After the divorce, he settled in Northwest China and became a Shennong (a legendary Chinese farmer).

Seeing this message warmed Gu Tong's heart.

He immediately replied, "Thanks, buddy! I'm doing fine here for now. If I run into any trouble, I'll definitely let you know."

The two chatted on WeChat for a while, then Gu Tong turned off her phone screen and fell into a deep sleep.

I slept without any dreams.

The next morning, Gu Tong arrived at Dong Jun's house. After breakfast, he began sowing seeds in the fields.

This season, Dong Jun is planting wheat, so the seeder doesn't need its seed box changed, which is very convenient. The small seed box will only need to be changed when Gu Tong plants rapeseed and alfalfa.

The two worked for a whole morning. Gu Tong was in charge of the agricultural machinery operation, while Dong Jun was responsible for some miscellaneous tasks. They completed the sowing work within four hours.

To be precise, it's both sowing and compaction; his seeder comes with a built-in compaction wheel, completing both tasks in one go.

"Brother Gu, it's so much fun working with you. You don't look like a newbie who just got his certificate; you're practically a highly skilled master craftsman."

Back home for lunch, Dong Jun couldn't help but feel a surge of emotions at the dinner table.

Some people are born to do this kind of work. He has seen tractor drivers who have been driving for many years and can still drive the tractor into the ditch even on flat ground.

"Brother Dong, save your energy, we have another tough battle to fight this afternoon."

Gu Tong didn't know how to respond to that, so she cleverly changed the subject.

The two were going to Professor Mao's field to collect stones in the afternoon, and Dong Jun immediately became dejected at the mention of this.

The tractor hauled and unloaded stones back and forth. Although the trailer had a self-unloading function, after half a day, he felt like his bones were about to fall apart.

After finishing his meal, Gu Tong went back to rest for a while, then unloaded the seeder, reattached the stone picker, and headed straight for Professor Mao's saline-alkali land.

Yesterday, we only cleared a 16-acre plot of land in half a day, and I estimate we'll do about the same today.

"Xiao Dong, Xiao Gu, you two keep going, don't worry about me."

Gu Tong and Dong Jun arrived at the scene one after the other, and just as they started working, Professor Mao also arrived.

Yesterday, Dong Jun reported to him on WeChat that there were 8 trucks in the transport route, and he came over here specifically to verify it.

Gu Tong and Dong Jun naturally had no objections. After greeting Professor Mao, they continued to work diligently.

Professor Mao strolled slowly along the edge of the field, occasionally taking out his phone to check it and replying to a couple of messages.

Gu Tong had already set up his phone to film. He didn't start a live stream, but he needed to shoot some footage. The videos had to be updated frequently, otherwise it would be difficult to maintain the popularity that had been built up with great effort.

Even though he only has about 2000 fans.

Professor Mao stayed at the site for an hour before leaving. In that hour, he was able to fully understand the efficiency of collecting and transporting the stones.

This thing is hard to fake, especially since he trusts Dong Jun quite a bit.

Gu Tong and Dong Jun worked for two hours straight before finally sitting down to have a cup of hot tea and rest for a while.

"Brother Dong, what are those guys over there doing? They seem to be watching us the whole time."

An SUV drove up from a short distance away, and three people got out and started pointing and gesturing in this direction.

Gu Tong noticed this and told Dong Jun.

Dong Jun turned around and couldn't help but purse his lips, whispering, "Those guys are from Honghe Agricultural Machinery Service Cooperative. The one in charge is called Li Yong. He's arrogant and domineering. It's best not to deal with them."

He had suffered at Li Yong's hands before, so he was always annoyed when the name of the man was mentioned.

Gu Tong nodded. Although he didn't know what the "Honghe Agricultural Machinery Service Cooperative" was all about, he had to be careful as long as there was competition.

While the two were talking, Li Yong and the others walked directly towards them.

"Brother Dong, time to get to work!"

Too lazy to guess the other party's intentions, Gu Tong beckoned Dong Jun to get in the car and prepared to continue the stone-collecting operation.

As Li Yong and the others approached, one of them called out loudly, "Excuse me, which one of you is Gu Tong? I'd like to talk to you about something."

