With Yang Deng'er in control, Ma Renli's broken mouth didn't cause any more trouble.

The general Chang also came over, brought a lot of things, took Ma Renli's hand and thanked him sincerely, and gave Ma Renli a medal.

All of a sudden, Ma Renli changed from a landlord's disciple to a hero who contributed to the War of Resistance, and the county and the commune immediately attached importance to Ma Renli, and the county magistrate Zhang came down in person, visited Ma Renli's home, ate and drank with Ma Renli, chatted for a long time, and said a lot of words of encouragement and praise.

The villagers' attitude towards Ma Renli has also changed, although in the past, although Wang Zhong and Ma Renli gave advice to the village, their attitude towards Ma Renli has improved a lot, but in the end there are still many prejudices because of Ma Renli's background.

Now with General Chang's experience, Ma Renli suddenly changed from a bad background to a hero who saved the country in the War of Resistance, and this interest is completely different.

Fortunately, after so many years and so many things, Ma Renli is not the college student who just came back from Beiping, he knows what is called trouble from the mouth, and knows what it means to be a small volt.

Hiding minions and enduring it, just like a tiger lying on a barren hill.

put away the edges and corners, a little more sleek and shrewd, looking more and talking less everywhere, and Yang Deng'er was always mentioning it next to him, Ma Renli's life was getting better and better.

Ma Renli's life was better, but God didn't appreciate his face very much, and there was not much rain falling in the whole summer.

At the time of the autumn harvest, the crops in the field have invariably reduced the yield, and a large part of the vegetables and vegetables among the villagers have died and died.

In front of the warehouse, Wang Zhong led everyone to weigh the peanuts, soybeans and rice they received one by one, Ma Renli recorded while Wang Chong also kept the numbers in mind, and when the last bag of soybeans was weighed, Wang Zhong couldn't help but sigh: "This is not a good sign!"

"The yield of peanuts and soybeans has decreased by nearly 30%, the yield of corn is nearly 40%, and only the yield of sweet potatoes is slightly higher, with a decrease of about 20%." Listening to the numbers counted by Ma Renli, the villagers' mood was also a little heavy.

Since Wang Zhong became the party secretary, it is the first time that there has been a reduction in production.

Ma Renlian couldn't help but sigh: "There is too little rain this year, although there is river irrigation, but it is still a drop in the bucket."

The total output is less, and the villagers' work is naturally not as valuable as in previous years, and the things that are sent to their hands are naturally less than in previous years, but the villagers are still relatively simple, knowing that this matter is God's pot, everyone also pinched their noses and recognized it.

After the food was distributed, Wang Chong and several people gathered at the team headquarters for a meeting.

Wang Zhong was still the first to speak: "Renli, tell me the results of your observations during this time!"

Ma Renli said: "According to my observation, there will be no snow in our Maixiangling area this winter, and there is a great possibility of drought in the spring of next year."

"Will there really be a drought next year?" Niu Daring was the first to sit still.

Ma Renli said, "I can only say that the possibility is very high!"

"Renlian, is there any news from the Meteorological Observatory?" Wang Zhong asked.

Ma Renlian shook his head: "Not yet, but according to Secretary Wang, it seems that the meteorological observatory is not accurate."

"Since we're not sure, it's useless to say more, we still have to plant." Although he knew that there would be a drought next year, and it would be a major drought that would last for several years, he told the villagers that no matter how high Wang Chong's prestige was, it would be difficult to convince everyone.

"Whether there is a drought or not, it's always okay for us to make a little more preparation."

"What are you going to do?" Everyone looked at Wang Zhong curiously.

Wang Chong swept over everyone angrily: "Prepare how you want, get more buckwheat seeds to prepare, now there is still water in the river, if you change the waterway, you can still pump a lot, let's find a way to save more water, greet the villagers in advance, let everyone strangle their belts, don't live so luxuriously, there is food in hand, even if there is a real drought, we are not afraid."

Especially now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, let's talk to everyone as soon as possible, and everyone should be mentally prepared as soon as possible."

"Buckwheat seeds, these are all

Okay, but how do we store water?" Ma Renli asked.

"Do you have any good suggestions?" Wang Zhong asked.

The crowd bowed their heads in contemplation.

"How many more weirs shall we dig?" Zhao Youtian suggested.

Ma Renli said: "It doesn't make sense, the reservoir in the upper reaches of the Maixiang River is almost repaired, if it is really dry to the point that even the reservoir is dry, no matter how many weirs we dig up, it will not be useless."

