The people of Fengtai County enjoyed a rare holiday, and this peaceful atmosphere even infected the guards. They also pretended not to see the situation where the people who were listening to the flower drum or chatting and slowly nibbled on a potato. Even the guards of the reclamation brigade have not really eaten enough these days. It wasn't until after the harvest that I had a genuine full meal. After finally getting rid of the hunger that had lasted for months, everyone was especially sympathetic in this matter.

Seeing that the guards were silent, the people were also relieved. After all, before the harvest, the reclamation brigade specially explained that the current grain is for everyone to spend the winter, and the canteen will be open until the end of next year's harvest. This is true, but it doesn't stop everyone from "properlying" stuffing one or two potatoes into their pockets at harvest time.

However, everyone doesn't eat much, in the eyes of the people, the potatoes brought out are their own, and the canteen rice does not have to pay for it, it is eaten for nothing. The potatoes that were planted were not sweet enough, and they were quite different from the cooked meals in the cafeteria. Even these people who enjoy the holidays don't really want to think of these potatoes as a staple food. Even if you feel it, it's one or two. The guards didn't think they should arrest people for one or two potatoes. The villagers, it is completely unnecessary to tear their faces for such a trivial matter.

Where the resting crowd barely reached their eyesight, a small group of figures bent down to avoid being seen as much as possible. There were eight of them in the group, half of them young people in their twenties and half teenagers. They were all in rags, and their hair was as messy as grass. Although the face has been washed, there are thick stains on the ears and neck. Although these young men and children are all physically agile years, they are still very tired from bending over and walking, and after walking for a while, the child who was left behind at the end of the line couldn't help but stop, he straightened his waist and asked breathlessly, "Brother, I'm tired." ”

"It's a little bit more walking." A distinct white scar on his forehead that looked like a white earthworm on the upper left side of his forehead. It should be a scar. The scar-headed young man replied casually when he heard the kid ask. When he looked back, he saw the boy standing still, so he hurried over and grabbed the child's head and made him crouch down.

"What are you doing standing up? What if people can see it? The young man reprimanded in a low voice.

The child said timidly: "I know, brother." Then he asked with some concern, "Brother, is there really anything to eat in the field?" ”

"Didn't you eat the sweet potatoes I got back last time?" The young man asked unhappily.

Hearing this, the child couldn't help but swallow as if he had tasted a peerless delicacy, "Brother, I only had half a sweet potato last time." This time I want to eat whole. ”

"Just be obedient, I'll give you two." The young man laughed.

The child couldn't help but smile on his face. "Okay, I want two."

"If you want to eat white potatoes, hurry up. Don't stand up. When the young man had finished speaking, he bent down and continued walking. The child followed and continued to bend over.

Another young man who had been waiting for a while whispered to the scar-headed young man who had caught up, "What are you doing with such a fool?" ”

"In case something happens, he's useful." The scar-headed youth laughed.

The young man who asked him didn't seem to believe this, but he didn't speak, and he asked a question that he was most concerned about, "These lands have been collected, where can I get food?" Why don't we go back to the county seat. ”

The scar-headed young man replied in a low voice, "It's very strict over there." I won't talk about it during the day, but I've been there at night, and there are more guards. These people in Fengtai County are ruthless. The ground here is not so tight, I dug up sweet potatoes here last time. Not far ahead. ”

"Then why don't we come at night?" The young people were puzzled.

"I've tried, and it's very strict here at night. And there's nowhere to hide in this land. There weren't that many people during the day. You may not be able to get anything. ”

The group walked as they spoke, and sure enough, there were no guards in front. I have to say that the luck of these little thieves is quite good. Their actions coincided with the time when Fengtai County was at its most lax. The reclamation brigades were all on vacation, and a large number of troops in the insurance regiment were transferred to fight outside. The elite troops were all preparing for the attack on Shouzhou. Other combat-ready units were transferred to the police force in the county town. The people of the Reclamation Brigade are now enjoying their vacation. The power to guard farmland has been weakened to the limit. Moreover, the area chosen by the thieves is very close to the camp, right at the junction of the camp guard and the field guard defense area. Theoretically, the intersection of two friendly forces should be the strongest, but in practice, the more such an area of convergence, the more likely it is to become a three-way zone. On the contrary, it is the weakest area.

If it weren't for that, it would be impossible for these thieves to get their hands on it.

