In the late autumn on the plains of Fengtai County, the tips of the plants all began to wither and turn yellow, but some of the rhizomes remained green. The autumn wind swept across the mottled plain, making a rustling sound. The camps of several reclamation brigades appeared stable and solid in this bleak autumn wind.

God finally opened some eyes, although the flood was raging in the first half of today, but in the second half of the year, there was no continued disaster, and finally got the harvest of rushing seeds. Because there was enough food, the people talked noticeably more, and their sad expressions dissipated a lot. After the food supply finally stabilized, and the farm work was basically over, the people were now given an additional three days off, which had been rested once every seven days. Everyone had been worried about it for so long, and after they were finally able to relax, the camp of the reclamation camp immediately became lively.

However, noise is not allowed in the southwest corner of the camp, and the school of the reclamation camp is located here. The camp requires all children to go to school, and as long as the children go to school, breakfast and lunch are provided by the insurance group. In the face of the flood, there was no chores left at home. The People's Party and the Insurance Corps have a large number of rules, including the regular change of clothes, and the men's camp is responsible for the regular change of clothes in accordance with the rules, including the repair of clothes. Men have little interest in taking care of children, and some people are willing to take care of them, especially the dolls to go to school. After visiting the school in person, I saw that the dolls were really studying, and they were eating okay, at least not starving. The men were really eager to leave these burdens in the hands of the school gentleman.

However, this feeling is very incongruous during the holidays, and I finally can take a breath and want the baby to be by my side and talk to the baby. The school's uniforms are uniform, and they are all the same blue clothes as the insurance group. The gentlemen of the school were very strict, and these boys were all washed all day long, dressed in neat blue clothes, and behaved very well, which made the adults happy no matter how they looked at it.

Originally, because the holiday was temporarily formulated, the doll's school did not receive a notice, although today's class was reduced to a morning class, but the dolls still have to eat a uniform lunch at school at noon before leaving school. Adults also took the opportunity to bask in the sun and chat together.

"Third master, how did I hear that you let your kid come back?" Everyone is on a blind date in the township, and these topics are the easiest to arouse everyone's interest.

"Well, I let that kid come back, but that bastard kid wants to change my mind. Wait until I see him, and don't break his dog's legs. "The surname Zhang, who is known as the third master, is in his fifties this year and is a native of Yuezhangji. Before the flood, it was a solid household, but when the flood came, in order to protect the family's belongings, the whole family insisted on holding on to the flood for several days and refused to follow the boat of the insurance group for disaster relief. Fortunately, the insurance team didn't forget them, and when they went over for the last time, the Zhang family's house was completely collapsed, and the belongings could not be found at all. If it weren't for the sons who dragged Zhang Sanye on the boat, Zhang Sanye would definitely have to bury his belongings.

Zhang Sanye seems to have a very good memory, after the flood, there is a white land, every time Zhang Sanye passes by a piece of land, he has to point to that piece and say, "That's my family's seven acres and three points of land." These days, he has said this more than a thousand times, and everyone's ears have been grinding out calluses. But everyone couldn't see whose land originally belonged to him, and although Zhang Sanye said this, it was not convincing at all. And in order to prove that he was not mistaken, Zhang Sanye said where the land of each family was. Such efforts did not make everyone admire Zhang Sanye, but felt strange in their hearts.

Remembering things in the village so clearly is not something that everyone likes. However, after the flood, everyone was depressed, and Zhang Sanye's alternative activity can be regarded as a relief for everyone. So the crowd didn't say that much.

Seeing that everyone didn't pick up the stubble at all, Zhang Sanye couldn't help it after being silent for a moment. "This insurance group now has food, why don't you distribute it to everyone, why do you want to dominate the ground, why don't you leave?" Zhang Sanye said sullenly, "What are you talking about dividing the land?" When a group of outsiders come to us, they must be uneasy about any kindness. Sooner or later, something will happen, so let's not get involved with them. They didn't stay long, and as soon as the water was withdrawn, the government would come, and when they left, we would still have to pay taxes and pay our food. ”

The crowd remained silent, and since the first harvest of late autumn began, such remarks have suddenly popped up from everywhere like grass against the season. Although everyone has their own thoughts and desires, they are reluctant to speak.

