dhibooks Chapter 160 Double Grab
Chapter 160 Double Grab
The episode brought by Xie Nanshan did not affect the old Gu's family.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the double rush season is coming, so Gu Mingdong doesn't have the heart to care about these things at all.
When it comes to double rush season, every morning at five o'clock, Gu Jianguo will blow the whistle to kick off the production team's day's work.
Because the weather is too hot, no one can bear it when it is the hottest time at noon. It is inevitable that the members of the commune will suffer from heat stroke while working, and the hottest two hours are the rest time.
But the double grab is to compete with God for time. If the mature rice is harvested late, it will delay the sowing and growth of the next season of rice. Time is tight, the task is heavy, and the people who go to the field are exhausted.
Going out at five o'clock in the morning, resting for two hours at noon, and not finishing work until 08:30 in the evening, at the end of the day, even the commune members who are used to doing farm work are too tired to talk.
There are always containers filled with water on the ridges of the fields, so that the working members can drink at any time.
But the water tank has been placed in the sun for a long time, even if it is placed in a bamboo basket with a lid, it will still be hot after taking a sip, and it will not have the effect of cooling down at all.
And such a high-intensity operation lasted for nearly a month from beginning to end.
Gu Jianguo was afraid that the members of the commune would not be able to hold on physically and would not be motivated at that time. Under Gu Mingdong's suggestion, before the double grab started, he finally ruthlessly killed a pig and shared the meat. With the meat, every household finally had a little more oil in their meals Xing, it really works a lot harder.
A production team was divided into several groups. Gu Mingdong was in a group with Gu Erdi, Li Tiezhu and others. Their group was either a strong man or a woman who worked quickly, and their speed was far ahead.
Gu Mingnan's food relationship is no longer in the production team, and he didn't need to participate in it originally.
But he didn't want his elder brother to be so tired when he went to the field alone, so he asked the transportation team for leave. Fortunately, he has become a repairman now, and he doesn't need to follow the car like a driver. Instead, he can go home when he has time to collect and transport If the team needs something urgent, just call him directly.
At this moment, Gu Mingnan couldn't help but put his hips on his hips while rushing to collect them, and shouted, "I haven't worked for a while, and my movements are rusty."
As he spoke, he shook his hands, looked at his elder brother's speed, and then looked at his own speed, feeling very dissatisfied in his heart.
Li Tiezhu heard it from the side, and said with a smile: "You are now a person who eats commercial food, so you can work slower, and besides, you are much better than the one over there."
As he spoke, he winked at the group next door.
Next door to them is the educated youth group. In fact, among the educated youth, there are also people who do a good job, such as the Du brothers. The work points they earned last year not only feed themselves, but also send some home.
But the two of them are the exceptions. Whether they are male educated youths or female educated youths, it is not bad to get 6 work points in a day, and they will be able to support themselves.
Even so, people like Li Mingming, Xu Zhenzhen and others did not dare to be lazy when it was time for the double grab. At the moment, they were sweating profusely from exhaustion, and their cheeks were flushed from the sun.
The only exceptions were Qian Zhiyi and Liu Dani, who were working abroad in the future.
Qian Zhiyi's leg hurts whenever he encounters busy farming. His leg was really injured, and he was hospitalized before, so Gu Jianguo couldn't help him if he kept shouting for pain.
The left and right Gu Jianguo said that there are as many work points as there are jobs, and it is impossible to get work points for nothing if you don't work.
Regardless of whether Gu Jianguo believed it or not, the members of the production team did not believe it anyway, thinking that Qian Zhiyi was taking advantage of his leg injury to be lazy.
Qian Zhiyi refused to do it, but Liu Dani had to.
When the two of them got married, Liu Dani knew that Qian Zhiyi was reluctant and didn't bother to talk about things outside the family.
Liu Dani didn't care, anyway, when she was a daughter at home, she also had to do these things, now she just changed places, as long as she can be with Qian Zhiyi, she doesn't feel bitter when thinking about the future.
Not to mention that Qian Zhi will give her some money from time to time, although it is not much, but it is enough to convince Liu Dani that the parents-in-law far away in Beijing are rich people, and sooner or later they will find a way to get their family back.
