In order to plant the next crop of sweet potatoes in time, everyone worked very hard and were even willing to help transport the sweet potatoes after dark.
After all, it is much easier to hide things at night than during the day.
In less than half a month, all 2,000 acres of sweet potatoes planted by the Wangjia Village Production Team were harvested.
After weighing, the yield per mu was only 1,200 catties, 400 catties less than before. The working group was very angry. They thought that the people below must have hidden the grain.
Xu Zhifei said, "I have been watching with the militiamen. It is impossible for anyone to hide the food. Maybe it is because of the famine. After all, it has not rained."
The working group didn't believe it.
This summer, in addition to keeping seeds, the rations distributed to the members were only half a pound of sweet potatoes per person per day, and that only lasted until the autumn harvest.
In the past, we had at least 360 kilograms of grain a year, and these 360 kilograms were fine grains, not these four kilograms of sweet potatoes which were only equivalent to one kilogram. But there was no way, and it was useless to make a fuss.
Many members went to the commune square with empty stomachs to make trouble. The working group did not show up at all. They just let the militiamen surround them with guns and arrested a few leaders. The others backed off.
The members of Wangjia Village had no other thoughts in their minds except to be glad that they had stolen more food.
Just when everyone thought the summer harvest was over, new policies came out from above.
Wang Shouquan announced at the meeting, "In order to celebrate the Great Leap Forward, all canteens must be reopened. Not reopening is capitalism. Please hand over the rations you have been allocated to the canteens!"
We can only accept our fate, since the share we get is not much anyway. So just pay it!
Wangjia Village now has to cook in the canteen again. In order to save firewood, they only cook once a day.
For the afternoon meal, I could either eat the food I hid secretly or save some for breakfast to eat in the evening.
That afternoon, it was time for dinner again.
Smoke was coming out of many houses.
At this time, many militiamen came from the village entrance and surrounded the entire Wangjia Village.
Wang Shouquan's face was as black as ink, and he looked at Xu Zhifei angrily, "What do you mean by this?"
Xu Zhifei was also very upset. This time, the leaders took out all their anger on him, saying that the per-acre yield of Wangjia Village was too low because he deliberately let the water flow. At this time, President Zhou said that perhaps the members of the production team stole it. After all, it is very convenient to steal things at night.
Hence the surprise search.
Xu Zhifei was extremely embarrassed and could only say to Wang Shouquan, "This mission is led by President Zhou, and I am just his deputy."
Wang Shouquan looked at President Zhou. He didn't expect him to be so cowardly. It's only been a few days, but he couldn't hold on any longer.
Wang Shouquan pursed his lips and stopped them. "We didn't hide any grain. If you can't find it, I will go to the county to sue you."
President Zhou paused, "We are also here to complete the mission assigned by the higher-ups. We cannot allow you to engage in individualism in private. We are already communist now."
Wang Shouquan was almost choked to death by him.
President Zhou led the militia to search house by house, but every household had no extra food except the sweet potatoes left over from the morning.
He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, so he went to find Cao Chuanzheng to ask about the situation in Wangjia Village.
After all, Cao Chuanzheng was not from Wangjia Village, so he could not speak for Wangjia Village. His thoughts were beautiful, but how could Cao Chuanzheng report others if he was not upright? He shook his head expressionlessly, "There was no hidden food. They all got half a pound of sweet potatoes from the canteen at noon. In the afternoon, they boiled some water and ate the leftover sweet potatoes."
President Zhou could only lead the team back in frustration.
A few days later, Cao Chuanzheng received a telegram from his parents.
He immediately went to Wang Shouquan to get a letter of introduction and request to go home.
Wang Shouquan did not make it difficult for him and opened the letter immediately. After he got the letter of introduction, Cao Chuan was planning to collect this month's rations before leaving, but he was robbed last time, so he wanted to find someone to go with him.
So Cao Chuanzheng found Qian Shulan.
Qian Shulan agreed immediately and asked Wang Shouren, Sun Daqin and Wang Shouli to accompany him.
Wang Shouli's injury has healed, but Wang Shouyi has not returned from his business trip yet, so he can only wait at home.
When the four of them came back after collecting food, they happened to meet Wang Danna and Xiaomei who were walking home from the county town.
Each of them carried a small bag.
After saying hello, Wang Shouren and Wang Shouli immediately took the things from them.
Sun Daqin asked curiously, "What is this?"
