In May, Cai Ming took a temporary train and did not come to the Alpine Brigade, but he entrusted Sunshine to bring a lot of things, including malt cream.

When Aunt Qiao was about to leave, Qiao's mother packed some things suitable for the twins to eat and let her take them away, and the twins were just the time to grow their bodies, so they couldn't be delayed.

Qiao Sigu was ashamed and grateful in her heart, there are also relatives in the Lu family, and they can buy these rare things by gritting their teeth, but the quantity is small, and there is not much in the hands of the twins when they go home.

The members of the club signed up for the vigil one after another, volunteered to sleep on the ground, and took turns to patrol at night.

Don't look at the famine year, but there are still wild boars in this mountain, this thing will spoil things, if they are allowed to spoil the rice, but they will feel sorry for the dead.

The rice is full day by day, fading away from greenness, and the color gradation of pale yellow, yellow, and golden yellow progresses, and the rice leaves also begin to turn yellow.

The experienced old man stroked the ears of rice with trembling hands, and couldn't help but burst into tears, "Harvest, rare harvest!"

The others stood behind the old man, grinning and giggling, and finally they were able to eat rice again.

Chen Dongfang and Qiao Yibing organized a mobilization meeting for the grab, which kicked off the prelude to the double robbery.

This year, there are more foot threshers, and the strong laborers are going to cut and pick the rice, and the teenagers and women are threshing, so that the rice harvest is very fast.

As long as everyone thought that there was the ration they were about to receive in these rice, they would have a surge of strength in their bodies, as if they could not use it up.

Qiao Jiayue was young, so she could only stay with other children and old people to dry rice.

The sun was shining, the sky was as blue as washing, there were not a few clouds to be seen, and there was not a trace of wind in the air.

Qiao Jiayue stretched out her hand and scratched her neck, and red marks soon appeared on her skin, as long as she touched the rice, it would be like this.

Every once in a while, they would hold a wooden tool called a raking board and push the spread rice into a horizontal or vertical rectangle.

This plank is made of cedar trees, which is a combination of a trapezoidal plank and a round wooden stick, which is very lightweight, and it is very easy to use even for five or six-year-old children.

There are not many birds in the field this year, perhaps there are birds and wheat planted everywhere in the village, and no birds dare to come to steal the rice, so there is less effort to drive away.

Qiao Hongyuan and Qiao Hongliang did the same work as Qiao Jiayue, but the area they were responsible for was a little far away from her, and when they were resting, the two brothers would take turns fanning her.

Qiao Hongzhi came back from the field with a few empty pots, and he ran to take the old kettle.

Gao Yulian took some mothers-in-law to prepare lunch and cook grass tea in the kitchen.

In summer, the weather is hot and sweaty, and the local people are accustomed to boiling all kinds of grass tea, including the root of ghost needle grass, light bamboo leaves, plantain, etc., without exception, these grass teas will add salted radish.

The salted radish soaked in tea will eventually be much softer, the saltiness is much lighter, and it is mixed with the taste of sentiment, which is a snack that many children like.

However, Gao Yulian will not divide these salted radishes privately, but cut them into minced pieces, add broad-leaved Lei Gong root, and boil eggs into soup, which is specially provided to those who work in the fields.

Qiao Hongzhi ran to the cafeteria to fill the grass tea, and took a detour to deliver it to his younger brothers and sisters, "You drink it slowly, and I'll fill it for you later." ”

So saying, he took a few pots of grass tea from the basket and went to the field, which the people who worked in the field needed the most.

During the rice harvest, except for a thunderstorm in the middle, there was no typhoon, and everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

When all the rice harvested had been exposed to the sun for a day or two, and there was no need to worry about mold and germination, the members were busy preparing the land and planting seedlings.

Qiao Xiangyang of the fourth team has been holding an abacus and writing notes in his notebook, and the wrinkles on his face have also spread a lot.

From the moment he learned that the cafeteria was going to be disbanded, he reorganized the ledger so that it was clear to see. It's easy to find entries when someone asks.

Qiao Jiayue's next door is Grandpa Lan, an old man and a young man who often chat, and she also has a rough data on the harvest of early rice.

"When there was no famine, the rice yield of the brigade was not so high, and if it was not weighed, just looking at the bags, there would be dozens of extra bags. ”

While Grandpa Lan was watching the drying field, he would also weave a bamboo basket in his hand, so there was no time to be idle.

"After deducting the public grain, a family with strong labor can at least divide more than 200 catties of rice. ”

Qiao Jiayue silently calculated in her heart, two hundred catties of rice was not enough for their family of six to eat for four months, and they still had to eat sweet potatoes.

"Rice is a fine grain, if the population is large, replace it with sweet potato, and the family will definitely be able to eat enough. ”

Qiao Jiayue whispered: "It's still too little, I really want to eat white rice all year round!"

Today's people must never have dreamed that in the next few decades, everyone will not rarely eat white rice, and coarse grains will become more expensive.

Grandpa Lan's ears were sharp, and when he heard Qiao Jiayue's words, he only shook his head, "Eating fine grain all year round is something that only people in the city who eat national grain can enjoy." ”

"I'm sure we can do it too. Qiao Jiayue gritted her teeth and said, when she exchanges for high-yield rice seeds, won't she get more rations?

"The days will get better and better. "Grandpa Lan said that the cadres of the Gaoshan Brigade are capable, and it has been so difficult in the past two years, and it is really rare that no one has starved to death.

This time, it is much easier than before to hand over the grain, as long as the grain is picked halfway, it can be pulled to the commune by flatbed truck.

Because it was all the way down, it took almost no effort, and it only took a day of hard work for the Alpine Brigade to hand over the public rations perfectly.

However, this time the alpine brigade was not the first to complete the task, and the brigade under the mountain had an early harvest and a large drying site, so the task was completed early.

The Takayama Brigade lagged behind and was not conspicuous, but what was surprising was that the Uchiyama Brigade was still handing over the Bird Mai this time, and was so ridiculed by the other brigades that they couldn't lift their heads.

As for what punishment the Commune inflicted on the Uchiyama Brigade, the cadres of the Takayama Brigade did not care.

However, there are many daughters-in-law married from the Uchiyama Brigade in the team, and most of these women are eccentric to their mothers' families, which will be a fuse for the instability of the members' families.

Therefore, the cadres of the brigade held a special meeting to discuss the form of distribution of rations, which determined the number of family conflicts that the cadres of the brigade would have to deal with in the future.

Is it a one-time payment of the first half of the year's harvest, or is it a monthly payment?

After the one-time distribution, there is no need to open a warehouse every month to put grain, so as not to make the members suspect that the captain is greedy for food.

However, after the one-time distribution, the members of each household handled the rations differently, some saved money, some sold it for coarse grain, some helped relatives, and some ate it all in a short time......

You must know that at this time, the members of the club will find the captain of the production team for any trivial matters, and there will be a headache for the cadres at that time.

Qiao's father supports the one-time distribution of rations, and they will be distributed together after harvesting spring sweet potatoes.

Sent month by month, not to mention the trouble, you have to bother to look at the rations in the warehouse, in case you run out of water or are robbed?

The other production captains have no opinions, and it is better to do the accounts after sending them at one time, and it also reduces the trouble.