After the conference begins, the next step is the highlight of the night.

Under the supervision of Zhao Jianhai, the members of the club passed by the pot table in a long line with bowls.

Wang Shouchang and a few people began to serve rice, one bowl per person, no more, no less.

Bran, rice bran, bean cakes, leaves...... For the members of Jar Village, it's really nothing. Basically, they are suffering, and they lack food for three or four months a year, and they have long been accustomed to eating bran vegetables.

The meeting has been going on for so long, and the bitter rice in the pot is just cooling.

Everyone took the bowl and snorted at the base of the wall.

"Full of silver, pour me some." Orchid turned her head to look at Zhao Jianhai and the others not far away, and quietly handed the bowl to her husband, wanting to share some of it.

"I'll eat it myself," Wang Manyin shook his head again and refused.

If you eat too much fish and meat, it is also good to eat some whole grains to moisten your intestines.

He followed the example of other members, did not taste it, and ate a clean light in one go.

What Wang Manyin didn't expect was that many people rushed to line up to drink the second bowl after eating. In the end, there were not enough pots of rice to eat.

After a set of procedures, the conference finally ended.

When the members left, they were still talking about subsidizing sorghum for pig raising.

The road was slippery after dark, and Wang Manyin greeted his daughter-in-law all the way, but he didn't dare to go too fast.

This year, since the beginning of the wax moon, heavy snowfall has been one after another, especially during the previous year, every two or three days. It stands to reason that snow is a good thing, and there should be no shortage of moisture in the fields next spring. Z.br>

However, according to the estimation of the village elders, most of the winter wheat and rape will be frozen to death, and the spring crops will have to be replanted at that time.

After entering the house and lighting the two kerosene lamps, Wang Manyin hurriedly added some firewood to the stove.

Soon, the whole cave was warm again.

Just after eating Yi Ku Rice, neither of them was very hungry, so they simply made some less dumplings.

Well, it's still the dumplings delicious.

After the meal, the two went outside to eat again.

For the sake of her aunt's safety, every time it snows, Wang Manyin will clean it up in time. So don't look at the snow in many places that is two or three feet thick, and the sidelines are clean.

It was too cold outside, and the two of them didn't stay long, wandering around for half an hour, and then returned to the earthen kang.

locked the door, and the cave completely became a world for the two of them.

Wang Manyin filled the pot with a little too much firewood, and the clay kang was a little hot.

Under the light of the oil lamp, there was a touch of blush on the orchid's white face.

Now, Wang Manyin is more and more in love with it......

Speaking of which, this is the second Spring Festival he has spent in this world, and the meaning is naturally extraordinary.

Until late at night, the two hugged each other and fell asleep.

When the day is about to dawn, the sound of firecrackers in the village comes and goes.

After Wang Manyin was awakened, he stopped his aunt from getting up, and then set off a small firecracker outside his house.

***

In the morning, as soon as Wang Manyin picked up the bowl, the loudspeaker in the village sounded again.

The first day of the new year is off to a good start.

Under the command of Zhao Jianhai, a group of laborers began to swing a nail rake to plow the dung heap.

However, when the other party turned around and left, everyone immediately relaxed, and they all sat down at the base of the wall to smoke and gossip.

Wang Manyin was not idle, and found a member to hide in the corner to play chess.

The "good start" in Jar Village is decent, but there is a big disturbance from a brigade in the commune next door.

The village party secretary had a whimsical idea to let the laborers chisel stones and fire cannons all night for 30 nights to repair the terraces. In the middle of the night, there was a sudden explosion that woke up people from several nearby villages. Even the commune was frightened, and many staff members rushed out.

After gossiping for a long time, until noon, all the members went back to their homes.

Speaking of which, it doesn't seem to be much different from last year.

However, the members soon discovered that this was just the beginning.

Originally, according to custom, on the second day of the new year, relatives should go back to their parents' homes. Rich people buy some pastries and biscuits as gifts, no

Bring some home-made food.

Judging from last year's situation, the consignment point should be busy for a while today.

As a result, the loudspeaker sounded on time, and Zhao Jianhai's voice came from inside: "For XX...... We decided not to stop work in the second year of junior high school and continue to organize the majority of members to work in the fields. Everyone should "work hard, work hard, and work hard" to strive for ......."

According to Zhao Jianhai, not only the members of the Jar Village have to work today, but also other villages.

Unified arrangements were made by the village brigades, and people were organized to guard the intersection for investigation, and all members who found their relatives were persuaded to return. Those who do not listen to the counsel will have their things confiscated on the spot.

"Manyin, what are we going to do, are you still going to my mother?" Orchid asked helplessly.

"Let's see," Wang Manyin was also depressed.

Zhao Jianhai wants to play one out and one play, endlessly.

