Chapter 2191

This was not because his relatives and friends wanted to disturb his rest, but because today's matter was too shocking. Accompanying the Premier throughout the whole process and being on the News Simulcast for seven or eight minutes, what kind of concept was this?

No matter how shocking this matter was, it finally passed. Premier Nan inspected Jiangyou Province for several days, made arrangements for the flood control and rescue work in several provinces in the Changjiang Basin, and required ensuring that the Changjiang embankment was foolproof.

Shi Wenguang also took the expert group to other counties. Relatively speaking, the flood control situation in Chongjin County was still relatively good. They had guided here for several days, and it was time to go to other places where the flood control situation was more severe to provide guidance.

In mid-July, another flood peak struck. This flood peak once again set the highest water level record for the same period, causing the main embankments in many places in the Changjiang Basin to be in emergency again. The flood control masses and troops in Chongjin County were also facing a great enemy, fighting day and night to resist the flood.

The quality of the embankments in Chongjin County was really good. Under their efforts, this flood peak was successfully passed again. However, the state issued a weather forecast. The rain area that had been in the upper reaches of the Changjiang was about to move to the middle reaches of the Changjiang. Two or three days later, it would rain in Chongjin County again.

This news made the farmers in Chongjin County anxious, because the early rice here would be harvested in a few days. Now some rice fields could be harvested. If it happened to encounter a heavy rain, it would be all over, and it might even be a total loss.

Originally, there was not much rain during this period, and the early rice here had eased a bit. It was still possible to harvest dozens or hundreds of catties per mu. But if they encountered rain again, the farmers would not even have this hope.

At this time, Su Xinghui made a decisive decision. He asked all the young and strong cadres and workers of all units in the county to go up to the embankment to replace the strong laborers in the countryside to guard the embankment, and let all the strong laborers in the countryside return to the village to harvest the rice in advance, and they had to finish harvesting all the rice in these two days.

Su Xinghui's decision took a huge risk. If all the strong laborers in the countryside were withdrawn and something happened, he would have to bear huge responsibility. But Su Xinghui had a bottom in his heart, because the flood peak had just passed, and the next flood peak would take a few days to strike, after the heavy rain.

The current Chongjin County embankment could be said to have no danger. Besides, all the young and strong cadres and workers of all units in the county, including factory workers, added up to quite a few people, plus the garrison, holding on for these two days was no problem.

Although this year's rice would have a yield reduction of more than 80%, harvesting in advance was estimated to have a greater yield reduction, but no matter what, this was better than a total loss.

Besides, these strong laborers in the countryside heard that there would be heavy rain in two days, so they wouldn't be at ease on the embankment. With those old, weak, sick, and disabled people at home, could they finish harvesting all the rice in these two days?

A vigorous rush-harvesting action began. The rice was still two or three days away from being fully mature. Although the rice ears were yellow now, they were still relatively tender and not so full. Harvesting at this time, these farmers who lived on the land were really heartbroken, but what could they do? God happened to be against them, so they had to harvest!

In this day and age, Chongjin County had not popularized harvesters. Because Su Xinghui knew that there would be a major flood this year, he didn't put his energy into harvesters, so there were very few harvesters in Chongjin County, so most farmers could only use sickles to harvest rice.

Using a sickle to harvest rice was very slow. A strong laborer could only harvest one or two mu of land a day. Of course, the harvest of rice this year was not good, so it would be faster to harvest, but finishing harvesting all these rice fields in two days was still very tight.

Su Xinghui also ran between the embankment and the field for these two days. Both were very important, and he couldn't lose either.

The rice fields for these two days were a spectacular sight. All the common people were mobilized, old and young, together in the hot sun, waving sickles to harvest the rice that was about to mature, and then they didn't have time to thresh, so they directly bundled the rice and carried it home.

Even at night, those strong laborers didn't have time to rest. They were still fighting in the rice fields overnight. Each village took out the gas lamps that hadn't been used for a long time and hung them high to illuminate the rice fields so that they could harvest smoothly.

The last time the village used gas lamps at night and mobilized everyone to do one thing was thirty years ago when they were repairing water conservancy. This time, they seemed to have returned to those passionate years. They were high in fighting spirit. Although they had worked for a day and a night, they didn't feel tired at all.

Working for their own relatives, they had energy.

Although the rice this year would have a yield reduction, agricultural taxes and the retention of overall planning funds were abolished this year, which was really happy. All the rice harvested belonged to them. How could they not be happy?

After rushing to harvest for two days and one night, finally, on the afternoon of July 20th, all the rice was rushed home. The rice stacks were piled high. Although it couldn't be called a bumper harvest, all these harvests belonged to them. They didn't have to pay anything anymore. They were really happy!

The time Su Xinghui set for them to return to the embankment was 7:00 am on July 21st, so these strong laborers could still live at home for a good night. After this night, they would rush to the battlefield that belonged to them again.

So, that night, every household cooked a lot of dishes, killed chickens, took out luncheon meat and dace canned food, and poured wine, letting their own men have a good drink. They had been on the embankment for a month without going home. This time, they went home and did such heavy work, so naturally, they had to let them have a drink to relieve their fatigue.

Originally, the women at home felt sorry for the men's health. After drinking, they let them take a shower, coaxed the children to sleep early, and wanted to let the men have a good sleep. But the men were still restless, hurriedly closed the door, and wanted to hug their own women and be intimate.

Although the women felt sorry for the men's health, the men hadn't been home for a month. After this night, they would go up to the embankment again, and they didn't know when they would be able to come back. So, they took out all their tenderness and served their own men well. On this night, almost all the villages were ringing with that strange sound, and the moon hid shyly.