Chapter 043 Serving the People
"Brother Daring, find an opportunity to tell Wang Wanchun what I just said to you, and let him think clearly for himself, whether he wants to continue to follow Zhang Defu to the dark, or to work hard to grasp production, do work, and think of helping us old farmers to live a better life."
When he got home, Wang Chongcai stopped Niu Daring and said a few words.
"Why don't you talk to Secretary Wang yourself?" Niu asked boldly.
"Do you think I didn't tell him?" Wang Chong smiled dumbly, shook his head, patted Niu Daying's shoulder, and entered the gate first, just crossed the threshold, and suddenly turned his head and said, "You are telling him that Han Meili of the Jixian Brigade is a lesson from the past."
After saying that, he went straight inside and went back to the courtyard.
Niu Daring froze in place, paused for a while before recovering and returning home with a calm face.
Time passed, Wang Chong did not go to the commune to find Wang Wanchun again, and concentrated on staying in the Maixiang brigade, leading the villagers to engage in production.
The Maixiang Brigade now has a total of nearly 3,000 acres of cultivated land, and there are nearly 100 acres of fruit forests on the mountain, most of which are planted with pear trees.
At that time, just after the catastrophe, the villagers were hungry for three whole years, and the pear trees of more than one acre planted by Wang Chong at the beginning could solve a lot of anxiety.
Most of the newly opened farmland was opened at that time, when Wang Chong's prestige in the brigade was the highest, and the villagers were also afraid of another famine, so they hated to open up more land and grow more grain.
Although the days have not been good these years, but everyone's life is not good, the Maixiang Brigade has the work division system formulated by Wang Chong and others, and there are Wang Chong and Niu Daring, Ma Renli, these prestige people are pressing, the days of the Maixiang Brigade are among the best in the Maixiangling area, and the girls of the surrounding brigades are all eager to marry into the Maixiang Brigade as soon as possible.
The total population of the Yimaixiang Brigade has already exceeded 200, and the per capita cultivated land has already exceeded 10 mu.
Among the young people of school-age in the brigade, they are not married and have a family, that is, Wang Ziping and Wang Zi'an, Niu Chunlai, Niu Wenwen, and a few of them who were admitted to university.
Niu Daring's little girl Niu Maihua is about the same age as Ma Commune and Wang Ziyan, both of whom are sixteen or seventeen years old this year, and Yang Jianguo, the youngest son of Ma Renli and Yang Deng'er, is slightly younger, only fourteen years old, one year older than Ziyu.
The children went to school one after another, the weather gradually warmed, and the spring began before the eyes of the county, and the county suddenly issued a notice to expand the land reserved for itself, allowing farmers to raise pigs, sheep, and chickens privately, and encouraging farmers to engage in sideline business.
But there are also restrictions, private individuals can raise pigs, but not sows, and can raise sheep, but not more than three.
There are limitations, but this is an excellent sign.
Private individuals are not allowed to raise sows, then put the sows in the collective pigsty to raise, the sow belongs to the collective, and their own can not afford to buy lambs, the collective can be unified procurement, and then to the individual, charge a certain amount of interest, and wait until the pigs and sheep are big to slaughter, and then return the principal with interest to the collective.
"Will this work?" After listening to Wang Chong's words, Ma Renli asked with some apprehension.
Over the years, Ma Renli has been cautious, has been cautious, adhering to the principle of saying less and seeing more, being cautious in words and deeds, for fear of making mistakes, and the courage is so embarrassing, and he likes to think twice before doing things, looking ahead and looking backwards.
"Is it permissible to raise pigs and sheep?" Wang Zhong asked.
Ma Renli: "Yes!"
Niu boldly said, "Are we breaking the law?"
Ma Renli shook his head.
"That's it!" Wang Zhong smiled and said: "We do everything according to the instructions of the above, there is neither yang and yin, nor illegal discipline, if the boss thinks that we are doing something wrong, then let's change it, as the old saying goes, when the sky falls, there is a tall man on top, if Zhang Defu has to deal with us, I will carry it as the village party secretary."
"Now there are fifty-six families in our brigade, if only one pig per household
But we don't have that much money and food collectively!" Ma Renli spread his hands.
"Not now, doesn't mean there won't be in the future, let's buy a few sows first, we can start breeding in half a year, let's buy a few more gilts, and wait for our sows to give birth to piglets, and then sell them to the villagers."
