Chapter 588: The miserable state of Jia Zhang

Chapter 588: The miserable state of Jia Zhang

Chapter 588: The miserable state of Jia Zhang

"Ah, I'm on vacation! I'm on vacation!"

"Hahaha, you guys have to go to work, I'm going to take a day off."

Before entering the yard, Li Kailang heard Xu Damao's noisy noise.

When they walked into the Chuihua Gate, they saw Xu Damao running around, and Sewing told him about his holiday.

"Li Kailang, I'm on vacation."

Xu Damao rode his horse over and tried to grab him, but Li Kailang dodged him.

"Don't touch me, kid. Look at yourself. You smell the stench on your body. You didn't even bother to go to the bathhouse to wash after coming back."

Only then did Xu Damao take a closer look at the stench on his body.

"Huh~"

The stench was terrible. There were no facilities for taking a shower in the countryside, so people just wiped their bodies.

"You're still talking about me, but don't you smell bad too?" Xu Damao also smelled the sweat on Li Kailang's body.

"Aren't I going home to take a shower? If you have anything to say, we can talk after I take a shower."

After saying that, Li Kailang went straight home to take a shower.

"Damn, it's a big deal to be able to take a bath at home." Xu Damao said secretly, but it was indeed amazing.

As soon as he got home, he grabbed his clothes and bath ticket and went straight to the bathhouse. Sai Fengxian didn't even look at him. She was so impulsive.

After taking a bath, Xu Damao returned home and saw Sai Fengxian dressed up beautifully.

"Da Mao, it's time to eat." Sai Fengxian said in a coquettish voice.

When he saw her like this, Xu Damao felt his legs go weak and he could hardly walk.

I recalled the short time and the time I was drained of.

"Hmm~" Xu Damao couldn't help swallowing his saliva and walked slowly towards the dining table.

"Da Mao, what's wrong with you? Come and eat."

Poor Xu Damao, before he could enjoy the joy of the holiday, he fell into the Pansi Cave.

It can be predicted that Xu Damao will be very tired in the next few days.

After Li Kailang took a shower and had his meal, people came to ask questions one after another.

"Xiao Li, how was the autumn harvest this year? Was there a good harvest?"

"Yes, you went to the countryside to deliver food today. Is there much food? Is it enough to eat?"

Everyone looked at him expectantly, the ration had been reduced by 3% and they were really hungry.

"Well, I feel it's okay, right? But it's still a little worse than last year." Li Kailang told the truth without hiding anything.

The situation in the past three years is indeed bad, especially next year, which will be the worst. Things will only get better after the autumn harvest the year after.

"That's it."

Hearing this answer, everyone couldn't help but sigh in disappointment.

"It seems we have to prepare early."

"Oh, if I had known this would happen, I would have bought food earlier. Now I don't know if it can be sold on the black market."

"Don't look. I've been there and there's no grain to sell. None of the grain merchants are there."

Everyone sighed and went back to their homes.

After a while, someone came to the door stealthily.

"Xiao Li, I need to trouble you." Yan Bugui rubbed his hands, with an expression that was difficult to talk about as if he was in trouble for business.

"What's the matter? Tell me."

"Aren't you delivering food? Can you help me on the way?"

As he spoke, Yan Bugui made a hand-grabbing gesture, the meaning of which was self-evident.

"Of course, I won't let you work for nothing. If you help me get food, I'll pay you."

Li Kailang helplessly spread his hands and said, "Uncle, it's not that I won't help you, I just can't do anything. The inspection is very strict."

"You need to sign to confirm everything you get in and out, and if you get anything less, you have to explain the situation. If you steal, it's a crime."

Li Kailang failed several times due to the normal loss of the first twenty or thirty kilograms.

Until now, grain is beaten before being loaded onto trucks to remove dirt and straw, making it more difficult to sneak in.

There's no need to sacrifice yourself for a little food.

"Can't you just give me a hand?" Yan Bugui said unwillingly.

"Uncle, I really can't do anything. I can't risk going to jail to help you. What if I'm exposed?"

"This..." Yan Bugui didn't know what to say and could only leave in shame.

As soon as I went out, I saw several people running away in a hurry.

Looking at Li Kailang's door again, it was hard not to suspect that they were eavesdropping.

Seeing that Yan Bugui failed, others also gave up the desire to help.

Li Kailang closed the door and refused Yan Bugui. On the one hand, he had his reasons, but on the other hand, it was indeed not a easy thing to do.

There is plenty of food in the space, but it is really unnecessary to take risks for such little food and money.

If there is no space, Li Kailang will definitely do it.

"It's better to do it honestly to avoid getting into trouble."

the next day.

"Lao Wang, I can't hold on any longer. Come and take my place for a day. I'll take a rest."

"You're so tired after just one day's work? You can't do this."

"Yes, yes, you are right. I just can't do it. Come on."

"Okay, I'll let you watch how I do it. You still have to learn!"

"Yes, yes, you are right."

