Zhou Dalang sighed, "The other families in the village have finished harvesting their wheat today, and Zhou Hu's family still has four plots of land."
Old Zhou frowned, "Isn't this speed too slow?"
"That can't be helped. His daughter-in-law is still lying on the bed and can't move. He has to go back to make three meals a day and medicine. Fortunately, Dafu and Erlu can help, otherwise he must not be able to take care of the field and the family."
Man Bao said: "Brother, tomorrow you will bring the fifth brother and the sixth brother to help. I will also help after school. I have already learned how to hold a sickle."
Old Zhou Tou smoked for a while and didn't speak.
Qian glanced at him and said: "I just listened to Man Bao, I think the sky is gloomy and gloomy today, maybe it will rain sometime, take Datou Daya and Ertou Erya with you , now that the wheat has been cut, I will help others cut the beans in the field as well."
Zhou Dalang agreed happily, he and Zhou Hu have a very good relationship.
Mrs. Qian thought for a while, then looked at Mrs. He, who was rubbing hemp, and said, "The Zhou Hu family has a good relationship with you. You can go and have a look at it early tomorrow morning. There are some things that men can't do carelessly, so a woman has to come."
He also agreed happily.
Her natal family was a little far away from Qili Village, and she was the only daughter-in-law in Qili Village in the same village as the Chen family, and when she was young, she played with sister Chen's buttocks and was taken care of, so they had a good relationship after they got married.
In particular, the marriage between her and Zhou Zhoulang was still connected by the Chen family, so the relationship between Sanfang and Zhou Hu's family is also good.
Old Zhou didn't say anything, he just smoked a little harder.
He looked down and saw that the little girl's face was also full of joy, so he couldn't help but tap her forehead, it really doesn't cost money to be a manpower.
It's fine if one or two go over to help, but half the house has to go over
But Mrs. Qian made up her mind, her sons had no objection, and her daughters-in-law also had no objection, so it was difficult for Lao Zhou to object.
It's just that no one expected that there would be lightning, thunder, thunder and rain that night. Fortunately, in the evening, the old Zhou's family moved all the things that were drying in the yard back into the house.
So the Zhou family just raised their heads tiredly and looked outside, then fell asleep again, but many people in the village couldn't sleep anymore, so they quickly got up to collect their things.
Although the things were covered with wheat straw to keep out the dew, it was obvious that wheat straw could not keep out the rain, especially the heavy rain in summer.
So many people have to get up in the dark to collect food.
Most houses in the village had their lights on, but half of them were dark. Apparently, many of them had the same foresight as the old Zhou family, and took back their things first, without taking chances.
The lights at Zhou Hu's house were also on, but he didn't dry anything in the yard. Zhou Dalang reminded him in the evening to take back all the things in the yard in case it rained at night.
He hoped that he would not download it, but in the end he did.
There is still wheat in his field.
The wind was strong, and the big raindrops were falling down with a crackle. However, the rain in summer came quickly and went quickly.
That is to say, when Man Bao turned over, rolled from one side to the other, and continued to sleep with his mouth open, the rain outside gradually lightened, and then stopped after a while.
If Man Bao didn't wake up the next day to see that the yard was wet and slept like a piglet, he wouldn't have known that it rained last night.
But the next day was only slightly bright, and Zhou Dalang took his two younger brothers out with a sickle, and the children could go later.
After all, it is not their own land, and the children still have this privilege.
Wheat is very fragile, especially the wheat that has turned yellow. When the wind blows or the heavy rain drifts, the wheat will be blown down in a large piece and cling to the ground.
Some of the low-lying fields still had accumulated water, soaking the wheat.
In the entire Qili Village, only Zhou Hu's family had all the wheat confiscated, but the beans in the field were in good condition. Many people came out early in the morning with sickles to harvest the beans.
One rain may have no effect on the beans, but how many more
The food still has to be taken back and dried in the sun, and it is best to receive it in the warehouse.
The villagers also saw Zhou Dalang and others working in Zhou Hu's field. They were taken aback for a moment and greeted them enthusiastically.
On the contrary, Zhou Hu was the last to arrive at the field. After all, he had to cook porridge and medicine for his wife and children when he woke up, so when he arrived at the field, Zhou Dalang and his two younger brothers had already cut a large area.
Zhou Hu stood there in a daze, his eyes were a little red.
Zhou Dalang turned around indifferently, and waved: "Hurry up, the sun will come out soon."
Zhou Hu quickly raised his sickle and stepped forward. Today's wheat was even more difficult to cut because it fell down. Zhou Dalang and Zhou Hu asked Friday Lang and Saturday Lang to cut the finished ones, and the two of them bent down to cut the lying wheat.
The waist almost bent to the ground.
I couldn't take it anymore, so I squatted down and cut forward.
So they hate rain when harvesting.
The harvested wheat didn't dare to dry in the ground any more, so they tied it up and put them in bamboo baskets to pick them up.
Zhou Hu went home at noon to bring food to Zhou's house, but Zhou Dalang held him down and said, "My yard is full of wheat and soybeans, but I can't turn around. It happens that the third daughter-in-law is here, let her do whatever she wants in your house." Just get something to eat."
He has no opinion at all.
Bringing the food to the old Zhou's house is equivalent to inviting the old Zhou's family to eat. Their family has a large population, and the food that the whole family eats in one day is equivalent to Zhou Hu's family in seven days.
After all, Zhou Hu was a man, so he couldn't take care of many things. Mrs. He only wiped Mrs. Chen's body and changed his clothes all morning. Now after cleaning his hands, he went to the kitchen to help them cook.
Zhou Hu opened his mouth to say something, Zhou Dalang held him down and said: "Okay, you and my brother don't pay attention to these things, your family is not easy now, by the way, the sun is not too low today, take a rest at noon, and then come back in the afternoon." Let's go, let's do it later in the evening, and work for half a day tomorrow and it should be cleaned up."
Zhou Hu responded in a low voice, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good brother!"
Zhou Dalang smiled at him and bumped his shoulder too.
After making an appointment to go to work in the afternoon, Zhou Dalang led his family back after eating, but when they went to the field again in the afternoon, they found many people standing in the field.
Not only Zhou Dalang, but also Zhou Hu who came was stunned for a moment.
Seeing them, Zhou Dazhu waved his sickle and asked, "How many dollars are left?"
Zhou Dalang was the first to come back to his senses, grinning, "This piece, and the two pieces with the back of the mountain, you have so many people here, you should be able to make it tonight."
Zhou Dazhu smiled and said, "Then let's start."
When Manbao ran to the field after school, Datou was leading his younger brothers and sisters to hold together small piles of wheat for the adults to tie up, and then picked them home.
Man Bao rolled up his sleeves and asked, "What can I do?"
Everyone glanced at Man Bao, who was white and tender, and said cheerfully, "You can't roll up your sleeves when hugging Maizi, you have to tie up your sleeves, otherwise Man Bao will cry at night."