Chen Qianjin was plowing his own team's land. This wheat field was not large, only thirty mu, and after the high-horsepower tractor's reversible plow made a few passes back and forth, the plowing was finished.
Usually, once the plowing was done, the landholder would inspect it carefully for any unplowed ridges buried under the turned soil. Today, however, he hurriedly signed the notebook Chen Qianjin handed him, then rode off in a rush on his bicycle.
What was going on? Was there a fire?
Chen Qianjin did not quite understand, but he did not dwell on it. He earned one yuan for every mu he plowed-thirty yuan in his pocket in just half a morning today.
How nice!
Yes, the hired hands who had come to work for the Li family all received different wages. Chen Qianjin, for instance, had earned a commission when he previously helped operate the Dongfanghong 75. Now that he could drive the high-horsepower tractor, he earned more.
Li Junfeng earned even more than that.
Li Junxian earned slightly less. He ranked third among these hired hands, and could make over a thousand yuan driving the harvester during this wheat harvest season alone.
The harvesting fee was currently two yuan fifty to three yuan per mu, and he earned fifty cents for each mu he harvested.
Together with the work he had done earlier, he could earn nearly two thousand yuan over this busy stretch of more than half a year.
Besides earning money, all three had learned skills. They could not have been happier, and were full of enthusiasm.
Li Junhai and another man took turns driving the remaining high-horsepower tractor, though they had to wait until there was work available for their turn. That depended on luck too.
Even so, they had competed to