In order to change his job, he doesn't mind being criticized.

After successfully changing jobs, everyone drove to the countryside.

Li Kailang hadn't even had time to rest when he arrived at the village when the villagers weighed the food they had fought so hard for last night and loaded it into the car one by one.

"Did you rush to harvest last night? Do you have to rush like this?"

If Li Kailang wasn't so strong, he would have been unable to handle it.

"The sooner you grab it, the sooner you'll be done." The village chief said calmly.

Well, now that everything has been loaded into the car, Li Kailang can only start delivering it obediently.

I hardly had any rest the whole morning, I was just on the way back and forth.

Such frequent reciprocating consumed an unknown amount of oil.

Fortunately, the oil field has been tapped and can be used freely, otherwise it would not be able to withstand such exploitation.

In the past, goods were delivered by mule or donkey carts.

After completing the last delivery in the morning, Li Kailang drove back to the village, where the villagers had prepared lunch for him.

Halfway through the journey, Li Kailang noticed a car parked on the side of the road. Thinking it had broken down, he immediately drove over to inquire about the situation.

"Comrade, what's wrong? What's the problem? Do you need help?"

"Oh, it's ok, I'm going to the bathroom, thank you."

"You're welcome. If nothing else, I'll leave first."

"Have a safe trip."

The master watched Li Kailang's truck drive farther and farther away and climbed onto the truck.

There were several sandbags pressing down the grain.

The master opened a sandbag and spread the sand evenly on the grain.

After taking out a half-full bag, you can see that there is a lot of food in it. He took some food from the carriage.

Take all the food in the remaining sandbags and put them in the storage room of the car and lock it.

The master clapped his hands and looked at his masterpiece happily: "Hey, I got a lot of food for nothing. I should be able to get dozens of kilograms of food today."

"Drive away, and have to hurry back to eat."

Rumbling--

The truck drove to the grain station.

The grains were weighed one by one and the final weight was calculated.

"Master, there is something wrong with this," the registrar asked suspiciously.

The master said calmly, "Isn't it a little unusual? Didn't your stationmaster tell you yesterday?"

"Look, there's so much dirt on the carriage. You didn't even weigh it. Wouldn't it be enough if you weighed this?"

The registrar looked at the pile of dirt on the carriage and did a mental calculation and found that it almost matched.

"With these added in, it's about the same, but Master, go back and tell them to use as little dirt as possible, and tap it hard when weighing it."

"Okay, I'll tell them about this."

Then, the registrar registered it into the warehouse.

The master drove away happily, he was sure that the people at the grain station would not be able to weigh the grain. Originally, the master wanted to do his job honestly, but after yesterday's incident, the masters found loopholes and naturally wanted to plan something for themselves.

If there is one, there will naturally be a second one. Everyone takes advantage of the loophole of loss to get some small benefits for themselves.

What's more, in order to get more food, they deliberately control the speed of the car to keep it steady so as to reduce the loss during driving and benefit themselves.

Those righteous words yesterday have really slapped the drivers in the face.

Someone immediately expressed his disagreement: "What happened yesterday, they dare to do this today. This is related to the reputation of our drivers. It will be bad if they are found out."

Someone immediately retorted, "Discovered? As long as they are not discovered, it will be fine. If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, how can those registrars know?"

"Besides, how do you know they didn't make any money?" As he said this, he made a grabbing gesture, and those who understood would understand.

These words immediately wavered some masters.

Everyone is short of food. If you don’t take the opportunity to make some money now, how can you make some money after the autumn harvest?

As long as you are careful and don't get caught, everything you take out is yours. It will be a waste if you don't pay it back.

"We make a living by our cooking skills, so it's no big deal if we take a little bit. If you don't want to do it, don't tell them, or else no one will be able to do it."

In the afternoon, a very strange phenomenon occurred.

The drivers drove very steadily and even talked and laughed along the way.

This left Li Kailang completely confused.

The drivers stationed far away had no say in the matter and just worked honestly.

"This is really slow. Won't this delay my get off work?"

Li Kailang overtook the car directly.

They watched Li Kailang whizz by and said, "Young people are young, they don't know anything. If we don't do something now, what will we do after the autumn harvest?"

"It's true that if one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry. Young people are just honest."

Li Kailang didn't listen to their comments and just wanted to complete the task.

"Master, why do you still have so many discrepancies? Didn't I tell you this this morning?"

The master remained calm and said, "Yes, I know that. I told them and they did it, but the food is still like this and I can't do anything about it."

"The crops were just harvested from the fields, and the villagers were busy harvesting. They had no time to pat the soil or anything like that. I did all this. Look at my hands, which are covered in mud."

"I think this is the only way to deal with this matter. Besides, the loss is not that big, only about 30 or 40 kilograms. Isn't that normal?"

The registrar looked at the master suspiciously and still refused to believe it.

The master then said, "If you don't believe me, go ask other masters if they are the same as me."

The other masters echoed.

