The next day is the Qingming Festival, as the old saying goes, it rains a lot during the Qingming Festival, and that day is no exception. Rainy days are a day that can be relaxed for the educated youth, and the field work can not go, the production team usually organizes everyone to attend classes in such weather, talk about the latest policies, and talk about typical deeds.

In this issue, the production team is going to focus on praising Cha Wenbin and a few of them, the deeds of overnight labor have been completed in the hands of the detachment clerk, and they plan to send it to the outside to report on a certain day. Miao Lan got up early in the morning and cooked a pot of corn paste, which is the fat man's favorite, the corn paste will leave a layer of pot on the pot, every time he finishes eating, he thinks about that little thing, and even does not hesitate to quarrel with Yuan Xiaobai.

The three of them are on a kang, and the fat man sleeps and occupies a place, so he sleeps against the wall, with Lao Cha in the middle and Xiao Yi outside. Lao Cha turned over, and touched two handfuls with his hands in a daze, and the way he woke up the fat man was usually to pull the hair of his legs, and he felt that there was no one on the side after a few scoops today, so he opened his eyes and looked at it, and sure enough, the bed was empty.

"When did the fat man get up?" He touched it with his hand while talking to himself, and it was cold in the bed, which showed that the kid had been up for a while. Cha Wenbin didn't take it seriously, woke up Xiao Yi and went to the courtyard outside to wash. It happened that I met Miao Lan in the yard, so I asked casually: "Lanzi, have you seen the fat man?" That kid doesn't know what crazy he is, and he didn't sleep lazy today. ”

"He?" Miao Lan said with a smile: "I guess I know that I want to praise you today, I can't sleep with excitement, it's not to brag with people at the entrance of the village, it should be a few eggs in the production team, the secretary can say, if the task of laying eggs is not completed, he will deduct your work." ”

Family breeding is also part of the work of educated youth, pigs, sheep, cattle are collective assets, to be slaughtered and distributed in a unified manner, which naturally everyone will also share the responsibility of adoption. Raising chickens is relatively easy for them, Cha Wenbin and they raised a total of more than 20 chickens at that time, but don't think that this chicken is surnamed Cha, you have to be surnamed "She". Dropping a chicken is a big problem, not only will you be criticized but you will also be deducted points, and the eggs are also owned by the collective, but you can't guarantee that every chicken lays eggs every day, right? Therefore, the fat man will sometimes rush to order before the accountant who collects the eggs comes, and if the amount is large, he will hide it one by one and two to beat the tooth sacrifice, which is also one of the few ways to obtain high-grade protein.

Daddy Miao and they naturally know what these young people are doing, in fact, most of the eggs are given to Yuan Xiaobai, the three big men are still a bit of a gentleman, and Xiaobai is a little bit unhappy, so he will do some work for them, such as sewing and repairing and washing. The friendship in the revolutionary era was so innocent, so the Miao family turned a blind eye to the matter of eggs.

When he said this, no one took it to heart, so he went into the house for breakfast. The grain supply is not unlimited, it is distributed according to the head, the corn paste has to be added with some wild vegetables, and the thin boiled ones can be evenly divided into a large bowl per person. At the age of growing their bodies, everyone is working and can eat extraordinarily, so Cha Wenbin and them don't have enough food, so they can only ask someone to borrow it and wait until the new grain comes down to pay it back, so eating is a particularly precious thing.

waited until they finished eating the fat man and did not come back, at this time the village horn sounded, informing everyone to go to the village to gather and study. Each person should bring a small notebook and a pen, just like what fat man in that country is now patrolling, and the people below have to remember the spirit of the meeting, which was very serious in those days, and if you dare to desert and make a bad mistake, you have to be confined.

Xiaobai said that the fat man should not have gone to the village early in the morning, and deliberately brought the pot for him breakfast. When I arrived at the venue, there was a bustling crowd with photos of leaders hanging in the middle, red flags on both sides, and newspapers from three days ago had been placed on the rostrum.

The secretary cleared his throat and was about to start the roll call, Cha Wenbin stretched his neck and tried to find the trace of the fat man in the crowd, but the fat man did not appear when the name was read.

"Cha Wenbin!" "Cha Wenbin!"

Xiaobai poked his arm and said, "Call you!" ”

"Here!"

The branch secretary pushed the reading glasses, a little dissatisfied, and then read: "Shi Dare to be!" There was a commotion in the audience, but no one answered, and the branch secretary shouted again patiently, and today he was counting on giving them a few typical trees, otherwise he would have already gone crazy.