But that day hasn't come yet, Liu Dani has to think about the days ahead.
Relying on Qian Zhiyi's little money and work points is obviously not enough for them to support themselves, let alone support their children in the future.
So now with a big belly, Liu Dani is still working hard, but her movements are much faster than her husband with healthy hands and feet.
This kind of comparison makes the production team look down on it.
"Dani's mother, don't worry about it. How can a man be lazy and make a pregnant woman work hard?"
Third Aunt Liu pulled her face: "The water splashed by the married daughter has nothing to do with my family."
Liu Dani married off in a split way, which made the Liu family lose face. Aunt Liu now no longer recognizes this daughter.
"You are too cruel. After all, you were born in October."
"Hey, other people's daughters can get a few dowry gifts when they get married, and bring the fish home to have a look at it during the New Year's festival. She's fine. Hmph, I'll just wait for her to go home and cry."
The woman next to her heard this and looked at each other with indescribable expressions.
Gu Mingnan didn't think it was an honor to be better than the educated youth at all, so he stopped talking and continued to work.
Li Tiezhu said to Gu Mingdong again: "Anan is too sensible, and he can go home and help you."
Gu Mingdong glanced at him and asked, "You're nagging, do you want to take the opportunity to be lazy?"
Li Tiezhu hurriedly continued to work with his head down.
Only then did Gu Mingdong's ears become clean.
Except for Gu Sanmei who is at work, I really can’t ask for leave. The school is also on vacation. Gu Simei is helping out at the sun-drying field. The twins and Gu Yun are not working as laborers. They are picking rice like other children. ear.
As the sun got higher and higher, finally a whistle sounded.
The members of the commune stopped working at the same time, and went to rest under the shade of the trees one after another.
As soon as the Gu family brothers sat down, they saw the twins coming over with a bamboo basket in their arms: "Dad, second uncle, drink water."
Open the bamboo baskets, and there is an enamel jar inside each. When you open it, it is not boiled water, but scented tea made with honeysuckle, and it has been chilled in well water, and the heat will be relieved when you take a sip.
The cooling effect of the well water will not last long, and it will be gone after a while in the ground, so every time there is a break, the twins will quickly run home and bring over the tea that Gu Sanmei prepared early in the morning.
"It's so refreshing!" Gu Mingnan gulped and drank most of it.
Gu Mingdong touched his son's forehead, but his hands were sweating: "Have you drank yet?"
"Drink it at home, Dad, drink it quickly, I'll come and deliver it later." Gu Liangchen urged.
Gu Mingdong also took a sip. A little rock sugar was added to the honeysuckle, and it tasted like sugar water. It was cool, but not too cold. Drinking it under the shade of a tree in summer is really enjoyable.
Just took a sip, when he looked up, Li Tiezhu was staring at him salivating.
"Do you want some?" Gu Mingdong asked.
"How embarrassing." Li Tiezhu said as he poured the boiled water in his bowl and handed it to him.
Gu Mingdong poured a large porcelain bowl full for him, the enamel jar was big enough, and there was still a lot left in it.
Li Tiezhu picked it up and took a sip, surprised: "Sweet?"
If he had known earlier that rock sugar had been added, he would not have the cheek to take a sip.
Now that I've drank it all, I can't return it. Li Tiezhu praised the two children of the old Gu's family: "Your twins are caring, and they know how to rush to bring you water, unlike mine. gone."
"Your little tiger is also busy, I see he picked up a basket of rice ears today."
The two of you came and I went to the business to blow each other's children, and Gu Mingdong looked at his son with red cheeks. For the sake of convenience, the two children only had short hair, and they were tanned every day when they went to and from school. Like black preserved eggs.
Fortunately, both children are good-looking, and they are still handsome even when they are dark.
"Dad, have you found hares, pheasants, and ducks?" Gu Liangxing leaned over and asked with sparkling eyes.
Gu Mingdong said helplessly: "With such a big commotion, they would have already run away when they heard it."
Besides, after what happened last year, the pheasants and hares have learned to be good.
