The second day after the establishment of the commune.
Wang Shouquan and Qian Minghua, along with the accountant and several strong laborers, began to collect food from house to house. Not only food, but also dried goods, dried vegetables, pickles, etc. They were all collected. They made sure that there was nothing left to eat in the house.
The price is based on the grain station price.
Soon after the grain was harvested, the militia was sent to check. They searched every house, but when they found no grain, they left. As they left, they kept warning everyone not to light fires without permission, and if anyone saw smoke, they would smash the pot.
Everyone realized the seriousness of the matter. Fortunately, they had handed over all the food to the team as requested by the brigade secretary, otherwise they might have been labeled as such.
At Lao Wang's house, Qian Shulan counted the money she had received and began to wonder whether she should give it to Xiaowu.
Because people's communes were to be established, many rural people would probably take the risk of sending their grain to the city to sell.
Qian Shulan called Wang Shouren, who was going home for the weekend, and asked him to bring the money to Wang Shouzhi when he went to the county town the next day, asking him to help buy food in the county town. Wang Shouren didn't know about the black market, but Wang Shouzhi knew it clearly.
Wang Shouren was quite puzzled. He had just sold the grain to the team at a low price, and now his mother had to go to the county town to buy it at a high price.
Mom, are you getting old and confused?!
Wang Shouren didn't dare to say it out loud, but he hesitated in the room and refused to take the money.
Seeing that he seemed to want to say something but didn't dare to, Qian Shulan pretended not to know and waited to see when he would speak.
Before, in order to encourage him, Qian Shulan would often praise him, and he gradually learned to think a little.
But she couldn't just keep praising him, could she? She had to make him ask.
Thinking, questioning and arguing are all things a man should have.
Wang Shouren saw that his mother ignored him and kept twisting the hemp rope with her head down. Finally, he mustered up the courage and said hesitantly, "Mom, aren't we going to open a canteen? Why are you still letting Xiaowu go to buy food?"
Seeing that he finally spoke, Qian Shulan stopped what she was doing and asked Wang Shouren, "Do you think you can eat enough in this cafeteria?"
Wang Shouren was stunned for a moment. He scratched his head, not knowing how to answer.
He hasn't even started eating yet, but his mother asked if he could eat enough. How did he answer
Qian Shulan also knew that with his previous experience, it was good enough for him to have doubts. How could he have thought that the canteen would not be open for long? She had no choice but to say, "Mom is just in case. If you don't have enough to eat, you can secretly eat a little at night. Mom has been hungry before and doesn't want to experience that again." In 1942, a great famine occurred in Guandong. They were not far from Guandong. At that time, a lot of food here was transferred there. They also went hungry before, so it was not surprising for her to say that.
Wang Shouren believed it immediately.
"As for why we have to hand over our food to the team, we have to do it. Every household has to hand it in, but we don't. This makes it difficult for the secretary and the team leader!"
Wang Shouren suddenly realized what was going on. He immediately jumped up from the bed and said, "Then I will go find Xiaowu tomorrow."
Qian Shulan thought that the city was probably also holding canteens and that private storage of food was not allowed, so she told him, "Let Xiaowu exchange it for food coupons first, and don't exchange it for food for the time being."
Wang Shouren nodded in agreement.
After the team verified the accounts, the canteen was opened. The production team set up a canteen at the east and west ends of the village. Each canteen was divided into several pots. There were 13 pots in the village, each set up in different farmers' homes. All farmers were roughly divided into 13 parts and were assigned to eat in each pot. The canteen had a chief steward who was responsible for distributing the ingredients for cooking to the women who cooked in each pot every day.
After the canteen was built, the township sent a propagandist to post posters in the canteen. Family members also gathered around to take a look. These posters were very representative of the era.
One photo shows a woman distributing food to a group of farmers, with two lines of red characters below: "The commune canteen is strong, the food is delicious; eating is satisfying, and production is ambitious."
One photo shows a lively scene with loud gongs and drums. In the upper right corner hangs a fiery red lantern with the words "Long Live the People's Commune" written on it.
One photo shows a rural woman wearing a red scarf stroking a fat and strong pig, which must have weighed at least 600 to 700 kilograms. The accompanying line reads "We must raise the commune's pigs to be fat and strong."
