Scholars in the courtyard

"So, are books, paper, pens, etc. enough?"

"That's enough. Director Gao helped us sort out a batch, and Fatty Ding got some more. We also found some ourselves, and the used ones can be reused."

"That's good."

Not asking Yang Xiaotao for help means that the problem has been solved.

Then he smiled and said, "Then the young men and women in our village are going crazy?"

"Haha, that's right, you're all spoiled for choice!"

The two of them talked and came to the classroom.

Although Yang Xiaotao has not been here for a long time, Yang Xiaotao has always been a respected teacher in the hearts of these students.

After talking to the children and asking about their recent studies, we got to the point.

Yang Hongye, Yang Dani and others who had previous experience were selected by Yang Xiaotao, and a few with good academic performance were selected from the remaining ones, making up 20 people.

Then he took a group of children and walked to the brigade headquarters.

Arriving at the brigade headquarters, Yang Dazhuang was talking to Wang Xuyang and Pan Jianjun. When Yang Xiaotao came in, the three of them hurried forward.

"Uncle Da Zhuang, who are you waiting for?"

"The people from Baima Village, they got the news late, and they are still recruiting people."

Yang Dazhuang said, looking at the group of chirping children behind him, frowning, "Xiao Tao, why are you bringing a group of children here?"

"Children? We are all students, right!" Yang Xiaotao waved his hand, and a group of children lined up and walked in.

"They did it last year and have experience!"

Yang Xiaotao said something, ignored Yang Dazhuang's doubts, walked to the tractor and started adding water and coal.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the people from Baima Village arrived. Yang Dazhuang and the others set off, while Yang Xiaotao carefully drove the tractor out, and then waved to the eager children on the side.

"Everyone get in the car, the teacher will take you for a ride today!"

The children had already seen the tractor in the yard, but they didn't dare to step forward when adults were present.

After hearing what Yang Xiaotao said, he immediately ran over and climbed onto the tractor one by one.

Twenty children filled the truck bucket to the brim!

It was really full, with people standing in the carriage and sitting on the carriages on both sides.

Yang Xiaotao was sitting with four children standing on both sides.

This severe overloading behavior caused Yang Xiaotao to drive much slower than usual, for fear that the child in the car would be thrown off if he accelerated.

Even so, the children's smiles never fell off when they were able to sit on the tractor.

Along the way, the tractor filled the fields with the laughter of children.

Yang Xiaotao greeted the villagers along the way, and from time to time, children would call their parents, and they would respond with concerned scoldings. On the surface, they looked calm and maintained the dignity of their parents, but in their hearts they couldn't be happier.

Those whose children did not ride on the tractor all made the same determination in their hearts.

Go back tonight and stir-fry meat with bamboo shoots.

Reasonable?

hehe…

Arriving at the end of the field, a group of people were gathering.

Yang Xiaotao led the children to Gao Yufeng, "Director Gao, these students have done this together and have experience. You can let them take the lead."

Gao Yufeng nodded, mainly because he was also afraid that these farmers who did rough work did not know how to handle it. If a handful of corn was injured, it would be a loss.

Director Gao agreed, and Yang Xiaotao gathered the children together to explain the precautions again.

After telling the story, Yang Xiaotao came to the nearby cornfield.

After identifying the situation, start on-site teaching.

This time not only the children, but also others came to watch.

"Everyone can see clearly, this is a corn that is about to bloom..."

Yang Xiaotao tried his best to speak in a simple way so that more people can understand.

"What we want to do is to take out this, the head, and the two wrapped leaves together!"

"Remember, don't peel it off, don't break it, be careful with the scissors, don't hurt other places."

Yang Xiaotao's voice was so loud that everyone around him was nervous to listen.

Pulling the heads of corns feels like surgery. It's the first time for a big girl to do it.

After repeated instructions, Yang Xiaotao felt that there was no problem. Yang Gaoyufeng and others looked at the sun and prepared to start work.

On the other side, Yang Dazhuang and others have already arranged their manpower.

Director Gao said that you must move quickly, but not too big. You must follow the order and do it only when you are allowed to do it. If you are not allowed to do it, you are not allowed to move even if you are idle.

This job was a bit unusual, and everyone became energetic after hearing the arrangement.

There are more than 700 strong laborers in the entire farm, plus some older ones, numbering thousands. Under the leadership of village cadres and progressive backbones, they line up in a long line of two.

According to the plan, the two of them worked in tandem, one pulling out and the other collecting, checking to see if anything was missing.

On the ground, every third row of corn has a wooden stick stuck in it, with strips of cloth in various colors on the stick.

This is the marked male parent, which means that the corns in this row cannot be moved.

All other corn must be detasseled.

Yang Xiaotao assigned the children to various places and became primary teachers.

Let them take the lead and set an example for everyone else.

These children are about the same height as corns, but they get started quickly and are not tired. With their little hands, they find the right position and pull up, and they are finished quickly.

The adults watching from behind also took note of the key points and started trying.

The task of detasseling is very simple, and it mainly tests your patience. You can’t miss anything.

Otherwise, if a hidden danger is left, the corn within fifteen meters around it must be cleared, so as to ensure the purity of the hybrid.

If more than 15% of the entire field is leftover, then the hybrid is finished.

The wait of more than half a year was in vain.

The kids take the lead and the others get to work.

Yang Xiaotao contacted Xiaowei in his heart and asked her to help secretly. If there were any mistakes, they would be dealt with in time.

