July is the busiest time of the year, also called double rush. At this time, it is necessary to rush to harvest crops and plant crops. If you are busy for a month, you can lose a few pounds.
Young Master Tian of the Cheng family is very clever, but after finishing his own work, he can't rest. He has to go to his parents' house and his grandma's house to help.
This year, his third brother went to work for the county's transportation company and was unable to help the family. However, his fourth brother has graduated from junior high school and has not been admitted to technical secondary school or high school, so he can only stay in the village to work as a farmer.
Even so, there were not enough manpower. His family originally had nine acres of farmland. When he split up the family, he took away one acre, leaving only eight acres. However, Grandma Gao is old and naturally cannot work in the fields. , and his sister-in-law also has to take care of the children and do housework at home.
Gao Mingcheng first helped his parents' house for a day, and then helped Grandma Xi's house for a day.
There is an extra person in Grandma Xi’s family this year, but He Xiuman is pregnant and her health is not comparable to that of ordinary people. She actually wants to go to the fields to work, but Grandma Xi and Gao Zhuang refuse to let her go to the fields and only let her stay. Cooking at home.
The reason given is also serious. There must be someone cooking at home. After a long day of work, it would be good to have a hearty and delicious meal.
With Gao Mingcheng's help, the two families felt a lot more relaxed.
After helping the two of them harvest rice, Gao Mingcheng was busy with his own affairs again, because he had to plow the fields and prepare for the subsequent transplanting of rice.
It is said that raising cattle takes a thousand days, and using cattle for a while. The calf at home was bought in the spring, and it is not even a year old yet.
Under normal circumstances, when the cow is one year old, it will start to pierce the cow's nose ring. If the time is too early, the nose ring will easily fail.
As long as you have a bull nose ring, after a few days of healing, you can pull the bull nose ring for training. However, at this time, the calf's body has not grown well and its strength is still very small. It cannot pull the plow.
The Gao Mingcheng family's cattle have not yet had their nose rings pierced. Instead, a rope is tied around the cow's head. The rope is triangular in shape and binds the cow's entire head, making it difficult for it to break free.
And every night when the cow is locked in the cow pen to rest, the rope will be untied, which can make the cow more relaxed.
The calves are not yet able to work, so they have to do the work in the fields themselves.
Gao Mingcheng leaves early and comes home late every day. Although he works for his parents and grandma, he doesn't let Duo Mei go with him.
Although Duomei is efficient at work, she is a woman after all and has little strength, so she cannot be too tired.
However, Gao Mingcheng felt sorry for Duomei, but Duomei also felt sorry for her second sister. When she saw her second sister working in the fields with a heavy belly, she obliged and offered to help.
This is probably the sophistication of people in the village, they will help each other when needed.
Late rice must be planted before August, otherwise, if it is late, it will affect the harvest, and farmers care about the harvest the most.
Therefore, every household was busy. Not many people even went to the old market in Junling. Most of the people who went there were there to buy meat.
At this time, meat is the best seller.
Gao Mingcheng also went to buy meat, and even brought it to his parents' house and grandma's house. Every year during the double grab, he would eat meat much more frequently than usual.
Because the weather is hot and cannot be stored, people usually eat meat once they go to the market. After eating meat, people's physical condition will be much better.
In addition to pork, there will also be some loaches and eels on the dinner table.
Those with five or six-year-old children at home cannot help with farm work because they are too weak, but they can carry a bag and run to the fields to pick up lost ears of rice and catch loaches. The loaches they catch can last for two years. Spit out all the sediment, fry it in oil, and stir-fry it with green peppers. The taste is also very good.
When Gao Mingcheng was plowing the fields, he caught a pot of loaches and was raising them in the pot.
Since there is not much water in the fields, the people in the village are discussing whether to release the water.
In fact, there is nothing to discuss, because no one will raise objections. The water in the reservoir is still relatively full at the moment, and everyone is in a good mood. There is no idea of fighting for water. Everyone is calm and wants to get water one day earlier. It doesn't matter if the water comes in one day later.
