Power Farmer

Seeing that Xia received it in front of her eyes, Huang Ting couldn't leave now, she would not be able to leave until the late rice was transplanted.

The rice turned yellow in the blink of an eye, and soon the sound of harvesting rice was heard everywhere.

Farmers call it rush harvesting, and the sooner they harvest the rice, the better. Immediately after harvesting, they plow the fields and transplant rice seedlings, just like rushing for time, and they are very busy.

Wei Jingze heard that someone got up at four o'clock in the morning to cut rice in the field, and then came back at eight o'clock in the morning to have a meal and go to work again, and one was busy until ninety o'clock in the evening. ?

Thinking about the old man's body, it looks quite tough, but if he really does this, he probably won't last long.

Wei Jingze wanted to see if anyone had a small harvester. It took less than an hour for a harvester to harvest a field. If it was all manual, it would take several people to work together and it would take half a day to complete the work.

I asked the old man, and the old man didn't know who had it, but there must be none in Chashui Village.

So Wei Jingze went to the restaurant to ask, there are more rich people here, so they should know about it.

"Xiaowei, are you asking about the harvester?"

Wei Jingze nodded: "Yes, I have started harvesting early rice recently, I thought it would be faster to use the harvester, and my grandfather is not so tired."

Several people around him praised Wei Jingze for his filial piety.

"Well, I heard that the grain agricultural station in the village has a harvester that you can borrow, but it requires money and a deposit. If each of you can drive a harvester, you have to ask someone from them to help you."

The grain station is the place where people have to pay rice in the past. Since the reform, farmers don’t have to pay grain tax, but the grain station will buy everyone’s grain. The grain station also sells grain seeds, vegetable seedlings, pesticides, fertilizers, etc. Notices will be issued regularly to inform farmers when it is time to spray and what to do. The functions are quite complete.

Wei Jingze hurriedly asked: "Is it true? Can you borrow it individually? Or do you borrow it on a village basis? Do you need any proof?"

Because of the reservoir contract last time, Wei Jingze was really afraid of running. He didn't feel anything about running errands, but running around had no results, which made people feel tired.

Chen Han chimed in and said, "Xiaowei's rice is ordered by our boss, and it must be delicious. If everyone wants to eat rice from Chashui Village earlier, you should help him a lot!"

So someone pushed an old man out, saying that his son worked at the grain station.

The old man said slowly: "Just bring your ID card and money. Remember to buy some fuel from them. Otherwise, you will run out of gas and turn off the engine halfway through the drive, which will waste your time."

Wei Jingze nodded again and again: "That's right, thank you for reminding me."

It is not so easy to rent a harvester, and you have to rent a car to send it to the village. Although the harvester can run on the road, they are not specially designed to run on the road after all.

After asking clearly, Wei Jingze had an idea in his mind, and someone enthusiastically called Wei Jingze and said hello to the food station, so that it would be convenient for Wei Jingze to pass by.

Wei Jingze was really grateful.

Wei Jingze told the old man when he went back, and then took his household registration and ID card to the grain station to borrow a harvester.

The harvester is also a policy for the government to subsidize agriculture and encourage rural development. With the harvester, farmers do not need to work so hard in the morning and night. It is an incentive measure.

Chashui Village has never heard of this matter. One is because it is located in a remote area, and the other is because the people in Chashui Village don’t like to go out, they don’t know the outside news, and they don’t know that the government still has such a policy.

Wei Jingze rented a harvester, hired a master to help drive it, and bought some oil. The truck arranged by the grain station delivered the harvester to the village, and the harvester went directly to work in the fields.

Seeing the harvester, the villagers felt that it was very novel. This guy had only heard of it, but had never seen it. It was the first time for the big guys to see a harvester.

The harvester spewed black smoke, chugs and walked slowly in the field, turned three times, and the rice of more than one mu of fields was harvested. Many people who watched were amazed and envious.

As for Wei Jingze, his grandfather and grandson, they only need to use a tricycle to take the rice home to dry in the sun.

Because the field ridge is relatively small, it is not easy for the harvester to drive over, so I asked everyone to help carry the harvester to another field.

It is a pity that the rural field contract system also makes it impossible for large harvesters to work.The farmlands in Chashui Village are relatively flat, and they are all close to the river. If the ridges are removed and all operations are mechanized, not only can the area of ​​paddy fields be expanded, but the work efficiency will also be much faster. up.Others have to eat too.

