In the next two days, Li Long spent time harvesting wheat in Team 1 and Team 5.
The first team and the fifth team are not far away. One family has harvested, and others will soon know about it. Relatives and friends would sit together and chat about these topics. Although it was not spread from person to person, within two days, two teams and nearly a hundred households almost knew about it.
Li Long did not expect that after harvesting the wheat fields of the fourth team and part of the third team, he skipped the second team and the sixth team and went directly to the first team and the fifth team on the edge of the county seat.
After harvesting Ye Jiaping's land and two other fields, Li Long received invitations from three more farmers before leaving.
So when he returned to the yard that day, after dinner, Li Long told his family about his plan.
"The next few days may be spent harvesting at the 1st and 5th teams. I won't go back here at night and go directly back to the county compound. It's close and it's convenient to go back and forth."
"Then go back to the compound. Go." Li Qingxia thought clearly, "Your wife is over there, how can you not go back often? Your mother and I still hope to give you a baby next year!"
Li Long smiled.
"That's right, go back if you can. Seeing as you spend more time outside than at home this year, how about that?" Li Jianguo didn't say anything, and Liang Yuemei spoke. Although her father-in-law and mother-in-law were both there, but She has taken care of Li Long for so many years, and she still needs to say what needs to be said : "Although it is to make money, how can you make money? Go back if you can, and live a good life with Xiaoxia."
Du Chunfang curled her lips, even though she knew what Liang Yuemei said It made sense, but she still felt a little uncomfortable hearing her eldest daughter-in-law talk about her younger son.
Li Long saw all this in his eyes and said with a smile:
"Okay, I understand."
After breakfast the next day, he drove the tractor to a place. The team left.
The harvester went to the field, and the landowner flattened the stalks early and provided Li Long with tea. Farmers have always respected skilled craftsmen and capable people who can drive tractors and build harvesters.
The first family only had ten acres of land, but there was only one laborer in the family, the children were still young, the wife was pregnant, and the family was separated, so they found a harvester.
The young man looked very honest and did whatever Li Long asked him to do. This made Li Long a little embarrassed.
Li Long harvested the ten acres of land very carefully. He cut every corner and corner where the tractor could go. He also encountered two nests of wasps in the middle. Fortunately, Li Long was wearing a hat and face scarf before he came. There was dew last morning and the wasps couldn't fly, so they dodged a bullet.
"Be careful when you bundle the wheat. There are two nests of wasps over there," Li Long reminded the landowner, "Don't get stung by the time."
The landowner smiled naively. He responded and asked about the location of the wasp. In fact, judging from his expression, he didn't really care.
Li Long said this because he had seen many cases of being stung by wasps in the short video in his previous life. In fact, the local wasps do not seem to be that toxic. Adults and children have been stung. At most, it's just swollen eyes and face, but I've never heard of anything serious.
So this man who was smiling innocently compared to Tao Daqiang didn't care much.
After cutting this house, continue to the next one, and then Li Long heard a topic.
Wei Tianxing drove his tractor to Kuitun early this morning. He has already announced that he will drive the harvester back from Kuitun tonight or tomorrow morning, and the harvest price will be RMB 18 per acre. Let everyone wait for him to come back to harvest.
The landowner who asked Li Long to harvest the land told this as a joke:
“Two cents, wait two days, I won’t wait. I only have fifteen acres of land, Waiting for two days for three yuan? I don’t know if I will be able to get it, and I don’t know if he can bring it back.”
Li Long knew he couldn't bring it back, but he didn't say this.
If it had been released before, he would definitely have said it happily, saying that Wei Tianxing could not be brought back and that there was no stock over there.
But he won't say it now. After all, the other party can convey this word to him, and what he said can also be conveyed to the other party. He won't leave this excuse, he can just keep silent and make a fortune.
After mowing the fifteen acres of land for this family, which took an hour, Li Long ate two melons at the invitation of the owner, and then continued to harvest the next family's land.
The people of the first team and the fifth team are enthusiastic. Next, the third family has a lot of land, 40 acres of wheat, and Li Long will harvest until the afternoon.
