When the whistle sounded, Peng Zhikun shouted to everyone, "Stop working! Let's rest for 20 minutes and then keep working hard!"
It was approaching noon. People exposed to the sun would have their skin scorched and their flesh dry, and their skin would be burning.
If we didn't take a break for a while, many members would probably suffer from heatstroke.
When the adults heard the whistle, they put down the rice and sand sickles in their hands, and pulled off the wet towels covering their heads.
Then, dragging his exhausted steps, he walked up the field and hid in the shade.
Men were hiding under trees and in the grass, smoking and bragging.
The women gathered together and talked about the parents of the East and the shortcomings of the West. From time to time they mixed in some dirty words, causing everyone to burst into laughter, and the waves were uproar...
Some women who were bolder jumped directly into the ditch next to the rice field and lay on their backs in the shallow puddle.
Enjoy the slight coolness and cool down your body at the same time.
"Ouyo!"
Boss Zhou, Luo Xiaoxin and the others, who were helping to hold the rice, collect straw and pick up rice ears in the rice field, cheered: "Let's go catch fish!"
this period,
There are no pesticides or fertilizers in the rice fields, and there are no electric fish or medicinal fish.
Therefore, there are really a lot of clams, shrimps, torch fish, green rays, including carp and native crucian carp in the paddy fields!
The native crucian carp doesn't grow very big, and it usually only costs a few dollars, one or two or two taels. No one eats this kind of fish.
It is said that the life of the members of the production team is poor, so why don’t they eat fish?
Because everyone has no oil at home!
For a month, an adult only has a quota of 2 taels, 8 cents, and 3 of rapeseed oil. In future generations, it will be all used up even if it is not enough to fry a plate of shredded pork with hot peppers.
Because rapeseed oil is so hard to come by, lard was actually used most often by commune members at home during this period.
Just boil a can of lard during the Chinese New Year and meet someone who really knows how to live a prudent life. Everyone will eat it for a whole year.
That is to say, if you put two drops into the boiled vegetables, it will be covered with a little oil and meat.
so,
No matter how many fish there are in the rice fields, streams, or ditches, commune members don't like to eat fish, mainly because eating fish consumes too much fuel.
The three brothers, Brother Zhou, caught fish to sell to Luo Xuan.
Because Luo Xuan will use these small miscellaneous fish as feed for the chickens and turtles.
As for teenagers like Luo Xiaoxin and Datu, one of them catches fish to feed the chickens and ducks at home, and the other just for fun.
Catching fish and shrimps is one of the few pleasures for the children in the production team.
The water in the rice fields is only one turn deep. If it encounters a deeper place, it is only two turns deep.
When you catch fish in this place, you can see the water patterns drawn by the fish's spine, and the children follow behind and chase them excitedly.
Very enjoyable!
Especially when you occasionally encounter a carp that is 3, 4 taels, or even half a catty in size, chasing it... is so enjoyable!
Moreover, catching fish in the rice fields of the production team is different from that in later generations, after household quotas were implemented, the fields were privately owned by the commune members.
During this period, everything was public and belonged to the collective.
So when catching fish in rice fields, it doesn’t matter who discovers it first.
Only whoever catches the fish in his crotch and puts it firmly can the fish truly be his.
In the rice fields, you were fighting over each other and chasing each other. For a while, the rice fields were filled with the sounds of children laughing, playing, fighting, and quarreling, making it a very lively scene.
"Hahaha...there are so many fish in this rice field?"
Ji Xuyuan was sitting on the field, fanning himself with a cattail leaf fan.
While happily watching the children catching fish and playing around in the rice fields.
He saw Boss Zhou catch a crucian carp for a while, and then saw Luo Xiaoxin dig a carp out of the mud.
I couldn't help but curiously asked, "Since there are so many fish in the field, why not drain the water? In that case, wouldn't even one of these fish be able to escape?"
Peng Zhikun shook his head, "Mr. Ji, you don't know what's going on in the countryside."
Said,
Peng Zhikun pointed to the little water in the rice field and said, "If the water in the field is drained now, unless the production team is planning to plant another crop of rapeseed, cabbage, or cabbage in this land,
of.
Otherwise, there would be no water in the field to submerge the rice stubble.
By next year, these rice stubbles will be rotten and a lot of weeds will grow.
This will delay the transplanting of rice next year. If the rice stubble is not rotten, it will be difficult for the transplanted rice seedlings to take root."
Ji Xuyuan really doesn't understand things in the farmland.
Hearing this, he asked again, "How about draining the water and catching the fish, and then releasing the water to flood the rice fields again, wouldn't that be enough?"
"No water."
Captain Liao took over the conversation and answered for Peng Zhikun, "The little water in other rice fields is just enough, how can we get the water over?
If water from the pond is used, the fish raised in the production team will have no water to use."
Ji Xuyuan suddenly understood, "It seems that we need to build more canals and small dams. In this way, won't the production team be able to plant two crops of grain in the rice fields?"
"If there is enough water, it is still feasible to plant one crop of rapeseed and one crop of rice; or one crop of wheat and rice."
Captain Liao sighed, "It's just that it's not easy to build a small dam or diversion canal?"
Yes, the members of the production team are in a state of semi-starvation all year round, so their physical fitness is not very good.
In addition, during the slack season, various production teams have to use up a lot of labor force to provide voluntary labor to the countryside and the county.
Therefore, it is very difficult for each production team to organize manpower to build canals and level terraces.
Moreover, building dams and canals requires a large amount of building materials such as strips of stone and lime.
Especially when transportation is inconvenient now, if you want to buy cement and lime, the transportation cost will be very high.