The ground in front of him was planted with potatoes, and the thief got into the ground, took out his sticks, and began to dig. The crops were unlikely to grow much in the first place, and the potatoes soon revealed their rather thin and shabby figures. There was no contempt in the eyes of the little thieves, and when they saw that they finally had something to eat, their eyes lit up one by one. These people have been hungry for a long time. I picked up the potatoes and wiped them casually, and then everyone didn't even peel the potatoes, so they stuffed the potatoes into their mouths and chewed them. Potatoes mixed with soil are even more unpalatable, but the feeling of hunger can turn decay into magic. The nerves naturally filter the sensation of eating into the soil to an insignificant degree, and magnify the sweetness of starch and juice to an infinite degree.

Almost every thief had a happy look on his face, as if he was not eating potatoes at all, but dragon liver and phoenix marrow. The scar-headed youth wasn't so excited. He chose the smallest potato, and like a mouse, he quickly gnawed off the skin of the potato with his teeth and spit it on the ground. After revealing the white potatoes, he stuffed the potatoes into his mouth. As you eat, you start to continue digging the ground. "Hurry up, too." Scarhead shouted under his breath as he busied himself.

Although the farmland guardian system in Fengtai County has the opportunity to be taken advantage of by thieves, this is also limited. The discipline of the insurance group is never a joke, the thieves are all hungry victims, and they can't help it after seeing the food, although the scar-headed young man urges vigorously, and each person can take seven or eight people. But these people didn't listen at all, they couldn't control their bodies and emotions at all, and when they dug out a potato, they couldn't help but want to plow more. These people are lying on the ground like demons, digging with their lives. Everyone's eyes widened, and there was a glint of greed in their eyes. Some people bite half-eaten potatoes in their mouths, and they can't help but make a beast-like snorting sound.

The scar-headed youth couldn't help it, and he kicked the young man behind him, and the young man immediately lost his balance. If it was usual, he would have reacted. But now he didn't react at all, just got up and continued to dig in the ground, and kept pulling the shaved potato chops to his side, stuffing the potatoes into his tattered clothes. The young man whose ragged clothes could not hold so many potatoes at all, and the young man who kept sliding from the tattered placket and stuffed his chest with potatoes simply crawled on the potatoes like a hen hatching eggs, pressing his precious wealth tightly under him.

When the scar-headed young man saw the appearance of these people, he regretted it for a while. He brought so many people this time, originally hoping to bring more things back. I didn't expect these people to become like this when they saw the food. No matter how much he scolded and pulled hard, he couldn't make these crazy youths give up such a meaningless action.

Hunger is the most torturous feeling. Not to mention these young people, even the local people in Fengtai County, everyone can be considered half-full, but when they are harvesting, their eyes are also shining when they see so much grain, and there are many people who even cry.

The victims of the disaster are in a state of continuous hunger, and the insurance team will never favor one over the other, and the food given to the victims is only enough to starve to death. It is not that no one has raised the question that there will definitely be problems with the situation of the victims, but the comrades of the People's Party are very unanimous on this issue, and they would rather increase the police force and strengthen the security force than give more food to the victims. At the meeting, Yuwen Badu even made a statement about his usual submissive performance, with a clear attitude, "If more food is given to the victims, I can't explain it to the people." ”

On this issue, even comrades who were worried about the disturbances of the victims did not put forward the program that "the People's Party should serve the people." Fengtai County is the base of the insurance group, and Fengtai County itself still has many problems, so that the victims from other places do not starve to death, which is already the embodiment of everyone's humanitarian spirit. Let them eat like the people of Fengtai County, and even You Wei, who is a woman, does not have this idea.

Although the situation created by the People's Party and the people of Fengtai County is chaotic and full of all kinds of contradictions, it can be regarded as "contradictions among the people" at best. In the eyes of the comrades of the People's Party, the victims of disasters in other places cannot be completely classified as "the people". Even a large number of people simply see these people as a nuisance.

The young man with the scarred head saw that things were more than he expected, and he was decisive. He checked the potatoes in his pocket, then crawled out of the field, "If you don't go, I'll go." After saying that, he stopped caring about others, and began to bend down and go back along the way he came.

After running out for a long time, he turned his head to look, but saw that he was followed only by the child who could not run the most. The others were still digging in the ground like Fang Cai.