Perhaps the villagers stopped stealing too many sweet potatoes when they saw that they had a good harvest. Even when the weather turned cold, the people in the neighboring Linjia Village did not notice that there were fewer sweet potatoes in their fields.
It may also be because most of the sweet potatoes in their fields have not been harvested yet, so there is no time to find the thief who stole the sweet potatoes.
Just then, Qian Shulan saw Sun Daqin transporting all the sweet potatoes that she had stolen to Sunjia Village.
Qian Shulan suddenly felt like she had eaten a fly.
Sun Daqin was simply stubborn and self-righteous. She was upset to see him doing such stupid things all the time.
Qian Shulan thought that she could make Sun Daqin reflect on herself by reminding her that she was not a good mother. But she did not respond at all.
Doesn't Sun Daqin know that what is in your hand may not be under your control
Although she has three sons, none of them is close to her and will definitely not be filial to her in the future, but she doesn't want to change this.
Sometimes, Qian Shulan admired this man for his big heart and stupid brain.
However, apart from her three sons and her man, Sun Daqin only cares about her parents' home and herself.
Qian Shulan felt that she needed to think carefully about the transformation method. She had to hit the target with one strike.
After harvesting the sweet potatoes, Zhou Xuemei went to the village mill to help grind flour.
Because the men were not at home, Zhou Xuemei took on the job of grinding flour.
Qian Shulan took advantage of this rare opportunity to grind the wheat in her space into flour and then stored it in her space.
The bran was used to feed the pigs. The bran distributed by the food station was stored in her room, but it was obvious that the amount was not enough to feed the pigs until the end of the year, and the pigs would be crying out in hunger.
Qian Shulan told Zhou Xuemei that she helped someone grind flour and they gave her bran as a gift. Zhou Xuemei didn't doubt it at all and didn't dare to tell anyone.
For something like this that violates the rules, the more people know about it, the more dangerous it is. She still knew about it.
Now the team has harvested a lot of sweet potato vines, but the pigs can't just keep eating sweet potato leaves without eating feed, right? That would make them indigestible.
So Qian Shulan fed wheat bran to her pigs.
The task of feeding the pigs was given to Xiaotao, Xiaolian and Zhengjun.
The three children were too young to help with heavy work like plowing the fields.
As for everyone else, they had to follow these adults to the fields.
Because there were no horses or cows, everyone had to plow the fields manually, so the work was very hard.
At this time, the villagers who had been busy with the steelmaking campaign finally came back, saying that the steel mill had given them a half-month autumn harvest holiday.
These men are all tanned like Africans. When they smile, they look like the black man on the black toothpaste.
After the men came back, the nearby villages began to get busy.
The sweet potatoes in Wangjia Village had been harvested long ago, but because there were no oxen to plow the land, manual plowing was very slow.
Qian Minghua also knew that there was nothing he could do, so he decided to plant as much as he could. If that didn't work out, he could plant soybeans or spring sweet potatoes next year.
The growing period of soybeans is shorter than that of wheat, and they are harvested at about the same time as wheat in summer.
So, the strong laborers began to plow the fields.
Several other villages have begun to busy themselves with harvesting sweet potatoes.
But as the weather got colder, many sweet potatoes rotted in the fields.
Of the harvested crops, only half were edible, and the rest could only be fed to pigs.
But now pigs would rather eat fresh sweet potato leaves than rotten sweet potatoes, so in the end they have to be thrown away.
After finishing work in the evening, Qian Shulan asked about the progress of steelmaking, and everyone shook their heads and sighed. It seemed that molten iron had not been produced yet.
Except for the regular furnaces in steel mills, those earthen kilns can't produce anything at all. How can they produce anything if the temperature is not high enough? It is inevitable.
Qian Shulan looked at the houses of every household that had been turned into thatched huts and all the bricks had been collected, and she felt panic-stricken.
Although she knew that the Great Steelmaking Campaign was a waste of money and labor, she did not dare to say it out loud.
Qian Shulan saw that the men were so skinny and black as charcoal, and she couldn't help feeling sad.
They were lucky enough that there were no casualties, which was a blessing compared to those who died in the accident.
"Mom, we are living a good life. Thanks to the masks you sewed for me, I don't feel like I have suffered much." Wang Shouren tried to comfort her with clumsy words.
Qian Shulan's tears flowed down, not knowing what to say.
Even though their hands and legs were covered with wounds, they still comforted themselves. They are really filial.
At night, Qian Shulan closed the kitchen door, covered the chimney, and stewed pork and potatoes in the house.
These were all hidden by her secretly in the space.
After making them, she brought them to the room one by one and asked them to eat inside, making sure no one discovered them.
Everyone in the family guessed that the old lady must have hidden something, but they didn't expect that she could even hide meat. She was really amazing.
During the day, Wang Shouzhi also came back, and Qian Shulan was the last one to deliver the meat to him.
A plate of meat was passed to Zhengkang and Zhengguo's room, and they were asked to share the food. Qian Shulan called Wang Shouzhi to her room.
