After the divorce, he settled in Northwest China and became a Shennong (a legendary Chinese farmer).

Chapter 121 Risking one's life, giving out red envelopes

Wei Zimin, the man wearing the baseball cap, quickly stepped forward upon hearing Liao Laosan's question and said, "They say the weather is going to change, so they're preparing to work through the night."

Earlier, Liao Laosan had seen Gu Tong, Chen Shuyong, and others talking outside, so he asked Wei Zimin to find out what was going on.

Upon hearing this, Liao Laosan couldn't help but purse his lips: "They say the weather changes just like that? The weather forecast said the next few days would be sunny. Never mind them, let's go back to sleep."

They recently completed the mowing of 1 mu of pasture, and in the past two days they have already moved into 2 mu of new grassland to begin operations.

The 1 mu of cut grass is still drying. Some of it is completely dry, while some still has a high moisture content. He plans to wait until it is completely dry before raking and bundling it.

Anyway, the "main force" of the Jinfeng Group will arrive in Tecos in less than two days, so he doesn't need to rush.

Gu Tong and the others went back to the hotel and immediately went to sleep. He arranged for six substitute players to play as the first team.

Meanwhile, Ma Dongwen, Dong Jun, Ma Yucheng, Ai Zezi, Wang Qi, and Ma Tianbao can sleep for an extra six hours before replacing the substitutes.

In short, the key is to rotate and rest players reasonably, with a focus on taking care of players who are physically weak or older.

Two hours later, Chen Shuyong called to say that preparations for the night operation were complete.

After hanging up the phone, Gu Tong called up the first team, making a total of 18 people including himself, and they arrived at the work site of the 2 mu grassland in the dark.

He chose a good camera position and quietly started the live stream.

It was already 11 p.m., and many fans had already gone to sleep, but some "night owls" had entered the live stream.

【Traveling with the Birds】: "Dude, what are you doing? Starting a live stream so late, are you planning to work through the night?"

"Due to the weather, we must harvest the hay quickly. Time is of the essence, so I won't say more. This live broadcast will continue until tomorrow morning."

After replying, Gu Tong ignored what was happening in the live stream.

Each group has a new temporary group leader. The six substitute players are both excited and a little nervous. Everyone is quietly warming up the car, and no one dares to make a sound.

"Zhang Peng, you're in charge of the plot on the far right. Remember, don't rush, and make sure to coordinate well with the transport vehicles. All team leaders, listen to my orders and begin operations!"

At Gu Tong's command, 17 hay harvesters began cutting and flattening the hay.

Zhang Peng drove the silage harvester alone to the farthest plot on the right, and soon joined the busy work.

In the course of their careers.

As night fell, lights flickered across the fields, and combine harvesters, like phantoms in the darkness, swiftly harvested patch after patch of pasture.

【Traveling with the Birds】: "This is the first time I've seen homework done at night. It's completely different from daytime homework. It's very interesting."

There weren't many viewers in the live stream, only a few thousand, but they were all glued to the screen like "Little Bird," none of them wanting to go to sleep.

There's a mysterious, dark rhythm to doing homework at night; to be honest, it's not something you usually see.

Although the six substitutes, including Diar, have made great progress after several days of training, they still feel somewhat overwhelmed when facing nighttime operations.

One reason is that the light is worse at night than during the day, making it easier to deviate from the route while traveling.

There are also psychological factors. Working at night brings more pressure, and people are more prone to drowsiness, which can lead to distorted technical movements.

"Diar, Yusup, Wu Tianming, Landis, Mao Yong, you must first stay calm. Don't rush. It's okay if you can't keep up with the pace of the other groups, but you must not deviate from the course."

Gu Tong surveyed the entire situation and reminded the substitute players via walkie-talkie when appropriate.

He couldn't pay attention to Zhang Peng's side; they were quite far apart and it was nighttime, so he couldn't see the other person's condition at all.

"Received on the 19st."

"Received on the 21st."

"Received on the 24st."

Diar and his group of five responded immediately. Zhang Peng replied after a while, saying, "Received on the 20th."

Gu Tong nodded and continued her homework.

Five o'clock in the morning.

Ma Dongwen and others rushed over. They had slept for about 8 hours and were full of energy. They immediately threw themselves into the battle.

Gu Tong told Diar to take a few substitute players to rest on the spot and sleep for a while, since apart from Ma Dongwen and others, the other players had only slept for 2 hours.

