60s researcher

"What are you talking about? How can you ask customers to come to work?" Mother Lu was a little dumbfounded when she heard that she asked Zhao Lei to find work.

"It's not that he wants to make machines related to agriculture, and he has never been in the field before, so he wants to experience it so that he can do research later." Lu Jian hurriedly found an excuse, he couldn't say that he was the one who lured him here!

"What kind of machine?" When he heard about making agricultural machinery, Lu's father immediately became energetic, and his whole person was different. Even if Qin Hui and the others said how powerful his air conditioner was, he didn't have such a big reaction now. .

"Um, just take a look and see what kind of machine is suitable for it." Lu Jian was just making an excuse temporarily.

"Okay, we've been peeling sugarcane leaves for the past two days, so let him go to the sugarcane field! Tomorrow, we'll harvest sweet potatoes from the field in exchange." Father Lu arranged Zhao Lei's work for two days at once.

"Okay, I'll tell him." Lu Jian nodded and planned to go out and tell Zhao Lei.

"Wait a minute, you go with him too. They are the sons of farmers. You also go to the field to see if you can make some kind of machine to help with the farming." Suddenly Lu's father stopped Lu Jian and said something to make Lu Jian See if the whole person is not well.

Lu Jian stood there stupidly, didn't react for a long time, his mind was full of question marks, how could he be counted as him.

"Here, the little deer will leave the day after tomorrow, why don't you rest at home?" Before Lu Jian could speak, Mother Lu disagreed a little, and wanted to plead with Father Lu.

"You can't let that little Zhao work alone. Since Lu Jian brought it back, let him accompany you." Father Lu directly refused.

"It just so happens that your mother and sister-in-law are going to work in the sugarcane field later, so you two will follow."

Seeing that Lu had no choice but to nod, he suddenly felt that he was a typical scammer who buried himself in the pit together.

When Lu Jian returned to the kitchen, Zhao Lei was sitting alone in it. The table had been cleared, and even the dishes and chopsticks had been washed. Lu Jian was a little surprised. When he went out just now, Zhao Lei was alone. If it doesn't work, Zhao Lei will take care of it.

"The dishes you washed?"

"No, no, just now your third sister-in-law came in and cleaned up." Zhao Lei waved his hand quickly, just now he put down the bowls and chopsticks, Zhao Lei's third sister-in-law came in, cleaned up all the dishes before he refused, and then went out quickly .He didn't say a word, so he could only make up for a trouble at the end.

"Then let's go out, the work has been arranged for you, I will go to the field with you later." Lu Jian didn't say that Lu's father asked him to go.

"Hehe, you are so loyal, you actually accompany me." Zhao Lei had never been to the ground before, and he didn't know what to do. He felt relieved when he was with Lu Jian.

While talking, the two arrived at the main room. The three sister-in-laws and Mother Lu were already waiting. Mother Lu changed into a dress she usually wears, with several patches on it. As soon as she saw them, she handed over two straw hats.

"Hat on, the sun is too big."

"Auntie, don't you wear them?" Zhao Lei felt a little strange seeing that there were only two.

"We are used to being in the sun every day, unlike your skinny skin and tender flesh, which burns your face in the sun." The sister-in-law laughed directly, and seemed a little envious when talking about the delicate skin and tender flesh It looked like, for a while several other people also laughed.

Seeing that the two had nothing to say, Lu could only hold his hat.

"Go and change into long sleeves. You can't stand wearing short sleeves." Seeing that they were all wearing short sleeves, Mother Lu frowned and urged them to change.

"I just brought a change of clothes, short-sleeved." Zhao Lei really didn't wear long-sleeved clothes.

"Little Lu, find one and put it on for him."

"Okay." After Lu Jian finished speaking, he directly pulled Zhao Lei into his room.

After the two of them changed their clothes, Mother Lu took everyone to the sugarcane field.

When they arrived, many people were already working. They had a large team and a lot of land. There were thousands of acres of sugarcane land. In the past, they were directly transported to the purchase station and sold at a very low price. Xin After a year of hard work, each household can be divided into three or forty yuan.

However, a sugar factory will be built this year. When the sugar cane is harvested in October, the sugar factory equipment should have arrived, and it will be processed into brown sugar, so the price will be quite different.