I handed the plate of meat that was on the bedside table to Wang Shouzhi. He drooled with greed. He took the chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Do you know Wu Zhenggang?" Qian Shulan asked directly.
Wang Shouzhi was a little surprised. After swallowing the meat in his mouth, he began to speak, "Wu Zhenggang is nineteen this year. His mother died during the land reform. A few years ago, his father married a stepmother. She treated him very badly."
I don't know if she is hard-hearted, but Qian Shulan always feels that she can't sympathize with this person. His filial piety value is 0 points. If his father treats him badly, he hates his father, so it is understandable that he has no filial piety towards his father. Why does he hate his mother
"Is his mother good to him?"
Wang Shouzhi was stunned for a moment, then he began to sigh, "When I first met him, I didn't know much about the situation. I mentioned his mother once, and he scolded me. Then I learned that his mother was very good to him. But she is dead. Maybe in his heart, his mother is a taboo?!"
Qian Shulan was even more puzzled now. Even though she was so nice to him, he didn't show any filial piety at all.
Qian Shulan looked at Wang Shouzhi and said, "You should stay away from him in the future. I think he is a bit gloomy."
Wang Shouzhi opened his mouth in surprise. His mother had never interfered with his friendships, but now her attitude was so firm. He felt a little embarrassed.
Qian Shulan grabbed Wang Shouzhi's hand and started to play the family card, "Xiaowu, ever since you brought him back last time, Mom has been having nightmares. She can't sleep every night. I always feel that there is something wrong with that man. Maybe he was the one who caused his mother's death."
Wang Shouzhi was shocked by this and couldn't help but speak up for the other party, "Mom, how can you say such unfounded words?"
Qian Shulan was just talking casually. Her original intention was just to make Wang Shouzhi break up with that man, not to ask him to investigate the case. She waved her hand and said, "You are a man and you don't understand women's intuition at all. When you were in my belly, I knew you were a boy. I can tell at a glance whether you are comfortable or not. The reason why I went to the county town to find you before was because I felt that your life was very aggrieved and depressed. I couldn't sleep at night. Later, when I returned home, I ate everything I wanted and slept well. I didn't even have many dreams." Telling some small lies can make her words more convincing.
Wang Shouzhi was stunned for a long time, thinking carefully in his mind. His mother was indeed a capable person. Otherwise, she would not have been able to help Fourth Brother find a temporary job.
However, it was really difficult for him to stop associating with Wu Zhenggang.
But his mother was always worried that he would suffer, and he felt uneasy. He felt that he was too unfilial and always made his mother worry.
Finally, he overcame his inner self and said, "Mom, I'll listen to you."
Qian Shulan was satisfied and urged him, "Eat quickly. You are my good son. I don't expect you to be filial to me. As long as you live well and peacefully outside and make good friends, I can sleep peacefully."
Wang Shouzhi was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes. He picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and was about to pass it to Qian Shulan's mouth.
Qian Shulan pushed it away and picked up her own bowl from the bedside table. "Mom also left some for me. You can eat yours."
Wang Shouzhi looked at his mother's bowl, which was full of lean meat without any meat at all, and was moved again. He quickly picked up the fat meat from his own bowl with his chopsticks and gave it to her.
Qian Shulan reacted and felt a little warm in her heart, so she didn't put it back.
She had to learn to accept her son's filial piety with a clear conscience. After eating, she said to Wang Shouzhi very emotionally, "Fat meat tastes better than lean meat!"
These words almost made Wang Shouzhi cry.
Qian Shulan smiled and continued to eat. Well, she now found that her acting skills and scheming had risen to several levels.
Half a month later, the men went back to making steel.
By December, the radio was announcing that this year's steel production had reached 11.08 million tons, doubling last year's output, a successful completion. There was cheering all over the country.
However, Qian Shulan saw that the people who came back were really exhausted, so the superiors ended the battle hastily.
Could all the 11.08 million tons of steel really be used? She remembered that the pass rate seemed to be very low.
After the steelmaking was finished, it was time to pay the public grain tax. Before that, because the husband was not at home, the public grain tax had not been paid.
Now that the people were back, Wang Shouquan and Qian Minghua weighed the grain, put it on a horse-drawn carriage and sent it to the grain station.
When we got there, we found that they were the most active in delivering grain this year.
In the past, there was a long queue at the entrance of the grain station. What happened now
When we went in to ask around, we found out that the grain from many production teams had not been collected.
In addition, the canteen’s food reserves were running low, so the production team leader was unwilling to falsely report production.
Qian Minghua didn't know this. Previously, he reported the yield per mu based on the actual number this year.
President Zhou didn't make things difficult for him, and even didn't invite him to the subsequent meeting.
It turns out that no one wants to make false reports anymore.
There was a bumper sweet potato crop this year and they delivered it very quickly.
When he came out, Wang Shouquan said that he would go to the village to inquire so that he could have a solution when the time comes.
Qian Minghua knew that Wang Shouquan was worried that their superiors would ask them to hand over all their surplus grain.
The arm cannot twist the thigh. If the leaders above bring the militia to search for food by force, they will not even have the strength to resist and can only surrender.
