When it was time to make dinner, the five brothers of the Li family put all the sacks into the cellar.

The cellar was only filled with a corner, and the boss Li Chi asked Li Yuandao: "You let the family hunt more wild things, saying that there is a way to smoke and dry them for a few years." There were pheasants, hares, and two roe deer in these pockets, all freshly killed. ”

Li Yuan smiled: "Cheng, I will pick up the things, don't worry, no problem." As he spoke, he took out the pile of big black ten from his pocket, counted out four hundred from it, handed it to Li Chi and said, "Take this money, and find a way to exchange food from the brigade and send it over." You don't need white flour, bud grains, and millet are fine.

You don't have to change it all at once, and you don't have to change it only in Qinjiazhuang, but it's best to do it within two months.

From next week, I will ride my bicycle to the Dongzhimen bus stop every Thursday morning and wait, and you will quietly send two bags of grain over early in the morning, don't go into the city, it will attract people's eyes and make people worry. ”

The good days of the commune's canteen will not last long.

Instead of making people binge-eat sea-made, it's better to save it first.

By next year, the money in hand will be worthless, and if you don't have a ticket, it won't be of much use, but food will be more expensive than gold......

Li Chi looked at the money handed over by Li Yuan and didn't take it, and frowned a little in shock: "It's really this part?" ”

At present, in fact, most farmers, even if they are a little uneasy in their hearts, cannot see that far.

In fact, if the weather is not too severe in the next three years, it may not be so miserable, and all kinds of misfortunes will come together......

Li Yuan reminded: "Big brother, how many rains have it had since the beginning of spring this year? ”

According to the later "Report on the Disaster in China", from January to August in 1958, there was a large-scale drought across the country.

Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Southwest Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, South China, Guangdong, Guizhou and other provinces and autonomous regions all have long spring drought and wide coverage, seriously affecting the sowing and growth of crops.

There was no rain or snow for more than 200 consecutive days in the central and eastern parts of Hebei Province, and in mid-May, drought continued in southwest, south China and eastern Hebei.

In the summer, more than 8 million hectares of farmland in eastern and northeastern China were affected by drought.

The 266 small rivers and 1,386 reservoirs in Ji Province have dried up, making it an unprecedented drought since the end of the Qing Dynasty.

During the year, the drought affected 22.36 million hectares of farmland in 24 provinces and autonomous regions.

It is said that it is three years, but in fact, from 58 years to 62 years, there was still a severe drought in most parts of the country.

From next year, there will be a severe drought......

Behind this pale line of records is a terrible famine.

If you don't be there, you'll never be able to appreciate what kind of disaster it is......

After listening to Li Yuan's words, Li Chi didn't say much, and nodded after taking the money: "You are a cultural person in the family, and you are the smartest when you are young, so do as you say." ”

But even so, Li Chi never thought that he would rely on the old man to eat in the future.

He can earn a job, how can he lack food to eat?

When his parents love his youngest son, his eldest brother also pities his younger brother's poor health, so let's mess around.

When Li Yuan was born, his family was in difficulty, and his parents had to go out to help people in order to feed the baby, but he carried Li Yuan around to find some wild things to boil soup and drink, so he barely pulled it up.

So among the brothers, he is the most eccentric.

Li Yuan knew the boss's character, so he said to the second brother Li Jiang: "Second brother, wild things can't be broken, it's best to ask Second Uncle Qin to fight, he is an old hunter, buy it with money." ”

Li Jiang stretched out his hand and pulled Li Yuan's head, and said with a smile: "Don't you look down on your second brother?" Qin Lao Er is better than me? ”

Li Yuan didn't argue, and said with a smile: "It's like sending food, but you don't have to wait for Thursday, you can ask someone to bring me a letter on which day, and I will wait outside Dongzhi Gate the next day." Our family has too many people to gamble. From the Chinese New Year to the present, not a drop of rain and snow has fallen, and if it does not fall for the rest of the year, it will all suffer at the end of the year.

