Not long after Wu Xiaojun and Bai Lingyan arrived home, Wu Pingshun came back, washed his face, had a few bites of food and a bowl of soup, and squatted aside to smoke with his head down.

Wu Xiaojun and Bai Lingyan had already had breakfast in the county seat and didn't eat much. They quietly squatted next to Wu Pingshun and asked in a low voice, "Dad, how many acres of wheat have we harvested? Now we use a thresher to thresh the wheat.

Why are you still drying wheat straw at the stall?"

Wu Pingshun said with a depressed look, "I cut two acres in advance a few days ago, but before I even brought it to the field, it rained all night and soaked it all. The next day, I pulled it back and put it on the pile, and I got a fever overnight."

, spread out in the sun. Lingyan is back this time, how many days can you two be home?"

Wu Xiaojun said worriedly, "She said she wanted to come back for a visit, and I couldn't stop her, so I just let her come back. Now the hospital has strict management, and she can stay at home for up to five days!"

Wu Pingshun showed a hint of joy on his face, "I don't know why, this year my body and bones are obviously not as good as in previous years. I feel exhausted and weak, and my hands and feet are stiff and inflexible. I have been worrying about the wheat harvest, worrying that my body will not be able to hold on.

Ripe wheat falls to the ground

Here. You two came back just in time. Our wheat crop is promising. It is the time of the big harvest. The wheat shearing machine is very nervous. Everyone is following it like a follower. I have no time to keep an eye on the machine and can't keep up.

After a while, we will go to the fields and cut those two pieces of land first."

Wu Xiaojun lowered his head and listened quietly, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart. This was an indisputable fact that could not be changed. He said dullly, "Well! The land in the south of the village is more than three acres. It is easy to cut. It takes almost as much time to pull it back.

One day, I will go there directly to see if it can be cut today."

Wu Xiaojun and Bai Lingyan came out of home and went directly to the land in the south of the village, which was the land where Wu Xiaojun's sister-in-law, Mrs. Ma, was buried a few years ago. At that time, Wu Pingshun felt particularly sorry for his second sister Wu Lian and couldn't bear to give up.

She was embarrassed, so she agreed on the spot to bury Mrs. Ma there. However, she was constantly criticized.

The eldest son Wu Xiaofu, who coveted the land, strongly opposed it and tried his best to obstruct it. In the middle of the night, Wu Xiaofu went to his eldest daughter Wu Xiaoyun's house and beat her up. The next day, the father and son fought again in the field. In the end, Wu Xiaofu could not defeat Wu Xiaofu.

Pingshun had to compromise. But the impact of that incident still exists today.

The next year, brother-in-law Ma Wencheng and second sister Wu Lian were worried that Wu Pingshun would not be able to bear the wheat harvest, so the whole family came to help, which immediately aroused strong dissatisfaction with Wu Xiaofu. Since there was no excuse or reason for a direct conflict with Ma Wencheng, they called their brother-in-law

Wuping Chunduo

On the grounds of planting corn in his family's field, the two families quarreled for a long time and even fought each other. Wu Pingshun was so angry that he wanted to break Wu Xiaofu's legs with a fork, which made Ma Wencheng and his family very embarrassed. Since then, they have never seen each other again.

I won’t do such a thankless job anymore.

Wu Xiaojun was also present at the time and witnessed everything that happened at that time. Looking back on it now, it feels like it happened just yesterday.

Wu Xiaojun and Bai Lingyan walked to the entrance of the village and looked at the endless golden wheat waves in the ground. The waves were higher than the waves. It was really gratifying. It was another good harvest year. The obvious difference from the past was that the yellow straw hats dotted in the ground had become

There were only as few as morning stars. Instead, there were many electric tricycles and tricycles parked on the side of the country road. Villagers gathered in groups of three or two on the side of the road to chat and wait for the wheat shearing machine.

Wu Xiaojun clearly remembers that in the first year when the wheat shearing machine appeared in the fields, everyone thought that the wheat stubble left was too long, and the straw, the most basic ration for livestock, was wasted. There was also an underestimation of the degree of wheat grain scattering, and basically nothing was done.

It is used by people, but only by young people who rarely use it.

In the second year, obvious changes occurred. Everyone valued speed and labor saving, and the popular usage rate reached 60%. In the third year, it was fully rolled out. The traditional harvesting tools, sickles and shovels, were all laid off. No one wanted to use them anymore.

After working hard, I squatted in the ground with a sickle and cut the wheat sweating profusely.

Compared with manual harvesting of wheat, which can take less than three acres in one day at the fastest time, it takes less than ten minutes for a wheat shearing machine to cut one acre of wheat, saving both time and effort. This is after the emergence of threshing machines and tractors in previous years, and the use of cattle, mules and horses to cultivate crops.

After losing their role in farming and being laid off and gradually withdrawing from the stage of history, mechanization has brought another new change to rural people.

Although Bai Lingyan was born and grew up in a rural area and is no stranger to the countryside, she has been living in remote mountainous areas since she was a child. This is the first time she has seen such spectacular scenes and beautiful scenery on the plains, and she is particularly happy and excited.

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Wu Xiaojun was moved by the scene and thought about the past. His parents' abnormal reaction said it all. Although he didn't know what happened at Yichun's family, their health was deteriorating, their mood was very dull, and their life was not happy. He had just arrived home, and it was the busy wheat harvest.

At this critical moment, it is not the time to delve into these matters. I can only temporarily suppress them in my heart and try my best to complete the wheat harvest so as not to make my parents feel distressed and disappointed.

Besides, Bai Lingyan is still an outsider after all, so it would be better for her to know less about, participate in, and be less involved in these messy things at home.

