Gao Bo's house was quite far away. His school was in the southeastern part of the city, while his house was in the northernmost part of the city, in the rural area.
The eight members of the 510 took the buggy to the Ring Road station. They got off at the northern part of the city, and after a bumpy ride, they finally saw Gao Bo's house, Er He Village, in the middle of the morning.
Er He Village looked very beautiful from afar. The villager's houses were arranged in a picturesque manner, surrounded by greenery, and in the distance, there were large tracts of green farmland. Basically, every house was a two-story building.
Gao Bo said it was a good thing that a flood happened a few years ago. Most of the dilapidated village was flattened by the flood. The country gave the villagers disaster relief funds and special housing subsidies, which allowed most of the families to have the money to build small houses.
Gao Bo's house was at the edge of the village, separated from most of the houses in the village by a road.
Gao Bo's mother was quite economical. When she was building a house, she would build walls around other people's courtyards and enclose her own courtyard. Their family built warehouses on both sides of the gate. After the warehouses were built, the right side was simply cleaned up, and some miscellaneous items, oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar were brought in to open a small wholesale shop.
"Damn, what's this smell?" Everyone walked to a place not far from Gao Bo's house. Liu Wei covered his nose and asked.
"It's the smell of farm manure." Qu Yue smiled and said.
Although most of the soldiers were city soldiers, most of the troops had farmland. Whether it was officers or soldiers, most of them had done farm work before. The main purpose of every military unit's dry toilets was to accumulate manure.
Therefore, everyone was familiar with the smell of farm manure. Only Liu Wei, the young master from the Air Force, was not used to the smell of fermented organic manure.
As they got closer to Gao Bo's house, the smell of farm manure in the air became stronger. When they saw the large puddles of water in front of Gao Bo's house, everyone was sure that the smell came from his house.
"Sorry!" Gao Bo said to the few people in the class, very embarrassed.
"Hey, what's there to be embarrassed about? When our regiment was adding manure to the fields, everyone would jump into the water with a basin. At night, when we go back, there are maggots in the basin. Isn't it the same, just use it the same way? "Ge Cunshan said.
Liu Wei didn't know if it was the smell in the air or Wu Zhanghe was disgusted, but he covered his mouth and looked like he was about to vomit.
Seeing this situation, Wu Zhanghe couldn't help but laugh. He patted Liu Wei's back and said, "Old Liu, I'm afraid you won't be able to go to the village's dry toilets like this. The maggots there can crawl up your feet if you squat down."
"Blergh …" Liu Wei could no longer hold it in and finally vomited.
When Gao Bo saw the situation, he quickly ran into his store and took out a bottle of cold mineral water from the freezer. He let Liu Wei rinse his mouth.
Gao Bo's parents also saw the few young people who came with their son. Among them, Ke Lan had been here before, so his parents easily guessed that this group of young people were their son's classmates. The couple quickly came out to greet them warmly and invited them into the house.
"Mom, why is the smell in front of our house so strong?" Gao Bo complained while inviting everyone into the house.
Gao Bo's mother was a little embarrassed that the smell in her house made her son's classmates vomit. Her smile was dry, and she didn't say a word for a long time.
"Add manure to the fields." Gao Bo's father suddenly said.
"What season is it?" Gao Bo said discontentedly.
Gao Bo's father didn't say anything else. After he invited everyone into the living room, he asked his wife to get fruits for the children.
Because Gao Bo's family of three spoke in a dialect, the few people in the class couldn't understand them. They could only sit there and laugh. Gao Bo's mother took out tea, fruits, and cigarettes in a short time and placed a pile of things on the coffee table in the living room.
Ge Cunshan said, "Brothers, we are here to help others. Don't make trouble for others. Hurry up and get moving!"
Although Gao Bo's parents couldn't speak Mandarin, they didn't have a problem understanding. When they heard that the group of students wanted to work, they quickly stopped them. They said that the students were tired enough from school, so they should have a good rest and play at home.
No one was willing to listen. They called Gao Bo to lead the way. They took a big basket and a cart and set off.