Most of the production teams are very poor and cannot afford this amount of money to build water conservancy infrastructure.
So far,
Only then did Ji Xuyuan realize: Luo Xuan's words a few days ago always hinted that he should donate money to build new water conservancy facilities in rural areas and the great significance of building small dams.
Originally two nights ago.
Ji Xuyuan and Luo Xuan were holding radios and going to the brigade headquarters.
In fact, at that time, Ji Xuyuan was just prepared to lose all his wealth out of a pure mentality of dispersing money.
But now he truly understands the significance of new water conservancy facilities and irrigation facilities for agricultural production.
As long as there are water storage dams, diversion canals, and rice fields in the production team, we can inter-crop and inter-crop, and now we can harvest one crop a year, instead of harvesting two crops a year!
How many farmers will this benefit?
The members of the production team here are chatting and taking a rest.
The teachers and students of the consolation team on the field ridge above were in a dilemma: continue to stand on the field ridge and beat gongs and drums, sing and dance. It seemed that the peasant uncles in the production team did not buy it.
But if we just withdraw our troops and return to the city, it won't be easy for the old principal to explain.
Teacher Yang, in particular, was even more embarrassed: it was the first time he led a team to express condolences, and he fell into such an embarrassing situation.
I glanced at the students from the towns behind me. At this time, they were only looking at Mr. Zhou in the rice fields, catching fish, digging eels, and rolling in mud pits.
These students, with blush on their faces and beauty marks on their foreheads, all had envious eyes and expressions of eagerness to try.
This can't continue like this!
Otherwise, the hearts and minds of this team will be scattered...
Teacher Yang whispered to Xiong Yingdao, "Go and find Luo Xuan from your class. He is from the production team and has a lot of clever ideas. Ask him if he has any good ideas to mobilize the enthusiasm of the students."
?
If we can let the students perform two more performances, our mission will be completed."
Xiong Ying is a reserve neighborhood committee aunt type figure.
If she gets entangled with someone, it will be quite a pain in the head!
Luo Xuan didn't want to pay attention to her at first, but on the field, the young and old men and women in the production team all looked at him with meaningful eyes.
Zhi Luoxuan was so forced that she really couldn't sit there any longer, so she had to get up and follow Xiong Ying to Teacher Yang.
"What? Children should look like children?"
After listening to Luo Xuan's suggestion, Teacher Yang couldn't help but be stunned!
There is still a feeling of great disappointment in my heart, like sediment rising from a methane pit.
"Classmate Luo Xuan, can you explain to me clearly what you mean?"
Teacher Yang raised his head and looked at Luo Xuan blankly and said, "You mean, as long as the students finish singing this song and dancing this dance, I have to allow them to go to the fields and interact with those in the countryside."
Are the kids in there just as crazy?"
Luo Xuan nodded and said nothing.
In this era, many children's minds and hearts have been deliberately distorted by adults.
In their eyes, the precious innocence and childishness are not worthy of publicity and are considered childish and ridiculous.
The most popular children at the moment are the kind of "little adults": it's better to keep your mouth shut and just use some impassioned fighting language, slogans and the like.
Teacher Yang stood up with a whoosh, "How can this be done? Then I might as well take my classmates and go back to school now."
Luo Xuan said leisurely, "I heard that this time, the school organized a total of three condolence teams, which went to each production brigade to express condolences.
Are you the fastest to go back?
I'm afraid that the old principal and dean of students will 'praise' you very much when the time comes."
Teacher Yang gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"
After a while, a song "Little Commune Member in the Production Team" started singing on the field!
I have to say that the students in the condolence team this time are indeed the best in the school, with literary and artistic talents.
Luo Xuan hummed a few lines tone-deaf, and they were able to accurately grasp the tone and rhythm immediately, and they were also able to use some versatile dance moves to perfectly match the music.
this era,
The classic dance moves of those primary school students are nothing more than putting one hand on the chest and raising the other hand high in the air like "My heart is facing the bright moon."
Or you can raise your hands as if "opening your chest and preparing to show everyone a red heart".
"The production team has a group of little ducks. I follow them to the pond every day. The little ducks quack at me... Goodbye, little ducks, I'm going to school..."
A group of male and female students wearing white shirts, blue pants, white sneakers, and their faces smeared red were on the field.
Some people acted in their true colors, pretending to be children carrying schoolbags and getting ready to go to school.
Others acted like little ducks in the production team. They kept putting their palms behind their buttocks and imitating the tail fanning of a duck...
"Hahaha……"
Brother Zhou and his brothers, together with Luo Xiaoxin, Luo Xiaozhong, Big Rabbit and Little Rabbit, were catching fish and shrimp in the rice fields...
Seeing this, the young men in the 6th production team were originally a little afraid of the neatly dressed students on the field.
At this time, everyone saw them performing these funny tricks seriously, and couldn't help but burst into laughter in the rice field!
Even Zhou Laoer accidentally caught dozens of shrimps, and all of them were knocked over from the building and ran away!
When the adults who were sitting on the ridge to hide in the shade saw this, they couldn't help but burst into laughter!
With this smile, everyone felt that they were no longer lacking, and their spirits were lifted.
Smiling and laughing, no one knew who was taking the lead, so everyone started clapping along...
Xiong Ying was overjoyed when he saw this: "Ah, the effect of stimulating everyone's fighting spirit this time is really good!"
The squad leader hunched over, stuck out his butt, put his hands behind his back and kept fanning, pretending to be a duck's tail...
I just heard him muttering in a low voice: "Why do I feel like I've been cheated by Luo Xuan?"
Teacher Yang was very excited when he saw everyone was happy: "Stop talking and keep dancing!"
