"Hmm." Wei Lan nodded, calculated an account in his heart, and then continued to speak, "A total of one hundred and fifty catties of rations, calculated according to thirty days a month, is five catties of grain a day, and seventeen people have five catties of grain for a meal, I'm afraid this is ...... Not enough. ”

If one hundred and fifty catties are brown rice, brown rice will swell when made into rice, and if you are hungry, you may be barely enough.

But sweet potatoes, in the words of the rough men in the brigade, are hungry for a while, and then the urine is gone.

Not to mention, the number is simply not enough.

Gu Sande was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "This matter, I forgot to say it just now." The sunflower seed project also has a share of the brigade, and the brigade has already discussed the rations, and gave an additional 30 catties of brown rice and 100 catties of sweet potatoes to the big canteen as support. ”

One hundred and fifty catties plus one hundred and thirty catties, a total of two hundred and eighty catties of grain, divided into a month, is only nine catties and less than ten catties of rations per day.

It's still a bit insufficient.

However, this condition is already the limit that can be given in the brigade.

Knowing this, Wei Lan didn't say anything more, stood up and made a promise to Gu Sande: "Captain rest assured, we will definitely be able to complete the tasks assigned to us by the commune and the brigade." ”

Li Sangsang and Jiang Lihua glanced at each other, and then got up, "Please rest assured, Captain!" ”

With the assurance of the three people, Gu Sande was happy and laughed heartily, and praised several good comrades.

Coming out of Gu Sande's house, Li Sangsang turned around and was about to go home, Wei Lan stretched out his hand to hold her, "Wait a minute, Sang Zao'er!" ”

"What's wrong?" Li Sangsang looked back suspiciously, and Jiang Lihua, who came out behind, was also puzzled.

This matter was handed over to the three of them, and although the captain gave a clear division of labor, it was all rough.

The specific details still need to be discussed by themselves.

Wei Lan didn't have the heart to beat around the bush, so she went straight to the point, "If you're not busy, go sit with me, right?" We still need to discuss this matter again. ”

Li Sangsang hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded slowly.

When the sun was heading, the sunlight in the backyard of the Gu family was just right, the bamboo shadows on the edge of the courtyard wall were swaying, and there was a sudden "bang", and a small table was placed by the well.

A pen and a page of letter paper slapped on the small table, Wei Lan turned to enter the room, and when he came out again, he was holding a small maza in one hand and one in his left elbow.

"Sit down first!"

gave Li Sangsang and Jiang Lihua a small Mazha and put down their own on the other side of the small table, Wei Lan turned around and entered the house again, and hurriedly poured three glasses of water before finally sitting down.

Wei Lan pulled out the lid of the pen, held the pen to make a writing shape, and turned his head to look at the two people beside him, "Let me ask first, do you two have any ideas?" ”

The water in the enamel jar is yellow, orange and orange, with a little sweet and greasy taste, it is brown sugar, Li Sangsang blew it, took a sip, it was so sweet!

He stared at Wei Lan with wide eyes, "What can you think?" ”

Wei Lan sighed helplessly and turned her head to look at Jiang Lihua, "What about you?" ”

"Nope." Jiang Lihua shrugged, "The captain will do whatever he wants." ”

Really......

Looking at the ignorant and casual expressions on Li Sangsang and Jiang Lihua's faces, Wei Lan knew that these two people had not yet realized the importance of the problem.

She counted the table with her slender fingers, and the pronunciation of the words related to the question was particularly heavy, "But there is not enough food." ”

Li Sangsang was inexplicable, "The rations are given by the commune and the brigade, what does it have to do with us?" Let's just cook. ”

Yes, of course.

"But the people who go to the field can't eat enough, they can't do their work, and the first person who will complain is not the commune or the brigade, but the few of us who are on duty in the kitchen." Wei Lan shook his head, a little angry and a little helpless.

Everyone will think that for the country, the country will definitely consider comprehensively, not to mention how good the welfare is, but it is definitely no problem to have a full meal.

But as it turns out, this situation is not absolute.

But people's trust is built on this, and when the time comes, if they don't have enough to eat or don't eat well, the first reaction is to think that they are doing it.

For example, stealing food and stealing.

Jiang Lihua frowned, "It's really troublesome, when the time comes, please ask the captain to come out and speak?" ”

Wei Lan nodded, but said, "In this way, we can make it clear, but those who work may not be willing to do it." ”

When the time comes, things will not be able to cause trouble to them, and it will naturally be on the bright side, and the toss will be even greater.

The men are embarrassed to say that the women in the family are not good at stubble.