Adults don't care, but there are more than 20 children in our family, and we don't need to have eight faces for one of our brothers.

So now it's better to toss a few more times than to catch the blind in front of you. ”

Several brothers were moved, and the fourth Li Hu looked at Li Chi and said, "Big brother, listen to the old man." ”

Li Chi twisted his eyebrows and said, "I don't believe it, it can still rain in the spring!" Isn't God going to force everyone to death? No such reason! But the old man reads a lot of books, so it's right that you want to prepare more. That's it, just don't delay spring ploughing. ”

Li Yuan smiled, although the old brain is straight, as long as you don't stop it.

The group went out of the cellar, locked it with a lock, and covered it with bamboo hats, and the five brothers were about to go home.

Back in the middle courtyard, Li Yuan took out a bag of apples, a large bag of fruit hard candy, another four economic cigarettes, a golden leaf cigarette, and four bottles of Xifeng wine.

Economic cigarettes cost eight cents a pack, which is produced by the Yuxi Tobacco Factory in southern Yunnan, and is cheap and strong.

Gold leaf is much more expensive, two cents and six packs.

Li Yuan said: "Apples and sugar are shared with parents and children, economic cigarettes are for you and your father, and gold leaves and wine are used to walk the relationship and buy grain." ”

The five brothers all laughed, this old man, it seems that he has really grown up, and he has arranged for his brother.

But it's okay, if you go back to the city, you can go back empty-handed.

Adults don't care, there are many children.

Li Chi said uneasily: "You have a lot of famine now, don't spend money if you can." The money was used to buy grain and send it over, and if you couldn't eat it, you would sell some of it and there would be a famine.

Are you young and old, can we still eat and drink yours? Just take care of yourself, don't send money home, you have to marry a daughter-in-law. By the way, your sister-in-law said that the Qin family has entrusted everyone to her, and she wants to say goodbye to you. ”

Li Yuan hurriedly said: "I'm not in a hurry, I still have to learn more medical skills from the master now, how can I think about that?" Big brother, you tell your sister-in-law, don't pay attention to those. Li Kun is going to take the exam this year, take care of him. Li Kun went to secondary school, and he will be able to live better in the future. ”

What are you kidding, the next three years will be much more difficult in the countryside than in the city, and he can't afford to carry another big family.

Li Yuan can't be like a stupid pillar, just pay out his heart and lungs to make cattle and horses for a girl.

There's no way, it's human nature, so I still don't delay people......

Li Chi smiled, patted Li Yuan's shoulder, and said, "Your nephews all want to learn from you to go into the city to be city people, it depends on whether they have the ability to do so." Okay, let's go, and when I go back late, it will be dark. ”

The five brothers didn't drag, patted Li Yuan one by one, turned around and left.

When the five big men went out, many people were also sideways.

In this era, there are many brothers in the family, which is a deterrent.

Even Jia Zhang's family lay on the kang and muttered, "How can this Li family be so born?" ”

Qin Huairu smiled while cooking: "This is only five ...... Li Yuan doesn't count, he is too delicate, and his health was not good when he was a child, and he was bullied and cried every day...... Mom, don't talk about it outside. ”

Jia Zhang snorted and said, "You said yours." ”

Qin Huairu cut shredded potatoes and said with a smile: "There are eight brothers in the Li family's generation, and Qinjiazhuang said that his family is the Eight King Kongs. Not to mention the strength of each one, but also the heart. His family name is Li, but no one dares to mess with him in Qinjiazhuang. And the eight of these generations are still in the prime of life, and the stubble below is up again.

Mr. Li's eldest son is fifteen or sixteen years old this year, and there are more Dingkou in this generation, and there are fourteen men alone, and they are all standing, and there is no less.

Listening to Jingru, there are five more pregnancies in his family this year, and it is estimated that there are still more men and fewer women.

Even the eldest of his family is only thirty-five this year, and he can still give birth in the future.