"Yeah, that's right. There's nothing we can do about it. We don't have the time to do these things."

"It's normal to have some damage. At least a few pounds of soil were lost when the wind blew. If you don't believe me, come with us."

The masters were talking at once, and the registrar couldn't help but believe them and registered the items honestly.

"Okay, Master, be more careful next time."

Seeing success, the master secretly looked at the other masters, and everyone couldn't help but smile secretly. It seems that this thing can be accomplished.

Just when everyone was planning to do the same thing next time.

Drop drop-

Everyone looked up at the sky, drops of rain falling on their faces.

The registrar immediately felt as if he was facing a great enemy: "Quick, pull the teacher in! Quick!"

"Harvest food, harvest food."

"Master, quickly cover the tarpaulin!"

In an instant, the entire grain station was filled with noise.

Everyone is busy with their own things, and those who are free will immediately help others.

"Slow down, slow down." Someone muttered while rushing to rescue.

"Hurry up and don't let the food get wet!"

Soon, everyone rescued the man in time and looked up at the falling rain.

"It looks like there's nothing to do today, let's pack up and get ready to go home."

Several masters looked at the raindrops falling. It seemed that their plan would fail, and it would be even more difficult to interfere with it because of the rain.

A group of masters gathered in twos and threes, smoking and chatting with each other.

"The situation is not very good this year. There is not much food."

"Yes, there are many people in the family, so we have to find a way to get food, otherwise we will go hungry again."

"I don't know when this will end. Get well soon."

People gathered in groups of three or four to talk about this year's autumn harvest, and some people discussed how to get food.

Soon, the rain gradually disappeared and the sun appeared from behind the clouds.

"The rain has stopped, the rain has stopped!"

"Fortunately it didn't rain for too long, the ground isn't very wet, it should be fine."

Li Kailang registered and stored the grain, then returned to the village to continue working.

The rain didn't last long, so it won't have much impact on the crops, so it's okay to just take some pictures when the time comes.

the other side.

Zhangjiacun.

"Zhang Cuihua, you are still being lazy. Do you still want to work?"

The team leader saw that Jia Zhang was still sitting on the ground, motionless, and she didn't move even after everyone had left.

Jia Zhang muttered, "I quit!"

"What did you say!"

"I'll do it, I'll do it!" Jia Zhang didn't dare to say no, because the village chief had said that they were people from the city.

If you quit halfway, even if you pay the extra centimeters, you won't get any food.

"Hurry up! If I see you slacking off again, you'll stop working and go back to your city."

Jia Zhang didn't dare to open her mouth or make any rebuttal.

Back at the fields, the team leader pointed directly to the fields that had not yet been harvested.

"Zhang Cuihua, this piece of crops belongs to you now. You are responsible for harvesting them today. You are not allowed to go home and eat until you have harvested all the crops."

Jia Zhang complained, "Ah? This is too much. I can't finish it."

"There is nothing that cannot be done. If you keep working, you will finish it. If you can't finish it, just keep working."

"Go home when you've finished your work, that's it!"

After saying that, he left and joined the main force to reap the rewards.

The village chief said that for those who came back from the city, they would be given difficult jobs to do and they would be exploited madly because they would not dare to refuse to do it anyway.

Jia Zhang took the sickle and harvested the crops honestly.

If she were to work on an entire field by herself, she would not be able to finish the work even in a day.

Fortunately, more and more people came to help her, and they all came from the city like her.

"Hey, you guys have been lazy, hurry up and work. It's getting dark. You are not allowed to go back for dinner if you don't finish the work." The team leader shouted.

Jia Zhang and his companions immediately started working hard, not daring to slack off.

Going home early to cook can give me more rest because I have to continue working in the evening.

Finally it was dark.

The team leader came over to watch the people harvesting the fruits of their labor.

"Look at what you guys have done. The crops are like what a dog has gnawed. What a waste!"

Several people lowered their heads and dared not refute, like little chickens.

"Go, go, go, continue to work tonight, and I'll give you another one tomorrow."

A few people were angry but dared not say anything, and went home dejectedly to cook.

After dinner, everyone came out to harvest.

"Zhang Cuihua, you guys go ahead and do it. If you can't finish it, go back to the city."

Several people went to harvest honestly.

After finally waiting for the end, the team leader came over to take a look.

"How did you guys do it? You don't have the strength. You can't even do this little job. Look at what you've done. How much crops have been wasted!"

"Really? You just want to be lazy all day long. You can't think of anything good. You'll die if you work harder."

Hearing the team leader's impolite ridicule and contempt, Jia Zhang and his companions dared not say a word.

"Hmph, I'll change your place tomorrow. Stop doing what you can't do!"

Hearing this, several people immediately looked up at her. They worked hard all day and at the end they had to pick peaches.

The team leader shouted, "What? What are you looking at? If you don't accept it, go back to the city! Don't even think about taking any food with you!"

For the sake of food, they could only swallow their anger and follow the arrangements.

(End of this chapter)