In the endless fields, the ridges are covered with green grass. The yellow soil in the fields is piled up in ridges by hardworking farmers, stretching from the head of the field to the end of the field for hundreds of meters, lined up in rows, very neatly.
The farmers in the fields tied towels on their foreheads and worked with tools in their hands.
A young man in blue clothes came running over from a distance, looking more anxious than anyone else. He ran all the way, asked all the way, and finally found Wang Shouquan. He said to him angrily, "Secretary Wang, why are the people you assigned to me so few?"
Wang Shouquan looked up at him and saw that it was Cao Chuanzheng! He straightened up and said with a smile, "It's Technician Cao. Look, aren't we all busy? It's great that we have two strong laborers for you."
Cao Chuanzheng was so angry that he stamped his feet and pointed at him, saying, "You are too much of a bully. I gave you five acres of land and you only gave me two people..."
Wang Shouquan slowly put away the smile on his face. He had recently learned a trick from his third aunt, that is, to talk to these intellectuals, you must use numbers to speak, because if he talks to these intellectuals, these intellectuals will despise him from the bottom of their hearts, think that he is just a farmer, how can he know more than them, so no matter how many principles he talks, they can't get into their brains. But speaking with numbers is different. These numbers are experience, the facts that have happened, and they can't refute them even if they want to.
"Technician Cao, look at our 2,000 mu of land, but we only have more than 300 strong laborers. On average, one person has to cultivate 6 or 7 mu of land. I will assign two strong laborers to your 5 mu, plus you as a technical instructor. What else are you dissatisfied with? If all the manpower is given to you, what will we do with our 2,000 mu? Should we just give up? Will we rely on your 5 mu then? Even if you can really grow 10,000 catties of corn per mu, there are 1,000 people in our production team, and each person can only produce 50 catties on average. This amount of food is not enough for even two months..."
The more Cao Chuanzheng listened, the more he felt that he was being unreasonable. Their production team had 2,000 mu of land and only 300 strong laborers, and now they gave him two. What else could he say
Cao Chuanzheng's face turned red and he was too embarrassed to apologize.
Wang Shouquan continued, "Moreover, we not only need to plant the test fields, we also need to increase the average yield per mu. It can't be worse than last year, otherwise you will be embarrassed too!"
Cao Chuanzheng had obviously forgotten this. The technicians who came to the countryside to provide guidance were to help the production teams below increase their per-mu yields. If they failed to do so, it would mean that they were derelict in their duties. At that time, he might not even be able to keep his position as a technician. He had finally become a technician, so how could he lose it? He suddenly realized something and said hurriedly, "I know. You guys go ahead and get busy. I'll get busy too."
Having said this, he ran away in a hurry again.
Wang Shouquan curled his lips and smiled broadly. He didn't expect that this trick would be quite useful against these scholars. He finally learned a trick.
He was laughing foolishly over here, but Wang Liwei over there yelled, "Third brother, are you trying to slack off again? Look at you! Being a brigade cadre makes you so proud! You work for a while and then you take a break! If I let you be a cadre for another two years, I'm afraid you won't even be able to hold a hoe."
Wang Shouquan was so scared that he immediately bent down and continued to dig the ridge. Oh, his father never knew to save face for him outside. He is the kind of lazy person! Wang Shouquan felt a little wronged!
A few days later, all the remaining laborers in the production team went to the fields.
The men were making ridges, the women were planting sweet potato seedlings, and the children were watering the crops. They were all very busy.
Except for Zhou Xuemei who went to the canteen to weave baskets, everyone else in the Wang family had to go to the fields.
Even the smallest one would stay in the field and play. Although he couldn't help with the work, at least he wouldn't make trouble and would sit on the edge of the field and play in the mud.
Sun Daqin glanced ahead and saw that only the third child was digging a ridge. She was a little curious and asked, "Mom, where is my husband?"
Qian Shulan replied without even looking up, "I'm working with Technician Cao."
Sun Daqin was a little surprised. "Really? Technician Cao is from a big city. How come you like him?"
