Tian Tian is indeed a good hand at farm work. Although she has been working for several years and is a little unfamiliar with the job, she has regained her previous feeling after grabbing the sesame stalks and swinging the sickle.
The brother and sister worked very quickly. After cutting for a while, they stood up to stretch their waists and loaded the bundles onto the truck.
The two of them worked together and their efficiency was surprisingly fast.
On the slope not far away, an excavator was working with a rumble. The huge bucket dug out the entrenched shrubs and trees as well as the land that had not been moved for many years, exposing the yellowish sand.
On the other side of the excavator, the exposed, dried, light yellow hillsides were flat and smooth, indicating his achievements.
The excavator's movements were regular and orderly, making people fascinated without even realizing it, until Tian Tian shouted:
"Tian Ye, Tian Ye! Stop looking and get back to work. They said they were here to help and they're paying us, so we have to hurry up."
Tian Ye withdrew his gaze and bent down to cut sesame seeds again. He asked:
"Sister, I heard that you can make money by driving an excavator, right?"
They are siblings, how could Tian Tian not know what he is thinking
At this moment, he advised: "Don't think too much. For excavators to make money, they have to have work to do and people have to pay them readily. Now many construction sites have stopped, and they are not as prosperous as before."
Tian Ye said nothing.
Tian Tian knew that he was worrying too much because of the financial burden on his family, so she sighed:
"We earn 200 yuan a day doing this job. If we work for ten days or half a month, we can earn 4,000 to 5,000 yuan. Doesn't your training class start next week? We can join in later. If you work hard, you should be able to catch up."
Tian Ye studied very hard, but he just couldn't get the hang of grammar and prepositions.
Anyway, the most difficult days have been endured, and now that there is a chance, she also wants her brother to improve his grades.
"I'm not going."
Tian Ye turned his head and said: "English depends on vocabulary. I just need to read and memorize more at home."
"Besides, don't you still owe money? If you pay back these few thousand dollars, the burden will be much lighter."
But Tian Tian refused.
For English, all you need to do is read and memorize more, but that also depends on whether you have enough time.
High school courses are different from junior high school courses. Each subject requires a lot of effort. If your English is hindered because of a few thousand dollars, it will not be worth it.
"Don't worry about it. It will take another year for Dad to recover, but Mom will be almost recovered soon. By then, I will go out to work normally and save up my monthly salary. I can pay it off in one year."
Of course, unless the family has little expenses, if you really calculate it, I'm afraid the debt will take two years.
But no matter how precocious Tian Ye is, he lacks experience and has simple ideas. Tian Tian said this because she wanted him to stop worrying so much.
It was unclear whether Tian Ye believed it or not, but he just didn't say anything.
The brother and sister wore gloves and avoided the fat green caterpillars lying on the sesame leaves. Beads of sweat fell from their foreheads. As the sun rose, the temperature increased, and heavy breathing gradually spread in the sesame field.
Only then did Tian Ye sigh:
"Why isn't there a family like this in our village? If there was, our parents could do some work while sitting there."
"Silly boy, your parents haven't recovered yet. For the same salary, wouldn't it be more efficient to hire someone else?"
Tian Tian picked up the sesame stalks on the ground and bundled them up, smiling and saying, "The Song Tan family is pretty good, and the wages they pay are pretty good. Even if I go to work, I may not be able to earn two hundred a day."
…
The two men worked hard, and the sesame stalks fell down in clusters. As the sun rose higher, the heat in the air became more and more obvious, so much so that even breathing was hot.
By the time the layers of sweat made it impossible to open my eyes, there was still a corner of the sesame field that had not been cleaned up.
But halfway up the hill, the excavator had already stopped.
Sun Ziqiang got out of the car and was blinded by the sunlight. He looked down the mountain and saw people working. He shouted:
"Hurry up! We can call it a day and finish the rest in the afternoon!"
It’s too hot. Don’t let yourself get heat stroke.
Tian Tian looked up and saw that it was Sun Ziqiang. She couldn't help but laugh, then raised her voice and replied:
"There's still a little left. We'll go back after we finish mowing it."
But it was almost ten o'clock now, and the temperature had soared to 38 degrees. Sun Ziqiang didn't do anything, but was sweating just standing there!
He muttered, "Why is the work so practical?"
At the same time, he followed him into the valley.
When I stepped into the sesame field, I happened to see Tian Tian wiping the sweat on her sleeves. A strand of hair was stuck to her cheek, and she looked very uncomfortable due to the heat.
He walked over and took the sickle:
"I'll do it, I'll do it. That's all. You guys take a break."
At the same time, he complained: "This is not an urgent job! If you can't finish it in the morning, do it in the afternoon. You are going to get a heat stroke because of this. Song Tan is not enough to pay for your medical expenses!"
He was a grown man, and he worked much more efficiently than the brother and sister. He grabbed the sesame stalks with his big hands and swung the sickle!
It wasn't long before the corner was cleared.
Tian Ye and Tian Tian were bundling the stuff behind them, and they actually piled the stuff on the tricycle so full that it was wobbling and shaking.
"Wow!" It was only then that Sun Ziqiang realized: "This sesame yield is good!"
The tricycle is piled with sesame seeds so much that it's a little shaky. With just these two or three acres of land, one could probably produce one or two hundred kilograms of sesame seeds!
Seeing Tian Ye hesitantly going to drive, he quickly took the key:
"Go away! It's not safe for a little kid like you to drive such a full car. Let me do it."
Without waiting for anyone to answer, he rode his bike slowly up the hillside. Looking from the back, all he could see were the bundles of sesame stalks swaying on the bike... and then they gradually disappeared.
Tian Ye also breathed a sigh of relief.
This is a mountain road and the tricycles are so crowded. He has never driven like this before.
Tian Tian had already wiped the sweat off her head and panted to urge him: "Don't look at it. It's so hot. Go back quickly."
They came here really to work. After returning to Song Tan's house, they simply washed their faces with cold water and then rode back on their motorcycles.
Sun Ziqiang scolded the two of them for working too hard, but when he went back and saw that Song Tan was not at home, he did not call anyone else and simply spread the sesame stalks on the cement floor.
In such hot weather, it only takes a few days to harvest sesame seeds. I don’t know whether they are white sesame or black sesame…
Just as I was hesitating whether to cut the rope, I saw the brother and sister coming over to thank me, and then they rode away swiftly on their motorcycles.
Sun Ziqiang: …
He muttered: Zhou Tianyu doesn't even like such a hardworking girl, he should try not to find a lazy guy in the future!
Otherwise, if she works so hard, wouldn't she be exploited to death