The young educated youth is the king of melon eating

And we cancelled the lunch break from the day of wheat harvest, and prepared enough water and dry food. There has been a lot of rain this summer, so we have to work overtime while there are no cloudy or rainy days.

The crops need to be cut, bundled, and taken away, and then dried and pressed. There are many steps involved from the beginning of harvesting to the final bagging.

These processes are also afraid of rain, and there is usually a very sudden thunderstorm during this period...

This rain will increase the workload and also increase the risk of wheat spoiling, so every year we rush to harvest, and we must do it before the rain.

At six o'clock in the morning, everyone in the village had gathered under the big locust tree, waiting for the village chief's order to attack the wheat field.

Xie Jianmin said a few words to boost morale, and then the peeling test that lasted for more than half a month began.

The villagers don't have to worry. Xie Jianmin mainly looked after the educated youth. He is very busy during this period, very, very busy, and begged these people not to cause any trouble.

It is said that the whole village will be mobilized, but there must be special circumstances. For example, those who are in their sixties or seventies and are in poor health cannot come, and those who are young or pregnant cannot come.

Those who have difficulty walking did not come to cause trouble. They were busy harvesting wheat these days and had no time to go home, so they cooked at home and asked the children to bring it here, or boiled some mung bean water for Babaliang to cool down.

Most of the pregnant women were also there. Some in the village gave birth to their children while working in the fields, and no one linked pregnancy to the inability to work.

There are indeed some pregnant women who are really willing to work, and they really can't stay idle.

Most people have no choice, or they are used to it. There is no advocacy of having fewer children but better quality children nowadays. Children are born one after another, and it is normal for a family to have three or four children.

From the first one, I did everything. No one in the family took the pregnancy seriously. If I lost the child, it was because we were not destined to have it. I could just get pregnant again.

There are many people with miserable lives. It is just talk for women to stand up at this time. They themselves know the sufferings and offenses they have endured!

Who wouldn't envy those who can stay at home? Wheat harvest is as hard and hot as autumn harvest. Being pregnant itself makes you easily tired. If your mother-in-law and husband don't know how to care for you, you will suffer.

The tips of the wheat ears were prickly everywhere, and my face was covered with them after a short while of cutting. When I rolled up my sleeves, my arms were covered with red marks from the tips of the wheat ears.

If you don't want to be irritated, wrap it tightly. Without the wheat ears, you will get prickly heat, which is just as uncomfortable...

At this time, they really envied Zhou Xi. She didn't have to work in the fields, and even her mother-in-law prepared meals for her!

After feeling envious, she still clenched the sickle in her hand and headed north. The baby in her belly would be a mouth to feed once it was born. How could she feed these children if she didn’t work…

Most of the land in the north is not flat. If there is wheat planted on this piece of land, there may be sweet potatoes not far away. They are not right next to each other, but it is still very spectacular when the wheat is ripe.

Shen Lu looked at it and sighed. This was the first time she had seen such a large-scale wheat harvest. The fields of one village after another were filled with endless golden wheat waves...

Usually, it was quite a sense of accomplishment to watch them cut off from green to yellow, but now they were asked to cut them all off, Shen Lu and Xu Shiqing were overwhelmed.

“How many acres does this take…”

"How long will this take?"

Shen Lu originally saw on social media that machines could harvest more than 100 acres of land in a day. She had no idea what she was doing, but she could say that it took her several days to harvest one acre of land...

"Ah~"

There is no point in talking too much, just keep your head down and get to work!

Shen Lu and Xu Shiqing squatted down resignedly. Xie Yao was showing them how to cut.

"Just like that, hold it with one hand and squeeze it slightly, then use the sickle to cut from front to back. See? That's it."

In order to let the two of them see carefully, Xie Yao did not grab more than one handful. When he was working seriously, he would do it according to the distance. He would pull the sickle back in a flash at a distance of half an arm's length.

"Put the wheat a little forward. When it's enough to form a bundle, tie it up. I'll teach you how to tie it up later."

Wheat is also bundled with wheat bundles. Hold five or six grains of wheat in one hand, and twist two handfuls of wheat ears into a longer wheat stalk. Gather the harvested wheat into a large bundle and tie it with the wheat stalks. Finally, leave some wheat stalks and cross them and twist them. Then push the joints inward, and a bundle of golden wheat is ready.

The teaching was now being conducted in Shen Lu's field. After Xie Yao taught him once, he began to speed up rapidly. When it came to bundling wheat, he slowed down a bit so that the two could see clearly.

Finally, one more person tried it. Seeing that both of them had done it, Xie Yao left. He got more than the two of them combined, so he had to work faster.

The male educated youth don’t need to be taught; they can learn it just by watching. They just need to pay attention to safety.

At times like this, everyone knew the importance of the matter. As it concerned a year's food ration, no one dared to be lazy. Xie Jianguang inspected each area one by one, and wrote down any lazy households in his notebook, and criticized them in the evening meeting.

After coming back from an inspection tour, he still has to work. At this time, who cares if he is a leader or not, or a leading cadre or not? His brother, who is the village chief, also has to work, and he will be criticized if he is lazy!

Xie Jianguang arranged the Zhang family to live next door to his house. He didn't have time to visit them, but the Zhang family was his main focus, and it would be easier for him to manage them if they lived close to him.

Zhang He and Pang Ya did not come back. It was said that Zhang Hai, the third son of the Zhang family, went there and found out that Pang Ya was pregnant and had a miscarriage with her previous child. This time, no matter how much the Wang family said, they would not let her go.

Pang Ya’s father said directly that no matter who came to invite her, it would be useless. Even if Zhang Dashan came... it would not work!

He can afford to raise his daughter. Even if he gets old and dies, Pang Ya still has five brothers. No one can let her down!

This directly blocked Zhang Dashan's way, but he really couldn't bear to give up the couple's food rations. After a discussion, the family decided to cede land and pay compensation plus a series of conditions.

When they get there, they will be driven out directly. Just let him keep his household registration. Anyway, they won't get much food if they don't work. When the villagers have opinions, the village chief will naturally cancel it.

Fatty's health is the most important thing right now. As long as the Zhang family agrees to go back and split up the family, they can let her go.

This time it was Zhang Dashan's turn to disagree. If the family was to be divided, why would they come back? He wanted the couple to come back to work, not to divide the family property!

Neither side would give in. Zhang Hai ran back and forth several times but failed to convince either side...

So now there are only four people working in his family, and three of them are lazy from time to time. As soon as they find Xie Jianguang leaving for patrol, the three of them will sit down and rest for a while, and then pretend to work hard again when they see he is about to come back.

The three of them were like lazy donkeys working on a millstone. They were thirsty and tired. When Zhang ran to the field to drink some water, they found that the kettle was empty...