Chapter 527: Wei Tianxing made a fool of himself

For the next two days, Li Long was harvesting wheat in the First Team and the Fifth Team.

The First Team and the Fifth Team were not far apart. If one family harvested, others would soon know. Relatives and friends would chat about these topics when sitting together. Although it wouldn't be said that one passed ten and ten passed a hundred, in less than two days, nearly a hundred households in the two teams basically knew about it.

Li Long didn't expect that after harvesting the Fourth Team and part of the Third Team, he skipped the Second Team and the Sixth Team and came directly to the First Team and the Fifth Team on the edge of the county town.

After harvesting Ye Jiaping's land and another two families' land, Li Long received invitations from three more farming households before leaving.

So when he returned to the courtyard that day, after dinner, Li Long told his family about his plan.

"Next, I might be harvesting in the First and Fifth Team for a few days. I won't return here at night, but go directly back to the county compound. It's close, and it's convenient to come and go."

"Then go back to the compound." Li Qing Xia thought very clearly, "Your wife is over there, can you not go back often? Your mother and I are still counting on you to hold a baby for us next year!"

Li Long smiled.

"Exactly, go back if you can. Look at you, you are away from home more than you are at home all year round. How can that work?" Li Jianguo didn't speak, but Liang Yuemei opened her mouth. Although the father-in-law and mother-in-law were both there, she had taken care of Li Long for so many years, so she should say what she should say: "Although it's to earn money, where is the end of earning money? Go back if you can, and live a good life with Xiaoxia."

Du Chunfang curled her lips. Although she knew Liang Yuemei's words made sense, she was still a bit uncomfortable hearing the eldest daughter-in-law talk about the youngest son.

Li Long saw all this in his eyes and said with a smile:

"Alright, I know."

The next day after breakfast, he drove the tractor chugging toward the First Team.

The harvester went into the field. The landowner had flattened the stubble early and provided tea for Li Long. For skilled craftsmen, and those who could drive tractors and do harvesting, farmers had always been relatively respectful.

The first family had ten mu of land, but there was only one laborer in the family, the children were still young, the wife was pregnant, and they lived separately, so they looked for a harvester.

The young man looked extremely honest, doing whatever Li Long asked him to do, which made Li Long feel a bit embarrassed.

Ten mu of land, Li Long harvested very carefully, harvesting all the edges and corners that the tractor could reach, and encountered two wasp nests in the middle. Fortunately, Li Long wore a hat and face mask before coming, and there was dew in the morning, so the wasps couldn't fly, so it was considered a narrow escape.

"Be careful when bundling wheat, there are two wasp nests over there," Li Long reminded the landowner, "don't get stung later."

The landowner responded with a silly smile and asked about the location of the wasps. In fact, he didn't care much about the expression.

Li Long said this because he had seen many cases of being stung to death or injured by wasps on short videos in his previous life. In fact, the toxicity of local wasps didn't seem to be that great. Adults and children had been stung, and at most, their eyes and faces were swollen. He hadn't heard of anything more serious.

So this man, who responded with a silly smile and was about the same as Tao Daqiang, didn't care much.

After harvesting this family, he continued to the next one, and then Li Long heard a topic.

Wei Tianxing drove the tractor to Kuitun early this morning. He had already let out the word that he would drive the harvester back from Kuitun tonight or tomorrow morning, and the harvesting price would be one yuan and eight cents per mu, letting everyone wait for him to come back to harvest.

The landowner who let Li Long harvest took this as a joke:

"Two cents, wait two days? I won't wait. I only have fifteen mu of land. Wait two days for three yuan? I don't know if I can queue up then, and I don't know if he can bring that thing back."

Li Long knew he couldn't bring it back, but he didn't say this.

If it were before, he would definitely be very happy to say it, saying that this Wei Tianxing couldn't bring it back, saying there was no ready-made goods there.

But he wouldn't say it now. After all, the other party could pass this word to him, and his words could also be passed to the other party. He wouldn't leave this handle, and making a fortune in silence was the right way.

This fifteen mu of land was just an hour, and after harvesting, Li Long ate two teeth of melon under the host's invitation, and then continued to harvest the next family.

The First Team and the Fifth Team were enthusiastic. The next third family had a lot of land, forty mu of wheat, and Li Long had to harvest until the afternoon.

