In the endless fields, there are busy farmers crowded together. On the winding dirt road, in the crop fields where the wheat has been harvested, there are scattered children carrying bags and bending down to pick up the wheat left on the ground.

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Wheat stalks are unnecessary. Children take them in their hands and break them, leaving only the ears of wheat, which they put in their pockets.

The children were happy when they picked up. They still remembered the words of adults, pick them up carefully, and sold the grain to buy you sweets and colorful clothes.

In the same way, the fields after harvesting wheat are like scars, and it will take several months.

In a few months, when the corn grows tall, the earth will be green again, year after year. No one remembers how many generations have passed, but looking at the graves scattered in the fields, it can probably be said that

Figure it out.

After spreading the manure on the ground, it was time to plow the land. Zhang Guoquan was worrying about whose house he should go to borrow an ox. In fact, it is a critical period for everyone to use animals. Even if they don't plow the land now, they will use it.

Oxen can also be used to pull carts loaded with wheat.

There was no other way, he had decided to use his shoulders to pull the plow, so work hard if it's hard.

Everything was ready, but Liangzi brought a cow. Liangzi said: "This cow belongs to my uncle's house that I borrowed. You can use it first, and then return it to me when you are done with it."

Because he saved the children of Liangzi's family, he knew that Zhang Guoquan had no cattle to plow the land, so he went to his uncle's house to borrow one for Zhang Guoquan.

For Ryoko, saving his child's life was a kindness he could never forget for the rest of his life.

Zhang Guoquan was really moved. Saving the child was just a simple effort. He never thought about the neighbor's repayment. After being moved, he said hesitantly: "Brother Liangzi, everyone uses livestock nowadays, and you borrow this cow."

Yes, it delays people's work in the fields and makes it look like you are in the middle..."

Liangzi tied the cow to the stone roller and said without hesitation: "It's okay, you can use it. That's my uncle. He also knows about saving the child. My uncle said, when will you use it?"

When will I return it to him?"

Unexpectedly, Liangzi's uncle also said the same thing. Zhang Guoquan was really grateful.

"Brother Liangzi, thank you so much. Thank your uncle for me. I'll bring something to see him tomorrow."

"No, you can't be so polite." Ryoko waved and left.

Bai Ge said: "Good people are rewarded."

Indeed, it solved a big problem for Zhang Guoquan. Otherwise, he would have been so tired that he plowed the ground with his shoulders. Just thinking about it made his legs tremble.

With the oxen in hand, there was no need to stop. He went straight to the plow and started working. He could finish the work earlier so that he could return it to others quickly.

In this way, after a week, every time I went to work in the fields, the slightly white sky was still dotted with a few stars. When I returned from work, the moon disk was already hanging in the dark night sky.

At noon, you have to let the cattle take a nap. It is unbearable for animals to work non-stop, not to mention that this is borrowed from someone else.

After working for about a week, Zhang Guoquan completely plowed eight acres of land. He was in the lead, while others were still on the wheat field, busy threshing and drying wheat.

The ground is not finished until it is plowed. The soil is turned over. You cannot plant corn in that way. It must be flat and loose.

Zhang Guoquan took off the plow, put a rake on the back of the cattle, and drove the cattle to the ground. Zhang Guoquan stood on the rake, waved his whip, and the cattle began to pull forward.

The first time the cattle pulled it was quite difficult. After resting for a while, the second time it was much easier. After four times of pulling, the entire crop field was completely leveled.

After working like this for two days, it was basically completed. It happened to be time for the village to pay public rations, and Zhang Guoquan felt relaxed all over.

The work in the fields was finished ahead of schedule, and we were just waiting to plant the seeds.

After paying the public grain and selling dozens of kilograms of wheat, I now have some money in my hand. I am so happy that I can't sleep just thinking about it.

Bai Ge said, "You are really strange. You can't sleep even when you are sad, and you can't sleep even when you are happy."

How could it be the same? He would rather be so happy that he couldn't sleep for the rest of his life. Bai Ge heard that it was funny.

She was full of expectations for the future. In the fall, the village would have electricity and there would be a red brick house. When she thought about it, she couldn't sleep.

