Chapter 230 Confinement
After taking Wang Susu and the child home, Chen Ling watched his wife and child happily for a long time, and then got busy harvesting rapeseed and wheat.
The weather in June is changeable. It might rain when it happens, so I will feel reassured by gathering things in the ground quickly.
So on the fifth day of June, Weng and his son-in-law got up early. Taking advantage of the cool weather in the morning, they called up acquaintances and went to the fields.
At this time, it was dawn and everyone had not had breakfast. When they heard Chen Ling coming to call for people, they all got up from the bed. The men polished their sickles, and the women also helped to organize other farm tools. They also packed away straw hats and scarves, and those who had children at home helped to put them on the car, and a large group of people headed out of the village.
It’s just that there are not many ox carts and donkey carts in the village.
Chen Ling drove the brigade’s tractor over again.
The wheat and rapeseed at home this year are about ten acres, and the rapeseed is slightly less.
These twenty acres of things, Chen Ling and Weng’s son-in-law were exhausted and couldn’t keep them in their home intact. They definitely couldn’t do it without help.
After his father-in-law reminded him last time he returned to the village, he had already greeted people early because he was worried that he would not be able to find anyone when it was time to harvest.
So there are more people coming today.
For example, at Wang Lixian’s house, everyone came except Aunt Wang.
It is better to have more people than less people.
With more people, work goes faster, and chatting and laughing are also lively.
“We still have to cut the wheat first. The rapeseed stalks are damp in the morning, so cutting them is much more difficult than wheat straw.”
Chen Dazhi stood on the ridge with a cigarette in his mouth, one hand on his hip, and the other hand stirred the messy rapeseed twice, and said.
"Then let's cut the wheat first. There are many of us here, so we can work quickly. Whatever we cut first will be the same." Chen Ling smiled, jumped off the tractor, put down the baffle of the rear body, Start packing away farm tools.
While packing, Liu Nier ran up to him, holding up a small sickle and laughing: "Uncle Fugui, do you think my little sickle looks good?"
"Hey, This little sickle is really not bad. Who got it for you?”
“Ada got it specifically to help you harvest wheat.”
Liu Nier smiled naively.
"Okay, good boy, you have become sensible after entering the second grade, and you know how to help uncle with work."
"Uncle Fugui, I will help you harvest wheat, can you open it? The tractor can't carry me for two laps."
"You kid, I know you have no good intentions. Work hard later, let alone carry you, I will teach you how to drive the tractor next year."
"Wow, is it true? Da, Uncle Fugui said he wants to teach me how to drive a tractor next year."
"I know, why are you shouting? I'll help your uncle work hard today."
"Well, I will definitely do a good job."
"Hurry up and ask your mother to put on the sleeves for you. Tie up your trouser legs and go to the ground.”
Liu Nier is not the only one who came to the ground today. There are a lot of people from Yuqiang’s family, Wang Lishan’s family, and the kid army.
Following the adults, they were busy in the wheat fields.
The weather is also cool at this time, so the wheat can be harvested very quickly.
Cutting wheat is an out-and-out physical job. You have to bend your body deeply towards the ears of wheat, hold the handful of wheat in your hands, and wave a sharp sickle, close to the ground, holding it The arm of the sickle was pulled back violently, and the yellow wheat fell in clumps under the sickle and lay down neatly.
Chen Ling cut the wheat very fast, which was shocking at first. Everyone said that his posture was similar to that of Yang Gangdan from Yangtougou.
But when he bundled the cut wheat, it was surprising.
Damn it, not at all.
Watching others "winding" while harvesting, it was very easy to tie them up.
Pull up four or five wheat straws, twist them, and then stretch them under a bunch of cut wheat straws. Push your knees like this, tighten your hands, wrap them around a few times, and then pull them apart. , the wheat is bundled, and it looks like playing.
Chen Ling tried to bundle two handfuls of wheat, but something was wrong. Either there were too few bundles, or the bundles were not strong. When he reached out and lifted them, the whole bundle of wheat fell to the ground.
So, even though he is familiar with farm work now, in fact, most of what he masters is still physical farm work.
Baling wheat does not suit him.