Gu Liangxing was immediately disappointed: "Well, I'm still thinking about raising a few more rabbits this year. The ones raised at home are more delicious than the wild ones."
Thinking of those two wild rabbits that burrowed holes all over the house and finally couldn't stand being stewed, Gu Mingdong didn't want to take them back to raise. Wild rabbits are too wild to be domesticated at all, so they are not good breeding objects.
"How about this, I'll take you up the mountain to have fun after I finish my work." Gu Mingdong chose a compromise.
Hearing this, the twins really didn't care about being disappointed, and cheered happily.
Li Tiezhu just happened to find his wife with a porcelain bowl, and secretly stuffed it to her: "Ah Dong gave it, it's sweet, you have a taste too."
Qian Jinhua was so tired that she was dying, but suddenly she was stuffed with a bowl of cold tea, and a smile appeared in her eyes.
She smiled and lowered her head and took two sips, and the tiredness of her body seemed to disappear: "I'm enough, drink it yourself."
"Drink it all, I've already drunk it." Li Tiezhu said with a smile.
Only then did Qian Jinhua start drinking in small sips.
"Hey, from the old Li's family, you two are old couples, and Kung Fu Tie Zhu is still looking for you now, tsk tsk." The woman next to her couldn't help joking when she saw the young couple's movements.
Qian Jinhua is also a pungent person. Instead of getting angry when she was teased, she said, "Why, you're envious. I'm envious of going to your family."
The woman on the opposite side laughed and said, "My guy is a bull-tempered guy. If I had known that he didn't care about his wife so much, I shouldn't have married him back then."
All of a sudden, other women started talking about it, most of them were complaining about how uncaring their men were.
When Qian Jinhua listened, she was also very proud. Back then, everyone said that Li Tiezhu's family was too poor, but her parents disagreed, fearing that she would suffer if she married.
But the life is bitter, but the man knows how to love others, knows how to work, and the family is separated early to save worry. Now the days are getting better and better, and Qian Jinhua can stand upright by herself.
Compared with other people in the production team who live with their parents-in-law, and men don't know how to love their daughter-in-law, Qian Jinhua feels that her choice is right.
Li Tiezhu waited patiently for his daughter-in-law to finish drinking the water before returning to the man's shady place to rest.
As soon as he left, the women became even more unscrupulous in their speech. They squeezed Qian Jinhua one by one and asked her to talk about how to make her man obedient. The big guys are exhausted, only their family is thinking about saliva send over.
Qian Jinhua was full of joy in her heart, and she only said on her face: "Oh, my old Li was born with this, and he has no other strengths."
"That's right, it may be born to love your wife or not."
"If you want me to say, it depends on the family style. Some families just love their daughter-in-law, and some people know how to treat their daughter-in-law like an animal."
"We have no chance. We have to keep our eyes open when we find a partner for our daughter in the future."
While talking, someone suddenly mentioned the old Gu family.
"Speaking of loving my daughter-in-law, our production team is still the old Gu's family who knows pain the most."
As soon as the words came out, the people around agreed.
Uncle Gu looked cold, serious, and merciless in handling things. In fact, he was very kind to Aunt Gu, and the next two daughters-in-law lived very well. A man beats and scolds his wife.
Not to mention that many years ago, when Gu Mingdong's father was still alive, he held his own daughter-in-law in his hands. They were all daughters-in-law from the countryside, but Gu Mingdong's mother didn't need to work in the fields.
In Gu Mingdong's generation, their family was too poor, and the daughter-in-law could only follow him to work in the fields, but people in the village often saw the scene of the young couple returning home together.
"Is it true that A Dong is no longer looking for them?" Someone asked curiously.
"If you want to look for it, you have already looked for it. With their current conditions, they can't find it?"
"Hey, if I knew that the old Gu's family could get up again, I should have settled down earlier. It's too late now. Their second child has found a partner. I heard that he is also from the city."
"The third and fourth must get married."
"The youngest of their family is high-spirited, and he must look down on the young man of our production team."
"That's right, the third child in their family is also violent, and he can't forgive others. It's not easy to serve such a daughter-in-law."