The host also prepared lunch early, including corn noodle cakes and stir-fried cabbage. Those who picked cotton in later generations probably hated this dish the most. Eating it every day would annoy people to death.
At this time, Li Long didn't care so much. It was good to eat some, but there was no need to pay so much attention to it.
The fourth family has thirty acres of land. It was agreed upon yesterday, but when they got to the end of the land, the owner hesitated.
The landowner didn’t want to say it, but Li Long actually guessed it. He smiled and said:
“If you wait for Wei Tianxing’s harvester, that’s no problem. I’ll go now. It’s OK for him to do it. If he can’t do it by then and you still want me to do it, you’ll have to wait in line.”
The landowner didn't expect Li Long to be so easy to talk to, so he agreed repeatedly and even handed over the watermelon.
Li Long didn’t care either. There were more than one family, and then he went to the next one. After cutting twenty-five acres of land, he saw that the sun was about to set, so he drove the tractor back to the county. Courtyard.
Ninety acres were harvested today, which is lower than the average, but Li Long doesn’t care. My sister-in-law is right. Is it enough to earn more or less? It’s time to enjoy life, don’t be blinded by money.
Before Gu Xiaoxia got off work, Li Long parked the tractor, washed briefly, and then went to cook.
Dinner doesn’t need to be too complicated. Just bake some steamed buns, mix them with cold dishes, steam some pieces of air-dried meat, steam them when cooked, and then mix a bowl of sauce.
Of course, porridge is indispensable. Although some people in later generations will say that it is not nutritious, eating it like this for a lifetime has become a habit.
After the meal was ready and Gu Xiaoxia had not come back, Li Long went to release the roe deer that had grown up a lot, including the fawns.
Red deer are very cute when they are young, but they become more aggressive when they grow up. Li Long heard from Gu Xiaoxia that Xiao Ma Lu pushed her colleague's child. She took a stick to teach Xiao Lu a lesson, but was stopped by the child.
Well, these deer are also good at watching people. When Li Long let them out, they were very well-behaved. They would even rub against Li Long and get close to them.
Clean up the feces and garbage in the glass room to give these guys a break. When they were about to be locked up, Gu Xiaoxia pushed the door open and entered the yard with a smile on her face.
"Why did you come back late today?" Li Long asked as he took her bicycle.
“I asked about a courtyard and it felt good, so I wanted to take a look.” Gu Xiaoxia said with a smile, “I think the courtyard is really good. Although it is not big, it is in a good location and has a facade. I really want it. It’s good to open an agricultural supplies store.”
Li Long told Gu Xiaoxia about this, and Gu Xiaoxia was very happy. After all, if his father could come to the county, he wouldn’t need to run back from time to time. How nice.
“The location of the courtyard is at the intersection of Tuanjie Road and Wenhua Road. Calculating the distance, it is basically between our courtyard and the big meat restaurant. Tuanjie Road goes all the way down out of the county. Farmers who come to the county come here Everyone will pass by there. I think this location is good.”
Gu Xiaoxia gestured with her hand:
"The yard is a bit similar to the one where Sister Yang lives, but it's not as big as that yard, and the vegetable field inside is also smaller. The only bad thing is that the front door is in the south, not in the west. It would be better if it was on the west side, close to Tuanjie Road."< br>
“Already good "Li Long said with a smile, "With the reform and opening up, everyone is not stupid now. They know that the prices of stores along the street will definitely increase. Some people have plans to start their own business, and some will rent out the storefronts and want to sell them. Few, it’s good to find one. "
"Well, you can come over and take a look when you have time. If it works, we will buy it." Gu Xiaoxia washed it briefly and said at the dinner table with Li Long, "Let's not talk about opening the store for now. Urgent, buy the yard and we will slowly renovate it "
"Well, that's the truth." After serving Gu Xiaoxia a bowl, Li Long said, "It will be convenient to buy a bicycle for your dad then."
"Okay." Gu Xiaoxia said nothing more.
