Chapter 124 Autumn Harvest Ends

Han Li has really felt these two days that farmers never have an easy time, especially in this era without mechanization.

These two days, everyone is basically working in the threshing ground, taking advantage of the good weather to dry all kinds of grains and put them into storage.

However, everyone can go home in batches to eat at noon, and if you are fast enough, you can take a nap.

Han Li and the other three finished lunch quickly at noon today, and the Yun sisters also wanted to lie down for a while.

After they left, Han Li just lay on the kang when he heard someone calling him at the street door.

"Han Li, Comrade Han, are you home?"

Han Li really didn't recognize who it was when he heard it. As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw Mai Weiguo and Xiong Xianjin coming in with a depressed look on their faces.

What are these two people doing here? I don't have much friendship with them, but they are really different now.

The two are now dark and thin, their waists are not as straight as before, and their legs are a little unsteady when they walk.

Han Li thought that reality would teach people a lesson. The high spirits they had when they first came here had almost disappeared.

"Comrade Mai, Comrade Xiong, you two are rare guests. Why did you think of coming to my place? Sit down and rest."

Han Li arranged them in the yard and did not let them go inside.

Mai Weiguo: "Comrade Han, we came here to ask for something. Do you have any money? Can you lend us some to buy food? We have spent all the money in our hands. Our family will remit the money to us in a few days. We will pay you back immediately then."

Xiong Xianjin also said: "Comrade Han, don't worry. The autumn harvest is about to pass. The village will distribute food at that time. If our family does not send money, we will use food to pay the money. I heard that most people in the village who can't pay back their debts use food to pay off their debts."

What? Borrow money? This is absolutely impossible.

Han Li heard that the two of them received a letter after they went to the countryside.

Not to mention the remittance slip, even the parcel slip that most people have is now nowhere to be seen.

Let's put aside their personalities for now. Lending them money at this time is a waste of money.

Using grain to pay off the debt? The two of them don't even have 300 work points, and they can't even guarantee their own food.

In this situation, if I let them use the grain that is not enough to eat to pay off the debt, who knows what others will accuse him of.

Besides, if you borrow money for the first time, it is inevitable that you will ask for it a second time. If you borrow money many times, the other party will get used to it.

If you don't lend it in the future, you will be a bad person, so it's better not to ask for it from the beginning, so Han Li said with an embarrassed look.

"I don't have much money after I built the house. And you know I'm dating Yun Yingying. Autumn harvest is a physical job. I have to let my girlfriend eat more, but the two sisters came together. We can't leave her sister aside when we eat, right? This one mouthful becomes two mouthfuls. My money and food are almost gone. I don't know if I can hold on until the food distribution. So I really don't have this money. Sorry."

"This."

Han Li: "Although I can't help with the money, it is also a fate that everyone gathered from all over the world to join the team in Shanghe Village. I'll bring you a bunch of hazel mushrooms picked up from the mountains. This stuff tastes pretty good whether it's used to cook dishes or soup."

After sending Mai Weiguo and Xiong Xianjin away, Han Li didn't feel like resting. He locked the door and walked towards the threshing ground.

In the afternoon, when Han Li was working in the threshing ground, he heard about the subsequent development of Mai Weiguo's borrowing money. The two borrowed money from the educated youth but failed to borrow money. Finally, they asked for help from Village Chief Zhao. He thought that it would not be long before they could get food distribution, and finally agreed to let them exchange some food with work points.

Two more days passed, and the space in the threshing ground was basically vacated.

In the evening, Captain Liang notified everyone that corn would be harvested tomorrow, and all the young and strong went to the ground to break corn cobs.

As for the half-grown children, big girls, young wives, and old ladies, they were preparing to husk the corn in the threshing ground.

As soon as the light began to appear on the second day, all the strong laborers in the village set out.

Everyone broke the corn cobs from the corn stalks and threw them into the backpacks behind them.

When the backpacks were full, they carried them to the side of the field and put them on the carts or wheelbarrows parked nearby, and then they pulled them to the threshing ground.

At this time, the people who stayed in the threshing ground began to help unload the carts, and all the corn that had not been husked was unloaded on one side of the threshing ground.

The older ones sat on the ground and began to peel the corn husks. After the corn husks were peeled off, the orange corn cobs appeared in front of everyone.

At this time, the younger ones transported the corn cobs to the middle of the threshing ground and spread them evenly.

They would try their best to make every corn cob get enough sunlight so that the corn could be dried and threshed as soon as possible.

Cart after car of corn was pulled over, and the people in the threshing ground were a little too busy.

At this time, no one was in the mood to chat, and they all lowered their heads and peeled the corn cobs quickly.