The host family also prepared lunch early, corn flour steamed buns, stir-fried cabbage—for those who picked cotton in later generations, I am afraid this was the dish they hated most, eating this thing every day could make people annoyed.

At this time, Li Long didn't care so much. It was good to have something to eat, so there was no such fastidiousness.

The fourth family had thirty mu of land, which was agreed yesterday, but when arriving at the edge of the field, the host family hesitated.

Seeing that the landowner didn't want to speak, Li Long actually guessed it. He said with a smile:

"If you are waiting for Wei Tianxing's harvester, that's no problem. I will go to harvest the next family now. It's fine if he harvests it. If he can't harvest it then, and you still want me to harvest, then you can only queue."

The landowner didn't expect Li Long to be so easy to talk to, so he agreed repeatedly and handed over a watermelon.

Li Long didn't care either. One more family wasn't much, one less family wasn't little. Then he went to the next family, harvested twenty-five mu of land, and seeing the sun about to set, he drove the tractor back to the county compound.

He harvested ninety mu today, lower than the average, but Li Long didn't care. His big sister-in-law was right. How much money is enough to earn? It's the time to enjoy life, don't be fascinated by money.

Gu Xiaoxia hadn't finished work yet, so Li Long tidied up simply and then went to cook.

Dinner didn't need to be too complicated. Roast some steamed bun slices, mix a cold dish, steam a few pieces of air-dried meat, and after it was cooked, steam it, and then adjust a bowl of seasoning sauce.

Of course, porridge couldn't be missing. No matter what someone said later that it had no nutrition, eating like this for a lifetime had become a habit.

After dinner was made, Gu Xiao Xia hadn't returned yet, so Li Long went to release the roe deer that had grown quite a bit, including the little fawn.

The small red deer were particularly cute, but they would butt people when they grew up a little bit. Li Long heard Gu Xiaoxia say that the small red deer butted the child of her colleague, and she went to discipline the small deer with a stick, but was stopped by the child.

Well, this small deer also looked at people. Li Long released them, and they were quite obedient, and would even rub against Li Long to get close.

Cleaned up the poop and garbage in the glass room, let these guys have a good wind, and when preparing to close them into the circle, Gu Xiaoxia pushed the door into the courtyard, with a smile on her face.

"Why did you come back late today?" Li Long took her bicycle and asked.

"Inquired about a courtyard, it feels not bad, so I wanted to take a look." Gu Xiaoxia said with a smile, "I think the courtyard is really good, although it's not big, but the location is good, there is a storefront, it's not bad to open an agricultural materials store."

Li Long told Gu Xiaoxia about this matter, and Gu Xiaoxia was very happy. After all, if her father could come to the county, she wouldn't need to run back from time to time, how good.

"The location of the courtyard is at the intersection of Tuanjie Road and Wenhua Road. Calculating the distance, it is basically between our compound and the big meat canteen. Tuanjie Road goes all the way down and out of the county. Farmers coming to the county will pass by there. I think this location is not bad."

Gu Xiaoxia gestured with her hand:

"The courtyard is a bit like the one where Sister Yang lives, but it's not as big as that courtyard, and the vegetable garden inside is also small. The only bad thing is that the storefront is in the south, not in the west. If it were in the west against Tuanjie Road, it would be even better."

"It's already not bad." Li Long said with a smile, "Reform and opening up, everyone is not stupid now, knowing that the storefront along the street will definitely rise in price. Some people have plans to do business themselves, some will rent out the storefront, and very few want to sell. It's already not bad to find one."

"Well, if you have time, you can also go and see. If it's okay, we'll buy it." Gu Xiaoxia washed simply and said with Li Long at the dinner table, "Don't worry about opening the store for now. Buy the courtyard, and we'll renovate it slowly."

"Well, that's the truth." Li Long gave Gu Xiaoxia a bowl of rice and said, "When the time comes, buy your father a bicycle, then it will be convenient to come and go."

"Alright." Gu Xiaoxia didn't say anything more.

Li Long was thoughtful, and she was very happy in her heart. Her husband could think of and do so much for her father, and she was also thinking that as a daughter-in-law, she should consider more for her father-in-law and mother-in-law.