Zhang Sanye saw that no one was silent, and continued to babble: "What do you say for the people, have we fallen into a hair?" The food was hoarded by the insurance group and not distributed to us at all. How to plant the land next year, I didn't say a word. We worked hard to open the fields, did we all do it for the senior officials of the insurance group? Isn't the direction of this channel going to occupy my family's land, what can I do in the future? That piece of land can't be moved, it's our clan field surnamed Zhang, and if it moves, it's troublesome. ”

With such a complaining chatter, the atmosphere suddenly deteriorated a lot. Many people were already impatient, and at this moment, they suddenly heard the lunch bell ringing. Everyone stood up almost reflexively, "Eat, eat." Hurry up. Under the urging of each other, everyone left Zhang Sanye and ran towards the canteen.

"Are you in a funeral? Going early won't give you an extra bite. These people from the insurance group are in the dark! While scolding in his mouth, Zhang Sanye also stood up and followed everyone to the cafeteria.

In the period of scarcity, everyone was hungry early, and they couldn't wait to eat the bowl when they picked up their rice bowls. After eating, no one would say much. The insurance group is strictly managed, and it is difficult to be lazy in work. Everyone works a lot and eats a lot, and no one is willing to waste their energy on nonsense, and it is serious to keep a breath to warm their stomachs. But as soon as they had eaten a full meal and had to rest for three days in a row, everyone was not in a hurry.

As soon as Zhang Sanye entered the cafeteria, he saw that everyone began to line up. They all looked in a hurry, as if they were going to celebrate the New Year. The last time I saw such a hurry, it was a few months ago when I divided pork, and at that time the rules were not so strict, everyone really rushed up, and there was a stampede, and a few people died and injured a lot. Since that time, the discipline of the cafeteria has been strengthened, and every time the queue is slightly crowded, the food distribution will be stopped immediately, and the people who cut the queue will be immediately pulled out and put to the end to receive the meal. Because the food supply is consistent, the first to take and then to take the same portions. After such a rectification, queuing has become a trend.

However, this time the situation looked very special, I saw a few big characters written on the meal card, Zhang Sanye didn't know much, and he didn't understand it. He hurriedly grabbed a junior next to him and asked, "What is written on it?" ”

The latter was pulled and full of dissatisfaction. He hurriedly said: "Today, I will send duck eggs, one for each person." There is also duck meat to eat. As he spoke, he broke free of Zhang Sanye's hand, took his bowl and ran to line up. After hearing this, Zhang Sanye really felt that the air in the cafeteria was different from usual. A faint fragrance wafts through the air, making people feel refreshed.

The rule of eating is to receive a meal card according to the number when receiving the bowl, and everyone has a fixed food team. When receiving the meal, the meal card is inserted into the opposite position of the rice plate, and then the rice is received. The position of the hanging meal card is quite eye-catching, and the closing card is a clear place for everyone to see. This is to increase credibility and maximize the proof that no one has received more or less.

Now the bowl is empty, and only a few people who came late did not get it. The garrison has also been staffed to prevent a repeat of the last stampede. Zhang Sanye hurriedly went up to get his meal card and bowl, and ran to line up. The cauldron was lifted, and so was the cloth that covered the table. The people in front of them who could see clearly couldn't help but cheer.

Although there is still scramble, after all, after eating in the canteen for so long, discipline has always had a certain habit. Everyone got their own food in a safe and orderly manner, and the duck was stewed. The size of the duck eggs is also barely consistent. As soon as they sat down, everyone began to devour. In particular, duck soup can be eaten all-you-can-eat, and people keep getting up to add soup. As long as there is something free, the peasants will never let themselves eat less. Eating fragrant duck eggs, Zhang Sanye couldn't care about saying bad things about the insurance group anymore, he hadn't felt like this for a long time. In fact, before the flood, it was not uncommon for many people not to eat a meal of meat a year. Even Zhang Sanye's family may not often eat duck eggs. After eating the oily egg yolk, the feeling of satisfaction is really long. Zhang Sanye felt a little strange, in fact, when he ate at home, he might not think that this duck egg was delicious, but he felt very delicious when he ate the duck eggs of the insurance group. I can't say how delicious it is, but it tastes different from home. Zhang Sanye was not happy to eat, he had just finished eating the egg yolk, and the other young people had already eaten the egg whites, and were trying to get out all the egg whites that could be scraped off with chopsticks and put them in their mouths.

