Chapter 152: The wheat waves roll

The time has entered the sky, and when I wake up early in the morning, I feel that the sun is hot. In the fields, there are green and yellow. The wheat from each household has been fully grown, and the ears are drooping. The farmers have worked hard to serve them for several months. Now it is time to repay. The hope of farmers is brewing among the golden wheat grains.

At the same time, most families choose to harvest wheat today, which is called "sickling sickle". Most families plant five or six acres of wheat, at most ten acres. The family's labor force is dispatched together. The less one day, the more than two days.

Captain Li was carrying a thermos, and the outside was woven with fine bamboo strips, densely packed. Through the gap, you could see the white gully inside.

However, the kettle is not filled with hot water, it is the cold water just poured from the well. After a while, it gets hot, and it will make you feel cool after taking a few sips.

His eldest son followed behind with a broken bag, containing a sickle and a grinding stone. The sickle was sharpened last night, and Captain Li tried to shave it.

Grinding stone is also a must-have item. Cut wheat for a while, sit under the shade of trees on the ground to smoke cigarettes, rest your legs, and sharpen your knife. This is called sharpening the knife without delaying the cutting of wood.

Captain Li's family sowed six acres of wheat in the spring of this year. Because the rain water was mixed, the wheat was almost as tall as the root of the thigh, with ears nearly three inches, and even the wheat beans were like steel needles, showing strong strength.

"This year, you can definitely make two and a half bags of land per acre." The eldest son looked at the golden wheat waves and was full of energy. According to the rural saying, a sack of wheat is 200 kilograms, and two and a half bags are 500 kilograms per acre. This was a high yield at that time. Apart from the task grain, you can still have a few sacks left in your own home. Think about it, you can eat white flour steamed buns every few days. Can you not get excited?

Captain Li knew even more and shouted boldly: "Open the sickle", and then the two of them lowered their waists. They swung their forearms lightly, and they swished, and they leaned against the ground one inch. The wheat lay down in unison. Then they hugged the sickle, pulled out a few wheat straws and twisted them a few times, tied them around the waist, twisted them two times at the interface, and stood behind them, and continued to cut them forward.

"Captain, we're harvesting wheat. We're all here to help. You have to take care of the meal at noon." A stern voice suddenly came from behind. Captain Li didn't have to look back and knew that the fat man was coming.

He kept saying, "I have never seen you do farm work."

After saying that, he straightened his back and looked back, he was stunned. He saw that there were men, women, young and old. Old Wu was leaning on a small crutch, Qiqi and Wu Qiong were wearing small flower skirts, and there was no one working person.

The captain was also happy: "I can see that you are a tour group, fat man, you have no place to stay at home anyway, so you can accompany the guests to have a good stroll."

After breakfast, Old Wutou saw that every family was carrying a sickle and insisted on checking the other people to harvest wheat. Qiqi and Wu Qiong were naturally unwilling to fall behind, so they even came with their big braids.

Qiqi shouted to Captain Li: "Captain Grandpa, I will help you pick up wheat ears, we want the pellets to return to the warehouse." The little guy just learned this text last semester.

"Good boy, be careful not to prick your hands. The wheat bead is almost the same as the needle tip." Captain Li just praised him and heard Qiqi continue, "Then if you catch the grasshopper, give it to us."

"Little girl, it turns out that she is worried about this and asked you to catch it." After saying that, with a wave of her hand, a big red cucumber flew over and landed on the wheat stubble in front of Qiqi.

This guy has long thighs, shiny wings, and his long beards keep shaking, and he is willing to shout at a glance.

Pa, Wu Qiong's little hand quickly pressed on it and covered the grasshopper. The little guy didn't care about the wheat stubble and shouted: "Haha, I caught it - oh, it bit me - woo-woo--"

What does it mean to be extremely happy and sad? It is probably like this. In her snow-white little hand, the grasshopper's big mouth was bitten hard and could not sing. It was carried into the air. After a few strokes, it still couldn't be shaken off.

Qiqi became angry and went up to pinch Guaju’s hind legs. Just as he was about to pull it hard, he was stopped by the fat man: "If you pull it, Guaju’s head will be pulled down directly."

The fat man had seen Erfeizi and the others play this trick, teasing the grasshopper with his clothes, and then pulling it violently, and the grasshopper broke his body and head, leaving only a round head left on the clothes.

Captain Li ran over, found a grass stick, and gently teased the grasshopper's tentacles for a few times. The guy finally let go. Captain Li pinched another blade of grass and hugged the grasshopper inside: "I told you to put your fat uncle up your trouser legs first and then put them inside."

Qiqi still had a long grasshopper's legs left in her hand. She just tried hard and took off her hind legs. The little guy muttered: "I wish there was a grasshopper cage."

"Qiqi, I'll twist a grasshopper cage for you!" Erfeizi came out from somewhere, wearing a brand new green army cap on her head, and a newly woven green straw hat on her military cap. At first glance, she looked a bit like a guerrilla. She was just bare-spoken and wearing a shorts under her, which ruined her image.

The two little girls immediately surrounded Erfeizi, like stars holding the moon. Erfeizi wiped her nose with her hands on her back and said proudly: "But you have to promise to lend Benben to me for a day."

When the fat man saw that they were endless, he stopped caring about the little things in the child's house and bent down to help Captain Li with wheat. The big braid also came up to help, but she couldn't twist the last joint. The fat man taught her to twist it a few times and then he became a disciple.

Over there, the negotiation between Erfeizi and Qiqi was over, and the deal was finally completed in half a day. Even so, Erfeizi almost became so beautiful. He took out a small knife, cut dozens of wheat straw, first found two small sticks to form a cross, and then began to twist the bottom of the cage in circles.

