Educated youth life ~ wheat harvest

Every May, I see the eyeful of wheat fields turn yellow overnight, rolling golden waves of wheat. When the harvester drove into the wheat field to harvest wheat, I couldn't help thinking of the scene of harvesting wheat in the educated youth era.

Fifty years ago, the wheat harvest season actually started when it was full. When the solar term is full, farmers set out to harvest wheat. In most places, there is a small complete market trade, commonly known as Xiaoman market. At the meeting, sickles, mulberry forks, shovels, bamboo rakes and brooms were all put in place. When they hear the sound of "wow, wow", the day of leaving the sickle is not far away.

"When the south wind comes at night, the wheat turns yellow", and the wheat harvest is a battle of "a day when the wheat is ripe, the tiger's mouth grabs the grain". "One year wrong, one year wrong" is not only reflected in sowing, but also in wheat harvest. A dry and hot wind can make mature wheat burst and seeds fall off, and half a year's hard work will be in vain. At that time, there were almost no harvesters, and the wheat harvest was all sickle cutting, cart transportation, stone grinding, and people carrying fields. It was nothing to describe the wheat harvest by grabbing!

In the production team, the division of labor between men and women is clear, and women only cut wheat. Even if the mature wheat is put down, the task is completed, so it is always earlier than the male labor. At three o'clock in the morning, before dawn, the women who cut wheat have already opened their sickles. At dawn, the male laborer pulled the wheat cart to the ground. The cart was loaded like a hill, pulled back to the ground and immediately spread out to dry. The fluffy the better. Since then, male laborers have been nailed to the fields. At noon, the sun is like fire. Every once in a while, they will turn over the fields, then be crushed in the hot sun, the forks will shake and raise, the wheat bran will fly, the wheat straw will pile up, and the wheat grains will be put into storage. That year, I stood side by side with the old farmer and was hit in the eye by the old farmer's mulberry fork. The face was covered with blood and wounded gloriously, leaving a scar that never hurts, recording the vicissitudes of the year. This lasted for more than ten days, every day, and no one was allowed to be absent from work. It was really tiring, but everyone didn't complain, and they were all immersed in the ocean of harvest joy.

In the weather of wheat harvest season, the temperature difference between day and night is very large. Wear two clothes early in the morning. When the sun comes out, I want to be naked, but there is a scorching sun and a wheat awn on it. I can only resist if my long clothes and trousers are fully armed. But it is inevitable that you will be stung by the sun, shed your skin on your face and scratch your body. This is normal. In order to maintain combat effectiveness and arouse enthusiasm, the team took out the savings at the bottom of the closet and put fried dough sticks in the oil pan every once in a while. The common people, also called Ma Tang, have a midnight snack alone. Everyone in the team has a job, and everything will be as usual tomorrow!

Times have changed. Today's wheat harvest is very different. A family is busy, a harvester is hired on the plain, and a family is on stage in the mountains. Without the excitement of the past and the collective strength, Bai Juyi's scene of "lotus flowers in the valley eat vegetables and children carry pot pulp" is reproduced, and the small-scale peasant economy has a long way to go to agricultural modernization. ...