"If there are more piglets, we will sell them to the villagers, and if no one buys them, then we will expand the pig farm and make it a scale······
"Since everyone agrees, let's do it!"
"Leave the matter of buying sow cubs to Ren Lian, the main task of the two of you now is spring irrigation and spring ploughing."
In addition to winter wheat, two brigades and eight teams in the east and west of the village also have to grow millet, sweet potatoes, spring corn, and all kinds of seasonal vegetables and vegetables.
Niu Daring is a good style, those things in the field are very proficient, and the villagers of the Maixiang Brigade are in full swing under the leadership of him and Wang Chong.
Time passes day by day, spring goes to summer solstice, and it is another year's harvest season, and the sow cubs that Ma Renlian bought back have also grown up one after another, Ma Renlian is nicknamed Cai Baozi, but in addition to being good at making steamed buns, he is also the only veterinarian in the village, and the ten gilts in the village were handed over to him to be fully responsible.
At present, Ma Renlian is basically responsible for the breeding industry of the Maixiang Brigade, and the two captains of agriculture, Niu Daring and Ma Renli, are in charge of agriculture, and Wang Zhong is in charge of the overall situation and focuses on agriculture and sideline business.
Wang Wanchun still didn't say anything, but Zhang Defu didn't have it as the original, he has been worry-free for the past few years, and at the beginning of the year, Wang Chong, Ma Renli and Niu Daring went to the provincial capital, after all, it still played a role.
In the blink of an eye, the summer harvest is over, looking at the golden and brilliant wheat fields all over the mountains, the faces of the villagers have shown a long-lost smile.
"Harvest the wheat!"
The oxen shouted boldly, the villagers poured into the wheat fields with sickles, the men bent down to harvest, the women were responsible for threshing and tying the wheat straw behind, under the scorching sun, in the scorching heat, the boundaries of the wheat fragrance brigade were all over the mountains and fields.
The young and vigorous dolls put the freshly harvested wheat bags into wheelbarrows, wagons, or shoulders, and carried them straight to the wheat fields in the village.
While harvesting wheat and threshing, and at the same time began to dry and dehydrate intensively, more than 200 people in the entire Maixiang Brigade, except for those who were too old to work like the second grandfather, the rest were even old people with white hair and dolls who were just over the wheels tall, and they all helped to work together.
The wheat harvested, as in previous years, was first placed in the grain depot of the brigade, and then distributed from house to house according to the division of work.
The harvest of hard work is full, and the stealing girl is slippery, just thinking about being lazy and frowning.
The food for the villagers here has just been distributed, and on the commune side, Wang Wanchun and Guan Yuanchao led people down to collect the public grain.
[In view of the general environment,
Without the toss of activities, all the energy of the villagers was devoted to serving the crops, coupled with a strict work division system, rewards and punishments to supervise, the Mai Xiang Brigade once again became the star brigade of the Mai Xiang Ling Commune, and the average yield per mu even far exceeded that in the sixties.
Looking at the bags of wheat that were weighed and sent to the tractor after inspection, Wang Wanchun's face was full of smiles.
"Big worm! It is worthy of the powerful people of our commune, and it has only been two years of hard work, and the output of your brigade has doubled again." Wang Wanchun gave Wang Zhong a thumbs up and praised.
Wang Chongdao: "The main thing is that the villagers work hard, and this batch of seeds is good, this is a good seed that I and Captain Niu and Captain Ma specially went to the provincial capital to buy, this year is the second planting, this model has strong adaptability, high yield, and the taste is not bad."
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After chatting for a few words, Wang Wanchun pulled Wang Chong to a secluded place and asked in a low voice, "Zhang Defu has been suspended for investigation, and the province has also sent someone down to do this, you."
Do you know something?"
"Secretary Wang, you can just lift me up, I'm a farmer, you ask me when to plant, when to spring irrigation, when to suppress, pest control, I know, but the county, the province, where do I know!" Wang Zhong began to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
"You don't have to pretend to me here!" Wang Wanchun pulled Wang Chongdao.
"At the beginning, you advised me to stay away from Zhang Defu, and Niu Daring made a special trip to find me, what kind of treatment did you say, Han Meimei's lessons from the past, let me think about it myself, isn't this a hint to me!
