Rebirth 80: Start by earning money to build a brick house

In 1980, the day of Ear Grain fell on June 6 in the Gregorian calendar. This solar term is very important.

Eawn is the busiest solar term. This season is when rice is planted in the south and wheat is harvested in the north.

Wheat in Min'an County, Donglu Province is basically harvested four or five days after this season. The timing of wheat harvesting is very important.

Harvesting too early or too late will result in reduced yields, seriously affecting yields.

So much so that in that turbulent era, whether or not wheat would be harvested and when it would be harvested had to wait for notification from above.Even if the wheat in the field is not at the right time or the time is missed, you can still wait for the notification from above.

In the late 70s and early 80s, the wheat yield per mu in Min'an County was only more than 300 kilograms. If it could reach 400 kilograms, it was fertile land.In later generations, due to seed improvement, use of chemical fertilizers, and water conservancy improvements, the yield per mu could reach more than 1000 kilograms.

Brigade Secretary Zhang Zhonghe was focusing on wheat at this time. He was looking at the growth of wheat in the fields. The harvest was just in the next few days.

The county weather station also issued a recent weather forecast. The weather is good and will not affect this year's wheat harvest.

Zhang Zhonghe, who had already smoked a pack of cigarettes, lit another pack of cigarettes. Because Zhang Ziming came over, they sat on the ground together.

"Uncle, this year's wheat harvest should be smoother than last year, so don't worry too much." Zhang Ziming said with relief.

Every year's wheat harvest is like a war. The harvesting efficiency is relatively slow and the battle line is relatively long. It takes 15-20 days from the beginning of harvesting to the drying and delivery of public grain into the warehouse.

"Eldest nephew, it's all thanks to you, otherwise this year's wheat harvest would still be very tight."

Zhang Zhonghe expressed his feelings.

Bottle Village has at least one bad news and two good news for this year's wheat harvest. In comparison, it should be much better than last year.

The bad news is that because there are two more small factories in the village, there will be a shortage of labor during the wheat harvest.

The brick kiln factory is a new factory, so it can be left alone for a while. After all, everyone is busy harvesting wheat, and no one will come to buy bricks to build houses.

In order to complete the production of desks at the furniture factory, people have to be assigned to work all the time.

Strictly speaking, this is not bad news, after all, it generates income for the village.

But in rural areas, land is the most important thing, and wheat harvest is more important.

Two pieces of good news are the most important reasons why Zhang Zhonghe, the brigade secretary, is not too worried.

The first good news is that the 15 laborers promised by Lijiahe Brigade will definitely come to help with the wheat harvest.

Li Youliang means what he says and will never deny his words.

Of course, I will make up for it regarding the desk.

After all, it is not easy to arrange 15 laborers during such a busy season of wheat harvest.

The village of Lijiahe Brigade is a small village with a relatively large school scale. Li Youliang should be able to comfort Li Youliang about the desks.This is purely a matter of saving face.

The second good news is that I finally bought a threshing machine that I purchased some time ago.

In the past, flails and luqiang were used (the dialect of Min'an County is luzhu, and in some places they are also called flails, stone wheels, and stone rollers. It is actually a stone cylinder used for flattening yards and rolling and threshing grains), which is highly efficient. Too slow.

The threshing machine driven by a diesel engine can be used this year, which is a big improvement. As for the harvester, it is really not available now. Let’s wait for another two years.

Zhang Ziming's current capabilities are limited, and he couldn't buy a harvester some time ago.

As for the threshing machine, I finally got one back, and it finally fulfilled its mission.

Zhang Ziming also wanted to contribute to the village, so there was no need to say thank you or not.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Ziming went back to start working.

At other times, you can pay the team and do the contract work.

Now is the wheat harvest season, and it would be unreasonable not to work.There was nothing else going on at this time.

The courtyard walls, interior walls, and floors of the new house have all been taken care of, leaving only the doors, windows, and furniture. There is no need to worry about this.

As for the furniture factory and brick kiln factory, they are both enterprises in the brigade. Zhang Ziming only comes up with ideas from time to time, and due to the wheat harvest, the brick kiln factory needs to be temporarily suspended and will not be used for the time being.

Zhang Ziming followed other villagers in the team to clean up the yard.

The current policy implemented by the Pingzi Village brigade is still "join production to the group". If I remember correctly, the "big contract" will not be implemented until next year, directly skipping the "joint production to labor" and "household responsibility".

At present, collective labor is carried out under the premise of public ownership of the means of production.

Before harvesting wheat, the yard must be tidied up. Only when it is flattened can the wheat be easily dried.

Zhang Ziming, his second uncle and others first cleaned the yard and poured some water on it.

After that, while pouring water into the yard, he pulled the truss and rolled the yard until fine mud was crushed, and the yard was crushed like a flat mirror.

This is a laborious job, either done by a young man under the command of an old man, or by the old man himself.

If the yard is not pressed well, there is no hope of drying the wheat.

The flatter and stronger the yard is, the faster the wheat will dry.

Unlike in later generations, there were concrete flat areas everywhere, and you could dry wheat wherever you wanted.

The yard is pressed and ready to be harvested.

After finishing the work, Zhang Ziming panted heavily from exhaustion.

Finally, after three days in the field, there was first movement in the school.

All schools in the commune are on holiday at this time. During this short holiday, there are no schools in the county.

The holiday that is only available in rural schools is called "Wheat Holiday".This leave lasted until the mid-90s before being gradually cancelled.

Why is there a "Maiken Holiday"?

The first reason is that most teachers in rural schools are private teachers or substitute teachers, and they need to go home to harvest wheat during the wheat harvest season.

Private teachers are also strong laborers, and they can only use holidays to adjust their labor force;

The second reason is that students also need to go home to help with work. In the 80s and [-]s, harvesting wheat was not that easy. The whole village worked together, and no one was exception. Children would follow them to pick up missing pieces in the wheat field. Wheat ears.

The same goes for some old ladies with small feet. Their desire and cherishment of food cannot be matched by young people.

The younger brother Ziyue has also returned from school. Now he is also half a laborer, and he is making final preparations before harvesting.

Dad sharpened several sickles over and over again, scraping the shiny blades with his thumb from time to time.

I'm afraid that when the wheat is cut, I won't go there because the tools are not repaired well.This is the principle that sharpens a knife and chops wood well. Once the work begins, it cannot be delayed.

On the fourth day after the field was planted, the time came, the most suitable time to harvest, and all the men, women, and children in the village rushed to the wheat field.

The sickle is on!