Yes, although the reservoir that has just been built upstream has not yet been completed, but there is a lot of water storage, because of the construction of the reservoir, the flow of the Maixiang River that flows through the Maixiang Brigade is much smaller than before, fortunately when the irrigation project was first carried out, Wang Zhong and Ma Renli thought about this in advance, the location of the waterwheel construction is carefully selected to find out, although the water flow is small now, but after opening a square canal, the water of the Maixiang River can still flow into the ground.

Niu boldly said, "What should I do then? How many more wells shall we make?"

Wang nodded emphatically: "It's okay to dig a well, the matter of digging a well is about to be put on the agenda, but it's useless to dig too much, there is only so much groundwater, and there is not much difference between two and three."

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Vegetable dish.

The disgust on Zhang Defu's face was undisguised, even Wang Wanchun was a little embarrassed, and glanced at Wang Chong angrily, as if to say: Let your kid get some casually, you can't be so casual.

Wang Chong arched his hand and said apologetically: "Zhang County~, Secretary Wang, this year's situation is not good, and the grain production in the field has been greatly reduced, you two forgive me!" I'm going to have a meal!"

If Zhou Yihu comes, Wang Chong doesn't say it, the villagers are willing to put big fish and meat on the table, but what is he Zhang Defu, he doesn't do anything serious, and he is engaged in those vain brains all day long, not to mention no nutrition, and he also delays his efforts and delays production.

Wang Wanchun glanced at Wang Chong, and hurriedly explained to Zhang Defu: "Zhang County~, the weather is hot this year, and it hasn't rained much, and the young and strong people in the brigade have basically gone to support the construction of the reservoir, and none of the brigades in our commune have not reduced production, and the losses are not heavy!"

Wang Wanchun took advantage of the situation and sold a wave of miserable.

"Really?" Zhang Defu was a little weird, with a slightly weird smile on his face, and turned his head to glance at Wang Chong: "But how did I hear that the oil extraction workshop of the Maixiang Brigade is quite famous, and it has provided a lot of oil to the supply and marketing cooperatives in recent years."

"The oil provided to the supply and marketing cooperatives is for the convenience of the villagers, and also to facilitate the purchase of the supply and marketing cooperatives, and to reduce labor costs and time costs, our brigade has discussed with the supply and marketing cooperatives, and each brigade has put the oil squeezed out of it in the warehouse of our brigade's oil mill first, and the buyers of the supply and marketing cooperatives regularly come to our brigade to pull the oil away, and the other brigades only need to send individuals to our brigade regularly to settle the settlement, and there is no need to arrange people to push the oil to the county supply and marketing cooperatives to increase costs. Our brigade will receive a symbolic amount of wages and firewood."

"I see!" Zhang Defu pretended to nod his head, in fact, he had already figured out what the door was here, but he was just looking for an excuse to make trouble.

"The food is a little basic, but there's plenty of wine!" Wang Zhong said, picking up the open bottle of white dry and filling it for the two of them.

After a few drinks, Wang Chong took the opportunity to ask, "County Magistrate Zhang, I recently read in the newspaper that the drought in the Northeast and Hebei is quite serious, and we are in this situation again this year, has the meteorological observatory explained what the situation will be next year?"

It's a pity that Zhang Defu is not a practical person, he doesn't pay attention to these at all, how can he ask anything useful from his mouth.

"Phew! Something!"

Seeing Zhang Defu and Wang Wanchun sitting on a jeep gradually disappearing from view, Niu Daring spat on the ground, gritted his teeth and scolded: "I know all day long that I am engaged in these vain things, and since he came to power, the county has not been born in peace."

Wang Chong said, "It's done! If you don't say a few words, you won't be able to suffocate you."

Ma Renlian next to him also said, "Be careful that trouble comes out of your mouth."

"I'm not stupid!" Niu boldly glared at the pair of bull's eyes, with a look of indignation: "I just can't get used to that guy, a second-rate person, who climbed up with his ability to speak, and didn't do anything serious, he knew every day that he was tossing blindly, and Qiu Sowing was too busy to do it, and he was still doing these things with empty heads."

"Even Secretary Zhou can't do anything about him, we can't afford to mess with others!" Wang Zhong sighed deeply, shook his head and turned to leave.

Ma Renlian looked at Niu and said boldly: "Bold, the big worm is right, let's plant our land, don't think about those who don't have it."

After tossing for a long time, the villagers continued to go to the field in the afternoon, busy with the autumn sowing.

Time passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye, it was the end of the year, and the cold north wind swept the entire land of Qilu, and the Maixiangling area naturally did not escape.