At eight o'clock in the morning, everyone stopped working, the restaurant owner delivered a steaming hot breakfast, and Gu Tong also ended the broadcast.

There weren't many people left in the live stream room; most fans had gone to sleep before midnight, but they vividly remembered the scene of working at night.

Today's breakfast includes bone broth, baked buns, and a large bucket of strong brick tea.

After dinner, Ai Kebai led a group to tally the amount of homework done from the night until now, and reported back to Gu Tong.

"Five substitute players and Lao Ma took turns working for nine hours, harvesting 320 mu of forage. The remaining 12 harvesters worked for nine hours, harvesting 980 mu of forage. One silage harvester worked for nine hours, harvesting 400 mu."

mu."

"Not bad, not bad! The area worked from night to now has reached 1700 mu, and there are still 1800 mu of pasture left to be harvested."

The next arrangement was this: I took Diar and his group of six, including Zhang Peng, and seven pieces of equipment to start raking and bundling hay.

Chen Liang and the five people who worked through the night can rest. You can arrange the rest. The other ten harvesters will continue mowing. Brother Ma, you'll have to work harder and continue operating the silage harvester.

Gu Tong then made arrangements, letting Chen Liang and the other six rest, while he led Diya'er, Zhang Peng and others to start shoveling and bundling grass.

The first priority is to harvest approximately 5000 mu (about 333 hectares) of completely dried forage. If all goes well, the seven machines should be able to complete this task by the afternoon. However, Diyar and his team of six are novices, so the exact timeframe is uncertain.

Nine o'clock.

The entire team sprang into action again, and six people, including Gu Tong, have been up all night without closing their eyes.

However, all six of them are strong and healthy men, and so far none of them have fallen behind.

"You guys follow my pace. It's better to be slow than to mess up the hay, otherwise we won't be able to bale it. Landis, stick to the planned route, you've gone off course!"

Gu Tong worked while directing, but Diar and the other six people couldn't keep up at all, forcing him to constantly provide on-site guidance.

However, after overcoming the initial chaos, the substitute players gradually found their rhythm, and the game became smoother and smoother.

These young men learn quickly and are obedient, so their progress is rapid. Practice makes perfect, especially in harvesting operations like this, which are the best training ground for people. As long as they can grit their teeth and persevere, the rewards will be enormous.

The transport vehicles lined up in a long queue, and one truckload after another of bundles of hay were transported away.

By 2 p.m., the 10,000 mu of hay had been cleared away, leaving only stubble scattered on the ground.

"Captain, those of you who haven't rested since dinner, go get some sleep, otherwise you won't be able to keep going."

During the meal, Ai Kebai spoke very seriously to Gu Tong.

In fact, Ai Kebai hadn't rested at all. While Gu Tong led six substitute players to collect hay, he led the others to continue cutting grass.

"Don't just criticize me, you need to take a break too."

Gu Tong nodded, finished her meal in a few bites, and then pulled Ai Kebai and the others to rest.

The weather in Tekos was already quite cool this time of year. The six men, wrapped in military overcoats, lay down on the edge of the field and soon fell asleep.

Gu Tong could actually endure it, but it was pointless; sometimes going with the flow was the best choice.

While the others were sleeping, Dong Jun led the young men to continue raking and bundling hay, transporting the semi-dried hay from the field.

Semi-dried hay can be placed in a well-ventilated place to air dry, or it can be dried slightly in the sun when the weather improves and then become hay.

Gu Tong and the others got up after sleeping for more than three hours. At 7 p.m., Dong Jun and the substitutes completed 5000 meters.

The task of planting half an acre of grass.

"Diar, you six go get something to eat and then go back to the hotel to sleep. I'll call you if anything comes up."

Gu Tong promptly sent the six young men away and then inquired about the progress of the lawn mowing.

From 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., excluding a half-hour lunch break, the working time is 9.5 hours, and the working area of ​​10 harvesters is 1100 mu.

The silage harvester covered an area of ​​400 mu (approximately 66.7 hectares). It was clear that Ma Yucheng's physical strength was significantly depleted, and his work efficiency had decreased.

"There are only 300 mu left, Brother Ma. After you finish eating, go back and rest. I'll take care of the machines."

Gu Tong told everyone to stop doing their homework and start having dinner once everyone had arrived. He also adjusted the homework schedule at the same time.

Apart from Ma Yucheng, the other 16 people were all engaged in hay bale and baling, while Gu Tong himself operated the silage harvester alone.

However, Ma Yucheng did not return to the hotel. He sat on the ground for a while and then joined the team that was gathering and bundling grass.

