The heavy rain had stopped when Li Wen returned home. At this time, his mother and second aunt were sitting at home wiping away tears.

Everyone was already soaked, but no one changed. They all sat in the front yard and sighed.

"This old man is so shady! We finally had a good harvest this year, and the food will be in the warehouse soon. If you make a heavy rain, wouldn't it cost people's lives?" Wang Chunmei sighed while wiping her tears.

"Okay, Mom, I don't see much wheat washed away tonight. I can recover some damage by cleaning the drains tomorrow." Li Wen comforted.

"Okay, let's pack up and go to bed." Li Deyou sighed and got up and left.

At around five o'clock the next day, Li Wen's family got up early. The faces of his father and others showed that they had not slept. Everyone did not eat breakfast, so they pulled the cart and walked directly to the wheat field.

When Li Wen's family arrived at the wheat field, many people were already buying brooms to sweep the straw and brooms to sweep the wheat grains.

"Did Uncle Fourth suffer serious losses last night?" Li Deyou trotted up to Li Juncai and asked.

"There wasn't a lot of wheat that washed away. The drainage in our wheat field is very particular, but it got a lot wet from the rain." Li Juncai obviously didn't sleep last night, and his face was relatively pale.

"That's okay. It rained very heavily last night. I was afraid that the wheat would be washed into the river, and that would be the end of it." Li Deyou sighed.

"Junli, let's weigh the grain today and distribute the wet grain to everyone in advance." After cleaning up the wheat in the wheat field, Li Juncai said to Li Junli who was standing aside.

"I understand, Fourth Uncle!" Li Junli nodded.

It rained heavily last night, so we will definitely not be able to work today. In the morning, we started to distribute food, and Li Wen's family received more than 300 kilograms of wet wheat.

When I got home, my mother and my second aunt lit all the kangs. Today's task was to kang wheat. Otherwise, with the temperature in summer, the wet wheat would sprout in two days, and there would be no way to eat it.

Li Wen also divided fifty kilograms of wheat. When he returned to the room, Li Wen directly opened the kang mat and poured all the wheat on the kang.

After being soaked overnight, a lot of the wheat last night has swollen and needs to be dried quickly.

Li Wen and Li Min each took a few branches and kept turning the wheat over the kang to prevent the kang from getting burnt.

All the wheat had been dried in the morning. Li Wen's fifty kilograms of wheat were kneaded, and only a little over forty kilograms were left. Nearly ten kilograms of moisture had been evaporated by baking.

"Dad, the wheat kang in my room is ready." Li Wen carried the wheat to the yard.

"Yeah! The kang is very dry, not bad. It's better than your brother. More of the wheat is black." Li Deyou grabbed a handful of wheat, took out a few, put them in his mouth and bit them a few times.

"There are two hundred and thirty kilograms of dry wheat in total. This wet wheat is so off the scale!" The second uncle put all the wheat together and weighed it.

"This is already very good. I took a look at the brigade's granary and there is still plenty of dry wheat!"

"When the brigade finishes handing over the public grain, each household will still be able to get two to three hundred kilograms. It's much better than last year." Li Deyou patted the grain bag with a smile.

"Okay, let's all eat. I haven't even eaten breakfast." The old lady said as she prepared the meal and put it on the table.

"Okay, let's eat." The grains were returned to the warehouse, and everyone became happy.

Another week has passed, and the summer harvest work in the village is completely over. Although there were some hiccups in the middle, overall it was a bumper harvest.

"Tomorrow all the male laborers will gather at the village committee, and they have to hand over the public grain as soon as possible. The commune has already issued a notice. Our Sanxing Village is a mobile red flag village, so we have to be more active." After work that evening, the production team leader Li Junli made a notice.

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Everyone was very happy to hear that the public food was handed over, because after handing over the public food, it meant that the food was distributed again.

Li Wen also got up early the next day. Today he was not going to pay the public rations with his father.

Li Wen has an important task, which is to contact the county purchasing station to sell more than ten acres of watermelon in the village at a good price.

After breakfast, Li Wen came to the village committee. At this time, the entrance to the grain depot next to the village committee was already lined with rooster carts, ground carts, and ox carts.

"How about Xiaowen, isn't the scene of us handing over food spectacular?" Li Junli said with a smile.

"Uncle, the public grains handed in this year are much more than last year, and the rooster carts have been pulled out. You, the production team leader, have done a good job." Li Wen said with a smile and flattery.

"Haha! What a bumper harvest this year is. It would be an honor to pay more public food. This is worthy of the mobile red flag hanging at the door of the village committee!"

"Your boy's tasks today are also very important. One is a big front door. Take it and do it well!" Li Junli took out a cigarette from the drawer and handed it to Li Wen.

"I saw a cigarette coming back today!" Li Wen smiled and took the cigarette and put it in his bag.

"This is not for you kid. You take care of it and I will reward you with fifty pounds of wheat when I come back." Li Junli laughed and scolded.

"Is it agreed?" Li Wen's eyes lit up.

Li Junli, Li Desheng and fourth grandfather Li Juncai who were standing beside him all smiled and nodded.

