Eating melons

Several people changed jobs today. They will start harvesting potatoes from today, which means the autumn harvest is about to begin.

Perhaps because he was afraid that these educated youth would cause trouble, the team leader allocated a piece of land specifically for them.

The men are responsible for digging and the women are responsible for picking up.

Picking potatoes is not an easy job. I kept hunching my back and soon I couldn't straighten it up.

Now they finally believed it. There really was no work during the farming season some time ago. Compared with this, it was nothing.

I finally made it to noon and felt like my feet were no longer under my control.

Now Wei Wei is extremely glad that she didn't eat the chicken yesterday. Now she just needs to go back and steam a staple food and mix some vegetables together to eat.

Li Zhibin: "The autumn harvest is about to begin! I heard that the harvest will last until October."

Xiao Xuemu: "Probably. After the potatoes, it's corn, soybeans, sorghum, rice, and sweet potatoes."

Speaking of sweet potatoes, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi thought of the endless sweet potato fields, which were really deadly!

Li Zhibin: "How about we work together during the autumn harvest? It'll be more relaxing that way."

Jiang Qi: "I'm fine."

Wei Wei: "Me too."

Xiao Xuemu: "Okay. Then Wei and Jiang will finish work early and come back to cook, and the rest of the work will be left to me and Li Zhibin. Anyway, I think the team leader is worried that we will delay the autumn harvest, so he will group us new educated youth together during the autumn harvest period."

Jiang Qi: "Okay."

After dinner, I had to go back and rest, after all, there was still half a day left in the afternoon!

We workers have the power

Wearing work clothes is different

Let the fire of youth burn out dreams

Let love sail along the way

We workers have the power

Entering the workshop is different

Let life embrace every dawn

Let your dreams fly freely throughout your life

We workers have the power

Excavators open up the nation's prosperity

Let every drop of sweat flow into the soil

Just for a new look of socialism

We workers have the power

Engineering drawings outline the treasures of dreams

Keep every glory in mind

To make the world shine brightly

We workers have power [1]

Wei Wei was dreaming soundly when she suddenly heard a burst of righteous and uplifting singing, and was startled awake.

It turned out that the brigade’s radio was on at noon. It seemed that this was the wake-up bell. This wake-up bell was quite unique.

It was time to pick potatoes in the afternoon. You couldn’t just pick them up and put them away. The big ones had to be put together, the small ones had to be put together, and the medium ones had to be put together.

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were picking up trash together. While they were picking up trash, Wei Wei heard a burst of singing.

'We workers have power, and wearing work clothes makes a difference'

"We workers have power, and engineering drawings outline the treasures of our dreams."

'We workers have power'

And these two or three sentences keep repeating in a loop.

Finally, Wei Wei couldn't stand it anymore. "Can we change the lyrics? You've been singing these three lines for half an hour."

Jiang Qi only realized that he was singing after Wei Wei said that. "Ah! I was forcibly woken up by this song today. Now I'm brainwashed. As for changing the lyrics, sorry, I only know these three lines."

Wei Wei had nothing to say because these were all she knew.

Wei Wei: "Then how about we try a song we know?"

Jiang Qi: "Okay! Unity is strength, unity is strength. This strength is iron, this strength is steel, harder than iron, stronger than steel. Fire at the fascists and let all undemocratic systems die! Shine brightly towards the sun, towards freedom, towards the new China! [2]"

She knew it would definitely be the essential song for military training, "Unity is Strength", which would surely arrive late.

Liu Jiaojiao also heard the noise from the two people here and slipped over.

Liu Jiaojiao: "What are you doing? Are you singing? Add me in, I'm good at this, I know a lot of songs."

Hearing this, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were so frightened that they shook their heads like rattles. "No, no, let's get back to work! Otherwise, we'll get scolded."

Just kidding, with the singing level of these two girls, it would be good enough if they could remember the lyrics of one or two songs.

But which student in this era is not very good at singing? If you ask the two of them to sing, they will be exposed in minutes.

If you are caught as a spy, you will be in trouble.

Liu Jiaojiao: "Okay!"

