"All villagers please pay attention, all villagers please pay attention, and receive a notice from the superior that our village has been unblocked from 6 pm this afternoon. Although the unblocking has been unblocked, the epidemic has not ended. We are required to try not to leave the village and can go to the fields to do farm work, but we must wear masks..." The loud horn tied to the branch of the big tree sounded, and it was the village chief who was shouting.
"Ah, it's unblocked? Thank God, I finally hoped for this day!" Tan Lao Er touched a mask, hung it on his ear, and walked out in two steps. As soon as she walked to the center of the yard, her wife came out of the pot house and asked:
"What did you shout on the loudspeaker just now?" She also heard the loudspeaker shouting, but she didn't hear clearly what was shouting.
"The village chief said, it's unblocked, you can go to the ground."
"My mother, it's unblocked, and if you don't unblocked, you'll be crazy - the meal is ready, go after the meal?"
"I can't wait, I feel so angry." Tan Lao Er said and hurried out of the door.
"You just can't hold four taels of spice oil in your dog's belly!" said the wife angrily.
cannot blame Tan Lao Er for "can't hold four taels of spice oil in his dog's belly". For a farmer who expects to live in a rough life, land is the foundation and crops are fate. This letter lasted for more than 20 days, and it was indescribable to let him leave the land and the crops. Almost every minute of these 20 days, Tan Laoer spent his anxiety. He was worried that his two and a half acres of green radishes would stop growing. He was worried that God would change the sky, and the northwest wind would bring heavy frost. His half acre of ginger, half acres of onions and three acres of land eggs could not be collected.
People say that anxiety can make people grow old all of a sudden. In history, Wu Zixu passed Zhaoguan and turned white overnight. Tan Lao Er is not that powerful, no one looked at how much gray hair has been added carefully, and it was true that he felt anxious. Fortunately, God is doing well this year. It was cold for two solar terms all night, and it was almost snowing, and there was no frost. The earth is still green now. If it were in previous years, the egg seedlings were frozen and boiled (losing moisture due to freezing) .
Tan Laoer came to the green radish field and saw, my father, this radish What evil have you been infected these days? Why did you grow so fast? The smallest one has two kilograms, the big one is like a water bottle gallbladder, and the other one has three or four kilograms. Green radish, green radish, why are you afraid of growing up, the bigger you grow. If you grow up so big, who will I sell it to? But when I turned around, can I blame the radish? In previous years, from planting to harvesting, the growth period of green radish was only more than 50 days, one weighed no more than one pound. Now it has been growing in the field for 75 days at once. The climate is good and there is no shortage of fat. If it doesn’t grow so big, can it be worthy of its owner?
The wife said, "The sky fell and everyone was hit", but he looked at other people's green radishes and they were indeed grown up, but none of them were as big as his family. Those who grow late and have poor management usually look smaller than those in their family. This is in line with the saying "Farming is likes hard work and laziness." Green radish is like this anyway, so sell it! Let’s see if there are any ones to be collected tomorrow. Even the cheap and expensive have to be sold, and at least it can be exchanged for a few more money.
He came to the autumn egg field again. The autumn eggs are a bit defeated by (the seedlings are not as prosperous as before, and the maturity is manifested) . Oh, look at the land that has not been watered for more than 20 days, how can I not do it? But I didn't dare to water it. I was about to dig it out, and it was watering again. It was all mud eggs. Autumn eggs, autumn eggs, how many days have you grown? Can you make up for the loss of green radish?
He squatted down and found a tree with a large crack under the leaf. He took off the soil and saw that the tree had three knots, two were the size of duck eggs and one was the size of an egg. It seemed that it weighed less than a pound. He was a little disappointed. The seedlings grew so well, how could they get this? Later I thought that there was not much rain this fall, and ground eggs and were prone to seedlings. I have not been watered for more than 20 days, so I can only be able to make these.
He went to the ginger and onion fields again. Because he had not been watered for a long time, some of the ginger seedlings had yellow and the onion leaves were drooping.