"Fugui, just cut the wheat. After cutting, let Da Nier and the others twist it for you."
Wang Lixian was speechless and said to his daughters: "Don't cut it, just follow you, Fugui." Uncle, help him bundle it."
When Wang Cunye saw it, he said, "You are fast at cutting wheat, so just cut it."
Chen Ling laughed twice. I was embarrassed, but I didn’t say much, and continued to immerse myself in the business of harvesting wheat. Compared with baling wheat, it was faster to do this. The guy waved his sickle, and a large piece of wheat fell down around him. .
Da Nier, Er Nier and Fourth Nier were tying bundles behind him, but they couldn't keep up and were left far behind.
Seeing this, Wang Cunye had no choice but to follow Chen Ling to help.
As the sun slowly rose, the wheat fell piece by piece, and bundles of wheat were piled neatly in the wheat field. Everyone finally felt the heat and began to sweat.
At nearly nine o'clock, Wang Zhenzhen drove over in an ox cart and brought them breakfast before they stopped to rest for a while.
Rest for half an hour, then get up and continue working.
It’s just that the little kids don’t have much certainty in their work. The deeper you go into the wheat field to harvest, the more pheasants, rabbits and other small animals are hiding in it. Sometimes when you are cutting wheat, there are pheasants in front of you. It suddenly flew up with fluttering wings. Unable to resist the temptation, they threw down their sickles, yelled and ran after him.
In the end, only Liu Nier was thinking about Chen Ling teaching him how to drive a tractor next year. She tried not to look at the lively pheasants, rabbits, and quails. She allowed others to tease him, but he didn't respond. Work.
Everyone was made to laugh non-stop, and they all told Chen Ling to stop hanging the doll and drive the tractor to drive Liu Nier around twice.
Chen Ling was also afraid of tiring him, so he called the boy and asked him to sit on his side while he drove the tractor into the wheat field.
While driving, everyone was holding bundles of wheat and throwing them on the truck bed. They threw their arms away one by one and sweated. They were really busy working.
After two days of busy work, the harvest of wheat and rapeseed has been completed.
Since they were planted late, Chen Ling did not use spiritual water to irrigate them. The growth of wheat and rapeseed has been average.
The output may not be high, but it is definitely on the passing line.
In other words, these ten acres of wheat and ten acres of rapeseed can be sold for thousands of dollars.
Let’s talk about wheat first. This year’s purchase price is about 65 cents per catty. The specific price will be determined after the grade is completed, but it is not bad compared with 65 cents.
There is a saying: there is no difference in food.
This means that the price difference of grain crops in this year and month is only between two and three cents. The purchase price of grain stations is 65 cents per catty, so it can be calculated according to this price.
The yield of wheat per mu is conservatively estimated at 500 kilograms. Ten acres of land is 5,000 kilograms. It can be sold for 3,250 yuan at the grain station.
As for rapeseed, as an oil-extracting crop, its price is higher than that of wheat. It is about one yuan and twenty cents per catty, and the price difference is not big.
However, the yield per mu is slightly lower, about three hundred pounds per mu.
This adds up to more than three thousand yuan.
A conservative estimate would be that it would be easy to sell two items plus one for six to seven thousand yuan.
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"First dry it in the sun, let the wheat dry thoroughly, then roll it and pack it away, then take it to the grain station for sale. The rapeseed is sieved twice and then sent to the oil mill."< br>
Outside the bamboo building of the farm, Chen Ling was shirtless, picked up a ladle and drank half a ladle of mountain spring water. Suddenly, he felt a coolness in his heart and spleen, and his whole body felt refreshed.
After harvesting the wheat and rapeseed, they have been taken to the threshing field. Plastic sheets are also spread on the ground, so there is no need to worry about rain.
However, after finishing his work, he was too hot and had no appetite for lunch, so he went to the farm to deliver food to his father-in-law first.
"Well, you can make up your own mind. If you feel unsure, your second brother will come over after a while and ask him to show you."
Wang Cunye picked five or six Put a watermelon into the canal and let the spring water from the mountain brew. Chen Ling will take it home later and feed it to Gao Xiulan and his wife. "Don't bother my second brother. I'll just clean up after the drying. Anyway, the baby will be full moon on the first day of the lunar month next month. I won't be able to take any time off this month. I'll hurry up and finish the busy work at home. I'll finish my confinement period as well." I can help her take care of the baby."
