Rebirth after the 1950s

"These three educated youths are pretty good. After they came to our place, they didn't do anything like other brigades of educated youths, but only knew how to stir up trouble. They also came to and from work on time every day, and they almost finished the work ahead of schedule. They didn't know how to go to the mountains first. Looking for food and firewood is just digging for herbs, which is much easier to worry about than other educated youths in the brigade," Secretary Gu said

"Who says it's not the case?" Gu Zhenghua said

"No, let's not talk about Li Zhiqing, let's talk about these two Chen Zhiqing. The two of them handed in a lot of various herbal medicines in August," Gu Zhengfu said

"Really?" Gu Zhenggui asked in surprise.

"Yes"

"Then they can get a lot of money from traditional Chinese medicine alone this year," Gu Zhenggui said.

"No matter how much they get, it's all earned by them. It's not like the folks in our brigade who work hard all day long," Gu Zhengrong said.

"Who says it isn't? Even though this herb is not valuable, it can't stand up to its large quantity," Gu Zhenghua said.

"With the behavior of the three educated youths, when the money is distributed during the Chinese New Year, the villagers like us will be able to realize that it will be easy to work after the construction starts next year," Secretary Gu said

"I'm afraid there won't be enough food by then," Gu Zhenghua said

"This is easy to handle, just open up wasteland," Secretary Gu said

"Indeed, next year we will see how early everyone can complete the task. If most of them can be completed two hours in advance, then we will open up dozens of acres of wasteland and leave an hour for them to use freely," Gu Zhengrong said

"I think it's okay"

“I think it’s okay too”

"Just do it."

"But then the work points will also be increased."

"Absolutely. When we open up wasteland, everyone volunteers. As long as you receive the task, your work points will be calculated according to the autumn harvest."

"This is a good method. It will save someone from causing trouble again."

"indeed"

"Okay, now that we've decided, let's go measure out the land while it's okay, and pack it out quickly before it's too cold."

"It's dad."

In this way, the autumn harvest was completed. After resting for two or three days, we started working again as usual. However, this time everyone was very active in the work. I originally thought that everyone was distributing food for two days, but then I heard from several female comrades next to me. Only through the conversation did we know.

"Fourth Aunt, how much dry firewood do you plan to prepare this year?"

"Sixth brother and sister, we have just finished the autumn harvest. After bringing home the crop poles in the field in the past two days, the whole family will go up the mountain to chop firewood. To be honest, the firewood in the field is not enough to use when the mountain is blocked by heavy snow. "

"Who says it's not the case?" said Aunt Hua who was standing next to her.

"So before the snow closes the mountains, we should prepare more firewood."

"My family has a large population, so I have to prepare for these things."

"Who says it's not the case? There are more than a dozen people in our family, so we only need six or seven flowers."

"No matter how many people there are, just run to the mountains every day to chop firewood before the heavy snow closes the mountains. When I went back to my parents' home this year, I heard that some people in the brigade next to my parents' home froze to death last year."

"real or fake"

"Really, he's not that old"

"That's why. It's not that I can't do the work, and it's not that I don't know how cold it is in the winter here. Insufficient firewood will bring death."

"Well, I can't blame anyone else. The wife of this family just gave birth to a baby not long ago. All the men are doing everything in the house. There are no old people in the family. They have the same amount of firewood as before, so I think it is enough. , but why didn’t he think about it, the children used firewood a lot when they were young, and they ran out of it not long after the Chinese New Year, and it snowed heavily again, so they couldn’t go out to collect firewood, and finally froze to death.”

“The whole family is up”

"all dead"

"It still stopped snowing. My neighbor next door went to the firewood shed in the yard to get dry firewood. He didn't hear the child crying, nor did he hear the adults talking. He was worried. He finally climbed over the wall and took a look and found out."

"That's what it is"

"So, regardless of whether there is enough firewood or not, before the snow closes the mountains, as long as you can enter the mountains, you must prepare more dry firewood. Our country is not warmer than in the south, and the winter is long, so we should prepare more."

"you are right"

When I went there, some people actually froze to death. It cannot be said that the family was not diligent, but simply because they were not prepared enough and because a little baby was added to the house, the whole family froze to death in the end.

On the way back from work, he happened to meet Chen Enpeng and the others, so he told them what he had heard in the field. Chen Junjie was frightened and said: "What should I do with those things? What should I do?"

"What's the hurry? The worst thing we can do is prepare more firewood."

"Yep"

"I think Dad, since we have few people, it's better not to take any more tasks after work in the past few days. Winter is about to come, so preparing firewood and food is the most important thing."

"What Mianmian said is, what can you do?" Chen Enpeng

"If you have any ideas for Mianmian, just tell me." After hearing this, Chen Junjie seemed to have lost his backbone and said.

"There is no other way. After work, we have to go up the mountain quickly. Whether it is food or dry firewood, we have to prepare it. Now there are walnuts, pine nuts, cobs, chestnuts, and mountain reds on the mountain. As long as they are edible, we will have a lot. There is nothing wrong with being prepared. As for dry firewood, we cannot leave behind. Besides, there is not much work in the fields. It will be done in three to five days. By then, we will go into the mountains every day. At most, we will just run a few more times with the backpack on our backs."

"What you are talking about is not only about drying firewood, but also preparing enough food. Without firewood, people will freeze to death, and without food, people will not starve to death."

"By the way, I plan to trade some cabbage and radishes with my fellow villagers this year. Do you want to trade them?"

"Change it, I just don't know how to save it!"

"This is simple. Let's ask Grandma Huang to come over and teach us. They have a lot of cabbage and radishes. I told Huniu this morning and asked her to ask Grandma Huang for us. Can she ask Grandma Huang for us? Besides, every year Grandpa Huang will do this. Sometimes I would drag a cart of cabbage or radishes into the city to see my relatives."

"Okay, I'll just listen to you, is there anything else?"

"That's all I can think of for the moment."

"Then when do you plan to enter the city? I heard that heavy snow can not only close the mountains but also the roads. It will not be easy to go out then. It is better to prepare some New Year things in advance."

"Let's ask our Grandpa Huang about this when the time comes."

"He always drives the bullock cart out and he must know more than us."

"Okay, please tell us if you want to pay us back then."

"It's okay. Didn't I hear that even if you can't drive the ox cart, you still have a skate cart?"

"Can it be done"

"Whether it works or not, the road will definitely not be closed before the next heavy snowfall. We will go out then."

"Besides, if you prepare enough dry firewood and food, it doesn't matter whether you buy new year's goods or not. At most, you can just do something else then."

"That's what you said"

After just five days of work, the work in the fields was finished and everyone started running up the mountain.