Su Ye imitated the old woman and directed the villagers to go to Shanggou Village to ask for seeds.
Ma Gensheng was woken up by students early in the morning and found a group of village heads and production team leaders outside the village. All the village heads expressed their desire to "borrow" some grain seeds from Shanggou Village. He asked in confusion, "What's going on?"
How could these people know about the grain seeds? Ma Gensheng thought that their village had been named a national model village, and that "neighbors" from all directions came to celebrate, but who knew that it was not the case at all. They came to "borrow seeds to plant in the fields"!
These people blocked the entrance to the village and Ma Gensheng didn't know what to do, so he went to ask Ruan Ruliang for instructions.
He told this to Ruan Ruliang and sighed, "Who doesn't have some difficulties? How can they borrow money to grow crops? We don't have much food in our village!"
When Ruan Ruliang heard the news, he thought for a moment and discussed with Ma Gensheng: "We can sell some seeds to them."
A few days ago, Ruan Ruliang was still worried that the promotion of grain varieties was too slow. Isn't he sleepy now? Is it time for him to be handed a pillow
Ma Gensheng almost couldn't hold back the surprise on his face. Their village wasn't specialized in charity! This kind of charity would only happen once. If it happened again, they would be left with nothing.
Ruan Ruliang explained the reason to him in detail, "Don't just focus on the present, look at the long term. The food in our village is sufficient for our own consumption, but it is far from enough to supply a county or a city. But if the entire county or city is like us, wouldn't the famine be over soon?"
Ma Gensheng instantly understood Ruan Ruliang's intention.
He immediately went to work and asked a few people to go to the granary to move the seeds. When selling the seeds, he took out a piece of paper and stuffed it into their pockets, whispering in their ears: "This is the planting method. When you go back, sew your mouths tightly! Just think of me as begging for food, understand?"
The policy of Shanggou Village is confidential, but the famine in the neighboring villages has come to their doorstep. Shanggou Village generously donated food to its neighbors out of humanitarian spirit. They squeezed out the food from their mouths and used it to grow crops. What's wrong with that? Nothing wrong!
It's really touching!
Ma Gensheng was not a selfish person. He could eat and clothe himself, and eat meat every now and then to improve his diet. But when he went out and saw that all around him were poor people suffering from famine, and farmers who were so poor that they had to sell their children to make a living, he felt very bad. His idea was as simple as Ruan Ruliang's. If all parts of the country could plant the high-yield seeds of their village as soon as possible, all farmers in the world would be well fed and clothed, and everyone would be happy!
Liu Gang heard that other villages came to the village to borrow grain because they were crying poor, but he never associated "Nande Dao people" with borrowing grain. After all, there were too many people borrowing grain these days, and his village had also helped the machinery factory some time ago and sold a lot of grain to them.
After the farmers from several nearby villages got the "immortal seeds" pointed out by the immortals, they wanted to worship them as if they were their own ancestors. The production team was full of energy, and a group of people often enthusiastically pulled the oxen to plow the fields, and sowed on time at the spring equinox, working so hard that their eyes were almost red.
They never thought that they were growing high-yield crops; they only knew that these were magical seeds that could bring them "happiness".
With such careful preparation, the first quarter of the crops were ripe. When they dug up the sweet potatoes from the ground, the yield of sweet potatoes jumped up step by step, and the yield per mu of land was close to 8,000 kilograms. All the farmers were so surprised that tears were swirling in their eyes.
They were directly shocked by its yield. How could there be such a promising seed that one acre of seeds could equal three acres of seeds planted by others
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Starting in the summer of 1962, the grain yield data reported in newspapers from all over the country soared. One village reported a sweet potato yield of 6,000 kilograms per mu, and another village reported a yield of 7,000 kilograms per mu. After a while, there was a report of a yield of 8,000 kilograms per mu. People were numb to it. At the end of the summer, a village called "Shanggou Village" broke the news of a sweet potato yield of 10,000 kilograms per mu, which caused a sensation across the country.
Everyone had a sense of absurdity that they had returned to the "Great Leap Forward" a few years ago, but after the summer ended, urban residents suddenly found that they could buy food. Supply and marketing cooperatives would deliver fine grain every now and then. In the past, large quantities of grain were only available during festivals, but now they can be seen every day, and as long as you are willing to queue up, you can definitely buy it.
