boyutpedia Chapter 1134: Autumn Harvest Again
Chapter 1134: Autumn Harvest Again
The autumn harvest in 74 was the most tiring one that Liu Jingxue had ever participated in since she went to the countryside to participate in the autumn harvest.
Because the Red Star Production Team wanted to seize the market before the breeding industry was fully promoted, relying on its advantage of seizing the opportunity, it expanded the breeding industry several times this year, which resulted in more than enough manpower in each breeding farm.
In addition, there are those who want to sabotage secretly. Although they are not endless, there are always one or two people who pop up from time to time and want to do something bad.
You know, during the autumn harvest, all the major farms have reached the harvest period. If someone really succeeds in stealing their products, the production team will suffer a huge loss.
Therefore, although there were not enough people, in order to protect the major farms, the production team still organized militia teams to guard the major farms day and night to prevent anyone from doing anything bad.
As a result, even fewer people are able to go to the fields to harvest the crops.
There was no other way. Those people in the production team who were unable to work in the fields due to old age or health reasons were no longer able to rest.
Since you can't work in the fields, it should be okay for you to go to the farm and help out during this period.
If all else fails, you can go and help out at the drying dam.
At least it can free up the manpower that was originally working on the farm and can go to the fields to harvest the crops.
Originally, the production team gave preferential treatment to those girls who were old enough and were ready to get married. If there were many laborers in their families, they could consider not letting them go to the fields.
After all, if you get too tanned after harvesting in autumn, it won’t affect your appearance.
Sorry, we don’t have enough staff this year, so this policy is no longer available.
You also have to go to the fields to work.
All pregnant women who were originally given preferential treatment, except those who were about to give birth, were forced to work in the fields.
However, the production team was not stupid and would not deliberately make things difficult for them. They all did what they could.
Those young children who used to run around the production team all day long no longer have this treatment since the beginning of this year.
The production team raised so many poultry, and the amount of fodder consumed every day was not a small amount.
These children were assigned to mow the grass and catch insects.
During the autumn harvest, the older children were assigned to help in the fields, while the younger ones continued to cut grass.
After all, in a while, when it snows heavily, there will be no fodder to cut, so we have to hurry up and store more.
Lightning, the cat raised by Liu Jingxue, had no time to stay with her during the day and was requisitioned early.
After all, all the adults in the production team were busy with their own things, and the children went into the mountains to cut grass with no one watching them. If human traffickers sneaked in and took the children away, that would be bad.
Lightning and Heizi from Uncle Ji's family were responsible for going into the mountains with the children and protecting them.
Over the past year or so, the villagers have become very familiar with Lightning. They know that it never bites people and are no longer afraid of it.
The mouth guard I wore last year has long been removed.
After all, they had to help the production team catch the bad guys who were causing trouble, and wearing a muzzle would seriously reduce their deterrent effect.
But even so, there were still not enough people because some of the strong laborers were transferred to guard the farm.
The team leader was not a stubborn person. Long before the autumn harvest began, he went to the commune to find Secretary Yan and told him about the difficulties of the production team.
Fortunately, he went to complain, and after the autumn harvest began, the commune supported the Red Star Production Team with two tractors and some gasoline.
Of course, the tractor drivers didn’t have any. After all, the tractor drivers of the commune were also from the production teams below, and they all had to go back to support the autumn harvest of their own production teams.
The Red Star Production Team is short of people, but not tractor drivers. After all, their production team now has six tractor drivers.
In addition, the commune went to the town government to ask for assistance, and the town public security bureau also sent several police officers.
During the autumn harvest period of the Red Star Production Team, these public security officers will be stationed at the Red Star Production Team to help guard the production team's various farms.
After Secretary Yan achieved successful results in breeding in the Red Star Production Team, he reported the Red Star Production Team's vigorous development of breeding to the town government.
The town government is also waiting to see the results of this year, wondering whether it can be fully promoted in Linshan Town in the future.
We must give our full support at this time, lest any mistakes occur and ruin their good deeds.
After all, there is no shortage of meat everywhere in the country these days.
If they can expand breeding in their jurisdiction, even if it doesn't completely solve the meat shortage problem, it will still be a major political achievement for them if it only partially alleviates it.
The deterrent power of the police in this era is still quite strong. In this way, a few militia members who were originally supposed to guard the farm during the day can be withdrawn to go down to the fields to harvest the crops.
Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao were also busy during the autumn harvest and had to work in the fields.
Knowing that the production team is short of manpower, it would be unacceptable if they were still lazy at home and didn't go out to help.
In addition to working in the fields, they have more things to do than others.
They have to get up before dawn every day, go to the farms to load trucks, and deliver orders for those whose units do not have vehicles and cannot pick up the goods themselves.
We also have to contact by phone to arrange the time for those units who come to the production team to pick up goods.
After all, the daily output of the production team is limited. If it is not arranged well, they will all come in one day, which is not a bad thing.
Only after finishing all this can the two of them go to the fields to harvest.
But fortunately, there are two of them and they can take turns.
Even so, the Red Star Production Team's autumn harvest this year was five or six days later than in previous years before they managed to collect all the grain.
As for the subsequent drying, threshing, and recycling of oranges, those can be done slowly.
After all this busy work, except for Liu Jingxue who felt fine, everyone else who was rushing to harvest was exhausted.
They all became darker and thinner.
Mr. Wu was fine. He had been busy at the rabbit farm. Apart from going to work earlier than usual in the morning and coming back later at night, and the fact that no one could deliver lunch to him at noon and he had to bring it to him in the morning, he was not too tired.
After all, Liu Jingxue, Zhou Mingxuan, Zhao Junhao and others had prepared a lot of bacon and salted meat at home before the autumn harvest, so their food was not bad.
I also have ginseng chicken soup stewed every few days to nourish myself.
The production team has raised so many chickens, ducks and geese this year, and the daily egg production has reached more than 7000. Now we can sell live chickens, ducks, geese and rabbits every day.
Knowing that the autumn harvest is hard work, how could they not take care of the villagers in their village?
The production team had long stipulated that during the autumn harvest, every household could use work points to exchange for 200 eggs, two roosters, ducks and geese, or two rabbits from the production team at a low price.
These things, plus the inventory of each household, will prevent the body from being worn out by excessive fatigue from the autumn harvest.
Even if there is some loss, it can be recovered by hibernating in the next few months.
After the autumn harvest, Liu Jingxue can rest, but Mr. Wu has to continue working at the rabbit farm.
As for Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao, they started their vegetable selling business again.
After all, not only the villagers of the Red Star Production Team were waiting for them, but even the villagers of other production teams were also looking forward to the Red Star Production Team purchasing a variety of their vegetables.