All you could hear around you was the swish of pulling corn husks, and the fragrance of fresh corn filled the air.

This corn-breaking was different from other farm work. In this tall corn field, everyone walked and dispersed.

They all relied on shouting to each other. When it was dark and nothing could be seen, the shouting here became even more continuous.

But it is impossible to be lazy, the scorekeeper will record every basket you carry back in detail.

Everything was normal in the first three days of harvesting corn. When we got home from work on the fourth day, the team leader notified everyone to go to the threshing ground for a meeting.

What could be the meeting at this time? Han Li followed everyone to the threshing ground with a puzzled look on his face.

At this time, people sat on the ground around the corn pile in the threshing ground, and most of them, regardless of gender, smoked pipes.

The children seemed to never know how to get tired, and they had a lot of fun climbing up and down on the corn pile.

Yun Yingying saw Han Li coming back, and quickly waved to him to sit over, and then whispered about the sudden meeting.

It turned out that the culprits of this sudden meeting were Mai Weiguo and Xiong Xianjin, who had stolen some corn when they were carrying it these two days.

The two of them hid some corn cobs in the ground while working during the day, and planned to move them out when the time was right.

The two of them started harvesting corn on the first day. The number started from about 20 on the first day, to more than 50 on the second day, more than 200 on the third day, and it seems to be about 300 today.

However, when they were digging a pit to hide the corn cobs today, they were discovered by Liang Wujia, and then she and the team leader caught them red-handed.

At this time, Mai Weiguo and Xiong Xianjin had been pushed over, and behind them was a cart full of corn cobs.

There is no need to say more about what happened next, everything was going on according to the specified rules.

However, the beginning and end of this matter more or less relieved everyone's nervous mood in recent days.

However, what no one expected was that Xiong Xianjin actually came back two days after this incident.

Mai Weiguo was transferred to other places, so the things here are a bit interesting.

However, everyone was exhausted every day, and no one went to inquire about the specific situation.

It took a total of 8 days to harvest corn, and then it was threshed after drying.

After peeling, drying, threshing, and drying, the corn can finally be temporarily stored in the granary.

However, after more than two months of intensive labor, when the last bag of corn was put into the granary, everyone's spirits relaxed at once. The villagers were better. They were talking about when they would hand in the grain, and then everyone could share the grain.

But the educated youth were a bit miserable, especially the new educated youth. Almost all of them seemed to have lost their muscles and bones.

One by one, they became listless and droopy. Some sat directly on the ground, some slid down slowly against the wall, and even several female educated youth cried at that time.

Han Li also felt very tired now. Although his body was a little abnormal, he could not withstand the psychological pressure brought by such a long time.

At this time, Captain Liang told everyone that they could rest for two days, and everyone would start to share the grain after the autumn grain was handed in.

They dispersed and went home amid everyone's cheers. The busyness of the village branch had just begun.

They had to calculate how much money and tickets the village could get after handing in the grain.

They also had to calculate the remaining grain after the village handed it in, and estimate the expenses required for the village next year based on this value.

For example: show the villagers a movie, buy some necessary farm tools, etc.

When all these are estimated, a part of the money and grain for emergency needs to be reserved.

At this time, the remaining food and money belong to everyone, and can be distributed according to each person's work points.

It is also necessary to distinguish between fine grains, coarse grains, money and tickets. In short, it is a very tedious job.

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On the way back, the aunts, aunties, and sisters-in-law were discussing where to go to check more mountain products and bring more firewood.

Or how to spend the money after the money is distributed, what to prepare for the winter, what to buy for the family, etc.

Most of the men are talking about where to set traps and traps now that they have plenty of time.

Some of the old educated youth are already thinking about going home for the New Year before the snow closes the mountain after they get the money and grain.

However, most of the educated youth are planning to reward themselves now. Those who have the conditions will go to the villagers to exchange two eggs, and those who don’t have the conditions will cook more meals for themselves. In short, they should think carefully about their hard work these days.

Han Li was no exception. On the way, Yun Yingying discussed with him what to eat in the evening.

He Mi brought Qi Zhaodi, Hao Hongmin, and Yang Xiuying to come over, saying that they wanted to celebrate together in the evening.

Han Li saw through their little thoughts at a glance, which was nothing more than the end of the autumn harvest.

No longer need to enjoy the sweating and muddy appearance every day, now they all want to wash themselves clean.

So Han Li's house became lively, and each of them brought a lot of ingredients.

But they were not in a hurry to cook, but unanimously decided to take a bath first, and wait until they all took a bath.

Besides, they were all washed, and I was embarrassed to get close to them with the sweat all over my body.

So Han Li asked Yun Jingjing to cook a dish for him, and then took a bottle of wine and went to talk to Zhang Xiangjun.

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