The members of the commune got up at 4 o'clock in the morning on the first day before dawn and went on their way.
Hundreds of people carried it on their shoulders and on their backs, using their hands and feet, and finally arrived at the end of the field.
Then the members had to spend a whole night in the open space outside the grain station.
Everyone is worried that the grain in the baskets and trucks will get damp, or even if it rains in the middle of the night, these precious public grains will be damaged.
The commune members themselves were reluctant to use felt blankets to build their tents, and they were reluctant to use bamboo mats to cushion the damp ground.
Instead, these things are carefully covered on top of the grain to prevent the grain from failing the next day, thus making everyone's hard work go to waste...
Tonight, everyone needs to spend the night in the wilderness,
It wasn't until the next day that the grain station opened for work at 8 o'clock.
Only then can everyone go in and start queuing up, calling their numbers, and waiting for the inspector to see if it is qualified and evaluate the grain grade.
Before the food is put into storage, everything is still unknown...
With uneasiness and a bit of depression, more than 100 members of the Xiaolaojun 4 production team began to build sheds to cover the food while busy but silently.
Even those children who finally got out of the mountains and saw everything outside felt strange.
At this time, they also became silent.
The children silently helped the adults unload the cattle cart, went around to cut grass and came back to feed the cows and donkeys.
In fact, people in the mountains naturally have a sense of fear towards people from the outside world.
These children, as soon as they arrive in the towns and villages, are naturally a little timid and afraid of getting into trouble.
Coupled with the depressing atmosphere in the crowd, the children have no intention of playing around anymore...
Men unloaded trucks and children cut grass.
The women were busy going to the coal station in the countryside to buy some coal and bring it back.
They were preparing to light a fire for cooking, and use coal to burn a few more bonfires at night to make people feel a little popular...
There was not much firewood to collect in Hongxing Township, so it became inevitable to spend money to buy coal to use as fuel.
But buying coal also requires notes.
Coal stations have two sets of price systems: planned coal prices and unplanned prices.
The price gap between the two is quite large.
Xiao Laojun's production team came in a hurry and naturally did not have the quota to buy coal, so they could only pay a high price and go to the coal station to buy 200 kilograms of coal for emergency use.
This time, more than 100 members came out of the Xiaolaojun production team.
Others are full of worries and worries,
But Qiu Guiying felt a sense of joy in her heart: she could finally go home and see her poor brother Qiu Xiaogang!
She helped with the work for a while, then walked up to Bu Yaoming and whispered, "Captain Bu, I...I want to ask you for a night off."
Bu Yaoming was stunned, "Xiao Qiu, what are you talking about? Do you want to go home and have a look, and send some food back to your brother?"
Qiu Guiying just said to Bu Yaoming, "Please take one night off." This sentence can easily cause ambiguity among others.
"Go ahead, there are so many people here, there won't be many of them with you, but there won't be many of them without you."
Seeing Qiu Guiying blushing with embarrassment, Bu Yaoming smiled slightly and said, "How did your mother settle down?"
Qiu Guiying said, "I made a pot of rice cake for my mother, and then boiled a few bowls of porridge and put them in a water tank to cool down. I thought, since we have only been out for two days, those bowls of porridge should go rancid.
No."
Because handing over public grain to the production team is a top priority!
To put it bluntly, even if someone in the production team burps that day, it cannot delay the payment of public rations, and it is no bigger than the matter of paying public rations.
so,
Even if Qiu Guiying has a silly mother in her family, even if there is a silly man in her family who is the "village guardian" who doesn't know how to cook for himself.
When it came time to deliver public grain, she had to come and participate in the labor.
Now that the public grain had been transported to the fields, Qiu Guiying dared to ask for leave from Bu Yaoming and wanted to rush back to her former Hongguang production team overnight to see her brother Qiu Xiaogang.
Seeing that Bu Yaoming agreed to her request for leave, Qiu Guiying pulled out a small bag from the basket where she carried the public rations.
Inside was the 20 kilograms of rice she brought back to Qiu Xiaogang.
Genius knows!
How did Qiu Guiying carry the production team's quota on her thin shoulders and still get such an extra bag of grain for herself?
As for the incident where Qiu Guiying pulled out a small bag of grain from his backpack just now.
