"Hey, uncle is so awesome. Now the whole village has gone to pick peaches. I have to go and have a look," Li Wen said with a smile after feeding the pigs.

"Go ahead, everyone may have to work all night tonight, so bring some cold water to your dad and the others," the old lady said with a smile.

Li Wen had never seen such a large procession of picking peaches in the whole village. He went to the kitchen and drank a large bowl of cold water. After resting for a while, he took the water and went to the peach garden in the village.

From afar, I saw countless backpacks and hand baskets placed outside the peach garden, all filled with red peaches.

Some older people were picking up peaches from hand baskets and sorting out the bad ones, while half-year-old children were carrying baskets and small sacks. The scene was very spectacular. (The scene was filled with loud gongs and drums.

, firecrackers bursting in unison, can only be described with this word)

"Awen is back, Xiaowen is back, you are the great hero of our village this time," Li Wen walked all the way to the fields. The elders and aunties who were picking fruits caught Li Wen and praised him fiercely!

Li Wen smiled and greeted everyone, and also encouraged the little guys who were working.

When we walked into the peach grove, there were people everywhere on and under the trees. Everyone was busy and busy, and few people were lazy. Everyone knew that after selling the peaches, the village would receive a large dividend, so they were all very happy and attentive.

"Awen, you're back," Uncle Jiu, who was standing aside, walked out with two baskets of peaches and said happily when he saw Li Wen.

It was already dark, and everyone was picking peaches. No one noticed Li Wen coming in. Li Decai shouted, and everyone raised their heads and lowered their heads to look at Li Wen. Then countless praises and compliments came from the peach forest.

Li Wenna saw this posture, picked up a cage of peaches and followed Uncle Jiu, and hurriedly walked out.

"Ah Wen, you did a great job today, I admire you." When he arrived outside the orchard, Li Decai put down his burden and gave Li Wen a thumbs up.

"Your uncle and I have been living in the Taoyuan for five years. These peach trees have grown from small to large. My uncle has worked hard. But after planting the peaches, they have just reached enough for two consecutive years. The peaches are not sold for money, and there is a lot of discussion in the village.

Get up."

"Recently, the peaches have ripened in the Taoyuan, and I couldn't sleep all night. I'm really unwilling. I didn't expect you to solve my uncle's problem today." Li Decai gently touched the peach tree beside him and shed tears in excitement.

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"Uncle Jiu, don't get excited. I am also a member of our Sanxing Village and a member of the Li family. This is what I should do," Li Wen hurriedly explained and comforted.

"Okay, that's good. I'm so happy that a promising person like you has come out of our Li family." Li Decai excitedly patted Li Wen on the shoulder.

"Uncle, everyone in our village is working together. Can we pick all the peaches tonight?" Li Wen asked.

"We can finish picking. It was hot during the day and we didn't dare to pick, so we started picking at around 5pm. We have been picking for an hour and have picked almost five acres of fruits. I estimate that we can finish picking in five hours."

Li Decai said with a smile.

"The power of the people is really great," Li Wen said with emotion as he looked at the busy figures inside and outside the orchard.

"Haha, you boy, you have made the greatest contribution to our village this time. The production team leader and party secretary are going to reward you with a bicycle," Li Decai said with a smile.

"Holy crap, no way, it's more than a hundred yuan, how generous is the village?" Li Wen said in shock.

"If it weren't for your kid, we would be so slow to sell in the town, and the price would only be 12 cents. The difference between tens of thousands of kilograms is several thousand yuan. Shouldn't we reward you?" Li Decai took out the dry cigarette in his pocket, lit it and took a puff.

Said leisurely.

"Okay then," Li Wen said it was true and he didn't care.

"Uncle Jiu, how are we going to transport so many peaches? There are only a few cars in our village?" Li Wen looked at the pile of baskets at the entrance of the orchard and wondered.

"Our village has three ox-carts, a horse-drawn carriage, a mule cart, and more than 20 platoon carts. In the afternoon, the party secretary and the production team leader borrowed five ox-carts and 20 more ox-carts from the production teams next door.

The cars are lined up on the ground; these are probably not enough. Let the remaining peaches be carried by the commune members on burdens, and the women can carry a basket on their backs." Li Decai looked at the peaches in the distance as if his eyes were shining.

"We the people have strength, we the people are not afraid of hardship," Li Wen sighed!

"It doesn't matter. As long as we can have enough to eat, we farmers will be full of energy," Li Decai said enthusiastically.

"Let's go in. Look at you carrying water, I know where your mother and the others are," Li Decai finished smoking a pot of dry cigarettes, dusted the cigarette stem and said with a smile.

"Awen, you're back," Wang Chunmei, the mother who was picking up peaches under the tree, watched Li Wen walk in carrying a jar of water.

"I just got home and heard my grandma say that the whole village came to pick peaches, so I stopped by to help," Li Wen said with a smile.

"Okay, go ahead and pick the peaches. There are not enough people to pick peaches. His second aunt came to drink water, and Awen brought water from home," the mother said, and said to the second aunt who was picking peaches on the side.