You must know that when the old Gu's family was bullied, it was the second and third children who rushed to the front. The brothers and sisters joined hands to fight all over the production team without rivals, and the great reputation was left at that time.
Gu Mingxi, who is far away in Xiyuan Town, doesn't know that she is being talked about, even if she knows, she doesn't care.
Since entering the recycling bin, Gu Mingxi is like a little fish in a big river, extremely happy.
In addition to the dishonorable reputation of the recycling station and the low salary, it almost meets all of Gu Mingxi's requirements.
Usually he is not too busy, and he can do whatever he wants by himself. Gu Mingxi directly brought all the textbooks from home, and now the textbooks are all curled up.
In addition, Gu Mingxi also likes Taobao. After all kinds of waste products come in, except for the part that really needs to be recycled, she can take away the rest when she likes it, and no one cares about it at all.
The flower pots, stickers and even the dressing table in the two sisters' houses were all picked out by Gu Mingxi and moved back.
Now she works when she has a job, reads when she doesn't have a job, and starts shopping when she gets tired from reading, so uncomfortable.
But on this day, before it was time to get off work, Gu Mingxi began to fidget and look at the sun from time to time.
The whole family, big and small, are fighting over their heads at home, and only she can come to work without basking in the sun. Not only does Gu Sanmei not feel relaxed, but she feels very sorry from the bottom of her heart.
So Gu Sanmei took over Gu Erdi's job, thinking of ways to make delicious food for the family every day, so as not to be too tiring and hurt their bodies.
But today, Gu Sanmei wanted to bring them a fresh meal.
When it finally got to the point, Gu Sanmei locked the door neatly, stepped onto the big golden deer and walked towards the supply and marketing cooperative.
Hurrying quickly, I finally arrived before the supply and marketing cooperative closed.
Sun Qiang's daughter-in-law Zhu Yan was waiting at the door, and greeted her when she saw her: "Xiaoxi, here, come with me quickly."
"Sister-in-law." Gu Mingxi straightened the bicycle and ran over quickly.
Zhu Yan is also a hot-tempered person, so she dragged her to the counter on the far right.
Seeing her puffy belly, Gu Mingxi was terrified, and quickly persuaded: "Cousin, slow down."
"It's okay, I've only been in charge for five months now." Zhu Yan said with a smile while patting her stomach.
Gu Mingxi was dumbfounded, and understood why his aunt was so worried.
Zhu Yan had already dragged her cousin to the place, and said, "Lao Liu, where is the popsicle I asked you to keep?"
"The matter that Sister Yan ordered, I must have left it for you."
Zhu Yan said with a smile: "Forget your knowledge, Xiaoxi, the ticket."
"Oh." Gu Mingxi quickly took out the ticket from his pocket. At this time, you need a ticket to buy a popsicle, and because the popsicle is not a necessity, the supply is very small, and sometimes you can't buy a ticket.
Fortunately, Zhu Yan works in the supply and marketing cooperative, and the people she knows have connections.
"Which one do you want?" asked the salesperson.
Gu Mingxi has never eaten popsicles before, so he doesn’t know which kind is delicious. Looking closely, there are only four kinds in total. One is green-packaged mung bean popsicles, the other is red-packaged red bean popsicles, and the other is white-packaged. , I heard it tastes like milk.
The others are all piled up in the corner. They are white water with saccharin added, and the packaging looks very similar to milky ones.
"Mung bean popsicles and red bean popsicles are [-] cents each, and milk popsicles are three cents. Sugar popsicles are the cheapest at three cents each."
Before letting Gu Mingxi come, he was mentally prepared, and he was shocked when he heard the price.
After all, a popsicle is only about the size of a palm, enough to serve less than half a catty of pork.
Zhu Yan recommended: "Mung beans and red beans are refreshing, and milky ones are more fragrant."
Gu Mingxi hesitated for a moment, thinking that mung beans and red beans can be cooked at home, and that he can drink a bowl of mung bean soup from time to time in summer, since he bought them all, he simply bought the best ones.
"I want milk flavor, eight sticks."
Even though Gu Mingxi would say from time to time that her eldest brother and second brother spend money lavishly, but from now on, she also has the problem of the old Gu family.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yan who was next to him hurriedly stopped him: "Seven sticks are enough."