Li Long was thoughtful and she was very happy. Her husband could think and do so much for his father, and she was also thinking that as a daughter-in-law, she should think more about her parents-in-law.
While eating, Gu Xiaoxia was also asking Li Long about harvesting wheat. Li Long told Gu Xiaoxia about Wei Tianxing, and also told him that he had gone to Kuitun.
"There are no harvesters at Kuitun Agricultural Machinery Factory. Many people in the first team and the fifth team have already made a decision with Wei Tianxing. I just want to see the expressions of these people when Wei Tianxing comes back tomorrow. "
"It must be wonderful!" Gu Xiaoxia laughed when she heard it, "I can still think of the expression on that person's face when he comes back. Ming went over enthusiastically to buy a harvester, but when he went there, he found that they didn't have one..."
"There is no way, who told him to be rude?" There was no sympathy for Wei Tianxing in Li Long's tone. "If we talk to him and discuss it carefully, I can tell him that if he is like this, he is asking for it." Li Long has always been particular about reciprocating kindness. If you are polite to me, I will not be disrespectful to you. If you want to use tricks on me, then we can compete to see who is more cunning.
After chatting and laughing, the two of them cleaned up together and then went to the bedroom to watch TV.
The new TV series, "The Great Hero Fearless", starring Huang Yuanshen, Liang Xiaolong and Michelle, Gu Xiaoxia watched with gusto, and Li Long also watched it with memories.
When it comes to martial arts movies, the ones shot on Hong Kong Island are indeed very good. The peak period was basically the Once Upon a Time series, "Fist of Fury", Drunken Master, Sha Po Lang and the like. The "Heroes Fearless" I'm watching now still has that kind of turn-based system, with every move and every move, which seems fake, but at the time, it was really eye-catching.
From the perspective of Li Long’s evaluation, it is equivalent to when online articles such as "The Misty Journey" and "Legend of the Little Soldier" first came out. It also made people feel that they might never be able to surpass this level in this life. Novel.
Ten years later, I read it again, and found that the novel that seemed like a divine novel at the time actually had many flaws, and I thought it was too refreshing.
After all, people's appreciation level is gradually improving, which is inevitable.
The reason why some classics can become classics is that if you read them twenty years later, you can still find meaning in them and not feel childish.
When the song "The Great Wall Will Never Fall" was played, Gu Xiaoxia was still not satisfied and turned off the TV.
No words for a night.
It’s all action.
The next day, Gu Xiaoxia went to work with a moisturized face, while Li Long drove the tractor to the fields with a glowing face.
The first team has two more, and the fifth team has two more. Today’s harvesting task is enough. If no one comes to continue in the afternoon, Li Long plans to rest for two days.
As a result, before noon, a group of people came to the field and stopped Li Long when he drove the harvester over.
"Comrade Li, we want to use your harvester to cut wheat. Two pieces per acre, right? When is the queue now? My family has thirty-five acres!"
" My family has thirty acres, I will be next in line!”
"My family, and my family, my family has 20 acres of land, and I am ranked third..."
Five families, 120 acres of land, are vying for it.
"Tomorrow, according to your order, you can cut it tomorrow." Li Long said, "The one who ranks first will wait for me at the entrance of the village tomorrow. In addition, the most important thing is to level the stems in the ground. ”
“Okay, okay.” The people laughed, but did not leave.
Li Long got off the tractor, took out his notebook, and asked these people to sign to avoid confusion.
After writing their names, these people felt relieved, chatted for a few more words, and then went back to prepare.
Li Long continued to harvest, and then heard the news of Wei Tianxing's return from others.
Wei Tianxing drove a tractor there, and he was not familiar with Kuitun. He asked questions all the way, and he didn’t bring enough oil. As a result, the tractor stalled halfway, but luckily it didn’t pull the valve, otherwise it would need major repairs.
I stopped the truck halfway and begged my grandpa and grandma to pump some oil. I ran to Anjihai to buy more oil and started on the road again. I arrived in Kuitun, and then after asking around, I found an agricultural machinery factory.
