Quick travel to save a miserable life

The group of people walked out of the gate of the Educated Youth Point and saw people in the village walking towards the open-air cinema in the commune. It seemed that everyone had received the news that a movie was going to be shown and did not want to miss this rare entertainment.

In Ku County, only the county seat and some communes have electricity. Most villages have no electricity. It is rare for anyone in the village to have a radio. At night, a room full of people can gather in front of the radio to listen to the radio and storytelling.

When it comes to a grand event like a movie screening, almost the entire village is involved.

Everyone held their own benches in their hands, talking and laughing all the way. The children chased and played happily among the adults, and anxiously urged the adults to move quickly so that they could get a seat in front.

It was already dark when the group from Educated Youth Point and the villagers arrived at the screening venue.

The projectionist had already set up the projector and curtain, and the curtain was already crowded with people.

A large light bulb hung on a pole next to the projector, illuminating the surroundings as if it were daytime.

It is said to be a screening venue, but in fact it is just a larger, flat, open space where commune meetings and criticism meetings are held.

Now almost all the villages where the news has been received have people coming, and people are still arriving one after another. There was almost no room left in the first few rows.

The male educated youths put down the two benches they brought next to the villagers. One bench was just big enough for three people.

Zhang Moran saw that there were still some empty seats in the front row and asked why he didn't go to the front. Zhang Jianshe explained: There are many people when showing movies, and there are people from all villages. There are often fights and troubles. We have three girls here. It is still safe to sit with the people in your own village and have someone to take care of you in everything.

The movie hadn't started yet, and there were crowds of people around. The three girls were sitting together chatting, "It would be nice if we had some fun at this time." Wu Caiyu said regretfully.

When Chen Lu heard this, she looked around and whispered, "Don't worry, someone may be selling melon seeds and candies soon."

Wu Caiyu was pleasantly surprised when she heard this, and immediately began to look around, as if she wanted to find the person selling melon seeds.

"The sellers will not come out until the movie starts and the lights go out." Chen Lu said with a smile.

That's right, nowadays private sales are done secretly, otherwise you will be labeled as a "speculator", so of course you have to avoid people.

Soon, the big light bulb suddenly went out, and the surrounding area immediately fell into darkness. At the same time, the big white curtain lit up, and the movie started. The voices of the noisy crowd around him suddenly dropped and became much quieter.

The first screening was "Tunnel War". This film has been released for more than ten years. In fact, everyone has seen it, but it is still very popular after it opens, and everyone watches it with gusto.

At this time, someone quietly left his seat. After a while, when he came back, he had a paper bag in his hand and began to eat melon seeds in a low voice. Wu Caiyu couldn't help but drag Lin Hui to buy it. Chen Lu was worried, so the three of them went together.

The three of them found the seller next to a big tree at the edge of the screening room. He was a tall man wearing a straw hat with the brim so low that his face was basically invisible.

He didn't take the initiative to say hello. He waited until the three of them asked before quoting the price. He seemed to be talking with a stuck voice: "Melon seeds cost one cent for a pack, and three candies cost one cent."

Wu Caiyu didn't like the unwrapped hard candies, and Lin Hui didn't want to eat them, so the three of them bought a pack of melon seeds each. After some discussion, each of them gave a penny to the three male educated youths, who also bought a pack each. After all, it's not good for them to do it themselves and watch others do it. Besides, it was quite hard for them to carry the stool all the way here.

By the time both movies were finished, it was already past nine o'clock. Many children were already asleep. They could only be carried or carried home by adults. Several male educated youths met Brother Zhang and his wife from the team, and their children were all asleep. Once the child was born, the couple each held a child in their arms and took the bench from their hands to help carry it back.

Back at the Educated Youth Home, everyone simply washed up and went to bed. Lin Hui waited for Wu Caiyu to breathe evenly before getting up and entering the space.

The growth of these corns has become more and more gratifying recently. There is no wind in the space, and I don’t know how to achieve pollination. They have all produced small corns smoothly. It has only been [-] days since they were planted, and the corn cobs are already ready. have eaten. Lin Hui couldn't bear it any longer. She broke off a few ears of corn, peeled off the husks, and cooked them in the kitchen of the space.

This kitchen is also very magical. The water in the water tank and the firewood in the kitchen never seem to be low. As much as I used this time, it will be automatically replenished next time I enter the space.

The same goes for the spring water in front of the wooden house. The spring water never stopped flowing out, as if it would never stop, but the puddle returned to its original size and never overflowed. Lin Hui used a lot of water in it to water the corn, but it seemed like it had never been used. Not empty;

There is also the preservation function of the space. One time when Lin Hui was cooking, she made a few extra pancakes, wrapped them in oil paper and put them in the space for emergencies. When Lin Hui came in the next day, she saw those few pancakes. The pancake still looked like it had just come out of the pan and I was shocked.

The aroma of boiled corn gradually dissipated. The freshly peeled corn kernels were plump and tasted sweet and tender. Lin Hui ate three in a row before giving up.

At this rate of growth, the corns will probably be fully mature in two or three days, and we will have to find a way to harvest them by then.

Lin Hui had already made plans for corn harvesting tools.

The management of the warehouse where farm tools are kept at the team headquarters is not strict, and these farm tools for harvesting corn are not used by the team for the time being, so they are piled in the corner. When the time comes, they can sneak in when the administrator is not paying attention, and then quietly put them back after use.

Late at night two days later, Lin Hui entered the space.

The corn in the field was completely mature and the corn stalks had turned yellow. Lin Hui broke off the corn cobs one by one and piled them into a big pile on the ground.

After breaking them all, they began to peel off the corn husks, revealing the golden and plump corn kernels inside. Each one was evenly sized, and the corn kernels filled the tip of the cob.

Lin Hui worked most of the night to finish peeling all the corn husks. She was so tired that she could hardly get up the next morning.

When work was over, Lin Hui took advantage of everyone to clear away the crowds and clutter in the farm tool warehouse, so she put the corn thresher and corn thresher in the corner into the space.

When Lin Hui entered the space at night, she was shocked by what she saw: all the corn stalks in the field were gone! The entire land returned to its original appearance.

Lin Hui couldn't figure out what was going on: Could it be that the space knew that the useful fruits had been harvested, so it disposed of the useless poles?

Doubts are doubts, but the disappearance of the corn stalks is a good thing for Lin Hui. It saves the need to chop off the corn stalks, and it will also make it easier to sow seeds next time!

The corn thresher is made of iron and has a very simple structure. There is a corn cob inlet on the top, and a round wheel is installed in the middle. The surface of the wheel is uneven, and a grate-shaped thing is installed on the outside of the wheel.

Put the corn cobs into the upper bucket, crank the handle, and the corn cobs will be rubbed between the wheel and the grate, and the corn kernels will be taken off.

There are three such threshing machines in the production team, and they applied for it the year before last. Before that, members of the commune used stringers to thresh the corn line by line. That was purely manual work.

Even with the threshing machine, Lin Hui still spent most of the night threshing all the corn.

Although she still has to find a way to grind the corn into cornmeal before eating or replace it with other supplies, now looking at the golden corn kernels on the ground, Lin Hui still feels a sense of pride and happiness!

After leaving the space, Lin Hui fell asleep almost immediately.

It’s no wonder that I have to work all day during the day and have to work in the space for most of the night at night. It’s really tiring!