Qian Shulan was a little speechless. She didn't want to hit her, but she couldn't help it. "It wasn't Technician Cao who liked him, but I asked him to go."
The smile on Sun Daqin's face froze. Feeling a little embarrassed, she glanced at the ridge that was about to be planted, and said to Qian Shulan, "Mom, the ridges that the third child can dig by himself may not be enough for the four of us to plant. Why don't I go and dig the ridges too?"
Qian Shulan shook her head, "No need! Your wound has only healed for a short time. I'll do the digging!" She was much stronger than she was. It was just a matter of bending over, so it didn't matter what she did.
Sun Daqin was so moved!
So Wang Shouyi and Qian Shulan were responsible for spreading fertilizer and digging ridges; Sun Daqin, Wang Danzhi and Li Chunhua were responsible for planting sweet potato seedlings; and the five children, Xiaomei, Xiaohe, Zhengjun, Xiaolian and Xiaotao, were responsible for watering.
By the time I finally finished planting the crops for the day, it was already dark.
Li Chunhua hurried to the canal as she also had to feed the chickens.
Wang Shouyi went to the warehouse to return the farm tools.
Qian Shulan was walking towards the team with her family. When passing by the experimental field, she saw three people standing at the edge of the field.
One of the men pointed at the two men angrily, but they didn't move at all.
Qian Shulan walked over. Cao Chuanzheng seemed to have found a savior, and he grabbed Qian Shulan's hand excitedly, "Auntie, you are here!" He pointed at Wang Shouren and said, "I asked him to work, but he told me that my mother asked me to watch him, and he would do whatever I did." He pointed at another person, "I asked him to work, but he told me that he couldn't take advantage of me." He had a sad face, and it was obvious that he couldn't do anything about these two people, "Auntie, tell them quickly to turn over this piece of land! I can't control them!"
Qian Shulan pulled her hand back expressionlessly and looked at him calmly, "The two people you just pointed out are my son and my cousin."
The other person is Wang Shoushun, Wang Shouquan's elder brother, who is 35 years old this year. Why was he chosen? Because he has a problem. He likes to haggle over everything, just like he has obsessive-compulsive disorder. If his father asks him to work the land today, he must work one acre at a time, no more, no less, because he will be so upset that he can't sleep.
Qian Shulan had carefully considered assigning these two people to Cao Chuanzheng. Although there were only five mu of experimental fields, if Cao Chuanzheng insisted on borrowing cattle, could the team really refuse? After all, he was a technician sent by the higher-ups. If they complained to the commune, they would be criticized. Now that there were these two stubborn people helping him work, it was also to hold Cao Chuanzheng back and prevent him from giving blind orders in other fields.
What? Cao Chuanzheng's face turned pale and blue, and he looked at her in disbelief for a long time, "Auntie, how could you, such a thoughtful and conscious person, give birth to such a..." He wanted to say "bumpkin", but after all, he was in someone else's territory, so he held back the word and changed it to "really".
Qian Shulan did not expose him, "Don't talk about him! I'm telling you, there is something wrong with you as a comrade!"
Cao Chuanzheng was stunned? Something was wrong with him? What was wrong with him? He was so angry that he jumped up and down! He stared at her with his eyes wide open!
Wang Shouren saw that he looked like he was going to eat someone, so he immediately stepped forward and stood in front of his mother to block Cao Chuanzheng's sight, looking at him with a gloomy face.
Cao Chuanzheng was a young man not even twenty years old, full of passion for the Party. He wanted to make achievements and become an advanced person. He thought he knew more than these old farmers because he had seen the rice fields that produced ten thousand catties per mu and had learned from the experience of Dazhai. He had a sense of superiority, but in fact he had no experience at all.
But this young man didn't have any bad intentions. Sometimes he was quite funny, and the key was that he could listen to others. Unlike some agricultural technicians, who had their eyes on the top of their heads and pretended to be very knowledgeable even though they knew nothing, they insisted that they sow seeds ten or twenty times more. Cao Chuanzheng was already much better.
The thing that Qian Shulan was most satisfied with was that this young man was a knowledgeable person. Because he was timid, he would feel inferior if someone showed a threatening attitude towards him.
