Chapter 31: The Famine Is Coming
031. Famine is coming
Since the late rice was planted, there has been no rain in southern China for more than a month. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The commune cadres formed a working group to organize the members to fight the drought. However, there is no water in the ditch, tractors are used to carry water, the water in the small river is cut off and flowing, and some villages have already fought for the problem of water.
At this time, the people in the surrounding production team knew that the approach of the leading production team was right.
When he went to the commune to hold a drought fight, the riverside production team pulled Long Jiusheng: "Hey, tell me honestly, where did you hear the news, so accurate?" The cadres of the other production teams also looked at Long Jiusheng.
The captain of Dongtou Village gave Long Jiusheng a punch: "Long Jiusheng, you **** is too uninteresting, why didn't you tell me earlier that there would be a big drought in the second half of today, so that we could also prepare to plant sweet potatoes in the early morning?"
"yes, it's not interesting, we won't have anything to eat tomorrow, you can't leave us alone. ”
Long Jiusheng said with a wry smile: "I said that there would be a big drought this year, but you didn't listen to it, and you still said my cool words, I will tell you now, next year will still be a big drought, let's continue to grow sweet potatoes next year." ”
"Cut, your **** is talking half a line and half a line, who believes it, how can there be a reason for two consecutive years of drought. ”
"There is not only a great drought, but also a plague of locusts. Long Jiusheng said.
"Which told you?"
"If I say that the gods said it, do you believe it?" Long Jiusheng said.
"you, who believes you!"
Everyone thought Long Jiusheng was joking. Where are the gods in this world? But there are a few people who believe it a little, and after they go back, they immediately organize members to plant some autumn sweet potatoes. As a result, the whole village was saved - although the sweet potatoes did not grow much, there were still sweet potato vines.
Long Jiusheng didn't force others to believe it, but he himself firmly believed that there would be a disaster next year.
He didn't forget Ah Lian's words: Last time, the master asked Ah Lian to save Jixiong, and this time the master asked Ah Lian to save the whole village.
It's just that Long Jiusheng's pride didn't last long, as soon as he walked to the head of the village, he heard the quarrel in Long Rongsheng's house, and a few people outside were watching the excitement.
"You old immortal, if you want to kill us, you should say it earlier, simply, you can hack us to death one by one with a knife. ”
"You are not disobedient and unfilial, our family is really unlucky to please you, I know how to stir up the house all day long, how did I be blind in the first place, and I fell in love with you, a stirrger. !”
"It's not too late to understand now, I really regret it, so let your son divorce me. I took the kids with me. Anyway, the food has been stolen by you, and we will starve to death in red and black, so it is better to have a hundred. ”
"Rongsheng, Rongsheng, you just let your wife bully me like this? I knew that you were so unfilial when you grew up, and I would sit on your ass and kill you as soon as you came out. ”
“……”
"What's going on?" Long Jiusheng asked at the lively snap: "You are a female captain, why don't you just look at the excitement and not mediate?"
"Hey, didn't I just come here?" but-" snapped and snorted: "It's not all your fault, I sent all the grain to the public to pay the surplus grain, and everyone didn't have enough food to eat." The quarrel is not only Rongsheng's family. I can't even mediate. ”
Grain, and grain.
Long Jiusheng's brows were so furrowed that he could kill mosquitoes: "Don't talk about those who don't, isn't this suppressed by the superiors?
"Alas, Rongsheng's sister Rong Feng didn't marry Sujia Village, their village was also flooded in the first half of the year, and the grain was forced to be handed over, Rong Feng's husband is gone, Rong Feng's family takes food for her alone, how much rations can she get back? I heard that it has long been cut off, eating some wild vegetables every day, the family is swollen, Rong Feng has to go back to her parents' house for help. The old lady listened to her daughter's complaints, so she secretly gave her own rice. No, I heard that Rong Feng came back yesterday and took away all the little rice he had, and he cooked rice bran porridge to eat, and several children in the family couldn't swallow the rice bran porridge, and the Rongsheng woman was naturally angry, but this mother-in-law was a strong beam, and she refused to lower her head, how could she not be noisy?"
Long Jiusheng's brows furrowed more and more.
In the first half of this year, I only got 30% of the grain, but I was pressed by Secretary Zeng to hand over the surplus grain, I thought that everyone would have more than 10 catties of rice per month, add some miscellaneous grains, and boil porridge to eat, but I didn't think that there were relatives to take care of.
If you knew this, you should also lay down with Secretary Zeng and pay less public food.
I'm still too tender!
Tang Ailian's family's food is becoming more and more insufficient, and the whole family eats wild vegetable porridge every day, and the amount of rice in it is getting smaller and smaller. Even if it's just wild vegetable porridge, you can only eat half full,
The feeling of hunger is greatly amplified.
Tang Ailian also felt hungry, taking advantage of the fact that the adults were not at home, she flashed into the space, wanting to find something to eat in the space, just drinking the medicine well water, but she was not hungry, and found that the ginseng had grown as thick as a carrot, and wanted to simply dig out a ginseng and chew it, but she was afraid that her body would not be able to stand it.
She couldn't help sighing, although the water at home had been changed by her to the medicine well water, and she wouldn't starve bad people, but this hunger felt uncomfortable.
Shouldn't she also grow some food in the space and directly use spiritual water to give birth?
Suddenly, she heard footsteps outside, apparently someone had returned, and she hurriedly flashed out of the space.
It was Tang Erlong who went home quietly, he lightened his footsteps, and as soon as he came back, he entered the stove room, and searched in the stove room for a while. Apparently looking for something to eat.
It's a pity that at this time, everyone can't eat enough, so how can there be any leftover porridge? Even the uncooked grain was locked up by the old lady, and Erlong naturally didn't find anything to eat.
Suddenly, his eyes were fixed on an oil jar by the stove. It was still yesterday that Mrs. Tang used the money sent back by her father to buy lard refined from fattening oil.
Tang Ailian couldn't help frowning: He won't drink oil directly, right?
Sure enough, Tang Erlong picked up the oil can and drank it.
Tang Ailian shouted: "Uncle, uncle, can't, drink, drink, pull, stomach"
He put down the oil can that he had drunk and glared at Tang Ailian viciously: "Don't tell anyone!" After that, he dropped the oil can, pushed open the door and ran away.
It's just that his luck is really a little bad, as soon as he walked out the back door, he bumped into Mrs. Tang who was digging wild vegetables and going home.
Mrs. Tang almost fell, reached out and grabbed Tang Erlong, and the two hugged and staggered a few steps before finally standing firm.
Mrs. Tang said angrily: "What are you doing with ghosts?"
Erlong's eyes dodged: "I'll come back and take a look." ”
Mrs. Tang looked at him suspiciously: "What have you eaten?" Reaching out and wiping a finger on the button on his chest: "What are you doing, why is there oil on your clothes?"
Erlong's face became even more panicked: "It's nothing, I'll go and see the cow." With that, he snatched the corner of his clothes that was grabbed by the old lady and ran out.