Then, the weather forecast finally arrived, saying that there would be a significant rainfall event throughout Tekos County from tonight to tomorrow, with light to moderate rain and heavy rain in some areas.

Liao Laosan and the others returned to town after finishing their day's work. They had received a call from their employer that morning, asking them to rush to harvest hay.

But there were only 10 of them, and they didn't have all the equipment for hay gathering and baling. The key issue was that they didn't have the will to work hard.

The weather wasn't their fault; they just needed to follow the procedures, and no one could find fault with them.

As a result, a large amount of cut hay was piled up in the fields, and they had no intention of working through the night.

"You're just sitting here eating and drinking without a care in the world? Don't you know it's going to rain tonight or tomorrow? Your employer is telling you to rush the harvest, and this is your attitude?"

However, some people in the county said that Jinfeng Group is a large agricultural machinery service company, and they should have a share of the local market.

Now it seems that this statement was completely wrong. Why should a company that doesn't care about its customers be respected? Liao Laosan and his ilk represent the Jin Feng Group, and they have slapped themselves in the face.

"Cadre Chen, we've done our best. We don't have enough manpower or equipment. We really didn't mean to slack off."

Liao Laosan also realized that something was wrong, so he quickly stood up to explain.

Chen Shuyong was too lazy to waste words with him and directly called his superiors to report.

A phone call came from the relevant authorities to Lu Mengzhou, and only then did Lu Mengzhou realize that Li Yong and his group had made such a huge mess in Tecos.

He then ordered Li Yong to immediately clean up the mess at Tecos: "Mr. Li, you can leave only after you've cleaned up this mess. I'll keep this in mind for now. When you go to the provincial capital for the next meeting, you can personally explain this to the head office."

Li Yong had no idea that Liao Laosan would dare to act on his own and not report anything to him.

He immediately called Liao Laosan and ordered him to harvest the crops overnight. He then led support personnel and equipment to Tekos.

Just as the major campaign in YW County was coming to an end, he urgently mobilized 10 sets of equipment and personally led a team to support Liao Laosan.

10pm.

All the wet grass on Gu Tong's side has been transferred, and the harvesting of the last hundred-plus acres of pasture was also accomplished through everyone's concerted efforts.

The entire team collapsed to the ground. The day and night of harvesting had been exhausting; even young people couldn't handle it, let alone some of the middle-aged ones among them.

The employers brought milk tea and thin-skinned steamed buns, and everyone grabbed the buns and ate them without caring whether their hands were clean or not.

"Captain Gu, thank you for your hard work! This is a small token of our appreciation. Please don't think it's too little; each team member will receive a red envelope."

Everyone saw what Gu Tong's team did.

Regardless of whether it rains tonight or not, they must remember this favor.

Therefore, after discussing it, the employers gave each team member a red envelope containing 1000 yuan, including the six substitute players.

"Everyone, this is too much! On behalf of everyone, thank you. Ai Kebai, go and distribute red envelopes to everyone."

Gu Tong did not refuse, feeling that he could not speak for all the team members and reject their kindness.

So he had Ai Kebai take the red envelopes and distribute them to the team members on the spot.

Since Diar and the other six were not there, Gu Tong asked Aikbai to keep the remaining red envelopes and return them to the hotel.

When it came time to settle the bill, Gu Tong and Ma Yucheng discussed it and agreed to charge a uniform price of 100 yuan per mu as a return gift to the employer.

Everyone went straight to bed as soon as they got back to the hotel, and even Gu Tong didn't bother to take a shower.

However, he still sent a message to Gulixian, saying that his team had successfully completed the mission and he just wanted to sleep now, and would contact her again after he woke up.

Just as Gu Tong was drifting off to sleep, Li Yong arrived in Tekos with a reinforcement team of agricultural machinery.

He didn't scold anyone; he even comforted Liao Laosan a few times before telling everyone to hurry up and get as much hay as possible.

early morning.

Gu Tong woke up to the sound of pattering rain.

In a daze, he forgot where he was. In fact, he hadn't had an easy time these past two days either.

Getting out of bed, Gu Tong walked to the window and opened it. A cool, refreshing breeze blew in, moist and carrying a faint scent of grass.

Once her mind cleared, Gu Tong suddenly remembered something: "I've already received 310 million yuan in fees, shouldn't we distribute the money to everyone now?"

With this thought in mind, he quickly sat down at his desk, took out the team's ledger, and began to do the accounting.