Just like now, he was obviously frightened by Wang Shouren and was very scared, but he still stiffened his neck and said stubbornly, "You threaten me, but I still want to ask, what do you have to say that there is something wrong with me? I am a city man who came to your remote place to guide the work. It's not easy for me! But you don't appreciate it and don't listen to me." As he said this, he pursed his lips in grievance.
Sun Daqin burst out laughing. What kind of technician is this? How could he be like a child and even cry? Sun Daqin, who had originally respected Cao Chuanzheng, became disgusted with him because of his crying and because he was against her mother-in-law.
Cao Chuanzheng was being mocked by a woman, and he glared at her in anger. Sun Daqin glared back and yelled, "Why are you glaring at me? I'm talking to you. Have you ever farmed? Why are you talking nonsense here?"
Qian Shulan pushed Wang Shouren aside and said to Cao Chuanzheng, "There are so many cadres from our production team coming to inspect, and every cadre will experience the hard work of farming firsthand. Only you are standing on the ridge of the field and directing like a big boss. Tell me, are you more capable than Secretary Zhou or Chairman M?"
Cao Chuanzheng wiped his tears and looked at her with surprise, "You mean Chairman M also came here to inspect?"
Qian Shulan's mouth twitched. When did she say that Chairman M had come to inspect their team? But considering the context, it seemed a little ambiguous. She waved her hand, "That's not what I meant! I meant that when Chairman M inspected the work, he would also go to the fields to harvest wheat. If the leaders can do it, why can't you?" She also looked disdainful!
The hot-blooded Cao Chuanzheng was being looked at with such disdainful eyes, and he impulsively made a bold statement, "I can do it too!"
Qian Shulan clapped her hands together, then raised her thumbs and showed him an admiring expression, "Well done! This is a good comrade of our party! Don't worry! As long as our experimental field has a good harvest! You will be the first to receive the credit!"
These compliments made him feel comfortable all over. Cao Chuanzheng felt that as long as he could grow 10,000 catties of corn per mu, he might really be able to meet his great Chairman M and be received by him.
Cao Chuanzheng was filled with unprecedented enthusiasm and enthusiasm. He didn't care about the sky that was about to get dark. He waved at the two men and said, "Okay, but you said that you have to do whatever I do. Now I'm digging the ground, and you have to come too. You are not allowed to do less than me."
Wang Shouren said seriously, "No less than you."
Wang Shoushun also had the same expression, "no more, no less"
The three of them went down to the field with their tools.
Qian Shulan was not interested in watching anymore. She turned around and left, shouting, "Boss, go home when it gets dark! Otherwise, you won't have any food to eat!"
Wang Shouren answered loudly, "Yes"
When they got home, Sun Daqin took Xiaomei to cook, Xiaohe helped wash the vegetables, and Qian Shulan went straight back to the house to rest.
After cooking the meal, Wang Shouren came back earlier than Li Chunhua.
Qian Shulan glanced at Wang Shouren in surprise, "Why did you come back so soon?"
Wang Shouren showed a rare expression of disdain, "I think that technician is a fool. He can't even use an iron rake. After you took a few steps, he dug his foot. Fortunately, he was wearing rubber shoes with thick soles, so his foot was not scratched. Otherwise, you would have to go to the county town to see your foot."
The others burst into laughter, and several children also laughed so hard that they fell backwards.
Zhengjun burst out laughing, "How can there be such a stupid person!"
Sun Daqin touched his little head, picked up a piece of food for him with chopsticks, and said to Wang Shouren, "What next?"
Wang Shouren pouted, "But he was able to endure it. He didn't cry out in pain and continued to dig the ground. But it was getting dark, so we came back after just a few digs."
Qian Shulan rubbed her old face. "I think he will suffer tomorrow." She thought for a moment and said, "If he wants to borrow a bullock cart tomorrow, you can say that the team's bullock cart needs to be used to plow other fields and cannot be lent to him for the time being. In short, you can't let him go to other places to cause trouble."
Wang Shouren nodded.
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