Speaking of which, Li Sangsang came back to his senses and looked at Wei Lan in surprise, "You mean, we will find a way to make up for the missing rations?" ”

As soon as the words came out, Li Sangsang hurriedly shook his head, "No, I don't agree with this." ”

If there is something else, Li Sangsang will discuss it with the family, maybe she can fight for it, this will require her to get out of the family rations, and her mother knows that she has to be beaten to death.

"Yes, Wei Lan." Jiang Lihua was also embarrassed, "Don't say you can't, just can, we who go to the countryside can't eat enough......"

Seeing that the two had misunderstood, Wei Lan hurriedly waved his hand to explain, "I didn't mean that, but ......"

She bit her lip, "I do have an idea, but I don't know if you want to. ”

It's not good to let them come out of the house, Jiang Lihua and Li Sangsang breathed a sigh of relief, and urged Wei Lan to hurry up.

"We only have one meal at noon, and we can spare most of the time in the morning and afternoon, can we squeeze out this time and do something else?"

Wei Lan glanced at Jiang Lihua and Li Sangsang's faces, and saw that their expressions did not have much turbulence, and continued: "There are small fish and shrimp in the stone crevices downstream of Xiaogang, and wild vegetables and mushrooms can be dug up on the mountain. ”

This matter is more personal time, after all, with this time, they can earn several jobs by helping out in the fields, Wei Lan is not sure if they are willing.

"This ......"

Jiang Lihua hesitated, but on the other side, Li Sangsang had already turned a thousand times in his heart.

Li Sangsang was originally in charge of the work of several work points in the brigade, and when he learned that he was arranged in the big canteen, Li Sangsang also wanted to do two jobs together to get one more job, but the cooking time of the big canteen was just stuck at the end of work, and Li Sangsang couldn't be separated, so he had to give up the work of keeping a centimeter.

Moreover, Li Sangsang had privately heard Li Hong say a lot about the sunflower seed project, and if this matter was done well, their seven teams would be designated as an advanced team.

Those of them who have contributed to it may be able to get a certificate of commendation from an advanced comrade and a model worker at that time!

When you think about it, you feel that you have a face!

Li Sangsang had the intention of behaving well in his heart, and replied very quickly, "I can see this matter, I support Wei Zhiqing's statement!" ”

Jiang Lihua's brows were knotted, and she couldn't make a choice.

Li Sangsang was anxious, and remembered that Jiang Lihua was the person her brother cared about, and because Jiang Lihua usually treated her very well in private, Li Sangsang didn't want Jiang Lihua to miss this opportunity to be commended.

Li Sangsang tilted his body and shook Jiang Lihua's arm, "Oh, what are you hesitating about?" Don't look at just cooking a meal, you can give six points a day! Isn't it better than you working in the fields? ”

The suggestion was made by Wei Lan, and everyone understands the benefits, but it is difficult to say on the surface.

Li Sangsang was afraid that Jiang Lihua would not listen, so he deliberately exaggerated, "You waver, don't pick up the sesame seeds and throw the watermelon!" ”

Jiang Lihua paid attention to the University of Workers, Peasants and Soldiers, and kept thinking that when the sunflower seed project was officially launched, she would cook in the big canteen at noon, and go to the field together in the morning and afternoon, and perform well, saying that she could not have a better chance of winning than others.

But hearing Li Sangsang's words, Jiang Lihua woke up from her imagination again.

Her physical strength and work speed are not as good as those of male intellectuals, even if she has the blessing of working in the big canteen, she may not be able to match the labor of male intellectuals......

The places at the University of Workers, Peasants and Soldiers are not so good.

"Then, then I also support Wei Lan's suggestion."

Jiang Lihua lowered her head, although she should have thought about the result a long time ago, she still had some regrets in her heart.

The matter was preliminarily finalized, and the three girls calmed down and discussed it seriously.

Wei Lan recalled the short videos of survival programs he had seen, in which survivors struggled to survive in the rainforest, and there were cases where fish and shrimp existed in puddles.

At that time, the survivors made tools out of bamboo, and let the woven bamboo baskets sit in the puddle for a night, and they did nothing by themselves.

That's it, and you can get a lot of things the next day.

Others can, why can't they?

Besides, Wei Lan turned his head and looked at the bamboo forest.

The Gu family has so many bamboos, Gu Chao is ingenious, as long as she patiently explains to Gu Chao, Gu Chao will definitely be able to make it.