Mother Lu and the others shared the task field together, and Lu Jian saw that almost all of them were women, shuttling through the sugarcane field, picking up the leaves with their hands, and thick sugarcane leaves were piled up on the ground.

When they got to the place, the sister-in-laws separated from Mother Lu, leaving Mother Lu with Lu Jian and Zhao Lei.

"See, the sugarcane is almost out of joint now, and the old leaves below have to be peeled off, leaving about nine leaves on each root."

Mother Lu led them to the sugarcane on the far side, and pointed to some withered leaves. Seeing them nodding, she stepped on the lower leaves with her feet, and quickly peeled off the upper leaves with her hands. After a while, there are only about nine green leaves left on it.

"Okay, no problem, just peel it from the other end, I'm next door, remember not to finish all the peeling." Mother Lu finished a bunch of sugarcane, saw them nodding, it seemed that there was no problem, and they walked to the next door field Li started to get busy.

Lu Jian and Zhao Lei glanced at each other, then walked to the place and started working. At the beginning, they still followed Lu's mother's method, stepping on the bottom with their feet, and peeling the top with their hands.But it didn't take long to realize that if you can take care of your feet, you can't take care of your hands. If you move your hands, you forget to move your feet. There is no way to cooperate, and the speed is still very slow.

Lu Jian simply used his hands to peel all of them from top to bottom, which was much faster than before.Even if you have to bend over all the time and change your height constantly, you will feel unbearable after a while.

Lu Jian glanced at Zhao Lei, and found that he also used both hands, and worked very hard, and seemed to be faster than him.

Lu Jian was silent, but he didn't expect Zhao Lei to work quite neatly.I started to continue working again. The sugar cane grew in clusters. They grew densely and taller than a person. There were many leaves and the inside was very hot. After a while, Lu’s face turned red. , the hat on his head has been thrown aside by him, and he always feels breathless wearing it.

"See Lu, come and take a look, something fell into my clothes, it's tickling me to death." Suddenly Zhao Lei ran over yelling.

Lu Jian glanced at his hands, they were covered with a lot of leaf hair, but he didn't dare to touch them.

"Could it be that there are too many leaves in, you can jump and shake it out."

Zhao Lei jumped up on the spot, and finally got out a broken leaf behind him.

"This is really not a job for humans. My hands are all cut, and I feel that my neck is full of hair, and it's a little itchy!" Zhao Lei stretched out his hand to show Lu Jian with a bitter face. There is a white cut mark, although the skin has not been cut, but it is quite uncomfortable.

"You thought farm work was so easy." Lu Jian also stretched out his hand, his skin was thinner and already a little red.

"Why don't we find a glove?" Zhao Lei asked a little depressed.

"That's really not true. Labor insurance gloves require industrial certificates, and there are no industrial certificates in the countryside. Where can you get gloves?" Lu Jian directly suppressed his thoughts, but it really didn't exist.Rural people work all year round, and their hands are thick with calluses. This small sugarcane leaf really can't hurt them.

"..."

"Okay, let's peel the leaves for an afternoon and plan the sweet potatoes tomorrow, and I'll get you a shovel." Seeing that he didn't speak, Lu Jian's shoulders collapsed, so he had to explain tomorrow's arrangements in advance.

"Really, it only takes one afternoon." Zhao Lei was immediately happy. In his opinion, harvesting sweet potatoes must be easier than doing this.

"Yes, let you experience some other things, hurry up and continue! But you agreed to come here, and you can't give up halfway."

"Understood." Zhao Lei returned to his original position and started working directly.For a while, the only sound left in the whole sugarcane field was the sound of the leaves being peeled off and the sound of falling on the ground.

The two kept busy until the sun went down and the light softened a little.

"See Lu, take all the leaves out of the field. They can be fed to the cows. Let's go home when we're done." Mother Lu's voice came from the field not far from next door.

"Understood." Seeing that his throat was dry, Lu uttered three words with difficulty, and then he and Zhao Lei hugged out all the leaves piled up in the ground.

Not long after, several people came to load the leaves with baskets on their backs.

"Hey, Lu Jian is back. Where did this young man come from? Could he be your future brother-in-law?" Several women were surprised to see Lu Jian, and then saw Zhao Lei next to him, remembering that today Long Matchmaker brought someone to Lu Jian. Everyone thought that the young man was Zhao Lei.