By September, when the rice was filling, the fields were dry and cracked. The crops were in a hurry for water. At this time, the water in the reservoir was about to bottom out.
So who uses water first and who uses water last is worth talking about.
In the end, this kind of talk will turn into a fight. If it is more serious, it will be a fight with weapons. If it is more serious, people will die.
Gao Mingcheng knew this, but there was nothing he could do about it. The drought and lack of water were not something that could be solved by manpower.
Therefore, it is said that farmers depend on the weather for food. If the weather is good, they will be full, but if there are droughts and floods, they will be hungry.
There are no big rivers here, so there are almost no floods, but droughts happen every few years.
After the fields are filled with water, they are ready to be transplanted.
The harvest of transplanting rice seedlings is better than that of throwing rice seedlings, and the length is straighter. Therefore, people in the village choose to transplant rice seedlings. However, in later generations, more people choose to throw rice seedlings. Because of the lack of manpower, transplanting rice seedlings is too tiring. Throwing rice seedlings will save a lot of time and effort, and At that time, it was not an important matter if the fields produced less than ten kilograms of rice.
Although he knew that production would be reduced, Gao Mingcheng still plowed the fields and planted rice seedlings together like everyone else, and did not show any abnormality.
If he simply doesn't plant late rice because it will reduce production, then he will be pointed at his nose and scolded. What should he be scolded for? It’s probably like forgetting one’s ancestors!
By the end of July, the work in the fields was finally over and everyone could take a breather.
Xiaofushan, the company contracted by Gao Mingcheng, still needs to hire people to do the work. The time is set in three days. He plans to let people rest for a few days and return to work after regaining their strength.
After measuring the entire Xiaofu Mountain, there are 298 acres, which is two acres short of 300 acres. But in fact, he can also use the wasteland at the foot of Xiaofu Mountain.
He can build a large shed here to store work tools and provide shelter from the heat and sun.
Later, when the fruits are ripe, you can also pick them and put them in a shed temporarily to avoid being damaged by the sun.
In addition to building a shed, you can also plant a row of trees. If this part is occupied, no one will argue.
Just after the double robbery was over, Gao Zhuang came over and informed him that he would go to his house for dinner tomorrow at noon, and He Xiuman's parents would come over to give He Xiuman money.
This matter was originally scheduled before the double grab, but because Gao Mingcheng had to go to Yangcheng, Gao Zhuang went over to inform him. Later, there were delays there due to some things, so it was postponed until now.
But it’s okay, as long as you go through this ceremony before the child is born, there will be nothing to say.
"Okay, I'll be there at noon tomorrow." Gao Mingcheng agreed with a smile.
But Gao Zhuang said: "Brother Mingcheng, bring your sister-in-law with you!"
Nowadays, when we go to other people's houses for dinner and drinks, usually only one representative from the family goes there, and no family members are brought along.
But Gao Zhuang specifically asked Gao Mingcheng to bring a lot of beauty, so there was no problem.
So the next day, Gao Mingcheng took Duo Mei to Gao Zhuang's house. Although he had already given gifts, he did not go empty-handed, but carried two rabbits that he had just shot this morning.
When he went, the tall aunt's family had already arrived. His aunt was helping the young grandma cook in the kitchen. There were many people eating today, so there were naturally a lot of meals to prepare.
Duo Mei is also a person with liveliness in his eyes. After coming in, he said to Gao Mingcheng: "I will help too."
"Okay." Gao Mingcheng responded and watched her carry the rabbit into the kitchen.
He was talking with Gao Zhuang and several of Gao Zhuang's cousins. At about half past eleven, He Xiuman's mother-in-law came late.
Last time they got engaged, they came on bicycles, and there were only three of them, He Xiuman and her parents, but this time they brought the whole family!
From the senior to the young, everyone is here!
Seeing this familiar family, the smile on He Xiuman's face froze instantly. She had a hunch that something was going to happen to her parents!
(End of chapter)