Since the end of last summer, there has not been a drop of rain in the entire Maixiangling.

In the west of the village, Ma Renli's house, Wang Chong and Ma Renli sat outside the kang and played chess, Jiang Hongguo and Yang Deng'er played sweaters inside, and the brothers Ziping and Zi'an squatted in the Ma Commune that was still in infancy, as if they had seen a new continent, and they couldn't get enough of it.

"I heard from Sister-in-law Jin Hua that your family was obedient when he was a child, and he didn't cry or make trouble at night, unlike my family, when it comes to the night, crying and making trouble, there is no time to stop." Yang Deng'er and Jiang Hongguo poured bitter water.

Jiang Hongguo said: "When they were young, they really didn't cry much at night, and they fed them every night before going to bed, and they could sleep until the next morning."

"If you have any tricks, teach me too!" Yang Deng'er looked at Jiang Hongguo expectantly.

"I don't have any tricks!" Jiang Hongguo said: "During the day, try to let them sleep less, and they will naturally sleep more at night."

"You see that he is going to sleep, just hold it with both hands, and rub it from top to bottom near the squeaky nest, a few more times, tease and tease more, and make the baby laugh, and the baby will naturally not sleep."

Looking at Jiang Hongguo's gesture while talking, Yang Deng'er nodded as if he had realized something.

"General!" With an afterthought of the general, a smile appeared on Wang Chong's face: "This is a child, but it is a knowledge, not something that can be explained clearly in three or two sentences!"

Ma Renli was completely out of moves, and hurriedly put the chess pieces in his hand in front of Wang Chong, and continued to beckon, "Come again, come again."

"It's the same as how many plates come again!" Wang Zhong smiled and said, "With your chess skills, you can bully and bully Niu Daring!"

Ma Renli was not convinced: "I don't believe it."

Wang Zhong smiled and said, "But your spirit of perseverance and repeated defeats is good."

The two rearranged the plate and started fighting again.

Yang Deng'er and Jiang Hongguo next to him laughed in unison, Ma Renli has been defeated repeatedly, defeated again and again.

Wang Chong also wanted to say that he would have a few sons, but Ma Renli didn't do it himself.

Yang Deng'er suddenly said, "By the way, big worm, the medicine you gave my father is really good, my father's health has improved a lot recently!"

Wang Chong's gaze did not leave the chessboard: "Treating the symptoms but not the root cause, your father's filial piety, if you keep smoking, you won't have a chance to get better in this life."

"Hey!" Yang Deng'er sighed: "But my father doesn't listen! As far as his donkey temper is concerned, my mother can't beat him."

"If you want me to say, you can sell your father's cigarettes directly and quietly, and save him from worrying about it!" Ma Renli then came up with an idea.

Yang Deng'er was stunned: "But what if my father makes a fuss?"

Ma Renli said, "Then do you think it's important to make Dad happy for a while, or is Daddy's body important!"

Wang Zhong raised his eyes and smiled, and said, "First cut and then play, draw salary from the bottom of the kettle, you kid has a lot of ghost ideas."

"Is there any other way to deal with her father's stubborn donkey temper, if you don't cut it first and then play it, and draw your salary from the bottom of the kettle?" Ma Renli said.

"It's a bit extreme, but it's a good idea! But it's not good enough." Wang Zhong said: "Deng'er's father's donkey temper is well-known in our brigade, after the bottom of the kettle is drawn, come to recruit him with affection, move with reason, it is best to let Deng'er hold your commune to your father-in-law to cry, and your mother-in-law, grandparents and grandchildren bring rain, begging bitterly, he is the golden hoop stick of the Sun Dasheng, and he has to become a finger twister."

"That's right!" Ma Renli slapped his thigh: "Why didn't I think of this trick."

"The authorities are obsessed!" Wang Zhong sighed with emotion, and knocked out Ma Renli's horse with a cannon by the way.

"Oops!" Ma Renli immediately looked remorseful: "I was distracted just now."

"No regrets!" Wang Chong didn't mean to let in.

"Done, done!" Ma Renli waved his hand.

With his eyes purring, Ma Renli came up with an idea, and suddenly his voice changed and said, "By the way, according to the current posture, after the beginning of spring, the drought will definitely not be light, what are you going to do?"

As far as Ma Renli's careful thinking is concerned, how can he hide it from Wang Chong: "What else can I do, take one step at a time!"

"If there is a drought, we will have no problem, and we will do what we need to do when the time comes."

Ma Renli said: "Yes, now that the water cellar has been dug and there are a lot of buckwheat seeds stored in the warehouse, if there is a real drought, you can also plant some buckwheat to subsidize it."