With food coupons and a small stool in hand, you can sit with neighbors and chat about family matters. After a pot of tea, you will have your food.
Every day, long queues formed in front of the supply and marketing cooperatives. Factories gradually recovered. The first to breathe a sigh of relief were a group of food and non-staple food factories. The upstream raw materials were in sufficient supply, and the machines rumbled to life with full power.
The laid-off employees who were re-hired were more excited than anyone else and wished they could work in the factory 24 hours a day.
The famous large factory Zhang You Grain and Oil Factory in City C originally could only produce 10 tons of peanut oil per month, but after the grain supply caught up, it directly reached the target of 5 tons of edible oil per day. The performance was booming, and the factory continued to expand and recruit workers. The factory director generously built a new canteen, nursery, primary school, junior high school for the workers, and also planned to rebuild the employee dormitory building.
One factory directly revitalizes upstream and downstream supply factories, such as steel mills, machinery factories, hardware parts factories, cement factories, food factories, beverage factories...
The economy of the entire province C has recovered strongly, and the leaders of the provincial party committee are all smiling. This year, the national climate has improved, with good weather and good harvests, which is suitable for the development of agriculture. At this time, the province with the fastest economic recovery will benefit the most. Other provinces and cities in the country are working hard to develop agriculture, trying to get ahead with diligence, but who would have thought that province C would stand directly at the finish line
They knew that the village had great potential, but they didn’t know it was so promising
In early spring, Shanggou Village "generously" donated grain to the surrounding villages. Half of the rural areas in the city took the lead in planting high-yield grains, and the spring potato harvest caused a sensation. All of a sudden, the rural areas in the province heard the news and took trains overnight to Shanggou Village to "learn from it". In the autumn, they planted these high-yield grains, resulting in continuous good news this year, as if the scene of the Great Leap Forward era was recreated.
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Provincial Party Committee Office.
Zhang Ying's secretary called Su Ye with a smile on his face. Xiao Li said to Su Ye with a smile on his face, "Teacher Su, I have some very sad news for you."
"Shanggou Village was not selected as an advanced model village. The central government discussed and believed that our Shanggou Village does not have a typical example. Dazhai Village's 'hard work and perseverance' is more worthy of national promotion. Compared with them, you are inferior to them. The leaders said that you should be criticized!"
"No, there is absolutely no hedonistic thinking in our village!" Su Ye swore from the bottom of his heart. They have worked diligently and produced in the past few years, and the development is getting better and better. They can't wear this hat halfway!
But she noticed that Secretary Li was not speaking to her in a blaming tone, so she immediately said depressedly: "Why can you use such a happy tone to talk about such a sad thing?"
Secretary Li laughed, "But the province has decided to give you a spiritual consolation prize, the prize money is expected to be around 100,000 yuan. The request you made to the Economic Commission last time was accepted, and they agreed to your village's 'distribution according to work'. The provincial leaders wrote a proposal for 'economic model reform' to the central government, and the Economic Commission thought it was very innovative, and your wish may become a reality."
"The leaders have decided to nominate you as a national advanced person. If you are not in a hurry to go to school next year, the provincial party committee will reserve a position for you. It would be a waste of talent to stay in Shanggou Village as a village official."
Su Ye smiled and said, "No, thank you for your appreciation, it's good enough for me to be a village official in Shanggou Village."
Real rewards and welfare policies provided by the state, aren't these more inspiring than the empty title of national model
Su Ye did not feel regretful. Although Shanggou Village did not become a typical model, over the past year, villages from all over the country have continuously sent people to Shanggou Village to learn from it and buy high-yield grain seeds. Isn't this a typical "model village"
These tourists came to Shanggou Village with money, and Su Ye made some money from them by entertaining them comfortably, making sure they felt at home, eating well, staying well and sleeping well. The arrival of a large number of guests unexpectedly brought popularity to nearby hotels and shopping malls.
Before these people from all over the country left, Shanggou Village politely gave them tea and soda. This move seemed a bit disadvantageous, but it brought Shanggou Village's tea and soda to all parts of the country.