Liu Jiaojiao was not unhappy about being rejected. After all, everyone was busy now, and it would not be a good influence for them to play here.

Now they don't get off work until six o'clock, so at half past five, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi left work early and went back to cook.

For dinner, I ordered whatever I wanted. There were still a lot of leeks there, so I had scrambled eggs with leeks, a vegetable soup with the braising liquid, a cold cucumber salad, and some spicy fried fish.

Wei Wei steams the staple food, directly steaming the whole grains.

Yesterday, Xiao Xuemu brought some corns and washed some sweet potatoes and potatoes, then steamed them directly in one pot. She also washed a few more sweet potatoes and potatoes, fearing that they would be hungry in the middle of the night. After all, coarse grains are digested quickly.

The small stove next to it was also lit to boil water. One pot of boiling water was enough for four people to drink.

After boiling, add a few slices of mint and set aside to cool.

After the meal was ready, Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin also came back.

The potato harvesting project was huge and it took seven days to finish harvesting all the potatoes.

On the afternoon of the last day of potato harvest, dark clouds were hanging very low, but the rain did not fall until the potatoes were harvested.

After eating and washing up, Wei Wei lay on the kang and listened to the sound of raindrops outside. She finally relaxed her tense breath. She could finally rest for a few days. She was really exhausted these days.

The team leader said that there would be two days off, so the next day Wei Wei slept until she woke up naturally. When she woke up, it was already past ten in the morning.

When Wei Wei woke up, she was still a little dazed, as if it had been a long time since she had slept so well and woke up naturally.

After waking up, I heard the sound of my stomach rebelling, so I had to get up and comfort my stomach.

It was already this late and I was too lazy to do anything else, so I just ordered a bowl of clear soup rice noodles.

Halfway through the meal, I suddenly remembered that the kimchi should be ready to eat.

Wei Wei was a person who acted on her impulses. She immediately dropped the bowl and ran to the kimchi jar.

What she is most curious about now is what the cowpeas soaked in devil pepper taste like?

When you open the jar, a sour smell hits you. The color of the cowpeas has changed from green to yellow, which means they are obviously ripe.

Wei Wei immediately found a clean pair of chopsticks and a bowl, picked up a few pieces of food, lowered her head and took a bite.

"Cough cough cough."

"Cough cough cough."

I was so lucky that I picked a soft one. I took a bite and the juicy and sour water went into my trachea.

When Wei Wei came to his senses, his face was red from coughing.

My whole throat is burning.

Wei Wei regretted that she should have only put one devil pepper. Two were still too spicy.

Because she put a lot of chili segments, which are also quite spicy, and added two devil peppers, it was really too spicy.

It is spicy, but it tastes very good. Wei Wei finished the whole bowl of noodles with just one cowpea.

Knowing that Jiang Qi also liked this kind of thing, he filled a bowl for her and even added some of the sour water.

When I opened the door, I saw that Jiang Qi's door was open, so I guess he had already gotten up.

Wei Wei: "Jiang Qi, Jiang Qi, I have something good for you."

Jiang Qi: "I heard your voice from so far away. What's that good stuff? Let me see it."

Wei Wei gave her cowpeas to Jiang Qi as if she were offering a treasure: "Look, my cowpeas are ready to eat."

Jiang Qi: "Oh~ Then mine should be edible too. Is this the good stuff you were talking about?"

Wei Wei: "Try it! Mine definitely tastes different from yours."

Jiang Qi: "I'll try."

As soon as Jiang Qi took a bite, he felt the unique spicy taste.

Jiang Qi: "Oh my god! You're such a spendthrift! This chili pepper is so precious! How much did you put in? You're going to use it all to make kimchi. Why don't you give it to me and make you something delicious?"

Li Zhibin: "What delicious food?"

When Li Zhibin was at home, he heard Wei Wei's voice saying that she had something good for Jiang Qi. He was very curious about what the good thing was, so he packed up and came over.

Wei Wei: "Why are you everywhere? The kimchi is ready, do you want to try it? It's this delicious stuff."

