Chapter 14 A Country Is a Home
At dusk, several figures climbed the fence along the iron railing, and they jumped down and landed in style.
On the wall, there was still a wriggling lump.
"Come down!" A few people shouted at the bottom.
"I ...... I can't get down......" The man on the wall hunched over, his hands squeezing at the crack in the wall, his legs tightly gripping the wall, "Mom...... Daddy......"
"Don't cry!" A few people at the bottom were anxious, "Don't recruit the staff!" β
Here, it is the town's grain station. Every time the grain is paid, the people in the village come over with baskets on their backs and baskets to deliver the grain. They lined up and weighed bags of grain on large scales. Standing next to the big scale, there are also staff, they hold pens and notebooks, meticulously make records, and their expressions are proud.
The grain station, this is a state unit. Working at a grain station, he serves the country's rice bowl.
When people look at the staff here, they always look up to and admire it.
"Comrade, my grain, full scale!" An old peasant bent slightly.
"It's enough, uncle, you have worked hard. Good year, good harvest! "The staff was smiling.
"The country is so wow! The land is all owned! Work hard, and the harvest will be good! The old peasant's swarthy face wrinkled with a smile.
Along with the adults, there are also children. They followed the adults, looking curiously at the place from the bustling crowd and through the cracks in the baskets.
The adults said, baby, study hard, and grow up to do things here.
The children nodded as if they didn't understand.
This place also has a unique attraction for children. The wooden tables, the large square scales, and the mountains of grain bags in the house. They all want to take a closer look!
A few bold children made an appointment to go over the wall together, and whoever didn't go would pee their pants!
Yang Moumou is also among them.
She was unlucky to be part of the gang, because she happened to pass by the children while they were discussing. Originally, she just walked away, but she was a gossipy little broken child, and she never couldn't suppress her inner curiosity. She tilted her head and leaned her ears in, listening to the plans of others completely.
The children were "plotting" vigorously, and suddenly saw an extra head next to them, and immediately shouted that it was not good, and the action was exposed before it began.
Yang retracted his neck. These people have such fierce eyes, they won't kill people, right? Children always like to pretend to learn some lines from TV, whether it is right or not.
Those children surrounded Yang Moumou in the center, giving Yang Moumou the illusion that he was very popular. But she knew that what awaited her was certainly not a good thing.
The eldest child said, "I know you, your name is Yang Moumou." We are in one grade. β
Yang Moumou swallowed his saliva and didn't dare to speak.
The boy said, "Do you want to be beaten?" He raised his fist.
Yang Moumou shook his head again and again. But I thought in my heart, I remember your face, I'm going to sue the teacher.
"Very good, good attitude." The kid smiled like a big brother in the leadβso you really can't watch too much TVβand his hand was on Yang's shoulder, "You come with us." I allow you to participate. β
Who is rare? Yang Moumou didn't want to participate at all, she was a good student, she ate well, drank and slept well. She didn't want to participate in such dangerous activities as climbing over the wall.
But right now, can she say no? The eldest brother's hand held her shoulder, and the other children shook their heads and moved their joints.
"Good...... I'll participate in ......" Yang had no choice but to respond.
Now, she is lying on the wall and shivering, she can't get down and can't go back, and she really can't call the earth and the earth unspiritual. I already knew that I was going to be beaten, just a few children who were about the same age as her, and their fists could compare to their mother's iron fist?
The eldest brother who took the lead spoke, "Don't cry, if you dare to cry, I'll knock out your front teeth!" β
Yang Moumou said, "Then you get me down." β
This wall is so high that they can't reach her.
The eldest brother who took the lead was a little difficult, he glanced at Yang Moumou who was lying on the wall, and said, "Why don't you hang it first?" β
A loud and shrill cry pierced the night sky. The staff of the grain station came out of the house with rice bowls, and the people nearby also came out with bowls.
A few children cried. I was embarrassed and embarrassed, and I had to be beaten when I went home.
The eldest brother who took the lead cried the most, saying that he was pulled by others and that he was a good boy.
Yang Moumou on the wall smiled. saved.
If those children had known that the grain station would soon be free to enter and visit Renjun, they would have regretted knocking out their front teeth.
Just a few months after Yang and a few children climbed over the fence at night, the farmers were told that they didn't need to pay for food. Suspiciously, they rushed to each other to confirm the reliability of the message. The crowd gathered in front of the grain station, probing their heads and looking inside.
A few tables were still there, and so were the large scales weighing grain, but the staff were missing.
Yang Moumou and his father were also in the crowd.
Yang Moumou asked his father, "What is the grain?" Why don't you pay for food again? β
She had seen people carrying or bringing grain to the food station, but she didn't quite understand what it meant. If you used to be able to pay for food, why don't you use it now?
Dad said, "Paying grain means that everyone gives a little food to the state." Now there is no need to pay because the country already has a lot of food. β
Yang Moumou asked again, "What did you do before handing over grain to the country?" β
Dad replied, "Everyone gives food to the state, and the state stores it, and when there are natural and man-made disasters, everyone has food to eat." β
Yang Moumou seemed to understand it.
People gathered around and asked, "You really don't have to pay food?" I'm all set! There is a lot of food at home! β
"Yes! Heaven is good, the harvest is good! I can't even fit in my granary. β
"My family isn't yet!"
Everyone talked and compared, talked and laughed and walked back. I don't know who said, "The country is good!" β
"yes!" The crowd echoed in unison.
Yang Moumou was led home by her father, she looked back at the wall she had hung on and couldn't get down, and had a strange thought in her heart: If she climbed again, she would definitely be able to jump down.
Just when she was thinking wildly, her father's voice came into her ears, "Yang'er, if the country is good, the people of every family are good, and only when there is a country can there be a home." β
Yang Moumou understood.
That night, there was a big pot of chicken soup in the middle of the table, and my mother said that my grandfather brought it. My grandfather's family fed dozens of chickens, pecked at millet and corn in the pot every day, and all of them were shiny and held their heads high.
Who is having a birthday or a holiday today? Yang Moumou tore the chicken thighs with a big mouth, and his cheeks were bulging.
It's nothing, my grandfather said he's happy today. Mom added chicken soup to Yang's bowl.
Yang Moumou raised his head and drank it all. She handed the bowl to her mother. One more bowl!
Mom gave her a blank look, got up and went to the kitchen to fill her with a bowl full of rice.
Yang Moumou got up, pouted his butt and pulled the rice chop into his father's bowl, and said seriously, I will pay for food! It's been a good time!