Zou Jie, accompanied by the flower magpie, came to the eastern slope of Beishan.

Seeing the scene where the yaks were preparing to plant trees, Zou Jie's heart suddenly brightened.

It's a big piece of land, the soil is good, and it has become easy to reclaim, and this land is a good land for both castor and soybeans.

Zou Jie didn't say anything in front of the flower magpie, but the flower magpie had already guessed eight or nine points from her happy expression.

Zou Jie knew in her heart that she thought of the national policy, which is now based on grain and steel, and all secondary contradictions must give way to major contradictions.

Reforestation is needed, but it is no longer a matter of importance in the face of a major increase in food and steel production.

After having lunch at Mr. Ye's house at noon, Zou Jie greeted Captain Wang Kui and immediately returned to the People's Commune on his bicycle.

Because she was not very sure, she did not tell Captain Wang Kui what she thought.

After returning to the People's Commune, Zou Jie reported directly to Gao Changhe, the director of the commune, and received strong support from Director Gao, and actively coordinated with the forestry department to implement the land, and decided not to plant trees, but to plant castor beans instead.

In the afternoon, when the members went to work, people found that Zou Jie did not come, and some good people asked Captain Wang Kui, who just said that Director Zou would go back to the commune to report his work and come back tomorrow.

When he was angry, Captain Wang Kui disclosed the commune's request to plant castor beans to the members, and the members discussed a lot and found it difficult to accept.

I was hoping to cultivate a few more acres of land this year so that I could get more grain, so that I wouldn't go hungry again, but before I could wait for anything, I would take out another piece of land to plant castor beans.

The barren mountains and wilderness are limited, spring sowing does not wait for people, and the members are not iron-clad, so the members are resentful, and some people even say behind their backs, "Captain Wang is cowardly, and he will do whatever he wants, and he will not weigh our half-catty and eighty-tael." ”

Hua Magpie listened to the discussion of the members, but her eyes squinted, put on a disapproving look, and said: "The leader must have a way to lead, so we don't need to worry about it." ”

Someone retorted to the flower magpie and said: "This matter is everyone's business, don't think that Director Zou will treat you and say cool things to you, there is no rice to cook in the pot after the autumn, can she provide you alone?" ”

Hua Magpie said in a tricky way: "I'll leave the words here, someone has already done their best for everyone in the place where the castor beans are planted, and I will know when Director Zou comes back tomorrow." ”

"What kind of boy do you need to turn out with your elbow? If you know, I'll tell you, I don't believe that you can have a little more land for no reason. ”

"Isn't the land where the tree was planted the land? What did Director Zou report back to the commune? It's the land that hits it. ”

Hearing the flower magpie say this, everyone suddenly realized.

Someone told this information to the yak, and when the yak was like a burst, he asked the flower magpie for verification.

Hua Magpie said sarcastically: "I didn't speak for you, but Director Zou fell in love with that piece of land, what can I do?" You're just waiting for 'five. 1. Let's wear red flowers on Labor Day. ”

Captain Wang Kui had a premonition that this matter was very likely, and immediately called over to Hua Magpie and asked, "How did you know?" Did you recommend it to Director Zou? ”

Hua Magpie said: "How can I have that ability, with your captain here, how can Director Zou listen to me, she just asked me to accompany her around the mountain, and I happened to see that piece of land, and I fell in love." ”

Captain Wang Kui didn't ask anything more, knowing that it would be useless to ask any more.

The members of the club were all upset about the yaks, Zou Jie was not at the scene, and everyone pointed the finger at the flower magpie.

The flower magpie gloated and said, "What does this have to do with me? If you want me to say, this is life, sometimes you have to have it in life, and you can't force it in life all the time. ”

He and his brother Dahan, as well as the brothers of Xingfutun, had worked hard to dig out more than a thousand tree pits, but did they come to naught just because of an idea of the women's director of the commune? Isn't there any reason for this?

Captain Wang Kui comforted the yakzi and said: "Don't listen to the flower magpie say that the wind is the wind, and the rain is the rain, even if the commune decides to use that piece of land to plant castor beans, it can't let you suffer in vain, I am responsible for reflecting this matter step by step, you can lead everyone to work with peace of mind, and everything will be said when Director Zou comes back tomorrow." ”

What if not? He is a member of the society, and his own duty is to listen to the arrangements of the society, work and earn shares, and the rest can only be decided by the people's commune and the production brigade.

He spent an afternoon.

He understood that it was entirely possible for the People's Commune to influence the decision of the forestry station, after all, it was now based on grain.

Nine times out of ten, this matter is what the flower magpie said, and in the end it is not for him to agree or not, I only hope that the commune's decision can take into account his hard work, he does not need to wear red flowers, he needs to build a house with wood.

When the big stubborn man heard about this, he lost his temper in front of Captain Wang Kui, and was drunk by Captain Wang Kui.

He had no intention of arguing with his father about right and wrong, and there was no right or wrong in front of him, so he just ate dinner hastily, and then went to the club alone.