We all know in our hearts who Niu Daring is, can he think of and say these words!"
Wang Chong looked at Wang Wanchun and said, "I'm kind, this old saying is good, the birds are exhausted, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, the lackeys are cooked, Han Meimei's thing, isn't it a vivid example?"
Wang Wanchun was stunned for a moment, then sighed, and his eyes became complicated.
"Wan Chun, you are a good person, you also walked out from our Mai Xiang Brigade, we followed when we fought the little devils, over the years, all our folks have treated you as their own, otherwise, what are you doing with this wasted effort, it's thankless."
Wang Wanchun glared at Wang Chong, but Wang Chong looked at him calmly, his eyes were clear, his expression was sincere, Wang Wanchun's brows were furrowed more and more, and his heart became more and more entangled.
"Wan Chun, people can be wrong, but they can't be wrong all the time, if they are wrong, they have to be corrected, what is there not to understand about such a simple truth? Do you know that it is wrong, and go all the way to the dark?"
"You kid, don't follow around here." Of course, Wang Wanchun understands, otherwise, he would have been suspended for investigation like Zhang Defu now.
"I'll just ask you, did you already know about Zhang Defu's suspension for investigation?"
"As far as Zhang Defu did at the beginning, I know with my ass that it is only a matter of time before I am suspended for investigation." Wang Chong's answer is equivalent to no answer.
Wang Wanchun looked at Wang Chong's eyes were very complicated, sighed again, sighed with some emotion, shook his head self-deprecatingly, and said, "Now that I think about it, I'm really incompetent as a secretary!"
"I think you did a good job, although there are some flaws, but the flaws are not hidden, not to mention other brigades, just our Maixiang brigade, if it wasn't for you to help us carry the pressure above, we might not be able to be treated by Zhang Defu and Han Meili What they will become."
"Hey!" Wang Wanchun sighed again: "Speaking of Han Meili, she was also taken away by the investigation team."
Wang Chong stepped forward and put his hand on Wang Wanchun's shoulder, and said like a friend, "Wanchun! Tell me, what are you doing as this secretary for?"
"For what?" Wang Wanchun frowned and muttered.
"Then let's go one step further, why did we follow you to fight the little devil and beat Lao Jiang?"
"What else can it be for, of course, to live a peaceful life!"
"Later, we won the war and established the country, so what is the purpose of our land reform and division of land?"
"In order to make a good life for the common people."
"Do you know that during the military parade, the great man said that the comrades had worked hard, and the generals and soldiers below answered anything?"
"Serve the people!" Wang Wanchun didn't think about it, he blurted out directly, and as soon as these words came out, Wang Wanchun himself was stunned.
"Serving the people, simple and straightforward, even if you haven't read and are illiterate, you know what it means, for so many years, we toss and turn, in the final analysis, isn't it just to find a path suitable for our development, in order to make the country rich, in order to let us farmers not have to go hungry!"
"Over the years, what Zhang Defu and they have done, you can see it clearly, at this time, I think you might as well stop and think about it, recall the past, and ask yourself, what have you done all these years? What the hell is this for?"
Saying that, Wang Zhong patted Wang Wanchun's shoulder, smiled, didn't say anything more, and walked straight away.
Wang Wanchun stood in place, not knowing
He was thinking about something, and he didn't come back to his senses until the commune officer came running to him.
People can be wrong once, but they can't be wrong all the time!
Serve!
What have you done all these years!
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Questions are constantly intertwined in Wang Wanchun's mind, and Wang Wanchun can't forget the past few years in his life.
But why do you still follow Zhang Defu with all your heart? Has he become the same person as Zhang Defu?
Wang Wanchun couldn't help but ask himself again and again in his heart.
"Secretary Wang? Secretary Wang?" Guan Yuanchao's voice pulled Wang Wanchun back from his trance.
"Hmm~~~ What's wrong?" Wang Wanchun turned his head to look at Guan Yuanchao and asked.
"I see you're frowning, what's the matter?" Guan Yuanchao was the head of the armed forces of the commune, in charge of all the militia teams of the commune, and Wang Chong, who was also the captain of the militia of the Maixiang brigade, was also his subordinate.
"Nothing!" Wang Wanchun didn't even figure it out himself, and it still took time.