In another ten years, his family may have dozens of grandchildren, who can afford to provoke such a big family? ”

Unless there is another war in the form of land loss, and the Li family suffers, Qinjiazhuang will become Li Jiazhuang sooner or later.

The envy of the Jia Zhang family is about to flow out, if the Jia family can have ...... Not to mention half a hundred, there can be seven or eight men, she thinks she can walk sideways in the courtyard!

If there are dozens of grandchildren...... She dares to go flat in Sijiu City!

Thinking of this, Jia Zhang, who was hot in his heart, said to Jia Dongxu: "Dongxu, it's a terrible stalk now, it's still far away." You and Huairu are still young, and I can still take care of the children, you two have to work harder, have a few more! If there are seven or eight brothers in the stick terrier, our family will also be a big family in the future, much stronger than the Li family!

The Li family is all farmers, what is the use of having more people? In a disaster year, they all have to starve to death! ”

Jia Dongxu was also a little moved, but Qin Huairu didn't want to live in a row.

At present, the life of the Jia family is already tight, and they didn't do anything when they were young, so they were forced to do laundry and cook by Jia Zhang's family, and now they often have body pain.

If she is born in a row, will she still die?

Besides, looking at Jia Zhang's not treating his granddaughter as a person at all, he knows that if he has another daughter, her life will be even worse.

Qin Huairu's eyes rolled and said, "Mom, it's not that we don't want to give birth, but now the family is all pointing to Dongxu." There are only five people now, and Dongxu is so tired that he can't straighten his waist. If you have another child, Dongxu must not die of exhaustion? I know that you are for the good of the terrier, and the brothers will not be bullied in the future, and they will also have a foil for each other. But I still have to focus on Dongxu, and I don't have a son in front of Lao Tzu. ”

These words immediately reminded Jia Dongxu that he was about to be annoyed to death when he gave birth to a child, and there was almost no pocket money, and he couldn't afford two cents and six gold leaves.

didn't give birth to a small present, but he was a big front door!

If you have another one, I'm afraid that you won't be able to smoke an eight-cent economic cigarette.

Jia Dongxu glanced at his wife approvingly, and then said to Jia Zhang's: "You don't have to worry about snacks, Xiaodang is not yet a year old, what is the hurry." ”

Jia Zhang's lungs hurt, he turned his head and ignored people, and secretly cursed the Li family, giving birth to so many people, sooner or later he would have to starve to death and die of illness......

Jia Dongxu also felt annoyed, it was all caused by a group of stinky farmers.

If it weren't for them, the stupid dog wouldn't have bought a chicken back, he wouldn't have eaten too much and gone to the toilet to have diarrhea, and he wouldn't have ...... Phew!

In short, it's all the fault of the Li family's litter of dogs, giving birth to so many people, why didn't they starve to death!

At the same time, Li Yuan, who sent his brothers out, received waves of strong negative emotions from Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu, he looked back at the direction of Jia's family and smiled slightly......

……

An uncle's house.

From the window, I saw the brothers of the Li family passing by, and in fact, the number of Yi Zhonghai and his wife in the courtyard was the most envious and sad.

Other people's children are worried that they can't raise them, and they have been looking forward to their children for a lifetime, and they haven't even looked forward to a man and a half girl.

An aunt wiped her tears and said: "In this life, I can't stand you." ”

After all, the two still didn't go to the hospital for an examination, whose problem was it.

Yi Zhonghaituo made a fake certificate to prove that he was fine.

So Aunt Yi still thinks it's her problem......

Yi Zhonghai snorted, sighed slightly, and said with a smile: "This is all destined by God, I don't have children in my life, how can it be that you can't live with me?" With Dongxu and Silly Zhu at the moment, there may not be no hope in the future. ”

Aunt Yi hesitated for a moment and said, "Zhuzi and Dongxu, I'm afraid they are not very reliable." The pillar is OK, it is warm-hearted, and he often goes to the backyard to take care of the old lady. Tunghsu ...... It's not a good guy. Really wait for the old to count on Shang Dongxu, Jia Zhang's still doesn't ride on our heads to and pee? ”

Hearing the word feces and urine, Yi Zhonghai was not very happy, the face he had earlier was really a shame for his life.