The matter of small fish and shrimp was handed over to Wei Lan, and on the other hand, Li Sangsang's brain turned quickly, and he also put forward reasonable suggestions, "There are the most fungi in spring, especially when the snow just melted a while ago, the soil is still wet, and the weather is so warm, if you don't know, let's go up the mountain to have a look?" ”

A few days ago, the county just sent seeds, and in the past few days, there has been a nylon tarpaulin in the small square of the brigade, and the seeds are poured out and spread out to dry.

The plump ones are grouped together, and the shriveled ones are grouped separately.

said that it will start next week, but I am afraid that the situation will be a matter of the next few days.

Now that they have made up their minds to do a good job, they have to hurry.

Wei Lan nodded, and Jiang Lihua naturally had no opinion.

The three agreed that after breakfast at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, they would meet under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village.

After finalizing everything, Li Sangsang and Jiang Lihua got up and prepared to leave.

Before the butt left the maza, Li Sangsang said again: "By the way, I still have three yuan here, how to arrange these three yuan?" ”

Wei Lan has a lot of ideas, and Li Sangsang said this to Wei Lan.

"I think what the captain said makes sense, you can add some meat appropriately, but pork is expensive, it's not worth it, and it's not easy to preserve it in hot weather." Wei Lan's dark and slender brows furrowed, he pondered for a moment, and said, "Do you want to buy some eggs?" Eggs cost four cents a piece, and three dollars can buy 75 eggs! ”

Jiang Lihua nodded and applauded, "I think it's okay, two or three a day, you can make a pot of soup, and at that time, one person will share a bowl, and you can eat it." ”

"Hmm......" Li Sangsang stirred his hair with his fingers, thought for a while and shook his head, "You can buy eggs, but you can't buy all eggs for three yuan, the commune and the brigade only give food, and they don't say that they give oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, we have to prepare them ourselves, right?" All of these cost money, and they all cost at least eight cents to buy. ”

Li Sangsang said, his finger tapped the letter under Wei Lan's hand, and motioned for her to write it down.

Li Sangsang said very reasonably, Wei Lan nodded a few times, and a row of neat small letters appeared on the paper.

Jiang Lihua then proposed, "You have to reserve a little spare, right?" In case something unexpected happens later. ”

Wei Lan nodded, and directly drew a dollar at the end of the two twos, so now, there is only one two cents left in the available funds.

If you are full, you can only buy 30 eggs if you buy all the eggs.

Wei Lan didn't notice it, and his eyes fell directly on Li Sangsang.

What I saw before was Li Sangsang's greedy and clever side, and today I got close to it, and I found that this girl also has a plan in her heart.

Li Sangsang is a native of Team 7, and she will understand the habits and habits of the local people better than their foreign intellectuals, and Wei Lan is looking forward to her next speech.

Sure enough, Li Sangsang's voice dragged out a long "um", and said: "The pork in the town costs seven cents a pound and eight cents of oil, otherwise we will buy a pound of oil?" ”

"Go back and boil it into lard and stir-fry vegetables, make soup and poke a chopstick, although it is not as good as eating meat, there are more oil flowers, there is a taste of meat, and everyone is comfortable, what do you say? The remaining cents can be used to buy eggs. The more he talked, the more he felt that he was right, Li Sangsang clasped his hands together and slapped him, and looked at Wei Lan and Jiang Lihua excitedly, "What do you say?" What do you say? ”

Wei Lan nodded, "I think it's okay." ”

"Yes, yes." Jiang Lihua's answer was not so firm, and Li Sangsang turned his gaze suddenly.

Jiang Lihua smiled bitterly: "It's just that how can the plate oil be so easy to buy?" Usually the fat meat has to rely on grabbing and looking at people's faces, how can we conclude that we can grab the plate oil? ”

"This question ......" Li Sangsang exhaled and lowered his head, this question was indeed something she hadn't considered before.

"If that's the case, let me try." Wei Lan suddenly spoke.

The two of them turned their eyes together, Wei Lan's eyes bent, revealing a savior-like smile in the eyes of the two people, "Maybe I can buy it, of course, just maybe." ”

Li Sangsang and Jiang Lihua both have an inexplicable trust in their hearts, Wei Lan said that if you buy it, you will definitely be able to buy it.

Jiang Lihua has lived with Wei Lan for a period of time and has a slight understanding of Wei Lan's identity, while Li Sangsang knew that Wei Lan's identity was different from other people's identities early on because of her father's indoctrination.

As soon as Wei Lan said this, the two of them made up a big drama in their hearts, for example: In the pig killing factory behind the pork shop, a person in charge is Wei Lan's father, Wei Lan only needs to hook his fingers, not to mention a pound of plate oil, it is a pig, then he has to be caught!

(End of chapter)