After lunch, Li Long drove the tractor to the wheat field in Donggou again. Before the tractor was unloaded, Xu Chengjun was already chasing after him on his bicycle.
"Xiaolong, I heard from Daqiang that you finished cutting over there in the morning, and also cut theirs? Is everything okay here? It will take a while before the wheat bundles are finished? Let's go, let's go, let's go , go and cut it in my land. I was still thinking that it would be tomorrow. It would be just right to cut the wheat today. I called the people together and went to my field to cut the wheat. I can bind the wheat today."
"Okay. ." Li Long agreed readily.
"My family has a total of thirty-five acres of land, and I get two yuan per acre, right? I'll give you money after harvesting." Xu Chengjun said again, and then rode his bicycle to the west. His family's land is not in Donggou, but in another large field. The fields there are longer, but the yield is not as good as here.
Li Long unloaded the bucket of the cart. Li Jianguo and the others continued to bind wheat, while he drove a tractor with a harvester and followed Xu Chengjun to their land.
The winter wheat planting time is about the same. The wheat in the fields is already mature, and some people have already cut it manually. The land next to Xu Chengjun's house belongs to Ma Jinbao's family. He is herding sheep, while his wife and children are cutting wheat.
The Xu family members called by Xu Chengjun, including his wife Ma Hongmei, were all waiting on the ground. There were bundles of reed stalks, as well as sickles and wooden forks. Except for someone who went over and shoveled the stalks, no one moved.
The Ma Jinbao family did not know that Xu Chengjun asked Li Long to cut wheat with a harvester. Seeing the Xu family sitting there idle, they whispered, saying that the Xu family was lazy.
“It’s okay to be lazy when you’re working in a big pot, but if you’re lazy now, isn’t that to find freedom with God? The wheat will be harvested a few days late, and we have to wait until it’s windy or rainy, and it will be troublesome if the wheat falls. It will be white in just one year!”
Not even now, even thirty or forty years from now, the resistance of wheat to lodging will be a big problem. When a heavy rain comes with strong winds, the wheat falls easily before it turns yellow. When it is yellow, if a heavy rain falls for two consecutive days, the wheat may sprout directly on the pole.
Although such things are rare, it does not mean that they have never happened.
Ma Jinbao's family is relatively marginalized in the village. Because of Ma Jinbao's personality, the family's reputation in the village is not very good, so not many people interact with their family.
Now it is one of the few places where their family can laugh at others.
Then they saw Xu Chengjun coming, and the discussion immediately stopped. They know Xu Chengjun's strengths and weaknesses. To put it bluntly, Xu Chengjun sometimes seems to be a two-goal player in the eyes of most people in the team.
If you offend him, you may be punished to death.
Then they saw Li Long driving a tractor and the strange-looking machine in front of the tractor.
Not allowing them to guess, Li Long started the operation after greeting the others.
A ridge of wheat rushed past with the tractor, and then was cut down neatly. By the time they came to their senses, Li Long's tractor had already driven to the center of the field, and was mowed down. ran to the ground.
Here the Xu family has already started binding wheat.
The Ma Jinbao family looked a little dumbfounded, so fast!
No wonder... people rested there before, so they naturally had a reason to rest.
They looked at the wheat they had cut. They had cut less than 50 meters in more than half an hour. The tractor over there had begun to turn, and one ridge of the field, which was more than 500 meters long, had been cut. The other end of the land was cut off all the way.
The speed is really fast!
“Should we also ask Li Long to cut it off?” Ma Jinbao’s son-in-law whispered to his son, “The sun is shining so hard. I was stung by a wasp just now. Look at my eyes. They're all swollen..."
Wasps in the wild often make nests on wheat stalks. Although they are not big, if you don't pay attention when cutting wheat, you will be stung by the wasps, which will be very painful.
"I'll go ask." Ma Jinbao's son Ma Chenyang was also very envious, and his heart was moved. He walked to the ground with a sickle in hand, and when Li Long suddenly came over, he shouted loudly:
"Li Long, how much does it cost to cut an acre of wheat?"
"Two yuan." Li Long didn't stop, dropped two words and drove away.
He didn't want to do this business. Ma Jinbao didn't seem like someone who would pay. If he really agreed, the wheat would be harvested and it would be troublesome if he didn't get the money back. Of course, if Li Long really uses his methods, he can get the money back, but he doesn't live in the team city and his eldest brother is still in the team, so he doesn't want to make it too embarrassing.
