"Brother Manchu, your nonsense is ruining my life. You don't know what happened to my family in the past...... Since I was a child, I have relied on my mother to pull me, and the east family has a mouthful of food, and the west family has a mouthful of food. I was able to survive, and the people of the village have great kindness to my family. Now I can do something, of course, I have to do it."

Wang Manyin's words were true and sincere, and he didn't lie at all.

The predecessor died of his father when he was two years old, and he grew up with his mother alone. A widow is busy at home and outside the house, and her health has been poor, and the difficulties of life can be imagined.

In the most difficult times, people starved to death in many places...... The orphans and widows were lucky to survive, and almost every family in the village was kind to them.

This is the debt left by the predecessor, and since he has inherited everything, he must pay it back when he has the opportunity.

In addition, there are two years earlier, the predecessor traveled around. If it weren't for the people in the village to stop him, I'm afraid he would have been set up as a negative target.

Is it true that Secretary Zhao is a white, and he can only pay lip service?

I was impressed that the predecessor was later caught by the commune militia squad when he bought rat poison and was educated by labor, and the village was never mixed up. From this point of view, the people of Jar Village still talk about clan concepts.

"Okay, Manyin, I'm glad you think so." Hearing this, Wang Manchu was of course very pleased.

In fact, Wang Manyin's performance after getting married made everyone in Jar Village drop their jaws in shock. In just a few months, it was as if he had completely changed as a person.

"I'm going to call a meeting of the village cadres now, and you can also attend...... Let's talk about it specifically, sooner rather than later, and take someone to buy hemp dregs in the morning."

Wang Manchu naturally knew that saving people was like fighting a fire, so he didn't dare to delay at all. Now there is a shortage of food everywhere, and if it is a little late, maybe the hemp residue will be bought by others.

Soon, the cadres of all sizes in the village gathered.

After listening to Wang Manyin's narration, they also felt overjoyed. As for whether the hemp residue is good or not...... No one talks about such stupidity.

When I was hungry, I didn't eat wild goose dung, elm bark, and red clay.

Immediately, Wang Lianshun asked a question: "What to do with the key money, many families in the village are arrears, and there is famine every year."

"Spend it from the brigade's account, let Man Yin bring a hundred yuan when he goes, buy as much hemp scum as possible, and deduct the ...... when the dividend is distributed at the end of the year" Wang Manchu had already considered this situation and made a final decision.

When the harvest was scarce, the members were not only short of food, but many families did not have enough money, and they still owed money to buy salt, let alone buy grain.

What is the price of hemp slag, no one can say it now.

Compared with wheat bran, a pound is a penny, and a hundred yuan can buy tens of thousands of pounds.

Of course, it is impossible for people to sell so much, and it is estimated that it is already very good to have one or two thousand catties.

This seems to be a lot, but there are 100 households and nearly 600 people in Jar Village...... Calculated, on average, one person can get two or three catties of hemp slag.

Of course, excluding those who are not short of food, this number will definitely be a little more.

Mix it with wild vegetables and sweet potatoes, and you can eat it for a few days. When the resold grain comes down, and you can hold on to it for a while, you can eat new wheat and peas.

After breakfast, Liu Xiangyang drove the walk-behind tractor, Wang Manyin and Wang Xiuzeng, the accountant of the brigade, sat in the back compartment and went straight to the commune. ….

took a note from Director Guo, and the three of them ran non-stop towards the county seat.

After more than half a month of familiarization, Liu Xiangyang's driving skills have become quite proficient. Now there are no cars on the road, and he runs high-end all the way.

A walk-behind tractor with a maximum speed of no more than 20 kilometers per hour stunned Liu Xiangyang to drive the feeling of the autumn famous mountain bike.

In just two hours, they had arrived at the former West County Oil Mill.

With Director Guo's note, everything went smoothly next.

Payment, weighing, loading...... It's just eleven o'clock.

The three of them discussed, but they didn't eat in the county seat, and simply continued to drive home.

By one o'clock in the afternoon, they had safely returned to Jar Village.

In the past, Liu Xiangyang drove a walk-behind tractor

Although the speed of pulling the earthwork is also very fast, it is not as shocking as running long distances.

Now it only takes half a day to go back and forth to the county...... Many people in the village were shocked by the speed.

They were even more excited that the walk-behind tractor was loaded with a large cart of grain.

Wang Manchu, who got the news, did not delay, and directly asked the captains of the two teams to count from house to house, planning to take advantage of the evening meeting to divide the scum.

Wang Manyin's family was naturally also questioned. He hesitated, but refused.

There are also many families in the village who have surplus grain, and they and the orchids do not seem abrupt. Even if they really share a few catties of hemp dregs, the two of them will not eat it, and it is a waste to keep it.

But for others, it's an emergency ration.

When he was not too numb, he deliberately went to the team headquarters to take a look. Almost thirty or forty families sent people over, and Wang Qiusheng's family was among them.

On average, a household can divide dozens of catties.

Many families have just divided the hemp residue and immediately handed it to their broken babies as snacks to eat.

Mao Dan also handed Wang Manyin a piece, and said proudly, "Uncle Manyin, you taste it, this tastes delicious."

Wang Manyin did not refuse the kindness of the little guy, and pinched a small piece to taste.

The mouth is dry and hard, with a slightly bitter smell, and the more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes. He even ate a stalk of grass from it, but it didn't affect anything at all.