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Shanggou Village.
Su Ye hung up the phone and smiled at Ruan Ruliang.
She looked at Ruan Ruliang on the other side, who was working at his desk. His hair, which was jet black a few years ago, was now almost completely white. In just two or three years, every strand of his hair seemed to have been whitened by the lights at night.
She thought that Ruan Ruliang had a high level of ideological awareness. This autumn, farmers everywhere had a good harvest, and every household had a full granary. Ma Gensheng was dragged to the nearby village to attend wedding banquets every day, and he couldn't drink enough. In the past, when it was difficult, who would hold a wedding banquet? Now it is rare to see people starving to death on the roadside. His superb level in food made Su Ye look at him with new eyes, and his generous mind made her admire him completely.
Ruan Ruliang was totally confused. He just gave Su Ye a bright smile.
Teacher He picked up a few bottles of orange soda and handed them to everyone. He tapped the glass bottles cheerfully and said, "I just have a good news and a bad news to tell you all.
The good news is that our Jianmeibao has opened up several overseas sales channels, and I have received several large orders. Next year, our factory will make at least 200,000 or 300,000 yuan in profit. The bad news is that the current factory and staff are too few to complete the production task, so we need to build a new factory and recruit workers. "
He Meimei smiled and said, "This is not good news or bad news at all."
She raised her two thumbs to correct me. "These are obviously two pieces of good news! We will start recruiting people in the spring of next year. This time we will recruit young people who meet the requirements from all over the city."
Now Shanggou Village is well-known in the province. They no longer have to rely on Su Ye to poach people from schools like they did in the past. Now they can provide young people with a regular job, pay them a monthly salary, and give them generous gifts for the New Year and other festivals like public institutions. There is no need to worry about not being able to recruit people, but they are afraid that they will be overwhelmed by the choices when the time comes.
We discussed the new construction plan of the Jianmeibao fruit juice factory, and then went to the cafeteria to order a sumptuous meal.
Teacher He casually ordered a dish of plump black fish, and the chef in the cafeteria smiled widely as he caught a big black fish weighing eight kilograms for them. Zhou Yi counted the heads and thought it was not enough, so he added a roast chicken and braised pork. The richness of the dishes seemed like the New Year, but it was commonplace now. I couldn't imagine that a few years ago, everyone was still hungry and eating dirt!
Su Ye opened a box of orange soda for everyone, one bottle for each person. The cool bottle was covered with water droplets. Drinking a bottle on a hot day was better than anything else. Shanggou Village has a good geographical environment. The fruits grown on the mountain are sweet and plump, and the fruit grains are chewy, which determines that the quality of the squeezed fruit juice is first-class.
The transparent glass bottle is filled with sweet and warm fruit juice. In addition to the big words "Jianmeibao" written on the bottle, there is also a line of small words, "A gift from the pristine nature at an altitude of 2,291 meters."
In addition to fruit juice, Jianmeibao gradually added many derivative products, such as green tea and black tea. In 1963, it officially changed the name of the fruit juice factory to the beverage factory. A few years later, when the national living standards improved significantly, it also added canned food, ham, and snacks. It changed its name to the Food and Beverage Factory in 1969. But these are all later stories.
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City C, family compound.
Everyone was holding newspapers and discussing in amazement, "Zhu Zi? Dad, who do you think this is?"
Isn't the woman in the newspaper wearing a big red flower on her chest, shaking hands with the Chairman and taking a photo with him, showing her big white teeth, Su Ye? The newspaper clearly states, "National Excellent Model - Su Ye, a village official who builds a new rural village"
Two entire pages were filled with densely packed small characters.
"Isn't this Su Ye mentioned in the newspaper?" the nephew's father asked in shock.
"It's her! That's her in the photo. She looks exactly like her."
The newspaper was snatched back and forth, and finally a female comrade read the newspaper aloud to everyone, "When she first came to Shanggou Village, she fought for a piece of land for the students to grow sweet potatoes. It was this small piece of land that later grew infinite hope. It was the predecessor of the high-yield sweet potato, Fengshi Series No. 1. This autumn, the per-acre yield of Fengshi No. 3 sweet potatoes exceeded 10,000 catties, which boosted the city's grain growth..."
