Chapter 199 Autumn Harvest and Grain Distribution



Autumn harvest is very important for rural people, especially for old farmers. During this grain harvest season, they have to rush to bring the grain home, for fear that there will be a sudden heavy rain during this period. If the grain is exposed to rain and is not dried in time, it will quickly become moldy and sprout.

The grain that has become moldy or sprouted cannot be eaten, as this would destroy the fruits of their hard work for a year. Therefore, during the autumn harvest, even the children in the village, who can walk and run, have to go to the fields and do some work.

Tong Yiya was able to choose not to go because she was the village's barefoot doctor, in charge of the medicinal materials used to treat the villagers. During this period, she had to get up early every day to boil the medicine, so no one forced her to go to the fields to work.

The autumn harvest period is hot and tiring. People who go to the fields every day start working before daybreak. By the time it is dark, if they have not finished their assigned work during the day, they will continue working in the fields with torches to finish the work, eat, and then go home to rest.

After a few days, many people lost several pounds. During this period, the women in the family took out all the nutritious food at home and cooked it for the strong laborers in the family to supplement their nutrition.

Tong Yiya also stews soup every night. Fortunately, neither of them is tired or loses much weight. It can be said that they haven’t lost weight at all.

However, Fu Shinian's muscles had become much tighter, which Tong Yiya accidentally discovered when Fu Shinian was hugging her.

More than half a month passed and the autumn harvest was over. Everyone gathered in the drying yard to watch the grain drying.

The women's job is to turn over and dry the grain and thresh the corn by hand, while the men's job is to carry and thresh the grain.

This work is much easier than harvesting crops in the fields all day. I did this work for three days, and the weather played a big role in it.

After the grain has been threshed and dried, we have to go to the commune to hand in the public grain, and then the grain will be distributed.

That morning, Tong Yiya got up early to prepare breakfast, and also made some food, thinking of bringing it for Fu Shinian and the others to eat at noon.

Not long after, the two of them arrived. After having breakfast and taking the lunch prepared by Tong Yiya, they went to gather at the brigade headquarters. They went to the granary with the main force to move the grain and load it onto trucks, and then everyone pulled the grain to the public market together.

Fortunately, their village arrived early, and there were only two villages ahead of them that were paying grain. They didn't have to wait long before they reached the upper corner of their village.

Everyone came forward to help unload the grain and weigh it, and then transported it to the commune's granary.

After all the grain was handed in, it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon. The people in their village were smart. Most of them brought dry food this year. At noon, after the grain collectors from the commune went to eat, they could not leave because they had to guard the grain for fear of losing some, and then they would have to go back to pull more.

The main reason is that the village collected the grain. If the grain handed over to the public was lost, it would be deducted from their share. Of course, they would not want that, so they would all guard the grain.

The people from other villages had not expected what they had. Many of them did not bring any rations with them, so they could only watch the people in their village eat and swallow their saliva.

Fu Shinian and Dong Weibing had enough food with them. There were only one or two young men in the village who had no family to support them and did not bring any rations with them. The two men thought that these people treated them well, so they shared some of their rations with those one or two men.

After everyone had lunch, they had more energy to move the grain, so as soon as the grain collectors came back, the villagers rushed forward, quickly moved the grain, weighed it, and then moved it to the warehouse to store it.

Soon all their food was delivered, and the team leader took a group of people to find a place to drink some water before pushing the empty cart back to the village.

When they returned to the village, it was already around 3:30 in the afternoon. They all went to the brigade headquarters to return the trailers. Seeing that it was getting late, the brigade leader said to them, "Thank you for your hard work today. It's getting late, so we won't distribute food today. Come back early tomorrow to line up for food distribution. Tell each other when you go back."

"Got it, Captain."

"knew....."

After seeing that they all knew, the captain let them go and return home.

Fu Shinian and Guard Dong also walked quickly towards the end of the village, and soon arrived at the gate of their courtyard.

When I got home, I saw Tong Yiya giving acupuncture to Mr. Zhang. They were sitting under the eaves in the yard. The sun had already gone behind the house and could not reach them.

As soon as I entered the yard, I heard Tong Yiya ask Zhang Laodao: "Master, how are you? Do you feel more relaxed?"

"Well... not bad, my old bones still need acupuncture to heal them," replied Mr. Zhang.

"It's OK if it works. I'll give you a few more acupunctures in the future. Who knows, Master, you might become several years younger," Tong Yiya said jokingly.

"Hahaha, if that's really possible, I'll have to reward you well," said Mr. Zhang with a smile.

This is the daily interaction between the master and his apprentice, and Fu Shinian and the others are no longer surprised.

Not long after the two of them entered the yard, Tong Yiya turned around and saw them and said, "You two are back. How are you? Are you going to share the food today?"

"The captain said it's too late, so we'll have to wait until tomorrow to divide it," said Fu Shinian.

"Oh, that's fine. Are you hungry? I'll go heat up some food for you." Tong Yiya said as she was about to go to the kitchen.

When Mr. Zhang saw that she was going to the kitchen, he said quickly, "Hey...you girl, take the silver needles out of my body first. Now that you have a boy, you even forgot about your master."

"Oh~ Master, I'm sorry, I'll take it out for you right away." Tong Yiya's face turned red when she heard what Mr. Zhang said, and she hurried back to help him take out the needle. She put the removed silver needle aside first, thinking that she would make delicious food for Fu Shinian and the others later, and then take it out for disinfection and put it away.

When she was taking out the needle for Mr. Zhang, she didn't dare to look at Fu Shinian and the others, but her blushing face betrayed her.

After taking the needle, Tong Yiya hurried to the kitchen to get something to eat. She was seen by Mr. Zhang, and another burst of cheerful laughter reached her ears.

She cooked two bowls of rice for Fu Shinian and the others, and while they were eating, she went to add some food and water to the four chickens at home.

The food distribution started the next day. The three of them received a lot more food this time than during the summer harvest, and most of it went to Fu Shinian and Dong Weibing.

Because the two of them were particularly capable this year, they could usually earn ten work points every day except during the busy farming season, and no one in the two villages could find anything bad to say about the work they did.

During the busy farming season or when clearing ditches and clearing wasteland, you could earn more than a dozen work points a day, and all the work was heavy.

The two of them went to work without missing a day, and after a year, they had a lot more food, and it was so much that even the villagers were impressed.

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