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Chapter 254: Those Years in the Great Northern Wilderness (9)

Xu Jianmin frowned. After all, he was young and impulsive. As he got older, the possibility of him making further progress was small. It was his duty to protect the younger generation. Why are you showing off?

Forget it, he is the political commissar and naturally bears full responsibility. If something really happens, it will not be Xiao Zheng’s turn.

Song Jinhan watched everyone start to deploy tasks. His attitude was very clear: he would take responsibility, but he had the final say on task arrangements.

Seeing this, Wu Yong didn't say anything else.

Song Jinhan pointed at the map, "...harvest this side first. The rice matures early due to sufficient sunlight. The low-lying land will be flooded... The land here is high, so we can wait and see... The repair team will work in three shifts..."

He asked the machinery factory to help improve two trenchers and borrowed three excavators. He worked day and night to deepen and widen the drainage ditches, striving to repair and reinforce all the drainage ditches before the heavy rains arrived.

People were not allowed to rest either. They all went to the fields to reinforce and deepen the ridges of the fields so that the accumulated water caused by the heavy rain could be diverted into the drainage channels. The ridges of the fields also had to be reinforced.

Some people heard a little bit of the rumor, but most people were not aware of it, especially the newly educated youth. When they heard about this request, they felt that the leaders above were deliberately making things difficult for them. They complained, "How could it rain heavily in such a hot day? Even if it rained heavily, the depth and width of the drainage ditch are sufficient. Two meters? Isn't it too much? What if someone falls in? This is a hidden danger."

"I can understand digging drainage ditches, but why dig such deep ridges? You can raise fish there. I heard that the deputy commander raises fish in rice fields, but he didn't say he raises fish in bean fields..."

The old educated youth glared at them and told them to shut up and not cause trouble.

The platoon leaders and company commanders were all insiders and were in a very heavy mood, but they had no time to coax the new educated youth, so they just said, "If you want to stay, stay, then work. If not, get out." They didn't do much work, but were responsible for a lot of trivial matters.

They only know how to talk about ideals all day long. They are full of enthusiasm, but few of them are down-to-earth. No wonder the great men asked these educated youth to go to the countryside to receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants. They are too impetuous!

Suddenly no one said anything. After all, staying in the Corps was better than going to the countryside to work as a sent-down production team. You would get a monthly salary and wouldn't have to starve.

Medical staff like Yun Tinglan couldn't sit idle either. Except for the necessary doctors who stayed on duty, all of them went out to race against time.

Song Jinhan was always on duty at the field. If a machine broke down, he would have to repair it immediately without wasting even a moment.

Yun Tinglan took the opportunity of delivering anti-heat medicine to everyone every day to give Song Jinhan special treatment, but he still lost weight quickly.

That night, there were sudden lightning and thunder, and strong winds and heavy rain were beating against the eaves, walls and windows. Yun Tinglan turned on the light with sleepy eyes, but it was still pitch black in front of her.

Power outage? Yes, it's normal for the power lines to be cut off during such a heavy rain.

Song Jinhan asked Yun Tinglan to look after the child while he put on a raincoat and held a flashlight. When he went out, Xu Jianmin was waiting at the door. The two of them did not go to the headquarters, but went straight to the ten thousand acres of farmland. The group of people traveling together on the road gradually grew larger, and they were all people who came to see him because they were worried.

Seeing that the farmlands were fine, he breathed a sigh of relief and headed to the west back mountain. All the Corps' granaries had been moved there. Even if the grain in the fields was damaged, everyone's food supply would be guaranteed as long as the granaries were there, so they would not starve to death.

The two children couldn't sleep in this situation. Yi Ning leaned in Yun Tinglan's arms, and Yi An lay in front of the window, both looking outside.

The sky seemed to have a big hole, and heavy rain poured down. Lightning illuminated the night sky in an instant, and deafening thunder resounded through the world. The eaves of the house seemed to be hung with waterfalls, and the rain flowed down.