Of course, if Ma Jinbao refuses to pay for the actual operation, he will have his own way.
When Ma Chenyang heard that one acre of land cost two yuan, he immediately stopped talking.
My father is in charge of all the money in his family. One acre of land costs two yuan, and the thirty acres of wheat at home is sixty yuan. Not to mention that Dad can't take it out, even if he does, I'm afraid he won't be able to take it out.
Dejectedly, I returned to the field and discussed the price with my wife. She stopped talking and continued to cut wheat.
The cutting of the thirty-five acres of land was slower, but Li Long was much more skilled at cutting now than in the morning. He finished cutting in nearly three hours. After cutting, Xu Chengjun paid Li Long 70 yuan directly. money.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Long drove the tractor toward his home. Over there, Ma Chenyang watched the Xu family tying wheat quickly and leisurely, and looked at the wheat field that seemed to be endless as far as the eye could see. He wanted Li Long to cut the wheat.
Li Long drove the tractor to his field and saw that there were already a lot of wheat bundles tied up. His father picked many of the wheat bundles into piles. Now the piles in the wheat field looked like a good harvest. .
He lifted up the bucket, hung it on the back of the tractor, and then drove to the wheat sheaf.
"Xiaolong, don't be anxious. I'll finish tying them here and then I'll get in the car and put the basket in the truck while you carry it underneath." Li Jianguo shouted loudly in the distance.
"Brother, don't worry, I can do it." Li Long smiled and then asked his father to pick up the wheat bundle.
It’s not that he is trying to show off, he really knows how to show off.
Of course, he didn't know how to arrange wheat sheaves before, but after all, he was born in two lives. This skill was ignited in the last life, so he can definitely do it now.
And his skills in this area are definitely better than those of his eldest brother. After all, his eldest brother is good at placing wheat bales on a carriage. This tractor has a wooden frame, and no one in the team can do it better than Li Long.
Li Qingxia came over to pick out the wheat bundles in the car. The old man is self-aware and knows that this thing cannot be placed well. If it falls sideways, there will be big trouble.
The four bundles of wheat were put directly into the cart. Li Long stood on the cart, picked them up one by one, and placed them in the appropriate position.
By the time Li Jianguo came over in a hurry, Li Long had already filled the upper level of the wooden frame.
Li Jianguo watched from below, and then went up to the fenders of the tractor to take a look. Seeing that Li Long was very organized, he was slightly relieved.
I was just a little relieved, after all, the next step was to put the wheat sheaves on top, which was a technical job. Previously, there was a wooden frame to constrain it, so the wheat sheaves only needed to be placed in the right position and not move out of alignment. But the higher you go, there is no restriction of the wooden frame, and the test of your eyesight and hand strength becomes more intense.
Just like a horse-drawn carriage, often at this time, the foundation of the people is ready, and then they can be put up layer by layer, and usually they will not go astray.
But if the foundation is not laid well and the bottom is a little biased, the top will become more and more biased, one side is lighter and the other is heavier, or one side is more and the other is less. When there are enough layers on top, tie a rope to a winch stick, tighten the rope, and then move forward.
Nowadays, field roads are mainly dirt roads, and pits are unavoidable. Horse-drawn carriages and donkey carts hit a few pits, and the carts tilt a few times, and a poorly placed wheat stand may fall over.
Li Jianguo's worry is not unnecessary. After all, he can see donkeys, carts and horse-drawn carriages pulling wheat sheaves lying on the roadside several times a year.
The donkey cart and horse carriage can pull relatively little, but this tractor can pull much more. If it collapses, a lot of wheat will be lost, and something may happen to everyone on the cart.
He was a little worried, but Li Long had already placed it on top, so he couldn't just call Li Long down, so he and Li Qingxia picked the wheat bundles together, jumping up on the page board from time to time and looking up.
Li Jianguo's expression slowly changed from solemn to relaxed.
It’s not bad. I watched Li Long lay out the wheat bundles in an orderly manner, pressing them one by one, keeping the surroundings straight, and putting them up according to the size of the shelf. Looking from the front, looking from the back, and standing on the page board, it was all amazing. It is square and square, with a sense of beauty inside.
Li Jianguo was relieved.
With Li Jianguo here, Li Long doesn't need to go down and drive the tractor from time to time. After loading a pile of wheat bundles and heading towards the next pile, Li Jianguo drove directly over.
