nycdaug Chapter 106 Harvest
Chapter 106 Harvest
Zhao Dani had been paying attention to Gu Jun's movements for a long time.
When she heard that she had to hand over all the illegal gains, she quickly ran to Gu Jun and tried to ask, "Jun'er, the money you gave to me wasn't some illegal gain, was it?"
Zhao Dani had only one thought in her mind at the moment, and that was to keep the money in her pocket. That was her and her old man's retirement money, and it could only go in and not out.
Zhao Hongmei, who was in the kitchen, also heard what Gu Jun said, and her heart skipped a beat. All the money Gu Jun gave her was used to make new clothes, so where would the money come from now?
Gu Jun looked at his mother and grandmother in front of him with some surprise. After a while, he suddenly felt a sense of strangeness and disgust in his heart.
After following Brother Gou outside for such a period of time, he is no longer as naive and impulsive as before, and can see through human nature to a certain extent.
But the first time I looked at them with scrutiny and in-depth eyes was when I looked at my family members who loved me in the past.
Gu Jun thought, if it was someone else's family, shouldn't they be anxious to raise money by now?
Thinking of this, he suddenly smiled, looked at the two people with a smile on his face, and said nonchalantly: "They asked us to collect the money and pay it within a deadline, otherwise they will enforce it."
Zhao Dani was used to being a bully in her home, and when she heard the word "forced," she screamed and cursed, "Let's see who dares?"
Gu Jun sneered and said casually: "Then let's all wait for forced execution."
The day after National Day, Shanghe Village began the grand autumn harvest. People were breaking corn cobs and pulling soybeans, and the fields were bustling with activity.
Gu Zhan was busy translating documents from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He only went there to take a look on the first day of measuring the per-acre yield, and did not go again afterwards.
Liu Xiaoxi was already advanced in her pregnancy, so Gu Zhan naturally wasn't at ease letting her go.
By mid-October, the autumn harvest was almost over, and Shanghe Village had a bumper harvest of corn and soybeans.
Although the corn hadn't been threshed yet, the weight of the cobs was much heavier than in previous years, which was obvious. As for the soybeans, the harvest was completely unexpected.
Looking at the corn cobs piled up like a small mountain on the other side of the wheat field, the people in Shanghe Village smiled more and more. Their food supply from this year to next year is finally guaranteed.
On the contrary, the Hecun Production Team and the Nanhecun Production Team were not so lucky.
Because there is a shortage of seeds, farmers have a large planting area for their own seeds, but the yield is not high.
Coupled with the previous heavy rain, a lot of corn in the field fell over. Even though the soil was added in time later, the root system was damaged, resulting in very small cobs of corn in this area.
Overall, with the same planting area, the output is only two-thirds of that of Shanghe Village, not including the soybean output of Shanghe Village.
The people in Xiahe Village who took the lead in voting against the motion regretted it deeply, and Li Quan was even more upset that he did not insist more on persuading the team members.
After the autumn harvest, under the tight arrangements of Zhao Baogen, the team members began to plow the land and pick up corn stalks.
Huang Guihua said this when she came to see Liu Xiaoxi after work one day.
Gu Zhan frowned as he listened. He asked Huang Guihua in confusion, "It will be the same if we dig again next spring."
Huang Guihua smiled and said, "You're still young and don't understand how hard life is. There aren't many trees left in our village these days. We rely on the corn stalks in the fields to heat our kangs and cook in the winter. If we don't dig them up, how are we going to get through the winter?"
Gu Zhan suddenly realized that he had indeed neglected the shortage of daily necessities in this era.
The next morning, Gu Zhan and Liu Xiaoxi were reading in the main room when they heard someone calling for Zhao Baogen.
Liu Xiaoxi was curious and pulled Gu Zhan to go out and see.
Gu Zhan held his forehead with his hand. This girl is in a heavy body now, and she is even more eager to watch the fun.
"Let's go!" Liu Xiaoxi pulled Gu Zhan's hand and acted coquettishly.
Gu Zhan couldn't resist the person he loved most acting like a spoiled child in front of him, so he readily agreed.
The man who was anxiously looking for Zhao Baogen was the one assigned by the brigade to plow the fields with oxen today. He had driven the oxen to the fields this morning, but before he had plowed much, one of the oxen suddenly collapsed and couldn't get up.
He was so anxious that he hurried to find Zhao Baogen.
These oxen in the village are very precious, and nothing must happen to them in his hands.
Zhao Baogen was about to ride his bicycle to the brigade office when he heard someone calling him.
As soon as I went out, I saw someone. Before I could ask what happened, the person told me everything like beans from a bamboo tube pouring out.
After hearing this, Zhao Baogen frowned and hurried to the fields with the man.
Gu Zhan was not far away and had heard the whole story from beginning to end. He guessed that the cow must have been one of the ones who had been seriously ill before and had not yet fully recovered, or that its body functions had been severely damaged and could not be restored to the state before the illness.
I already have a rough guess in my mind, now all I need is actual verification.
Because the cornfield was not far from home, Gu Zhan simply took Liu Xiaoxi to the field to check the situation.
In the cornfield, everyone present stood in a circle near the scene, watching veterinarian Zhou Liang feed medicine to the cows.
"What's wrong with this cow?" Zhao Baogen asked anxiously.
"Captain, the reason is not clear yet." Zhou Liang said.
Zhou Liang is not sure what is going on. Normally, sick cows will have a fever, but in fact, this cow's body temperature is normal and there seems to be nothing wrong with its appearance.
Based on practical experience, cows will usually fall down in the field only when they are extremely tired.
It's just that it shouldn't have happened that the cow fell down in the field after plowing for less than half an hour so early in the morning.
For a moment, Zhou Liang was unsure.
Suddenly, he turned his gaze and saw Gu Zhan in the crowd. He said in surprise, "Gu Zhan, you're here too? Come over and help take a look at what's wrong with this cow.
Gu Zhan looked up at the sound and said "Okay." He then found Huang Guihua in the crowd and handed Liu Xiaoxi to her for temporary care before striding through the crowd to Zhou Liang's side.
Gu Zhan looked around the cow, felt its temperature, and checked its eyes and teeth. After confirming that everything was normal, he asked Zhou Liang, "Is this one of the three sickest cows?"
"Indeed." He then realized Gu Zhan's possible intention in asking this question and hurriedly asked, "Is it related to the last illness?"
Gu Zhan nodded and said, "It's probably because of the last illness. The cow hasn't recovered yet and its physical strength can't keep up."
Gu Zhan's voice was quite loud, and Zhao Baogen, who was squatting next to Niu Tou, also heard it. He stood up and looked at Gu Zhan: "Is there any good way to treat it?"