Li Qingming took the notebook and found Xia Yuan, "Platoon commander, there are a total of sixty-six young people who have joined the team this time. ”

"Oh, there are so many of them, have you arranged a place to stay?"

Xia Yuan knew that after the distribution of land, there would inevitably be a wave of people joining the Red Army, the population of Nianping Village was nearly 1,000, and there were only 100 young and middle-aged people, and now the number of people who joined the team has reached 109, and 90% of the young people in Nianping Village have joined the Red Army.

"The landlord's house is still too small to live in, and they are all home now, so I told them to come over tomorrow at six o'clock for a morning meeting."

Li Qingming said happily: "Platoon commander, the big guys all say that the Red Army has allocated land to them, and the good days in the future are coming, and they are scrambling to send their children to the Red Army." ”

He added: "If it weren't for the platoon commander's previous rule that you should not be allowed to join the Red Army under the age of eighteen, I estimate that there would only be a lot more people joining the Red Army!" ”

Xia Yuan put down the pen and said with a smile: "The good days have just begun, and more and more people will join the Red Army in the future." ”

He asked again: "By the way, how is the situation of the fourth squad leader formulating military uniforms?" ”

Li Qingming said: "Platoon commander, the fourth squad leader has already found my father with things, and my father is also gathering people in the village who can make clothes. ”

Li Qingming said with great pride: "The big guy said, the Red Army helped them drive out the landlords, distributed the grain, and divided the land, how could they still ask for money from the Red Army." ”

Li Qingming was very proud of the villagers' views on the Red Army, and now wherever they go, they are the objects of the villagers' discussions, and everywhere they praise the Red Army's good policies, the Red Army is for the people, and they are not proud of being Red Army soldiers.

It is precisely in this way that when the Red Army soldiers who brought them a good life need help, the villagers have to help the Red Army, even if they pay out of their own pockets.

Xia Yuan said: "It's not okay if you don't want money, the people have to ask for this money, and we have to give more, this money is what we got from the landlord, and there are hundreds of silver dollars that have not been distributed to the villagers, and these money originally belonged to the villagers." ”

Li Qingming said: "Platoon commander, what do you say?" I'll listen to you. ”

Xia Yuan said: "You just tell the villagers that the Red Army has a policy that if you don't take a stitch from the masses, you can pay as much as you want, and you can't lose a penny." ”

He thought for a while: "In addition, the landlord takes the money of the villagers, we also have to find a way to return it to the villagers, if the money is returned to them, they will definitely not want it, so that the money is bought into lambs and calves, and distributed to the villagers, and every household should get one, and buy a few old cattle that plough the land, and buy a younger one, to help the big guys, and the excess money will be bought into firewood, rice, oil and salt." ”

Li Qingming was a little excited, he felt that Xia Yuan's idea was really good, "In this way, we can avoid the villagers from seeing the money handed over by the Red Army and not accepting it." ”

Then Li Qingming said with some doubts: "Platoon commander, will they accept the distribution of lambs and calves?" ”

Xia Yuan thought for a while, recalled the changes in rural life during that period, and had an idea in his heart: "Maybe we don't need to distribute it to the peasants, just distribute it directly to the peasant association, the peasant association is composed of farmers, and giving it to the peasant association is equivalent to giving it to the peasants, and it is collectively taken care of by the peasant association, and the final money for the sale will be handed over to the peasant association, and we can also donate the money to the peasant association through donations, improve the farmers' farming methods, improve the agricultural tools and hoes, and increase the farmers' income." ”

Li Qingming said excitedly: "Platoon commander, your method is really good, I'll let someone do it tomorrow!" ”

After a pause, he said, "No, I'm going to do it myself!" ”

It was dark, there was still a kerosene lamp on in Mr. Li's house, and the big guys in Nianping Village gathered together, many of them were women from the village, and everyone sat together, with a table in the middle, a few bowls of water, and a piece of paper in the middle of the table, on which the style of military uniforms was drawn.