There are a lot of things on it, and Li Jianguo's driving is stable and slow, almost like walking. After all, there is no rope on it, and there are many layers of wheat on it, which can easily fall off if it shakes.
Seeing that the wheat sheaves on the frame were getting higher and higher, and the wheat sheaves in the field were getting less and less, when they reached one-third of the field, Li Long shouted from above: " Brother, that’s it. Let’s just pack this much for today. The sun is going down. Can we do it tomorrow?”
Li Long knew that there were almost three or five wheat sheaves in the pile. He was at the top, so he began to reduce the area where the wheat sheaves were placed.
Li Jianguo did not let Li Qingxia load the last few bundles. Now the height of the wheat bundles plus the height of the tractor bucket was more than four meters. Li Jianguo was afraid that Li Qingxia would flash his waist when he threw them up, so he stopped the tractor. Then he picked up the wheat bundle with a wooden fork, turned his back to the tractor, and shouted A voice:
"Hey!"
With both arms, he picked up the wheat bundle and swung it up. Li Long was already holding a fork on top. In preparation, when the wheat sheaf flew almost parallel to his waist, he quickly stretched out his fork and caught it.
“One more bundle!” Li Jianguo shouted from below, and then he threw it up. The two brothers cooperated, and the last five bundles were put up.
After Li Long's side was set up, Li Jianguo took off a roll of rope from the tractor's front seat bag, sorted it out and threw it on.
Li Long took the rope from above and threw it to the back. Li Jianguo tied the rope tightly in front of the cart, then went to the back and used two sticks to twist the rope tightly.
Li Long stepped on it hard. The stronger the rope was, the less likely it would be for the wheat bundle to fall when he pulled it back.
Everyone knows.
At this time, Liang Yuemei and Chen Lirong had already arrived at the tractor.
Looking up at the tall "wheat stack", Liang Yuemei said: "We have to bring the carriage here tomorrow. When we go back, we can just take the carriage back. How troublesome it is to go up -"
It is indeed troublesome. You need to be behind the carriage. , stepping on the rope-wrenching stick, pulling the tight rope to climb to the top of the wheat stack.
Two people can sit in front of the tractor, but it is impossible for both of them to sit down.
"Okay, let's hitch the carriage over tomorrow morning." Li Jianguo felt that this was indeed the case. This tractor can pull a lot, but it is also troublesome to get up.
Li Jianguo refused to let Li Long come down. He drove the tractor, Liang Yuemei sat on the side, and Chen Lirong and Li Qingxia pulled the rope up to the top of the wheat stack.
The tractor spewed black smoke and headed west.
When the tractor arrived at the wheat field, the sun had only a red face sticking to the horizon.
The wheat field has been tidied up a long time ago. The area occupied by the Li family last year has not changed this year. A large area of grass there has been shoveled clean. Li Jianguo parked the tractor beside it and prepared to unload the wheat bundles. .
Untie the knot and loosen it in circles. After the force is released, pull out the winch and throw the rope up. At this time, Li Qingxia and Chen Lirong had already gotten off. Li Long threw the rope off the front of the car, and then said to the bottom:
"I'm unloading it!"
Li Jianguo responded, and Li Long began to pick out the wheat bundles.
If it is a carriage, you only need to untie the horse at this time, take off the rope, and then tip the carriage backwards, and all the wheat sheaves will fall down. No tractor, the wheat sheaf is several times the size of the horse-drawn carriage, so it is proper to pick out the top ones first.
After unloading the wheat bales and driving the tractor home, it was almost dark.
Dinner was already on the table, and to Li Long's surprise, Tao Daqiang was also there.
"I'll give you the money for cutting the wheat. I didn't show off this morning." Tao Daqiang said.
Li Long was not polite, took the 40 yuan and loaded it up, and Tao Daqiang rode his bicycle back. They pulled two donkey carts of wheat sheaves in the afternoon and were very sleepy.
"It will all be done in one day tomorrow. Then Xiaolong, you can continue to cut wheat with the tractor, and I can pull the carriage to work." Li Jianguo said with a smile, "Our family is the fastest this year. How good and fast this is!”
“Hey, this iron cow is different. "Like this!" Li Qingxia also expressed emotion, "If you cut a hundred acres of land a day, you can make a lot of money in this wheat season!" It only takes a harvester." Du Chunfang also looked proud, and her face was also bright because of her younger son's success.
