When he got home, Zhang Tao handed over the snake meat to his mother. Although Chunhua got the good news early, when she saw the dozens of catties of snake meat that she got by accident, her eyes still lit up with joy and amazement.

Then she nagged, wrenching her fingers and saying that this should send some snake meat, and that one should be invited to have a meal. Boy! With such a rough calculation, she actually calculated that there were more than 20 people who should send snake meat, and more than a dozen people who should be invited to dinner.

At first she was quite happy, and her brow furrowed as she counted it. Why? Snake meat is not enough? If you divide this, you may be able to solve that sin. This thing cannot be hidden, and the countrymen, especially the women, like to spread it the most, and those who get the meat will show off everywhere, and those who don't get it will also spread their grievances and dissatisfaction everywhere.

Zhang Tao, who was listening to the sidelines, regretted a little, he shouldn't have brought this snake meat home, just like his uncle, and ate it directly at Gengen's house, so as not to make his mother so distressed, the family will lose some oil and salt food in vain, needless to say, no matter how thoughtful the mother is, it is impossible to satisfy everyone.

"Mom, I'm going to the front to harvest the grain." After a pause, Zhang Tao added, "Mom, you have to think about Aunt Orchid and the little rich family." In addition, you have to leave a share for me to give to Sister Gaotang Tao, I often take other people's cheap cars, and I should still remember others if there are good things. With that, before his mother could reply, he fled to the front. He felt that he would leave this troublesome matter of snake meat to his mother for a headache, and he didn't want to get involved.

In such a sunny weather, the millet should be able to close the warehouse after more than a day of exposure. Zhang Tao, who walked to the front, gave an order, and organized everyone to start harvesting grain.

There is one last important task to be done before the grain is put into the warehouse, that is, to cross the windmill and blow off the hairs and deflated grains, that is, the millet that is not full. This windmill seems to be simple, but in fact, there is a certain amount of skill, this speed should be moderate, not too fast and not too slow, otherwise it may blow the strong grain, or leave the deflated valley. Naturally, only Zhang Tao is personally responsible for this matter.

Zhang Tao cranked the windmill while dispatching everything on the heping. The stick old man used a stall (a kind of farming tool for harvesting grain) to drive the grain into a pile. Mao Mao used a broom to sweep the missing grains behind the stick. The loaches are poured into the top of the windmill with a dustpan. The fat man and the fierce man were responsible for carrying the grain that had been blown by the windmill back to the warehouse one by one.

Towards the end of their busy work, Huzi, Monkey, Longgu and some other young people in the village came over angrily.

"Brother Tao, the old village chief is not here, and the township grain collection team is doing nonsense here, do you have to say something?" Huzi shouted loudly.

"What do I say? Do you want to reason with them? They said that they were also involuntarily doing what they were instructed to do. Besides, their theories are a set of policies, both policies and laws, and whoever reasoned with them would be stunned by these theories. Zhang Tao didn't raise his head and said back.

"Then something has to be done! Is it because they are rushing to eat the people and do all kinds of evil? Huzi muttered indignantly.

"Okay, I'll take you with a hoe and a flat pole to beat them now! These foxes and tigers, we can beat them down in minutes. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Tao stopped, looked at the angry young people in the village with disdain, and then said, "What should I do after the fight?" Do you want to take refuge in a foreign country, or do you obediently surrender yourself? We took care of the incident in the coal mine last few days, and I stopped the director. But now we are going to make a fuss about this matter, and if we say big things, it is bigger than the sky, and it is a direct confrontation between the party and the government. This is how the whole country is engaged in collecting imperial grain taxes and family planning, which are the two high-voltage lines of the government, and no one can touch it to have good fruit to eat. Do you think we deserve to be stupid? I didn't go over because I was worried that I couldn't help but do it, not only would it not help, but it would affect my family and fellow villagers. When he said this, Zhang Tao gasped for breath, and the green tendons on his forehead bloomed, obviously his whole person was suffering from incomparable anger and pain.