Wang Danna was quite proud. "These are the food rations for this month. Xiaomei and I saved them. We were worried that there would be nothing to eat at home, so we hurriedly sent them back."
Sun Daqin's eyes lit up, "Is it flour?"
Wang Danna shook her head. “Now the food distributed in the city is all coarse grains. This is sweet potato flour. There are no fine grains.”
If you eat sweet potatoes all the time for half a month, you will get tired of even the most delicious food. What’s more, eating too many sweet potatoes can easily cause indigestion.
Sun Daqin now feels sick whenever she hears the word sweet potato.
Wang Shouren and Wang Shouli were in a similar situation. They had eaten enough!
Cao Chuanzheng didn't expect to see Xiaomei before he left. He just thought she looked better than before. His face became much paler, but he was more calm and composed.
He wanted to get closer to her and talk to her, but with so many eyes watching him, he didn't dare.
In addition, Aunt Qian had strictly forbidden him from associating with Xiaomei before, so he was even more afraid.
So they walked all the way to Wangjia Village Production Brigade, but Cao Chuanzheng still didn't find a chance to say a word to Xiaomei.
He watched Xiaomei walk into the Wang family's gate.
When she got home, Qian Shulan also saw the food that the two had brought back. Although it was just sweet potato flour, she was happy because it meant that the two children were thoughtful.
Qian Shulan didn't know why, she began to reflect on her previous thinking. She had always thought that most of the people who died during the famine were city dwellers. Now, after seeing these two small bags of grain, she suddenly realized that most of the people who died were country people. After all, the grain in the countryside had been collected.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Wang Danna saw that her mother had been staring at the two bags of grain without saying anything, and couldn't help but remind her.
Qian Shulan suddenly came to her senses and shook her head at her, "Have you eaten?"
Wang Danna shook her head, "I haven't eaten yet."
Qian Shulan immediately went to the kitchen to cook for them, and did not ask for help from others.
She closed the chimney and stayed in the kitchen, so she could use the space to suck out the excess smoke.
The meal was ready and it was dark.
Everyone couldn't help but swallow their saliva when they saw the food cooked by Qian Shulan.
In fact, what she cooked was not extravagant, just a bowl of whole grain steamed buns and a bowl of carrot stewed with vermicelli with a few pieces of meat in it.
But they are already satisfied with what they have now.
Qian Shulan said to everyone, "You must be tired of eating sweet potatoes after eating them for half a month. Today, the two children are back so we can improve the food. I hid these foods secretly, so don't let anyone know when you go out."
Everyone kept making promises. Even the smallest one made promises in a serious manner. His childish voice made everyone laugh.
The family ate this simple meal. Although it was hot outside, the atmosphere in Lao Wang's home was more lively than ever.
Early the next morning, Wang Danna and Xiaomei returned to the county town. Qian Shulan was worried that they might encounter an accident on the way, so she asked Wang Shouli to drive them there in a horse-drawn carriage.
However, Wang Shouren also had something important to do today. He had to go to the town's agricultural machinery station to take the tractor certificate exam.
Qian Shulan was worried about him, so she went with him.
Although the questions given by the teacher were difficult, Wang Shouren still passed them.
Qian Shulan was so happy that she insisted on taking him to the department store to buy a pound of candy to celebrate.
Wang Shouren was a little embarrassed. "Mom, there's no need for that! You and my uncle passed it in one try, but it took me so many years to pass. It's so embarrassing."
Qian Shulan disagreed, "You can't say that! People are different. Your uncle and I rely on our brains, and you rely on hard work. We both passed the exams after hard work."
Wang Shouren felt so uncomfortable when he heard this. Was his mother praising him? Was she? Was she
Qian Shulan was unaware of this. She couldn't always educate him with words of encouragement. She had to let Wang Shouren know himself, know his shortcomings and strengths, so that he could become a truly useful person. "You don't have to feel inferior all the time! Even if you can't compete with others in brains, you can compete with them in diligence! You know the story of the tortoise and the hare, right? As long as you work hard and strive to complete the tasks your mother assigns to you, you will definitely be able to accomplish great things."
Wang Shouren thought about it carefully and felt that what his mother said made sense.
Although his graduation certificate came many days later than his mother's uncle, he still passed. He relied on hard work!
At that moment, he did not refuse his mother's kindness.
The two went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy candy and inevitably met Hong Shunyou.
Wang Shouren was still a little embarrassed, but he glanced at his mother and it didn't affect him at all.
"Aunt, you're here!" Hong Shunyou seemed to be in a bad mood and looked listless.
