Traveling through time and space, wanting to lie down, but being forced to move forward

Chapter 545 Liu Jingxue's Advice

The autumn harvest began soon. In order to rush the harvest, the team leader blew the work whistle at around four o'clock in the morning. Except for children who were too young or old, everyone else had to go to work.

Everyone hurriedly finished their breakfast, took their lunch, and went out to work. They worked in the fields until it was almost dark before they could go home. This kind of life lasted for more than a month.

Liu Jingxue was fine, as she had plenty of strength, was protected by spiritual energy, and was in charge of picking up food, so she didn't feel very tired. The others were extremely tired, and they all looked a lot darker and thinner.

Not to mention other people, just look at the four people in the cowshed. Although Liu Jingxue had sent them a lot of noodles in advance and cooked a lot of meat sauce for them, they were too tired and had no time to cook, so they just ate noodles.

He also brought over a few cans of milk powder and malted milk and asked them to drink a little every day. Not to mention that every few days, he would stew some chicken soup with ginseng in the space and send it over. It contained not only ginseng but also spiritual spring water.

Despite various recuperation measures, after more than a month, the four elders were still visibly thinner and more haggard.

Fortunately, the autumn harvest is finally over, and the hard work of the past six months is finally over.

Although Liu Jingxue and her friends could not be lazy and not work, the elders in the cowshed could not rest yet, as there was still a lot of work to be done in the fields. At that time, they were only concerned with harvesting the grain and had not taken care of the straw. Now that the grain had been harvested, there was so much straw in the fields that they had to get back.

These are food for the cows and pigs raised in the village, and also firewood for the winter. They cannot be wasted.

The four people in the cattle shed could not escape these live cattle sheds, but for other villagers and educated youth, it was not mandatory. Those who wanted to earn more work points continued to work, and those who did not want to earn work points rested.

Fortunately, this year is much easier than in previous years. After all, the team has one more tractor and two ox carts.

Not to mention transporting the straw, even during the autumn harvest, there are fewer people responsible for carrying the grain, and the autumn harvest ends five or six days earlier than in previous years.

After all, if so many people are not needed to carry the grain, more people can be used to collect the grain, and it will naturally end earlier.

During the autumn harvest period, Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao stopped practicing martial arts and studying at night.

On the second night after the autumn harvest, Liu Jingxue's family welcomed Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao, who had not been seen for a long time.

"Xiaoxue, we have been so lucky during this period of time thanks to the meat sauce, eggs, noodles, and white flour you brought us, as well as the ginseng chicken soup you sent us every few days. If it weren't for these things, we two really wouldn't be able to make it.

Autumn harvest is too tiring, not everyone can handle it." Zhou Mingxuan said.

Zhao Junhao also said, "That's right, every day when I go home, I don't want to move at all, I just want to lie down and rest.

If it weren’t for the noodles, eggs, and chicken soup, we would have died of starvation if not exhaustion.”

When Liu Jingxue was making chicken soup in the space, she thought that since it was the first time for the two people to do such heavy work, they would definitely not be able to bear it, so she simply made some more and sent some to the two of them.

Anyway, there were more chickens and eggs in her space than she could eat, and it wouldn't be a big deal to cook more, so she just took their share.

Not to mention the ginseng that was more than 300 years old last time, Zhao Junhao prepared 600 yuan for her.

However, Liu Jingxue refused to take so much, and after some arguing, she reluctantly accepted three hundred yuan.

As for Zhou Mingxuan, although he did not send Liu Jingxue money as requested, he did send her a lot of things. The popular tweed coats, woolen skirts, scarves, and small leather shoes from Beijing were all sent to her. It would probably cost at least two hundred yuan to buy all these things.

She had no choice but to accept it. Zhou Mingxuan put it down and left, not giving her any chance to refuse.

He also asked Zhao Junhao to convey a message, saying that the clothes and shoes were bought according to her body shape, and no one in their family could wear them. If she didn't want them, just throw them away, because it would be a waste to take them back anyway.

