60s: Petite Wife

With the temptation of Han Qixiu's one jar of white sand liquid per month, and the fact that Shen Jiao would send a plate of filial piety to her every day when she cooked a good dish, people's hearts are full of flesh, and Mr. Qi, who wanted to deal with things, didn't want to. Feeling embarrassed, she pointed Shen Jiao more attentively.

June flew by in a hurry, and July, which was even hotter, came. The rice fields in the fields were golden, all of them bent down, and some of them fell to the ground.

The villagers in Xinquan Village are busy one by one. Han Qiguang organized a mobilization meeting as early as the beginning of the month, calling on all villagers, regardless of gender, age, or child, to take action to ensure the successful completion of the 'double grab' and resolutely not delay the brigade. leg.

Many young people may not have heard the word 'double robbing' now, because no matter it is in the south or the north, rice is only grown for one season, and there are very few places where it is grown for two seasons. Vocabulary rich in the characteristics of the times also slowly disappeared in the long river of time.

Because of the small land and many people, the local rice in N province is grown in two seasons. Early rice and late rice are planted in two seasons a year. July, which is the link between the past and the next, has become the busiest month. This is the hottest season of the year. , the villagers need to get up early in the dark to cut the early rice, thresh the grain, dry the grain, put it in the barn, and then have to plough the field, raise the seedlings, and transplant the seedlings at the same time to prepare for the planting of late rice in the second half of the year.

The work of the two parties was carried out at the same time. Everyone in the family was so busy that their heels could not touch the ground. They were afraid that one rhythm could not keep up, which would affect the harvest of the year, and the whole family would be hungry.

After more than a month of double robbing, everyone in the village will turn black and thin, lose a layer of skin in the sun, and even some frail people, who can't stand heavy and high-intensity labor, suffer from heat stroke and become seriously ill. What's more serious is the death of heat, which is normal during the double grab period.

In the first ten days of July, Xinquan Village has officially entered the "double robbing" harvest labor. Naturally, Shen Jiaxing and Zhu Siya cannot be left behind, as well as Qi Laozi and Qi Huamin's grandparents.

Han Qiguang took care of them more. Mr. Qi was a barefoot doctor in the village, and Shen Jiaxing let him follow the women to do the easy work of cutting and planting rice. Compared with men's threshing and picking, the labor intensity was much less.

Han Qixiu also followed him into the fields. According to Han Sili, his younger uncle would come back to work every year, and he stayed there every year, except for one year when he didn't come.

Shen Jiao asked curiously, "Why didn't you come?"

Han Sili shook his head: "I don't know either, I was still breastfeeding that year, so I don't know!"

The little guy quickly added: "But my aunt said that my uncle was sick that year, and he was very sick, so he couldn't come."

Shen Jiao, who was stirring the Huoxiang soup in the pot with a spoon, paused for a while. How could someone so strong and fit as Han Qixiu get sick? And still very ill?

"Li Ying, what's wrong with your uncle?" Shen Jiao asked with concern.

Han Sili shook her head and said, "I don't know what to say. Anyway, my aunt said that she was about to die, and she almost couldn't survive."

Shen Jiao couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable in her heart, as if she had been stabbed.

Are you all right now?

Will it happen again?

In the evening, take the time to ask Han Qixiu, if it is not complete, look for suitable pills from the treasure bowl.

Shen Jiao scooped some soup with a spoon and brought it to her mouth to taste it. The flavor of Huoxiang leaves boiled out. She turned her head and said to Han Sili, "Li Yaozi, help my sister to bring that bucket."

"coming."

Han Sili moved quickly and ran over with a bucket. Shen Jiao scooped the Huoxiang soup from the pot into the bucket, and she was going to give it to the villagers working in the fields to drink.

This Huoxiang is a kind of herbal medicine on the mountain. Mr. Qi picked a lot of them and kept them at home as early as last month. At the beginning of the double rush, he instructed Shen Jiao and Qi Huarong to cook Huoxiang soup at home, and the villagers would not drink it. It will be dehydrated due to heat stroke, and it can also drive away heat poison. It is a very economical summer medicine.

Shen Jiao originally wanted to cook soup with Qi Huarong, but Qi Huarong was dragged away by Han Sigui, saying that she wanted to cook mung bean soup, so Shen Jiao called Han Sili to help him, but she couldn't carry the barrel alone. moveable.

After scooping up the soup in the pot, Shen Jiao added some Huoxiang, a pot full of water, and firewood in the stove, and went to the field with Han Sili to deliver the soup.

Although Han Sili was three years younger than Shen Jiao, he was about the same height as Shen Jiao, and he was the same as the little lord. Want to be big!

Using ten toffee as a temptation, Shen Jiao walked ahead, put the pole that was lying in the middle of the wooden barrel on her shoulders, and carried it down the mountain with Han Sili.

We all know that when you lift something down the mountain, the weight is tilted forward, but when you go up the mountain, the weight is tilted backward, so when you lift something, the strong person should be behind when going up the mountain, and the front when going down the mountain. , because they have to bear most of the weight, and people with less strength can't bear it.

As soon as Shen Jiao walked down the slope, her shoulders hurt so much that she gasped for air, and she almost fell to her knees.

Han Sili asked from behind, "Sister Jiaojiao, can you lift it up? Or should I go forward?"

Shen Jiao took a deep breath and pretended to be relaxed, "It can be lifted, it's not heavy."

After all, Han Sili was only a seven-year-old baby. After hearing what she said, she stopped asking questions. The two of them staggered to the field. A group of villagers were working in full swing, even the man who picked the valley. Running like a trend.

Han Qixiu, who was threshing the grain bare-chested, saw Shen Jiao who was staggering and carrying a load from a distance, and hurriedly handed the rice in his hand to Han Siwu, and ran over in three steps.

Shen Jiao, who was almost exhausted, felt light on her shoulders, UU reading www.uukanshu. Com's whole body relaxed, and he let out a long sigh of relief.

"Thank you Brother Han." Shen Jiao didn't dare to look up at Han Qixiu's sweaty shirtless shirt, her face flushed with shame.

Han Qixiu easily picked up the wooden barrel and sent it to the field. The villagers gathered to scoop the soup and take a break. They started to work after three in the morning. After six or seven hours of continuous work, the robot couldn't stand it!

Shen Jiao rubbed her fiery shoulders, and was about to go back and continue cooking soup. With so many people, how could one bucket of soup be enough!

Han Qixiu came over again, dragged Shen Jiao to the shade of the tree, and pulled off her collar without saying a word, making Shen Jiao pale with fright, and subconsciously wanted to stop Han Qixiu, but there was still time, she His right shoulder was suddenly exposed. It was extremely red and swollen, and the skin was broken in several places. Han Qixiu was very distressed.

"What about Qi Huarong and Han Sigui? Why didn't they bring soup?" Han Qixiu looked very bad, and carefully covered Shen Jiao's collar.

Shen Jiao hadn't woken up from the shock just now, she stared blankly at Han Qixiu, not knowing what to say.