There is another picture showing a man waving a whip and driving two donkeys. On the donkey cart is a carrot. The carrot is very big, so big that it weighs a thousand pounds. The next line of words reads "A carrot weighs a thousand pounds, and two donkeys can't pull it."
Everyone was amazed.
There was also a clerk accompanying them, who was vigorously promoting the benefits of the people's commune, saying things like "Communism is heaven, the people's commune is the bridge, and the canteen is the heart of the people's commune."
They even shouted the slogan "Eat for free".
Everyone was skeptical at first, but then they saw the clerk holding a newspaper and speaking excitedly on the podium, "The leader was inspecting a certain place, and there is good news that the rice yield per mu is 10,000 kilograms." Everyone suddenly couldn't sit still.
Is there really such a thing as a yield of 10,000 kilograms per mu
Although Wang Shouquan knew about the report, he didn't believe it himself, so how could he tell his team members? Therefore, he just ignored it and didn't take it to heart.
Who would have thought that it would be brought up by this clerk.
He is really the same kind of person as Secretary Zhou, oh no, now he should be called President Zhou.
When the clerk saw that they didn't know about this, he immediately started talking about it at length, as if he was trying to show off his knowledge to these old-fashioned people.
Everyone then realized the benefits of opening a canteen. Even the Xiangshan Society members praised it with their own folk songs.
"Supply system": rice, firewood and salt are distributed. There are cigarettes, meat, sesame oil, brown sugar, firecrackers and noodles for the New Year and other festivals. In hot weather, straw hats are distributed, and there is also a banana fan. Towels, cigarettes and soap are distributed to wash sweatshirts. If you want to get married, you can get money, and it is safer to have children. There is maternity leave, and not only that, glutinous rice, brown sugar and eggs are provided. Men, women, old and young are happy and busy with childbirth. We need to help each other and connect our hearts, and Xiangshan will become a happy mountain.
The team members were all excited after hearing this, and kept asking, "When will the cigarettes be distributed? When will the meat be distributed?"
“When will the clothes be distributed?”
"My wife just gave birth to a baby. When will we have glutinous rice, brown sugar and eggs?"
The clerk was really confused by the questions.
Finally, it was Wang Shouquan who came to take charge. In front of the clerk, he couldn't explain it too clearly, so he smiled and said, "Members, these things will come slowly. Don't be impatient and don't add burden to the leaders. We want to be an advanced production team."
He emphasized the word "slowly", and the people below were itching to hear it. Damn it, he said it so nicely, and now he is telling them to do it slowly, is he just teasing us and making us happy? Wang Shouquan immediately poured a basin of cold water on their passionate hearts, and they were instantly chilled.
However, the clerk did not understand the hidden meaning of Wang Shouquan's words. He just thought that the brigade secretary was an advanced element, and felt relieved. When he returned to report his work to his superiors, he praised Wang Shouquan.
Following the news of the rice yield of 10,000 kilograms per mu, good news came one after another from various places.
Leading cadres in charge of agriculture in various regions personally took charge of the "experimental fields". Reports of 10,000 catties of grain per mu followed one after another. What's more, the yield per mu was not only 10,000 catties of grain, but also 100,000 catties of grain. There was even a special report in the newspaper that the rice experimental field in Xinli Village had an output of 120,000 catties per mu, and it was said that people could sit on the rice in the field for the public to visit.
Wangjia Village also heard these rumors. At this time, many people began to believe that it was really possible to produce 10,000 kilograms per mu.
When one person says something, people may doubt it. When two people say it, people will believe it a little bit. When everyone says it, even the national leaders go to see it in person, everyone will believe it without a doubt. This is the principle of "three people make a tiger".
When Qian Shulan and her family were watering sweet potatoes in the field, she saw Li Chunhua and Sun Daqin slacking off and chatting about family matters.
"You said there are already ten thousand acres of grain, why are we still working so hard? In the future, we can just lie on the kang and not work and have food to eat."
"Who says it's not true? Our good days are coming. We don't have to worry about going hungry anymore. It's good to follow the party!"
. . .
Both of them were in high spirits, and were dreaming about spring and autumn in broad daylight.
If it was just a dream, Qian Shulan would not care. But these two people actually slacked off. These are life-saving food. If these people don't feel sorry for them, she still feels sorry for them.
Qian Shulan looked at the two of them coldly, "Even if they can produce 10,000 catties per mu, what does it have to do with you? Do you have the money to buy it?"