When eating, Gu Xiaoxia was also asking Li Long about harvesting wheat. Li Long told Gu Xiaoxia about the Wei Tianxing matter, and also said that he had already gone to Kuitun.

"The Kuitun Agricultural Machinery Factory has no harvesters. Many people in the First Team and the Fifth Team have already made appointments with Wei Tianxing, so I want to see the expressions of these people when Wei Tianxing comes back tomorrow."

"It must be very exciting!" Gu Xiaoxia laughed when she heard it, "I can imagine the expression of that guy surnamed Wei when he comes back. Clearly, he went there with a heart of blood to buy a harvester, but after going there, he found that people didn't have it..."

"No way, who told him not to be polite?" Li Long's tone had no sympathy for Wei Tianxing at all, "If he spoke well and discussed well, I could tell him. Now that he is like this, he is asking for it." Li Long always paid attention to "give and take." If you are polite to me, I won't give you a cold face. If you use means against me, then we can compare who is more cunning.

Chatting and laughing, after finishing the meal, the two cleaned up together and then went to the bedroom to watch TV.

The newly released TV series, "The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia," starring Huang Yuanshen, Leung Siu-lung, and Michelle Yim. Gu Xiaoxia watched with great interest, and Li Long also watched with memories.

Speaking of martial arts films, the ones filmed in Hong Kong were indeed very good. The peak period was basically the Wong Fei-hung series, "Fist of Legend," "Drunken Master," "SPL: Sha Po Lang," and so on. The "Great Hero Huo Yuanjia" watched at the moment still carried that kind of turn-based, one-board-one-eye-one-move-one-style, looking very fake, but at that time, it was really eye-opening.

In Li Long's evaluation, it was equivalent to when web novels like "Piao Miao Zhi Lu" and "Xiao Bing Chuan Qi" first came out, which also made people feel that there might be no novels that could surpass this level in this life.

After ten years, looking back, he found that the novels that looked like divine texts at the time were actually full of flaws, and the refreshing text was too much.

After all, people's appreciation level is gradually improving, which is inevitable.

Some classics become classics because even after twenty years, one can still find the meaning of watching them again, and they don't feel childish.

When the song "The Great Wall Never Falls" was played, Gu Xiaoxia turned off the TV with unfinished interest.

Not a word all night.

!.

It was all action.

The next day, Gu Xiaoxia went to work with a moist face, and Li Long drove the tractor to the field with a glowing face.

There were still two families in the First Team and two families in the Fifth Team. The harvesting task for today was enough. If no one came to continue in the afternoon, Li Long planned to rest for two days first.

As a result, before noon, a group of people came to the edge of the field. When Li Long drove the harvester over, they stopped him.

"Comrade Li, we want to use your harvester to harvest wheat. Two yuan per mu, right? Who is queuing to which day now? My family has thirty-five mu!"

"My family has

"My family, and my family's, my family has twenty mu, I'm third in line..."

Five families, one hundred and twenty mu of land, all scrambling to get in line.

"Tomorrow, according to your order, you can start cutting tomorrow," Li Long said. "The one ranked first, come to the village entrance to wait for me tomorrow. Also, flatten the stubble in the fields; this is the most important thing."

"Good, good, good." Those people laughed, but they didn't leave.

Li Long then got off the tractor, took out his notebook, and had these people sign their names so it wouldn't get messy.

After writing their names down, these people finally felt at ease, chatted for a few more sentences, and then went back to prepare.

Li Long continued harvesting, and subsequently heard the news of Wei Tianxing's return from people's mouths.

Wei Tianxing had driven the tractor over. He wasn't familiar with Kuitun, so he drove and asked for directions the whole way. He hadn't brought enough fuel, and as a result, the tractor stalled halfway. Fortunately, it didn't throw a rod, otherwise, it would have needed a major overhaul.

He flagged down a truck halfway, begged and pleaded to siphon some fuel, ran to Anjihai to buy more, got back on the road, arrived in Kuitun, and then made inquiries everywhere to find the agricultural machinery factory.

As it turned out, the factory director wasn't there; he had gone to the autonomous region for a meeting. And there was only one harvester in the factory that was mostly dismantled. Even if Wei Tianxing wanted to buy it, they wouldn't sell it.