"Let's take a look, big guy." Old man Li picked up the paper on the table, handed it to everyone, everyone took it in their hands and looked around, and returned to the old man Li's hands, old man Li put the paper with the military uniform on the table, smoked a dry cigarette, and said: "Everyone should express their opinions." ”

"This is the uniform of the Red Army, it's good, it can be done, it's just ......"

Someone in the crowd spoke, and Old Man Li said, "But what? ”

Guys, look at me, I'll look at you.

A woman dressed in simple clothes and with a sallow face patted the child in her arms, raised her head, the dim kerosene light reflected her cheeks, and her eyes seemed to be with stars, she said: "Old man Li, we all think that the Red Army helped us drive out the landlords, and returned the grain to everyone, and today we also divided the land, and our men are happy to sleep, and now they are still sitting in the village and chatting with others. ”

"Old man Li, sister-in-law Qin is right, the Red Army comrades have helped us so much in Nianping Village, it can be said that many villagers have been saved, if there is no Red Army, it is estimated that they will starve to death, the landlord's tax family, the county tax family, can't afford to eat, fortunately they came, if they collect money again, the conscience of the big guy can't get by."

"The Red Army is the people's team, and we can't chill people's hearts as the people, I agree with Sister-in-law Qin's words."

"I also agree, no money, let's give one or two sets of clothes as a family."

Everyone said a word, and I said a word, and the attitude was very resolute, and they all said that the comrades of the Red Army put forward the idea of making military uniforms, and everyone could help.

Old Man Li thought for a while and said: "Okay, let's talk about this matter first, don't reveal it to anyone, if the Red Army comrades come to me again, I'll deal with it first, everyone hurry up and make clothes, the cloth is not enough, sell some grain and exchange it for money to buy cloth." ”

He turned his head and said, "Old woman, is there enough food at home?" ”

"It's enough to eat, take the rest, change it into cloth, and I'll make a dress for the Red Army comrades."

Mrs. Li smiled and said: "The comrades of the Red Army are here, and the good days of everyone have come." Although my old wife can't see clearly, she can still make clothes, don't you all say that the Red Army is the people's children, let's make one or two sets of clothes for our children, everyone said, isn't it? ”

"Not really!"

After discussion, everyone agreed that the uniforms of the Red Army soldiers should be sewn at the expense of everyone.

A new day arrives with the sun rising.

Early in the morning, the empty field was lively, and the newly joined Red Army soldiers gathered early, stood in rows on the open field, and received training with the old comrades.

In addition, after the arrival of the Red Army, the landlords were defeated and the grain belonging to the villagers was snatched back, and the village got rid of the food crisis, and the lives of every family gradually settled down.

As early as last night, Mr. Li had already mobilized the big guys to rush military uniforms for the Red Army soldiers tomorrow, and they also got up early in the morning to bring the guys who knitted clothes at home to the empty field.

If you can weave cloth, then I will sew clothes, if you are out of people, I will produce cloth, men, women and children in Nianping Village go into battle together, for a time, the often deserted empty field on weekdays gradually became lively with the arrival of the Red Army.

The Red Army was training, women were weaving, men were working in the fields, and children were playing in the open field.

Happy life is close to Nianping Village.

Since the peasant association in Nianping Village has just started, there are still many things to explain, in fact, even Xia Yuan is not very clear about all aspects of the management of the complete peasant association, after all, he is not a professional who specializes in this area, and his thinking and cultivation achievements in the university are mediocre, at the level of ordinary people, and he only knows that the peasant association is such an organization.

So, in this regard, even when he has any ideas, he needs to keep practicing.

The establishment of base areas and peasant associations is a necessary condition for guaranteeing the peasants' survival, and it is not just talk on paper, it is not a matter of making a fuss, still less is it inviting guests to dinner. Any mistake may lead to a faint flame being extinguished in the ravine of Nianping Village, and it is precisely because of this that Xia Yuan needs to think and ponder repeatedly every step he takes next.

"The establishment of the peasant associations is the first step, followed by the militia regiments, which maintain the operation of the peasant associations and ensure the safety of the peasants' property, and in the same way, the militia regiments scattered in the villages can provide important intelligence information for the Red Army."

