"Uhhhh......h

Ye Kai wanted to say something, but Ye Lin interrupted him again, and then said to the old branch secretary: "Old branch secretary, can you take us to the village to have a look?"

"Yes, of course. The old branch secretary nodded hurriedly.

"Let's go. ”

Ye Lin and the others didn't drive, and walked directly to the village behind.

Just a few steps, Ye Lin said to the old branch secretary: "Old branch secretary, don't talk about our identity for a while. ”

"Uh, why is that?"

"No, why, we just came over and took a look, and let people know if it was good. ”

"Alright then!"

The old branch secretary is a person from Sankongqiao Village, Sankongqiao is a natural village, divided into four production groups, this is because Sankongqiao Village is relatively large, and there are only two groups in the general village.

Maybe it's because of this, so the team headquarters is here!

As soon as he walked to the back of the brigade headquarters, Ye Lin saw something he was more familiar with, the plow that ploughed the ground, and it was nine plows.

This is the plow used on large tractors, and Ye Lin is certainly familiar with it.

"Old branch secretary, is your brigade still a large tractor?" Although Ye Lin didn't see a tractor, this plow was only used for large tractors.

"It was used in the big collectives in the past, but now it is all distributed to the households, and there is no need for this thing at all. ”

"Uh!" Ye Lin was stunned for a moment, but still nodded.

Also, Central Plains Province is a province with a large population, and now there are less than two acres of land for one person, and even if a family is five or six people, it is only about ten acres of land.

Moreover, when the land is divided, it is divided according to the good land and the bad land, and the ten acres of land may be divided into several pieces.

There would be no way to use such a large plow, because much of the land might not be enough for the trip.

"Old branch secretary, why is there only a plow left?What about the tractor?" Ye Lin had a sense of intimacy with the tractor.

"The tractor was driven away by the township, and the township opened a brick kiln in the north, and the tractor was used to pull the bricks. ”

"Pull bricks?" Ye Lin frowned.

"Yes. The old branch secretary nodded and said, "When you came over, you passed by those potholed roads, which were left by those tractors that pulled bricks. ”

Hearing the old party secretary talk about the road, Ye Lin said: "Old branch secretary, isn't every village a group of laborers going out every year to repair canals and roads?

"It's repaired, but it's useless, it's repaired every year, but after it's repaired, it's a month or two at most, and if there is more rain, it may not even be able to manage it for a month. The old branch secretary said with a wry smile.

"That's it! But the old branch secretary, the township pulled bricks to make the road so that you didn't let the township build the road for you?"

Hearing Ye Lin's words, the old branch secretary looked at him like an alien, and looked at Ye Lin a little hairy, and those who didn't know thought that this old branch secretary had any special hobbies.

"Forget it, in fact, even if the township doesn't pull bricks, it won't take long to make the road, we are all loess here, a little dry, the road is full of dust, a little water, it becomes a mud pit. ”

Hearing what the old branch secretary said, Ye Lin nodded and didn't ask again.

The three of them soon came to the head of the village, it was summer, and the corn in the field was almost half a man deep, and it was also the time of the farming.

There is no electricity here, and even if there is electricity, it is estimated that no one can afford to buy an electric fan, so under the big tree at the entrance of the village, it has become a place for villagers to enjoy the shade.

The man was shirtless, holding a puff fan in his hand and shaking it vigorously, but he still couldn't avoid sweating, as if all he was fanning his body was hot air.

The woman was a little better, wearing a sweatshirt, and sat under a few big trees on the other side of the road.

Instead of fanning, they were doing needlework, and the hot summer didn't seem to stop them from doing it.

Seeing the three of them coming over, regardless of men, women and children, they all greeted the old branch secretary, and it seemed that the prestige of the old branch secretary was still very high.

The old branch secretary also responded to them one by one, with a smile on his face from beginning to end, Ye Lin didn't know if this was a pleasure in suffering.

"Old branch secretary, these two are ......" A middle-aged man came to the old branch secretary, looked at Ye Lin and Ye Kai and asked.

"Oh, this is a distant relative, come and have a look at the house. ”

After the old branch secretary finished speaking, he turned back to Ye Lin and Ye Kai and said, "This is the leader of our village group. ”

"Hello!" Ye Kai stretched out his hand.

"Uh!" The group leader was stunned for a moment, probably not expecting Ye Kai to reach out to shake hands with him, and quickly wiped his hand on his trouser leg, then stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, hello." ”

"Alright, let's get cold! Let's go home. The old branch secretary said to the group leader.

"Okay old branch secretary. ”

After Ye Lin and the others left, the group leader looked at the backs of the three of them suspiciously, because he really couldn't understand when the old branch secretary had such a distant relative.

"Old branch secretary, how many villager groups are there in your village?" Ye Lin asked at this time.

"Big brother, Sankongqiao Village is a big village with four villager groups. Ye Kai answered Ye Lin for the old branch secretary.

