44. Chapter 44 Emergency Measures
Author: ebony tea
In the grain drying field, everyone was chatting and working, and they were all beaming with joy when they saw so much food.
This year's harvest is really good. Every acre of land can produce more than 600 grains. This is considered a very good year.
Next year, I should be able to eat more.
Everyone has a post-harvest smile on their face.
But when the weather suddenly turned gloomy, the smiles on everyone's faces disappeared in the blink of an eye, and everyone tried their best to speed up, fearing that it would suddenly rain.
Some people were so worried that they burst into tears.
"Damn it, it's cloudy no matter what. If it rains, so much food will be wasted."
These words were like a heavy hammer, hitting everyone's hearts hard.
They have been busy for a year, weeding and fertilizing, working under the scorching sun, and never asking for leave, just to have enough to eat.
If these grains are soaked in water, a year's hard work will be in vain, and there will be no food rations for the next year!
Thinking of this, many people covered their faces and started crying.
"Don't cry. What's the use of crying at this time? Let's hurry up and harvest all the food before it rains."
When everyone heard this, they immediately wiped away their tears and worked hard.
Although they had tried their best to speed up, no matter how fast they went, it would not be of much use when facing hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain.
When the weather turned gloomy, the brigade leader gathered all the village cadres together to discuss countermeasures.
"It's going to be hot in the afternoon. The grain in the fields has not been returned. There is still more than half of the grain in the drying field. What should we do now?"
There is a granary in the village, but the area is limited.
Even if some corn is sent in now, half of the harvest will still be lost.
Not having enough to eat, and having to watch food being wasted, makes everyone look unhappy.
The village chief pondered for a while and couldn't help but say: "Why don't we send the threshed and dried corn to the granary first, and the others won't move. If it really rains, we can only save as much as we can."
This is extremely heavy to say, but it is also the best way at the moment.
The team leader immediately asked other cadres to notify a few people who worked neatly and asked them to send the corn that had been dried out into the granary first.
The cadre didn't hesitate and left immediately.
He also asked a cadre to notify the village's elderly and children, one by one, to go to the grain drying field to help.
Originally, children and elderly people did not need to help, but at this time, they no longer had to worry about that much.
In fact, the captain didn't mention this. Seeing that the weather was bad, those people spontaneously took their small benches to dry the grain.
All of a sudden, the only people left in the room were the team leader, the village party secretary, the village accountant and the scorekeeper.
"Let's go! Let's go help quickly."
The village party secretary said something and was about to leave. At this time, the accountant suddenly spoke.
"Captain, I heard that the village has made a threshing machine, which is faster than manual labor. Do you think we can make a few more?"
After hearing this, several people immediately focused their hopeful eyes on the captain Chen Beiguo.
Chen Beiguo originally asked Leng Yuan to do a few more blows just to save some energy. Now he couldn't help but feel happy. Fortunately, he asked Leng Yuan to do a few more blows.
"I'll arrange for a few more people to come over and help later and ask them to speed up."
Chen Beiguo can't guarantee anything else.
Chapter completed!