Li Fengying's health wasn't good, so she couldn't handle heavy work. When others could earn seven or eight work points a day, she could only earn three or four.
She was responsible for bundling straw, a task calculated by the team as six work points a day.
She earned more than before, wasn't overworked, and her body could handle it.
"Why don't they want to use it? It's such a handy machine, works fast, and keeps things clean. In the past, it was unbearable to stay at the threshing ground, but now we work under the shade, without sun exposure, and can enjoy the breeze. It's not tiring; why not use it?"
"Exactly. If you ask me, the hardest part of farming all year is the harvest rush. Harvesting is exhausting, threshing is heavy work, and it's dirty. In the past, after a day of threshing, you'd be covered from head to toe in husks, even wishing you could get it out of every crevice. It's not like that now; it's much cleaner."