Although Shuangshui Village and Jar Village are separated by a few miles, and there are many trails in the middle that can be bypassed, Wang Manyin didn't want to toss. In fact, it doesn't matter if the jar village is not seen, as long as it is not seen by Secretary Zhao, others should not really stop themselves.

The key is Shuangshui Village, for fear of causing trouble to the old father-in-law.

In a word, what do people do, we will do it. Wang Manyin will not be this bird.

Anyway, the two villages are not far away, so it's a big deal to go back a few days later.

However, there is still a little depression, originally with the return of the educated youth to the city, the sales of the consignment point fell a lot.

Now it's cold again...... You know, he bought a lot of pastries and biscuits from the supply and marketing cooperatives a few years ago. It seems that it can only be stored and sold slowly, anyway, there is no expiration date for food in this era, and it is only thrown away when it has green hair.

Of course, Wang Manyin didn't plan to do this.

I really can't sell it, I just digest it internally. When selling fish a few years ago, Li Ping gave a lot of pastry tickets.

After explaining to the orchid, Wang Manyin left to gather in the breeding room.

In the morning, it was still a dumping heap...... It's as if there's gold hidden in it. Forty or fifty members just went through it yesterday and continued to churn today.

Let Wang Manyin guess, at the beginning of last year, the sales point sold twenty or thirty yuan of goods in the second half of the day, and this year, except for the broken babies in the village who came to buy candy, there were no adults who came to the door.

Fortunately, my family does not live on a sales point, otherwise I would have to be depressed.

Three days of play, five days of years.

In short, it's not much, the Spring Festival has quietly passed.

After finishing his work in the afternoon, Wang Manyin was just about to turn around and go home, but was stopped by Wang Lianshun again. The other party whispered that he drank together at night and discussed some things by the way.

Wang Manyin didn't hesitate, and nodded directly and agreed.

When he left the house, he deliberately carried a can of loose wine and a bag of candy.

Wang Lianshun's two sons are married, and now they have four or five grandchildren, so of course they can't come empty-handed.

Not long after he arrived, Wang Yanqiang and Wang Fugui also entered the cave. Speaking of which, the situation of a few people is really a bit of a small meeting.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Wang Lianshun's mother-in-law brought a large pot of vegetables to the table.

Half a pot of pork stewed with artichoke, and half a pot of sauerkraut to take.

As soon as the four of them ate and drank, Wang Lianshun began to get to the point: "Tonight, let's discuss how to go for the production team after the New Year, and I'll talk about my thoughts first......

"After last autumn, the team collected a lot of alfalfa seeds, and this year we plan to grow a few acres and strive to develop another group of sheep. In addition, a lot of caragana seeds can be planted in Dongshan Pass in the spring, and the seeds can be sold for money after a few years. Our production team has a pumping machine, and it is easy to water......

Wang Lianshun said these contents, in fact, Wang Manyin said it once last year. The Dongshan Mountains, the Chuanchuan and the ditches are connected together, and there are almost one or two hundred acres of land, and if all of them can be utilized, there is still a lot to be done.

Not to mention anything else, it is more than enough to raise 100 sheep.

Wang Yanqiang also emphasized: "There is no problem with raising sheep, the key is that they must be raised in captivity, not free-range. If it is like before, the grass has just come out, and the goats have gone over and pulled out the roots......

"Well, I'll go back and explain it to Brother Jincai." Wang Lianshun nodded

, and said, "There is another point, which is also what Man Yin and Liu Xiangyang said, let's plant some sour jujube needles and horse ruzi by the way, which can maintain water and soil, and the members of the club will not have to run too far to collect firewood in the future...... At the next meeting, I will tell you that whoever dares to dig up the roots of the tree again will be deducted from his daily work."

Nowadays, many people have a bad habit of collecting firewood, and like to use a pickaxe to cut off the roots of trees and shrubs. Because these are hard firewood and resistant to burning.

However, if the roots of the tree are cut, it will naturally not grow anything next year. This is also the reason why there are hardly any shrubs in the mountains near the village of Jars.

In the memory of the predecessor, in the early years, good firewood could be fetched around the village, but later it was completely lost. People are running farther and farther, and now it takes at least half a day to walk more than ten miles to fetch a bundle of firewood.

Hearing the other party mention the issue of planting trees, Wang Manyin interjected: "In addition to planting caragana, I also suggest planting some pepper trees. The supply and marketing cooperatives purchase pepper seeds, which is fast two yuan a catty. In fact, it is much more cost-effective than caramel...... I just don't know if the commune will allow me to plant or not, so let's try to scatter dozens of trees in the ditch first, and if it doesn't work, we will cut them down when the time comes."

This proposal was also something that Wang Manyin had been thinking about for a long time. Caragana seeds are only purchased by supply and marketing cooperatives, while peppercorns are different, and they can be sold in many places, and the benefits are higher.

