The long popsicles under the eaves were gone, the grass grew in the wasteland on the outskirts of the city, the willows by the riverbank sprouted green buds, and the breeze blew on the faces softly, no longer biting.

——Winter has passed in a blink of an eye, and the spring of June 1st is finally belated.

When spring comes, you can go out into the wild to dig all kinds of wild vegetables to fill your stomach. At this time, there was no need for the school to notify them, and the students automatically walked out of the school gate and into the field.

Who knows, there are many people who have this idea. On the outskirts of the city, old people, women and children can be seen walking around with empty baskets.

When they got closer, everyone found that this spring gave people infinite hope, and there were few wild vegetables left in the wild.

Last year, no one could go hungry and think about how to protect the ecological environment. This is not to blame the public, they are so hungry that they can't even use mud to fill their stomachs, who still has this mind.

As a result, last year's wild vegetables were dug too cleanly, leaving fewer seeds, and this year's wild vegetables are even fewer than last year's.

The elm tree, which is regarded as a "life-saving tree" by countless people. Many of them have been skinned and died, and even if they survived, they were still standing and alive, and the leaves on the trees were close to none.

Unable to find anything to eat, many people began to turn their attention to the ponds and small ditches near and far.

- Aquatic plants swaying in the middle of the pond, duckweed floating on the surface of the water; Snails, mussel shells, stone crabs, loaches, yellow eels and other creatures in Xiaohegou.

The water is still cold, and many people drown in the pond every year. Filling your stomach is just to survive, so no one dares to go into the water.

Not going into the water does not mean giving up. There are still many people who use bamboo poles and rakes to go around aquatic plants and duckweed, and try their best to harvest one or two.

More people flock to the small ditches within a radius of ten miles to touch snails, mussel shells, and sometimes with a bit of luck, catch some stone crabs, loaches and yellow eels.

As more and more people joined, the number of catches became smaller and smaller, and only a few taels were caught for a few hours at a time.

Seeing that spring is coming, it is still green and yellow, in order to survive, the school finally issued a call to "do it yourself to open up the wasteland and grow vegetables".

The event received an enthusiastic response from all teachers and students in the school. Compared with going to the countryside to support farmers, this time it is really for their own benefit, and many teachers and students have long looked at the ruins and vacant land on the campus.

As soon as the notice was issued, students from all classes ran to the campus, looking for wasteland suitable for planting in groups, intending to start first.

"Xiao Wu, why are you still so slow, and all the good land is taken up by others when you are late."

Zhang Guoqing saw that Yi Jiefang was anxious, and accelerated his pace with everyone. I secretly despise this stupid boy who has never planted the land. No matter how good the land is, won't all the harvest be handed over to the canteen?

They have a lot of people in their class. Those who are shrewd have a goal long ago - don't be a wasteland with small stones. I guess that's already in place.

The territory of each department and class was allocated, and the vigorous reclamation activities began.

The teachers and students of the whole school act together, and there must be no legal person with a hoe or an iron catalpa. Everyone eliminated difficulties and used all the tools they could use. No way, just do it.

In addition to the necessary main courses, all of a sudden, all of everyone's time and energy were spent on this one-third of an acre. I hope that the land will be cultivated as soon as possible, and the seeds will be sown smoothly and harvested early.

As the days passed, hope was planted, everyone had nothing to do every day, and occasionally found that shoots had grown, and the whole class laughed constantly that day.

No hard work, very reward.

After a few spring rains, in less than half a month, fresh and tender vegetables are emerging.

-- The harvest brings hope. Walking around the campus on this day, you can hear laughter everywhere.

Wait for spinach, cabbage, radish, green onions, and leeks to be on the table in the canteen. Eating the fruits of the harvest, many people are so excited that they are reluctant to swallow it in one bite.

Even if it's not oily, everyone eats it deliciously.

And in the cafeteria, the coarse grains served out will no longer be mixed with those messy and strange things, and this day is finally much better.

After a few spring vegetables, they planted crops such as eggplant, beans and potatoes. After one harvest after another, many students were not so hungry that they even had to climb the stairs.

With the start of classes, I went to the fields to do farm work, and a semester passed in a blink of an eye.

And with the end of the semester, the holidays begin. Perhaps for the safety of their classmates, students who live away from home are advised not to leave the school unless there are special circumstances and without the permission of the counselor.

With the certificate, Zhang Guoqing got the permission of Counselor Xiao Wu and followed everyone out of the school, leaving the students to continue to do farm work and experiments.

At the moment, he couldn't tell what was going on in his heart. This is only possible if the situation is not good, and the traffic jam will happen. What happened to the outside world, he didn't know.

Are distant relatives doing as well as they say in the letter? Is everything okay with his mom and dad?

Following the group home, Zhang Guoqing put down his luggage, greeted Zhou Jiao, and immediately rushed to the station. He planned to go to Liu Ming in person to ask how the situation was.

Before arriving at the train station, Zhang Guoqing heard the sound of a loudspeaker. The same sentence was played over and over again: "Comrades travelers, please don't go to Bao Shi, Bao Shi also requires food stamps for dinner, and Bao Shi also needs food stamps for eating..."

Standing at the station again, looking at everything around him, Zhang Guoqing didn't have to think about it anymore, and he could already see that compared with last year, the flow of people going north has skyrocketed again.

"Are you looking for Brother Liu? Is there an emergency? I know you're Zhang Guoqing, do you want me to bring him a message? He's coming over next weekend at the earliest. ”

Seeing what the other party said, Zhang Guoqing smiled and said, "It's nothing." I just haven't gone back now, I want to ask how our hometown is? The parents at home always say that it is very good, which is not worrying. ”

The other party approached him and whispered, "See outside, right?" There are a lot of people, all of them going north. Before this trip, I also heard that the repatriation station sent away a group of people on the front foot every day, and another group came on the back foot immediately. ”

Zhang Guoqing listened and asked in a low voice: "Have you heard that the county town below is in chaos?" ”

The other party patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry." There are people guarding every intersection. Otherwise, if you look at the repatriation station, where the people who fled the famine came from, they were all arrested. You relax, that is, in these two months, the weather is cold, who dares to go over. ”

Zhang Guoqing smiled and nodded. I know that no matter how much I ask, I won't be able to ask anything famous, and I will delay the other party's time. He came here for peace of mind.

"Dude, thanks."

"Thank you. Then I won't keep you, there will be some things to arrange, I'll go first. ”

After separating from the other party, Zhang Guoqing was not in a hurry to go home. He paced slowly through the crowd, listening intently to the sound of conversation, the chatter, and the sound of parents telling their children......

Thanks to Zhang Guoqing's good ears - he listened to a lot of private words with his own ears, and then looked at the dolls in the crowd, and his heart was cold.

Even if you successfully arrive in the north, as soon as the hot summer is over, it will be a short autumn, and when it comes to the long cold winter, how should the children who lack food and clothing live?