"No, this is my colleague. He came to my house to play and help out. It's not the same person." Lu Jian hurriedly explained, if he didn't explain clearly, it would spread around the village.

"It's your colleague, how can there be a partner?" When they heard that it was Lu Jian's colleague, a group of people were all excited. Even if there is no girl in their own family, there are still girls of the right age.

"What are you doing, what are you doing, don't leave yet, don't you want centimeters? Have you fed the cows today? One by one, they can't stop, right?" Just when Zhao Lei was embarrassed and didn't know how to respond, Mother Lu came over with a serious face , directly drove away a group of people.

"Hey, Auntie is really amazing." Seeing that everyone left obediently, Zhao Lei didn't dare to refute at all, and immediately admired Lu's mother very much.

"It's all a bunch of bad-mouthed people. If you are too aggressive with them, you won't dare to speak. Let's go back!" Mother Lu smiled, and felt distressed when she saw the two young men who were in such a mess.

Lu Jian quickly went to pick up his hat, and followed Mother Lu back. The sister-in-law and the others were faster and had already gone back.

Lu saw that the meal was not ready when they returned, so they took a shower in cold water and changed their clothes again. The clothes were covered with hair, and the well was not clean.

Lu's mother said that she wanted to wash their clothes, but Lu Jian directly refused. The two got some soap and went to the river to wash it.

It's time to eat, and there are no people by the river.

"See Lu, it's tiring to do farm work!" Zhao Lei put his feet in the water, sat on a rock out of the water, and sighed softly.His clothes were thrown on stones half submerged in water.

Lu Jian stood barefoot in the water, spread out his clothes, let the water wash away slowly, and didn't say a word. These were all facts, and there was nothing to say.

"You said how about I specialize in agricultural machinery in the future? What automatic leaf peeling and automatic harvesting?" He didn't hear Lu Jian's answer, so he didn't care, and started talking again on his own.

"What about your motorcycle?"

"Hey, I still want to, but wait for me to research all kinds of agricultural machinery, and then do it after our farmers don't have to work so hard." Zhao Lei first laughed twice, and then returned to seriousness.

Lu Jian walked over and patted him on the shoulder without making a sound. He realized it so quickly, I really didn't expect it to be much better than him.People in this era seem to have more social empathy and consider more collective needs.

"Lu Jian, your clothes are going to run away." Suddenly Zhao Lei exclaimed, Lu Jian hurriedly looked over, he just walked over and forgot his clothes, now the clothes are floating away.

Lu Jian stepped on the water and started to run. Fortunately, he didn't run far. The water was not deep, so he retrieved his clothes in no time. However, half of his trousers were soaked, and his jacket and head were splashed with water when he ran. .

"Hurry up, go back, it's time to eat." Lu Jian kicked Zhao Lei's leg directly.

"Let's go, let's go." Zhao Lei stood up obediently, and picked up his clothes. The coat was still Lu Jian's.

When the two came back, mother Lu was waiting in the yard, and the two nephews were running around in the yard, fighting with each other.

"It's true, both of you, after you've been away for so long, you've already started to eat." Mother Lu complained as soon as she saw them, thinking they came back too late.

"Hey." The two smirked twice, and put the clothes on the clothesline directly.

"Okay, come in and eat, we're all waiting." Seeing that they were almost done, Mother Lu told them to go in quickly.

"Wen Tao, Wen Wu, why are you running there? Don't you know what to eat?" Lu's mother finished talking about the two older ones, only to find that the two younger ones were still running wildly, sweating all over.

"It's time to eat." Lu Jian and Zhao Lei each grabbed a small one and carried it in, causing the two children to exclaim in surprise, followed by a burst of crisp laughter.

"Be careful, be careful." Mother Lu followed behind, calling out to be careful.

When they went in, the meals were all set, and the small table in the kitchen was also moved out. Lu Jian took a look and found that the second sister had also returned.

"Put it down, it's time to eat." Lu's mother caught up from behind and took the child off Lu Jian's hand.Brother Lu also took the son from Zhao Lei's hand with great insight, and handed it to his wife.

"Let's eat." Seeing that everyone had arrived, Father Lu picked up his chopsticks and prepared to start eating.Lu Jian quickly pulled Zhao Lei to sit down, and a group of people began to eat.