When other members of the commune saw her actions, no one would suspect that Qiu Guiying would take advantage of the collective and steal public food.
Because...there is a big difference between the quality of public grain and the grain eaten by commune members themselves.
The grains are full and full without any impurities.
Based on this alone, it is easy to distinguish between the food that the members eat themselves and the public food.
Looking at Qiu Guiying's thin back, gradually walking away under the sunset.
Bu Yaoming sighed, "Xiao Qiu has walked more than 40 miles and has to drive another 10 miles to get home... She will have to rush here again early tomorrow morning. Alas, she is too tired.
Luo Xuan, if it’s true as you said, everyone’s family will almost have no food left over from now on.
When the time comes, Qiu Guiying will have to support her stupid mother and support her younger brother... Sigh, I don’t know how she can survive it!"
Luo Xuan replied calmly, "Uncle Bu, let's open up wasteland and grow grain as soon as possible! When we have more good varieties on hand, the members will naturally receive more grain.
Cultivate some improved varieties in Duoduo, which can help everyone survive the hard days of food shortages than simply a variety of grains."
"Well, I will try my best to take care of this matter as soon as possible."
Bu Yaoming said, "Tonight, we really don't want to treat the inspector to a meal? Alas, it's a pity that we don't have enough dignity. If the captain comes too... Alas."
Halfway through what Bu Yaoming said, he actually understood: Even if the captain is present, so what?
No matter which production brigade it is, the brigade leader will not show up when it is their turn to hand over public grain.
Because they have concerns: one is to avoid suspicion.
The second reason is that even if they come forward to handle this matter, the inspector may not give the captain any face...even a little bit!
You said you worked so hard to come here and stood there like an invisible person, but were ignored by the inspector... Captain, I really can't afford to lose that person!
"Uncle Bu, you should be busy here. I will go back with Xiaoyu, Uncle Duzhong, and Dujuan first."
Luo Xuan said hello to Bu Yaoming, then left with Eucommia and the others.
tonight,
More than 100 members of the production team are camping in the wilderness.
As the captain, Bu Yaoming can lead by example, so he needs to stay and keep an eye on things here.
And if I just take Bu Xiaoyu and Du Juan home, they will be two big girls.
It's really a bit unsightly to just bring two big girls home while leaving others behind.
so,
Only then did Luo Xuan get involved with Eucommia ulmoides and asked him to go back to the rental house with him, so that he could settle some things for him.
Farewell to Bu Yaoming and the others, Luo Xuan asked Du Juan to take her father back first.
As for tonight’s meal, since there is no stove in the rental house, there is also a lack of pots and pans.
So Luo Xuan gave Du Juan 2.5 kilograms of food stamps and asked them to go to Fatty Gu to settle the matter first.
Originally, Luo Xuan was planning to give Du Juan a few dollars.
But Luo Xuan, who knew Du Juan's character too well, thought about it and finally gave up.
Even if you give her money, they won't take it.
Why bother here, pushing and shoving in front of so many people, just to make people laugh?
Leaving the large group of people behind, Luo Xuan rushed to the township office alone.
The public office is now off work, but broadcaster Zhang Wei, who lives in the single dormitory for township government workers, should still be at the office.
Luo Xuan was planning to go to him to discuss something.
When we arrived at the township office, everyone had basically locked the office. Those who should go home went home, and those who should go to the canteen were busy making meals.
During this period, there were no taboos in the township government compound, and anyone could come in and out at any time.
That is to say, the gate of the township office will be closed only at night, but there is a small door that will basically not be closed day or night.
so,
Luo Xuan didn't need to say hello to anyone, let alone go to the communication room to register. He could easily sneak into the radio station located in a corner of the township office compound.
Broadcaster Zhang Wei had already got off work at this time, but he went to the canteen to get a meal, and then got into the broadcast room, where he was eating and reading manuscripts.
"Hey, our little songwriter is here?"
Zhang Wei saw a figure moving at the door, turned his head and saw Luo Xuan standing at the door, "Come on, come in quickly. Oh, have you eaten yet?"
"No, you invite me?"
Luo Xuan laughed and said, "I came here to visit at dinner time. The meaning of eating is so obvious. Leader Zhang Da, didn't you see it?"