"Then just wait and see, I will definitely get the best price for us." Li Wen patted his chest and promised.

"Then we have to wait. There are two watermelons at the door. We will take them together later and let the people at the county purchasing station taste our watermelons." Li Junli said with a smile.

Li Wen came to the door of the office and walked out of the village committee holding two large watermelons weighing seven to eight pounds.

"Awen, this is holding a watermelon to reward your uncle!" The villagers who were packing wheat looked at Li Wen holding two big watermelons and said with envy.

"This was taken to the county purchase station for inspection. Don't blame me if the purchase price is a penny less when you eat it!" Li Wen replied with a smile.

"Ah! I still don't dare to eat it." Everyone shook their heads, but they had to pay for the watermelon.

Li Wen put the watermelon in the box behind the bicycle and rode away leisurely under the envious eyes of everyone.

Sanxing Village has not sold watermelons in large quantities for many years. In the past, the more than ten acres of watermelon fields were allotted to individuals, and each household produced and sold them themselves.

After the cooperative was established, these more than ten acres of sandy and gravel land were all merged into one. At first, because of the shortage of cotton due to the war, all they planted were cotton, but the yield was too low, so they later planted watermelons.

Growing watermelons requires a lot of water and a lot of labor to carry water for irrigation, so planting is reduced during times of famine.

In recent years, these dozen acres of land have been cultivated sporadically, with a total output of only about 10,000 kilograms. The melons are also very small and of average quality.

A small number of the larger melons are sold to the town’s purchasing station, while the smaller ones are kept in the village and eaten among themselves.

Last year's peach harvest brought the village a taste of the sweetness and received a lot of benefits. After the new year, the village also paid attention to sideline planting, and the watermelon field also received sufficient care.

The weather has been good this year, and the watermelons are growing very well. The village has increased investment in soil and manure, and the nearly 20 acres of watermelons have achieved a bumper harvest.

Li Wen went to the watermelon field yesterday and took a look. Each watermelon weighed more than four or five kilograms, which is not too small in this era.

After returning home, Li Wen and Fourth Master Li Juncai mentioned that they wanted to sell the melons to the county town.

The purchasing station in the town could not buy so many watermelons, so in the end the villagers had to help bring them to the county, which resulted in a loss of part of the profit.

When Li Wen woke up in the morning, the air was fresh, there were fewer people on the road, and Li Wen rode faster.

"Long time no see, Brother Liu." Li Wen came to the door of the county purchasing station and saw an acquaintance.

"Comrade Xiaowen, why are you here today?" Liu Jiefang was also very happy to see Li Wen.

Last year, Li Wen cooperated with the county supply and marketing cooperative and department stores to produce a lot of cans. Most of these cans were exported abroad, helping the country earn precious foreign exchange.

Many staff within these systems have been promoted by their superiors. Liu Jiefang was successfully promoted from his original temporary job to a regular employee, so how could he not be happy to see Li Wen.

"Brother Liu, who is the leader of the acquisition station now?" Li Wen handed Liu Jiefang a cigarette and asked with a smile.

Yes! Sun Li's father, Sun Pengfei, the former director of the purchasing station, has also been promoted. Now Sun Peng has been promoted by the county and has become the director of the newly built cannery.

"It's Deputy Director Wang. After Director Sun was transferred, Director Wang became a regular employee." Liu Jiefang said with a smile.

"I'm familiar with Uncle Wang. I'll go in and find him myself. Brother Liu, please do your work first!" Li Wen walked into the purchasing station with a smile while holding the box.

Boom boom! Li Wen knocked on the office door.

"Please come in!" A middle-aged man's voice came from inside.

"Uncle Wang, long time no see!" Li Wen opened the door and walked in with a smile and greeted.

"Hey! It's Xiaowen. I haven't seen you for half a year. Come and sit down." Director Wang is also a middle-aged man in his forties. He used to be in the army. Later, he was injured and transferred to another place.

"You kid don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing! Why do you need uncle's help for anything today?" Li Wen handed Director Wang a cigarette, and Director Wang lit it and asked with a smile.

"But we have agreed in advance that if you are a small troublemaker, your uncle will help you, but if you are a big troublemaker, you will not be qualified." Director Wang said with a smile.

"It's a good thing that I'm here. Can I bring you trouble?" Li Wen said with a smile.

"Haha! You're such a naughty boy." Director Wang also likes chatting with Li Wen. Otherwise, this kid can cause trouble. Who doesn't like people who can cause trouble?

"The watermelons in our village are ripe. I'll bring them to Uncle Wang for you to try." Li Wen said, opening the box and taking out the two large watermelons inside.

"Hey, big watermelon! This big watermelon is a good thing these days." Director Wang stood up and said.

"Xiao Liu, come in with a fruit knife." Director Wang came to the door and shouted towards the inside and outside.

Click! The big watermelon is divided into two, with red soil and black seeds, it looks very appetizing.

"Come! Uncle Wang, Brother Liu, how about you try the sandstone melon from our village?" Li Wen cut the melon and handed it to the two of them.
Chapter completed!