Chapter 587 Autumn Harvest! The crowd is excited!

Chapter 587 Autumn Harvest! The crowd is excited!

Chapter 587 Autumn Harvest! The crowd is excited!
Time flies, and a few days pass.

It's still dark.

Bang bang bang! ! !
Crack, crackle! ! !

"Get up!"

"Hurry up and get up for the autumn harvest!!!"

The village's radios suddenly made a deafening noise, waking up everyone who was sleeping.

There were also people beating gongs and drums as they passed by each house to make sure they were all awake.

"Oh my god, is it necessary to wake me up so early? I can't afford to live, so what? We know that today is the autumn harvest."

Someone cursed while touching his pounding heart.

"It's not even daybreak yet, is it necessary to be so early?"

"Okay, stop talking and get up and cook." The man had already gotten up, dressed, and prepared to cook.

The villagers who were soundly sleeping got up with a bad temper and cursed.

Fortunately, I went to bed early yesterday, otherwise I would not be able to wake up if I was woken up so early.

"Finally. Finally I can rest."

Some people were woken up, but they did not feel the noise from the gongs and drums was noisy at all. Instead, it was like listening to heavenly music that cleared their ears.

The person was none other than Xu Damao.

After lingering in the countryside for more than ten days, I can finally have a good rest for a few days from now on without having to work hard and running around.

Xu Damao had dark circles under his eyes, his face looked haggard and he looked hollowed out.

He looked up at the sky which had not yet dawned with difficulty, smiled slightly, and then fell down in an instant, exhausted.

"Hululu~"

The villagers packed up, ate their meals, took their tools and went to the fields.

The village chief and the secretary were waiting for everyone here early in the morning. Everyone, young or old, male or female, was here.

As long as they were capable of labor, even two-year-old children were called in.

"Let's not waste any more time. Let's follow what we agreed on a few days ago. Men should take the easy ones first."

The village chief classified men, women, young and old into different levels and assigned each of them the crops that needed to be harvested, so that everyone had something to do and was guaranteed not to be idle.

"Okay, hurry up, finish the work and rest early before the sun comes out!"

After saying that, the village chief waved his hand and told everyone to go harvest.

Crowds of villagers came to the fields, seeing a sea of ​​yellow and green, which made everyone very happy, because these were their food supplies.

Whether we can have a good new year this year depends on these crops.

Although everyone was happy, they were still sad in their hearts. Looking from a distance, the crops were still a lot less than in previous years.

"Hurry up, whether we can have a good life this year depends on the crops."

"Dry!"

Without the village chief saying much, everyone started harvesting on their own initiative.

Everyone started harvesting manually with sickles. Some villages were better off using machines to harvest, which increased the efficiency by dozens of times.

But there are not many villages that can use machines for harvesting, so everyone just works hard to harvest.

Soon, the sun slowly rose and its rays shone on the earth.

Everyone continued to harvest under the scorching sun, and sat on the ground to rest for a while when they were tired.

A child saw him and immediately ran over with cold salt water.

The harvested crops were pulled away by the older children and gathered together.

Everything is so well-organized, and everything is done for the autumn harvest.

Steel rolling mill.

Transport team.

When the masters arrived, they saw Zhang Jinwu waiting for them at the door of the lounge.

When the masters gradually arrived, he got straight to the point: "Today is the autumn harvest in the countryside, so we should get busy."

"Leave a few masters to handle the tasks in the factory, and all the other masters will go to the countryside to help transport food. The village will be responsible for your food."

"When the rolling mill closes, you will be back."

"That's it, everyone got their mission and set off!"

This matter had been agreed upon yesterday. A few masters stayed behind, while the others went directly to the village to take up their tasks.

Their task is to deliver the grain to the rural grain station as soon as possible, weigh and calculate it uniformly to avoid mistakes.

In the past, the village would count all the grain, keep the village’s reserve grain and the villagers’ rations, and then send them all to the grain station.

But this time, the grain station directly asked everyone to deliver the food as soon as possible, and then the grain station would distribute it uniformly.

Avoid any mistakes in the middle.

Although there are considerable errors in unprocessed crops due to such frequent transportation, it is better than errors occurring in the middle and can avoid interception or hoarding.

In the past, there wouldn’t be such a big fanfare in years of bumper harvest, but now it’s a disaster year, so we have to take it seriously.

Li Kailang accepted the task and headed straight for a village a little far away from the grain station.

Being farther away does have its advantages, as you only need to garrison one village, although a round trip takes quite a bit of time.

But it is better than the ones that are close. It would be extremely tiring for one person to guard two villages.

Although it is closer, the workload is also greater.

"Master, I am sorry to trouble you these few days."

"Hello, village chief. You're welcome. This is all my job."

After Li Kailang shook hands with the village chief, he turned to look at another person who was dressed slightly cleaner.

This person was sent by the Ministry of Agriculture to supervise the village to prevent any village from secretly hoarding grain.

"Hello."