The matter was stuck there. Helpless, Wei Tianxing could only rush back today. Not only did he make a wasted round trip, but he almost drove the tractor into the ground halfway.

And he wasted quite a bit of fuel money.

It is said that after returning, Wei Tianxing had a fight with his wife, and his wife went back to her parents' home.

Overall, Wei Tianxing failed.

Li Long just smiled when he heard it and continued harvesting. With money to be made right now, why bother with so many other people's affairs?

Over the next few days, many more people in the First and Fifth Squad saw that the harvester was doing a good job—much more comfortable than manual labor—and started lining up with Li Long to harvest. Since it was close to the county town, every household basically didn't go to the village or brigade's retail department to buy things, but went directly to the county.

So basically, every household could provide watermelon when Li Long was harvesting, which was quite a nice treatment.

What Li Long didn't expect was that on the third day after Wei Tianxing returned from Kuitun, he found Li Long, who was harvesting wheat in the fields.

"Li Long, look, you didn't explain it to me in detail. I made a trip to Kuitun and came back empty-handed. Not only did I not buy the harvester, but I also spent a lot on diesel," Wei Tianxing said while eating the landlord's melon. "My field work has also been delayed. Can you see if you can harvest my piece of land when you're free?"

"Sure," Li Long said while gnawing on a watermelon. "Two yuan per mu. You line up in order. Let me see..."

He took out his notebook, calculated, and then said:

"You're scheduled for the day after tomorrow, in the afternoon. Still the same thing: push the stubble flat beforehand."

"We can be considered old acquaintances, right? Can you bump me up? How about this afternoon?" Wei Tianxing asked, thick-skinned.

The villagers from the same village nearby felt a bit embarrassed, took their melons, and walked away two steps. This guy—sigh.

"Not happening," Li Long didn't give Wei Tianxing any face. "Everyone is lined up in order. Even my father-in-law didn't get to cut in line. If you want to have it harvested, get in line, get the money ready, and flatten the stubble. Or, do you want to harvest it slowly yourself first?"

Wei Tianxing's wife had already returned to her parents' home, and he wasn't even as good at working as his wife. The thirty mu of wheat at home had only had less than five mu harvested so far; how could he possibly finish it himself?

Actually, if he gritted his teeth, he could harvest it; it was nothing more than working harder for a few more days.

But with a good solution right in front of him, the persistence in his heart naturally loosened.

Seeing that there was no way to persuade Li Long, and Li Long went back to harvesting after eating two pieces of melon, Wei Tianxing was helpless. He had no choice but to eat the melon fiercely with an expression of envy and jealousy, waiting for Li Long to come around again.

Originally, he could have left, but seeing someone coming from afar, and judging by their posture, Wei Tianxing guessed they might be looking for Li Long to register.

He definitely had to register ahead of them; he couldn't let it drag on any further.

Right now, the wheat was fully ripe, and large flocks of sparrows, yellowbirds, and other birds, as well as some insects, were having a carnival in the fields. If the wheat wasn't harvested early, who knew how much would be lost.

Better to get in line first.

Although he was somewhat helpless, he could only do this.

Of course, it wouldn't be that easy.

Early the next morning, Li Long followed the records in his small notebook, drove the tractor with the harvester to find people to harvest—he didn't know the fields, so he could only follow them.

The first family was Tie Laobang from the team, Ma Jinbao's in-law.

After harvesting the wheat, Tie Laobang said directly to Li Long:

"My family has no money."

PS: There's something going on at home, and I'm exhausted. Please rest assured, I don't plan to change to one chapter for now. I still hope to maintain two chapters and ten thousand words every day. After all, everyone loves to read it, and I can earn some money—killing two birds with one stone. It's a bit late today because of something, but I finally managed to rush out this chapter. Alright, I won't complain anymore; everyone doesn't like to hear it. Just one sentence: I will strive to update. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 523 =====

It was certainly a good thing for him, and also a good thing for the farmers.

When everyone planted the crops, they didn't think they would need a large amount of manpower to harvest. Anyway, they were used to hardship; wasn't it just working a few more days?

But only when it came time to harvest did they realize that this wasn't just a matter of ten or so extra days. After all, if the wheat stayed in the field too long, the grains would fall off.

Now, the appearance of the harvester had solved this problem. (End of chapter)