Recently, the canteen served gruel three times a day, and today at noon, half-dried rice was served again.

At this time, the workers of the mine were very happy, and other units were still drinking gruel three times a day, and they already had food to eat, which deserved to be the largest unit in the county, and they were proud.

Yang Dashu, who was cooking at the window, kept talking, and when he saw someone, he helped Ning Weihua to do publicity, saying that he got this batch of grain, otherwise, after a week, they wouldn't even have to eat gruel.

Who is Ning Weihua?

Originally, many people in the mine didn't know him, but after Yang Dashu's publicity, Ning Weihua became a celebrity in the mine, and those who didn't recognize him discussed him, and those who recognized him had to thank him when they saw him on the road, and pulled him to say homely.

Fu Bao took his father's hand and walked on the road, his small chest was very high, and he felt that he had a lot of face.

Someone touted: "Comrade Wei Hua, you are really capable." ”

"I don't have any ability, it's just luck." Ning Weihua said modest words in his mouth, and his heart was so beautiful.

"Why aren't others lucky, I heard that a few other officials who went to other provinces didn't get back a little food, those few are full of food and don't do anything, you have the ability, and our food will depend on you in the future."

Ning Weihua narrowed his eyes, finally tasted a little taste, and said righteously: "This comrade, I have to criticize you, how can you talk like this, the comrades of the procurement department work so hard to find food for you everywhere, you are not grateful and you can't bury people, how can the food be so easy to get, you say this to destroy the internal harmony of our procurement department." ”

He hasn't sat down yet, but he can't be squeezed out by those people in the procurement department because of two gossips.

The man was embarrassed and walked away.

Ning Weihua's words were also spread to the ears of those officers in the procurement department, and they suddenly felt a lot better.

Originally, Ning Weihua was a little unpleasant, but now I feel that I am narrow-minded, people do things well and help them solve troubles, how can they blame others.

That's how he really accepted him as his own.

Lin Xiangxiang has a good relationship with Fubao because of her daughter, and she is close to the Ning family, and she has been helping Ning Weihua say good things, but no one else listens to it.

"I have already said that Comrade Wei Hua is a particularly good and noble comrade, and you still don't believe it."

Because Ning Weihua made great contributions to the procurement department, and after dealing with the grain, Director Zhou specially granted him three days off to rest.

Ning Weihua decided to take his daughter-in-law and daughter back to the team.

The two old people in the family have been for their children all their lives, and in the most difficult period, they saved food for their children, and they only drank plain water, and they were so hungry that they were so hungry that they encountered such a difficult situation, and they may not have suffered much sin.

When he returned to the team this time, Fu Bao found that the people in the team were not as energetic as they were during the New Year, their expressions were decadent, their faces were more sallow, and they looked thinner.

For farmers, food is the root of life, and after a year of hard work, one natural disaster after another has destroyed all the crops in the field.

The people in the team are busy tidying up the ruined fields, and if it doesn't work this year, there will be next year, and the land can't be wasted.

The family of three walked slowly, and on the way saw a few skinny children squatting on the ground digging something, Fu Bao wanted to take out the toffee in his pocket and share it with them, but her father stopped her.

For the first time, his expression was so serious, he silently lifted her up, put her on the bicycle, and shouted, "Daughter-in-law sit up." ”

Lin Shulan jumped on the back seat of the bike.

"Your grandmother is still working in the field, let's go home first." Ning Weihua rode away on a bicycle.

Ning Weihua pedaled the bicycle and muttered: "Fubao, we don't have the ability to help everyone, don't mix blindly, if you give sugar to a child just now, many children will run over to you, and the children who don't get it will complain that you are stingy, and the children who get it want more, and some adults in the team will also have ideas, people can't even eat, you still have candy to eat." ”

Fu Bao was silent.

She knew what her father meant, so when she went home this time, her father asked them to wear their old clothes, and when others were so miserable, don't show off how good they are, people's hearts are the most difficult thing to grasp.

The last time I came back for the New Year, Ning Weihua gave Grandma Ning a key before leaving, and cheekily begged her to come over occasionally to clean it casually, so when I came back this time, the house was quite clean.

Take the futon out of the cabinet and spread it directly on the kang.

Fu Bao lay on the kang, thinking about the hungry and skinny people in the team, and felt a little uncomfortable.

It was 1975, and there was hybrid rice in 1973, but the cultivation was not mature enough, and there was no large-scale promotion, so the current grain production is still not high.

After a moment of cranky thought, she was soon confused by her parents' behavior.

I saw that the two of them deliberately changed into more torn clothes at home, picked up a shovel and dug a hole in the corner of the house.

Fu Bao lay on the kang, supported his chin with both hands, and said curiously: "Dad, Mom, what are you doing?" ”

Ning Weihua said casually: "Dig a hole to hide grain, otherwise why don't you explain to your grandmother that our family still has surplus grain." ”

It can't be said to have been conjured out of thin air.

Lin Shulan said aggrievedly: "I'm so tired, I don't want to dig anymore." ”

Ning Weihua hurriedly coaxed: "It's not a big hole, there are many people and we can do it quickly, so we can rest earlier." ”

Lin Shulan looked at her daughter with resentful eyes.

Fu Bao's eyes widened innocently.

Ning Weihua remembered it at this time, and said angrily: "Fubao, don't want to be lazy, go to the kitchen and get a shovel for me to help." ”

Fu Bao stuck out his tongue, trotted to the kitchen, ran back with a shovel, and dug together as a family of three.

When they finally dug a hole, Ning Weihua asked Fubao to put two sacks of grain in it and reburied it.

After getting it done, the family of three directly lay on the bed and chatted, and gradually fell asleep.

I slept until the evening and woke up, and the sun was about to set outside the window.

A family of three came to the old house.

Lao Ning's family was in a similar situation to the rest of the team, all of them were hungry and thin.

Seeing the old couple again, Fu Bao couldn't believe his eyes, they were so thin that they could barely see a little flesh on their faces.

It stands to reason that with Uncle Ning, the son of a grain station worker, and Aunt Ning, the daughter of the supply and marketing cooperative, the old couple will not be so hungry.

But they have three sons who need help, and even if they are separated, they are their sons and grandchildren, and they can't bear it, so they can only save it from their own mouths to supplement them.

Ning Weihua closed his eyes.

He had already expected this, even if he brought the food back, it wouldn't reach the mouths of the old couple, and if he took too much, those sisters-in-law and his mother's family needed help, so they might not come to borrow it, so they would always hesitate to take it.

Grandma Ning happily ran forward and said happily: "Fubao is back." ”

(End of chapter)