60s Splendid Life

After several consecutive rains, the crops in the field grew stronger, with heavy fruits hanging on them, which looked golden at a glance.

At this time, their village was also preparing for the autumn harvest.

The rain in this season sometimes lasts for more than a week at a time. Before the rain comes, they have to take their millet back into the granary and store it. The grain in this field will be eaten by every family in their village in the coming year. If the grains are spoiled in the field, the whole village will starve.So regarding the matter of the autumn harvest, everyone, whether it is the captain of the village or the members of the commune, attaches great importance to this matter.

Every year at the beginning of the autumn harvest, people from every household in the whole village, whether they are adults or children, will go to the fields to help as long as they can work in the fields. Work at home.

Lu Qinglian and Lu Haochen, the two children who are studying, don't have to go to school anymore, and come back home.

There are only four children in their family and there are no adults. Lu Jin usually works alone in the tofu shop, and the work points he earns are enough to support the four of them. The wages they get are still high, so no one in their family goes to work in the fields.

But after returning from school, Lu Qinglian heard from other students that they all went to work in the field, so she asked her brother, "Brother, can I go to the field to pick up millet with my classmates?"

Lu Jin didn't say no, he looked at the two children standing in front of him and asked, "Do you want to go?"

Both siblings looked at their elder brother eagerly, Lu Qinglian nodded and said, "Yes, Chenchen and I both want to go, and many of my classmates bring younger siblings with them, so we can take Xiaobao along."

Speaking of this, Lu Qinglian is a little proud. She has already inquired with other students clearly that they will not be tired to do this work, and they can also take their younger brothers and sisters with them. They will watch over the little brother, and there will be no delay My brother works, and they go to work in the village, and they can also help my brother share some difficulties.

"Brother." Lu Haochen looked at his brother anxiously, afraid that his brother would not agree and would not let them go.

Lu Jin knew that the children in the village could earn work points if they followed the adults to do some easy work. The children in their family wanted to help the family, so naturally he would not dampen their enthusiasm for work.Moreover, their family is not a wealthy family, and the family still depends on the joint efforts of their brothers and sisters to maintain it. He does not intend to take all the responsibility on himself alone.But there is one thing, "you can go, you don't need to take Xiaobao with you, it's fine for brother to take Xiaobao for a few days, you two go with your classmates."

"Brother, you..." Lu Qinglian was a little worried that her brother would not be able to work in the tofu shop with his younger brother.

Lu Jin probably knew the little girl's worry, "The sun outside is too hot, it's inconvenient for you to take Xiaobao together, I'll take Xiaobao to the tofu shop, let Xiaobao play under the tree, It won’t affect my brother’s work.” Their little treasure is different from other children’s children. Others’ younger brothers and sisters can run on the ground, but their little treasure can’t, and they have to be carried by them all the time.

Letting him carry little Bao'er on his back to do the morning's work is exhausting, let alone letting their two seven or eight-year-old children carry a two or three-year-old brother to work in the field, although at this time There are many parents or half-old children who carry their younger siblings to work in the field.But in their family, he wouldn't let two younger siblings who are seven or eight years old take the little brother to work in the field.

"Okay." Lu Qinglian also felt that what her brother said made sense, reached out and touched her little brother's face, and told her brother that they would not take him to the field to pick up millet, and told him to follow her brother to be obedient and so on.

Little Bao'er was still listening seriously.

Lu Jin found it funny again when he looked at the two siblings.

However, the two children of their family and their classmates went to work in the field, so it was settled.

***

The next day was the first day of the official start of the autumn harvest.

Waking up early in the morning, Lu Jin steamed a pot of Maixiang steamed buns and a few eggs, fried a pot of rice, and cooked porridge.He has prepared a lot of steamed buns, so that the children can take them out and eat them when they are hungry.

After breakfast in the morning, they are ready to go out.

"Is your kettle filled with water?"

"It's installed."

"Carry a water bottle with you. When you're thirsty, drink more water. When you're done drinking, go home and fetch water. Remember not to drink unboiled water. You must drink boiled water when you come back. You are not allowed to fight with others when you go out. If you have something to say, if you don't Reasonable people don't take care of them, don't go to places where no one is around, and stay with your classmates, understand?"

"Yeah, we know."

After Lu Jin had finished training the two children and reminded them of all the things they should pay attention to, he let them go out with their backs on their backs. He also took Xiao Baoer to the tofu shop together, and met many people on the way. There are people working in the fields, both adults and children, and everyone is as happy as Chinese New Year.

