When Chang Xing was eating with Zhou Maolin, Zhao Jianguo came.
"Xiao Zhao, have you eaten? Let's eat together." Zhou Maolin is still very enthusiastic on the surface, but he is a little cold in his heart. The contradiction between the educated youth of Youth Farm and the people of Xianji Bridge is getting more and more serious. Moreover,
This contradiction is about to come to light.
"Secretary Maolin, I have eaten. Our youth farm had lunch earlier." The muscles on Zhao Jianguo's face twitched a few times, revealing a very weird smile.
Zhou Maolin just greeted him politely, knowing that Zhao Jianguo must have something to do when he came to the door: "Then you come here, you must have something to do, right?"
"It's something. We have opened up a lot of wasteland on our farm and we want to plant rapeseed. But I went to the seed station in town and couldn't get any rapeseed. I want to ask if your team has any extra rapeseed. We won't get it in vain.
, money or food stamps will do." Zhao Jianguo said quickly, fearing that Zhou Maolin would find an excuse to push him back.
"Looking at what you said, I will ask you educated youth if you want money and food stamps?" Zhou Maolin said.
"Did Secretary Zhou agree to provide us with rapeseed?" Zhao Jianguo asked in surprise.
But Zhou Maolin shook his head: "The rapeseed seeds we save every year are only enough for our own use. Where can I get the extra seeds for you? I can't help it. You can go to the commune and ask the commune leaders to solve the problem."
Zhou Maolin was very dissatisfied with this group of educated young people who repeatedly went to the commune to file complaints against him. There were indeed not many rapeseed seeds, but there was a very large surplus of rapeseed seeds prepared every year. In case the germination rate of the seeds was not ideal, planting could still be ensured.
The area will not be reduced. The brigade has the task of handing over grain and oil every year, and must also ensure the needs of the brigade masses. A certain area must be planted, otherwise there will be a gap in rapeseed oil.
Zhao Jianguo came to ask for rapeseed at this time, but it was actually a little late. The rapeseed seedlings of the Xianjiqiao Brigade had already been grown. They only needed to be transplanted. The germination rate of rapeseed this year is very high, and there will be less than half of the rapeseed.
The remaining rapeseed seedlings will be used to expand the planting area appropriately. However, the area cannot be expanded too much, otherwise the spring plowing task in the second year will be extremely heavy. Most of the excess seedlings will be used to feed livestock.
If the relationship between Xianji Bridge and Youth Farm was still the same as it was at the beginning, Zhou Maolin would not ask Zhao Jianguo for half a dime, but would give the seedlings to them. He would even ask the masses to help these educated young people transplant them.
"Secretary Maolin, can you help me think of a solution?" Zhao Jianguo asked.
"Even if you have seeds now, it's too late. If you want to plant rapeseed, you should have cultivated the rapeseed seedlings long ago. Now it's time to transplant. Even if you have seeds now, it will be difficult for them to germinate. I can't help you with this.
You." Zhou Maolin said.
"Secretary Maolin, I've actually wanted to talk to you for a long time. As a result, things on the farm were in a mess, so I never came..." Zhao Jianguo said.
Zhou Maolin stopped Zhao Jianguo from continuing: "Xiao Zhao, don't say anything unnecessary. Some things don't reach this level in a day or two. We are all understanding people. I just want to tell you that you took the initiative to come to me today.
Now the rapeseed season is out of season, and it may not catch up. But if we don’t make preparations now, this winter will be very difficult. For example, prepare some charcoal and more firewood.”
"None of our educated youth know how to burn charcoal?" Zhao Jianguo said.
"I've already said this. If you have nothing to do, go back. I still have guests here." Zhou Maolin said.
"Okay, I, I'll go back right away." Zhao Jianguo knew that even if he continued to stay, it would be of little use. Zhou Maolin had already made his words very clear.
After seeing Zhao Jianguo leave, Chang Xing said: "If these city people are not prepared, this winter will be difficult."
"Anyway, I've told them, so it's my utmost kindness. As for whether they listen or not, that's their own business," Zhou Maolin said.
Chang Xing had dinner at Zhou Maolin's house and then returned to the ancestral temple.
Time passed quickly, and Xianji Bridge ushered in the first snow of winter. In the evening, snowflakes fell from the sky and fell to the ground. They quickly disappeared, but most of the snowflakes accumulated on the ground.
Got up.
When it was getting dark, the old cat jumped back from the granary quickly. Snow particles began to fall outside the house. Many snow particles jumped under the barn, and many snow particles got into the old cat's nest. After melting,
Let its nest become wet.
The old cat complained at that time. He knew how to make his own house so nice, but he didn't know how to make the granary better or make me a warmer nest next to the granary. How could he expect me in such a cold day?
Guarding the granary, there is no food left.
Chang Xing watched the old cat come in, covered with snow particles, and laughed loudly: "Old cat, why are you so embarrassed? It's snowing, and you don't know how to run back. I told you that you don't have to guard the granary. Look.
You are so promising."