The meteorological station also gave the news, after the beginning of spring, there must be a drought, the entire Maixiang brigade, most of this year is tight, in previous years, the villagers were willing to buy some meat to eat, this year even white flour steamed buns are eaten less.

Although reluctant to buy meat, but in the team

The pigs raised by themselves are ready to be slaughtered.

Although Wang Chong has never specialized in being a butcher, he has experienced so many copy worlds, and his ability to kill pigs and cut meat is no worse than those old butchers who have been in the past, and even under Wang Chong's far beyond ordinary people's physical fitness and control, it is still surpassed.

Of the twenty pigs raised in the village, except for the breeding pigs, none of the rest of the pigs remained, and they were all ready to be killed, and none of them remained.

Nearly 200 people from the village, young and old, all gathered in the canteen, boiling water, cracking wood, and 20 pigs weighing nearly 200 catties were tied hand and foot, tied to the arm-thick cedar wood.

Wang Chong and Niu Er, another butcher in the village, had already sharpened the knife for killing pigs.

Twenty pigs, ten for each person, a foot-long pig-killing knife stabbed into the neck, and the hot pig blood suddenly flowed like a spring, flowing down the pig-killing knife to the bucket under the table.

When the blood was drained, he carried it to the side, poured hot water on the leg hair, and used the kitchen knife of the kitchen knife and the spatula of the spatula, and everyone worked together, but in an hour, twenty pigs were all shaved white.

Immediately after that, it is time to divide the pig, and this is the time to really show the technique, although Wang Chong's knife technique has not yet reached the point of solving the cow, but it is much more skilled than Niu Er.

Of the 20 pigs, only two were kept for the village to eat, and the remaining 18 pigs, after removing the pigs' heads and going into the water, the remaining meat had to be pulled away by the buyers of the supply and marketing cooperative, who had been waiting for a long time.

There is no way, pork is a unified purchase and sales of materials, and the price purchased by the supply and marketing cooperatives naturally cannot catch up with the price they sell, but there is no risk.

If you take the internal organs and pig's head directly, the speed is still very fast, and it only takes more than an hour to get it all done.

The villagers watched Niu boldly lead a group of young men to load the pork on the tractor of the supply and marketing cooperative, and their eyes were straight, their eyes were full of distress, and some dolls even kept swallowing saliva.

The remaining two heads and one dry pig's head and internal organs are naturally the villagers'.

Pork is still distributed according to the number of shares, but not one time, but throughout the year.

Dozens of households, naturally the two pigs are naturally divided into dozens of pieces, all the internal organs are also divided, and finally there is a sumptuous pig killing feast.

The women comrades had already started to prepare the ingredients, the noodles had woken up in advance, and the ingredients had already been prepared.

Cut the pork into minced pieces, mix with shredded cabbage and shredded radish, put seasonings in turn according to Wang Chong's recipe, beat eggs, and stir well.

One by one, the wrinkled buns were placed in the steaming drawer, and Ma Renlian, the deputy branch secretary commonly known as the vegetable buns, also came down in person, and the heat was steaming on the stove.

The dolls in the village didn't care about playing anymore, and stood in front of the stove one by one, looking at the steaming cauldron and steaming drawer, and swallowed their saliva in anger.

However, the two little guys, Ziping and Zi'an, were quite fighting for the king's face, and each person had a blown pig urine bubble, and they had a lot of fun.

In just half an hour, as long as a century has passed, the dolls couldn't wait to surround the adults by sandwiching the fragrant pork and cabbage-stuffed buns into a large grate and placing them in the middle of the dining table.

On the other hand, the pig-killing stew with plenty of oil and water is also ready, and there is nothing else, the same pork cabbage and radish, the method is also simple.

The women who cooked, the men who killed the pigs, and the old dolls who watched all sat down in turn and gathered around the table.

"Whew!" Wang Zhong took the microphone and blew twice, and said loudly; "Folks, let me say a few words first."

"Although this year's situation is not good, after the beginning of spring next year, it is difficult to say that it will rain in the afternoon, but we have all worked hard for a year, and we have to treat ourselves, but there is a sentence I still have to remind everyone, after eating this meal, after going home, the province will be saved, don't be the same as the New Year every day."

"Brother Big Worm, don't worry, we big guys have a number in our hearts."

"Yes, yes, yes! We're not stupid!"

The villagers expressed their stance one after another.

Wang Zhong coughed dryly twice, and continued to say aloud, "Okay, I

Not much more! Let's eat!"