However, the yield of pepper is low, and a tree can produce about two catties of dried peppercorns, and it is particularly troublesome to pick.

Of course, these are not big problems, the key is whether or not to keep the pepper tree fruit.

At present, private individuals are not allowed to grow cash crops in large quantities, and it depends on luck if they are collectively planted.

In some places, the management is looser, while in others it is stricter.

Wang Manyin saw an example in later generations, where a special tree-cutting team was organized in some places to cut down tens of thousands of fruit trees and timber forests, regardless of whether they were collective or individual. There were also cases of cotton seedlings being pulled out in villages near communes.

"As long as it's not a race, it shouldn't be a big problem. It's a big deal, when the time comes, chop it as firewood. I don't dare to do this, I don't dare to do that, we deserve not to have enough to eat." At this time, Wang Yanqiang replied.

"That's right, you can sprinkle some peppercorn seeds to raise seedlings, it doesn't take much anyway." Of course, Wang Lianshun agreed.

In fact, plants such as caragana and alfalfa do not need to be managed from time to time like growing crops, but they are watered several times in a major drought. Even if it really doesn't grow, at most it will waste some seeds.

After a pause, he added, "All that remains is to continue silting the dam, and last year before Xie Gong left, he left the entire drawing. This year, let's just follow the drawings and build another earthen dam before the wheat harvest."

Hearing this, Wang Manyin and the three of them nodded one after another.

Silt dams are a long-term process, mainly small, and many small are in groups. Wang Lianshun's goal is very realistic, and he does not blindly seek speed.

It's not like the nearby commune, where there is a village party secretary, who plans to blow the sky out of a big hole. The other party asked the members to build a large waterlogging pond for seven days and seven nights, and issued a death order, no matter what method is used, in short, it must be completed within seven days.

At that time, the scene was quite lively, and the whole village members went into battle and dug out the waterlogged pond within the specified time.

Then, the village director asked people to go to the commune to report the good news, and it was very beautiful for a while.

As a result, due to the rush to make progress, the waterlogging pond was not waterproofed, and all the rainwater collected seeped into the ground, which did not play a role in the drought last year. made many people in the village scold their mothers behind their backs.

In desperation, the village chief had to set up a youth commando team again, and the members of the club were busy for several months to complete the project, which was more difficult than digging a waterlogged pond again.

In this way, several people drank a little wine and discussed, and roughly gave the second team what they were going to do this year.

There are certainly difficulties, but there is hope in everyone's words.

Wang Manyin likes this atmosphere very much, at least a few people want to make the second team's life better and better.

Especially Wang Lianshun's final shouting of the summary sentence made him even more emotional.

"Fight hard for five years to achieve no chaff!" This is probably the most pragmatic idea.

In fact, the requirements of ordinary people have always been simple.

What Wang Manyin didn't expect was that he really became a sweetheart. He had just finished a small meeting from Wang Lianshun's house, and then Wang Manchu personally found him

Door.

After listening to the other party's story, Wang Manyin said in astonishment: "Brother Manchu, what are you kidding, I am now a member of the second team, how can I go to the first team to be the production captain."

Originally, he thought that Wang Manchu was doing here, but he didn't expect it to be this plan, so he didn't believe it.

"Man Yin, if you are willing to do it, I will immediately discuss with Uncle Lian Shun and transfer you to the first team." Wang Manchu said again.

It's easy to change the production team in the village, as long as the secretary says a word.

Since the members of the first team muttered about changing the captain, Wang Manchu began to think about new candidates.

The position of production captain is not big or responsible, and it is related to the livelihood of the members, so it is necessary to find someone who has the ability. If there is another person similar to his brother, it is better not to choose.

Wang Manchu counted the team several times, but did not find anything satisfactory, and finally set his eyes on Wang Manyin. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was appropriate: Wang Manyin was no longer a second-rate son in people's mouths, and now he has a good reputation in the village, and he is also capable, and he is very convincing in doing things.

If you transfer to the first team, you can nominate yourself, and I believe that you will definitely be able to pass the vote of all the members of the team. As for Zhao Jianhai's side, there is also a way.

Wang Manyin saw that the other party was very serious, so he was sure that it was not a joke.

Cold, this is about to step into the village committee?

However, after only two seconds of excitement, he said very firmly: "Brother Manchu, there are too many things to worry about as a production captain, and I get up early every day and arrange various tasks. I still forget it, I can't do it."

"Besides, my family guards the consignment point, and the orchid has to go to work in the supply and marketing cooperative......

Wang Manyin said a lot, but in short, he resolutely did not do it.

On the one hand, because of laziness, on the other hand, the production team leader is really not so easy to do, and there will be certain troubles and risks.