Lin Siya's movements were not fast, but she was the only one who persisted in working among the group of people who went to the countryside to support the work. Therefore, she was praised by many aunts and ladies present.
Today's working people are very honest and simple. If you do well, they will praise you, and if you do not do well, they will not hide it.
It is possible that they were warned in advance by the village chief or the team leader. As for those who were lying around lazing around, these aunties and grandmas just turned a blind eye and did not say much.
Lin Siya worked very hard. The only thing that made her feel uncomfortable was that the wheat spikes were too prickly. She forgot to wear long sleeves, which was a big mistake. However, there were a few long sleeves in the space, so she could change into them tomorrow.
In addition to these people working hard in the wheat field, there are also many children, chattering and picking up fallen wheat grains.
"Ergou, come here quickly, I found a vole hole." A boy about seven or eight years old suddenly made a new discovery.
When the children heard this, they all ran over.
"Little Dog, get the hoe!"
"You guys get the baskets ready."
"Attention, I'm about to start digging!"
The children had a clear division of labor and it was obvious that this was not the first time they had done something like this. The adults were busy with their own work and didn't pay any attention to them.
On the contrary, those who came to participate in the group activity this time saw this kind of scene for the first time, felt curious, and came forward to watch.
The little boy named Ergouzi is obviously the leader of this group of kids and has the most experience in doing this.
In rural areas, children aged eight or nine, especially boys, are already half of the labor force.
The little boy was very strong. After swinging the hoe a few times, a vole hole was dug open. The vole inside was frightened and immediately ran out of the hole.
Several children who had been waiting nearby were quick to cover it with a basket.
"Run, run, catch it!"
A fish escaped the net and ran away, but it didn't run far before it was hit by a shovel and died instantly. The whole scene looked funny and cruel.
The man who flattened the field mouse pinched its tail with his hands and shook it: "This field mouse is really fat. It looks like it has eaten a lot of our food. Ergou, dig inside. Maybe it has hidden a lot of food over the past few days.
"Okay, Uncle Yougen, just watch."
The children started digging along the vole hole again. After a while, they found the place where the vole hid its food in a deeper hole.
"Wow! There's so much food hidden!"
The children were very happy to find the food. When the adults around heard about it, they also gathered around.
In fact, there is not only wheat in the vole holes, but we also saw a lot of corn, soybeans and other grains.
Finally, all the food was taken out, and it was estimated to be at least ten or twenty kilograms.
"This year, the weather has been good and the grain yield is relatively high. These field mice are really abominable. They have wasted so much of our food!"
"That's right. If it weren't for these bad things, maybe our food production would be higher."
"Wait a moment, let's pay more attention. We're sure to find more vole holes, and maybe even more food."
“That makes sense.
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Seeing so much grain being eaten by field mice, the villagers were very sad. This was the harvest they had worked hard for a year, but it was stolen by these thieves. How could they not be angry?
So, a war to kill voles began. It's no wonder that there were quite a few vole holes in this wheat field. Every vole was well fed, which showed how comfortable their lives were.
"I've never seen so many vole holes when I was working, but now that the wheat is being harvested, there are so many."
"Looking at these traces, they must have been freshly harvested. It must be because the wheat is ripe, so these guys moved their family here."
"These things really know when to pick the right time."
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The field mice in the wheat field were quickly killed, and a lot of food was also harvested, which added up to a huge pile.
These foods will not be wasted. After all, even the field mouse meat has been eaten, and the food hidden by the field mouse can also be eaten.
Moreover, these voles are very smart, and all the food they store is big and full.
However, Lin Siya didn't dare to eat these foods. Fortunately, they brought their own food when they came. If the villagers invited them to eat the field mice's stored food at noon, she didn't know what to do.
This morning's operation was quite successful in catching field mice, but we encountered big problems in catching sparrows.
Although these days, rural children will try to catch some birds and roast them for food, they are still a minority after all.
But I don't know what's wrong with the sparrows this year. They are simply a disaster. There are groups of them, and you can't drive them away or catch them. It's really frustrating.
A few children had slingshots and were able to shoot a few sparrows, but compared to the large number of sparrows, it was just a drop in the bucket.
But there were still some smart people who came up with a stupid idea, which was to use food to lure these sparrows.
The food used is not good food. It is just taken out from the vole holes. After cleaning, the food that has been gnawed by the vole is completely unusable. This can be regarded as waste utilization.
Although the method is stupid, it is effective and we have harvested a lot by noon.
After working for a whole morning, even Lin Siya, who was in good physical condition, felt a little exhausted. The main reason was that the weather was still very hot. She had been under the sun all the time and the sweat on her body never dried. Coupled with the blessing of wheat awns, the feeling was simply unbearable.
Many of the people who came together to work collectively were complaining, but they did not dare to speak loudly. After all, this was collective labor, and if they complained too much, it would easily cause dissatisfaction among the surrounding people.
"Xiao Wen, come here and rest for a while."
Lin Siya saw that Xiaowen's face was flushed, sweat was dripping from her face, and there was a lot of grass debris stuck on her body, so she quickly called her over to rest for a while.
"Sister Xu, you should take a break too."
Xu Jie was also next to Lin Siya, and the three of them were assigned to tie the wheat together.
The two people were indeed very tired. They had rested before, but they didn't dare to rest for too long. Now that they saw that the land allocated to them was almost finished, they stopped their work.
"Oh, this farm work is really tiring, and it's especially hot this year."
This was not the first time Xu Jie had participated in collective labor. She was considered the most experienced among the three of them, but every time she did collective labor, she felt overwhelmed. It was at this time that several people couldn't help but sigh that fortunately they all had formal jobs, otherwise they would be like the people here, facing the earth and working hard every day. Such a life was simply unimaginable.
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