The Year (34)

The autumn harvest is approaching, but it has not yet been confiscated. The grain grows on the ground, and it can be seen but not eaten. The Construction Corps allocated some of the food, saying that it was diplomatic assistance. This is a major national event. We've tightened our belts, and we've got to support it.

The patriotic feelings of the Chinese are always so simple.

On this day, Lianli held a meeting and asked a few educated youths to make a review in front of everyone.

It turned out to be a few new educated youths this year, and they were all fourteen or fifteen years old. They couldn't stand the hunger, so they secretly went to shave two nests of sweet potatoes at night, roasted them, and ate them. Tell the adults of the company to find out.

The company commander then summoned everyone to see what should be done.

To say that people's ideological consciousness at this time is really rare. It's so difficult, every family is coarse grain, but the fine grain in the field has basically not been stolen. Everyone adheres to such a simple norm.

The crops in this field belong first to the state and then to the collective. In the end, it's your own.

Now, suddenly, someone breaks this norm, then, to talk about it, is not a trivial matter.

The roasted sweet potato is only half eaten. Now it is put on the table as incriminating evidence.

The crowd was silent. A few kids. When you're hungry, you instinctively want to find something to eat.

"If you have any opinions, just say them. The instructor looked at the crowd and asked.

No one wants to take it seriously, but there are some rules that can't be broken.

"Otherwise...... the fourth master stood up and said with a smile: "When the autumn harvest is over, a part of their rations will be deducted." They stole one sweet potato, and they deducted ten sweet potatoes. A tenfold penalty is not a small amount. ”

The most distributed sweet potatoes every year are sweet potatoes. The yield is very high. Deducting ten or twenty won't affect anything at all.

Everyone also said that the punishment was ten times greater, and it was already okay.

A few of the boys were quite clever, and quickly nodded, "Company commander, we are willing to accept the punishment." ”

The company commander and the instructor glanced at each other, "Since you accept the punishment, the sweet potatoes on the table are all yours, eat them." ”

Only then did the children lower their heads and wipe their tears. Bow to the people below.

Not a child who doesn't understand anything.

The instructor said: "I know that during this time, our grain will not be able to catch the stubble." So...... To the north, about thirty miles from our station, there is a large river beach. There was a patch of wild beans growing there, and there was no end in sight. The tender beans were picked up and cooked, and the taste was no worse than that of edamame. Before the crops are ripe, you can take the time to go there and pick them. Those who have been plucked back are their own. ”

Let's just 'buzz' down, I can't wait to go right away. But no, there is still work to be done in the company. There were several people who were talking about going in the evening. Come back before dawn. Some people said that the place was unfamiliar, and they had to take some time to go there during the day to see the environment and terrain. I'm afraid that if I suddenly have some invisible mud pit, I may not be able to get up again if I step on it.

Lin Yutong and the fourth master belong to the people who follow the big slip. You can't be special. No one else has anything to eat, how can there be no shortage of their own family.

I didn't expect God to have eyes, as if I really heard everyone's expectations. It's raining!

It's raining. When it rained, Lianli didn't live. Everyone can finally work on their stomachs.

So the next day, amid Bai Xiaomei's shouting, Lin Yutong went to pick wild beans with the fourth master. He wears rubber shoes on his feet, a straw hat on his head, and a plastic sheeting on his body.

Lin Yutong and the fourth master belong to the more extravagant, the plastic sheet is very large, dig a hole in the middle, stuff the head into it, and cover the body.

As soon as he went out, he saw Bai Xiaomei carrying a basket on her back, Lin Yutong's face changed, "Why don't you go." Lin Yutong looked at her already pregnant belly. It may also be that he can't eat enough, he is thin, and his belly is very big. "What should I do if I fall on a slippery road in the rain? ”

Bai Xiaomei waved her hand, "It's okay! This talent in our family can't do a job." ”

Cheng Hao shouted: "Don't ask her to go, she has to go." You persuade her. ”

The fourth master said to Lin Yutong: "Why don't you accompany her at home?"

Before Lin Yutong could speak, Bai Xiaomei waved her hand, "Forget it! Don't delay you. ”

"Go back. With so many people, can you still watch you two starve to death?" Lin Yutong beckoned to the black girl who was helping in the health room, "You accompany your Sister Xiaomei, and you are not allowed to leave for a single step." Don't tell her to go out. As he spoke, he touched two fruit candies and gave them to her.

Heiya is thirteen years old, and she is already sensible. She has many brothers, so she doesn't have to work hard. Now that she is accompanying someone, she immediately responded.

Bai Xiaomei was helpless, "I don't run blindly." ”

Lin Yutong didn't listen to her, and when she saw her leaving, she took the fourth master's arm and walked forward.

Cheng Hao sighed, "On this day, adults can survive, what should children do?"

The fourth master patted him, "Think about it." In this company, the children of each family have not all grown up. The big guy won't just watch. We still have some cornmeal at home, so I'll get it for you when I go back today. Let's hold on to the belly. ”

Cheng Hao was not polite. It's all at this time, what's the matter?