However, what his wife said was not unreasonable, he said slowly: "Let's take a look, it's still too late." ”

An aunt said softly: "It would be nice if Yuanzi's child kissed us." ”

Yi Zhonghai shook his head again and again and said: "Don't do this dream, most of his monthly salary has been sent home, which shows that he is close to that big family in his heart, how can he kiss us?" I don't dare to ask for him to provide for us if he wants to, I'm afraid that he will move our pension back to Qinjiazhuang. ”

After sending off a few brothers, Li Yuan returned to the backyard to open the cellar and put the wild things and some grain into the space.

Leave four or five sacks of grain, lock them up here, and keep them as targets, just in case.

Maybe in the future, when someone doubts why his family's food has not been eaten and is reported, he can bring it to see......

Hehe!

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Early the next morning, Li Yuan boiled juice with tomatoes, meat, and rock sugar as usual, filling the house with the aroma, and then pushed open the window when the residents in the courtyard came to the courtyard to fetch water and wash......

A series of negative emotions made Li Yuan smile.

Wake up early and feel good!

However, today's big bowl of braised pork noodles is not for a deaf old lady.

After calculating the time, it should be almost over, and I heard an exclamation from the front yard:

"Amazing! Amazing! Come on, everyone, we've got a thief! ”

The voice of the three great masters, Yan Bugui, was angry and frightened, and spread throughout the three courtyards.

Li Yuan slipped away to the front yard with Da Da, and saw Yan Bugui standing there with a crying face, and the three mothers simply cried there.

Yi Zhonghai frowned and said, "Old Yan, if you don't go to work early in the morning, what are you tossing here?" What kind of thief steals, is it a good word? What do you hear like outside? ”

Yan Bugui seemed to be angry, he was a little out of breath, gritted his teeth and said excitedly: "Like what?" Lao Yi, our hospital has recruited a big thief! My leather shoes, my briefcase, and my tunic were all washed yesterday when the weather was good, and I was thinking about wearing them to work this morning. You see, you see, where is it? ”

Everyone looked left and right, and it was really gone.

Silly Zhu was happy, and said with a smile: "Three masters! If you want me to say, yes! What do you think you do on a daily basis? Every day, I don't eat or wear poorly, and if I can't calculate, I will be poor, and I also buy second-hand leather shoes to wear...... What are you showing? Okay, it's all gone, right? ”

When Yan Bugui heard this, his whole person shook with anger.

Yi Zhonghai scolded: "Pillar, if you can't speak, shut your mouth for me!" Is this the time to fall into the ground? ”

Silly Zhu cut his voice, but he didn't speak again, Li Yuan laughed and said: "Brother Zhuzi, although the third master likes to be calculating, he has a principled bottom line and will not harm others." This alone is better than many people. ”

Silly Zhu laughed and said, "Yes." ”

Li Yuan asked Yan Jiecheng: "Xie Cheng, go and see if you have lost anything?" I wondered, shouldn't you just throw things away at your house, is there a child who is naughty, where did you take it? The three masters are good people, and they don't have any enemies. Even if you are a thief, it is impossible to steal from your house. ”

Yan Bugui came back to his senses and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, yes, everyone will take a look to see if any of the children are naughty and lost, and look for them." ”

Yi Zhonghai frowned, feeling that something was wrong, but he also nodded and beckoned people to look around.

Not to mention, I really found the briefcase, just at the corner south of the Jia family, where the Jia family occupied the place where the briquettes were placed.

But nothing else was to be found.

After a while, another resident in the courtyard screamed, or threw away half a bowl of salt, or lost the white flour, or lost a bag of sweet potatoes.

As a result, it was soon discovered that there were some salt grains and white flour scattered in front of Jia's house......

Good guys, the anger of the masses exploded at once!

There are really bad elements hidden in the masses!

Comrades, rush!!

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