Zhang Tao's words suddenly made Huzi and his gang wilt like frosted eggplants. They sighed for a long time, stared into the distance, or bowed their heads in deep thought. The atmosphere on the grass is sad and dreary. Maybe they are all silently looking forward to a big fire, but they are willing to make firewood that has been dried up a long time ago, and burn this mountain and even the world to it prosperous and clean.

Infected by this atmosphere, Mengzi and the others also stopped fighting, thinking that this seemed to be something that they couldn't beat with eight poles, and it seemed to be closely related.

"What's the situation with the Chunfeng family?" The stick elder suppressed the resentment in his heart and asked.

The monkey said bitterly, "It is not an exaggeration to describe the situation of his family as miserable. I am disabled, I can't do heavy physical work, my wife ran away with someone, and there are two old and two young people at home who can only open their mouths to eat. Usually, the family has no food, and it all depends on the help of the people in the village to survive. If you don't go to his house, everyone will shed tears. What surplus money do they have to hand over? What they need is relief! But these bandits and robbers in the township got such a hand, regardless of the howling and begging of Chunfeng's family, they just snatched a grain of grain from other people's homes, and didn't even let go of a few chickens and ducks. ”

"Why is it so ruthless? Isn't this a pack of jackals? How is it different from the white bandits of the past? Mengzi said indignantly.

"This family is so miserable, they are still so vicious, they are really inhumane!" Mao Mao also sighed. Others have expressed their sympathy or anger.

"How much does his family owe?" The stick old man asked again.

"It's about three years of payment, and it's about 1,000 yuan together." Huzi replied. "And what about the other one?" The fat man asked.

"You're talking about Hong Nian, he's also an unlucky ghost, he gave birth to two girls, and he wants to have another boy. After hiding for nearly a year, she gave birth to a third child a few days ago, still a girl, and before the whole family could get out of their chagrin, these bandits came, and they were fined 10,000 yuan when they opened their mouths. Longgu of the same bay with Hong Nian said.

Before Long Gu finished speaking, the loach whispered beside him, "Isn't it different to have children?" Why is this concept so difficult to change? ”

Loach's words immediately attracted the side eyes of Huzi and their group of young people in the countryside, although they couldn't say anything, but their eyes clearly revealed their accusations and dissatisfaction.

Zhang Tao sarcastically said mercilessly, "That's in your city, anyway, it's a drought and flood to ensure the harvest, you have a salary every month, and the state supports you." If a country man doesn't give birth to a boy, how can he do it? The matter of passing on the incense from generation to generation is aside, who will do this heavy farm work? When you are old, who will support and educate you? Rely on the government? This is obviously unreliable. Saying that family planning is good, and the government comes to provide for the elderly, that is to coax children! If you rely on your daughter, then you have to have a good daughter, and you have to find a good son-in-law for your daughter, otherwise, what hope can you have? ”

After a pause, he continued to vent his dissatisfaction, "I really don't know what the ruling authorities think, the family planning policy is important, but it is not as overwhelming as they say, more important than life!" What do you think is the main work of the township government now? That is, the collection of grain and taxes, and the collection of ligation, ringing, and abortion plus fines. Both of these things are vetoed, which is closely related to their own political performance and hats, plus they are also related to money and linked to their own income, so they devote almost all their energy to doing this. As for developing the economy, doing practical things for the people, and solving specific difficulties, these things have long been lost to Java.

"In my opinion, this matter may be that the executors below misread or misinterpret the policies above, and use this as a springboard for the pursuit of political achievements and a means of accumulating wealth, and when it is executed, it is even more simple, crude, and even cruel. Sometimes they sometimes deliberately let you be overborn, and as soon as you are overborn, a large group of people will rush to your house like Japanese devils. A huge fine slip will be thrown into your house, and it will scare you half to death, because this is an amount that your family can't earn in your life! They don't care about these things, they don't have any money, they raid houses, tear down houses, and arrest people until you have enough money. ”

"Wow! It's so terrifying! The fat man exclaimed.

Huzi followed: "You can see how brutal and outrageous this matter is by listening to those family planning propaganda slogans. What doesn't work for three minutes, then can't get through a tornado. ……”