"Shi Dare to be! Shi dares to be a man! When the fat man's name was read for the third time, there was still no one in the audience to answer, and the branch secretary finally couldn't sit still, picked up the notebook and smashed it on the rostrum, got up and shouted: "This Shi dare to be a comrade, young, unorganized and undisciplined, late for meetings, lazy at work, comrade clerk, you write down his performance today, and deduct his work for two days to call him a long memory." This typical lazy style is unacceptable, we are a collective, and we must not spoil a pot of porridge because of a mouse dropping......"

"Report!" As soon as Cha Wenbin heard that he was going to deduct points, he immediately got up and raised his hand and said: "Shi, he is not in good health, he went to the thatched house to have diarrhea when he came out just now, and he had been pulling all night, he should have been cold last night, so I will go to him." ”

The branch secretary waved his hand and said: "Go, this Shi Dare to be, his recent performance is still good, which shows that his consciousness is still very high!" You see, everyone is working overnight, you have to learn more from him this spirit, Cha Wenbin, he came here to receive education, his family composition is very problematic, you have to help him study more, go quickly. In line with the principle of saving people to the end, I made an exception and waited for an extra 10 minutes. ”

Cha Wenbin thanked him and immediately followed Xiao Yi out of the venue, Savage Tun was originally a ravine, the place is not big, and the fat man usually walks around a few points. After searching around non-stop, they didn't even see a figure, but this time is coming soon, if they don't go back, then the work will be deducted again and really have to drink the northwest wind.

At this time, in fact, everyone didn't realize what was going to happen, except for complaining about the unreliability of the fat man, they could only scold their mother in their hearts. After returning to the venue, the situation was immediately reported, and Cha Wenbin said that the fat man might not be able to stand it and go to the mountains to find herbs. Because the meeting was announced in the morning, there was barely an excuse to deal with, and the branch secretary forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and read them the latest developments in the newspaper before announcing the disbandment, and the praise that was originally prepared ended because of the sudden disappearance of the fat man.

Black five like them actually need such a positive opportunity very much, and the price to pay to get a praise is too great, just because he also burdens others. Cha Wenbin and Xiao Yi, who returned to the house, were even angry with him, this Shi Dare is too unreliable!

Xiao Yi leaned on the kang and complained: "I don't know what day it is today, the cooked ducks are all in the mouth and fly again, Wen Bin, haven't you read the old yellow calendar?" ”

"Old Yellow Calendar? Pull it down, that's feudal superstition, who dares to look at it? Cha Wenbin pointed to the red treasure book on the kang head and said: "I haven't thought about it since I've been here for so long, hey, it's okay if you don't say it, I remembered it, today seems to be the Qingming Festival, but unfortunately I don't let me talk nonsense now, otherwise I really want to burn a few pieces of paper for my master at the door." ”

In that turbulent decade, the traditional festival of Qingming disappeared for ten years, but any activity related to priesthood was regarded by the Red Guards as a salute to feudal superstition, which was an unforgivable act of reversing socialism......

Not long after lying down, Miao Lan rushed into the house in a hurry, her hair was still wet, and she gasped and shouted: "Cha Wenbin, it's not good, something is wrong!" ”

Cha Wenbin hugged his head and sat up all of a sudden and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"Stone ......" Miao Lan was suddenly anxious and didn't know where to start, "Oops, that kid is bad!" My daddy, my daddy...... My father's incense candles, paper money hidden under the box is gone! ”

Only a few of them knew about Daddy Miao's hiding incense, candles, and paper money, which was quite risky back then, and it was almost a gamble on his political career. Cha Wenbin didn't understand what was the use of Miao's father hiding that thing, and he heard Miao Lan say that his father would secretly go to the grave to burn it every year during his mother's birthday. This thing was not very easy to do at that time, but Daddy Miao used a lot of mountain goods to go outside to secretly exchange it, and usually wrapped it in red paper and hid it under the box. Once the fat man really didn't have pants, and he wanted to go to Daddy Miao to turn one out, so he just asked him to turn it out, but a few of them knew about it, but they were all rotten in their hearts.

"It's gone!" Cha Wenbin's head suddenly "buzzed" big, this thing can be big or small, if it spreads, Daddy Miao will definitely have a hat on his head. But who's going to get that? He asked, "Did it work with a stone?" ”

Miao Lan shook her head and nodded, and said stumblingly: "I'm not sure, but only a few of you know, and it just so happens that he is not here......"

"Oops!" Cha Wenbin said: "Is it today's Qingming Festival, he misses his parents." This kid can do all kinds of bastard things, I heard him talk about it last time, saying that his parents died and didn't even burn a piece of paper, which is very unfilial...... Damn, hurry up and go out to find it, if it is seen by people for a while, he will be finished himself, not to mention that he will have to burden Daddy Miao! ”