Liu Jingxue didn't expect Zhou Mingxuan to do this, which made her feel a little amused and helpless.

"Xiaoxue, do we not have to go to work anymore in the future?" Zhao Junhao was a little unconvinced.

"Grandpa Wu and the others still have to go to work, but we don't have to.

But Grandpa Wu and his team will only be working for a few days before they have to rest. Just like us, they will not start work until April next year.

As for us, we only need to work when delivering public grain, hunting in winter, and fishing in winter. The rest of the time is free to do as we please. "

"It's only mid-October now, and until April next year, that means I have half a year to rest. It's really great.

But it is really tiring when the autumn harvest comes." Zhao Junhao said with emotion.

Zhou Mingxuan said, "It's worth it to be tired for a month in exchange for half a year of rest.

But it’s been too boring staying at home every day for the past six months.”

“If you think there will be nothing to do next, you are wrong.

Next, everyone will be busy stockpiling vegetables and sauerkraut.

Before the heavy snow comes, collect the vegetables that should be harvested in the fields and store them in the cellar, and also pickle the sauerkraut.

I don’t know how to make sauerkraut, but I have already talked to Aunt Sufen. She will come to my house in a couple of days to help me make sauerkraut and teach me.

You can also hire an aunt or sister-in-law in the village to help you store sauerkraut.

The sauerkraut in Northeast China is very delicious. I stockpiled three jars, one large and two small, last year. However, I also had food from the cowshed, so I felt it was not enough after eating it for a while.

But this year, the cowshed has grown its own vegetables and plans to store its own sauerkraut. I have already bought the sauerkraut jar and sent it over." Liu Jingxue reminded the two.

Speaking of hoarding vegetables, Liu Jingxue remembered that the team asked educated youth to sell vegetables last year, and felt it necessary to tell the two of them.

“Last year, I told Aunt Sufen that many families in the village grew too many vegetables and couldn’t eat them all, so they rotted and it was such a waste.

I told my aunt about it and suggested that the educated youth in the team go to the city to find a job and sell the team's excess vegetables to give them some benefits.

The team adopted my suggestion and actually sold all the excess vegetables in the team. Later, when there were not enough vegetables to sell, they even got some vegetables from other production teams.

If you two are bored staying at home, why don't you go out and do something?

Firstly, it's a good opportunity for you to put into practice what you learned from Grandpa Wu, secondly, you can make some money, and thirdly, it's an opportunity to build good relationships with the villagers.

As far as I know, because the extra vegetables from last year were sold out, many families in the team planted a lot more this year, and they must be thinking of selling them for money.

I also think that it is not limited to selling fresh vegetables. In the Northeast, we eat radishes, cabbages, and potatoes every day in winter. People are tired of eating them. Sauerkraut, dried vegetables, dried mushrooms, and mountain products such as pine nuts and hazelnuts should also be in demand.

Although private transactions are not allowed now, you are negotiating business in the name of the production team. There was no problem last year, and it should be the same this year.

You can go talk to the captain about this."

When Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao heard this, they immediately became interested.

Zhou Mingxuan immediately said excitedly, "Xiaoxue, are you telling the truth?"

"How can I lie to you about this kind of thing?

And we need to do this as soon as possible. Last year, other production teams probably heard about it, and they will probably do the same this year.

However, the autumn harvest of other production teams is not as fast as ours, and it has not yet ended. After you discuss with the team leader, you can rush ahead and win the business. "

"Why don't we go to the captain's house now and talk to him," Zhao Junhao suggested.

Zhou Mingxuan shook his head and said, "There's no rush for this. We haven't figured out any rules yet, so it's not appropriate to go to the captain.

Let's go to the cowshed and find grandpa, discuss this matter with him, decide on the rules, and then go find the captain tomorrow."

When Liu Jingxue heard this, she urged, "Then you should go and discuss it with Grandpa Wu as soon as possible. Let them rest early because they still have to go to work tomorrow.

When the weather gets cooler and we finish selling vegetables, we can go hunting in the mountains to prepare meat for the winter."