Chapter 9 Towards the Dream

The assembly sound of each small production team today is continuous, fast, loud and shocking! The voice was urgent.

After the members of the village received the urgent signal, the women who were kneading the dough at home and preparing to steam the sorghum flour buns also steamed without regard to it, and in a panic they trotted and clapped their hands on it

Brown-red sorghum flour on the body.

The male members who were mowing the grass outside the village also hurriedly ran over, pinching off the yellowed blades of grass on their bodies as they ran......

The soil of the 14th production team is saline-alkali and sandy, and there are very few fertile plots.

So the grain production is the lowest in the whole village.

If the output is low, the members will get less food, and if the members do not have enough to eat, they will feel very hungry, and people will lose energy.

Captain Qin Dayu blew the trumpet before, the latest, the slowest, and the loudest.

He is not specific in arranging farm work, and even his own work is procrastinating, let alone the members of this production team.

Qin Dayu was unusual, and shouted loudly in high spirits: "Our production team is in our village, and the soil nutrition is the worst, and the yield is the lowest.

Do we want to add nutrients to the soil? ”

The members of the 14th production team bent over and drooped their shoulders.

They all said in a disdainful tone:

"How do you increase nutrients? Buying fertilizer? Do we have the money to buy it? ”

"yes, what do you use to buy fertilizer? If you don't have money, it's all empty talk. ”

"We don't have the money to buy fertilizer, so can't we go to the fields of the team to add nutrients to the crops?" Qin Dayu inspired everyone to say.

As soon as the team members heard Captain Qin say this, they suddenly came to their senses, straightened their waists and said:

"Huh? That's a good idea! ”

The members of the club agreed with Captain Qin's suggestion.

"The new branch secretary let the production team of the whole village have a labor competition!

He said...... The whole village competes to choose model workers!

Whoever is chosen, it will be given to whomever ...... The most important thing is to give the model worker award!

Our new branch secretary also said that which production team has the highest output, and the members of the team will be awarded awards when the time comes!

Do you want our production team to be selected as a model production team? ”

The members of the club shouted to the sky: "Think! ”

Qin Dayu said very simply: "Then every family, every household, contribute their own fermented dung!"

I led our team of male laborers to manure and then water the crops today.

Vice captain Qin Tiehuan led the female members to remove weeds and eliminate pests! ”

Captain Qin said, "Our team's output this year must resolutely win the first place in the village!"

Then we must follow the instructions of the new branch secretary to manure, water, weed, and eliminate pests on the crops.

After all this work is done, it is time to plant spring cotton and spring corn...... It is also necessary to open up wasteland and plant crops suitable for growing on sandy soil.

We can only win awards if we get rid of our previous lazy thinking and work hard from now on!

Do you have faith? ”

You look at me, I look at you, and then answer in unison, "Have faith!" The shouts were sonorous and powerful.

Captain Qin made a division of labor in detail.

The male laborers went home to pull the fermented manure.

Some brought a flat cart of pig manure, some pulled a flat cart of chicken manure, and some ...... The male members are not empty-handed.

The male laborers of every household pulled the manure of their respective families, trampled and trunged, and went to dung the crops of the production team.

Captain Qin said to the members: Put the manure first, then water, and the crops will increase the yield no problem!

The female laborers of the 14th production team hoe weeds and catch pests at the same time.

The same goes for other production teams.

The new branch secretary took the village cadres of the brigade in the experimental field, and was in full swing doing the same farm work as the masses.

The newly appointed village party secretary led the village cadres and the masses to play the march of building dreams from this point on.

But this "tune" is full of setbacks and twists.

Zhang Guangming said in his heart: "Fortunately, I understand the proverb in meteorology - the clouds are a wind to the east, the clouds are with rain gear to the west, the clouds ripple to the south, and the clouds are difficult to drop when the rain is northward."

A few hours ago, when I looked up at the sky and saw the clouds slowly drifting north, I promised the villagers that it would be cloudy and sunny within five hours. ”

The scene when the villagers were about to go out to escape the famine and ask for food, as well as the folk song that discriminated against Muyehua Village, came to his mind again.

Let Zhang Guangming make a grand wish more firmly, be sure to lead the villagers to dig up the poor roots, and move towards the road of prosperity and strength, which is the pursuit of death!

He observed that from morning to mid-afternoon, there were still black clouds floating in the sky.

After a while, I felt a warm breeze blowing on my face, layers of dark clouds passed by, and the water in the pond was as clear as a mirror, sparkling waves.

The villagers are also paying attention to the changes in the weather, everyone sees the sun hiding behind the clouds shyly, gradually revealing a little dim light, people see a situation in their hearts, and feel that the sky has a hope of clearing.

Sure enough, suddenly there was a volley in the sky, looking at it, it seemed that it was the "old man" with a bright smile on his face that he had not seen for a long time, and he smiled happily at the energetic people of Muyehua Village.

Zhang Guangming joked when he saw it: "Old man" seems to be playing a game of hide and seek with the people here!

Everyone was amused by him.

The people of Makino Flower Village put the sun in the supreme position.

He is called "old man", because the sun holds the lifeblood of the villagers - the growth and decline of crops!

