Siheyuan: Starting from the Pig Killer

"Dad, let me go with you!"

Seeing that his father was going to the wheat field, Xiang Yunduan went into the house and changed into a pair of coarse cloth, and then followed him.

The wheat field is a flat piece of land that is flattened and compacted from the open space. It is specially prepared for the wheat grains to be detached, dried, and dusted.

Now, unlike in later generations, every household has a cement floor, and almost all villages have cement roads.

Therefore, if you want to complete the summer harvest, you must specially organize a space.

Liang Honghua wanted her eldest son to sleep at home and have a good rest, but she didn't persuade her to stop, so she had no choice but to let him follow.

By the time the father and son arrived at the wheat field, many people from other families had already arrived.

The wheat field is basically in the same place, and the wheat fields of each household are connected together, so Xiang Yunduan and his family are not the only ones who come to watch the night.

Seeing the Xiang family's father and son appearing, some neighbors came over to say hello. They all knew that Xiang Yunduan was working in the city. It would be inevitable that someone would need to go to the city to do something in the future, so it was definitely a good idea to establish a good relationship in advance. Only then can I ask Xiang Yunduan for help.

"Were all these cut today? How many are there?"

Xiang Yunduan came to his home's wheat field and looked at the piles of wheat piles as thick as a human waist. He couldn't help but ask.

"It's less than three acres. We just started working today and the condition is not very good. Tomorrow we will try to cut all the remaining acres of land on Yangpo!" Xiang Chuanzong said, untying a few wheat stacks and spreading them out. on the ground, and then spread the mat on top.

Although it is summer, if there is no wheat straw, it is easy to get rheumatism when the tide returns at night.

Because some wheat fields are on sunny slopes and some are on shady slopes, the maturity time will be slightly different. Sunny slopes can mature a few days earlier.

In addition, some fields can be watered, and some fields can have a little manure. These differences can also lead to differences in the maturity time of wheat.

Each of the seven members of Xiang Yunduan's family was allocated five acres and three-quarters of land, so there were thirty-seven acres of land in total, but there were only seven acres of land on the sunny slope.

Less than three acres were harvested today, which means there is still a little more than four acres left. Counting Xiang Yunduan tomorrow, there will be five people harvesting wheat. It is no problem to harvest more than four acres in one day.

Silent all night.

Early the next morning, just after dawn, Xiang Yunduan was woken up by his father.

By the time the two of them got home, breakfast had been prepared. After breakfast soon, the whole family went into battle together, took their sickles, pushed the cart with wooden wheels, and rushed to the wheat field.

At this time, no one dares to relax.

There is a word called "harvest rush", which can well reflect the state of farmers at this moment.

The time to cut wheat is actually only ten days and a half, because if it is too late, the ears of wheat will be too mature and open, and the grains will fall to the ground, which will be troublesome.

And in the meantime, we have to prevent it from raining, so we have to be quick.

When he arrived at the field, Xiang Yunduan put on his straw hat, mounted the sickle on the wooden sickle handle, and then began to lower the sickle.

Harvesting wheat is definitely not an easy job. First of all, you have to bend down and rise and fall frequently. In addition, when harvesting wheat, the upper part of the wheat straw is dry and yellow, but the area near the root is still green and yellow. The moisture is relatively high, so it is not easy to cut, and it will be quite difficult after a long time.

In addition, the weather is hot and the sun is shining, which makes it easy to sweat. Since the parts of the body are in contact with the wheat awns, they will inevitably be pricked and soaked with sweat. You can imagine how uncomfortable it feels.

Soon, the morning passed.

Xiang Yunduan didn't know how much he had harvested, but he had another skill - cutting wheat.

With the blessing of this skill, and the fact that his body became stronger and stronger after strengthening, he was the one who cut the most this morning.

"I'm going back to cooking!"

Seeing that the sun was setting, Liang Honghua took Yun Jin home to prepare lunch.

This morning, except for Yun Jin, who was too young and could only play in the fields, everyone else was very tired.

Especially the boy Yun Jie, although he did not cut the wheat, he followed behind and tied the harvested wheat into bundles for easy carrying back.

This job is not easy either, and the body has more contact with the wheat awns than the harvester. If you look at Yun Jie's arms with his sleeves rolled up, they are full of red marks.

"You must be tired. You don't know how to use your strength. You have done more than your father this morning!"

Seeing that his eldest grandson was a little dazed, Xiang Cunbao casually handed over the water bottle in his hand and said.

Although Xiang Cunbao has rich experience, he is old after all. In one morning, he only cut about half an acre of land, which is about the same as Xiang Yunlong. The one who cut the most was Xiang Yunduan, with almost eight points of land, followed by Xiang Chuan. Zong also has six points of land.

"It's okay, but I'm a little uncomfortable at the beginning. Otherwise, I could cut more!"

Xiang Yunduan replied that he was dazed not because he was tired, but because he was thinking that after this crop of wheat was harvested, it would be almost time for the collective to take back the fields in the future, and after that, it would be time to earn work points.

After resting for a while, Xiang Yunduan was about to get up and want to continue working. After all, he only had the weekend off, and he would take Longlong into the city tomorrow. Now there were only three main forces left: father, mother and grandfather. It would be very difficult to finish cutting all the land, so he wanted to work more.

If it really doesn't work, you can ask the cooperative in the village for help.

As for the people's communes that will appear on the stage of history next, they did not appear suddenly. Their predecessors were the initial production mutual aid groups, and later became the primary cooperatives and advanced cooperatives.

After liberation, although the rural areas were divided into land, not all families were able to farm. The war lasted for such a long time, and many families were left with only the old, weak, sick and disabled, and there were no strong laborers in the family. This resulted in even those who had The land cannot be planted. It is not like the later generations, which are all mechanized planting and harvesting. At this time, it all relies on human efforts. Without strong labor, it will definitely not work.

And it’s not just a human problem. Many people were tenant farmers before liberation. Their families were so poor that they didn’t even have the tools to farm. Even if the land was divided, how to farm was still a problem.

It is precisely because of such a series of problems that the initial mutual aid group was established.

After liberation, there was a large-scale construction, and there was a shortage of manpower everywhere. Road construction, factory construction, etc., attracted a large number of people from the countryside to work as laborers. When these people went to work in the city, how would they cultivate the land at home?

This gradually developed the mutual aid groups into junior cooperatives and advanced cooperatives. Those who went to work in the city usually added their family fields to the cooperatives as shares, so that they could do both without delay.

In fact, the way to invest in shares is not limited to fields. Various farm tools, cattle, donkeys, mules, etc. can all be invested in.

Of course, these were all voluntary to join at the beginning. There are such mutual aid groups and cooperatives in Liangjiazhuang. However, the Xiang family did not join these groups or cooperatives before because the family had enough manpower.

Now that we are too busy, we can consider asking these groups and societies for help, as long as we can share some benefits with others when the time comes.

In fact, this is still employment in essence, but hiring individuals is suspected of exploitation, while employment groups and societies do not have this problem.