After twisting a wheat straw, put on the second one, just the big head and the small head, and the threads are tightly matched. When it reaches the top, it becomes faster and condenses into twisted power. In less than twenty minutes, a cage nearly one foot tall is completed. Huang Chengcheng, like a pagoda, is actually quite beautiful.

The two girls clapped their hands and applauded, but they only had one cage and wanted it, but in the end Qiqi took the initiative to abstain.

"Brother Erfei, you don't have a door in this cage, why do you put a cucumber in it?" Qiqi saw the way.

"These two are moving, and they will be a small door as soon as they are pulled out. Remember to sprinkle some water every morning, put some melon flowers, cucumber flowers, etc., and then it will be done." Erfeizi also worked hard and led them to catch grasshoppers again.

His skills were absolutely first-class. He quickly caught a green one, a red one, a green one, a green one, a fire one, and a fat man's trouser legs, which were placed in a cage. The one named "One-legged General" was named "One-legged General".

"Wow, there is another one here, and it has a long tail!" Wu Qiong found another one in the wheat stubble, and it was quite special.

Erfeizi was amused at first sight: "The person with a knife behind his butt is a screaming donkey. It is not a cucumber, it is specially used to kill cucumbers to eat."

Qiqi blinked her little eyes: "No, I've seen pictures before, this is a male grasshopper."

Soon, the three little guys started arguing, and Wu Qiong naturally helped Qiqi. Both girls were crossing their waists. Erfeizi finally had to escape in panic, and while running, he shouted: "I'll pick up Benben in the afternoon-"

The two old men were excited to watch under the shade of the tree. Old Wu was smiling while twisting his beard and kept praising his granddaughter for being amazing.

Gradually, the sun was getting higher and higher, and the scorching shone down, the ground was like the fire. Captain Li and his eldest son were only wearing a vest, and the vest was already penetrated by sweat, and the shoulders and arms were covered with sweat. The hard work of the farmers was revealed at this time, which was what made the sweat beads fall from the ground and eight petals.

However, this layer of sweat on the body is also beneficial, which can prevent the sun from being exposed to the sun. Otherwise, just put a little on the body and you will have to be violent.

The work done by the fat man and the big braids is the lightest and cheapest, but it is so hot that it sweats. The fat man buries the wheat and mutters: "I have to add an extra bowl of rice this afternoon."

"Stay for a while." Captain Li lifted up his vest and wiped the sweat beads on his face, walked to the shade of the tree by the ground, drank two sips of cold water, then took out a grinding stone and sharpened the knife, and said with a smile: "The farm work is not waiting for anyone. If the wheat is not harvested today, it will fall into pieces in two or three days. If it is a bullet from the thief (sparrow) in my hometown, it will be greatly damaged.

Speaking of wheat harvest season, the thieves in my hometown are the most happy. They all flew into the wheat fields in groups, with at least a few hundred, and a large area of ​​them whirlwind, just like locusts. They even eat and suffer, and they fall on the wheat ears. Their claws are not honest. They eat here and there, and there is nothing left in the end.

Even if the wheat is pulled into the yard, the high wheat chops often fall onto a layer. The car owner often puts all his strength and can whip it down with one whip. He happily goes home to roast it for the children. He stuffs it into the stove pit and bakes it black, takes it out and chew it, and makes it fragrant.

The fat man took out a few big peaches, each of them sent one, and said while gnawing: "The harvest this year is good. I have saved enough wheat at home and cook more noodles. Don't be like before. Eating a steamed bun is considered the New Year."

"Haha, the team used to be able to share two pounds of noodles during the Chinese New Year, and they didn't even want to eat it. This year is OK." Captain Li threw the peach pits and rushed to the ground with great enthusiasm. The sickle was rippling and sweat beads crackled.

Old Wu finally couldn't sit still: "I said let's stop here. We are idle when we work, but we really can't take it."

"I have wanted to say this long ago. There are no idle people in the countryside. You go to the garden with me to pick beans, otherwise you will have no food to eat at noon." The fat man also likes to quarrel with him for fun.

"Yes, I thought I was more leisurely here, but I didn't expect to be busier, so I couldn't stay idle." Old Wu sighed a little.

"What is busy is the body, but what is idle is the spirit. Do a day, have a full meal, and go on the kang, and you don't have to think about anything. You'll have dawn. Besides, it's not like this every day. It's the busiest and tiring during the autumn harvest, but it's the most exciting thing." The fat man felt that this simple life was better, at least he was not mentally tired.

Recalling his life thirty years later, Fatty feels that the biggest problem is that he has too much mental stress. Those who have quarrels all day long and can’t sleep, the best way is to take him to the ground and harvest wheat for a day to see if you can still fall asleep at night.

Old Wu's head smacked his lips: "I have no strength left. I can't pick my shoulders and my hands. What do you think I can do, fat man?"

"It depends on whether you want to do it or not. You may not be able to do farm work, but you can use your technical expertise - what, do you have any specialties besides playing chess?"

"You boy is not kind at all. I just can't win you by playing chess? Let me tell you that before I retired, I was the number one technician in the winery." Old Wu was so angry that his beard was straight up. This fat man was the kind of slutty.

The fat man felt moved: "Then how about opening a winery in our village? There are all kinds of wild fruits in the mountains, so you don't have to worry about the raw materials."

Old Wu was also excited: "Let's take a look in the afternoon."

"Oh--Go into the mountains to pick wild fruits--" The two little girls jumped up happily.
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