When Gao Bo's father saw this, he quickly sent his wife to buy more fish and meat. He wanted to prepare something delicious for everyone for lunch. He followed the children to the field.
A dozen mu of land didn't sound small, but when they actually saw it, everyone realized how big it was.
In addition, the corn plants were very tall. It could be said that there was no end in sight.
Everyone was here to work. There was no skill involved in breaking the corn stalks. Besides, a few of the veterans in the class had experience in this kind of work.
When they arrived, Ge Cunshan first ordered everyone to clear out an empty space. Then, the eight of them spread out in a formation. Each person was responsible for two rows of land. They carried the basket and started to work. Whoever's basket was full would carry the corn back to the empty space. They would transport it back in the afternoon.
Breaking corn was said to be very simple. It was so simple that even a bear could do it. However, the bear was really energetic. Qu Sen's group worked very hard for the first two hours. However, as time went on, their hands couldn't take it anymore.
Not only were their hands sore from breaking corn, but the back of their hands and wrists were also scratched by the corn leaves. When they sweated, it was painful and itchy. It was quite painful.
Fortunately, Ge Cunshan reminded everyone to wear long-sleeved clothes before they set off. If they wore half-sleeved clothes, their arms probably wouldn't be able to handle it.
In the class, except for Xiao Nuo and Liu Wei, everyone came from the grass-roots army. They were all very tough.
Although Gao Bo didn't stay in the grass-roots army, he worked in the field since he was young. He was already used to doing farm work under the sun.
Although Qu Sen's family was from the city, his grandmother's family was from the countryside. When he was young, he often played in the field. When he was half an adult, he also helped out in the field.
Xiao Nuo was from the navy. He was more exposed to the wind and sun than the army. A little sun and corn leaves couldn't stop him.
The only one who suffered was Liu Wei. Liu Wei vomited from the smell of the fertilizer. His condition wasn't good to begin with. In addition, he was in the control tower. He couldn't be exposed to the wind or rain. There was heating in the winter and air conditioning in the summer. It was inevitable that he would be more delicate.
When it was close to noon, he didn't know if it was because of the sun or the insects in the corn field. His whole body began to show allergic symptoms. As long as he touched his skin, large areas of purlin would protrude. It was so itchy that he scratched with his hands. In the end, it didn't take long for many places to bleed from the scratches, forming bloody purlins.
When everyone saw this, they hurriedly asked him to go back first. They patted him with cold water to relieve the itch. Liu Wei wanted to persist, but he really couldn't stand the itch. He followed Gao Bo's father home first.
When the locals worked in the fields, they had their lunch at the field. Gao Bo's mother called everyone back after she finished cooking. However, no one touched the food. His mother had no choice but to go home and find a basket to put the food in. Then, she asked Gao Bo's father to bring a box of cold beer to the field.
Everyone didn't stand on ceremony. They sat at the field and stuffed themselves. They quickly cleaned up the food and drank more than half of the box of beer. After Ge Cunshan called them back, they continued to work in the fields.
When Gao Bo's mother saw that everyone's hands were scratched, she hurriedly took a few more gloves from the shop and sent them over.
Everyone put on the gloves and finally suffered less. They persisted until around three in the afternoon. Then, under Ge Cunshan's orders, they began to send the day's harvest back home in carts and baskets.
After several trips back and forth, everyone was exhausted. However, the villagers gradually discovered that Old Gao's family actually had a group of young people helping to collect the corn. After asking around, they found out that they were all Gao Bo's classmates. One after another, they began to praise them with envy.
People were like this. If no one paid attention to them, they naturally wouldn't be interested in working. However, under the praise of a group of people, no matter if they were praised or encouraged, they felt that they could still persevere no matter how tired they were.
Just like that, they went back and forth until it was past six o 'clock. Finally, they brought all the corn they had picked today back to Gao Bo's courtyard.
Gao Bo's mother had already prepared the meal. She even used the well water to wash the cement floor of the courtyard until it was cold. When everyone went to do a simple wash, a large round table was already set up in the middle of the courtyard. Large plates and bowls of hard dishes were placed on the table.
Chilled beer and an opened bottle of white wine were also prepared.
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