mesbooks Chapter 549: A Great Harvest for Ten Thousand People
Chapter 549: A Great Harvest for Ten Thousand People
However, Shen Youyou never expected that not only Shen Zhiqiu returned, but also Lord Wei and the magistrate of Fang County, and even brought a few agricultural officials with him.
My goodness, this mayor is really out of this world. She really wanted to ask his father: "Are all these people here to work for our family?"
Of course this was a joke. She was not a fool and naturally knew that these people came because her father must have reported it to the court.
However, the specific increase in income can only be known after the grain is harvested, as such a large amount of grain cannot be harvested in one or two days.
As soon as they met, Shen Zhiqiu asked her wife to clean up some rooms in the workshop.
The adults and the officials they brought with them would not return until all the grain in Tangjia Village was harvested and they had a grasp of the specific situation.
For this reason, the magistrate of Fang County, Mr. He, also asked the yamen runners to go to several surrounding villages to ask villagers to help with the harvest.
After all, it is obvious that the intercropping method in Tangjia Village is real and effective, and it will definitely be promoted in the future. It can be said that the people will also benefit from it.
In fact, the people from the surrounding villages were also very curious about the secrets in the fields of Tangjia Village.
They all came as soon as the yamen runners called, without any reluctance at all.
Of course, even though the grain package is a new method, whether it is corn or soybeans, they are already grown by everyone.
Harvesting is even easier.
However, in order to make fertilizer and silage, they did not let the villagers break the corn directly, but planned to lay down the crops first and then peel the corn.
Not to mention that corn stalks have many uses, this intercropping method makes it inconvenient to harvest soybeans while the corn stalks are still sticking out.
Therefore, it is better to just lay down the corn stalks and harvest the soybeans with the vines.
But there is another point here. The Lord Wei who came with them are quite superstitious, and they have to hold a ceremony before the harvest, which makes Shen Zhiqiu speechless.
But think about it, it’s okay to harvest one day later, after all, Lord He has found enough people to help them.
So, the next day, early in the morning, villagers from several villages gathered at Tangjia Village.
There is also an altar at the top, which is actually a few sacrificial tables with a plaque of the Jade Emperor on it.
There was a big pig's head in the middle of the table, and on it were various offerings such as fruits, pears, peaches, etc.
Lord Wei was at the front, followed by Shen Zhiqiu and Lord He, who held official positions.
After the sacrifice and the burning of incense.
Tang Guangzheng held a gong in his hand and struck it: "Dang dang dang"!
The people in Tangjia Village and the surrounding villages also began to take action one after another.
The harvest is carried out according to the groups and fields that have been divided in advance.
Li Jingshu secretly told her daughter: "When she was a child, the production team arranged production tasks and arranged for everyone to cut corn."
Shen Youyou was very curious at the time and asked, "Did anyone slack off at work at that time?"
As a result, her mother said to her with great emotion:
"At that time, the production team was a collective economy, the so-called big pot meal, which was similar to the life in our family.
It’s just that we were an ethnic group and a village at that time.
Under this system, farmers were organized into production teams, which worked the land together and distributed the fruits of their labor according to work points.
The amount of work done by each member will be recorded and converted into work points, and dividends will be distributed at the end of the year based on the number of work points."
As for the issue of laziness, the social environment and values at that time were very different from later times.
how to say?
On the one hand, since it is collective labor, the results of individual labor are not obvious, so there is definitely some room for laziness.
On the other hand, there will be certain supervision mechanisms within the production team, such as the team leader, accountant and timekeeper.
They record everyone's attendance and work performance and evaluate and manage them.
Moreover, at that time, social relations in rural areas were relatively close. Neighbors would not only help each other, but also supervise each other. Even if someone wanted to be lazy, they would be influenced by the people around them.
"But then again, people were more conscious back then. They didn't think about being lazy while working, but about how to perform actively and let their leaders see their abilities."
After hearing what her mother said, Shen Youyou could understand. It was just like their nine clans. In fact, their living conditions were much better now.
There was no specific division of labor among everyone, but everyone worked very hard and no one was lazy, except herself, of course.
Always want to simplify things, but also leave some free time for yourself.
Get your thoughts back and do something serious.
Although she doesn't have to throw the corn, she can still help by following behind, wrapping up the corn, and piling it up.
Starting today, all workshops will stop working during the day, and all schools will be closed.
Both adults and children were busy in the fields.
For a moment, the corn fields were crowded with people.
The crop stalks fell to the ground with a loud rustle!
After a while, someone started to sweat, so he just wiped it with a sweat towel...
The area of land varied, and in some places the crops were harvested in less than an hour.
However, generally speaking, those who do this kind of work are strong laborers.
As for the old people, women and children, they followed behind and packed up all the fallen corns and piled them into a pile.
The boys were responsible for pushing the carts and transporting the things outside.
Shen Zhiqiu, as well as Lord Wei and the yamen runners were also at the field, weighing the corn.
At this time, the corn piled up into golden hills, forming a particularly beautiful scenery in the vast fields.
However, every detail of each family's field, how many acres of land, and how much corn was harvested must be recorded.
After recording them, the young men were asked to take them directly to the owner of the land and transport them back home.
Therefore, if you watch the video, what you can see at this moment is the busyness of the people.
Countless people were wielding hoes, and corn stalks fell to the ground one after another. Then, groups of people were squatting in the fields, peeling corn husks.
Following the strong young men, they used wheelbarrows to transport the scattered piles of golden corn to the field for weighing.
There was also a clerk who was busy taking notes at the desk.
After weighing, the teenagers put the corns together and carried them away.
Basically, this scene is happening in the fields of Tangjia Village today.
From early morning to noon, and then to the sky being filled with sunset glow.
Even meals were delivered by the women in the village who were responsible for cooking.
There was nothing else to eat, so I just had some corn cakes wrapped with meat and a bowl of mung bean soup.
Although there were not so many bowls for the villagers from other villages, when these villagers came to work, they did not expect Tangjia Village to provide them with meals, so they came with dry food and water.
After all, in their view, this is the call of the government. Can you still reason with the government and say, "If you let us work, do you have to provide us with food?"
So just to be prepared, they brought their own.
Although dry food is no longer needed, after all, there are soft food with meat. Who wants to eat the hard and cold corn bread brought from home?
But the bamboo tubes they used to carry water can be used to drink mung bean soup.
In the words of Master Shen and Tang Jiugong: "You don't have to estimate what you eat and drink. Only when you are full and satisfied will you have the energy to work!"