Sometimes, thoughts will always gush out unintentionally, so in the past two days, Xia Yuan will bring a notebook and a pen on his body, the base area of Nianping Village is still in infancy, everything needs to be constantly improved, in the training and military uniform in an orderly manner, he will take this small book and this pen around the village.

Sixteen or seventeen-year-old Xia Yuan already looks very old, and the villagers don't treat him as a child at all, in the countryside of the old society, he can already get married and have children at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and some will even be earlier.

Xia Yuan only looks relatively short, but in this short stature, there is a huge amount of energy.

Behind him, the burly Sun Dasha followed, this is when everyone learned that Xia Yuan was the only one on the state gui's side, they unanimously asked Sun Dasha to be responsible for Xia Yuan's personal safety, and Xia Yuan could only accept everyone's kindness silently.

"Platoon commander, what are we doing, I'm tired."

Sun Dasha touched his head and said very honestly.

Sun Dasha's original name was Sun Dayong, Dasha is not stupid, but he is honest and honest, sometimes he looks stupid, he began to ask him to be called Dasha since he was a child, and gradually everyone is used to it, even Sun Dasha himself is used to it, so he is called Sun Dasha.

"Sit down and rest."

Xia Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and took Sun Dayong to sit in the shade of a tree.

"Platoon Leader Xia, why are you sitting here, do you want to go into the house and drink some water?"

"No, no, let's sit down and take a rest, let's get busy, don't delay everyone."

Declining the kindness of the villagers passing by, Xia Yuan said to Sun Dasha: "This is a research, if you want to make the life of the villagers in Nianping Village better, it is necessary to conduct field investigations, and even we need to go to other villages to conduct research, but now that we are just starting out, we don't need to go first." ”

He pointed to some dilapidated houses and said to Sun Dasha: "Look at these houses, they are already very dilapidated, and some even have a slight tilt on the foundation, which are potential safety hazards. ”

Sun Dasha looked at Xia Yuan and said, "Platoon commander, you are the best person I have ever met. ”

Xia Yuan turned his head to look at Sun Dayong and said: "The power of the masses of the people is infinite, if you want to defeat the enemy, mobilize the masses, it is necessary to rely on the masses, and if you only want to use the masses but do not give benefits to the masses, it is absolutely impossible, the masses of the people are the foundation of our Red Army, without the masses, we are nothing, Dasha, do you understand?" ”

Sun Dasha said thoughtfully: "I seem to understand." ”

Xia Yuan put his hand on his knee, leaned against the big tree, and said, "Tell me, you understand something." ”

Sun Dasha thought for a while and said: "I understand, the people are our foundation, and without them, we are nothing." ”

"Yes, it doesn't seem stupid, okay, let's rest and keep walking."

Sun Dasha said honestly: "Platoon leader, I'm a little thirsty." ”

Xia Yuan looked around and said, "Don't bother the villagers, it's almost over, drink water when you go back, bear with it." ”

Xia Yuan stood up, and the villager he had just met came over again, holding a bowl of water in his hand, "Platoon Leader Xia, you must be thirsty, drink some water to quench your thirst." ”

Xia Yuan grinned and said to Dasha: "Look, the masses of the people are the friends of our Red Army, and the masses of the people are the foundation of our Red Army. ”

"Thank you, fellow, drink it quickly."

Sun Dasha drank the water in the bowl, inexplicably felt sweet and delicious, and when he handed the bowl to the villagers, he also learned Xia Yuan's tone and said, "Thank you, fellow." ”

The villager took the bowl and scolded with a smile: "Deflated calf, I am your uncle!" ”

Sun Dasha said honestly: "Thank you, uncle." ”

"You, okay, follow Platoon Commander Xia to do it well." Sun Dasha's second uncle smiled happily.

Since the Red Army came, drove out the landlords, divided the land, and every household had a lot of food, whether it was children or the elderly, they could eat enough, and the smiles on everyone's faces were obviously a lot more, all of this was brought by Xia Yuan, and the villagers were not grateful to Xia Yuan, although they didn't express it, they were silently proving it with their own actions.

After the simple investigation, he returned to the empty field, and the hot scene attracted Xia Yuan's attention, and he felt extremely comfortable in his heart.

"A happy life has just begun!"