After lunch, everyone sat at the table with their stomachs shy and unwilling to move. The feeling of being full and supported was so good that Zhang Sanye also touched his muttering stomach and didn't want to move. After relieving himself a little, Zhang Sanye was ready to continue to talk about all kinds of inappropriate things in the insurance group. I saw a group of dolls running into the cafeteria, the school lunch was over, and the children were officially out of school. So the group of dolls, big and small, came to the cafeteria to find their families. The three dolls saw Zhang Sanye and immediately ran over. "Grandpa, give you duck eggs." The leading doll looked like he was eleven or twelve years old, and he handed a duck egg to Zhang Sanye as he spoke. The two younger dolls in the back also hurriedly took out duck eggs, "Grandpa, give you duck eggs." "These three children are all the grandsons of Zhang Sanye, and they all attend school, and it seems that their food today is the same as that of adults.

"Baby, eat it yourself. Grandpa, I've eaten it. Zhang Sanye was very moved. Sun Tzu is so sensible, beyond his imagination.

"The teacher said that there is something delicious to honor our parents, and we ate duck today and we were all full. The teacher didn't let us bring duck meat, so we brought duck eggs. There was not the slightest hypocrisy in the child's childish voice. After hearing this, the other two dolls also hurriedly said, "Grandpa, eat duck eggs." As he spoke, he stuffed the duck eggs to his grandfather.

Zhang Sanye's nose suddenly became sour, "Baby, you can eat." Grandpa really wasn't hungry. While speaking, Zhang Sanye felt that the tears that had not been shed for a long time suddenly burst out of his eyes. Looking at the sensible grandchildren, the old man couldn't speak anymore, just hugged the children in his arms, and burst into tears.

In the envious eyes of everyone, Zhang Sanye finally persuaded his grandchildren to peel off the duck eggs and eat them themselves, and watch them eat the duck eggs cleanly. Then he got up and took the dolls to the lodging place. Looking at the dolls' neat blue school uniforms, follow yourself with rules. Zhang Sanye only felt that the blue clothes that were originally eye-catching were also a lot more pleasing to the eye. I wanted to continue to criticize the insurance group, and I couldn't say it anymore. Zhang Sanye made up his mind, his son who refused to come back left him alone for the time being, as long as the insurance group could really divide the land according to the previous agreement, it was not impossible to live like this for the time being.

Not everyone can make a difference about the insurance group, just when Zhang Sanye is full of food and soup and takes his grandchildren to play in the camp, two very small teams are on the way to sue the insurance group.

These are all cronies sent by the local landlords, and since the first harvest of the insurance group, the landlords have really been shaken. Zhang Youliang has been killed by the insurance group, and the big landlord Hu Xingzhi is basically closed to the guests and does not say a word. Some of the other landlords, like Ren Qiying and others, simply defected to the insurance group, and the others did not dare to speak up at all. But this is only a superficial phenomenon, and the dissatisfaction in my heart will definitely not disappear so easily. Not to mention that the landlords were forced to give the land use rights for two years to the insurance group, which for many landlords was worse than killing them.

But those who can mix with the landlords are not idiots. At that time, the insurance group beat Zhang Youliang, and it was when they were arrogant, and everyone refused to touch this mold. Moreover, the landlords did not think that the BJP and the insurance group could really succeed in the disaster. In the hundreds of years since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, we have never heard of an example of success in the face of such a large flood and relying on local disaster relief.

The landlords were very conflicted, and if the insurance group failed to provide disaster relief, these bandits who had no food would definitely not let them go. But in this case, the insurance group will at least leave Fengtai County and go elsewhere to find food. The insurance group was able to successfully rescue the disaster, and the landlords could now keep their property, but they certainly could not let go of the landlord's land. This dilemma made the landlords inquire about the news from the outside one by one, and at the same time strictly guard their homes, for fear that the insurance group would break in and rob their family property.

As soon as the news of the harvest came, the landlords were relieved on the one hand, and restless on the other. No matter how the bandits of the insurance group grow so much food, according to the current situation, their own land will definitely not be saved. The landlords are not stupid, the insurance group said that they borrowed land, but once the land is really divided, and then it is from the hands of the people, there is no need to think about it. The insurance regiment has swelled from such a small force to nearly 10,000 people, and with the formation of the reclamation brigade, this is the scale of more than 60,000 people. How many landlords did they add up? Really play hard, the landlords have absolutely no place to die.

