"Okay, today Chen Yuanliang came from the county to give the land. But with such a mess, how can you give land? There are no rules and no circles, they are all lined up, and they are all lined up in high and low order. Chen Ping interspersed in the crowd, and then pulled the two to his side, "See, in order of high and low, whoever is taller will stand behind the short one." ”

The smarter ones in the crowd had already begun to pull, looking at the heights of the others around them, looking for their place. Those who were a little slower to react stood in place, looking at the villagers around them and asking.

"Uncle Gen, what are you doing standing behind Uncle Hecai? You are compared with Uncle Cai, isn't he taller than you? Go ahead of him. Chen Ping pointed to Chen Shugen, who was shrunk behind Chen Hecai, and corrected.

"If the space is not enough, it will be lined up in six columns, four columns for men and two columns for women." Chen Ping pointed at Zhou Niang and said, "Zhou Niang, you take the lead again, go to the front, and start a column again." That one...... Aunt Li? Why are you here too? Okay, don't hide, it's the whole village's business to make up the fields, you follow Zhou Niang and stand behind her. ”

After tossing for half an hour, Chen Ping was so tired that he was sweating profusely, his voice was hoarse, and hundreds of villagers were lined up in six columns.

"Okay, I'll leave it to Brother Yuanliang next." Chen Ping looked around, there was no water, and his throat was really thirsty.

"Half an hour, you're here for this?" Chen Yuanliang has been by his side, and Chen Ping is his cousin, otherwise he would have been reprimanded a long time ago, "What's the use of this?" ”

"It's useful, and I'm going to talk to the whole village in the future, isn't it much more convenient and beautiful to arrange it like this?" Chen Ping saw Chen Ya at the entrance of the village, who was running here with a bamboo tube, his steps were a little hurried, and the water at the mouth of the bamboo tube was spilled, and he said to Chen Yuanliang, "I'll go drink saliva." ”

When Chen Ping came back after drinking water, seeing that Chen Yuanliang was still standing in place, he didn't speak, and gave the bamboo tube to Chen Ya, Chen Ping asked, "What?" ”

"It's better for you to come, after the poor households are selected, I can register them again." Chen Yuanliang said to Chen Ping, "Although I don't know the purpose of what you are doing, I don't think it will be as simple as you say." You are familiar with the villagers, and they should be recognized by you for granting the land. ”

For half an hour, the villagers probably wouldn't spare so much time to let Chen Ping toss on weekdays, even if there was a field hanging there, it would be a loss of idle time. But at this time, some of the old villagers couldn't stand it and squatted down. Chen Ping didn't push Chen Yuanliang, he nodded at the moment and stood in front of the villagers.

"Yesterday, I made it clear to all the villagers that today ten poor households will be elected, and 17 acres of land will be distributed to these 10 families. It is not evenly divided, but from more to less. Chen Ping emphasized again, looking at Chen Shun in the crowd, before the age is reached, he can't vote, but he can apply for a poor household, "If Shunzi's family can be regarded as a poor household, Zhou Niang's family is also a poor household, who is more difficult?" I won't say who is more difficult in the family, but one thing is for sure, this difficulty is certainly different. ”

Chen Ping tried his best to use concise sentences to narrate: "If the most difficult is to divide more fields, and if the difficulties are not so great, if you can barely fill your stomach, you will divide less land." ”

"Let's start, Zhou Niang, you are the first, you come up first." Chen Ping clicked on Zhou Niang, who was standing on the outermost side, in the first row, and reminded, "Remember, you must truthfully respond to the plight of your family, so that the township can know the situation at home." ”

Zhou Niang walked in front of Chen Ping, lowered her head, and grabbed the placket of her clothes with both hands, looking a little uncomfortable.

"Don't be nervous, think about your daily suffering, think about the difficulties of being alone with your brother and two children, and tell them all about it, so that the villagers can see how you live your daily life." Chen Ping said in a low voice and stepped aside.

But before Zhou Niang could speak, she raised her head, and then Aunt Li spoke: "She has already divided three acres of land yesterday, how can she still divide it today?" ”

Chen Ping smiled and looked at Aunt Li: "Aunt Li, you are already a householder, don't you still stand here today?" ”

The middle household has become the upper household, this is Aunt Li's heart disease, so Chen Ping mentioned it again, Aunt Li's face turned red, but without waiting for her to get angry, Chen Ping said again: "No matter who it is, as long as it is from Baitu Village, the poor households who have been recognized by the villagers can share the land." Zhou Niang was divided into three acres of land yesterday, and today, as long as the villagers think that she should not get any more fields, then she will not get them, but if she thinks that she should get some fields, it is not impossible. ”

The voice of criticism was lowered, and Chen Ping nodded at Zhou Niang.

"I ...... Since I was a child, I didn't have enough to eat, and I depended on my brother for my life. The voice was quieter, the content was quite smooth, Zhou Niang still lowered her head, "Grandma died when she was a child, I heard my brother say that it was because she went into the mountains to hunt and died in the mountains, and now even the bones are found." My brother and I are seven years apart, and after my grandmother died, I relied on my brother to survive. ”

"My family is poor, and I don't have a grandmother, and I am often hungry. I remember one time, when it was raining, my brother and I were in a dilapidated thatched house, and the rain was pouring down from the roof, it was already autumn, and my house was full of water, and half of my body was soaked in water. My body felt very cold, my stomach was very hungry, and I only drank some rain for two days. Gradually, my body was not so cold, but my head was dizzy, and in a daze, I didn't know what I was shouting, but I felt very hungry. I guess I wanted to eat it at that time. Zhou Niang said slowly, her head was raised, and her voice was a little choked, "I don't know how long I slept, and when I woke up, the rain had stopped." Brother brought a bowl of fish soup, the fish soup had no salt, only a small fish, I was very hungry, I ate it in two clicks, but I was still hungry, and I quarreled with my brother to eat. Brother smiled and said that he would catch it again, but this time I waited for a long time and didn't wait for Brother to come back. I didn't see my brother until the next morning, empty-handed, without fish. I cried and made trouble, and my brother couldn't stop comforting me. ”

Zhou Niang wiped the corners of her eyes, looked at the people in front of her, and said in a low voice: "Later, I learned that Brother didn't come back so late, because he fell into Tu Shui when he was catching fish, and was taken to Xia Tu Village." If someone hadn't seen it and rescued my brother, I'm afraid I would never have seen him again. ”

"It's really pitiful, Chen Xun's kid is good, it's a pity." Several elderly villagers sighed and raised their hands to wipe away tears from their eyes.

Later, my brother married my sister-in-law and had children, and when the population grew, food became more and more insufficient. But even so, my brother has never affected me, and he will always bring me more food first. Zhou Niang's tears were already wiped away, "Later, in order to let me marry a good family, I went hunting in the mountains, and occasionally I was able to catch some hares and pheasants, but it was not very common." My sister-in-law often complains that the house is often noisy, but my brother is protecting me. One day, my brother entered the mountain and never came back. ”