Song Xiaoling said: "Okay, Brother Guoliang will listen to you, it just so happens that we will go up the mountain tomorrow to see how many herbs on this book are on the mountain." ”

Chen Guoliang said: "Reiko, see you tomorrow! We still go up the mountain at the same point last time."

Song Xiaoling said: "Okay, Brother Guoliang, then see you tomorrow." ”

After everyone said goodbye, Chen Changshan led Chen Guoliang home.

After seeing the Chen family's father and son leaving, Song Xiaoling's father and daughter came to the east house, where Song Mother and Song Xiaojun were taking a nap. Feeling that someone had entered the house, Song's mother woke up and saw that it was Song Xiaoling's father and daughter, so she asked Song Xiaoling: "Lingzi is back, things are going well, and the herbs are all sold?"

Song Xiaoling returned: "Don't worry, the mother's herbs have been sold, and I will get four yuan for a total of nine yuan." Then I spent another two dollars and bought a book called "Compendium of Herbs". There are two dollars left, plus the three dollars you gave me in the morning, for a total of five dollars, for your mother. ”

Mother Song took the money, took out three yuan in it, and handed the remaining two yuan to Song Xiaoling and said: "These two yuan are your own hard earned, you can keep them yourself! Keep your pocket money, and don't worry about the tuition fees, your father and mother will pay it for you, and in the future, if you dig up the herbs and sell them for money, you will keep them for yourself as pocket money." ”

Song Xiaoling thought for a while and said, "Okay, I will keep all the money from selling herbs in the future, and I will put it in the space, and I won't lose it." But I also have to pay the tuition myself, don't worry, mother, I will definitely earn my own tuition. ”

Mother Song said with relief: "Our Lingzi has really grown up, and we don't have to worry about our parents." Okay, then Lingzi will pay the tuition by herself! When Xiaojun is older, let Xiaojun pay the tuition by himself, and then let Reiko lead Xiaojun to dig herbs to earn tuition. Isn't that good?"

Song Xiaoling replied: "Okay, mother, don't worry! I will definitely take care of Xiaojun then." ”

At this time, Song's mother saw that Song's father seemed to be in a daze, so she said to Song's father: "Zhiyuan, what's wrong with you?"

Father Song came back to his senses: "Today, Changshan went to the commune for a meeting and came back with bad news. ”

Mother Song asked anxiously, "What's the news?"

Father Song returned: "It is said that an order was issued from above to return the land to the collective, and the village department was changed to the brigade department. A brigade is divided into four squads, and the squad is called the production team. The villagers work in the production team, farming, doing farm work, and implementing the division of work system. After the autumn harvest, the grain is distributed, and the grain is divided into six labors and four people, and the work is exchanged for grain. Money is used to buy the work that is not enough, and what is excess is paid for. ”

After hearing this, Song Mu was stunned and said: "The land will not be our own in the future, but the country, right?"

Father Song replied: "Yes, that's what it means. The two of them didn't speak after that, and Song Xiaoling returned to her Westinghouse.

Sitting on the kang, holding the "Compendium of Herbs" while thinking to himself: When I come, the land belongs to the collective or according to the trajectory of the previous life. In fact, this is also beneficial, so that his father can prepare in advance when he goes to talk to Uncle Changshan about the three-year famine. The land of the entire village belongs to Uncle Changshan, as long as it is not too excessive, the commune will not take care of it, in this case, as long as the food reserves are enough for the three years of famine, the village should not starve to death. If the land is returned to the individual, then what to plant can only be decided by oneself, and if some people's food reserves are insufficient, some people will starve to death.