Now the best way is to borrow the power of the government without any foreign objects to drive away these bandits of the insurance group. Although most of the landlords do not express their position, there are always those who dare to take risks. For example, the two landlords, Hu Youdao and Zhang Chengxian, reached a formula. Zhang Chengxian had acquaintances in Fengyang Mansion, and he sent people to Fengyang Mansion to vote for a lawsuit and denounce the insurance group's intention to rebel. And Hu Youdao sent people to Shouzhou, which is more than 50 miles away from Fengtai County, to sue the official. Although they know that if the matter leaks, the two families will definitely be unlucky. But by this time, the landlords couldn't manage so much. The two landlords also calculated that it was far away to Fengyang Mansion, so the people of the Zhang family went first, trying to make the shape of Fengyang Mansion and Shouzhou at the same time.

However, many things are not very predictable, for example, the landlord Zhang Chengxian did not expect that his cronies actually fell ill on the way. Because the insurance group monopolized the fleet on the Huai River recently, the two nephews of Zhang Chengxian's faction did not dare to take the waterway, but walked to Fengyang Mansion. Because he didn't dare to make a noise, the young man left at night. Because everyone's drinking water is tap water recently, and the supply of tap water to the county is not so sufficient, the young people are not able to carry enough water. In the aftermath of the floods, wells were almost completely filled. Searching for a lack of water and rushing to the road consumed water, so not long after quoting the seemingly clean water in the field, Jang Sung-hyun's nephews unfortunately began to feel sick to their stomachs. The intestines, accustomed to tap water, are too fragile for the water source of the wilderness. I don't know if it's bacteria or anything else. The two youths soon collapsed on the ground more than a day away from their homes and began to convulse.

Hu Youdao's nephew, Hu Congjian, was lucky, but he had to face the first problem, how to cross the Huai River without a boat. After all, young people are bold, everyone is at the water's edge, and they can be regarded as knowing some water. The young man simply swam across the Huai River at night. In the daytime, I finally arrived at Shouzhou City.

Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian in the eighth year of Kaihuang (588), in Shouchun Huainan Xingtai Province in order to defeat Chen's military needs, the following year, after Ping Chen, he withdrew to Tai Province and placed the Shouzhou Governor's Office. Cure Shou Chun. In the third year of Tang Wude (620), it was changed to Shouzhou, and Shouchun was established in the state. During the Qing Dynasty, Fengtai County once coexisted with Shouzhou in a city, Yongzheng 10 years (AD 1732) two governors Yin Jishan presented the approval of the Qing court, and Shouzhou set up a county, a member of Tianzhi County, a member of the history of the division of the territory, because there is Phoenix Mountain in the north of the county and get the name of Fengtai County. In the 11th year of Yongzheng, it was officially separated, and Shouzhou was governed in the same city (the county government was located in the northeast corner of Jinshou County). In the second year of Tongzhi (A.D. 1863), the county was moved to Xia Cai in winter, and Xia Cai was renamed Fengtai, which was under the jurisdiction of Fengyang Prefecture. By 1906, it was only 43 years ago that Fengtai County was truly independent from Shouzhou.

Located on the banks of the Huai River, Shouzhou has suffered from flooding for more than 1,000 years. The impact of the Anhui flood on Shouzhou City is obvious, and the traces of the waterline on the city wall that have been soaked in water for a long time are clearly visible, but this thousand-year-old city is immovable, and the ancient city surrounded by floods is how palpitating. But no matter what kind of flood besieged it, the ancient city was as resolute as iron and never fell.

The dilapidated and low city wall of Fengtai County is nothing compared to the tall and majestic city wall of Shouzhou. Because Fengtai County is a new city, it cannot be compared with the prosperity of Shouzhou. But that was only before, and now there are almost no people under the city of Shouzhou. In broad daylight, the city gate is half-closed, and there is some vigilance in it. Compared with Shouzhou, the county seat of Fengtai County is full of all kinds of disaster victims, and the insurance group organizes production and maintains life, but it looks "vibrant".

Hu Congjian has been to Shouzhou many times, and when he arrived at the city gate, even the doorman guarding the gate was familiar. Mending didn't stop him, and Hu Congjian entered Shouzhou City.