Chen Ling said with a smile. In fact, he also wanted to hold his son and play with him now, but he was too rough and afraid of hurting the delicate little one. Guy got hurt.
"Besides, it's very hot this summer. The sun is abundant and the food dries quickly."
"Yes, it's very hot. I collected the food in a hurry. God won't rain." Wang Cunye looked up at the sky. The sky was clear and the sun was scorching the earth like a big fireball. There was no cloud at all.
Heiwa Xiaojin lay in the shade of the tree, sticking out his tongue in heat.
The little yellow dog has been following the little white cow to play in the water every day these days.
It couldn't swim either, so it just sat on its butt in the puddle and got covered in mud.
Dogs are like this, let alone humans. During the past two days on the mountain, there was only a slight breeze at night, and the rest of the time it was extremely hot.
However, the farm is surrounded by mountains and rivers and is shaded by trees. Compared with other places, it is cooler.
In the past, the older generation always said that either there was drought in the south and floods in the north, or floods in the south and drought in the north. Only among them were there floods every year and droughts every year.
There were floods last year, but there will be no rain this year and there will be a severe drought.
I won’t say whether it’s true or not, but it has indeed only rained intermittently two or three times since the beginning of summer this year, and the showers were not heavy.
However, in Chen Ling's memory, floods have been severe across the country in the summer of the past few years, and droughts have occurred in some places, but not many, and definitely not here.
This year, the rain here is not as good as last year, but it is still quite heavy.
The sweltering heat now is probably all about saving up strength for the rain ahead.
"Wait a little longer. There was a flood last year. We have to let the Dragon King take a break this year. He will give it to us later."
Chen Ling wiped the sweat from his head. , then picked up a towel and went to take a bath in the ditch at the foot of the west mountain.
Seeing this, Heiwa Xiaojin quickly got up and followed behind.
After all, the two of them are more stable than the little yellow dog. Although it is hot, they still take care of the farm as their first priority. Only after Chen Ling appears, they will relax a little.
Just like now, it is not honest to follow him. My body is extremely hot, so I dive into the water channel and start splashing. After playing cool, I chase the water birds foraging in the water channel. Don't stop.
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Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and the weather was still very hot. Chen Ling dried the wheat and rapeseed in the sun and sold them without further storage.
I originally planned to sell it to the grain station and oil mill myself, but later I found out that the price offered by the grain sellers who came to the village was unexpectedly good, so I just sold it to them, which saved my worries.
Seeing this, the villagers were too lazy to go to the countryside, so they sold half of the village to these dealers.
Everyone suffered from the flood last year. This year, no one is willing to keep it at home for a long time. They sell it as soon as possible, leaving only a small amount, which is enough for grinding flour at home.
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In the evening, there was finally a cool breeze on the mountain, but the heat on the ground and in the air had not dissipated.
Chen Ling's family had dinner early, and the whole family stayed in front of Wang Susu's bed, placing cut watermelons and turning on cattail fans to avoid overheating Wang Susu and her children.
It was a hot day, and Wang Susu was very tired. After eating, she kept holding her chin and dozing off, but it was too hot to sleep, and she kept sweating.
"Mom, I feel uncomfortable with the heat. Why don't you stop confinement? Anyway, I'm fine and I can get out of bed long ago."
"Nonsense, I gave birth to your brother. It's even hotter than this during the period, so why don't you do the confinement period?" Gao Xiulan frowned and said in annoyance.
“If I had refused to confinement because of the heat, do you think I would still have you and Zhenzhen in the future?”
Chen Ling was squatting in front of his son to tease him. When he saw his wife and mother-in-law starting to argue about confinement, he quickly got up and went outside to pour two buckets of cold water, then took a ladle and poured it inside and outside the house.
Well water is very cold in summer. Sprinkling some on the ground and roof tiles can have a good cooling effect.
During this period, the house is sprinkled several times a day, especially at noon and afternoon when the sun is hottest.