I sat in a carriage and walked all the way for more than 30 miles before I saw the so-called wild beans.

Wild beans are also divided into wild soybeans and wild mung beans. Wild soybeans are wide and short, with only two or three small beans in a pod. Two or three wild soybeans are worth one soybean. Wild mung beans are different, the pods are particularly long. The slender and slender hangs down. Wild mung beans are naturally smaller than mung beans.

In fact, speaking of which, this is the real green and pollution-free food.

These things are rarely seen in later generations. That is, in the memories of the elders, I heard it.

Wild beans are tender and delicious, but if they are elders, they are not easy to deal with.

Wild mung beans, also known as 'thief beans'. If you find this kind of boiled bean in the red bean you bought at home, it should be wild mung bean.

In fact, if you grind it into noodles with great effort, you can eat it. Even soaking bean sprouts is fine. It's just that the cycle is a little longer.

Such a large area is simply a natural treasure trove.

Lin Yutong felt that the fourth master's eyes were surprised. He probably knew of such a species for the first time.

The two of them were stunned, and everyone had already started. One person occupies a piece, and no one robs anyone. See whose hands are fast.

Lin Yutong also hurriedly got it, and went back to Bai Xiaomei to send it to Bai Xiaomei. If she really gave too much food, she wouldn't dare ask for it. But no matter how much you say it, wild beans are just a little effort. People can afford it, and there is no burden in their hearts when they accept it.

He wore an oversized pocket around his waist, which was called a 'jacket' in many parts of the north. When picking something, tie it around your waist and free your hands. Then just stuff what you pick in. The burden is dismantled from old clothes, or it can be sewn by mending it in a broken sack. A blanket can hold almost forty or fifty pounds of things. This thing hangs on my waist, and it's dead.

When the baggage was full, he carried it to the ground. Pour the contents into the sack. Then the man went back and went on with his blank baggage.

The autumn rain is very cold. Even if the plastic sheet is separated, it is just as cold. What's more, the plastic sheet can block the upper body, but the lower body can't do it. The wild beans grew into vines, densely packed, and were all wet by the rain. People shuttled between them, and their pants were already wet and wrapped around their bodies. Even the plastic sheeting on the body can't be drawn.

They worked non-stop for most of the day, and before nightfall, they put their trophies on the wagon. Then the man walks on two legs.

"You're on horseback. The fourth master raised his voice and said to Lin Yutong.

Everyone couldn't help but laugh. After all, the fourth master was telling jokes. There aren't many of them who can ride horses.

Lin Yutong turned over and got on the horse, which made people stunned. Even if this is a horse pulling a cart, as long as it is pacified, a person can still be humped on it.

She and the fourth master picked a total of four sacks, about hundreds of catties. But there are really not many that can be eaten. The beans are too small. But this pod, Uncle Geng must like it. It's all good stuff. Horses love to eat. Otherwise, I wouldn't have pulled the horse out so neatly for everyone to use today.

He left a sack at home and gave Bai Xiaomei's family three sacks. In addition, more than a dozen catties of cornmeal were given. "Let's take care of the children first. I have a family allowance over there. Not hungry. ”

Bai Xiaomei touched her stomach, sniffed, and responded with difficulty.

What I eat at night is boiled beans. You can't put this thing in. You have to eat it on the same day. If there is any leftover, they must be cooked first, the beans peeled out, and then dried in a pot. You'll be able to save a few more days.

The smell of boiled beans wafts from every house.

Lin Yutong and the fourth master are no exception. The two washed and began to boil the beans. Cook with the tender pods. Lin Yutong put a lot of seasonings in it. Salt, peppercorns, fennel, etc. The smell that came out was very fragrant, too.

But it can only be eaten as a snack. I felt like I couldn't get enough of it.

After most of them fell asleep, Lin Yutong cooked two more bowls of dragon beard noodles and mixed them with beef sauce. It's enough to be full.

She was afraid that she would have to pick wild beans in the future, but she didn't expect Wu Chun to come. I sent two baskets of sweet potatoes.

"This is the dry land we have in Tun. Now it is the fastest ripening. My father said, you are estimated to be a little tight here, so I will send two baskets first to deal with emergencies. ”

It's just wonderful. There's a reason not to pick wild beans.

Lin Yutong was very generous and gave him two fish. They all weigh one or two pounds, not big, but they are rare.

Others also put down the basket, but few can make incense bait, but the fourth master can. The bait had to be made with white rice, and they didn't have it. So, they rely on luck. Lin Yutong has a harvest every time. She wanted to send some to Bai Xiaomei, a pregnant woman, when she needed nutrition the most. Now, Wu Chunlai has been given two big ones, and there are still two days left that weigh more than half a catty, which is enough to boil soup for Bai Xiaomei for two days.

Difficult years are not easy for anyone. Isn't it just pulling each other like this, all the way through......

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