"Hello."

After the two men shook hands, the supervisor took out three forms from his pocket, one for each person.

The content of the list is very simple, recording the number of kilograms of grain transported each time.

Doing it in triplicate also ensures that there will be no mistakes.

"After the autumn harvest, this list will be collected. Try to protect it and don't lose it."

Li Kailang nodded and took it away solemnly. Matters that require responsibility cannot be taken lightly.

The village chief took the order and said, "Okay, I won't bother you two anymore. Just do your work. I'll go and help you."

After saying this, the village chief went to harvest the autumn harvest.

The supervisor patrolled everywhere with his sharp eyes, making sure that no one hid food under his nose.

Li Kailang was quite free, waiting in the car for everyone to collect the grain, weigh it and deliver it to the carriage.

He had only one task, which was to transport food and ensure that no mistakes occurred during the transportation.

If the car rolled over, it would be troublesome.

People would rather go slower and take one or two more trips than tip over.

I don’t know how much time a rollover will delay. What will we do if we are short of food? Who will own the food?

After a while, the supervisor saw that the grain had been almost collected, so he called Li Kailang over.

"Master, village chief, come and take a look."

"coming."

Li Kailang and the village chief immediately came to the supervisor's side.

"Begin weighing."

Several young men aged fourteen or fifteen immediately weighed the grain.

The supervisor calculated again and again in his little notebook, and summarized the statistics again and again to come up with a specific number.

"Write down the amount and sign your names."

This was the first time this was done, so Li Kailang and the village chief followed the supervisor’s instructions.

The three of them wrote it down on their respective lists and then signed each other's.

If someone could successfully mislead the two people, or if the three of them deliberately committed fraud, the grain station would be helpless.

No matter which one it is, the possibility is not high. After all, those who can come down have all been inspected.

I've gained benefits here, but I'm worried that I won't have anywhere to spend them when I return.

The supervisor looked at Li Kailang and said, "Okay, Master Li, I'll have to deliver the food. Remember to protect the order."

Li Kailang nodded. The food had already been loaded onto the truck, and it was now his turn.

Rumbling--

The deafening sound of the truck echoed, attracting a crowd of sweaty villagers.

Watching the truck rumble away, I couldn't help but show a hint of envy in my eyes. "It would be great if my child could drive a car."

"It's better to be a city dweller. I'll find a way to send my children to the city and let them become city dwellers."

Everyone has a myriad of thoughts in their mind.

"What are you looking at? Keep collecting!" The village chief shouted, winning the villagers' hearts.

Everyone came to their senses and immediately lowered their heads to continue harvesting the crops.

The supervisor then went on patrol.

After driving for a while, Li Kailang met many cars. Everyone was driving very smoothly and orderly.

Dirt roads in the countryside are difficult to travel on and are the most prone to accidents, especially when there are many cars.

Bang!
There was a loud explosion behind me, scaring the surrounding trucks to stop immediately.

A group of drivers stuck their heads out and saw a car overturned.

"Everyone, give me a hand!"

Immediately, the masters got off the car one by one and went to check the situation.

"I am fine."

The master whose car had overturned came out from the driving seat with difficulty. Looking at his dusty face, everyone couldn't help but feel relieved.

"Luckily I had a seat belt, otherwise I would have almost died." The master said thankfully after surviving the disaster.

"Please help me, everyone, and help straighten the car."

"It's just a small matter. We should help each other when we are out and about, right everyone?"

"That's right, let's straighten the car first."

Everyone rushed to straighten the truck and check if there was anything wrong with it.

Fortunately, nothing happened, but all the food was taken out of the carriage.

"There is strength in numbers, please lend a hand."

"It's easy."

Everyone loaded the food into the car, but a lot of it still spilled onto the ground, and it was all in pieces and difficult to clean up.

So far, a lot of time has been wasted.

The master clasped his fists and thanked them, "Thank you for your trouble. Please go back to your work and don't worry about me."

"Okay, pay attention."

Everyone drove straight to the grain station.

A strong wind blew past, blowing away the scattered grains. The master looked at the grains, too lazy to pick them up, so he left them alone and ran straight to the grain station.

Grain station.

Trucks lined up to be weighed.

At that time, there were no large scales that could weigh dozens of tons. People from each grain station had to get on the trucks to unload the grain, weigh it and count it again and again, which was time-consuming and laborious.

While weighing, someone checked the list, confirmed the signatures of the three people, and then recorded the amount of grain.

"Master, you are not counting right."

"Not the right number? How is that possible? I delivered it here safely, how could it be wrong?"

"It's just not right. How many kilograms of food are you short of?"

"How many kilograms? Isn't it just twenty or thirty kilograms? Isn't this normal? Check it quickly." The master waved his hand impatiently.

The quarrel between the master and the registrar at the grain station immediately attracted everyone's attention, and everyone looked over to see what was going on.

The registrar said, "Impossible. If the grain is not in the right amount, it cannot be stored. Can you explain clearly where the missing grain was taken?"