Green radish is going to be sold, the ground eggs and onions are going to be pulverized, and the ginger is going to be pulled. The work is squeezed together. He and his wife really can't do it. How many people are you hiring? No, the wages are too expensive now, and it costs 150 yuan per person per day. Do it hard, "It's big and small, and then you'll be yourself." The most urgent task is to sell the green radish.
Tan Laoer returned home worriedly.
Early the next morning, the couple got up, washed their faces, ate something randomly, and prepared to sell radish: they must bring their mobile phones, they must pull up the cart , and they must bring a basket... Everything is ready to stop, so they listened to the loudspeaker with their ears. Those who collect green radish greet the village committee first, and the village committee shouted on the loudspeaker. But after waiting for more than half an hour, there was still no movement.
Tan Lao Er couldn't sit still and greeted his wife, "Let's go and go to the field to take a look. Maybe the carrot collector has already arrived on the field." He pulled the cart, and his wife followed behind with her sacks and , and walked into the field.
When he left the village and looked on the main road, he was stunned! There was not a single car on the road. In previous years, when it was time to harvest radishes, big and small cars, with their tails biting and they couldn't break the way.
"Then go to the field and wait. Maybe the person who collected the carrots learned the news that the lockdown was unblocked was late, and he hadn't arrived yet!" Tan Laoer said to his wife.
They came to the field and saw several early families squatting on their own fields and smoking. Everyone looked at me with a frown and looked at you, and no one spoke.
When it was noon in the southeast, an electric three-wheeler came, and everyone immediately surrounded it. It’s really “the carrot is late for (not easy to sell) peeled off the skin”. The “sheep eyes” of green radish (picky) is very good. He said he wanted to see whoever is suitable for him. Everyone led him to watch from house to house. When he walked to Tan Laoer's field, the person who collected the carrots said, "Look at this family, they all look stupid and bad-headed. Even if they are given to me for nothing, I won't help it!" Tan Laoer saw that there was hopelessness, so he didn't fight for it anymore.
radish was collected and he finally got a fancy to the family. The radish in this family was planted the latest, and the other people's radish was planted (the leaves are as big as chicken feathers) . When asked about the price, one cent and five per catty will be 10% removed from the soil. There was no way, the store still gritted its teeth and sold it.
Wait until the afternoon, and no second car came.
Tan Laoer discussed with his wife: "I haven't collected it, let's take some of it to the city and sell it. Maybe people in the city still recognize big radish ."
"In the past, they all went to the Chengxi Vegetable Wholesale Market (referred to as "Western Market") to sell it. I heard that the Western Market was closed, but I don't know if it is unblocked now." The wife said worriedly.
"If we unblock the West Market, we will wholesale it. If we unblock it, we will go to other farmers' markets to sell it in small quantities."
"How much can it be sold in small quantities?" said the wife suspiciously.
"Pick four or five hundred kilograms first to sell."
The couple pulled nearly five hundred kilograms and put them in the car and pulled them home.
days, the couple took the radish without taking a sip of tea and set off. Tan Lao Er drove the body, his wife pulled the edge and trotted all the way - according to past experience, the Western market is a subset of night owls, all trading before dawn, and when the sun comes out, there is no one left. Fortunately, the car was not heavy, but the couple ran away and sweated.
But when I arrived at the Western Market, the couple was stunned again. The outer edge of a huge market was completely sealed with green iron. They had to turn to the farmers' market.
When we arrived at the farmers' market, the sun came out. In the past, the market was bustling with early markets, and they were shoulder to shoulder, but today the market still couldn't beat people.
Tan Laoer found a stall that he thought was suitable and put the car in place. He knew the principle of selling a piece of skin, so he first picked some smaller and better skin color and placed them on the surface, and then whipped them with a sweat-wiping towel for a while. The green radishes after being beaten immediately became much brighter, like sleeping green dolls.
Seeing that there were a little more people in the episode, Tan Lao Er opened his throat and shouted:
"Green radish, green radish, crisp green radish, 2 cents per pound, sold at a low price, sold at a low price!"
"Walking by, don't miss it, green radish that costs 2 cents per pound, sold at a low price!"
Following the hawking sound, several people came. When they saw it, they all said that the radish was a good radish, but it was too big, and they all shook their heads and left. Later, an old lady bought one, weighing 2 pounds and 1 tael, and gave it 30 cents, and said it was expensive.