"She led a group of young people to resolutely leave their hometowns and explore the path of a new countryside in a small village. Now Shanggou Village has built a school, a factory, and a cement road. Every household has built a new red brick house. Children can afford to go to school and the elderly have relief subsidies, so that the elderly can be taken care of and the young can be relied on."
After the story was read, the whole room was silent. Everyone's chest was filled with excitement and pride.
It turns out that the food supply in the city has caught up, which is the result of the silent efforts of Su Ye and his group. It turns out that the high-yield sweet potatoes with an output of 10,000 kilograms per mu that made a sensation across the country some time ago were the research results of Su Ye and his group. It turns out that the good news in the newspapers during this period and the reports of bumper harvests in various places are actually behind Su Ye and his group!
Food is the people’s most important thing. Grain is the lifeline of the people. This year, everyone can have enough food and drink because of the silent support of this group of young people behind the scenes!
The more they read the story, the more they were moved. They remembered Su Ye who gave up the opportunity to go to college three years ago and insisted on going to a remote rural area despite everyone's opposition. To this day, there are still people in the family compound who criticize Su Ye for being blind and easily giving up a future that was within reach.
Now let’s see who has blurred his eyes
"How can this person be so ambitious? How old is she and she has accomplished so many great things without saying a word?"
"That's right. No wonder Shanggou Village sounds so familiar to me. Do you remember that three years ago, a very poor village came to our compound to thank Su Ye? Now this village is very rich."
The red brick and cement houses of the villagers in Shanggou Village in the newspaper, the rows of blue brick and tile factories, the beautiful primary school, the bright canteen, and the clean cement roads in the village are incredible! It turns out that poor and backward rural areas can also be built so beautifully, and the living standards there are no worse than those in the city.
Zhou Honghan felt as comfortable as if he had drunk honey when listening to everyone praising Su Ye.
Ning family.
Mother Ning carried a bag of rice in her left and right hands and a bag of noodles in her right hand, with a big smile on her face. The families of Niu Cuihua and He Meimei also went shopping with her.
Niu Cuihua's mother-in-law smiled from ear to ear and said, "I feel so embarrassed these days because of all the praise. Before the newspaper came out, Cuihua brought back a lot of things, ten kilograms of pork belly, one hundred kilograms of rice, and several chickens and ducks. I was shocked! She used to be hesitant every time she came home, and I thought she was too embarrassed to speak because she didn't have a living!"
I never thought I would end up doing something so embarrassing!
"I saw our Meimei in the newspaper! The newspaper said she is an iron lady who is not afraid of hardship or fatigue and has built a harmonious and beautiful village."
He Meimei's mother-in-law nodded. At first, they thought she went to the countryside to suffer hardships and couldn't even save enough money to go home during the New Year. They didn't expect that she went to the countryside to pursue her career. Now that it's in the newspaper, she's not satisfied with anything and keeps sending things home every few days.
Several families gathered together for a meal, and the food was as rich as the New Year's Eve, with chicken, duck, fish and meat. Everyone ate delicious rice and drank fruit juice sent by their children. It was as if they had returned to the days before the famine when they had plenty of food and clothing. Ning's mother sighed, "Maybe next year will be a year of good harvest and peace."
"This year is no longer a year of famine. Aren't we eating as much as we can?"
The year is passing by with the sound of firecrackers, and 1964 is approaching.
On New Year's Eve, every family gathers together in a lively atmosphere. The nimble parents prepare a New Year's Eve dinner carefully at the table. After the meal is cooked, they shout at their naughty children to wash their hands quickly. Everyone has joy on their face and looks at the carefully prepared food on the table with hope and piety in their eyes.
"Wow, Dad and Mom have so many dishes today!"
The parents smiled casually, "It's Chinese New Year. Eat the preserved eggs while they're hot. I'll make you the sugar cakes you want tomorrow."
The rice/noodles exude a strong aroma, the white pork is carefully cut into slices, and the green leaves fried with pork are crispy and fragrant. Rich families will buy a fish, which means surplus every year. Ordinary families will make dumplings, which are delicious and everyone can eat a lot.