"Are you feeling better? Why don't we move to the farm tomorrow? It's much cooler there than in the village."
Chen Ling put down the bucket and walked into the house.
"Has the house over there been tidied up? Your father said that the house over there is at the foot of a mountain and is close to water in the woods. It's afraid of heavy humidity." Gao Xiulan said worriedly, "Confinement is no joke. You have to be careful. Click.”
Gao Xiulan believes in this.
Wang Susu’s maternal grandmother was a midwife, and she was especially good at regulating Yuejia tuberculosis, that is, treating confinement disease. Although it seems to outsiders that there are many superstitions, it is undeniable that the legacy left by our ancestors There is a certain truth to what I said.
According to the rules handed down from our ancestors, pregnant women should drink old duck soup to relieve the fire about a week before giving birth. The duck used here is the local duck from the farmer, the kind that has been raised for several years. This fire power After the baby is born, the baby will have fewer diseases and his skin will be very good.
There is also postpartum confinement which is even more complicated. White mullet soup can help pregnant women recover from wounds, pigeon soup can regulate the body, glutinous rice wine can promote lactation, as well as local eggs, brood hens, honey water, Iron walnut powder, etc. will nourish the body and bones...
Of course, there are some superstitions, such as letting the baby drink fish hook soup, dotting the head with crucian carp tendon ashes, using silver bracelets with eggs to dispel cold, and taking a bath after the full moon mixed with medicinal herbs such as mugwort leaves, etc...
Although Gao Xiulan did not arrange everything for her daughter, she gave Wang Susu all the instructions she needed, and she also looked after her very strictly.
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"It has been tidied up over there, and I have hung up the mosquito nets in the room where I live. Mom, don't worry, the bamboo building is ventilated, it's okay, the moisture is not Heavy. "
Chen Ling really doesn't worry about this. There is a cave in the sky and spiritual water nourishing him, so how can he be afraid of moisture.
"Then don't be careless. I'll go with your father to have a look tomorrow."
"Thanks for your father and I coming over to take care of you and give birth to the baby. Otherwise, you two just don't care about anything. Why don't you?" Are you worrying to death?”
Gao Xiulan looked at her daughter angrily, “Have you read the medical books left by your grandfather? If there is no confinement confinement person, I will teach your grandmother all her skills. "You."
"Look, you really haven't been in confinement." Wang Susu responded aggrievedly, her hair wet.
“I knew it.”
Gao Xiulan snorted, "Confinement confinement is the best way to support a woman's health. I can take care of you even if you are sick..."
Midwives have seen many mothers, and many old midwives say , women can be cured of many diseases when giving birth.
This statement is not completely unreasonable.
Because when a woman is pregnant, all her bones and internal organs are displaced, and the gaps between the bones will open up and become larger, and the cold air and moisture inside can be discharged.
For example, if you have dysmenorrhea, it can be completely improved.
In addition, it can also delay aging, increase bone density, and reduce the occurrence of fractures.
So a woman can really cure many diseases after giving birth.
The premise is that the confinement period is done well.
Otherwise, the body can both expel moisture and absorb moisture.
That’s what Gao Xiulan meant.
In addition, the old lady is also worried about the baby. Newly born babies are more delicate and will be more affected than mothers in a humid environment.
"Actually, it's okay, Mom. My dad's legs and feet are not good, and the pain is severe when the humidity is heavy. But how long have I lived in the farm and nothing has happened, which means there is nothing there. Susu and the child can move over the moisture."
Chen Ling tried another way to persuade.
What he said was true, but Gao Xiulan was confused if she cared.
As expected, she was stunned when she heard Chen Ling's words. She slapped her thigh after a long while, annoyed that she had been confused and had forgotten about her husband.
Wang Cunye's leg was broken once. Since it was not fully healed, let alone the moisture, the pain would be severe as long as it was cloudy and rainy, which was more accurate than the weather forecast.
"Move, we will move there tomorrow. I was confused. I was only thinking about what happened when I was in confinement and forgot about your father."
Gao Xiulan said She blamed herself and felt relieved. The weather was so hot and she didn't want her daughter and grandson to suffer. It would be better if it could be cooler.
(End of this chapter)