I originally thought that someone could sell some after opening the market, but who thought that until noon in the southeast, there was no other person to buy it. It was almost time for the gathering to go, and the couple was still hungry. If you don’t sell it, you can’t stop eating. Tan Laoer discussed with his wife that we will each drink spicy soup , and then two fried dough sticks. The wife firmly opposed it and said, "It's sold for a total of 30 cents, which is only enough for a bowl of boiling water. Do you still have to drink spicy soup and eat fried dough sticks? Just buy a kilogram of sesame cake to fill your stomach."
Tan Laoer bought a kilogram of sesame cake, and the couple squatted beside the carriage and ate it with big mouths and flat cheeks. It’s really “eat without choosing”. There are six sesame cakes, three of them per person, and I didn’t drink a sip of water, and I got my stomach after a while. There is no one in the
episode, what should I do? Tan Laoer said, "No one wants it when you take it back, so it takes so much effort. Just find a big hole to put it in."
But the wife said, "What a pity to throw such a good radish away!" She firmly disagreed. So the couple took them home again.
On the way, the phone rang. I took it out and saw that it was my son who called it and said he had no money to eat. So I quickly called 1,000 yuan.
"Hmph, if you want money, you will know where to ask for money. Where does the money come from?" Tan Lao Er wanted to scold his son, but when he thought, he only gave his children a living expenses of 1,000 yuan per month. It is enough to go to school in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai. So he told his son, "Get a fight and give it to him in one or two days."
When I got home and asked, there were only three or four cars coming to collect radish today, only one pound or less, and the big ones didn’t need money. What should I do with
? Anyway, I can’t let it rot in the ground. I’m still waiting to use a plastic greenhouse for the ground to lay the ground before the Spring Festival!
Tan Laoer suddenly thought of a video I saw on his mobile phone - a middle-aged woman said that anyone who wants green radish can pull it into her field. One bag costs 5 yuan, just pack it with the bag, and you can use any size of the bag, as long as you can carry it out of the field.
is thrown away anyway. If someone can sell it like this, we can sell it like this. So he also learned from others and recorded a short video and posted it online. The video not only talks about selling green radishes, but also informs the place where the radishes were pulled and his phone number. There are really cheap people who are greedy for
. Soon after I hung up, more than a dozen people came, including those who came on bicycles, those who came on tricycles, and those who drove electric tricycles and . When asked, most of them are from the northern mountainous areas. They said that they could buy two big bags for 10 yuan, carry them to their homes, dig a hole and bury them, so they could eat them for a whole winter.
Tan Laoer squatted on the ground, watching them pulling out radishes, twisting tassels, and putting bags. He thought of the scene of planting radishes in the late summer:
types of radishes are old-fashioned, heroes are rough and cowardly. This year, it will flood first and then drought. When planting radishes, it is drought. The land you dig is full of bumps, and the big bumps you smash into turns into small bumps. He and his wife were digging in the cornfield and smashing it. Even if it's hot and dizzy, I'll take a break in the tree and then continue to work. His wife also advised him that it is difficult to make fun of the land this year, so let's plant less. He stared at his wife and said to him, "You have to plant even if you are so hot or tired. If you don't plant, how much does it take to pay the tuition for your children?" He planted the seedlings, weeding, fertilizing, watering, and spraying medicine. How much time has it been spent and how much money it cost. He never expected that this would end. I originally hoped that the green radish could compensate for the tuition fee of a child, but now it is completely ruined!
"Oh——" Tan Lao Er sighed, and couldn't help but shed two lines of tears.
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Author profile: Simin, from Tengzhou, Shandong. Senior middle school teacher (retired), member of Shandong Writers Association . Consultant of Tengzhou Shanguo Culture Research Association. He has written the essay collection "In That Era" and the essay novel collection "Homesickness", etc. The former won the second "Duhua Cup" Literature and Art Award at Zaozhuang .
