The heavy sound of the hand-propelled rice harvester rang in the paddy fields under the blue sky, and the pace of pushing forward was quite difficult.
"Pengbin, do you want to have a rest?"
"It's OK. I can hold on to it."
Guo Pengbin pushed the machine, which was no longer new. His arm was in pain and his legs were almost unable to be pulled out in the field.
Now he is no younger than he is. For many years, he has been sitting in the office facing the computer, and his body is completely rusty. Yesterday, he pushed for a day, and his back was aching. Now he pushed this for a while, and he was about to fall into the field.
The scorching summer sun on his head, wearing a straw hat can not block the rough sun, his face red and transparent.
"Don't hang on." With the right of the next uncle looked at it, have been doing field work for so many years, a look to know when to have a rest, "you don't get heatstroke."
Guo Pengbin knew that was the reason. After pushing a few meters, he had to stop and give the harvester in his hands to Uncle Quan, "I'll have a rest..."
Although uncle Quan is more than 50 years old, he is short and has a big belly, but his work is quick. He grabs the armrest of the harvester and pushes forward.
Although there are many rice fields in the village, there is only one fully automatic rice harvester belonging to the village collective. Now it is the busy season of agriculture. Every family is competing to use it and can only queue up. Instead of waiting for machines, we first cut the crops on those narrow plots with cheap hand propelled harvesters.
"Hoo..." Guo Pengbin took a breath and kneaded his arms to the edge of the field to get some water to drink.
The field is very busy. Harvesting rice is not something that can be done by one or two people. His mother is also helping. His wife and his sister-in-law cook some mung bean soup and bring them to relieve the summer heat. On the other side of the field, Li Rongqin and his family are also cutting the fields. The weather forecast says that it will rain continuously for a few days. Everyone is in a hurry for the good weather in these days.
"Oh, look at your sweat." Yu Qi handed a scarf to her husband. Guo Pengbin laughed and took off his shirt. He took over the sweat towel and wiped his sweat. "I'm not tired of pushing on for a week more than ten years ago."
"You can brag." Of course, Yu Qi didn't believe it, and Guo Pengbin was bragging. He would be tired if he pushed on for a week at any age.
He ate most of the bowl of soup, looked around, "children, where are they?"
Before that, they all played at the edge of the field, including Xuanxuan of Li Rongqin's family, and several other families who had moved back. A group of children had played very well, and they all took the opportunity to go wild. These children used to live in cities and towns. Apart from nurseries, kindergartens and schools, they were all picked up by their parents after school. They didn't walk much and had little chance to go wild. Most of them were playing swings in small parks in their own communities.
"My parents have them." Yu Qi said, "it's too sunny here. They and other parents take their children back to the village."
Guo Pengbin nodded and looked at Uncle Quan who was working in the distance. The straw fell down in rows. He didn't know whether it was because of the sultry weather. He was a little dizzy. Everything over there was reflected again, and everything was normal again.
"Wife, this mung bean soup is delicious." Probably because he was tired and thirsty, he really ate very sweet.
"Sister Quan did it." Yu Qi said with a smile, "I hit a little bit."
"Maybe that's what played a key role." Guo Pengbin ate sweetly, and then he spoke sweetly, "wife..."
Yu Qi took a look at him and could hear that he wanted to say some words of thanks for suffering with him, "don't talk about these numb words." They used to be sweet and romantic, but now the old husband and wife can't stand it. Besides, seeing her husband sweating, what can she complain about.
"You know what I'm going to say?" Guo Pengbin was happy.
"It's better to live here now than in Dongzhou." Yu Qi said that they have been paying attention to the news. The situation in Dongzhou is not very good. There are more and more conflicts between Tianji personnel and strangers in the street, and the scene is more and more chaotic. "If you are still in Dongzhou, I'm afraid I will die."
Because of this, this remote and dilapidated village suddenly became lively. In addition to them and Li Rongqin's family, several other families moved back.
"Rongqin and I agreed to finish the farm work these days." Guo Pengbin with outlook said, "go to the town to buy some cement, bricks and other materials back, help each other, build a toilet for the home." He knows what his wife cares about and does need it.
"After a few days, you still have to move." Yu Qi looked at his back and legs ache, "don't get up at that time."
"I can get up. I'm not old enough." Guo Pengbin said with a smile.
While they were talking at the edge of the field, people were working in the fields. In the villages composed of yellow mud houses in the distance, there was more vitality than in the past. The children's laughter came back to this small village again, and several small local dogs chased their running and frolicking figures.
"Go Xiaohutou runs on the village road, holding a wild flower just picked from the edge of the rice field. The delicate flower is shaking in the wind."Brother, wait for me!" Vegetable girl ran behind, Xuanxuan, Xiaobao and other children also called. At first, they were not used to living here. In two days, they had a good time, running in the fields, catching insects and teasing dogs. Now they are reluctant to call them back to the city.
The old people who followed them yelled to let them run slowly and not fall down. There are few cars in the village, and the road is too small to drive in, and even motorcycles are rare. They are so relieved to let the children enjoy themselves and watch them have a good time.
Xiaohutou is running towards the entrance of the village. He wants to see the car. His car is parked there.
At this time, the vegetable girl and Xuan Xuan see that the tiger head running in front suddenly stops
"Brother?" The vegetable girl called, but then, her own pace also slowly stopped, and saw a man standing there at the intersection of the village head. Xuanxuan and they also stop one after another, and a few small local dogs shrink their tails and make an uneasy whine
The man in front of me How strange
They saw the man bent, like a hunchback, but not quite like him. He was very strange. His mouth protruded, his face was ragged, his skin was covered with plaque, his eyes were covered with bloodstains, and his protruding mouth was covered with bloody sharp teeth.
The weirdo is looking over here, looking at them.
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