Lingxi stacked up the tables and benches at home and placed the grain jar in a high place.

Their house was originally located on a high ground, and they originally wanted to follow their style by giving up the flat land to others. Both the foundation and the private land behind the house were on a steeper slope.

Now it's a blessing in disguise.

According to the recorded rainfall, the accumulated water would at most submerge her yard, so there was no need to panic.

It was already dawn, but the man hadn't returned yet. Instead, Da Huang came running back, all wet, with a note spitting out of his mouth. It was written in Song Jinhan's handwriting, telling her not to worry.

Xu Jianmin led a company of militiamen to guard the west back mountain, looking at the newly built granary. Song Jinhan led the team to inspect the drainage channels, and if there was any blockage or collapse, it needed to be cleared immediately.

Yun Tinglan stuffed a pill into Da Huang's mouth, and it immediately perked up and licked her hand affectionately. Ling Xi brought a large bowl of fish for Da Huang to eat as a snack, and after it finished eating, Yun Tinglan handed it the basket and tied the food in a plastic bag to ensure it would not leak.

First, he delivered food to Xu Jianmin who was nearby, and then to Song Jinhan. They were all steamed buns and steamed bread, which were easy to eat and filling. There was more than just enough for two people, but enough for seven or eight people each time.

Otherwise, Song Jinhan and Xu Jianmin wouldn't get much. As leaders, they have to share the joys and sorrows.

It rained for three days. The drainage channels on the island were dug deep, so the houses were not greatly affected. However, the rainfall was too heavy and the lake level rose by more than 70 centimeters. All the low-lying areas near the lake were flooded.

Although the rice here has been harvested, the rising water level means that the drainage capacity of the ditches has weakened, and the accumulated water in other places has also risen.

Song Jinhan decisively ordered the harvest.

Wu Yong no longer objected. Yes, the soybean and rice production increased a lot this week, but if it rains, everything will be ruined.

He looked up at the heavy rain, which showed no sign of stopping. The slight hope in his heart completely disappeared. If it continued to rain like this for two more days, the more than 500 acres of land would definitely be flooded.

Wu Yong regretted it so much that his intestines turned green. If he had known earlier, he would not have objected. Now the fields are full of water and machines cannot be used, so they can only be harvested manually.

Everyone had a sickle and had to go to the fields. No one could be lazy. Men, women, young and old all went into battle in the rain.

Yun Tinglan's family was allocated an acre of rice. Since Song Jinhan and Xu Jianmin were not at home, they had to do it all by themselves. Of course, she and the two children were just there to make up the numbers. Even though the two children worked very hard, they could not even harvest a row in half a day, and the same was true for her.

Seeing that the two children had blisters on their palms, Yun Tinglan felt distressed but could do nothing. Everyone was harvesting crops in the rain, and it was impossible to let them go home to rest.

She pricked their blisters, applied ointment, put on gloves, and continued to work.

Ling Xi's men worked quickly, cutting the rice very fast. When they surpassed Yun Tinglan and the others, they turned back to replace them. The two children watched with starry eyes, but they no longer complained about the pain in their hands and continued to transport the rice ears silently. Although they did not work very fast, the two children persisted.

The rain kept pouring down. Even though we were wearing raincoats, the rain kept running down our faces, making our bodies wet and heavy, making our movements even more cumbersome.

They couldn't go home for lunch at noon, so the quartermaster team brought them two steamed buns for the adults and one steamed bun for the children, which they swallowed with rainwater. Yun Tinglan admired these people's hard work and endurance from the bottom of her heart.

She took out the big, tightly wrapped meat buns and shared them between the brother and sister. The two children insisted that she and Lingxi eat them first before they would eat.

"Mom, the meat buns made by my great aunt this time are especially delicious."

Yun Tinglan rubbed the two children’s heads. They thought the food smelled better because they were very hungry. In fact, the filling was no different from usual.