Because of the hot weather in summer, the sun was too hot at noon, and the time for each team to go to the field to work was advanced to [-] o'clock in the morning, so that everyone could rest a little longer at noon, and then continued to work until dark in the afternoon.However, it is expected that in order to catch up with the autumn harvest, everyone will have to work at night, because it is like this in previous years.

Their tofu shop also needs manual labor for the autumn harvest, so the work of selling tofu in other villages has temporarily stopped. I make tofu every day.

Everyone is used to getting up early to work, so the working time has not been adjusted later, and they still follow the time of the village brigade, otherwise when the time comes, everyone else will be working in the fields, and they will still be walking slowly on the road, which is like What's the matter.

When he got to the tofu shop, Lu Jin found out that Mrs. Qin had gone to organize the autumn harvest, so there were only the four of them that day.

Seeing that Lu Jin brought Xiaobao, Wang Xiumei asked, "Are you bringing Xiaobao today?" The reason why she asked this was because Xiaobao was usually taken by the other two brothers and sisters, and was rarely taken by Lu Jin. Bring it to the tofu shop.

"Yes, Xiaobao went to pick up millet with me today, Xiaolian and Chenchen, and I brought Xiaobao here to play." Lu Jin saw Da Mao and Er Mao of his sister-in-law Xiumei's house The two brothers are also here, and the other is the grandson of Li Guihua's family. He is also three or four years old, but he looks much stronger than their little Baoer.

"Oh, this job is not heavy, let them do it." Wang Xiumei knew that Lu Jin insisted on letting the two younger siblings go to school, and the two children usually do not follow the adults to work like other children in the village. live.This point is that many parents in the village can't do it. The children of many families have not studied. If the son is better, he can send Xu Xiao to study in a few grades, but the girl's words are not good. With the opportunity to study, the seven or eight-year-old girl can already help the family with a lot of work.

So from this point of view, Lu Jin is very kind to his younger brothers and sisters. He not only supports a family by himself, but also supports them to study.It is precisely because of this that their family members have a good opinion of Lu Jin, and her mother-in-law also asked her to help Lu Jin's family as much as she could.

When Da Mao and Er Mao saw Xiao Bao coming, they both ran over and shouted, "Xiao Bao."

"Little Treasure, share your steamed buns with everyone." When he came, Lu Jin even picked up a basket of steamed buns for the child to bring over. He specially made some small steamed buns, only the size of two thumbs. There are a lot of steamed buns, so he asked Xiao Baoer to share the food with everyone.

Hearing what her brother said, Xiao Baoer grabbed two handfuls of steamed buns and distributed them to her two best friends.

It was said that it was a grab, but in fact it was only two of one person. Brothers Da Mao and Er Mao each got two steamed buns.

The grandson of Li Guihua's family also came to ask for it, and Xiao Baoer gave one to others.

For the children who came to ask for it later, Xiao Baoer gave one to each of them, and soon more than half of the basket of steamed buns was given out, and almost every child got steamed buns in their hands.

Their steamed buns are different from the steamed buns made by others outside. The Maixiang steamed buns brought by Lu Jin today are made of flour mixed with whole wheat bread flour, milk powder and sugar inside. It tastes delicious It's a bit thick, but because of its sweet taste, children like it very much.

After having delicious food, the children in the neighborhood surrounded their little Baoer.

Seeing that there were still some in the basket, Lu Jin put away the basket and stopped distributing it. He said to Da Mao, "Xiaobao and his younger brothers are playing here. Da Mao, you are the older brother. Please help me take care of my younger brother."

Before his brother could speak, Er Mao grabbed Xiao Bao's hand, raised his head and said to him, "Me."

This means that with him here, he can also help take care of his younger brother. Lu Jin found it funny when he heard it. This little guy is obviously a few months younger than their little Baoer, but he also nodded with a smile and said yes, " Also give it to Ermao, Ermao, you and Xiaobao are playing here."

"Yeah!" Er Mao nodded solemnly, he can take care of his younger brother too!

Brothers Da Mao and Er Mao played well with their little treasure. With Da Mao and Er Mao brothers here, Lu Jin didn't have to worry about other children daring to bully their little treasure.

These two brothers are indeed the ones he usually fed with candy, and they are so good to their little Baoer.And he found out that the two brothers are very protective of their weaknesses. When the two brothers are at home, they will fight and lose their temper, but they are consistent when they come out. Now the brothers have included their little treasure in their family. The scope of the younger brother to take care of will never allow anyone to bully their younger brother Xiaobao.

After leaving little Bao'er outside to play with the children, Lu Jin also went to the tofu shop to help with work.