Wear to the 90s to farm and fall in love

After the road in the village was repaired, it soon entered the autumn harvest season.

The villagers started to get busy again, busy harvesting various crops they had grown at home: picking cotton, harvesting sorghum, pulling cassava, digging sweet potatoes, etc. The fields were full of busy scenes.

Ding Yunfei is also very busy every day. The sesame seeds planted by their family have also matured and produced a lot of fruits, and each plant is full of fruit.

Because sesame seeds must be harvested as early as possible, so as not to crack the sesame seeds and drop the seeds, reducing the harvest.

Early in the morning, Ding Yunfei took a scythe and rode a motorcycle to the fields first, while Ding Zhong and Chen Sufen drove the ox cart behind.

When he arrived in the field, Ding Yunfei put on a straw hat and gloves, bent over with a sickle and began to harvest sesame seeds.

Holding the stalk of the sesame in one hand and the sickle in the other, he cut the sesame gently, and then bundled the sesame seeds into bundles and put them away.

He had just cut two sheaves of sesame seeds when Ding Zhong and Chen Sufen arrived with an ox cart, and Ding Zhong and Chen Sufen also started harvesting together with sickles.

The family of three was working hard in the field. Looking at the large area of ​​sesame seeds, Ding Zhong and Chen Sufen had joyful smiles on their faces. When their son said that he wanted to grow sesame seeds, they were still skeptical. I agree with Ding Yunfei's planting too much, but fortunately they did not strongly object at that time.Through this incident, Ding Zhong also had a great change in his son's opinion. For the first time, he felt that his son's work was very reliable.

Ding Yunfei was also very pleasantly surprised to see the sesame growing so gratifyingly. At first he just planted it with the mentality of trying, but he did not expect such a good harvest. Of course, this is inseparable from the careful field management during the period, especially Chen Sufen often visits the place Weed, fertilize and apply pesticides to sesame seeds.Although Ding Yunfei has theoretical knowledge, he has relatively little practical experience, not as rich in working experience as Chen Sufen and Ding Zhong.

Ding Yunfei went to work with them and learned a lot of agricultural management knowledge, such as when to apply fertilizer, when to apply pesticides, how to apply fertilizers, and how to apply pesticides.Theoretical knowledge is one thing, but the actual operation is not so simple.

For example, harvesting sesame seeds now seems simple and easy, but in fact it is very tedious and hard.

After cutting sesame seeds for a while, Ding Yunfei was so tired that his head was sweating profusely, his waist was sore and his arms hurt.In contrast, Chen Sufen and Ding Zhong didn't seem to know how tired they were, they waved the sickle three times and cut a large piece of sesame seeds.

After resting for a while, Ding Yunfei bent over with a sickle and continued to cut sesame seeds. The sound of the sickle slicing across the sesame stalk made a sound, playing the most beautiful notes in the field.

After several hours, they finally harvested all the sesame seeds before noon.They moved the bundles of sesame seeds to the ox cart one by one and loaded them. The full cart was not finished yet, and there were still a lot of sesame seeds in the field, so they had to be transported home in two trips.

Ding Zhong drove an ox cart home first, and Ding Yunfei and Chen Sufen sat in the field while drinking porridge and resting while looking at sesame seeds.Worried that the sun would be too strong and the sesame seeds would crack and lose their seeds, Ding Yunfei took several pre-prepared sacks and put them on top of the sesame seeds to block the sun and prevent the cracked sesame seeds from falling to the ground and causing damage.

An hour later, Ding Zhong came back driving the ox cart, and they quickly loaded all the remaining sesame seeds into the ox cart, and filled another ox cart full.

After finishing his work, Ding Yunfei rode his motorcycle back home first, and Ding Zhong and Chen Sufen drove the ox cart slowly behind.

On the way, some villagers saw Ding Zhong pulling a cart full of plants with stems and many fruits. Some villagers didn't know what kind of crop it was, so they asked the village chief curiously.

Ding Zhong generously told the villagers that it was sesame, and he was very happy and proud to tell them that it was grown by our family Yunfei, and that it could be sold for money.

The villagers were surprised when they heard this, and asked, "Can you really sell this plant for money? How much can you sell it for?"

"I'm not too sure about this, so I'll ask our family, Yun Fei." Ding Zhong said, and he also took this opportunity to promote to the villagers, "Everyone can try various things next year, plant more cash crops, and have another way to get rich. "

The villagers nodded: "Okay, next year we will also look at it."

In the spring of the second year, many villagers really followed suit and planted sesame seeds. At first, the villagers did not know how to plant and manage them, so they went to ask Ding Yunfei. Ding Yunfei was very enthusiastic to share his planting methods with the villagers, and enthusiastically Recommending other economic crops suitable for planting to the villagers, Ding Yunfei suddenly became an agricultural expert in the village and was loved by the villagers. Of course, this is a later story.

