The commune has sent workers from the moving service company to transport the 3,000 kilograms of grain.
The grain contained in a sack is 150 kilograms.
3,000 kilograms of grain, only 20 sacks of grain. But with just 20 sacks of grain, the main room in the middle of the hut was packed to the brim.
It is very inconvenient for people to get in and out.
Not to mention,
Now I, Zhang Xiaoli, Namu and the others have to go to the yard to make do while they have a meal.
Luo Xuan was ready to quickly build a granary, a strong and solid granary.
In order to speed up progress and improve work efficiency.
So Luo Xuan set up a water-powered runner on the creek next to the hut.
Luo Xuan planned to use it first as a power source to drive the circular saw next to the hut to make wooden boards.
The forest resources here are very rich, and all kinds of good wood are available all over the mountains and fields.
But the people in the village,
However, houses are rarely built with wood. Almost all of them are simple huts built with bamboo and thatch.
The reason for this is,
One is because it is easier and faster to build a house with bamboo.
But this kind of simple house built with bamboo fences will have to be rebuilt within a few years.
Their bamboo fence walls are not like those in the mainland who put thick yellow mud on the walls to make them stronger and warmer.
The bamboo fence walls in the stockade are sparse and have large gaps, so that their house is drafty from all sides and has no privacy at all.
And during the rainy season,
The temperature in the area of Laku Production Team is actually a bit cold late at night, especially in the early morning.
But those guys in the village would rather huddle in their thin quilts and shiver.
He even wrapped himself in a quilt, sat by the fire pit, and warmed himself up all night long in order to survive the long night.
It’s so hard to endure this.
They are also unwilling to take action to build their houses stronger and denser.
The reason why few people in Laku Village build wooden houses.
In fact, there is another important reason, which is that the people in the village seriously lack powerful tools.
Most of the trees on the mountain are hardwood, which is very difficult to saw.
Plus these guys are so lazy!
They are even less willing to use their brains.
After thousands of years, the village actually still maintains the method of artificial spring rice to shell rice...
Everyone would rather squat on the wall and bask in the sun than roll up their sleeves and work together to build a water-powered mill.
Things like this are common in the village...
So much so that Luo Xuan is too lazy to complain now!
So Luo Xuan decided to just be more diligent, work hard for a few days, and use his actual actions to slowly change and guide them.
Lao Min brought his wives Hanzhu and Miao Meisha.
There was also Min Buhui, Lao Min's cheap son, and the whole family came to help with the work.
After the rotary handle is equipped with a circular saw, the sturdy woodworking table is built.
Lao Min said, "Luo Xuan, I'm really sorry. I have to hurry up and clear up wasteland in the mountains to plant some late rice... I won't be able to help you with your work for a while."
Zhang Xiaoli also echoed, “This year, the paddy fields in the ravines have basically been destroyed.
I’m afraid it’s hard to have food in the village. They’ve come to distribute rations to us. Do we have to work with Lao Min to plant some upland rice?”
Luo Xuan shook his head, "We will finish the disaster reduction work in the county.
Subsequent solidarity grains, as well as subsidized grains for rubber planting, will be gradually allocated."
"Old Min, you and your family can rest easy and help me work here."
Luo Xuan said, "As for the food, you don't have to worry about it, I'll take care of it for you.
And if you go up to the mountains and plant upland rice now, you probably won’t be able to get much food back.”
Upland rice is grown on the mountains,
It has a characteristic: Unless everyone connects the upland rice fields, that is, several adjacent hills must be planted with upland rice.
Thus,
Everyone can take turns going up the mountain to drive away birds and voles.
Just because it is the upland rice harvest season, the voles at this time will also give birth to a large number of pups.
These voles can eat all the upland rice on a hilltop in just 2 or 3 days.
therefore,
If no one else in the village grows upland rice.
Just the small amount of upland rice that I and Lao Min planted on the mountain were really not enough to cause trouble to the birds and field mice...
Lao Min actually knows this truth.
But now, there are three more people in his family.
This made the old Min family's food rations very tight.
I heard Luo Xuan say this.
Old Min couldn't help but sigh, "I have now moved all the food that Hanzhu's family had accumulated.
After you finish eating all the food you have, what should you do next?"
Luo Xuan hung the cowhide rope on the transmission gears of the waterwheel and circular saw.
He replied, "Didn't I say that? From now on, you, a family of four, will come over and help me work. I will take care of your food and wages."
Lao Min shook his head, "I know you are trying to find a way to help me. But your food expenses will be huge in the future.
You can help me for a while, but you can't help me forever, right?"
Luo Xuan shook his head, "We should help each other.
With you, Hanzhu, and Miao Meisha here to help, one person can at least match the efficiency of two people working in the village."
Luo Xuan said, "Old Min, I'm willing to pay you for your work.
In a few days, work will officially start on the mountain, and I will not pay them any wages. I will only take care of two meals a day and give them two kilograms of grain, whether they like it or not."
Zhang Xiaoli was a little curious, "The people in the village are so lazy. If you give them this little reward, will they come to work?"
Luo Xuan chuckled, "Their rice fields have been washed away. These people are not in a hurry now, that's because they are waiting!"
They are counting on the commune to allocate solidarity food and relief food in a few days...
Then let them wait! It will be strange how much food will come down by then."
This time, the area affected by the disaster in Liao Lao County was very large and wide-ranging.
The crops of various production teams suffered heavy losses.
The county simply cannot take care of all the production teams; and it is also very difficult for the county to apply for food allocation from the region.
