Chapter 54: Borrowing Grain
In this era when there are many people and there is little food, everyone knows how much food there is, and everyone knows how much food there is for a meal, and there is no possibility of deduction.
So cooking is a thankless job, that is, because no one wants to take on this errand, and the food they know is that everyone takes turns.
In this case, if everything goes wrong, it will be all on the person who cooks, and no one will want to cook in the future.
And he's right, everyone is destined to support each other when they come here.
Don't say that the old intellectuals who have been here for a few years, that is, the new intellectuals, they don't know if they stay for a few more years.
Zhou Yize's words are clear, although everyone is still uncomfortable, but in the end they are still quiet.
Zhang Hui glanced at Liu Jianfang, who was hiding behind Zhou Yize, and said unconvinced: "Even if you are right, this matter can't be left like that." Otherwise, everyone will not pay attention to things in the future, and there will be no punishment for making mistakes anyway. ”
"That's right, the food was eaten by the rat because of her, even if she can't find it back now, you can't just let her go."
Liu Jianfang seemed to have made a small mistake and forgot to close the cabinet, but the consequences were not small at all.
In the cabinet is the rations of all the educated youths, and now that something like this happens, everyone has not eaten for more than half a year.
Therefore, Zhou Yize did not disagree with everyone's opinions.
"You're right, Comrade Liu Jianfang, are you willing to accept the punishment?"
Liu Jianfang swallowed her saliva, she wanted to say that she didn't want to, but she had to let these people let her go.
So, there was no way, she had to nod.
"As long as I can do it, I really can't find so much food to pay back to you."
Zhou Yize nodded, looked at everyone and said, "In this case, what punishment should Comrade Liu Jianfang be given?"
However, the punishment should not be too buried, but should make Comrade Liu Jianfang realize his mistakes, have the courage to correct them, and ensure that he will not make them again in the future. ”
As soon as he spoke, the others began to chatter, and soon various punishments were proposed.
"Let her take half of it out for the big guys next time she distributes the food."
"Every day I go up the mountain to find wild vegetables for everyone."
"In the future, she will be asked to wrap up alone."
Amy listened to everyone's words, and her head suddenly hurt.
No matter how this matter is dealt with in the end, Liu Jianfang will definitely hate everyone in his heart, if she is really asked to continue to cook food for everyone, then if she can't keep it, she will be eaten badly and her stomach will be tossed half to death.
Therefore, for the sake of her own life, Amy opened her mouth and suggested: "Since there is a problem with the food this time, I think I will wait for the autumn grain to come out, and let her come out in half to eat with the big guys." ”
Zhou Yize nodded slightly, raised his right hand and said, "I agree with Amy's approach, this time the loss of food, then it is most appropriate for her to compensate for some food." ”
He has always been the backbone and leader of the educated youth team, so as soon as he opened his mouth, everyone raised their hands in approval.
Liu Jianfang glanced at Amy hard, Amy touched her nose and turned her head to pretend not to see it.
The punishment of Liu Jianfang made Tang Xiaohong angry, but it did not mean that everyone was satisfied.
"Of course, the food has to be compensated, but the problem is that there are still many days before the autumn grain comes out, so are we hungry all the time? Don't forget, we are still carrying the task of clearing wasteland, how much work we get, where do we have the strength to open up wasteland if we have no food? ”
Zhang Hui's words made the educated youths make a fuss again, and Zhou Yize hurriedly stretched out his hand and pressed it down to signal everyone to be quiet.
"Since the incident has happened, of course we have to find a way to solve it, now I will go to the village party secretary and ask, and find a way to borrow some grain from the big guys until the autumn grain comes out."
Saying that he was about to leave, Liu Jianfang hurriedly spoke: "This is a major matter that has something to do with us, I will go with you." ”
These people can't beat her to death now, so if she stays here alone, she will definitely be beaten, it is better to follow Zhou Yize, at least her life will not be in danger.
So, Wu Yang went to the village party secretary's house in a group, and Amy had to follow behind.
But along the way, everyone's mood was not high.