Siheyuan

Silly Zhu felt refreshed when he woke up early in the morning.

Although Qin Huairu didn't stay last night, she gave him reassurance.

The next step is to explain it to the uncle and ask him to help Jia Zhang's work.

By then, Qin Huairu will be his fool.

When I opened the door to go to work, I happened to see Qin Huairu coming out.

Silly Zhu walked over with a smile and looked at Qin Huairu. He felt that this little widow was really beautiful.

She is fat where she should be, thin where she should be, and has a beautiful face. She is more mature and charming than a little girl who has nothing.

"Zhuzhu, morning!"

Seeing Sha Zhu staring at his chest, Qin Huairu straightened up deliberately. This was his capital.

"Huairu, morning!"

"Did you sleep last night?"

Silly Zhu bared his teeth and smiled innocently. Qin Huairu rolled her eyes at him and said, "You even said it hurt."

"hey-hey"

"Just in time for little Sophora japonica to eat more..."

Silly Zhu smiled shamelessly, while Yi Zhonghai walked out of the house.

"You can go see the old lady in the backyard later to help with this."

Standing at the door and giving instructions to the eldest mother.

"I know, please be careful. I keep complaining about leg pain recently. Don't stand for too long."

"Yeah, I know, I'm going to work!"

After Yi Zhonghai finished speaking to Aunt Ma, he looked at Shazhu and Qin Huairu.

Silly Zhu ran over with a smile, "Master, let's go!"

He was a little impatient when he spoke.

On the other side, Yi Zhonghai looked at Qin Huairu with scrutiny in his eyes.

Qin Huairu nodded slightly and smiled.

Yi Zhonghai knew what was going on.

After following Sha Zhu out of the gate, Qin Huairu followed, carrying a lunch box in her hand. She wanted to go to the hospital first to deliver some food to Jia Zhang and Bang Gen, and then go to work in the steel rolling mill.

It was already June, and she didn't want to have her money deducted for taking time off.

Just as the workers in the yard were leaving for work one after another, Officer Li from the subdistrict office also brought two people to the courtyard.

Yan Fugui was driving the car to go out when he happened to meet Director Li.

"Director Xiao Li, what are you doing?"

"Teacher Yan, there is no mission above, let us come down to investigate!"

Officer Li said, "You happen to be here, let's take a look first."

As he said this, Officer Li took out a photo and showed it to Yan Fugui.

"This is what is required from above. Ask if you have seen anyone wearing such clothes."

"By the way, this is an old photo, probably from before liberation. It's quite old. Have you been in this hospital for a long time, do you have any impressions of it?"

Yan Fugui looked at the photo. He just saw a person sitting there with his head uncovered. He couldn't tell anything just by looking at his clothes.

"No, really not."

"I came to the Siheyuan after liberation, and I have never seen it before."

Yan Fugui recalled it carefully. Except for the calculations, he could remember a few things in his mind, but the rest had long been forgotten.

"Okay, if you remember anything, remember to tell us, there is a reward for this."

"Reward? What is it?"

Yan Fugui's eyes widened when he heard the reward.

"Five yuan for useful clues, ten yuan for major clues, no matter how big it is, haha."

As Officer Li said, Yan Fugui was already trembling.

Five dollars is a lot!

Officer Xiao Li led people into the courtyard and started asking door to door.

Of course, the main thing is to ask the elderly.

In the backyard, an aunt came to the deaf old lady's house with noodles. She helped the deaf old lady up and fed her slowly and carefully.

"Old lady, please eat more. Only when you are full can you feel better!"

The deaf old lady ate mechanically without speaking. Her eyes seemed to be covered by a layer of concealment, unable to see the light.

dong dong

"Auntie, are you there?"

The second aunt's voice came from the door, and the first aunt quickly put down her things and walked out.

"Second aunt, what's wrong?"

"Auntie, someone from the street office is looking for you. Let's go and have a look."

After hearing this, the aunt quickly went out and came to the middle courtyard.

A group of people gathered together. The three aunts in front looked at the photo posted on the big locust tree attentively. They felt that they had seen it somewhere, but they just couldn't remember it.

Officer Xiao Li explained the situation in front of everyone, asking everyone to be vigilant, pay attention to observation, and report any situation in a timely manner.

As for the reward, I didn’t mention it.

After all, he didn't have much hope for an old photo.

After the people from the street office left, everyone dispersed. Under the big locust tree, only the three aunts were still watching. But the more they looked, the less they could remember it. In the end, they had no choice but to go home to look after their children.

In the backyard, the aunt came back and looked at the deaf old lady lying on the bed. She wanted to let her eat something, but seeing the look on the old lady's face, she put down the bowl and chopsticks again.

"Old lady, you don't know, this street office is really good at looking for trouble!"

The aunt thought that telling the old lady something new might help her feel better.

"This man came to our courtyard with a photo and asked if anyone had seen it."

"Who knows what happened before liberation? It's just a skirt embellished with plum blossoms. Even if we have seen it, we have already forgotten it!"

"But I don't blame them. Who told those damn bad guys to stop being human? Why don't we live a more stable life? These people have done such unconscionable things and will be punished sooner or later..."

The aunt was talking nonchalantly, but she didn't realize that when she was talking about the skirt, the wrinkled face of the deaf old lady suddenly became ferocious.

After the eldest mother left, the deaf old lady's face changed, and there was an inexplicable fear in her eyes.

This fear comes from her profession and from the intuition she has honed over the years.