Zhang Guangming smiled and said a joke to the villagers: Look, it seems that the "old man" who has been gloomy for a long time is in a good mood at this time!

The crowd nodded approvingly, and they were all very happy.

The crowd looked at him with envious and mysterious eyes, their eyes full of curiosity, and they could see that everyone had questions in their eyes: how did the branch secretary know that the cloudy sky could clear up in three days?

How could he have concluded that the gloomy sky would clear in five hours?

During this week, the villagers did the farm work assigned by the new branch secretary properly.

At noon on this day, Zhang Guangming observed the weather and shouted on the loudspeaker: "All production teams and every household should take advantage of the fact that there are vegetable seedlings selling in our village market, everyone will go to buy vegetable seedlings, and the production team will plant vegetable seedlings in the wasteland."

How about getting home in the evening?

Everyone is going to plant vegetable seedlings in their own gardens. ”

The villagers were puzzled, and Zhang Guangming explained the reason to everyone, "Because there will be a light rain tonight!" ”

That's when everyone understood.

"Listen to the new party secretary of our village shouting on the loudspeaker, let us buy vegetable seedlings and plant them in the market. He said it would rain lightly in the evening. Let's hear what he has to say. Someone said happily.

Zhang Guangming continued on the loudspeaker: "We can plant eggplants, beans, and tomatoes in the team's vegetable patch...... Also plant seeds such as winter melon, watermelon, pumpkin, etc.

Remember to plant fruits and vegetables in front of and behind your house!

Be sure to remember to plant bamboo and gourds! ”

The masses listened to these words of Zhang Zhishu on the loudspeaker, and were surprised, planting gourds can eat vegetables, so what is planting bamboo for?

Everyone heard Zhang Guangming continue.

"When the bamboo and gourd grow up, I will teach everyone to do bamboo carving and gourd painting for free! There is also bamboo weaving technology!

Let's sell some carvings and paintings to subsidize the family! ”

When the crowd heard what he said, they immediately became excited.

Some people say, "Huh? The carving and weaving skills of the old Zhang family are within a radius of 100 miles, but no one can compare!

That's a unique job that has been passed down from ancestors for generations to be able to support a family!

The new branch secretary said that he wanted to teach these two unique skills to the big guys for free? Did I hear me right? ”

Some said, "Oh, that's good!" If only we could learn these two crafts? But we won't starve to death! ”

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The whole village knew that a few days ago, Zhang Zhishu predicted the weather very accurately.

But this time on a sunny day, will it really rain lightly in the evening?

However, the production teams still follow what Zhang Zhishu said, plant what should be planted, and plant what should be planted.

The villagers thought: even if it doesn't rain, even if it is water, they have to grow fruits, vegetables and bamboo.

The sky was getting dark, the sky was thundering, and the light rain was really falling.

Zhang Guangming hurriedly put on a raincoat and inspected the dilapidated houses in the village one by one, and found that there were several houses with serious water leaks.

Together with his family, he covered the roof of their house with plastic sheeting.

But fortunately, although most of the mud houses are very dilapidated, and some of the houses are still a little leaky.

However, the one-meter-high foundations of the houses in Makinoka Village are made of stones, which is the traditional habit of building houses in the village, so there is no danger of the house collapsing within a few years.

And the roof of the new branch secretary's house was also leaking everywhere, so he had to leave this matter to his wife.

This light rain made the people of Muyehua Village applaud happily, and they all admired it, saying that Zhang Guangming was full of wisdom, knew astronomy, geography, and had the ability to predict the weather.

This light rain finally nourished crops and bamboo seedlings, as well as melons, fruits and vegetables.

This also gives the villagers hope for survival.

The next day, a round of sunny days shines in the sky, and the spring flowers are enchanting.

Zhang Guangming mobilized the villagers to plant flowers in their homes on both sides of the road, intending to be pleasing to the eye.

However, he saw that the people in the village had left the toilet sinks outside the courtyard walls, and the manure tanks and dung heaps on both sides of the road had been flooded with rainwater last night.

As soon as the weather is fine, the smell begins to emit out, and this stinking smell is unacceptable.

Zhang Guangming held his breath and walked, but he had to breathe in the disgusting fishy smell.

One moment he stepped on this dung, and the next he stepped on that dung.

This situation made him frown, and he was thinking about how to solve this problem of destroying the environment.

One foot high, one foot lower, he slid out of the village step by step.

Zhang Guangming knew that the light rain in Zuotian would not fall for a long time, because there was a proverb that said: "The thunder rumbles first, and the rain does not last."

Sure enough, the rain on the left night was less than a night, and it really turned clear.

At this time, the crops and seedlings in the field were covered with crystal clear water droplets, as if they were so happy that they burst into tears.

One by one, the seedlings raised their heads, full of energy, looking up at the sky, as if showing a grateful expression.

Zhang Guangming saw the river singing happily, and the ducks and geese swimming happily.

The willows on the shore are swaying, the pigeons are flying and swallowing in the air, and the singing is endless.

But at this moment, the scene of the villagers going out to escape the famine with their burdens appeared in his mind again, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Hey, now that it depends on the sky for food, when will the fate of the crops be in charge of the poor villagers themselves?" ”