"Last year, there was little grain in the village, do you think we can borrow grain?"
Tang Xiaohong raised his chin and said: "No matter how little food there is, it is impossible for the brigade to be without, besides, we are all educated youths who went to the countryside to support construction, can we still be hungry?" ”
"That's right, we have helped the villagers so much, and the village party secretary will not ignore us."
Zhang Hui glanced back at Liu Jianfang, who deliberately separated from everyone, and sneered: "That's what I said, but what if people don't help?" In the final analysis, it was because someone accidentally let the rat eat all the food, otherwise we wouldn't have to beg people so much.
The folks originally looked down on us in their hearts, but now that it's okay, they will definitely gossip behind our backs again. ”
Her words made Liu Jianfang's face turn blue, but she didn't dare to reply, so she could only let everyone point fingers at her.
In the team, Amy looked at the adobe house of the village party secretary from afar, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
Asking the brigade to borrow food at this kind of green and yellow time is tantamount to snatching food from the tiger's mouth, and it will definitely not be as smooth as Zhou Yize thought.
She had a way to get food, after all, she didn't have a shortage of food stamps and money.
However, it is obviously not a good thing to be in the limelight at this time, and maybe it will be suspected, and it will be troublesome at that time.
Therefore, Amy sighed twice, and then obediently followed the group to continue walking.
The educated youths were not very old, so they walked quickly, and after a while, they arrived outside the adobe house of the village party secretary.
Zhou Yize was about to reach out and knock on the door, when he heard the sound of an urn talking from inside.
"Branch secretary, you see that last year's grain harvest was small, and a lot of it was distributed to the educated youths in the countryside, so that the people in our own village couldn't eat enough, can you give them less when we harvest grain this year?"
"That's it, branch secretary, what do you see they are doing, why do they still come to grab food with me?"
The village party secretary sighed heavily, "Zhu Laosan and Wang Er, you can't think so, they came to our village to support the construction, and they also opened a literacy class to teach everyone to write and read, and it was also their idea to take the things picked in the mountains to the production brigade for exchange, we have to be worthy of our conscience, and we can't forget our books." ”
After the village party secretary spoke, the room was quiet for a while, but soon remembered the muttering again.
"It's good to write and study, but they rely on themselves to be old people from the city, besides, no matter how good the writing is, can it be eaten as food or drunk as water? Anyway, I feel that if I don't work, I should take less food. ”
"But no, they are not from our Mao'er Village, if they are like that Chaoxia and our people in the village are two people and I don't say anything, but they don't even want to deal with the people in the village, why should they give them food?"
These words fell on the ears of the educated youths outside the house, and immediately provoked Tang Xiaohong to become angry.
She rushed straight in regardless of it, shouting loudly: "What do you mean by what? Without us, who would have taught you to read and write? Without us, who told you that the mushrooms that go up the mountain can be sold by the production team? ”
said bad things behind his back but was knocked into the face, Zhu Laosan and Wang Er's faces were not good-looking.
The village party secretary also hurriedly stood up and played sloppy.
"You heard it, they were talking to me about planting rice. Didn't there be a shortage of food last year, so I wondered if I wanted to change the seeds, and I didn't say that you were bad. ”
The village party secretary set up a ladder, and the other two people got down the donkey and said, "Yes, we are talking about farming, and we didn't say anything unpleasant." ”
Tang Xiaohong shook her head angrily, opened her eyes and glared at them several times.
The village party secretary was afraid that the two sides would make trouble again, so he hurriedly diverted the conversation and asked: "Why are you here at this point, what is the matter with me?" ”
As soon as he asked, Tang Xiaohong, who was still fierce just now, immediately shrank her head, blushing and not daring to speak.
Zhou Yize stepped forward and told the story that the grain was eaten by rats.
"Secretary, you see that's the case, now that the food of our educated youths is gone, and the autumn grain has not been planted yet, so I came to you to ask if there is any way, can you lend us some food."
"It's all made up of rats? Why are you so scarce, there is not much food in the brigade this year, where can I lend you a lot of food? ”