As a result, the factory director was away and went to the autonomous region for a meeting. There was only a disassembled harvester in the factory. Even though Wei Tianxing wanted to buy it, they wouldn't sell it.
Things are stuck here. In desperation, Wei Tianxing had no choice but to rush back today, running back and forth all the time and almost falling over the tractor halfway.
A lot of gas money was wasted.
It is said that Wei Tianxing had a quarrel with his wife after he came back, and his wife went back to her parents' home.
In general, Wei Tianxing failed.
Li Long just smiled after hearing this and continued to harvest. Now that you have money to make, why do you care so much about other people's affairs?
In the next few days, many people from the 1st and 5th teams saw that the harvester was harvesting well and it was much more comfortable than manual work, so they asked Li Long to start lining up to harvest. It is close to the county seat, and every household basically does not go to the village to buy things. Or the sales department of the brigade, but go directly to the county.
So basically every family can provide watermelon when Li Long harvests, which is a good treatment.
What Li Long didn't expect was that on the third day after Wei Tianxing returned from Kuitun, he found Li Long who was harvesting wheat in the fields.
"Li Long, look, you didn't give me any details. I made a trip to Kuitun but it was empty. I didn't buy a harvester, and I also bought a lot of diesel fuel." Wei. Tianxing said while eating the melon from the landlord's house, "I am a living person in the land." It’s also delayed. Do you think you can mow my land when you are free?”
“Okay.” Li Long said while gnawing on the watermelon, “Two pieces per acre, please.” Let me take a look..."
He took out his notebook and did some calculations, and then said:
"You schedule the day after tomorrow, in the afternoon. Again, let's smooth it out in advance."
"We are old acquaintances, after all. Tell me, how are you doing this afternoon?" Wei Tianxing asked shamelessly.
The villagers in the village next to me were a little embarrassed and took a few steps away with the melon. This man - alas.
“Not very good.” Li Long did not give Wei Tianxing face, “Everyone lined up in order, even my father-in-law didn’t jump in the queue. If you want to harvest, just wait in line and put it in the queue. The money is ready and the stems are flattened, or you cut it slowly first?”
Wei Tianxing's wife has returned to her parents' home. He is not as good as her at work. The family's thirty acres of wheat have only been harvested for less than five acres. How can he harvest it himself?
In fact, just bite the bullet and get cut. It’s just a few more days of hard work.
But now that there is a good way, the persistence in my heart will naturally relax.
Seeing that there was no way to convince Li Long, and Li Long went to harvest the melon after eating two pieces, Wei Tianxing had no choice but to eat the melon with an envious look, and then waited. Then Li Long turned around again.
Originally, he could leave, but when he saw someone coming from a distance, Wei Tianxing guessed that they might be asking Li Long to register.
He must register at the front and cannot delay any further.
The wheat is now ripe, and large numbers of sparrows, siskins and other birds, as well as some insects, are having a carnival in the fields. If we don’t cut the wheat early, we don’t know how much we will lose.
Let’s get in line first.
Although I am a little helpless, this is the only way.
After the tractor turned around, there were four more names in Li Long's little book.
This is how the reputation of the harvester expanded step by step. On the day of harvesting wheat for Wei Tianxing, Li Long was a little surprised when someone from another brigade from the north came over on a bicycle. This family had planted a hundred acres of wheat, and most of the land was cultivated by themselves. At present, There are not enough manpower, and I want Li Long's harvester to help with harvesting.
This is a big deal!
Did Li Long never expect that his reputation as a harvester would spread so far?
Of course, the business delivered to the door will not be pushed out. Li Long and the other party determined the time in the past, and then continued to harvest.
He believed that if he went to the brigade in the north, he would be busy for several days in addition to this one business.
Of course it’s a good thing for you, and it’s also a good thing for farmers.
When we were farming, we didn’t expect that a lot of manpower would be needed to harvest. Anyway, we are used to it, so we just need to work a few more days.
But when it was time to harvest, we discovered that this was not a matter of more than ten days. After all, if the wheat has been drying in the ground for a long time, it will lose particles.
Now the emergence of harvesters has solved this problem. (End of this chapter)