The dishes on the table are very rich. It should be that I bought more in the morning. There are meat and fish. The two children also ate very happily.The three little girls were placed in a row in a small wooden bed, the oldest one was one year and two months old, and the youngest was only eleven months old.

The three pairs of small eyes stared at the bowl in the adult's hand, and the little hands kept stretching forward, and they kept screaming.The oldest one can already say "eat, eat, eat". This is the daughter of the second brother's family, and the youngest is from the eldest brother's family.

"Oh, my little grandchildren are already eating. The third daughter-in-law, get some fish, clean up the thorns, and feed some of the little girls."

Hearing the movement here, many people looked over. Mother Lu smiled very happily. These little granddaughters are all white and clean. Recently, life has improved a lot, and there is milk powder. become more beautiful.

"Okay." The third sister-in-law picked up a piece of fish meat from a new bowl, and picked it up carefully. The two sisters-in-law next to her also picked up a piece and started picking. After they were done, they put them in the bowl in front of the third sister-in-law. It's my own daughter, so I still have to hurt her a bit.

After a meal, before it was dark, a group of people sat in the main room and chatted.Zhao Lei kept asking Lu's father and two older brothers about farming. The three sisters-in-law were looking at the children while talking about making clothes. Mother Lu was asking about the two older sisters. Lu saw that he was alone in a daze, and his two nephews had already finished eating and went out to play.

Lu saw that the whole person was empty, and when he came back to his senses, he found that there were several people missing in the room. The eldest brother and the second brother took Zhao Lei and disappeared.

"Hey, where is Zhao Lei?"

"It's so late, I'm going to have a look in the field, so I asked your two elder brothers to take him there." Father Lu glanced at him, wondering that he didn't know about such a big movement.

"By the way, sister, think it over, it's him." Seeing that the only outsider had left, Father Lu hurriedly asked Lu Fenfen.She will go back to work in the factory tomorrow morning, so she must ask clearly tonight.

"En." Lu Fenfen lowered her head shyly, her voice was as loud as a mosquito.

"Speak louder, I can't hear you." Father Lu covered his forehead, why is this girl so timid, this is a major event in her life, so she can't speak louder.

"I want to marry." Finally Lu Fenfen plucked up the courage to look at Father Lu with a very resolute look, but she turned her eyes away when meeting Father Lu's gaze.

"Okay, let's fix the date when the matchmaker comes over tomorrow, get engaged first, and have a drink a few years ago." Father Lu thinks that young man is pretty good, he doesn't seem to have any plans, and he is not afraid to cheat his daughter.

Seeing that Lu's father had made a decision, Lu's mother was also quite satisfied, so she didn't say anything.

After all, Lu Jian is the younger brother, so it's not easy to ask the girl's thoughts.

"Will Qin Hui come to pick you up tomorrow?" Lu's mother asked again. Last night, Qin Hui brought it back by bicycle. Fenfen sat in the front and Fangfang sat in the back.

"Well, Qin Hui said he will pick us up tomorrow morning." Lu Fenfen blushed again, and spoke very softly.

"This Fangfang is also following, isn't it great? She hasn't talked about marriage yet." Lu's mother glanced at the two sisters standing together, and she hesitated to speak.

"What's wrong, the second sister is sitting in the back, there are three people, someone is gossiping, let him come to me." Father Lu felt that she was thinking too much.

"But the second sister also has to think about it, she will be 19 after the Chinese New Year."

"Hey, what do you think of that educated youth Qi? I think he's pretty good, and he's very patient with children." Suddenly Mother Lu thought of a candidate, and her eyes lit up.

Lu Jian almost frightened to death when he heard the name in his mouth. It was the male protagonist, and he didn't want him to be his brother-in-law.

"What are you thinking! Comrade Qi may leave one day, you are dreaming!" Lu's father was also shocked by his wife's name, but he knew that Qi Changzheng's family was extraordinary, how could he marry him? daughter.

No one noticed that Lu Fangfang's eyes lit up when she heard Qi Changzheng's name, and she raised her head slightly, then lowered her head when Lu's father said she disagreed, and the light in her eyes dimmed.

Lu Fenfen on the side seemed to feel something, held her sister's hand, saw her looking over, and shook her head slightly.