"Xiaoxi, it's not that my sister-in-law is being polite to you, it's because I'm pregnant and I don't eat ice cream. If you are interested, bring me a watermelon. Watermelon is delicious."
"What's there, I'll bring it to you tomorrow." There is watermelon at home, which was brought home by his elder brother. According to the memory of last year, he can eat it until autumn.
On such a hot day, after buying popsicles, naturally we can't take them home like this, otherwise it will turn into sugar water when we get home.
Gu Mingxi had been prepared for a long time, and took out a foam box. Zhu Yan asked the person guarding the freezer how many pieces of ice he wanted. Put the popsicles inside, put the lid on, and wrap the outside with a thick quilt. It can be guaranteed that it will be frozen tightly when you get home.
After buying the popsicles, Gu Mingxi waved and said, "Cousin, then I'll go first, and I'll bring you watermelon tomorrow."
"Okay, be careful on the road, don't fall." Zhu Yan waved her hand, she should go home from get off work, I don't know what delicious food my mother-in-law made at home, I always feel that I am pregnant, and I have gained a lot of weight catty.
Gu Mingxi pedaled the bicycle all the way, the wheels were spinning fast, and he arrived home in half the usual time.
The members who ordered double grabs hadn't come back yet, so Gu Mingxi hurriedly moved the foam box home. After thinking about it, he didn't feel at ease, so he brought a bucket of well water home and soaked half of the box in it.
She was not in a hurry to go to the field to call people. After all, eating popsicles was something like eating popsicles, and her family just hid at home and touched them quietly for joy, and shouting out would only make people jealous.
Gu Mingxi parked the car and started cooking. By the time she finished the meal, the night was already dark, and the whistle to get off work sounded.
As soon as he heard the whistle, Gu Mingxi put the food on the table first, so that when they got home, they could eat directly after washing their hands.
Having survived a whole day of heavy physical exertion, Gu Mingdong, who has the best physical strength, feels tired, especially because he is not used to being covered in stinky sweat.
But when he got home and had a hot meal, he recovered quickly.
The second brother Gu didn't say a word, only went back when his stomach was full: "Finally came back to life."
Gu Simei didn't do the most tiring work, but the rice crops flying around in the sun-drying field made her skin turn red.
"Go wash up when you're full, and you'll have something good to eat after washing." Gu Sanmei urged.
Speaking of getting up to clean up the dishes, she has been doing all the housework these days, and even Gu Simei didn't let her help.
"Third Aunt, what good thing is it?" Gu Liangxing asked curiously.
The children are not tired from the work during the day, but they are full of energy now that they are full.
"It's delicious, I guarantee you haven't eaten it, and go take a shower soon."
When building a new house, at Gu Mingdong's request, a separate bathroom was built behind the kitchen. Although it is a bit crude, it is also convenient to use.
Like Gu Mingnan who is not afraid of the cold, just rinse it with cold water and wash it for 5 minutes.
Gu Sanmei quickly washed the dishes, and put a row of stools at the door of the house. It was dark now, and there was a rare cool breeze blowing by. It was finally not as hot as it was during the day.
"Third Aunt, what the hell is it?" Gu Liangxing ran over, glistening after taking a shower, more like a black egg.
Saying that, the three children with three pairs of eyes looked at the strange box wrapped in quilts.
Gu Mingdong took a look and guessed what it might be.
Gu Sanmei said with a smile: "Wait a little longer, wait for everyone to arrive before opening."
Otherwise, the popsicle will melt within a short while after opening.
Gu Simei didn't make them wait any longer. If it wasn't for her elder brother's insistence that girls can't wash in cold water, she felt that she didn't need to use hot water on such a hot day.
Second brother Gu said disgustedly at the side: "It's still mysterious."
He also guessed what it was, and he helped get the ticket, but he didn't reveal it.
Soon, Gu Sanmei unpacked the quilt and finally opened the box: "Dangdangdang, look what this is!"
As she spoke, Gu Sanmei took out a popsicle and stuck it on her nephew's face.
Gu Liangxing's eyes widened: "It's so cold!"