The Year (19)

The kang on both sides is very large, and it is not a problem to sleep four or five people. The inside has been cleaned very clean, even the walls, and they have been repasted with old newspapers. Pots and pans are readily available. The secretary is an old acquaintance of the two. I brought a lot of turnips and cabbage. This thing is a good dish to improve food in the Corps.

"This year, I planted a small number of vegetables, and I didn't leave much left. Once a week, eating radish and cabbage once is considered to improve your life. The secretary pointed to the half pocket on the other side, "That's half a bag of dried wild vegetables, soaked in water, and you can eat it if you chop it." ”

Lin Yutong flipped it over, and it didn't look neat, so he asked, "Do you still have time to dry the vegetables?"

"Where is it to dry?" the secretary waved his hand, "it is the old man who raises horses, and he picks it out of the horse's forage." There's no way, there's really no food to eat. ”

"Then what are you eating now?" Lin Yutong frowned, "It's not okay not to eat vegetables." ”

"Soybeans. The secretary said with a smile, "Those that are of sufficient export grade have to be exported." The inferior ones have to go to the oil mill. Again, the ones that are flattened, we keep them, and those that are crushed will have to be given to horses and mules. ”

"Boiled soybeans?" Lin Yutong said in surprise.

"Isn't that okay?" the secretary waved his hand, "where's Xiaoyin?"

"Find someone to make a few shelves, the infirmary in front, and there is nothing?" Lin Yutong smiled.

"Then you're busy. The secretary got up, patted his ass and left.

She sighed, no vegetables, no vitamins. If you don't have vitamins, you're blind. At night, they looked like blind people.

Where can I get some vitamin tablets?

The only thing she thinks about is home. But even a pharmaceutical factory has a production task, but in fact, it has no say in the direction of the product.

But even if you don't have vitamin tablets, other medicines will do. This only relies on traditional Chinese medicine, and it definitely won't work. There are so many kinds of Chinese medicinal materials in the vicinity, and so many people rely on themselves to collect, concoct, and process medicines. It's useless to exhaust yourself. It turns out that there is also a hygienist in this company. I walked to the county hospital. The hygienist here just has a medical kit, and the wound is smeared with some red potion. There are also a few bottles of anti-inflammatories, antipyretics. There are also several bottles of injections, which are alcohol, which are also quantitative. One needle tube, but only one needle. This thing is so unreliable. Infectious disease or something, it's too dangerous to use this. It's not as reliable as your own acupuncture.

When the fourth master came back, Lin Yutong told her about this, "Do you want me to write a letter and send it home to ask first?"

"Then ask. The fourth master said in a low voice: "I have already told Lian Li about these foods." When the salary comes down, take the money to make up for it. ”

"I can finally use my money openly. Lin Yutong breathed a sigh of relief, the two of them had actually tossed a lot of money during this time. But I don't dare to use it. It's all under the pretext of sending it from home.

The fourth master nodded, "This has to be the secretary of the Wu branch." I heard that in some of the tuns below, the practices are hateful. In the name of checking the letters, they searched all the contents of the letters. Wrap or something, don't even think about it. It's a hard time. ”

Lin Yutong handed over the steamed buns, which were steamed by mixing wheat and cornmeal. It looks yellow, too. As long as you don't come and take a closer look, you won't attract attention.

Now there are not many people in the company, and half of them have gone back to their hometowns to visit relatives. Lin Yutong and the fourth master are also busy with the New Year.

When he Chinese New Year's Eve, he took Yin Wei over, and it was a reunion.

"Aunt Wu asked to bring sauerkraut, I guess you don't have this. Yin Wei looked around inside and out, "This place is okay." ”

She is an idle person, and she is in a hurry to clean the yard when she enters.

"Eldest sister, you can let it go. Lin Yutong took two catties of meat out, "You chop the stuffing, let's make dumplings in a while." ”

"It's not easy to eat pork these days. Yin Wei talked about her in Inner Mongolia, "It can't be said that you eat meat every day, and sheep can't be killed if you say it's killed." But there's no one around. No one cares about some game. It's different from ours here, that is, two rabbits in the crop field can't be found. ”

"What's wrong, who is in the tunzi who has an accident?" Lin Yutong said as he spoke.

"Old Uncle Kang. Set two rabbits, and was seen by the straight next door, and it was exposed at the time. It is said to be the embezzlement of collective property. This crop is collective, and everything in this crop field is collective. Yin Wei shook her head, "The rabbit was confiscated, and two large pots were set up at the entrance of the village, one pot of rabbits, a pot of soup, plus radishes, cabbage and sweet potatoes, and the people in the village shared half a bowl." Captain Lee also left me a rabbit head. He laughed as he spoke.