At that time, Ding Yunfei rode a motorcycle back home. As soon as he got home, he took out a few drying mats from the house, and then put the sesame seeds that Ding Zhong brought back in bundles on the drying mats to dry. Grandma can't stay idle at home, so she also helps him dry sesame seeds together.

Just after drying a load of sesame seeds, Ding Zhong and Chen Sufen drove the ox cart back home, and the whole family unloaded the sesame seeds from the cart to dry in the yard.Looking at the yard full of sesame seeds, Ding Yunfei experienced the sweetness of labor and the joy of harvest for the first time.

The sesame seeds they planted this time were more than an acre, and they were distributed in different places. The next day, they went to another few fields to harvest sesame seeds. After harvesting, they transported them home and dried them in the yard.

After several days of exposure to the sun, the sesame seeds were almost dry. Chen Sufen piled the sesame seeds into a pile, and then tapped the stems of the sesame seeds with a stick. Immediately, black sesame seeds fell out of the sesame shells.After shelling the sesame seeds, Chen Sufen sifted the sesame seeds with a bamboo sieve.

Ding Yunfei didn't know how to do these tasks, so he could only help from the sidelines. Two hours later, Chen Sufen finally sifted out all the sesame seeds and put them in sacks. Ding Yunfei weighed them with a steelyard, and there were more than 100 Ding Yunfei was very excited. This output is relatively good. He never thought that more than one mu of land could produce so much sesame. Next year he can grow more.

The next day, it was the day to go to the market. Ding Yunfei and Chen Sufen sold the sesame seeds in the market together. Because the sesame seeds in the market were in short supply and their sesame seeds were of good quality, many vendors came to ask for the price. Ding Yunfei sold all the sesame seeds to a vendor for more than 800 yuan at a price of a few yuan per catty.

Excluding the cost, I earned almost 600 yuan. Although I only earned a few hundred yuan, the few hundred yuan is already a lot in this day and age. These few hundred yuan can pay Ding Xiaoying's tuition for a year. , You can also buy several bags of fertilizer.

Ding Yunfei kept 300 yuan, and the rest of the money was handed over to Chen Sufen, because Ding Xiaoying still needs money to go to school, and the family usually needs money to buy rice and meat. The last time Chen Sufen paid Ding Xiaoying's tuition, the family has no money. .Although Ding Zhong is the head of the village, his salary of only tens of dollars a month is not enough for living expenses. In fact, his family lives quite poorly.

After selling the sesame seeds, Chen Sufen bought dozens of catties of rice and some daily necessities at the market, and then returned home by car.Ding Yunfei still wanted to go to the barber shop for a haircut, so he went shopping for a while, so he didn't go back with Chen Sufen.

Ding Yunfei still went to the barber shop he went to when he came to the market last time. He thought the barber shop was good and affordable. When he went, the shop owner was cutting hair for a customer, and he was sitting beside him. Waiting on the sofa.

The store is playing nice English songs, which are sung by one of his favorite bands. When he came to the market last time, he saw the album tape of this group in the video store. He wanted to buy it and listen to it at home. Later, I met Wei Yi, but in the end I couldn't buy it.

Did not expect to hear these familiar melodies here today, Ding Yunfei was very happy, listening to the songs quietly.

After listening to the song, it was his turn to get a haircut. The shop owner didn't ask him what kind of hairstyle he needed, so he took the scissors and started cutting, and said to him while cutting: "Young man is very energetic, come on. The last time you came, I remember you."

The shop owner is a middle-aged man in his 30s, very talkative.

Ding Yunfei chatted with him while listening to music.

Soon the shop owner gave him a good haircut. He still gave him a very refreshing short haircut. He looked very energetic and handsome.

After coming out of the barber shop, Ding Yunfei wandered around the street watching horses and horses. There were many people coming to the market today, and the street was bustling with excitement.

Ding Yunfei went shopping in the street for a while and then went to the department store. He went to the clothing section on the second floor to buy two clothes. Winter is coming soon. There are not many thick clothes in the original owner's closet. He has to buy two more clothes to keep out the cold keep warm.

After shopping for clothes, he walked around the mall, passing by the video store where he wanted to buy tapes last time, he stopped, glanced at the shelves full of tapes, and then lifted his feet and left.

Forget it, don’t buy it, save some money, he said to himself.

After leaving the shopping mall, the sun was already in the west. He had been shopping all day and hadn't eaten yet. He was hungry. He had to eat something, or he didn't have the strength to take the car home.

Thinking of this, he walked to a noodle shop on the side of the street, went in, paid for a bowl of noodle, and then sat down at an empty table.

As soon as he sat down, he heard a voice from the door: "Wei Yao, there are relatively few people in this store, why don't you eat here?"

The author has something to say:

Some cuties asked that the background of the article is the south and the north, so don’t worry about this question, just treat it as a fiction.Don’t pay too much attention to the prices. What I wrote is based on what I probably understand. There must be a little deviation from the price level at that time, but it shouldn’t be too far away. Haha, let’s not talk about it. [Cover your face] Happy reading, everyone~