Qian Shulan frowned and looked at him. Her face was sallow and withered, her eye sockets were sunken, her cheekbones were prominent, and it was obvious that she was malnourished. "Why are you so weak? Didn't you have enough to eat?"
Hong Soonyou smiled bitterly, covered his stomach, and began to weigh the candies slowly.
Qian Shulan handed over the grain and oil book, paid the money, and turned to leave. Hong Shunyou wanted to ask her about Wang Danna. It's not that he hadn't looked for Wang Danna before, but she always avoided him. He had hardly seen her for a month, and he was afraid that she had married. He was about to ask, but she had already turned around.
He had no choice but to swallow the words.
"I want half a pound of fruit candy." Another customer came.
Hong Shunyou had no choice but to start weighing himself.
"Hey, little brother! You used to be able to catch it with one hand, what's wrong with you now? It's been more than ten times, and you're either too much or too little. You are deliberately playing tricks on me!" The customer was very dissatisfied.
Hong Shunyou waved his hands weakly and tried to explain, but he suddenly felt dizzy and fell down, which frightened the customer.
"Oh my God, I'd better not buy it. I only bought half a pound of fruit candy, and you fainted." He said this and ran out of the department store in a hurry.
"Hey! Don't go! You're making me angry!" The customer behind followed the man and yelled loudly, then ran away.
When the others heard it, they all came over to see what was happening.
Qian Shulan hadn't walked far when she heard someone calling out from behind. She turned around subconsciously.
She was standing at the end of the aisle on the counter side at this time, and happened to see Hong Shunyou falling behind the counter. She was so scared that she ran over to check the situation.
Wang Shouren was also dumbfounded and ran over as well.
Qian Shulan walked over, felt his pulse and found that he was still breathing. Thinking about his complexion just now, it was probably caused by hypoglycemia.
Qian Shulan immediately peeled a piece of the candy she had just bought and put it into his mouth.
Wang Shouren thought his mother's method might not work. "Mom, look at all the candies he has. If eating candies worked, why would he faint?"
Qian Shulan sighed, "Maybe he doesn't have money to buy candy."
Wang Shouren was stunned for a moment. If he didn't have money to buy one, wouldn't he steal one? Anyway, no one would know.
Qian Shulan looked around and found that the crowd that had just been watching had either left or returned to their work. She knew what Wang Shouren meant and whispered, "We stole the sweet potatoes that we grew ourselves. After all, we grew them ourselves, so we feel at ease. But it's different for Hong Shunyou. These are public property. If he took them, it would be considered theft."
Wang Shouren thought so too.
About half an hour later, Hong Shunyou woke up.
Ten minutes ago, the manager of the supply and marketing cooperative came over to inquire about his situation. Seeing that Hong Shunyou had fainted from hunger, he immediately called on all the salesmen to implement a rescue plan for him.
In the end, he donated fifteen yuan and thirty cents.
When Hong Shunyou woke up, he saw the money handed to him by the manager and kept refusing it.
The manager patted his hands, moved to tears, "Xiao Hong, you are a good comrade. You insisted on standing guard for the last shift even though you were so hungry. You are great. These are little gifts from your colleagues, please accept them."
Hong Shunyou took the money and bowed repeatedly to the manager to express his gratitude.
The manager had other things to do, so he left after seeing the people.
Qian Shulan said to Hong Shunyou, "Take good care of yourself. We are leaving too."
Hong Shunyou quickly grabbed her arm and begged anxiously, "Auntie, don't leave!"
Qian Shulan raised her eyebrows in surprise, "Do you have anything else to do?"
Hong Shunyou couldn't help but shed tears. He almost died just now. It was his aunt who saved him. "Aunt, thank you for saving me!"
Qian Shulan waved her hand, "You're welcome!" She glanced at him sideways, "If everything is fine, we'll leave."
"No! There's something else!" Under her puzzled gaze, he paused for a long time before saying, "I want to ask Dana, how is she?"
Qian Shulan groaned and said casually, "She's fine. She's a temporary worker in the county now. You don't have to worry about her. Just live your life well. Don't think about her."
Hong Shunyou looked very lonely. Qian Shulan was not interested in arguing with him. She handed him a handful of candy she had just bought and said earnestly, "If you don't love yourself, you don't deserve the love of others! Even motherly love!"
Hong Shunyou looked at the brightly colored fruit candy in his hand and remembered what she had just said. He was stunned for a long time.
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