After a short while, the whole village came over. From the time the team leader realized it was raining to the time they gathered together, in just half an hour, everyone tried their best to save the food. It is the common property of the whole village. No one can live without food.
As the sky dawned, the rain gradually became less intense. At this time, the food in the fields was almost moved. Everyone's body was soaked by the rain, the soles of their shoes were stained with mud, and their faces were full of exhaustion.
The captain looked at the large area of unharvested grain in the field, and his heart felt as heavy as a big stone. The wheat harvested yesterday had been pulled back. Thinking that everyone had been tired for a day and a night, he sent a message to let everyone go back.
The rest is up to the sky.
But no one expected that the rain would fall at any time, even though the sun was looking good yesterday.
Everyone is worried! The food that had been soaked in the rain was greatly reduced. There was not enough food to eat in the first place, and now after paying the public food, there was not much left.
Song Yingwan and Xie Ci didn't have much energy to cook after they went back. They simply washed up and went back to the house to sleep. Their physical strength was now severely overdrawn and they urgently needed a rest.
When Song Yingwan woke up again, she was tempted by the smell of rice. Now it was difficult for her to turn over. After lying on the bed for another two minutes, she sat up, got dressed and got out of bed in one go.
Xie Ci was busy preparing lunch in the kitchen and seemed to be in good spirits.
"woke up?"
"Well, when did you get up?"
"An hour ahead of you."
Looking up, he saw her rubbing her arms. He frowned and asked, "Do you feel bad?"
"A little."
He knew how intensely he worked yesterday, and suddenly felt a little regretful, "I shouldn't have called you up yesterday."
Song Yingwan smiled and comforted, "Then I will be embarrassed to eat the village's food this year."
Then he said, "Don't worry, I'm not that squeamish. I'll just rest for a couple of days and I'll be fine."
Xie Ci rubbed her head and said softly, "It's been hard these days."
She smiled lightly and said, "You are the one who works the hardest."
What Song Yingwan said is correct. Boys do all the work that requires physical strength. Not many girls can do such things as transporting food. Therefore, in this era, rural men's family status was very high, and farm work was really hard. Only by working hard can you earn more work points, and your family's life will be easier.
Seeing the rain falling non-stop outside, Song Yingwan felt heavy in her heart. After all, this was the result of everyone's hard work for a year. If it was really soaked in water...
She sighed and took over the task in his hands, asking him to go to Aunt Guihua's house to buy a chicken. She planned to stew it later and save it for drinking at night. No matter what, she could not let her body collapse.
If this continues, we will definitely have to go to the fields to harvest grains in the afternoon in the rain. We can't just rest at home and let the grains soak in the fields. We can take them back little by little. If we really let them grow, they will sprout in less than two days. Okay, how about three days of wheat harvesting?
No one can sit down at this time.
After the meal, the two of them were busy at home removing the chicken's feathers, and then put it on the stove to simmer over low heat. Song Yingwan also added a few chestnuts and red dates and threw it in, and then left it alone.
Only then did she remember that the two of them had been in the rain all night yesterday, so she quickly cooked another pot of ginger soup, and each of them drank a bowl before she felt relieved. Although she didn't know if it was still useful, it was better than nothing!
At around two o'clock in the afternoon, the team leader indeed informed the villagers to go to the fields to harvest grain. At this time, it was still raining outside. Before leaving, Song Yingwan thanked him and gave him a bowl of ginger soup. She drank a bowl herself.
At this time, the cold should be more uncomfortable.
It had been raining all night. The mud was sticky to the feet when walking on the ground, and there was water in some low-lying areas. The captain was so worried that he had several blisters on his mouth today.
After all, rainy days are not as convenient as sunny days. Everyone hurriedly hurriedly rushed and didn't collect much for an afternoon. The efficiency has dropped significantly compared to yesterday.
But no matter how difficult it was, no one gave up their work. They didn't go home until after dark when they couldn't see.
In the evening, Song Yingwan and Xie Ci planned to drink chicken soup, but they were afraid that he would not be full just by drinking chicken soup, so Song Yingwan simply made a bowl of egg noodles.
Xie Ci looked at the bowl of noodles placed in front of him and asked in confusion, "Aren't you going to eat it?"
The girl held a bowl of chicken soup and drank it, shaking her head, "This is enough for me. Eating too much at night will make you gain weight."
He frowned, looked at her thin arms and legs and said, "You are not fat at all. You don't eat much at all. Besides, how can you go without eating after doing so much work today?"
Song Yingwan still shook his head. He did feel very hungry when he was working in the afternoon, but he had no appetite after he came back. Just now he and Xie Ci shared a chicken drumstick, and now he was even less hungry.
"I'm really not hungry. Eat quickly. The noodles will be lumpy later."
He thanked her without any further persuasion, but just stared at her for a few seconds. After a while, he picked up a mouthful of noodles with chopsticks and brought it to her. His voice was clear and gentle, "Take a bite, just think of it as a taste for me."
His deep eyebrows shone under the light, and the mud splattered on his clothes from work did not hide his dignity and gentleness. When he spoke in a low voice, it was like moving notes beating in his heart.
She chuckled helplessly, "Do you still need me to taste it for you?"
He also said with a smile in his voice, "Of course."
Song Yingwan still lowered her head to eat the noodles, nodded and said, "It's delicious, eat it quickly."
After that, every time he took two bites, he had to think of a reason to ask her to eat some too. It was as if he had guessed which dish Song Yingwan would eat the most. She couldn't refuse it every time. In the end, Song Yingwan was coaxed into eating a big bowl of noodles. There is half a bowl.
The rain continued intermittently for another two days before it cleared up. Only then did half of the heavy stone in the captain's heart finally fall away. He quickly organized people to dry the grain. Food that has been exposed to rain is most likely to become moldy.
The autumn harvest battle was extended for more than ten days before it officially ended. Everyone seemed to have experienced a fierce battle, but fortunately the results were not bad. There were definitely losses, but they were not as unacceptable as people expected.
On this day, Xie Ci and Song Yingwan finally had time to go to the commune, and decided to go to a state-owned restaurant for a good meal at noon. Sometimes eating out and cooking at home are two completely different feelings, but as long as the food is delicious, she I feel like it doesn’t matter where I am.
Xie Xi took a day off just to go there today. The two of them went there by bicycle without having to rush. Song Yingwan didn't ask for leave. It was perfectly time to go back after cutting the pigweed.
Song Yingwan was about to leave after having breakfast. Xie Ci saw this and said, "I'll go with you later. I'll be there soon."
"I can do it by myself."
He hooked his lower lip and said softly, "I just suddenly thought that I haven't worked with you yet, and I just have the opportunity to try it today."