That night, he was so depressed that he didn't sleep all night.

Over and over again, he pondered over and over again, Zou Jie, the women's director of the commune.

It is said that Zou Jie is a descendant of the down-and-out aristocracy of the Qing Dynasty, received a good education since childhood, and was influenced by the revolutionary and progressive ideology, and escaped from his home before the founding of New China, participated in the revolution, and was a model for women's liberation in New China.

Zou Jie's age is just in his early thirties, his young and lively energy is on par with Xiaomei and the four girls, he looks very capable and kind, he is a common man born from the same roots, does she only consider the so-called collective interests of the commune and ignore her personal feelings?

There is a feeling that he is in the hands of others at will, everything is like a mountain rain is coming, and everything is unknown.

On the second day, he and the members went out to fight in the union as usual, but he no longer had the interest and energy he had in the past.

It didn't take long for Zou Jie to hurry back on her Flying Pigeon bicycle.

When she appeared at the scene of the club battle, the members of the club focused their eyes on her.

She solemnly informed Captain Wang Kui and the members of the commune of the commune's decision: "Don't plant trees for the time being, and use the yaks to plant castor beans on the land where the trees are ready to be planted." ”

As soon as Zou Jie's words came out, before she could say anything, the members began to commotion, especially the young members who were with Yakzi every day.

Everyone shouted: How can that be done? Isn't this taking bean bags for dry food, people? Li Gang, who is known as the small steel cannon, relentlessly complained about the skull: "Exploitation, it is simply exploitation. ”

When Zou Jie heard that the members of the club dared to speak like this, he corrected him sharply: "Don't talk nonsense, we are a socialist country, where does exploitation come from?" ”

Li Gang did not show weakness and insisted: "Then what do you say is not exploitation?" ”

"You should be criticized for making such remarks, because you don't understand politics, and you will not be held accountable, but you will not be allowed to speak like this again in the future."

Captain Wang Kui kicked Li Gang aside and glared at him again: "It's not too fishy to eat a hundred beans, go aside!" ”

Zou Jie changed the subject and asked, "Who is the yak?" ”

When he heard Zou Jie call him, he replied, "I am." ”

"Please come here, I have something to say to you."

Zou Jie called the yak aside, and Captain Wang Kui coaxed everyone to work.

Zou Jie asked Yanzi to sit down with a pleasant face, and she sat down too.

Zou Jie said: "I have long known your name, like thunder, I heard that your speech at the club meeting shook the audience, but unfortunately I asked the team leaders, but they couldn't repeat what you said, can you tell me, how you said it at the time, I also learned and understood." ”

He was anxious to know if the commune's decision was about him, and how could he have the heart to go so far.

However, when he saw that Zou Jie seemed to be very sincere, he was sure to appreciate him very much, so he had to deal with it and said: "I didn't say anything, I just said that steel is made by burning in a blazing fire and being highly cooled, so it is very strong, and our generation has also been tempered in struggle and hard tests, and has learned to never lose heart in life." Then, I expressed my determination and asked the leaders of the brigade to rest assured that we will definitely be able to remove all obstacles, even if there are difficulties, we will find a way in the face of difficulties, and we will never talk about conditions in the face of difficulties! ”

Zou Jie was very excited when he heard this, clapped his hands and said: "Well said, I didn't expect you to have also read "How Steel is Made", and you can apply it so freely, which is really impressive." ”

He couldn't hold back any longer and asked, "Director Zou, are you looking for me for this?" ”

"Of course not, I wonder what you think of what that member just said? After all, you are the one involved. ”

He explained: "He spoke without thought or sense just now, please don't take Director Zou to heart." ”

"I know this, I won't punish him, I want to hear what you think, it won't be the same as his thoughts, right?"

He knew that he should be careful when speaking, especially when speaking to the leader, but he didn't want to go against his will, so he mustered up the courage to say: "I think what he said is not biased." ”

Zou Jie said: "How can you be biased? What is exploitation? Exploitation is the appropriation of your unpaid labor by others, it is man-to-man, what do you call it? You call it dedication, what you dedicate is the collective, it is the country, it is reluctant and helpless to be exploited, and dedication is voluntary, it is a noble behavior. ”

He retorted: "I didn't do it voluntarily. ”

"Although you are not voluntary, but the collective needs and the state have needs, you can completely turn the involuntary psychology into voluntary behavior."

"I still can't figure it out, *** calls on us to be self-reliant, work hard, do it ourselves, and have enough food and clothing, I responded to the call, but what I do belongs to the collective, what I should get is not obtained, how can I have enough food and clothing, if this continues, can the enthusiasm of self-reliance of members be mobilized in the future?"

"It's not simple, you're really not simple." Zou Jie stood up, "You really have thoughts, I am a few years older than you, if you don't dislike it, you will call me Sister Zou in the future, and I will recognize you as a younger brother." ”

Zou Jie's sudden move made him confused for a while.