Food Distribution

The acacia tree is also known as the life-saving tree on the Loess Plateau.

In early May, strings of light yellow millet buds finally hung on the acacia trees around Gu Guan Village.

Before the white flowers bloomed, the aunties in the village couldn't wait to take action. They tied sickles to the tops of wooden sticks, cut off the acacia branches directly, and carried baskets of acacia flowers home.

If you can't finish it in one meal, you can dry it and store it.

The little kids in the village looked more like they had gotten some kind of good business. Many of them climbed directly on the tree trunks and stuffed their mouths with lots of acacia flowers, hoping to fill their stomachs before they came down.

For these hungry and anxious little guys, acacia flowers are definitely a rare delicacy.

It's sweet and fragrant, much more delicious than Yuqian.

Even Wang Manyin's family was no exception. When he got up in the morning, he saw that the acacia trees next to the dung pile were turning white. He directly tied a sickle and cut most of the basket, preparing to use the orchids to make steamed vegetables at night.

Of course, Wang Manyin was just out of curiosity, and many people in the village were just living as food.

In terms of utilizing ingredients, the aunties in Guan Guan Village have used their cleverness to the extreme. In addition to using acacia flower noodles to make steamed vegetables, they can also make vegetable dumplings, vegetable boxes, and vegetable cakes.

Village members pulled trolleys and almost completely blocked the entire grain station compound.

But if you want to do this, you must first hide it from the village cadres.

"That's good"

There are more than 50 households in the second team, and this time they received more than 8,000 kilograms of resold grain.

The acacia tree in front of Wang Manyin's house is as thick as a clay pot. I wonder if it is because it has been irrigated with spring water several times. It has grown particularly lush this year.

"Uncle Lianshun, my family has a lot of labor and a lot of food, can you share more? I heard that some villages divide the food according to labor." Before the food was divided, Wang Junxiang started shouting.

Is it enough? Three hundred and six.

"I've said hello, you can go at any time. How about you, can you do it?" Wang Manyin asked in a lower voice.

The blooming of acacia flowers means that many families will save a lot of food and almost have three meals a day.

If it were Wang Manyin like this, he would definitely vomit.

Strictly speaking, Wang Manyin belongs to the category of people who take advantage. Last year, he did not even join the production team and did not make any contribution to the surplus grain.

This is one of the reasons why Shaoan is worried.

Wang Manyin also chose wheat bran. Even if the couple doesn't eat it, they can still make it at home.

After eating acacia flowers, if you persist for a while, it will almost be time to harvest peas and lentils. After harvesting lentils and harvesting winter wheat... when new grains are eaten, the spring famine of the year will be completely over.

After confirming the time with his brother-in-law, Wang Manyin returned.

In the summer, there are more things to eat in the fields. Amaranth, watercress, sage, turnip, mountain leek, wild garlic, etc.

Seeing this situation, Wang Lianshun had no intention of keeping the food overnight, and directly ordered everyone to line up to receive the food.

But to the people in the village, it doesn't matter if they look ugly, as long as they can eat well.

Wang Manyin was chatting with a few people when he suddenly heard someone calling him brother-in-law behind him.

"Besides, when mass-producing bacterial fertilizer, bran powder cake is also used as nutrients, which costs at least ten kilograms per acre of land. Which production team is willing to use it like this?"

Wang Lianshun held meetings simply and neatly, without shouting too many slogans and settling matters in just a few words.

"I'm on my way to work, and I heard that the grain station will distribute rebate grain in the afternoon, so I thought you might come over." Shaoan replied, smiling and saying hello to the others in the Guan Guan Village.

"Shaoan, why are you here? Didn't you go to work today?" He asked in surprise when he saw the person coming.

"Isn't this a good thing? Why are you still looking so sad?"

Especially bran...this is something people eat, and it is included in the resale grain distributed by the grain station just now.

Looking at his brother-in-law's expression, Wang Manyin knew something was wrong. He told Liu Xiangyang and led him away.

When my brother-in-law visited last time, he made it very clear that the strains produced by the bacterial fertilizer factory of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative had a very low qualification rate and could not be applied on a large scale.

His character has a natural resilience that refuses to admit defeat. Once he chooses to do something, he wants to do it well. After failing many times, he has gained some experience.

Some members also buy dried sweet potatoes, which cost eight cents per pound, which is just over two yuan. Sorghum noodles are more expensive, costing ten cents per pound, and fewer people choose them.

In the past, it would have taken at least a day to pull it with a donkey cart. Now there is a walking tractor, which is much more convenient. Liu Xiangyang drove back and forth four times, and by the time it got dark, he had transported all the rebate grain back to the breeding room compound.

Hearing this, many people with a lot of hard work had their eyes lit up.

Whether hungry or full, reproduction continues.

"We have recently improved our processes and equipment, and the success rate has improved a lot... You know how much effort we put into successfully cultivating stable bacterial strains. We sent people to the county to buy agar, and ordered sterile boxes, sulfur, and inoculations.

The room had to be kept at a constant temperature. It was stuffy and airtight inside. I kept spinning for hours and almost fainted inside..."

"Isn't it said that a sterile environment is needed and it is easy to contaminate?" Seeing the change in his brother-in-law's tone, Wang Manyin asked curiously.

After cutting a lot of branches easily, he left the orchids busy while he hurried to the construction site to work.