Chen Lirong didn't say anything, but in fact, she had already compared it in her heart. There is a lot of land in northern Xinjiang and a lot of grain can be harvested, so the money earned from farming is more than back home. In fact, even if you don't become a worker, it is better to be a farmer in the village than in your hometown.
The family finished the meal talking and laughing, and then Li Long returned to the front yard. Although cutting wheat with a tractor was not affected much, he was still pricked a lot by the wheat awns when loading wheat sheaves. He was also quite tired and planned to take an early rest.
After breakfast the next day, Li Jianguo and the others rode the carriage to the fields, while Li Long went to cut wheat for Lu Yingming, Xie Yundong and others. He also brought a small notebook and pen, ready to take notes. Some people can give you money on the spot, and some people may give you credit, so write it down first.
Lu Yingming and Xie Yundong's family together had sixty acres of wheat, and they finished it in one morning. Both families gave cash in cash.
After cutting, Li Long took the cart bucket to load wheat in his own field, pulled a cart back, and went to Jia Weidong's house to cut in the afternoon. After cutting, he went to his father-in-law Gu Boyuan's house to cut the wheat.
Gu Boyuan does not grow much, just ten acres of wheat. He mainly pays for the public grain and keeps food for his own family. Li Long finished cutting it in less than an hour, and then asked Gu Boyuan to tie it up slowly. Li Jianguo and others will come to help tomorrow.
"What help can you do? I can't tie ten acres of land by myself? Just come over and help me pull it back when you are free." Gu Boyuan was not polite to Li Long. There was no need to tie it up, but he still had to pull it.
That night, many people in the village went to Li's house and started making appointments to have Li Long's harvester help cut the wheat.
We had inquired about it in advance, two pieces of land per acre. It may be a bit expensive, but it really saves time and effort. The Tao family and the Xu family harvested the wheat the day before, and they have brought it all back today. The Xu family has already started arranging the playing fields. How fast!
Eight families came to Li's house to make reservations that night, totaling more than 100 acres of land.
Li Longming said the order of harvesting, and those who came calculated it, it was all tomorrow, earlier or later didn't matter, so he didn't have any opinion.
After these people left, Li Jianguo said to Li Long:
"Don't pull the remaining wheat in the field. I will pull it back with a carriage. Just cut yours. This harvester It’s not cheap to get it back. Now that you can make money, just make money.”
"That's right." Liang Yuemei also said, "There is a carriage on the playing field, and the wheat from Tietou's family has also been brought back. Tomorrow, what little we have left will be brought back by the carriage, and there is no need for the playing field. You worry about it, just make the money."
Li Long nodded. In fact, someone wanted Li Long's tractor to help pull the wheat bales today and let him bid for it himself. Li Long said he would consider it, but in fact he was not easy to set the price. If it’s too much, people won’t pay for it, but if it’s too little, I can’t afford it. After all, loading wheat sheaves takes time and effort. Wouldn’t it be nice to cut a few more acres of land if you have the time?
He planned that if anyone spoke tomorrow, it would be calculated as fifteen per car. After all, it takes at least an hour to load and pull the machine back and forth. In one hour, you can cut more than ten acres of land and earn more than 20 yuan.
At present, my plan to make money with the harvester is basically laid out. I have almost recovered the cost of the harvester in the past two days, and the next step is basically pure profit.
At present, there is nothing wrong with the harvester, and I hope it will continue to be like this.
If it can be connected later, it shouldn't be a problem to make enough money for a tractor in one harvest season.
He didn’t expect that the next day, someone would try to take advantage of him.
Of course, it’s not that easy.
Early the next morning, Li Long remembered the success in his small book, drove the tractor and took the harvester to find someone to harvest - he didn't know the plot of land, so he could only follow them.
The first family is the Tie Lao Gang in the team, Ma Jinbao’s in-laws.
After cutting the wheat, Tie Laobang told Li Longming directly:
“I have no money at home.”
PS: There is something going on at home, and I am exhausted from all the hard work. . Please rest assured that I have not yet planned to change it to one chapter. I still hope to maintain two chapters and 10,000 words per day. After all, everyone loves to watch it, and I can also make some money, killing two birds with one stone. I had something to do late today, but I finally got this chapter out. Okay, I won’t complain anymore, people don’t like to hear it, just one sentence, I will try my best to update. (End of chapter)