this. As long as you are alive, you have to run hard. If you really live like your father, it will feel like you have come to this world in vain!"
Qin Shengtian:? ? ?
Are you okay? Why do you want to drag me down with you?
Qin Wenli and Yang Xiu were even more afraid to respond. Fortunately, Hu Yufeng did not give them a chance to respond and continued:
"So you still have to work hard, if not for the baby, then for yourself. After you die, people will talk about you as a hero!"
Qin Wenli: ...
"Wenli ah"
"Hey, Mom, what's wrong?"
"Let's take advantage of this break and rest for two days before continuing our run." They have only conquered 6 of the 16 towns in Yang County, and there are still 10 waiting for them to conquer.
"OK!"
Compared to doing farm work, Qin Wenli certainly prefers to go out and do sales. That's what the saying goes, farming is for survival, but doing business is for ideals.
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