Chapter 788: Fifty-year-old sister-in-law (21)

"When did this happen?"

Captain Fu didn’t quite believe it. She was under his nose every day. When had he seen her draw before?

“Captain, the painting is really finished! We can testify, and we all participated!” Xiao Jing and others gathered around with smiles.

Captain Fu was even more puzzled: "When did it happen? What about the painting? Why didn't I see it?"

 “There it is!”

　　Everybody surrounded the captain and walked towards the fields.

While digging the canal, a simple observation tower was built - a few steps built with tree stumps. Standing at the highest point, one can overlook the fields in the distance.

 “Captain, stand up and watch.”

Captain Fu had a puzzled look on his face. He stepped on the tree stump and climbed up a few blocks. He was about to ask, "There are no paintings here." Suddenly, he was stunned.

It turns out that the entire field is the canvas, and the crops are the paint:

 The green of the rice ears, the yellow of the corn stalks, the red of the sorghum, and the wheat stubble left after harvesting constitute the picture of "Field of Hope and Harvest".

 Xu Yin was inspired by the "field paintings" popular in the new rural areas of later generations, and then conceived such an ingenious "Harvest Celebration Poster".

 On the Zhengerbajing painting paper, firstly, there is no paint, and secondly, it cannot truly express the joy of harvest.

And in this field, looking at the alternation of new and old crops, the words "harvest" pop up before our eyes. This is the field of hope, the beautiful field!

“Captain, if you know someone from the newspaper office, you can ask them to come over and take a photo as a souvenir. Isn’t this more meaningful than painting?”

Fu Rongxing thought that it made sense and asked comrades from the press to come and take a photo. This would not only save a file, but also provide an explanation for the report performance during the "Business Festival". In addition, it might be possible for the distant mountain reclamation team to appear in the newspaper again.

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. Captain Fu immediately set off for the city: "The reporter who came back to interview Xu Yin last time is from the Workers' Daily. I'm going to find him right now!"

 “Hey—Captain! The food hasn’t been weighed yet!”

“Do you need me to keep an eye on the grain weighing? Xiao Xu, lead everyone to weigh the grain and report it later.”

　　　…”

All the team members looked at me and I looked at you. When the captain walked away, they laughed.

 “The captain has changed!”

"It has indeed changed! How much importance was attached to the grain harvest in the past! Not to mention the distant ones, just the past few days. I just wanted to weigh them on the spot as soon as they were harvested."

“The captain is becoming more and more confident about us.”

 “You are overthinking, the captain is trusting Xu Yin.”

　　　…”

Everyone covered their faces in silence, that’s what they said! With Xu Yin here, who dares to be lazy and not work?

 Xu Yin: “…”

 Why did the air suddenly become quiet? Sister didn’t say anything?

In that compartment, Fu Rongxing drove the bullock cart excitedly to the city and went to the Workers' Daily to find the reporter comrade he had met once.

As soon as Reporter Li heard about this new "painting", he picked up his camera and followed Fu Rongxing to Hewozitun.

At the gate, I met the editor-in-chief who was inspecting with several leaders of the organization department, and casually asked him where he was going.

 Reporter Li told the truth.

 “Paintings in the field?”

 The leaders thought it was very novel. Can crops in the fields be painted?

 “Let’s go! Take a look!”

Anyway, we came down for inspection, so why not inspect?

Hence, without even stepping through the door of the newspaper office, he turned around and went to Hewozitun.

 Fu Rongxing was flattered. Is this battle too big?

"Eh? Isn't that Lao Fu?" Zhou Hengchang came to the city to do business and saw Fu Rongxing driving a bullock cart and pulling a reporter comrade holding a camera behind a jeep and passed him.

 “Lao Fu! What are you doing?”

Fu Rongxing didn't have time to chat with him at the moment. He left the city soon and had to run ahead to show the way to the leading comrades, so he hastily replied: "Something happened, let's talk about it later!"

Zhou Hengchang is shrewd. Those who have cameras these days are not ordinary people. He rolled his eyes, ran after the bullock cart for a few steps, and sat on it.

"Old Zhou, what are you..." Fu Rong was very excited, "Why are you following me?"

“Didn’t you say that your team has grown a lot of vegetables? I came to your place to learn from you. What? You don’t welcome me?”

 Fu captain: “…”

 You have said everything, what else can I say?

"Okay, okay, you can go if you want! But I have something really busy and I won't have time to entertain you when I arrive. Don't blame me for not greeting you well."

As soon as he finished speaking, another person came. It was Captain Qiu who had exchanged tasks with Captain Fu. He came to pull cloth to make uniforms for the Yangko dance team members.

 “Lao Fu, what are you doing?”

Hearing Zhou Hengchang say that he wanted to visit the distant mountain reclamation team, he jumped on the bullock cart without saying a word.

 Fu captain: “…”

 Hitchhiking one by one?

 There are no uninvited people like you!

But he has no time to argue with them now. The leader’s jeep is still waiting for him to catch up and lead the way!

On the way, Zhou Hengchang asked Captain Qiu about the harvest. He learned that the harvest in Xihe was not as large as that in Qinghe. Zhou Hengchang felt proud and turned to ask about the situation of the Yuanshan team: "Lao Fu, how is your team's harvest?"

"It's okay." Captain Fu's mind was not on chatting, so he responded casually and said nothing more.

Zhou Hengchang thought that because he was saving face, the harvest must not be very satisfactory, but he was too embarrassed to say it in front of Reporter Li, so he just said it in one sentence. I felt a lot more determined about this. As long as he beats the Yuanshan team, it is a victory in his eyes.

 “Here we come!”

Captain Fu grabbed the reins and jumped out of the cart first.

 The leaders also got off the jeep.

"It's getting late, let's go directly to the fields to see the 'crop paintings'." The editor conveyed the leaders' wishes.

 Captain Fu nodded and led everyone to the fields.

Zhou Hengchang and Captain Qiu looked at each other and followed.

　　"What does Lao Fu have to do with selling? He won't tell me if I ask him."

　　“You’ll find out if you go and see it!”

 In the field, Xu Yin is leading the team members to pile wheat straw.

Wheat straw after wheat threshing is a good material for burning fires, and the plant ashes after burning are also good for fertilizing and sterilizing. It can be said that wheat straw and rice straw are definitely treasures in rural areas.

After the busy farming season, haystacks stand like fortresses in the fields and fields. Go and smoke a few handfuls when needed.

 In Xu Yin’s conscious stacking, the wheat straw stacks are perfectly integrated with the “crop painting”, and the wheat straw stacks become barns “in the painting”.

The leaders looked at the vast fields after the harvest and exclaimed: "This is all wasteland created by your team? Did you turn wasteland into fertile land in such a short time?"

Captain Fu said modestly: "That's not the case. The crops that have been planted and harvested are only about a hundred acres, and the rest are still in the growing period. The furthest acres were just planted before the busy farming season, and they haven't had time yet. sowing."

“That’s not bad! How long has it been? I remember you all came here in March, right? It’s only been four months, amazing! It’s amazing!”

Everyone talked all the way and walked along the river bank to the canal. Under Captain Fu's demonstration, they climbed to the observation deck and saw the so-called "crop paintings". They were collectively shocked...

 (End of this chapter)