"Oh! No wonder! This village is bigger than the others. Ye Lin nodded.

The old branch secretary lived in the third group, and because he was already the secretary of the brigade, he did not hold a position in the group.

Moreover, the cadres of the brigade are not only people from one village in Sankongqiao, but all the villages of the entire brigade, and basically one person from each village holds a position in the brigade headquarters.

It's farming time now, so there is only one person on duty at the brigade headquarters every day, and basically the brigade cadres take turns.

The three of them soon arrived at the old branch secretary's house, and when they saw where the old branch secretary lived, Ye Lin didn't know what to say.

Because in later generations, when it comes to the brigade party secretary, it means that there is money, but looking at the place where the old branch secretary lives, it obviously has nothing to do with money.

Four adobe houses, yes, are not as good as the brigade headquarters, at least the brigade headquarters is still a half-brick and half-earth house.

There are also two small rooms on the west side, needless to say, which are kitchens and utility rooms, and there is not even a courtyard wall.

There was no one at home, so it was estimated that he went out to enjoy the coolness, and the old branch secretary hurriedly invited two people into the house.

After everyone sat down, the old branch secretary carried a warm pot and poured a cup of boiled water for Ye Lin and the others, and said, "There is no tea at home, drink some boiled water!"

"It's okay, plain water is good. Ye Lin smiled and said.

"Old branch secretary, why did you bring us to the house?" Ye Kai asked.

"There's no one at home now, so I'll take you to every house later. ”

"Hmm!" Ye Kai nodded.

Ye Lin looked at the old branch secretary's house at this time, and this place could no longer be described as a house with four walls, because there was not a single decent item in the whole house.

This should be the hall of the old branch scrivener, that is, the living room that the people in the city say, but there is nothing else except a small table of eight immortals and a few stools.

Because generally in rural areas, there should be at least a few strips in the hall to worship the ancestral tablets.

The next thing was Ye Kai and the old branch secretary asking and answering, Ye Lin didn't make a sound, just listened to the side.

However, from their questions and answers, Ye Lin also has a certain understanding of the lives of ordinary people.

It has been seven or eight years since the reform and opening up, and I didn't expect that the people have not even solved the problem of food and clothing, but this is normal, and some big cities may have no problems, but a national-level poor county like Caizhou County will definitely not be able to reach it.

In addition, they make a living from farming, and part of the grain they receive every year is used to pay public grain, and part of it is sold to buy fertilizer and seeds.

The rest is to keep it and eat, but unfortunately you can't leave much, because if you want to keep more food, then you can't buy enough fertilizer, and without fertilizer, you will produce even less.

Therefore, even if many people are hungry, they have to buy more fertilizer, so that they can collect more food.

But now everything is artificial, and the benefit is not very high, even if you are very careful to farm, an acre of land is at most five or six hundred catties, and it is rare to reach seven or eight hundred catties.

In addition to the public grain, and then sell some to buy fertilizer seeds and pesticides, basically there is not much, fortunately, the public grain is handed over once a year, and some high-yield crops can be planted in autumn, such as sweet potatoes.

Of course, you can't just grow sweet potatoes, there is no place to sell them, so you have to plant corn, and the money from corn sales is enough to buy fertilizers, pesticides and seeds for the next season.

Anyway, in the words of the old branch secretary, basically every year just after winter, everyone has to rely on sweet potatoes for the winter, and there are still four or five months of wheat coming down after the winter.

It is conceivable what kind of life the common people are living now, so to speak, if you don't pay the public grain, everyone can barely eat.

And it's just barely enough to eat, and you can't let go of eating, otherwise there will be a lack of greens.

But this is obviously impossible, and the public rations must be paid.

If the county has money, it will directly waive the public grain, and then use the county's financial supplies to make up for it.

But this is obviously impossible, and the county is estimated to be no better than the common people.

It can be said that wages are the public grain paid by the common people, and if the common people do not pay the public grain, it is estimated that they will not even be able to pay their wages.

At this moment, an old man came in from outside, carrying a stool in his hand.

"Huh, there's a guest at home?" the old man asked when he saw Ye Lin and Ye Kai.

"Haven't they come back yet?" asked the old man.

"I'll be right back. ”

Hearing the old man say this, the old branch secretary turned back to Ye Lin and Ye Kai and said, "This is my old woman." ”

In fact, there is no need for the old branch secretary to say it, Ye Lin has already thought of it, because the old man and the old branch secretary are about the same age.

"Hello old man. Ye Kai hurriedly said to the old man.

"Okay, sit down, I'll cook for you. ”

Ye Kai originally wanted to say no, but looking at the time, it was obviously impossible to go back to the county at this time, because it would be noon soon.

"Let's go, at this time, everyone is almost home to cook, I'll take you to each house to see. ”

"Hmm! Let's go. Ye Kai nodded.

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