Lin Yutong was also amused. "This Shunzi is a notoriously lazy guy in Tunzi. It's not the first time I've done this. ”

Yin Wei laughed, "Actually, it's thanks to Shunzi for making such a fuss." You probably don't know what's going on outside in the Corps, Aunt Wu's cousin, who has a pheasant. Sneaked to the county seat, and exchanged some fine grain with a clerk at the grain station. As a result, it was time for the clerk to go home and stew chicken, and the smell spread. The origin of this is unknown, and it is said that he accepted bribes from others. This is a big crime, how can he dare to admit it? He immediately said that he had exchanged his own food for the purpose of nourishing his mother's body. This involved Aunt Wu's cousin. One bought and the other sold, and they all entered the study class and had to study for half a year. The clerk at the grain station was also unlucky, because of this, I heard that the children in the family should have gone to the grain station to arrange work, and they were also yellow. ”

Lin Yutong heard something meaningful, this is Yin Wei worried that the two of them would toss back and forth and make some mistakes.

She explained, "That's what you know about one and you don't know the other." The little clerk at the grain station is difficult, but the stationmaster is not difficult. Let's take the grain station, although there is a certain amount of grain that is harvested every year. But there are still leaks to be drilled. For example, attrition. The longer it is placed, the more moisture is naturally lost. In addition, there are rats, and there are water leaks when it rains. It's a loophole. As long as your loss is reported and there happens to be someone on it, he can give you approval. So where did this part of the loss go? Who knows? People who don't have any power can't do this. And they are precisely the ones who are not afraid of being sued. Of course, no one dares to sue. The more you go up, the smarter you are. This is not the same as the reckless enthusiasm of the people below. No one can go hungry if they eat the big head on the top and the small head on the bottom. ”

"What do you say about eating small heads?" Yin Wei asked.

"Hey, that noodle grinding machine is also controlled by a human. As soon as the screws are loosened, just the leaking grain, sweep it, how can you get two or three catties a day. Such fine grains are in high demand. Changing to coarse grains is enough for half a month's ration. Otherwise, where did you get the fine grain for being a clerk at the grain station?" Lin Yutong said softly.

"Are there any of these ways?" Yin Wei felt that she had gained a lot of knowledge.

"It's all tacit. No one dared to say it, and if they said it, they would be angry. Lin Yutong explained in a low voice.

"And how do you know?" asked Yin Wei.

That's because the greasy fourth master in this can see through it at a glance. In the past, no one knew better than him how much water the granaries below had reported. Every time grain and grass were requisitioned, the amount was not consistent. Where did all that loss go? He'd studied it thoroughly.

These things, people who don't have long eyes, people who don't have to think about them, he just can't understand.

Lin Yutong only smiled: "Confidential." ”

In the middle of the afternoon, the fourth master came back with two fish of three or four catties.

"Where did you get it?" Lin Yutong was a little surprised. The fish is frozen into popsicles, but it's still fresh fish.

"The secretary took the men to dig holes in the river and put down the nets. Luckily, it was a big net. This year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner has arrived. The fourth master said, and he did it in front of the stove.

"People don't care about fishermen. Yin Wei asked.

The production of this river is also under control. and what is near the village shall belong to the village. You can't cross the line. But the Corps is not within the scope of others.

"Those who patrol along the river also have to celebrate the New Year. Didn't you do it secretly while others weren't there? Quanlian's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner pointed to this net. As he spoke, the fourth master stuffed firewood under the stove pond.

Lin Yutong cleaned up the fish neatly, "Steam, the taste of steaming is fresh." ”

"Leave one. Yin Wei said reluctantly, "Aren't you planning to go to the county seat to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of junior high school? ”

The object of this New Year's greeting is the guard platoon leader of Mr. Xu, surnamed Wang, who is in his forties. Now he is the deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee. Although this man occupies an unpleasant position, he does not do anything unpleasant. Relying on his identity, he secretly helped a lot of people. Professor Cheng and Teacher Feng are. The same devolved labor, but it was not badly trampled. It's just that I changed places and lived in peace.

If he weren't such a person, Old Man Xu wouldn't have asked the fourth master to find him. The last time the two went to visit, they felt pretty good with each other. For the Chinese New Year, of course, you have to visit once.

"Eldest sister, let's go too. The fourth master said. "It's not an outsider either. Uncle Xu has an old relationship with his father. ”

"Is it appropriate?" Yin Wei hesitated.

"If you really don't go, it's rude. The fourth master reassured, "I have to live here in the future, and I won't see anyone when I look up." Let's go sit down. Don't worry about the New Year's gift, I've already arranged it. ”

Yin Wei nodded.

Lin Yutong felt that the fourth master probably had some other plans. After all, it is only an expedient measure to ask Yin Wei to settle in the backer.