"Tengzhou Literature" submission email: [email protected]
Green radish is going to be sold, the ground eggs and onions are going to be pulverized, and the ginger is going to be pulled. The work is squeezed together. He and his wife really can't do it. How many people are you hiring? No, the wages are too expensive now, and it costs 150 yuan per person per day. Do it hard, "It's big and small, and then you'll be yourself." The most urgent task is to sell the green radish.
Tan Laoer returned home worriedly.
Early the next morning, the couple got up, washed their faces, ate something randomly, and prepared to sell radish: they must bring their mobile phones, they must pull up the cart , and they must bring a basket... Everything is ready to stop, so they listened to the loudspeaker with their ears. Those who collect green radish greet the village committee first, and the village committee shouted on the loudspeaker. But after waiting for more than half an hour, there was still no movement.
Tan Lao Er couldn't sit still and greeted his wife, "Let's go and go to the field to take a look. Maybe the carrot collector has already arrived on the field." He pulled the cart, and his wife followed behind with her sacks and , and walked into the field.
When he left the village and looked on the main road, he was stunned! There was not a single car on the road. In previous years, when it was time to harvest radishes, big and small cars, with their tails biting and they couldn't break the way.
"Then go to the field and wait. Maybe the person who collected the carrots learned the news that the lockdown was unblocked was late, and he hadn't arrived yet!" Tan Laoer said to his wife.
They came to the field and saw several early families squatting on their own fields and smoking. Everyone looked at me with a frown and looked at you, and no one spoke.
When it was noon in the southeast, an electric three-wheeler came, and everyone immediately surrounded it. It’s really “the carrot is late for (not easy to sell) peeled off the skin”. The “sheep eyes” of green radish (picky) is very good. He said he wanted to see whoever is suitable for him. Everyone led him to watch from house to house. When he walked to Tan Laoer's field, the person who collected the carrots said, "Look at this family, they all look stupid and bad-headed. Even if they are given to me for nothing, I won't help it!" Tan Laoer saw that there was hopelessness, so he didn't fight for it anymore.
radish was collected and he finally got a fancy to the family. The radish in this family was planted the latest, and the other people's radish was planted (the leaves are as big as chicken feathers) . When asked about the price, one cent and five per catty will be 10% removed from the soil. There was no way, the store still gritted its teeth and sold it.
Wait until the afternoon, and no second car came.
Tan Laoer discussed with his wife: "I haven't collected it, let's take some of it to the city and sell it. Maybe people in the city still recognize big radish ."
"In the past, they all went to the Chengxi Vegetable Wholesale Market (referred to as "Western Market") to sell it. I heard that the Western Market was closed, but I don't know if it is unblocked now." The wife said worriedly.
"If we unblock the West Market, we will wholesale it. If we unblock it, we will go to other farmers' markets to sell it in small quantities."
"How much can it be sold in small quantities?" said the wife suspiciously.
"Pick four or five hundred kilograms first to sell."
The couple pulled nearly five hundred kilograms and put them in the car and pulled them home.
days, the couple took the radish without taking a sip of tea and set off. Tan Lao Er drove the body, his wife pulled the edge and trotted all the way - according to past experience, the Western market is a subset of night owls, all trading before dawn, and when the sun comes out, there is no one left. Fortunately, the car was not heavy, but the couple ran away and sweated.
But when I arrived at the Western Market, the couple was stunned again. The outer edge of a huge market was completely sealed with green iron. They had to turn to the farmers' market.
When we arrived at the farmers' market, the sun came out. In the past, the market was bustling with early markets, and they were shoulder to shoulder, but today the market still couldn't beat people.
Tan Laoer found a stall that he thought was suitable and put the car in place. He knew the principle of selling a piece of skin, so he first picked some smaller and better skin color and placed them on the surface, and then whipped them with a sweat-wiping towel for a while. The green radishes after being beaten immediately became much brighter, like sleeping green dolls.
Seeing that there were a little more people in the episode, Tan Lao Er opened his throat and shouted:
"Green radish, green radish, crisp green radish, 2 cents per pound, sold at a low price, sold at a low price!"
"Walking by, don't miss it, green radish that costs 2 cents per pound, sold at a low price!"
