"That's over! How should we deal with the ...... of our members?"

Captain Tang pinched the ears of rice held in the palm of his hand, and said with a look of hatred: "The black-hearted and rotten businessman of country X sells good seeds, and it looks good, but it is some empty goods!" His eyes were red, and he reached out to give himself a slap.

The village party secretary hurriedly came to stop: "What are you doing here?" ”

"I proposed to buy this seed...... Captain Tang looked remorseful, and Vice Captain Qi shrank people aside and didn't dare to speak. He's against people who only plant halfway.

"It's not your fault, it's the result of our unanimous agreement to buy these seeds, the question is what to do next? Not only our brigade, but the entire commune has bought this batch of so-called good seeds! The village party secretary calmed down, and it seemed that the big guy was going to tighten his belt again in the second half of the year.

"The matter must be reported to the commune. In order to stabilize the emotions of the members, let's not make a noise about this matter for now. Captain Tang looked at Shen Xiangdong, and Shen Xiangdong nodded, "Captain, I won't talk nonsense about this matter." But this matter cannot be concealed after all. ”

Shen Xiangdong left.

Everyone was looking forward to the summer harvest. The same is true for the educated youth, they still owe the brigade of food, but looking at the heavy ears of rice in this rice field, they all feel that this year should be a bumper harvest year. But what they don't know is that this year is going to be the hardest to endure.

Things are silent, but the price of food on the black market is quietly and skyrocketing. Some of those who got the news early immediately began to stock up on large quantities of grain.

Shen Ruoqing came back and heard the words of his eldest brother and fell into deep thought.

"Little sister, fortunately, our mother had the foresight, we changed enough food, otherwise we would have to tighten our belts to live." Shen Xiangnan said.

Shen Xiangdong was worried: "I'm afraid that there will be chaos in the famine." ”

"Can't you? The above will not be left alone. Shen Xiangnan said.

At this time, Wang walked over, "What did you say?" What's the matter? ”

"It's nothing, isn't it your turn to cook today? What are you doing in the hospital? Shen Xiangnan said to the Wang family, this matter can't be known to his daughter-in-law.

"I'll go to the garden and pick some greens." Wang's pout, what is it that she can't listen to? Since her mother borrowed food once last year, Shen Xiangnan has become cold to her.

Shen Xiangxi drove a tractor to the commune with Captain Tang, and Captain Tang also took an ear of rice.

When Shen Xiangxi came back, he could see that his face was very bad. But when I saw that everyone was eating, I didn't say anything.

Finally waited until the meal was over, Shen Xiangxi looked at Mrs. Ji, Mrs. Ji asked the Wang family and the Du family to wash the dishes together, and let Shen Xiangxi follow her into the hall.

"Tell me, what's the attitude of the Commune?"

"Mom, now that the commune knows about this, it has already reported it to apply for relief food. But the commune told us not to make a noise to avoid causing panic, but we couldn't come up with a charter on how to solve it, because everyone had planted this rice seed in country X, and it was uncertain whether the relief grain could come down. Shen Xiangxi said everything he heard, "But the commune praised our brigade, but it's not a matter of concealment, sooner or later everyone will know, and the day of double robbery is getting closer and closer." ”

"Anyway, you can hide it for as long as you can, the commune naturally has their considerations, we have already done everything we have to do, and the rest is left to fate." Let's hope no one starves to death this year. ”

But the rumors still leaked out in the end.

I don't know where to start, there was news that the black-hearted rice seed of country X was an empty shell, and this news was quickly verified - the rice ear is in the field, and it can be verified with a grab.

Soon, panic hit. All the grain in the county town was sold short, and the rice in the black market actually rose to five yuan a catty, and the coarse grain also rose to two yuan a catty.

The members of each brigade blocked their captains to ask for an explanation, and even the Zhongxing brigade was not spared.

"Captain, why is this all an empty shell? Is this what is called a 'good breed'? Is there food for this? Captain, we are listening to you, you say plant this, we will plant this, now there is a problem with the rice planting of country X, everyone works hard all year round to grow food, and in the end even food and clothing become a problem. ”

"That's right, the ears of rice in the fields are all empty husks, and in the first half of this year, we were busy in vain."

"Everyone be quiet, I have a lot of responsibility for this matter, I say sorry to all the members, but don't be discouraged, we still have half of the normal grain, this is all the conspiracy of country X, and now we have to work together to tide over the difficulties together." Now the Red Flag Brigade doesn't even have the usual 30% harvest, and the grain is enough to choke, and even we still have half of the harvest. Captain Tang comforted the villagers, "And our commune has already applied to the above for relief food, as long as we survive this year." ”

In fact, everyone is also complaining, compared to the Red Flag Brigade next door, they still have at least more than half of the food.

"It's good that our brigade was prescient."

"This is thanks to Xinyi girl, if she hadn't questioned it, our team wouldn't have chosen half of it."

"Yes, this is a different and far-sighted book."

Everyone praised Liu Xinyi.

Liu Xinyi said: "I just maintained a cautious attitude, in fact, if I experimented with one acre of land first, as I said before, I wouldn't lose so much grain." ”

Hearing Liu Xinyi's words, everyone complained about the captain.

"Yes, since there were doubts before, why don't you experiment with a small piece of land first? As a result, we are left with only this food, and we can't have enough to eat. The villagers completely forgot how convinced they were of this so-called "good seed" at the beginning, and blamed Liu Xinyi for being troublesome, but they just put all the responsibility on Captain Tang.

"That's right, last year's grain production was greatly reduced, and the captain also said that he applied for relief food, but this relief food, there is no shadow, and I think this year's relief grain will not fall on our heads."

Seeing that the resentment in the crowd was getting bigger and bigger, Shen Ruoqing said: "Now is not the time to complain, if there are difficulties, we will solve them." Several brigades in the vicinity are short of food, and our food is not rich, and now that we have the strength to complain here, it is better to go to the mountains to find something to eat. Our brigade is already very good, at the beginning more than half of the people were dissatisfied with the decision to plant half of the rice, and they all demanded that all the 'improved' rice seeds be planted, but now that something has happened, they are all angry at the captain. The great man said that unity is strength, and the more difficult the moment, the more we must unite to overcome difficulties. ”

"Everyone, don't be impatient, I know that there is a large area of kudzu in the mountains, and I can lead everyone to dig up those kudzu roots, so that the big guys won't go hungry." Liu Xinyi said suddenly.

"Kudzu? How many? Captain Tang's eyes lit up, kudzu can indeed be eaten as food, because its fat rhizome contains a lot of starch, and after processing, it is made into arrowroot powder. And compared with the starch of sweet potatoes and potatoes, the nutritional value is even higher.

(End of chapter)