Only this green, not disappointing the spring

In his previous life, Zhou Xiaoxi also lived in the countryside when he was a child, and his impression of the autumn harvest only stayed at the age of six or seven.

When she grew up a little, she left her hometown and went to study in the city.

In my memory, autumn harvest is a very long and lively process.

The children in the village were the happiest. Every day they carried an empty bag and went around the fields picking up wheat ears, or followed the tractor to pick up the wheat ears that fell.

Parents would set aside the saved food for the children and then exchange it for the fruit sellers when they came to the village.

The joy of enjoying the fruits of labor permeates the entire village.

However, in this time and space, although there is the joy of harvest, there is more endless fatigue.

Everything had to be done by manpower, and there wasn't a single working ox to be seen in the entire village.

What is incomparable to Zhou Xiaoxi's previous life is that the crop yields in this time and space are very low, the villagers are not allocated much land, and there are still many wastelands that have not been reclaimed.

Therefore, although it is tiring, the crops can be harvested in half a month at most, and the land can be plowed again at the same time.

All the villagers, regardless of gender, age or status, are busy preparing for the autumn harvest. They feel like they are competing with God for food. Their biggest fear is that the weather is not good.

When Zhou Xiaoxi's family was harvesting wheat, it happened to rain heavily.

The two sisters had actually started working in the fields a long time ago, but they were alone and weak.

Zhou Hu's family are full of mean people, so how could they be so kind as to help the two sisters first?

They all started working on their own fields and finished harvesting the wheat early.

This is not wrong, but what is too much is that after harvesting the wheat, they are busy pulling graphite to grind the wheat ears, and after grinding, they are busy winnowing the wheat...

They were always dragging their feet and were not in a hurry to help Zhou Jun's family. Finally, under the threat of Zhou Xiaoxi's sisters, Old Man Zhou found Zhou Hu and scolded him. Only then did the family reluctantly go to help in the fields.

On that day, the sun was shining brightly just a moment ago, but soon it was covered with dark clouds and heavy rain began to pour down.

The good wheat was soaked in the ground.

Zhou Hu's family was worried about catching a cold, so they covered their heads with clothes and ran under a big tree to avoid the rain. Only the two sisters were left, stepping on the mud and continuing to cut wheat without saying a word.

They weren't even angry.

After working hard for half a year to grow crops, no one would want to let them rot in the fields, unless they are not their own.

At this moment, a man wearing a straw raincoat and holding something in his hand came closer and closer to this side.

When I got closer, I could see clearly that it was Li, and she was holding two raincoats in her hands.

Li was cooking at home at the time. When the sky turned cloudy, she felt something was wrong.

If it rains heavily again, her two daughters might be the only ones left in the fields.

So he took out the two raincoats at home without hesitation, borrowed one from Old Man Zhou's house, and hurried to the fields.

I was too impatient on the road and my foot slipped and I fell heavily.

Li quickly put on straw raincoats for the two children, picked up the sickle on the ground, and started working without saying a word.

At this time, nothing is more important than finishing the task at hand. It is a pity to cherish the crops you have planted.

Maybe God couldn't stand it anymore, or maybe the weather was just like that at this time, the rain came quickly and stopped quickly.

In just half an hour, the heavy rain stopped and the scorching sun emerged from the clouds again.

No matter how thick-skinned Zhou Hu's family was, they couldn't just stand by and watch without working. They had to take off their straw sandals, step into the mud barefoot and continue to harvest the crops.

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The people who were most tired during the entire autumn harvest process were Li and Zhou Xiaoxi, and Zhou Xiaonan was arranged to stay at home to take care of Zhou Jun.

In order to reduce the burden on his family, Zhou Jun asked his family to find an old man named Zhao in the village who was a carpenter to make a pair of crutches for him.

Now Zhou Jun can use his two arms to support himself with crutches and move around the yard little by little.

Seeing his wife and daughter exhausted every day, losing a lot of weight, and their faces and arms tanned by the sun, Zhou Jun felt heartbroken.

He couldn't allow himself to relax. As soon as he stopped, he would be surrounded by guilt.

So he could only practice walking every day, and he didn't feel any pain even though his armpits and hands were covered with blisters.

Zhou Xiaonan was worried that her father would fall, so she kept a close eye on him every day.

It was not until Zhou Jun gradually got used to the crutches and was able to control his body in time even if he wanted to fall that he felt a little relieved.

After more than ten days of hard work, the crops in the fields were finally stored in the barn.

Zhou Xiaoxi's family finally felt relieved.

The family had not had a good meal together during this period. Li planned to take out the rice that she had been reluctant to eat and cook some rice porridge to satisfy the children's cravings.

The black general who had grown up a lot in the family was given an extra piece of whole-grain cake, and he ate it with great satisfaction, wagging his tail.

During dinner in the evening, Zhou Xiaonan happily shared with everyone what he and his sister could do in the future, and what they would do when their family had money.

Li also discussed with her two children about going to the city to study medicine with Doctor Zhang in a few days. Zhou Xiaoxi did not refuse directly, but just said to wait and see.

The family finished their dinner happily and fell asleep soundly in a happy mood.

……

I thought I could finally have a good rest for a while, but Mrs. Li suddenly fell ill.

It was discovered by Zhou Jun in the morning.

At first, I thought she was too tired, so I wanted to let her sleep a little longer. I was afraid of waking her up, so Zhou Jun lay on the bed with his eyes closed to rest.

After about half an hour, I suddenly felt something was wrong.

He noticed that Li's breathing was getting heavier and her face was flushed. He hurriedly called the two children into the house to check.

In fact, it was not too surprising. Ever since Zhou Jun fell ill, Li had been holding on.

Her husband suddenly fell ill and there was a possibility that he would never wake up again. She was completely desperate at that time.

During this period, she suffered many frights and experienced many bad things, coupled with heavy farm work for many consecutive days.

Many situations accumulated together, and when she suddenly lost her strength, all the problems that she had suppressed before broke out.

Li had a high fever for two consecutive days, and Zhou Xiaoxi could only think of physical ways to reduce the temperature.

But I changed the wet towel again and again, and kept wiping my palms, soles of feet, and armpits with cold water, but the temperature didn't drop after all this time.

There was no thermometer to know exactly what Li's body temperature was, and Zhou Xiaoxi was worried that he might have been burned.

Zhou Xiaonan repeatedly recalled the pharmacology knowledge that Grandpa Zhang had taught her before, but none of it was relevant, which made her very frustrated.

After all, there are only three days, and no matter how studious you are, the knowledge you can learn is limited.

At first, Li was still conscious and refused to be taken to the city for treatment.

The last time she went to the city, she had less than one ounce of silver left. How could she bear to spend the last of her silver on herself? She always felt that it would be better if she could carry it a little longer.

But later he was in a semi-comatose state and started talking nonsense.

Zhou Xiaoxi made a prompt decision and decided to go to the city to see a doctor!