"Okay, let me take a sip. This time today is really stressful," Second Aunt Cui Yanzi said as she walked over in a hurry.

"You little guys, be careful when you go up the tree," Li Wen looked at his brothers who were in the tree like the monkeys.

"I know, brother, how tall is this tree? It's a joke." Li Tao picked peaches with deft hands and feet while joking with Li Wen.

Li Wen saw that all the little guys were very busy, so he quickly joined them.

After half a night of busy work, almost all the peaches in the peach orchard were picked. Since the little ones could not stay up late, the women had taken them home to rest.

On the village road outside Taoyuan, horse-drawn carriages, ox-carts, and streetcars are arranged neatly, up to a hundred meters in length, and they look very spectacular.

The men began to load the peaches into the car, while the careful women carried grass on their backs and stuffed the baskets and around the carriage to act as a buffer and reduce damage to the peaches.

For more than an hour, ten livestock carts and dozens of field carts were all loaded with peaches, but just like that, there were still less than half of the peaches left!

The remaining peaches fell on the village's more than 100 strong laborers and dozens of young women.

Each strong laborer carried two baskets of more than one hundred kilograms of peaches on his back, while the women carried one basket on their backs, weighing about fifty or sixty kilograms.

"Young and old men, are you ready?" the production team leader stood in the middle of the team and shouted.

"Okay!" everyone shouted in unison.

"Let's go" Li Junli waved his hand.

Li Wen checked his watch and it was already past three in the morning. Everyone must arrive at the county supply and marketing cooperative purchasing station at 7:30 tomorrow morning.

"Awen, you push the bicycle ahead. Go to the purchasing station in advance and coordinate with them to see if you can pick the peaches directly to the train station or sort them at the purchasing station," Li Junli walked up to Li Wen and said

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"How can this be done? I'd better follow the cart. Uncle, you are riding a bicycle. Just go there in advance to coordinate. After all, it is our collective action," Li Wen hurriedly declined.

"If you are told to go, just go! Young man, you are so grinding," Li Junli picked up his bicycle and walked away.

"Okay, Awen, you are familiar with the county supply and marketing cooperative, so it is appropriate for you to coordinate. Don't refuse," said the Fourth Party Secretary beside him.

"Okay then," Li Wen knew everyone was taking care of him and nodded in agreement.

The pole team and the basket team had already set off early, and the people in the team were still checking. Li Wen and his father and eldest brother who were pulling the carts said hello and pushed the bicycles out of the village.

It was getting dark now, and it was impossible to ride a bicycle. If he rode hard, he would easily fall down and damage the bike. Li Wen could only push forward.

Not long after Li Wen set off, the convoy also started to set off. Each livestock cart was loaded with thousands of kilograms of peaches, and the ground carts also weighed five to six hundred kilograms.

The livestock carts are all supported by old handles; the ground carts are arranged with two people, a strong laborer pulls, and a half-grown man or woman pushes behind.

After walking for half an hour, everyone rested for ten minutes. No one complained, and they all chatted non-stop. The men smoked cigarettes to relieve their fatigue, while the women looked forward to getting more money after selling the peaches.

At around six o'clock in the morning, the sky was already dim, and everyone in the village came to the gate of the county town with neat steps.

Li Wen rode his bicycle and arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative first.

Dong Dong Dong! Li Wen knocked on the door of the purchasing station, and a guard stuck his head out.

Seeing Li Wen riding his bicycle, he didn't scold him and said with a smile: "Young man, are you looking for someone? You haven't gone to work yet. You go to work at 7:30."

"Uncle, I know, I just want to ask!" Li Wen said hurriedly. Then Li Wen told the guard about collecting peaches.

"Hey! No need to go to the train station."

"All purchased items and agricultural inputs must be distributed through the purchasing station before being transported out. This is the regulation of the supply and marketing cooperative. You can just ask the villagers to come directly to the purchasing station."

After listening to Li Wen's explanation, the guard said with a smile.

"Okay, thank you, uncle." Li Wen was so anxious that he didn't give out cigarettes to anyone, so he quickly handed the old man a cigarette.

After saying that, Li Wen quickly rode his bicycle and ran out of the city. The villagers were still waiting at the gate of the city.

"How about Awen, have you asked clearly?" Outside the city gate, everyone was sitting and resting, and the production team leader Li Junli hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"Uncle, please go directly to the purchasing station and queue up. I just asked the guard, and they said you can just take them to the purchasing station," Li Wen took a breath and said with a smile.

"Okay, let's go queue up quickly, otherwise the purchasing station will be working later and it will be difficult to queue up."

Li Junli turned around and shouted hurriedly to the people resting behind him.

After hearing the words, everyone got up, shouldered their burdens, and pulled the cart towards the county seat.

The city gate was only two or three miles away from the supply and marketing cooperative, and everyone arrived at the purchasing station in about 20 minutes.
Chapter completed!