After working for about an afternoon, a lot of rice was harvested at home.

Although the old man is alone, he may only get one or two acres when dividing the fields, but now there are many fewer people in the village, and there are many fields that no one can plant, so the old man planted about ten acres of fields by himself. As a race, I don't know how hard it is.

If you don’t use a harvester and only use labor, you still need to hire someone to help you. Nowadays, a laborer costs hundreds of dollars a day, which is a lot of money after a few days. Rent the harvester and hire a master to save money. Quite a few, and fast.

This night, Wei Jingze went to buy some good food and cooked a meal for the master who opened the harvester. Because the master's house is a bit far from here, he will live here tonight, and leave tomorrow after he is done with work. .

After eating the vegetables, the master who drove the harvester sighed, "It's really delicious, better than the ones grown at home."

"Eat more if it tastes good. You have worked hard today." So many fields were collected at once, and the old man didn't spend much effort himself, so he was very happy.

"It's okay, okay, haha...thank you."

Today, after the harvester show, many people's minds became active. After eating, many people came to ask Wei Jingze about the harvester.

Wei Jingze didn't hide his secrets, he told me about renting a harvester, and asked the master to tell everyone about the things he didn't understand. Anyway, if there are more fields, renting a harvester will definitely save money.

All of a sudden, everyone became active and asked Wei Jingze, "Xiao Ze, can you lend us your harvester for a day?"

Wei Jingze shook his head and said, "I made an agreement with the grain station. Just today and tomorrow, you will be fined if you delay for one day. I still have a deposit at the grain station! If you want to borrow, you can borrow it. The more people borrow, it is estimated that there will be queues.”

Everyone usually borrows from me and I borrow from you, and they think it’s nothing. Now that Wei Jingze said this, some people think he is a bit stingy. Of course, Wei Jingze has to stick to his principles. In his opinion, this is a matter of doing things. Follow the rules, if you don't follow the rules, you won't be able to do well.

The village head chimed in and said, "While the machine is still in the village tomorrow, those who want to borrow it should hurry up, and there is no need to send this machine back to the food station."

Wei Jingze also said, "I've already paid the round-trip fare for the harvester. You just need to pay the rent, the labor costs of the master, and the gas."

Everyone discussed very enthusiastically for a while.

Some people want to borrow it, while others don't want to, because they originally planned to borrow it from Wei Jingze, and now they have to pay for it themselves, so of course they are a bit reluctant.

Everyone was discussing about borrowing the harvester, and Wei Jingze was not involved in it. The rent for the harvester was calculated on a daily basis. What if you are willing to pay the money?There is also gas money, the person who paid the money in front has not finished burning the gas, and the one behind has taken advantage of it, and it is estimated that there will be another dispute, so Wei Jingze does not intend to get involved in it this time.

The next day, the master of the harvester worked hard for a long time, and finally harvested all the rice in Wei Jingze's house. The yellow rice was spread on the ground in front of the house, which made the old man very satisfied.

What made him even more satisfied was that the rice had been harvested so early, so he didn't have to worry about it getting wet in a rainstorm and it would germinate in the field.All of this is because of Wei Jingze's flexible mind, he came up with this method.

Looking at his grandson who was drying the rice under the sun, the old man smiled even more.

What Wei Jingze is more worried about now is that there is too much rice. The meadow at the door of the house alone is not enough. If they are piled together, it is easy to generate heat, and when the temperature and humidity are all right, they will germinate, and the germinated rice can only be thrown away.Therefore, it is very important to retweet after returning it.

The sunshine in summer is particularly good, and the rice can be dried a lot after a day of drying.Although the sun is on the top of the head, it is very hot, and they sweat like rain when working in the fields. Farmers also hope that the weather will be sunny, not rain. Once it rains, the hard-won rice may germinate.

According to the old man's instructions, Wei Jingze turned the rice into strips, because of his obsessive-compulsive disorder, the strips were straighter than those measured by a ruler.

Doing this is also to expand the area to be exposed to the sun.

Wei Jingze was busy with his work, and a few little guys rushed over together, making a small noise, probably playing some game, and when they got here, they simply ran to the house to drink water.

Wei Jingze finished turning the millet, saw several children scrambling for a drink of water, and asked, "Today is not a holiday, why didn't you go to school?"

It's almost the final exam, shouldn't the teacher hurry up and take them to review?