Li Chunhua and Sun Daqin looked at each other, obviously not expecting this. Li Chunhua wondered, "Mom, do we still need to spend money to buy it?"
Qian Shulan straightened her back and spread her hands. "Why should they give you food for free if you don't spend money?" Because you are so shameless? She didn't say this in the end, for fear that Li Chunhua would be so angry that she would vomit blood.
Li Chunhua blushed when her mother-in-law said this, but what her mother-in-law said seemed to make sense. Why should they give you food for free
Sun Daqin's self-confidence was hit. She pinched her waist and pouted, "If they can produce 10,000 catties per mu, so can we!"
Qian Shulan didn't throw cold water on her. She nodded in agreement and said, "When our production team can produce 10,000 catties per mu, you can still quit. Now, you have to work hard! Otherwise, others can eat rice, but we can only eat sweet potatoes! Isn't that embarrassing?"
Sun Daqin was so devastated by her mother-in-law's words that she couldn't even straighten her back.
When Zhengguo, who was closest to the three people, heard this, he gave him a thumbs up.
Ten thousand catties per mu? It sounded more like a dream to him!
Two days later, the members heard that the Zhaojia Village Production Team was holding a buffet.
"Eat to your heart's content and work hard to produce"
Many members of Wangjia Village also went to join in the fun to see if it was true. Although their production team also opened a canteen, it was run according to the standard of one catty and two taels of food per day for adults. They didn't dare to think about eating as much as they could.
Therefore, Wangjia Village did not realize the benefits of opening a canteen. When they heard the news, they all wanted to get a piece of the pie.
After returning, they all ate with their mouths full of oil. The next day, they brought their families to eat again.
Sun Daqin also went there with her two sons. When she came back, she was full of envy and said how good and generous the production team was.
The next day, Li Chunhua also went with her two daughters, but who would have thought that the buffet was gone.
Later, on the way, they heard that the Sunjia Village Production Team was also holding a buffet, so they turned to Sunjia Village.
The canteen run by Sunjia Village was not bad either. There were more than a dozen aunties, each responsible for one thing. There were steamed buns, flower rolls, dumplings, stewed meat and vegetables, stir-fried vegetables, and more than a dozen other things placed at the window for people to eat as they pleased.
It was a pity that they couldn't take it home. They were so full that they couldn't walk. It took them an hour and a half to walk a half-hour distance.
The team doesn't care about them and even saves them food by not eating in their cafeteria.
Not long after, a jingle spread from Zhaojia Village, which had previously hosted a buffet, "Everyone enters the New Paradise, where food, drink and clothing are free; chicken, duck, fish and meat are delicious, and one can eat four plates of food at every meal; one can eat fruit every day, and have endless clothes to wear; everyone says heaven is good, but heaven is not as good as the New Paradise." This jingle was meant to promote the good of the people's commune.
Not wanting to be outdone, the Sunjia Village Production Brigade also came up with one: “Going it alone is like a single-plank bridge, which shakes three times with every step you take. Mutual assistance is like a stone bridge, which is fragile under wind and rain. The cooperative is a good iron bridge, but it cannot be crowded with people and cars. The people’s commune is a golden bridge, which leads to a road to heaven.” This one is also good.
The two production teams seemed to be competing with each other. Later I heard that the two production teams were competing for the title of advanced production team.
In order to compete for this quota, the two production teams had already handed in all their grain, and this time they were setting up a canteen by plundering the members' homes. President Zhou asked the two production teams to compete, and the production team that ran the best canteen would be awarded the title of advanced production team.
Everyone was speechless.
After the canteen was opened, new instructions were issued from above, asking their production team to quickly set up Qianjishan and Wanzhuchang. This made Wang Shouquan, Qian Minghua and others very worried.
Where did the mountain come from? Wangjia Village doesn't have any mountain. Do they have to build a mountain? That would be a waste of manpower.
Later, they found out that they didn't need to pile up the crops, but just set up a 1,000-chicken farm. But that was difficult to do. 1,000 chickens, where would they raise them? When they harvested grain before, they had thought about harvesting the chickens, but where would they raise them? Should they use the land for growing crops? That would be a waste of space. Because the land in Wangjia Village was barren, they had used all the land they could. Now, they had finally fertilized the fields, and now they wanted to build a 1,000-chicken mountain. Everyone opposed it and shook their heads.