"How would I know if you ask me? I didn't get out of the car during my entire journey. How would I know? Ask everyone."

As he was speaking, the person who was traveling with him spoke up to help, "I can testify to this. We were all in the same car and none of us got off the car."

Seeing that everyone supported him, the master said, "Besides, once the grain is harvested, it will be loaded onto the cart. The straw and mud will also be loaded onto the cart. If the wind blows, there will be less. You see, there is mud on the cart, and you didn't weigh it."

"Is it normal to have some damage? Can you just put it in the warehouse right away? I'm still busy going back to deliver it."

The registrar said impartially, "That won't work. If you don't explain clearly, this batch of grain cannot be stored. Maybe you stole it?"

This brother suspects that it is indeed possible.

But as soon as these words were spoken, the master was instantly irritated and he grabbed him by the collar and yelled at him.

"Hey, how can you talk like that! I stole food? Am I crazy just for this little bit of food? Why would I steal food? If you don't give me an explanation today, I will never let you go."

Then he looked at everyone and said, "Brothers, this person suspects our master of something and says that we stole food. This is not talking about me, but about us! Let's talk about what to do about this!"

In an instant, what should have been a small matter became a big matter concerning the reputation of their driver.

The drivers were all delivering food. The registrar was not suspecting just one driver, but all of them.

Now it is no longer about speaking for the master, but about seeking justice for themselves.

"Boy, if you don't give us an explanation for this, I won't leave today!"

"That's right, I'm done. If we don't have food, let's see what your grain station will do!"

"This is unreasonable! If you don't give us an explanation for what happened today, we won't leave!"

For a moment, the drivers were very excited and crowded around the registrar, determined to demand an explanation.

"What's the matter with all the noise!"

Suddenly, a loud shout came.

Everyone looked and saw a neatly dressed man approaching.

Staring at the driver's angry eyes, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart and almost shook his legs, but fortunately he managed to keep his balance.

"Stationmaster, I am following the instructions of my superiors."

The registrar immediately ran out and explained the whole story to the stationmaster.

The stationmaster took a look at the carriage and saw that there was indeed a lot of dirt, straw and other garbage left.

Only 20 to 30 kilograms of grain was lost out of two or three tons, which is really too little.

In fact, even if he didn't look at it, he knew that the regulations from above were too rigid and there was no way there would be no loss at all.

But he didn't report it immediately. Don't say too much before something happens.

"Master, calm down. This is a new registrar who doesn't know anything. There's no need to argue with him."

"It's normal for there to be some loss, I know that, but the rules set by the higher-ups are too rigid, so he just follows them."

"Well, I'll still follow your registration. I'll write a statement for you and I'll talk to the higher-ups about it later. We can all show mutual understanding and sympathy."

The stationmaster's words reduced the master's anger a little.

"I'm not an unreasonable person. Since you've said that, I won't bother with this guy. Hurry up and register the food. I'm in a hurry to go back and deliver the food."

The other masters nodded in agreement: "It would have been better if we had done this earlier. The grains were loaded onto the truck without being cleaned. If we drive too fast, the wind will blow them away."

"Yes, everyone is right. I will report to the superiors in a moment. I won't waste time. I will register it into the warehouse immediately."

"There's no damage to the car, so why don't you drive it and I'll register it."

The stationmaster looked at the cowering registrar and said, "Why are you still standing there? Go and register. Don't worry about the loss of 20 to 30 kilograms. Just treat it as normal loss."

"I'm sorry to bother you all. Please clean up the dirt and straw before delivering the food to save you trouble later."

This time the registrar registered the masters honestly.

The registrar's words did give the masters an inspiration, and perhaps they could steal a little.

But the loss of twenty or thirty kilograms is really too little. Among dozens of masters delivering food, only one or two can achieve that goal.

Most of them weigh forty to fifty kilograms, or even more, and there is a lot of dirt, straw, etc. left on the carriage.

Without absolute certainty, no one dared to act secretly.

Throughout the day, no one had much time to rest, as most of them were on the way to deliver food.

The only time I can take a break from my busy schedule is to smoke a cigarette and take a rest.

Finally, the food was delivered to the grain station before dark, and the masters could go off work.

"I'm so tired. Delivering food for one day is more tiring than doing three days of work."

"Stop talking. I have to keep delivering the goods after I buy them. I'm busy now."

"I can't do it anymore. I have to swap with someone tomorrow. I'm exhausted from driving all day."

After complaining, everyone couldn't wait to drive back to the city, check if there were any problems with the car, fill up the gas, and that was it.

As for washing the car, we have to go to the countryside these days and wait until the autumn harvest is over.

The masters finished work and went home to rest, but the villagers did not. After dinner, everyone came out with flashlights to continue harvesting.

When villagers are working, supervisors have to come out to monitor them.

After working for two hours, the village chief let everyone go back to sleep.

The supervisor slept directly in the warehouse.

(End of this chapter)