Chapter 31: A New Man Comes
Thinking that there would be a lot of shortages of daily necessities in the future, Han Li's heart was very melancholy.
It's true that my dream is to be a salted fish, but what is a salted fish without the guarantee of quality of life?
What to do? Do you want to go into the black market in order to improve your quality of life?
This conflicts with the idea that I don't want to take any risks, so what should I do?
Han Li thought about it all the way but didn't figure it out, but when they returned to the construction site of their house in Shanghe Village.
No, it can't be called a construction site, and now the beams and purlins have been made.
The villagers are laying the final straw on the roof of the house, and the house is almost finished.
As the old saying goes, the beams of the house should be up before 12 a.m., and firecrackers should be set off.
Although no one dares to say it openly now, no one can say anything before the choice of twelve o'clock.
The firecrackers were brought over by Village Chief Zhao from his own house, but Han Li really didn't know these rules.
Not to mention the time of the beam, he doesn't remember when he needs to set off firecrackers when he is on the beam.
The sound of firecrackers before passing through can only remain in his childhood memories.
The fire walls and ondols in the house have also been repaired, and now the two courtyards are missing street doors, doors and windows.
The size carpenter of the street doors, doors and windows has already been taken away, and it will take a day or two at most to press them.
Han Li had chosen glass for the window at that time, and he had to pay two extra dollars for this.
Because glass is also a scarce material, you can't get it without a way, and the carpenter has a familiar way in this regard.
Village Chief Zhao's wife and daughter-in-law, Captain Liang's wife and daughter-in-law, Accountant Zhang's wife and daughter-in-law have been here for a while, and they are helping to level the yard at this time, and all the villagers see in their eyes is live.
When you come, you will prepare a large iron pot, a large chopping board, a two-layer steamer, and a kitchen knife.
The temporary stove eyes used today were all done, and this time it saved Han Li and them a lot of trouble.
Han Li hurriedly stepped forward to say polite words and scattered cigarettes, while Hao Hongmei and Yang Xiuying scattered sugar for everyone.
After some politeness, Han Li followed Accountant Zhang's wife to their house to pull eggplants.
Hao Hongmin followed Captain Liang's wife home to get the sauce, which she would use when cooking a big pot of dishes later.
The others began to gather in the courtyard, and everyone was not idle in their hands to make noodles, cut meat, and chop wood.
The whole courtyard was filled with laughter, and of course there was some gossip they knew.
No matter what era peachy news attracted people's attention the most, it spread the fastest and most powerfully.
For example: whoever goes to drill the grove with whom, and whose girl has a big belly before she gets married.
A salesman from the commune supply and marketing cooperatives climbed onto the director's bed, and then was scratched by the director's wife in the face.
There are also women in Xiahe Village, who often enter the house, and it is said that the old men of their village like to go there when they have nothing to do.
Then everyone was glad that there was no such person in their village, otherwise they would have kicked her out.
"Yesterday, our old Zhao went to the commune for a meeting, and it was said that a group of educated youths would come down in two days."
Village Chief Zhao's wife's words directly reduced the cheerful atmosphere of the scene by several percentage points.
Those present were all family members of village leaders, and of course they knew that the affairs of educated youths were not easy to handle.
There are so many high-yield plots in the village, and so much grain is produced every year.
Every time there is an increase in the distribution of food for the educated youth, it means that the villagers will receive a little less.
When the villagers can't eat enough, it is when the men in their families are embarrassed.
My village has no right to refuse to accept it, and if it accepts, it will face a lot of things later.
Not every educated youth is like these three, they have money in their hands but are not pretentious, and they can't find fault with their work.
Speaking of which, in the end, it is difficult for the men of their family to do it, I just hope that this time the new intellectuals are the same as Han Zhiqing.
Of course, Han Li and the others had heard these words, but he didn't have much feeling about the situation.
I'm about to move out, and even if I come here, I can't bother myself.
But for those who stay in the Educated Youth Academy, it is not so good, in addition to daily trivialities, new and old educated youths meet.
One of the biggest problems is food, because there is simply not enough food for everyone.
At the beginning, I heard that every educated youth received a monthly advance of 35 catties of rations, but in fact, it was not the case at all.
A pound of cornmeal and water is made into a nest, and after steaming, it becomes a maximum of five or six taels per catty.
No matter how much water is put in the nest, the nest head will not be able to pick it up, and it will not be hungry when it is made into stick noodle porridge.
That is to say, each person can only eat half a catty of rations at most for a meal, which is very rare if it can be eaten in the future life.
But in this era, everyone is short of oil and water, everyone can eat very much, and a pound of food can only be half full under heavy labor.
If only everyone will eat more at the time of the autumn harvest, otherwise you won't be able to hold on at all.
Counting on the little food advance from the village is simply not enough, this situation was figured out by the educated youths a few days ago.
Add wild vegetables to make vegetable wotou into a nest, which has become a common method for everyone.
If it is not enough, it can only ask the village to continue to advance food, but the advance may not be successful.
Because at this time, the village will decide whether to advance you or not based on the grain in the warehouse and your performance when you go to work.
And even if you are allowed to advance some food, you will have to pay for it yourself.
Otherwise, the villagers will make trouble when they find out, saying that they are village cadres TW.
If you don't have money, you can only starve, and at this time, the educated youth who live together can watch others starve?
After all, this era advocates unity and fraternity, mutual help, and dedication.
Would you like to help out? Do you have enough food to help others?
In the end, no matter how unwilling you are, even if you may go hungry after helping others, then you have to help a little.
If there is a situation of starving people to death, then the educated youths who live together will first have to take the blame.
The file will give you a hard note, let alone go back to the city at that time, you will not have a good time locally.
Don't say you don't know the other person doesn't have food to eat, that will only make it worse.
But if you don't live together, you don't have to worry about whether other people have enough food.
Because no one will go to someone else's house to pick up each other's grain bags to see if they have food at home, right?
If this happens, you just need to put away the food.
If you don't have a soft heart to rush to be a bad person, you can pretend to be confused and get through this situation.
Chatting about gossip will not affect everyone's hand speed, the pork is cut into slices, the eggplant is cut into pieces, and a large pot is slowly boiled.
The two mixed nest heads are also formed one by one in everyone's hands and placed in the steamer.
The heat was emitted from the wood and iron pots, and the courtyard soon wafted with an enticing fragrance.