Zhang Wei burst out laughing, "I have to be relaxed and happy with you! Then sit down for a moment and I'll get another meal back."
Said,
Zhang Wei stood up, took out a stack of meal tickets from the drawer, and prepared to go to the canteen to get food.
Each unit canteen like this has its own internally issued "meal stamps", which require food stamps and money to exchange for such meal stamps.
If someone wants to eat in the canteen and only has money and food stamps with him, the master of the canteen will not sell it to him.
It's like using "county food stamps" and not being able to buy food in the city.
In a township, the canteens in various units are like this. You can imagine how many restrictions there are...
Seeing that Zhang Weilai was serious, Luo Xuan smiled and waved his hand, "Boss Zhang Da, you'd better stop working so hard. I'm here to borrow two things from you."
Zhang Wei was stunned, "What do you need to borrow? Just say no. Whether it's money or food stamps, as long as I can get it, there's absolutely no problem."
"I don't want to borrow money. I also have food stamps. I will lend you a loan tomorrow."
Luo Xuan said, "Don't you still have that kind of electric speaker at your radio station? Let's borrow it too."
"Electric horn?"
Zhang Wei pondered for a moment, "Okay! At worst, the next time I go to the county to deliver manuscripts, I will buy 3 more dry batteries and I won't be taking advantage of the government."
Electric speakers need to use dry batteries. People in this period have a clear distinction between public and private...don't ask, it's really very clear between public and private.
Therefore, when Zhang Wei pondered just now, he was thinking about this issue. It was not that he was unwilling to lend Luo Xuan the electric speaker.
But he doesn't want others to accuse him of embezzling public property privately.
"Tomorrow...originally I was going to the Wutong Production Team for an interview."
Zhang Wei chuckled, "The old sow in their breeding room gave birth to 18 cubs this time. So the team leader asked me to interview him, saying it was a gift for the county's celebration..."
Luo Xuan frowned, "The old sow's head is not enough! How many piglets can survive in the end? Is this kind of nonsense worth your interview?"
Zhang Wei smiled bitterly, "What can I do? There are just such trivial things in the production team, and we can't dampen their enthusiasm."
During this period, Zhang Wei's helplessness was understandable: the production team was poor!
If they do something a little bit special, such as the old sow laying a few more piglets or the hen laying double-yolk eggs for many days...
Or an old man with dim eyesight suddenly regains his sight...
In fact, it is "chicken touching the eyes", which is also called "night blindness".
This is caused by low vision due to lack of vitamins.
Maybe for a period of time, he ate a few more pig livers, nibbled some dog offal, etc., and his nutrition improved slightly, which led to his eyesight improving...
For these trivial matters, the brigade headquarters would ask Zhang Wei to interview them as a "good omen" or "happy event."
Only then can they report it to the county and let their production teams show their faces.
After all, it is really not easy for the cadres in these production teams to achieve outstanding results.
Everyone is digging for food in the fields. Is it possible that gold can be thrown out of someone’s fields?
And not every brigade can produce a guy named "Luo Xuan".
Therefore, since these production teams cannot produce outstanding people, they have to keep an eye on trivial matters such as "meritorious old sows" and "active egg-laying hens" every day...
Once someone invites him for an interview, Zhang Wei can’t help but go!
People treat these trivial things as great news. If Zhang Wei dares not to go, I guarantee that the cadres from the brigade will block the door!
"You'd better not go."
Luo Xuan chuckled, "Isn't it just a sow giving birth to piglets? Last time you went to the Zhengxing brigade, you didn't see enough? Follow the example and add a few more numbers, and add the names of the production team and the breeders.
If you change it, won’t it be done?”
"Unless you covet their hospitality."
Luo Xuan added this sentence.
"Ah! Don't ruin my reputation."
Zhang Wei smiled and scolded, "But what you said makes sense. I will change the name and the quantity according to your real idea.
At that time, when the cadres in the production team come to see me, I will show them the manuscript and it will be considered as a deal... Hahaha, Luo Xuan, Luo Xuan, I really have you!"
Zhang Wei sighed, "I really don't know if I will get valuable news materials if I go with you tomorrow? I'm really looking forward to it..."