At three o'clock in the morning the next day, Zhang Guoquan got up early, opened the door, and stretched out. The stars above his head were scattered and shimmering in the thick night.

Not only Zhang Guoquan got up in the middle of the night, but also many villagers' homes in the village had a dim light, which looked a little hazy in the night.

People in the village get up early, and it looks like a busy scene. In this year, in addition to the Chinese New Year, it is also the time to pay the public rations in these days.

The woman was holding the cart at the door, while the man carried bags of grain from the house and stacked them neatly on the cart. There were more than a dozen bags, stacked high.

The younger children can stay at home and sleep, but the older children have to follow their father to the food station and bring enough dry food, because they cannot hand over the food right away. There are too many people handing over the public food, and they will have to wait for a whole day if they don't get it.

Hard work and dry food are essential.

Zhang Guoquan pulled out the cart at the wheat field and put the full bag of wheat he had filled last night on the cart. He looked at the full cart and then at his empty cart. He only put

There is a bag of wheat, and there is half a bag next to it, which is ready to be sold.

It doesn't matter, there will be a full car next year.

It was time to set off. Taking advantage of the darkness, Zhang Guoquan tightened his tight clothes, but it was still a little cold.

There were already villagers walking ahead on the dirt road, in twos and threes, with Zhang Guoquan following closely behind.

In the night, you can always meet some villagers from other villages from time to time. Some are driving bullock carts, and some are pulling chariots. Those with better conditions can get a four-wheeled cart with a bucket, and several families can load it in.

Together, they were dragged together to hand over the public food.

When we first went on the road, we didn't see much. Until the white sky in the east turned red, and there were more and more people on the road. It was like going to a market, and it was very lively.

We formed a long queue, entered the town in an orderly manner, and then hurried slowly towards the grain station. If you can't walk fast, there were really too many people.

There were people in the queue, all in white coats, with white towels around their necks. Even before they got to the grain station, they were already so crowded.

Zhang Guoquan was crowded into a bunch of cars. He couldn't move forward, nor could he move backward. They were full of people's heads, and it was impossible to see them all. The cars were also surrounded on the left and right.

"There are so many people, how long will the queue last?" Zhang Guoquan murmured, taking out the steamed buns prepared by Bai Ge from the car and eating them directly with a teapot of water.

With so many people, it was estimated that seven or eight villages came to pay the public rations at the same time, and they were crowded together. They all wanted to finish paying the public rations quickly and go back to work. After finishing this matter, they felt a lot relieved.

They also know that handing over public grain is not as easy as imagined. They only need to bring enough grain from home and dump it into the large warehouse of the grain station and that's it.

In fact, it's not as simple as imagined.

But here's the trouble, the quality inspectors are too careful and don't know if they are deliberately making things difficult for you. They will often touch it with their hands and say that your wheat has moisture and is not good enough, so they need to pull it back and dry it again.

How could it be such a simple thing to start all over again? Coming from such a long distance, not to mention the hard work along the way, the sun was shining brightly, and there was such a long queue, and after a long day of hard work and being asked to go back, no one would be annoyed.

Go back and dry it again, pull it again, do it in a circle, and several days have passed. After so many days, has the work at home been done? The ground has not been plowed, and the seeds have not been sown. How can there be so much time?

This consumes.

If it's true that it's not dried, forget it, but sometimes they just deliberately make things difficult for you, want some benefits, or deduct a few kilograms of wheat from you.

A few kilograms of wheat costs only a few yuan. Some farmers have little land, so of course they are reluctant to part with it. They would rather go back and forth for a few days. So what can be done?

While waiting in line with the driver, Zhang Guoquan was sitting on the handlebar drinking water when he saw a villager who had received the public grain returned.

The villager was similar to Zhang Guoquan. He only carried two unsatisfied bags of wheat in his empty cart. He must not be happy when he returned. He lowered his head and pulled the cart back gloomily.

Zhang Guoquan shook his head helplessly, thankful that he had dried the wheat in the sun and selected plump grains without a single stone inside.
Chapter completed!