After the students in the consolation team finished singing two children's songs and dancing two dances, the students cheered and jumped into the fields with a "plop-plop".

These students are playing crazier in the rice fields than Boss Zhou and the others!

They won't let go of things like field clams and torch fish that rural children don't catch at all.

They would try to catch any living creature that moved in the fields, except leeches and water lice.

"Ah, monitor, look, there's a big bird there!"

"Wow, what kind of bird is this? Why doesn't it fly? Come on, let's catch it!"

"Crake!"

Boss Zhou cheered, "Luo Xuan! Hurry down and catch the rails!"

During this period, there are actually quite a lot of rails in the rice fields.

They look a bit like pheasants, but are smaller than pheasants. They are bigger and bigger than pigeons, but they actually don't have much meat.

Crakes like to build nests in rice fields. At this time, there is not much rice left in the rice fields that has not yet been harvested.

The Crake's range of activities was getting smaller and smaller. When a large group of students jumped into the rice field and tossed it around, it immediately panicked.

In a few leaps and flutters, the two rails were exposed in front of everyone!

Boss Zhou jumped happily in the muddy water of the rice field: "Luo Xuan, hurry up and catch the rails!"

Catch a corncrake?

It's not that easy!

This kind of pheasant-like thing can fly when pressed. How can ordinary people catch it?

so,

Luo Xuan, who knew that most of his efforts would be in vain, did not move. Instead, he and Ji Xuyuan sat on the field, watching with interest Boss Zhou and the students, desperately chasing the rails there.

After a while,

A rail broke through the heavy siege surrounded by Boss Zhou and the others, and flew towards Luo Xuan with fluttering wings.

A rail can't fly very fast, but it can't be caught up with just two legs.

Seeing that this corncrake was about to cross the ridge and jump into another rice field...

At this moment!

I saw a sand sickle turning into a shadow, and with a "pop" sound, it hit the rail's wing with incomparable accuracy!

"Ah, Luo Xuan, you are so awesome!"

After Ji Xuyuan threw the sand sickle, he clapped his hands and shouted loudly, "Luo Xuan, you are so lucky, you hit the right spot!"

Luo Xuan turned his head and glanced at Ji Xuyuan, who was pretending to be just like the real one. He couldn't help but admire him: the old guy's skills were superb, his shots were quick, his accuracy and strength were so perfect, and he was really masterful in his control!

If the force is too weak, it may not be able to knock down the rail.

If the force is too strong, the sand sickle may be able to disembowel the rail on the spot and make it to pieces...

Cattle fork!

Luo Xuan was determined to learn this move!

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"Tired?"

"I'm tired. I'm so tired that my back hurts and my legs cramp. Oops, my old waist..."

As the sun set, Luo Xuan and Ji Xuyuan didn't even think about going to the production team to eat.

After harvesting rice for a day, it is really tiring!

An old man and a young man were sitting under the eaves, looking up at the bloody sunset and the flaming clouds.

The clouds are rolling and relaxing, and the evening breeze is falling in the courtyard.

Today Luo Xuan and Ji Xuyuan finished work a little earlier than others.

no way.

Ji Xuyuan was the hero who donated the radio to the brigade headquarters, and he was not yet a member of Zhengxing Team 6, nor did he earn collective work points.

Ji Xuyuan naturally worked when he wanted and rested when he wanted. Captain Liao didn't dare to stop him.

Luo Xuan, on the other hand, is half a labor force, so he originally earns fewer work points.

In addition, the biggest weapon for harvesting rice this year is that others participated in the improvement, and Luo Xuan donated it to the production team.

Who has the nerve to care whether he works or not?

To put it bluntly, if Luo Xuan carries a threshing machine and goes to another production brigade.

Custody is a heartthrob wherever he goes, and every production team will welcome him!

Luo Xuan and Ji Xuyuan went home early, but in fact at this time, the strong laborers in the production team had not finished work yet.

They were all still in the rice fields, continuing to carry mixing barrels, threshing machines, grain racks, bamboo fences and other items.

Because harvesting rice is considered to be the most time-sensitive among all farm tasks in the production team.

none of them.

Because in this season, the weather is often very unstable.

It may be very hot in the morning, then there will be a heavy rain at noon, and then in the afternoon the clouds will clear and the sun will shine again.

It may also rain for two consecutive days. In this case, the mature rice in the rice fields will suffer heavy losses.

so,

Wait until the women, children, old and weak laborers return home.

Those strong laborers will continue to carry tools and machines to the rice fields that need to be harvested tomorrow to save time on tomorrow's work.

After sitting for a while, Luo Xuan felt that the burning pain from being cut due to bundling of straw dissipated a lot.

Then he asked Ji Xuyuan, "How is it? Life in the countryside is not easy, isn't it?"

Ji Xuyuan replied leisurely, "It's quite difficult."

"Then do you still plan to settle down in the countryside?"

"Luo! I am determined to move my household registration to Zhengxing Brigade."

Ji Xuyuan looked determined, "What I feel in the production team is that I am physically tired. But my heart feels very relaxed."

"You have never experienced the feeling of being...alienated from others."

Ji Xuyuan sighed, "Every time I stand on the roof, I look at the people passing by the door of my courtyard.

They always point at the door of my compound and talk about it.

What I saw in their eyes was contempt, indignation, and even a trace of hatred."

"When I first came here, people like Peng Zhikun, Uncle Zhang, and my third sister-in-law looked at me with only awe and even a little fear."

Ji Xuyuan smiled and said, "But today I worked for a whole day and survived. Do you know what I saw in their eyes?"

Luo Xuan didn't answer.

Ji Xuyuan smiled slightly, "What I saw was respect. When I was so tired that I couldn't straighten up, I saw compassion and concern from their expressions..."

"I like this feeling of not being rejected or hated by others, so I like living here."

Ji Xuyuan was about to continue.

But I heard someone shouting outside the bamboo fence, "Luo Xuan, Comrade Luo, are you at home?"

Looking up,

I saw a man and a woman, two middle-aged people, outside the wall. They were holding things in their hands and looking into the yard.

Luo Xuan stood up and invited the two of them to the yard, moved a stool for them to sit down, and then asked them what their purpose was.

"We are from the Wutong Brigade. My surname is He. This is my lover, whose surname is Zheng."

The middle-aged man took out a pack of "Daqianmen", took out one and handed it to Ji Xuyuan who was aside, but Ji Xuyuan waved it down.

"I see that you are also very busy and tired, right? Then I'll get straight to the point."

The middle-aged man saw that Luo Xuan and Ji Xuyuan were still wearing the clothes they used to work in the fields. The clothes were speckled with mud, which was very eye-catching.

"That's right. The main reason we came here is to ask Comrade Luo Xuan to see if you can do me a favor?"

Luo Xuan said, "Please tell me."

The middle-aged man said, "Isn't the township in the process of expanding the agricultural machinery factory? I heard that it is possible to merge the sand foundry and the carpentry club into the agricultural machinery factory. By then, the agricultural machinery factory in the township will be huge.

Not careful."

Luo Xuan asked in surprise, "What does this have to do with me?"

The middle-aged man glanced at his lover, and the woman stood up and handed the gift in her hand to Luo Xuan, "This is our little thought. I hope you won't dislike it, Comrade Luo."
To be continued...