The entire area where Liao Lao County is located is not a grain-producing area.
Every year, the city has to obtain a large amount of grain to provide relief to various counties and production teams.
Financially speaking, the district has long been unable to make ends meet.
How much energy is left to provide large-scale support?
There are too many monks and too little porridge.
In addition, this time, the affected area was wide and the degree of damage was serious.
When the relief grains are allocated, it will be spread out per capita of each production team, and it will really not be enough for them to have two meals of porridge!
The people in the village have become accustomed to relying on waiting, relying, and asking...
But this time, I'm afraid it won't be so bright.
"呲——"
Luo Xuan and Lao Min were busy sawing wooden boards.
And the two sisters Hanzhu and Miao Meisha,
Then he took Na Li, Na Mu and the others behind the house, busy loosening the soil, fertilizing the 2 acres of land, and transplanting corn seedlings.
After it rains, the sun comes out again.
The soil in the 2 acres behind the house is prone to compaction.
Therefore, you must seize the time to loosen the soil to increase the air permeability of the soil.
"Luo Xuan! I don't want to do that job."
After a while,
Nali, Namu, and Najudi.
He pinched his nose and ran over angrily to complain: "It's really too dirty and smelly... There's no point in pouring pig manure into the ground!"
Luo Xuan snorted, "In our mainland, crops have been fertilized for thousands of years. The fertilizers used are pig dung, dog dung, cow dung, etc."
Namu pouted and said, "But here, no one has ever watered crops with these things!
Can we still eat the food grown like that?"
Luo Xuan asked her, "When I first started, I made corn nests. When you talk about growing corn, you don't have the same method as me... Now, do you think those corn seedlings are growing well?"
Namu nodded, "She does look very good."
Luo Xuan asked her again, "What about when I plant eggplants and celery?
You said you want to eat celery, but usually you go to the river to find wild celery, and no one would grow these things.
So now, have the vegetable seedlings grown?
You said you can't grow sweet potatoes because they will be eaten up by ants and mice... Now that the sweet potatoes have sprouted, can you tell me whether it is possible to grow sweet potatoes?"
Namu was at a loss for words, "I, I think... it should be possible to grow it."
“You don’t need to think what you think. Instead, you have to use your eyes to see clearly the objective facts!”
Luo Xuan said, "I'm surprised! On the road in the village, in front of and behind your houses, there are pig excrement and dog excrement everywhere!
You feel like you are used to it and you don't feel dirty at all.
Now I ask you to pour a little pig manure as base fertilizer on the land where corn is to be planted. Why do you feel dirty and why can't you accept it?"
Namu said coquettishly, "If you pour pig manure on corn, can the food you grow... still be edible?"
Luo Xuan sighed, "I can't eat it, I'll feed it to the pigs! Is that okay at the head office?"
Namu, Nali, you have to understand one thing. You are using your labor to exchange for your three meals a day with me.
and a place to sleep at night.
So how to do the work in the fields? Should I listen to you, or should you listen to me?
If you are willing to listen to me, then go and work for me...otherwise, you all should go home!"
Namu, Nali were stunned...
Now they began to realize that something was wrong: Could it be that...if they don't work, Luo Xuan will not feed themselves in the future?
Don't you want to sleep here?
What to do?
Many houses in the stockade have collapsed now. In addition to the mountain people in the stockade, they have some relatives outside the stockade whose houses have collapsed.
During this period, people came to visit relatives and friends one after another.
Therefore, it is no longer as easy as before for Namu and Nali to stay at someone's house.
This time,
Namu and the others live here in Luoxuan and eat here.
How on earth were these things obtained?
Namu, Nali and the others have never thought about it deeply.
Usually in their concept: growing crops is actually equivalent to playing.
When I was tired from working, I would laugh and play around for a long time.
When you are tired of playing, you will slowly and slowly do some more work.
Wait until you feel hungry,
I just ran to the kitchen run by Zhang Xiaoli and scooped up the rice... After eating, these girls didn't even know how to wash the dishes.
Wait until the next meal,
When it's time to eat again, they will rush in and simply wash up.
This is a group of people who are truly unorganized, undisciplined, and used to being free and loose.
So Luo Xuan had to take advantage of this opportunity,
I started to slowly clean them up and instill some modern concepts in them...
"I'm willing to do this kind of work. I'm not afraid of the smell or being dirty."
Nami limped over and said, "Luo Xuan, I want to work for you in exchange for food...is that okay?"
Two rooms of Nami's house also collapsed.
What's even more frightening is that her family has actually run out of food for a long time.
I used to rely on Nami to go up the mountain to get some cassava, wild fruits and so on. In addition, Nami's father would occasionally go out hunting.
So reluctantly, the Nami family is still suffering there.
But now Nami’s father blackmailed Luo Xuan for 15 yuan last time.
That rascal,
I went and bought a lot of cigarettes and smoked them when I came back, and I no longer had the intention to go hunting.
Nami's injuries haven't healed yet, and she can't go up the mountain to dig cassava.
She had been hungry at home for two days and couldn't bear it anymore, so she mustered up the courage and ran to Luo Xuan to get food.
Luo Xuan glanced at her: "Go and help Hanzhu and Miao Meisha with their work! As long as she is willing to work, not lazy at every turn, and is not too dirty or too tired, I will take care of her food."
After saying that, Luo Xuan immersed himself in his work.
No longer paying attention to Namu, Nali and the others who were stunned on the spot.