The old cat rolled his eyes and said, "Master Meow, I was wrong." I was guarding the barn. Aren't I afraid that the grain would be taken away by mice and I would starve? The mice didn't dare to come. That's because Master Meow was guarding there.
Wait, don't you have any ideas in mind?
The old cat shook hard, and the snow particles on his body were shot out in all directions like bullets.
"Old Cat, are you trying to cause trouble on purpose? Be careful, I'll skin your cat!" Chang Xing waved his hand, and the snow particles shot at him were directly bounced back. All of them hit the old cat.
face.
The old cat's face was covered with snow particles, showing a look of despair.
"Don't be like this. We have prepared enough bacon this time. Now that it's snowing, you don't have to run out. You can just stay at the Patriarch's Temple. Let's drink some monkey wine in the evening." Chang Xing said.
As soon as he heard that there was wine to drink, the old cat immediately came to life. He quickly ran to the bench at the Eight Immortals Table and sat down, waiting for Changxing's good wine and delicious food to be served.
Chang Xing chuckled: "Didn't I tell you it's night? It's still so early, are you going to sit there until dinner?"
The old cat rolled his eyes, but still sat there without moving. Mr. Cat, I want to sit here, can’t I?
***
Youth Farm. The farm buildings and surrounding farmland are also covered with a thin layer of white. The surrounding gray land is covered with a layer of pure white, making it appear more holy and beautiful.
The heavy snow did not cast any shadow on these intellectual young people from the city. Instead, they rushed out of the house with great joy and cheered in the majestic heavy snow.
"Looking at the red dress and plain clothes, she is extraordinarily charming... Counting the famous figures, look at the present day!"
Zhao Jianguo couldn't help but recite a poem in the heavy snow, which was quite passionate.
"Jianguo, I didn't expect it to snow so heavily here at Xianji Bridge." Dai Fudong walked over.
"Yeah. I originally thought that even if it snows here, it won't necessarily be that big. By the way, do we have enough firewood? With this heavy snow, it might be a little difficult to go into the mountains to cut firewood." Zhao Jianguo asked.
"This time we went into the mountains and chopped a lot of firewood and came back. When we reclaimed wasteland, we also had a lot of firewood. It should be enough. But if the temperature is colder, we don't have charcoal, and I'm afraid it will be too choking. In front of Xianjiqiao Village
They have been burning charcoal for a while, and every household has stored a lot of it," Dai Fudong said.
"Well, now that the relationship has become tense, how could they still give us charcoal? It's my fault too. I didn't take it to heart at first." Zhao Jianguo felt a little regretful.
"Actually, it's not just who is to blame. When everyone came to Xianjiqiao, everyone looked down on the people of Xianjiqiao. It's just that we didn't notice it at the beginning. At this point, it's useless to say more. After all, the Youth Farm only
We can rely on ourselves." Dai Fudong said.
"Xiao Guangming hasn't done anything bad recently, has he?" Zhao Jianguo asked.
"I heard from the security team that he wanted to go hunting in the mountains," Dai Fudong said.
"Now the food on the farm is basically sufficient, and the vegetables grown in the early stage have begun to be eaten, so there is no need to worry. Even if there is no meat for a long time, it is not impossible for Xiao Guangming to go hunting. But Xiao Guangming cannot go into the mountains alone. It is the farm.
Send security teams to regularly clear away wild beasts around the farm to prevent the farm from being destroyed by wild beasts," Zhao Jianguo said.
Dai Fudong nodded: "This is a good idea. You can't let Xiao Guangming show his personal heroism when hunting." Dai Fudong nodded.
Lu Senlin stepped on the white snow and ran to Xiao Guangming's room.
Along the way, I left a series of footprints in the snow.
"Guangming, good news. The farm agreed to let our security team go hunting in the mountains. However, they requested that it be in the form of a farm security team. In name, it was to go into the mountains to clean up wild beasts around the farm that might cause damage to production. Zhao Jianguo asked Chen Renshan to lead the team.
You can join the hunting team, but you can't interfere in the team's command. You can only act on the periphery." Lu Senlin said.
Xiao Guangming lit a cigarette and let the disgust linger around him.
Lu Yulin lay on the bed, like a dead fish. He was forcibly sent back to Xianji Bridge and was severely criticized. There was little hope of returning to the city in the future. Lu Yulin's heart felt as if he was dead. No matter how hard the life in the city was, he was tired.
, compared with the countryside here at Xianji Bridge, it is nothing to mention. And he will continue this hard life for a long time in the future.
Xiao Guangming shook his head: "I won't participate this time. You can go if you want. I won't stop you."
"Why? Guangming, haven't you been waiting for this opportunity for a long time?" Lu Senlin asked.
"Do you think you can hunt game with Chen Renshan and the others?" Xiao Guangming asked.
"Even if it is a bit difficult, this guy doesn't know how to hunt at all. If you follow him out, you will definitely come back empty-handed," Lu Senlin said.
"Then why should I follow them out?" Xiao Guangming said.