Seeing Bai Lingyan's carefree look in her clothes, Wu Xiaojun asked with a smile, "Isn't the harvest picture in the countryside in front of you beautiful?"

Bai Lingyan nodded excitedly and said, "Well, it's rare! I have never seen such a spectacular scene. It's a pity that I don't have a camera. It would be a good memory if I could take a few photos. I wonder how your wheat is growing.

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Wu Xiaojun looked at her happy face and said with a smile, "You said the wrong thing, what is your home? That is our home!"

Bai Lingyancan said with a smile, "It's unreasonable to talk. Your home is your home. What does it have to do with me? Who cares about you and us!"

Wu Xiaojun teased slyly, "Hey, hey, hey, you're still pretending, didn't you and I break up earlier?"

Bai Lingyan rolled her eyes at him and said coquettishly, "Fuck you! Don't call me aunt or aunt. If you talk nonsense again, I'll kick you!"

Wu Xiaojun chuckled and said, "Okay, okay, if you don't say it, don't say it, I'm afraid you won't be able to do it!"

The two of them were laughing and joking, and suddenly someone in front of them exclaimed, "Hey, Xiaojun, when did you and your wife come back? Your eldest sister Bai, who has such delicate skin and tender flesh, also came back with you to help."

Are your parents harvesting wheat? Can Sister Bai bear the rough work of basking in the sun? You kid doesn't know how to feel sorry for me."

Wu Xiaojun and Bai Lingyan hurriedly suppressed their smiles. They looked up and saw their neighbor Aunt Wang, wearing a straw hat and a white towel on her shoulders, leaning against the tricycle about ten meters in front of them. She was staring at the two of them and giggling.

The locals more formally call young daughters-in-law with the surname Jia Dajie. Bai Lingyan didn't know what Aunt Wang meant, so she didn't answer, but turned her face shyly and stared at Wu Xiaojun.

Wu Xiaojun smiled lightly and asked, "Aunt Wang, we just came back, how is your family doing?"

"Hey, there are few wheat shearing machines and it's hard to stop them. They haven't started yet."

"Everything is mechanized now, so it's much easier than before. There's no need to rush!"

"It looks like that. Look, everyone is squatting on the ground. No one is sticking their butt out anymore. They are so tired that they are sweating profusely like peeing, and they are trying their best to cut."

Bai Lingyan couldn't help but laugh when she heard Aunt Wang say bad words.

Seeing Bai Lingyan smiling, Aunt Wang said hahaha, "Sister Bai, maybe you don't know, but you feel that your body and words are a bit rough. Xiao Jun knows best. Don't look at the way his kid behaves like a dog now. In the past few years,

He pouts in winter

Pushing your buttocks to pull manure into the field, during the wheat harvest, one cart after another pulls wheat into the field like ants moving, not forgetting to set up a stall for your father, wearing a dirty little coat and a rotten straw hat, driving under the scorching sun

That end with you

Needless to say, the old white cows who depended on each other to crush wheat in summer and autumn spent all day in the fields with your parents. They were often tired and turned yellow, listless, and looked like gray ghosts. I have to say that after so many years,

Train her to be a very good worker, one of the few in the surrounding villages. A few days ago, your old man, your father, was still talking about you two and worrying about harvesting wheat. Now that you two are back, he feels that

I feel at ease!"

Bai Lingyan listened quietly to Aunt Wang talking about Wu Xiaojun's past, and smiled slightly at him.

Wu Xiaojun said sheepishly, "Aunt Wang, look at what you said, we don't have to imitate others to do the crops. It's better to have more people than fewer people. The more capable you are, the better."

Aunt Wang is not a very talkative person. Perhaps she is filled with the joy of the harvest, or she has a good impression of Wu Xiaojun and Bai Lingyan. She talks endlessly without any intention of stopping, "Xiaojun, you are such a good child."

, You’re right! Your parents are both over sixty years old. Without any helpers, they are raising animals and tending more than ten acres of land day and night. They are miserable and have neither enough food nor clothing.

It's so difficult. Your family's situation is very special. We, fellow villagers, are neighbors. We see the old couple flourishing, suffering, working, being exhausted physically and mentally, and becoming thinner day by day. Especially

My heart aches, but I can't muster the strength. Auntie knows that both of you are in public office and are not free. It's not easy to come back. Time is precious. I'll let the wheat shearing machine come over later and let him cut it for you first."

Wu Xiaojun heard something in Aunt Wang's words and smiled bitterly, "Thank you Aunt Wang first. Let's go to the fields to have a look and come back later!"

Aunt Wang said cheerfully, "Well, your wheat is growing best this year, go and have a look!"

Wu Xiaojun and Bai Lingyan walked into their fields and looked at the flat wheat fields with plump and dense grains, gathered together by the bright yellow wheat ears. They felt particularly happy, "Xiaojun, look at how beautiful this is. It's like paving on the ground."

The yellow carpet on the ground, like this, weighs about seven to eight hundred kilograms per acre, right?"

Wu Xiaojun laughed loudly, "Girl, you underestimate the power of our land. To be honest, our ten acres of land are very powerful. At the most, I sold more than 1,200 kilograms of wheat per acre."

, the ground surface will be whiter than adding whitening agent.”

Bai Lingyan curled her lips and said, "You are bragging, the best ones in our area only weigh four to five hundred pounds. I don't believe that yours can weigh more than one thousand pounds."

Wu Xiaojun fiddled with the ears of wheat and said seriously, "Don't believe it. Think about it. Are the crops grown there so dense? Are the ears of wheat so big? Are the grains of wheat so full? If you compare it, you will know that only one thousand kilograms is enough."
Chapter completed!