Qian Shulan proposed at the meeting, "We can use the open space on the other side of the canal to raise chickens. Each person will be given an area. Enclose it with a net and assign it to a dozen women to take care of. Let's have a competition. If the food supply is the same, whoever raises the chickens better and lays more eggs will get more work points. Then she will be rewarded with eggs to eat."
Everyone was somewhat interested in her opinion.
Although the river canal is a bit far from the village, the key is that it does not take up space. In the past, people only planted some trees there and no crops were grown.
Now it can be used to raise chickens. Well, it is not a waste of land at all.
Everyone voted by raising their hands, and if 70% of people agreed with her suggestion, it would take effect if more than half of the people agreed.
At that moment, ten chicken-raising experts were selected. One of them was from the Wang family, Li Chunhua.
She has been raising the pigs and chickens of Lao Wang's family all year round, so few of them die, and no one has any objections.
There is land for the chicken factory, but there is no place for the pig farm yet.
Qian Shulan said, "Why not let each household take responsibility, and then distribute the feed sent by the food station to each household, and then assign them a quota. The food station will only accept pigs that weigh more than 120 kilograms. We will use this line as the standard. If it exceeds this line, we will calculate the work points according to the weight. If it does not reach this line, the work points will be deducted."
Everyone thought it made sense. In the past, raising pigs was also assigned to the team members' families. But raising pigs is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also requires cutting grass for the pigs and feeding them with grain.
Think about it, these days people can’t even get enough to eat, how can there be extra food to raise pigs
Due to the lack of pig feed, raising a pig to 130 kilograms was considered the result of careful care, and most pigs were around 100 kilograms. However, it was a hard target set by the state that every household should raise a pig of 120 kilograms. If it was less, they would be punished and criticized. Some families took great pains to raise the remaining 20 kilograms.
Therefore, people usually only raise one, as they cannot afford to raise more.
Now, everyone was relieved to hear that the feed would be distributed to them.
A few days later, another notice came from above, saying that all the mud houses and dilapidated brick houses in the county would be demolished. Even though the members had been able to withstand the recent news, they were still frightened.
Even Qian Shulan had not expected this rule to exist. She had only read a little about it in history books. She only knew that the Great Steel Production Movement would demolish the brick-and-earth blast furnaces of the members. Why did they also demolish the mud houses
Qian Shulan couldn't sit still any longer. She hurried to find Qian Minghua, but he wasn't home. He said he was at Wang Shouquan's house. Qian Shulan immediately turned to find Wang Shouquan. As soon as she entered the alley, she saw that there were already many people outside their house.
Wang Shouquan squeezed out of the crowd with his hat in his hand, and Qian Minghua pushed him from behind. The two of them ran to the county to inquire overnight.
Later, I learned that several villages close to the county town had been demolished. It was easier to demolish a house than to build one. The Department of Architecture of Linyang University in Linyang Province sent dozens of teachers and students to help build the house, but due to lack of materials and funds, it was impossible to build it.
Many of the Liuguan County Party Committee's ideas about the "People's Commune Supply System" could not be fulfilled due to insufficient financial and material resources. Later, it had to embezzle 9 million yuan of public commercial funds, resulting in a lack of funds. This is a story for later use.
Secretary Pan was now so anxious that he had blisters on his mouth, and the matter of demolishing the house was left unresolved.
When Wang Shouquan heard the news from the guard, he didn't plan to ask and turned back to the village.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the news.
When will this end? Although the people's communes are praised to the skies and communism is praised as miraculous, the common people are more pragmatic.
They have been planting crops for their whole lives, so they know how much food the land can produce. Ten thousand catties per mu? Such nonsense is only to fool those city kids.
This was also because Wang Shouquan and Qian Minghua had hinted at it many times and poured cold water on it from time to time, which prevented everyone from doing as much as they could to eat when the government officials tricked them into doing, and even ignored the crops in the fields.
Even if a daughter-in-law goes to her parents' home and hears something from her parents' home, and then comes back to tell her family how good things are outside, she will still be scolded by the elders.
Compared to the commotion in other villages, Wangjia Village was much calmer. They adhered to a principle: seeing is believing, hearing is not. When they really saw meat, chickens, electric lights, and telephones, they would believe that the people's commune was really good. Now they just followed others in shouting a few slogans, but they were still clear-headed.
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