Hard times have room

Chapter 212
"Boom boom boom boom."

It was raining heavily outside, but the villagers in Shanghe Village, who had been in drought for more than two months, were not happy.

Anyone who brings you this pouring rain when the rice is ripe and harvested will not look good.

Originally, in the early spring of this year, at the end of February, there was a cold spring. All the seeds planted in the village froze to death, which delayed the time. In mid-March, the weather was completely warm before planting and raising seedlings.

Who would have known that the weather this year could be so changeable and bad. First, it was cold in spring and the seedlings were frozen to death. Then in May, the drought started again. The drought lasted until July. The villagers worked hard to carry water and water them. Humanely, it’s hard to wait until the time of harvest. The heavy rain comes again. If it rains for a long time, the rice stalks will become soft and easy to fall, which will affect the harvest and yield. If the rain continues for a long time, the rice will germinate. .

This is also too good at picking time. I don’t come when I should come, and I rush here when I shouldn’t.

It's pretty dark now, just like it was yesterday when it was about to plunge into darkness at 07:30 pm.

Originally, the village agreed to harvest the rice today. Who knew that a big black cloud suddenly appeared. No one cared about it. After all, this black cloud is very common in Shanghe Village in the past two months. For the moon, the eyes are almost looking forward to the flowers, and after waiting for more than two months, the heavy rain is still missing.

Who would have thought that it was such a coincidence that he came immediately when he didn’t expect it. It had been working for two hours, and the field had already been cut for ten acres, and the people behind had already taken off more than ten load of rice by knocking and smashing wooden barrels. , the young and strong people in the village have already picked it back to the sunbathing area to go to the sun, and the first one to pick it up, the outer layer is almost dry.

But when it rained, everything had to come again. With the help of the two old men who were drying the grains and driving away the birds, and the other old men in the village who rushed to the village, they kept the dozen or so load. Although some rice was washed away, it was not much, only a few dozen pounds at most.

However, although the rice was not washed away, it was all stuck together with the soil under the ground.

In the process of rushing to harvest the rice, they all piled up the things directly. At that time, what they thought was that it would be fine if they were not washed away. How could they manage so much? People should wash it after the rain stops, otherwise it will not be good if it is embedded in the soil and hardened with the soil.

The rain came in a hurry. It was originally a black cloud. Later, it was suddenly found that the Daqing Ridge was completely dark.

Immediately, the team leader stopped and asked people to finish cutting the ten acres of land. As for whether to collect it later, it depends on the day.

If the weather is good, the sun is out, and the dark clouds have dissipated, then continue. If the weather is bad, you can only continue on another day. After all, the dark area of ​​Daqingling is really frightening.

The rest, like Su Hongying, who were originally harvesting rice, ordered more than 20 people. Xu Aiguo asked him to go back to help put the rice away, and then put it out in the sun when the weather cleared.

This year, 1 to [-] mu of land had already been abandoned. This is nearly [-] catties of rice, and it just disappeared. I don't have the face to go on anymore.

Now I am not afraid of trouble and waste of manpower. As long as the grains in the fields can be safely and steadily recovered, it will be worth the effort.

It's a pity that it's still too late. They just walked halfway, and the rain couldn't wait to come down.

Fortunately, the old people in the village saw that the weather was not right, and hurried out to help. Otherwise, when Su Hongying and the others came back, at least half of the rice in the sun terrace would have been washed away.

The big raindrops were very dense, and they hit the unprepared people underground like a gust of wind and rain. The little bit was blown down by the strong wind that accompanied the heavy rain.

Pauline herself was staggered, and finally Dongmei, who was standing next to her, helped her, and she didn't fall down. After that, the two held each other with one hand, and the other hand was placed on the ground. On the forehead, lower the head, try to resist the heavy rain pouring down from the top of the head, and reduce the rainwater flowing into the eyes.

The eyes that have entered the rain are very stinging and uncomfortable, even if I keep my eyes closed, because the previous rain is still in my eyes and gathers around the eye sockets.

However, the clothes were all wet, so there was no need to wipe them at all. I could only occasionally turn my hands behind my back, shrunk my shoulders, scribbled my sleeves, squeezed the water, and then wiped my eyes with my sleeves to relieve myself.

But in the face of the strong wind and heavy rain, the two of them didn't think about leaving immediately. The short-term heavy rainfall had already made the road extremely slippery. With the strong wind, they did not dare to try to walk easily.

After all, they were going down a big slope. If they were not careful, they would fall over. The other people who were with them in the field didn't dare to walk around, they were all waiting for the wind and rain to rest.

This big slope is something they must descend on their way home, and they can’t get around it. If possible, who wouldn’t want to hide at home when such bad weather arrives, sit comfortably on a stool and listen to the sound of the rain, Instead of accepting the wind and rain helplessly here.

They were sent by the captain to pick up the ears of rice. A total of five people of the same age as them were trapped here, and no one dared to go downhill in such a harsh environment.

Pauline didn't know if it had been more than ten minutes or more than 20 minutes, but the rain finally became less and less. The wind has almost stopped, which is specifically reflected in the fact that when it rains, the rain line connecting the sky and the earth in the distance is not as oblique as before.

Only then did they have the courage to break a vine branch from the roadside, act as a crutch, and slowly descend the slope.

They had seen it before going downhill, and there were still people in the fields below, and there were also people trotting home in the rain on the small road not far away.

There are more than five of them who dare not move under this kind of rain!

Of course, it is also possible that the wind and rain were too heavy, and they were trapped like Paulin and the others. For the sake of safety, when the rain and the wind eased a little, they could not wait to trot towards home. .

It's not that they don't want to run, but the field roads that have been washed by the rain for a long time do not allow them to act recklessly, otherwise they will fall!

The fields of Shanghe Village are not open on small open plains, but on gradually higher mountainous terrain. When the field road falls out, it is half a meter, one meter, or even two meters high. There are no stones underneath. Know, I believe that no one dares to do this challenge, unless this person is extremely brainless.

(End of this chapter)