***

In the blink of an eye, it is the end of the fourth month of the lunar calendar.

Unconsciously, the entire Loess Plateau is completely occupied by greenery.

The willows are clinging, the elm trees are full of green, and all kinds of birds call for companionship on the branches. Among the grass, warblers fly and butterflies dance. In the Dongla River, frogs chirped.

This season should be regarded as the most beautiful season on the Loess Plateau.

However, for the mothers-in-law and aunts of the second team, it seems to be extremely busy.

They pull weeds in wheat fields, plough with oxen, plant spring crops, carry manure and top dressing, etc.

At present, the main male laborers of the second team are building the dam, and they can only work in the fields.

After all, women can hold up half the sky.

Although the earthen dam has not yet been built, the anxious Wang Lianshun has asked Liu Xiangyang to pump the pond full of water, preparing to buy fish fry and raise them earlier.

The matter of buying fish fry and rice seeds was naturally handed over to Wang Manyin and Liu Xiangyang.

On the one hand, this is a new thing, and the rest of the village does not understand. On the other hand, Wang Manyin has done many things for the village recently, and he has also won everyone's trust.

When he went to the county seat before, Wang Manyin specially asked Tian Fujun about the fact that there was no large-scale fish farming commune in Yuanxi County. ….

If they want to buy grass carp fry, they can only go to the nearby Yuandong County.

Although there is only one name difference between the two counties in the east and west, the living standards of the peasants are very different.

Yuandong County belongs to the famous and wealthy county of the whole Huangyuan City, and is famous for its oil and coal. Water resources are also abundant there, and in addition to planting rice on both sides of the Wuding River, there are also several relatively large fish farms that sell fish fry to the outside world all year round.

However, fish fry are different from chicken fry and duck fry, and during long-distance transportation, it is easy to die due to lack of water and oxygen.

The nearest fishing ground in Yuandong County is also nearly 200 miles away from Jarzi Village, and even if you drive a walk-behind tractor, it will take about a day to travel.

In order to prevent accidents on the way, Wang Manyin specially bought a lot of plastic sheets from the supply and marketing cooperatives and sewed orchids into large sheets.

He had done experiments before setting off, and the waterproof effect was very good. The carriage is filled with water and can last half a day. As long as water is added continuously, it should be possible to keep the fry without water shortage throughout the whole process.

The key is oxygen...... This can only be paid attention to the spring water.

The density of fish cultured in Wang Manyin Space Pond is obviously exceeded, but there has never been a phenomenon of hypoxia death, which is enough to show that the spring water is rich in a certain active substance, which can greatly improve the vitality of fish.

The two drove a walk-behind tractor along the dirt road, and it only took more than an hour to reach the outskirts of Mijia Town.

Even now there is a crackdown on the black market everywhere, in the Mijia Town Bazaar

It was still very lively, and Wang Manyin could even see some familiar faces trading.

Liu Xiangyang came to Mijia Town for the first time and was also shocked by the prosperity here.

"Xiangyang, you stop for a while, I'll go buy a few dry stoves from Mijia Town, and we'll eat them on the way." When he came to the market, Wang Manyin asked his companion to turn off the walk-behind tractor, and then walked straight towards the crowd.

The dry stove in Mijia Town, to put it bluntly, is a kind of baked cake. However, it is more distinctive, and the taste is different from other places, with a bit of grassland flavor.

In this situation, no one dares to sell in the bazaar in the open. However, if you know the tricks, you can still buy it.

Soon, Wang Manyin took over. After the other party received the money, he took out a few white flour dry stoves from his cloth bag and left in a hurry.

These people change places with one shot, and absolutely do not stay in the same place for a long time, and they have won the essence of the art of war.

Leaving Mijia Town, the dirt road turned south, and the vegetation on the hill gradually became richer.

When they entered a forest area, Liu Xiangyang opened his mouth in astonishment: "Brother Wang, this is really the Loess Plateau, I can't see flowers with my eyes, right?"

Accustomed to seeing the gray and shriveled ravines near the Jar Village, he suddenly saw the foreground in front of him, and almost suspected that he was dreaming.

Lush trees are everywhere you look, and you can even see clear gurgling water, mossy stones, and flocks of birds flying overhead......

This is the arid and barren Loess Plateau, completely like two very different worlds.

Wang Manyin is not surprised, the Loess Plateau was originally a place of abundant water and grass and dense forests in history. The ancients once wrote an article describing it, "the mountains, forests, rivers and valleys are beautiful, and the benefits of natural materials are abundant", "there are clear streams near Guangze", "the barns are rich, the water and grass are abundant, and the cattle and sheep streets".

In just a few hundred years, this place has become: "Mountains come from the water, and the wind blows up the yellow sand and flies all over the sky".

"Brother Wang, was this really the case on the Loess Plateau before?" After listening to the narration, Liu Xiangyang still didn't believe it.

"This can be fake, you just have to pay attention to the names of many villages on the Loess Plateau. Willow fork, elm flat, jujube forest ditch, cypress plateau...... It's all about trees."

"A few decades ago, when Beita Bay was reclaimed, there was a similar description: 'There are mountains and mountains within a radius of 100 miles, only the sky is not seen in the top forests, and the jackals and yellow sheep are all running all over the mountains, these are the true portrayals of the forests on the Loess Plateau.".

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