Seeing the bowl on the table, "Okay! I'll try it."

Jiang Qi: "Wait, wait, this is best eaten in big mouthfuls. Roll one up, dip it in this water, and take a bite. It's so delicious."

Wei Wei almost laughed out loud when she heard Jiang Qi's words.

Li Zhibin was convinced, "Really? Let me try."

Jiang Qi picked a soft one for him, the kind with a lot of juice, and Li Zhibin swallowed it in one gulp.

"Cough cough cough."

"Cough cough cough."

"Ha ha ha ha."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Wei Wei: "I'm dying of laughter. How come you believe everything Zhang Qi says?"

Li Zhibin: "So spicy, so spicy."

Jiang Qi quickly poured him a glass of water and said, "Quick, quick, rinse your mouth."

Li Zhibin took the bowl and drank it in one gulp. "It's still spicy, hiss~ Damn, hiss~, you guys, hiss~, you two are such scoundrels, hiss~, it's so spicy that it's killing me."

"Hahahahaha burp."

“Hahahahahahaha.”

Hearing the noise, Liu Jiaojiao and Wu Mei also came over.

Liu Jiaojiao: "What are you doing over there? I can hear your laughter from so far away."

Wei Wei: "Because I made something good! I'm happy."

Liu Jiaojiao: "What good stuff? I just heard you say you'd give Jiang Qi a good stuff. Show it to me too."

Wei Wei: "This is on the table, do you want to try it?"

Liu Jiaojiao: "Okay!"

Wei Wei: "Wu Mei, you try it too."

Wu Mei took it and said, "Thank you."

Liu Jiaojiao: "Hey~ Why is it so spicy? Hiss~ Is there any water? Hiss~"

Wu Mei: "So spicy, hiss~, so spicy."

Jiang Qi: "Hahahaha, is this what it means to help count money after being sold? And you even said thank you to her, hahahahaha."

He poured water for them while laughing.

When Li Zhibin came back after drinking water, he saw Liu Jiaojiao and Wu Mei almost crying.

Li Zhibin: "It turns out I wasn't the only one being tricked! Now I feel better."

Jiang Qi: "Don't you still have a good brother? You can also cheat back!"

Li Zhibin: "Oh, right! Can you lend me your bowl? I'm leaving now!"

Wei Wei: "Should we go to the theater? I think Li Zhibin might get beaten up."

Jiang Qi: "Plus one."

Liu Jiaojiao: "What does plus one mean?"

Jiang Qi: "It means the same thing as the previous person's opinion and viewpoint."

Jiang Qi: "Let's go and take a look."

As soon as they arrived in front of Xiao Xuemu's house, they saw a big show.

Li Zhibin was directly thrown over the shoulder by Xiao Xuemu. The fluency of his movements left everyone stunned.

Jiang Qi: "Wow."

Seeing several people watching the show outside the door, Xiao Xuemu paused.

So, what happened here?

After hearing Jiang Qi's words, Li Zhibin quickly ran to Xiao Xuemu's house.

Li Zhibin: "Brother Xiao, Brother Xiao, please try this. It's really delicious. Let's make some too!"

Li Zhibin also poked the cowpeas on purpose to allow them to soak more thoroughly in the water.

Xiao Xuemu frowned as he looked at the cowpeas. "Isn't this just cowpeas? Is this the good stuff they were talking about?"

Li Zhibin: "This is it, try it, it's really delicious."

After saying that, he rolled one up and stuffed it into Xiao Xuemu's mouth.

Xiao Xuemu didn't pay much attention to it. He couldn't eat spicy food to begin with, and the cowpeas were particularly spicy. He was forced to eat them, and he choked.

Li Zhibin was like a naive person. When he saw Xiao Xuemu choking, he just laughed out loud.

What didn't Xiao Xuemu know? This idiot came just to trick him and make him look bad. When he couldn't cough anymore, he gave him a shoulder throw. That was what Wei Wei and the others saw when they came over.

Note: [1] From the lyrics of "We Workers Have Power"

【2】Selected from the lyrics of "Unity is Strength"