The effects of the child laborers' employment were immediate.
The most serious group at work, Youyu rewards each of the children with two tomatoes every day.
The three groups immediately got together. While they were serious, they always watched the other groups make mistakes...
After July, it’s August, and this year it’s the beginning of autumn on August 7th.
A farmer's proverb in Jiang County: Ten days after autumn, the house is full of yellow.
The rice fields have been drained of water, and in half a month we can ask for a combine harvester to help harvest.
In addition to rice, there are several acres of peanuts waiting for You Yu to pluck.
"Mom, call your friends to work. We have the same old rules, twenty yuan a day!"
After making money, Boss You arrogantly expressed that he never wanted to engage in such manual work again.
"We hire people for everything, except for the seeds and wages, we still have a shovel!" The old man tapped his cigarette holder, and couldn't bear to see his granddaughter just doing some work.
"As long as you agree to hire someone, I will help you sell the wet peanuts at a high price!"
You Yu has already mastered her father's fate: "I'll settle the score for you!
Our family has five acres of sandy land for interplanting. One acre counts as half an acre, and we can produce about 400 kilograms of wet peanuts with mud.
Plan it out, transport it home, pick it off, wash it and dry it for a few days.
Except for the bad ones and the ones that are not full of rice, they can weigh 250 kilograms.
Dried peanuts in shells can be sold for 1,250 yuan per kilogram for one yuan.
The three of us have to do these jobs for more than two weeks without even touching the ground!
If you hire people, 8 people can dig for half a day, 8 people can pick for a day and a half, and it can be finished in two days! The salary is only 320 yuan!
I sold the wet peanuts to Jiang County Hotel at a high price of 8 cents per catty.
For 2,000 kilograms of clay peanuts, you can get 1,600 yuan, leaving 1,280 yuan after deducting wages!
On the one hand, you are working hard to earn 1,250 yuan, and on the other hand, you are easily earning 1,280 yuan. Do you want to pick up these things? "
Pilapila did some calculations for the old man, and looked at Grandma You and the chubby kid next to her with starry eyes.
Grandpa You licked it for a long time and invited someone together. He could earn an extra thirty yuan!
The old farmer smoked leaf cigarettes and became melancholy in the clouds and fog: growing rapeseed, wheat, peanuts, and millet, it’s so fucking unprofitable!
There is no harm without comparison. The same piece of sandy land was interplanted with two species, and the growth cycle and economic benefits were compared, which was heart-wrenching.
That's all. In the future, you should listen more to young people about what to plant and how to plant it. My eldest nephew is right, their ideas are out of date.
After taking care of the old man, the eight old ladies came out again.
In fact, it doesn't take much effort to plan peanuts in the sand. You just need to grasp the roots of the peanut vine and pull hard.
More than 99% of peanuts can be brought out of the sand.
The peanuts buried deep under the sand are a blessing for children in the village who do not have peanut farmers.
Pull the vines together, gently shake off the sand, and then place them neatly.
Grandpa You rides a tricycle (you Yu bought a new one) to transport things home.
When hiring a helper, you need to take care of the food. You Yu is responsible for going to the city to cut meat and buy vegetables, and Grandma You is responsible for cooking.
The little guys who were not on duty were all seconded by Youyu and asked them to help pick peanuts.
That’s double overtime pay!
Compared with being ordered around by family members to do this work at home, and being paid overtime to pick peanuts, they work more energetically.
In the words of an old man, he is just a lazy person working outside the house!
Everyone worked for two consecutive days until after eight o'clock in the evening, and then they finished picking the peanuts on the second night.
With a smile on his face, he made money at home again, and both the employer and the employer were very satisfied.
The cherry radish seeds interplanted in the peanut field were already ripe, and they were pulled out along with the peanuts.
The processing method of radish seeds is the same as that of rapeseed. You only need to dry the rapeseed pods and then rub them out.
Judging from the appearance of the seeds, they are no worse than those bought by Lao Yang's family.
I picked out 72 kilograms, which is enough to plant 24 acres of land!
Tomatoes have reached the peak production period, and hundreds of kilograms can be picked every day, and the ginger is full of joy.
Wet peanuts are used to boil salted peanuts in their hotel. It’s only 20 cents a pound more than the market price, so it’s not a big deal.
To make the old man happy, she could pick a few more kilograms of half-ripe tomatoes.
After selling rapeseed, Grandpa You received another fixed income of thousands of yuan.
The joy of harvest had not extended to noon the next day when the temperature suddenly soared to 37 degrees.
Not long after dinner, there were large dark clouds covering the sky gloomily, like a huge black pot weighing down the earth and suffocating it.
"Turn on the TV and check the weather forecast!" It was rare that the old man, who usually looked at the sky based on experience, anxiously urged his granddaughter to turn on the TV.
You Yu frowned and looked through his memories, it was really strange!
In Jiang County, there is a heavy rainstorm every three to five years, and it always happens within half a month after the beginning of autumn.
I can’t blame the old man for feeling like he’s facing a powerful enemy!
As soon as he switched to the local news station, the host with a dimpled smile interrupted a piece of news seriously.
The Jiashi Meteorological Observatory issued an orange rainstorm warning signal at 13:16 on August 12, 2004:
It is expected that in the next 3 hours, the rainfall in Shizhong District, Jiang County, and Bian County of our city will reach more than 50 mm or has reached more than 50 mm, and the rainfall (more than 20 mm/hour) may continue, accompanied by Convective weather such as thunder and lightning, gusty winds, and short-term heavy precipitation. Please take precautions.
"Master, orange warning, it's going to rain heavily!" You Yu snapped: "Nai, pack your clothes and move in with me tonight."
The old man was so anxious after reading the news that he was at a loss for a moment.
Grandma You hesitated, the rainstorm might stop soon! How can a golden nest or a silver nest be as comfortable as your own kennel?
"I'm afraid of flashes (lightning) at night!" The original person has such a habit, so she borrowed it and used it without any problem.
"Hey, I also said that you have been acting like an adult recently, but it turns out you are still a bit brave. What are you afraid of when you live in a house?"
"Let's go, let's help you carry your clothes!" It's already dark, and it will probably fall in less than ten minutes.
Sure enough, before the grandfather and grandson stepped into the dam of Youyu's house, the extreme weather came as expected.
The dull thunder came from far and near, and lightning occasionally tore the dark sky, and then heavy raindrops fell.
Quickly and quickly, there was a hot earthy smell in the air...
The little guys watching the tomatoes dispersed like birds and beasts. Less than two hundred meters away, the fat classmate was soaked in soup.
"Ah!"
"Take a shower, hurry up!" You Yu was afraid of giving the little guy a cold, so he pushed him into the bathroom.
Solar energy is very practical in summer. It only needs to be filled with water to heat it to more than 50 degrees.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, accompanied by strong winds sweeping the earth.
Less than half an hour later, there was a sudden power outage, and I don't know where the wire was broken.
After a night of heavy wind and rain, no one could sleep well.
The heavy rain stopped at around three in the morning. After confirming that the rain was no longer falling, the farmer with red eyes went out at dawn...