Now Gu Tong understood everything; this person was targeting her.

"I am Gu Tong. May I ask what brings you here?"

Some things are unavoidable, so Gu Tong stepped forward and asked.

Li Yong was in his forties, tall with a square face, and a scar on his right cheek added a touch of fierceness to his appearance.

"Hello, Mr. Gu, I'm Li Yong, the business manager of Honghe Agricultural Machinery Service Cooperative. I heard you've purchased quite a few agricultural machines. Would you be interested in joining our cooperative and developing together?"

Li Yong smiled slightly, his tone quite amiable.

He had previously discussed providing agricultural machinery services with Professor Mao, but the cooperative's price was relatively high, and he hoped that the other party would take a full-package approach, entrusting all 80 acres of land to them for management.

Professor Mao felt that the other party's asking price was too high, so the deal fell through, and in the end, the agricultural machinery service was handed over to Gu Tong.

Honghe Agricultural Machinery Service Cooperative is a well-established company, and Li Yong didn't take this business seriously.

However, based on some rumors he had heard, Gu Tong's courage and ability left a deep impression on him, which is why he thought of bringing Gu Tong into the cooperative.

"Sorry, I'm a lazy person and I don't like being in groups. I mainly bought the farm machinery for my own use, and I'm content with making some extra money occasionally. I don't want to join the cooperative."

Gu Tong didn't mince words and decisively rejected Li Yong.

In accordance with his style of doing things, he firmly says no to things he doesn't want to get involved in, and he never drags things out.

"That's a real shame! I won't bother you any longer. If you ever change your mind, you can come find me in the county."

Li Yong smiled faintly, said nothing more, turned around and left, without even leaving a business card.

Today, he was just passing by Professor Mao's field when he saw people picking up stones, and on a whim, he came over to ask about it.

He didn't care whether Gu Tong agreed or not.

Gu Tong got into the car and continued to work with Dong Jun, busy until sunset.

Today's work efficiency was about the same as yesterday; in half a day, Dong Jun still transported 8 truckloads of stones. However, the area of ​​land cleared today was 18 mu (approximately 1.2 hectares), while the area of ​​land cleared yesterday afternoon was 16 mu (approximately 1.1 hectares).

After all, there are fewer stones in the soil at today's work site.

"In another half day, the stone-collecting work on this saline-alkali land will be completely finished. The process of turning the soil and collecting stones a second time will be much faster. Once you're done, you can get busy with your own fields."

Dong Jun was very satisfied. Three and a half days, calculated at 24 truckloads, would amount to 1200 yuan. There were still 30 mu of farmland to go, which would require about 10 truckloads of transportation.

He'll also be helping Professor Mao spread fertilizer later, which will be another source of income.

The key point is that he reached a mutual assistance agreement with Gu Tong this year, which saved him a lot of money in terms of agricultural machinery services.

"Yes, let's finish quickly, I need to start spring planting myself. Brother Dong, finish the stone-collecting work on the saline-alkali land as soon as possible tomorrow morning, and then move to the other 30 mu of farmland."

I need to turn the pile of crops the day after tomorrow morning; I don't need your help. You should hurry up and finish your own farm work.

Gu Tong briefly outlined their plans for the next few days, and then the two went their separate ways.

After dinner, Gu Tong played with Xiao Shitou in the yard for a while, and then sat in the living room thinking about what happened with Li Yong that day.

He felt that he would run into the Honghe Cooperative sooner or later. Since the other side had more people and more power, he needed to pay more attention to them.

the next day.

As soon as it was light, Gu Tong got up.

He planned to start working early today, because if Professor Mao's work dragged on for too long, it would affect his own spring planting plans.

Dong Jun cooperated fully, and the two of them worked incredibly hard, completing the task of picking stones from 50 mu of saline-alkali land before noon.

Today's work area is 16 acres, but there are quite a lot of stones, enough to fill 10 trucks.

"Old Dong, Little Gu, dinner's ready."

Around noon, Dong Jun's wife brought him lunch.

Gu Tong ate the fragrant mutton pilaf with several side dishes, praising it repeatedly.

After eating, he sat down on the ground next to the tractor and opened the control panel during his break.

[Effective work, Shennong value +5]

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