At this moment, seeing that the second team of laborers had almost arrived, he cleared his throat and said: "Don't work for now. I want to tell you some good news. The commune's rebate grain for this year's Shige Festival has finally arrived. Those who are short of food at home,

Report it to the accountant as soon as possible. Those who are not short of food will be ignored."

Wang Manyin had seen the sorghum noodle dumplings that Mao Dan ate. After being steamed, they were black and red, and then mixed with acacia flowers. The color could not be described in words.

There is a particular emphasis on the resale of food, and with the ingredients of his family, he is not qualified to eat it.

Speaking of this matter, Shaoan quietly poured out some bitter words.

"That's right, if it weren't for the bit of sesame residue that Man Yin bought, my family would have been shut down last month..."

The so-called resale of grain is actually to supplement the rations of members according to this standard.

"It's okay. If I operate it, it shouldn't be a big problem."

After receiving the news, people gathered around the entire compound without eating.

Not surprisingly, most people choose to buy wheat bran because it is the cheapest, costing one penny per pound.

After lunch, a group of people gathered around Wang Fugui to pay the bills.

As a result, when they arrived at the grain station, they realized that they had arrived a little late.

After a few more months of dealing with it, it’s time to harvest the autumn crops again.

All the members on the construction site were excited and talking about it.

Helpless, Wang Fugui had to ask everyone to wait outside while he registered with the collective resale grain book.

The key point is that the technical level of the members is not up to par, and in the end it is a waste of work and effort, and it is just a waste of time.

The suffering people on the Loess Plateau are like the crops they plant, one crop after another, tenaciously surviving through the spring, summer, autumn and winter.

This is also one of the reasons why many production teams in the south choose to conceal their grain output. If they report too much, they will pay more, and if they underreport, they will pay less. If they don’t report enough, they will get resold grain.

Because of the resale of grain, the atmosphere at work became much more lively, and we talked about it all morning.

If the production team below hears that they use bran to make bacterial fertilizer, they will definitely be called a prodigal.

"According to the plan of the supply and marketing cooperative, this thing will be promoted and applied in every village, and we will also be asked to train a group of technicians... A sterile environment alone will probably stump a lot of people."

"Brother-in-law, have you told the village about the promotion of the new bacterial fertilizer?" There were no outsiders, so Shaoan directly explained his purpose.

You can even blanch it in a pot of boiling water, sprinkle some chopped green onion and salt, and add a few drops of sesame oil to make a delicious cold dish.

They felt that the distribution based on head count was unfair, allowing those with more children to take advantage. They worked exhaustingly in the production team every day, but in the end they all received the same amount, which was really unjustifiable.

In a word, the new bacterial fertilizer is indeed a good technology. If the production environment meets the standards, it will definitely be no problem to increase grain production.

Wang Manyin was bored, so he went over and looked at the statistics sheet.

That's why he dared to find his brother-in-law.

Generally, acacia flowers growing on sunny slopes on the plateau will bloom a week earlier, followed by those at the bottom of the cliff. The flowering period can last for more than half a month. It blooms intermittently.

As soon as we arrived at the earth dam, we saw Wang Lianshun talking excitedly to someone.

Just dig a basket and the whole family can make a meal.

"Last year, two villages suffered a bloody blow because of queuing in the grain station compound. This year, the superiors specifically told us not to let everyone swarm to the grain station. We will collect the grain as a unit in the production team, and then we will distribute it among ourselves. According to

At last year's year-end settlement, each of the second team could receive 28 and a half kilograms. There were dried sweet potatoes, sorghum noodles, and wheat bran, and the prices were also different. After work at noon, each family discussed what food they wanted and went to Fugui to pay the bill. Those who were short of money were left by the team.

You will pay it in advance and wait for the year-end dividends to be deducted..."

He came from a later generation and naturally knew that a sterile environment alone was not something that rural production teams could achieve today.

Given the conditions of Wang Manyin's family, there was no shortage of dozens of kilograms of food. However, he did not intend to do anything special and just followed the crowd and signed up.

Wang Mingqiang, who was originally standing in the crowd, opened his mouth, but did not say a word. He just walked aside silently, hanging his head.

"Uncle Lianshun, you are not talking nonsense. Which family in our village is not short of food?"

In fact, the price of resold grain is really not expensive, but the people in Guan Village are used to saving and want to buy cheaper ones.

"Everyone, be quiet and listen to what I have to say," Wang Lianshun shouted again when he saw the chaos in the scene.

"I am still confident about this. We have done experiments before, and the contrast effect of plants using bacterial fertilizer is quite obvious."

"Whenever we get it, we have to go early. Don't be late like last year and not be able to get good food."

"Take your time and try to achieve results in our village. It may be easier to promote." Wang Manyin could only comfort him.

Before it was too late, Wang Lian sent a few people to the grain station on a walking tractor to pull grain after the list was compiled, and Wang Manyin was among them.

However, Wang Lianshun did not waver at all and directly shook his head and refused: "The rebate grain will be divided according to the head. If your family gets an extra pound, others will get a pound less. We are all from the same production team. You can't watch others starve, right?"

There is no way, collective matters are so troublesome. Especially when food is involved, quarrels and fights are common.

However, Wang Lianshun tried his best to hold a bowl of water in a balanced manner. His prestige was not built in a day.

At this moment, although some people were unwilling to do so, they stopped shouting.
Chapter completed!