Qian Minghua was driving a horse-drawn carriage and waiting in an alley not far from the township government.
President Zhou had no good feelings towards him, so he should not approach him. Otherwise, it would be their production team that would be implicated.
On the other side, Wang Shouquan arrived at Secretary Chen’s office.
Secretary Chen saw him coming and snorted in displeasure, "Your team actually gave me a difficult problem!"
Wang Shouquan looked at him cautiously for several times, and when he saw that he was not really angry, he immediately changed his face to a sad one, "Secretary Chen, we have no choice. The men have all gone to make steel, and the women have worked so hard to harvest the sweet potatoes. The food rations are just enough to feed ourselves, so how can we dare to raise the price too much?"
Secretary Chen waved his hand, his expression no longer stable, patted his arm and laughed, "You are really good. You are making steel at the steel mill, and you can still follow the routine at home without making any mistakes. The grain has also been collected as expected. Not bad at all."
Wang Shouquan scratched his head shyly.
After Secretary Chen finished praising him, he handed him a registration form and said, "This is the quota for your production team. There is only one. Go back and fill it out so that we can apply."
Wang Shouquan took it without knowing why. Then he exclaimed, "Is this the application form for model worker?"
Secretary Chen stood up from his chair and patted his shoulder with a smile, "Good job! This is a special reward for your team."
He walked to the window, picked up the thermos on the coffee table and poured himself a cup of hot water, then shook his head helplessly, "You don't know what Lao Zhou's expression looks like! Tsk tsk tsk!" He looked disgusted.
Wang Shouquan was a little curious.
When Secretary Chen sat down again with the enamel pot in his hand, Wang Shouquan stared at him closely, waiting for his next words.
Secretary Chen was amused by his eagerness to learn, so he didn't keep him in suspense any longer. "The two advanced production teams that Lao Zhou created didn't even produce 100 kilograms per mu this year. Lao Zhou was very angry."
Wang Shouquan scratched his head curiously, "Aren't those two teams planting soybeans and corn? How could the yield per mu be less than 100 kilograms?"
Secretary Chen sighed when this was mentioned. "Who says it's not true? Because there were no tools, the soybeans were ripe and bursting in the fields, but no one picked them up. They did pick the corn, but there was heavy dew in the morning and evening, and the members were too lazy to store the corn in the warehouse. They just left it in the threshing floor, and the corn piled underneath became moldy and sprouted. Do you think the yield can be high?" At the end, he said with some regret, "Once the brigade cadres left, the two production teams became a mess, and no one obeyed each other! Old Zhou is still worried now."
Hearing this, Wang Shouquan was not happy either. He was a little worried and asked, "Will Secretary Zhou continue to inflate production?"
Secretary Chen raised his eyebrows and looked at him, patting his shoulder, "Hey, Shouquan, you guys should be mentally prepared."
Wang Shouquan's heart suddenly turned cold.
Even if President Zhou doesn't compete for the advanced title, he will definitely keep his official hat. The yield per mu of other teams is low, so only their team is left. The yield per mu must be higher than that in the first half of the year.
He wanted to ask Secretary Chen for help, but Secretary Chen was in charge of ideology and not farming matters.
Besides, Secretary Chen and President Zhou have always been at odds with each other, and they can't even be considered friends.
Wang Shouquan held the registration form in his hand, feeling extremely heavy-hearted.
When Qian Minghua saw his expression, he knew that things might not be good.
The team held another members' meeting. Each household sent one head of household to attend the meeting.
Wang Shouquan first talked about the reporting of model workers. Everyone was nominating candidates.
Finally, somehow, someone suggested Qian Shulan.
They said that she was the oldest, but she worked more efficiently than the younger ones. She was very suitable to be a model worker.
Some people also mentioned Zhou Xuemei. After all, she was well-known in the team and could earn ten work points a day.
Of course, there are two others, and they both earn more work points on a regular basis.
Finally, Wang Shouquan wrote down several names and then voted.
In the end, Qian Shulan beat the second place by eleven votes and got the recommendation spot.
However, this was only a recommended spot, not the final result, so no one took it seriously.
However, Wang Shouquan's next words forced everyone to be cautious.
"Why don't we dig a sweet potato cellar in the field and store some in it?"
Everyone was a little stunned. This was concealing production! This was destroying communism! They were to be criticized and struggled against.
They were so scared that they all shook their heads and said no.
Seeing that no one agreed, Wang Shouquan could only sigh in his heart.
Now, even if he wanted to conceal the yield, he couldn't do it. Qian Minghua had already reported the yield per mu.
Everyone was silent.
In the end, the matter was left unresolved.
Two days later, militiamen were sent down from above to forcibly collect grain, leaving only one-third of the grain rations for the Wangjia Village Production Team.
With this amount of food, the members could only eat until they were 50% full.
Of course, the rhetoric will sound better, such as "to support national construction."
However, Qian Shulan didn't intend to care about this matter. Wangjia Village could still be saved by the food in her space, but the others were not so lucky. However, she couldn't help feeling a little upset, because they couldn't eat enough food even though they grew it themselves.
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