Following the hawking sound, several people came. When they saw it, they all said that the radish was a good radish, but it was too big, and they all shook their heads and left. Later, an old lady bought one, weighing 2 pounds and 1 tael, and gave it 30 cents, and said it was expensive.
I originally thought that someone could sell some after opening the market, but who thought that until noon in the southeast, there was no other person to buy it. It was almost time for the gathering to go, and the couple was still hungry. If you don’t sell it, you can’t stop eating. Tan Laoer discussed with his wife that we will each drink spicy soup , and then two fried dough sticks. The wife firmly opposed it and said, "It's sold for a total of 30 cents, which is only enough for a bowl of boiling water. Do you still have to drink spicy soup and eat fried dough sticks? Just buy a kilogram of sesame cake to fill your stomach."
Tan Laoer bought a kilogram of sesame cake, and the couple squatted beside the carriage and ate it with big mouths and flat cheeks. It’s really “eat without choosing”. There are six sesame cakes, three of them per person, and I didn’t drink a sip of water, and I got my stomach after a while. There is no one in the
episode, what should I do? Tan Laoer said, "No one wants it when you take it back, so it takes so much effort. Just find a big hole to put it in."
But the wife said, "What a pity to throw such a good radish away!" She firmly disagreed. So the couple took them home again.
On the way, the phone rang. I took it out and saw that it was my son who called it and said he had no money to eat. So I quickly called 1,000 yuan.
"Hmph, if you want money, you will know where to ask for money. Where does the money come from?" Tan Lao Er wanted to scold his son, but when he thought, he only gave his children a living expenses of 1,000 yuan per month. It is enough to go to school in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai. So he told his son, "Get a fight and give it to him in one or two days."
When I got home and asked, there were only three or four cars coming to collect radish today, only one pound or less, and the big ones didn’t need money. What should I do with
? Anyway, I can’t let it rot in the ground. I’m still waiting to use a plastic greenhouse for the ground to lay the ground before the Spring Festival!
Tan Laoer suddenly thought of a video I saw on his mobile phone - a middle-aged woman said that anyone who wants green radish can pull it into her field. One bag costs 5 yuan, just pack it with the bag, and you can use any size of the bag, as long as you can carry it out of the field.
is thrown away anyway. If someone can sell it like this, we can sell it like this. So he also learned from others and recorded a short video and posted it online. The video not only talks about selling green radishes, but also informs the place where the radishes were pulled and his phone number. There are really cheap people who are greedy for
. Soon after I hung up, more than a dozen people came, including those who came on bicycles, those who came on tricycles, and those who drove electric tricycles and . When asked, most of them are from the northern mountainous areas. They said that they could buy two big bags for 10 yuan, carry them to their homes, dig a hole and bury them, so they could eat them for a whole winter.
Tan Laoer squatted on the ground, watching them pulling out radishes, twisting tassels, and putting bags. He thought of the scene of planting radishes in the late summer:
types of radishes are old-fashioned, heroes are rough and cowardly. This year, it will flood first and then drought. When planting radishes, it is drought. The land you dig is full of bumps, and the big bumps you smash into turns into small bumps. He and his wife were digging in the cornfield and smashing it. Even if it's hot and dizzy, I'll take a break in the tree and then continue to work. His wife also advised him that it is difficult to make fun of the land this year, so let's plant less. He stared at his wife and said to him, "You have to plant even if you are so hot or tired. If you don't plant, how much does it take to pay the tuition for your children?" He planted the seedlings, weeding, fertilizing, watering, and spraying medicine. How much time has it been spent and how much money it cost. He never expected that this would end. I originally hoped that the green radish could compensate for the tuition fee of a child, but now it is completely ruined!
"Oh——" Tan Lao Er sighed, and couldn't help but shed two lines of tears.
——E N D——
Author profile: Simin, from Tengzhou, Shandong. Senior middle school teacher (retired), member of Shandong Writers Association . Consultant of Tengzhou Shanguo Culture Research Association. He has written the essay collection "In That Era" and the essay novel collection "Homesickness", etc. The former won the second "Duhua Cup" Literature and Art Award at Zaozhuang .
"Tengzhou Literature" submission email: [email protected]
