Just before, Su Jiujiu had made an agreement with Du Tonghe that from now on, Du Tonghe would only teach the Su family about how to grow crops in the village, and then tell them through their mouths.
After all, what a person locked in a bullpen says may not be convincing, and if someone reports him in the meantime, it will cause a lot of trouble.
But if it really works, and the crops really increase, and then the real reasons for the increase are revealed, the members will easily accept and believe it.
In this way, he needed to give the Su family a reason to contact the bullpen openly. He didn't want anyone to report the Su family for dealing with people in the bullpen next time.
In the bullpen, Chi Yiyuan was sitting outside the door reading a book seriously. He was so focused that even Chi Ge didn't notice when he walked near him.
These books were given to him by Chen Zian entrusted by Su Xiaotian. They are high school textbooks and include all subjects.
Chi Yiyuan is a smart child, and he knows in his heart that his grandfather cannot teach him this, and he can only rely on his own serious and systematic study.
Seeing his grandson's concentration when he was reading, Chi Ge Laohuai comforted him.
It was not because Chi Yiyuan was studying hard, but because he felt that the child had finally come out of the pain of the year.
He is willing to read these books seriously, which to some extent means that this child believes that one day he will return to school.
"Lao Chi, you can rest assured, Xiao Yuan will be very good in the future."
Du Tonghe didn't know when he came to Chi Ge. He looked at Chi Yiyuan who was studying seriously and felt quite comforted.
The Chi family suffered such pain back then, and the one who has been unable to get out of it these years is not Chi Ge, but Chi Yiyuan.
"It was our good fortune to meet the Su family." Chi Ge said, looking in the direction of the old Su family.
"The Su family is really good. I didn't expect that this kid Xiaotian would put such a big credit on me."
Others don't know it, but Du Tong knows it very well. Although he is also teaching Su Xiaotian, he is not clear about many things that Su Xiaotian knows. Moreover, the child's ideas are very avant-garde, but they have given him a lot of inspiration.
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The relationship between him and Su Xiaotian is not so much a master-disciple relationship, but rather a mentor-friend relationship.
As someone who watched the whole process, Chi Ge didn't know the pros and cons involved.
"Lao Du, if you have some kindness, let's just keep it in our hearts!".
"You are right, keep it in mind. If this old man is lucky enough to leave here one day, it will not be too late to repay the little girl!" Du Tonghe said with a smile.
"It's not just you. In the past two months, my stomach has been much better and I don't have much pain anymore. You don't know that before you came, I was even prepared that I wouldn't live long. Who would have thought that in Xiaotian's life
With careful attention, it has improved so much.”
Once, he thought that he might die soon. If he could not eat food that nourishes his stomach for a long time, and he could only live half-starved and half-full by eating wild vegetables, his stomach would get worse and worse.
However, the Su family gave him food and chicken gizzards, and he gradually got better.
This is a great kindness.
"Lao Chi, I have had one son all my life, and he has not left me a single thought. Recently, I have been thinking that it would be great if I could recognize Xiaotian as my granddaughter." Du Tonghe did not hide it from his old friend.
Tucked in.
He had had this idea for a long time, but due to status restrictions, he didn't dare to say it, for fear of causing trouble to Su Xiaotian.
"Since you want to, I'll discuss it with Lao Su later. Maybe Lao Su can agree."
"Is it appropriate for us to say this in our current status?" Du Tonghe shook his head and said.
With his current status, getting close to others would be dragging them down, so why bother?
Let’s wait until the day when we can turn around in the future!
"Lao Du, you may still have a chance to find a godmother now, but in the future, the little girl may not be willing to climb high."
Du Tonghe was a little surprised when Chi Ge used the word "Gao Pan".
"Do you believe we can leave here and go back to our previous lives?"
"Yes, and it should be soon, as long as we can survive!"
"Then I will talk to Lao Su about this later!" Du Tonghe was encouraged and gained confidence.
Besides, the grain of the Red Heart Brigade has been harvested and all has been threshed and dried.
The captain touched the dried grain and smiled. Today's grain output was indeed higher than last year.
This also means that each household will receive a little more food this year.
"Comrades, commune members, in three days, it will be the day to hand over the public rations. The commune has already said that the first three brigades to hand over the public rations will be rewarded with farm tools." Su Jiujiu said with confidence.
After listening to Su Jiujiu's words, the members began to talk about it.
The farm tools of their brigade are old and very uncomfortable to use. They have been thinking about purchasing some new farm tools, but there is no quota. If they can reward some new farm tools, it will be easier to work next year.
"Captain, we must fight for a spot no matter what!" Someone was already shouting impatiently.
Su Changjiu said: "That's what I mean. We will start the preparation work in the past two days. What I mean is to weigh out the amount of public grain that needs to be paid one day in advance, and prepare an additional three hundred kilograms of grain to save time.
Delayed in paying food."
Some members of the commune don't quite understand why they need to prepare 300 kilograms more grain?
"Do you think it's necessary to go to all the trouble to prepare three hundred kilograms more grain? Think about it, in previous years there would be problems with not having enough food, and it might be the same this year. It's better to prepare more as early as possible. At most, it's us.
Use some effort to drag it back."
After Su Jiujiu said this, the commune members all agreed. Farmers, if nothing else, just have a lot of strength.
"Okay, Captain, we all listen to you."
"Yes, listen to the captain. The captain is more knowledgeable than us."
"Then it's settled. The night before, I'll ask the mother-in-law at home to make some dry food to take with me. We'll load the car at night and set off after loading."
In the blink of an eye, three days passed, and the public rations were well prepared and placed in the brigade's warehouse.
At night, all the men in the brigade went to the warehouse to load the trucks.
The Red Heart Brigade is not very wealthy, with only six donkey carts, three ox carts and a horse carriage.
After all ten carts were filled, there was still some grain left, so we found a pallet truck and loaded it up.
However, there were not many carts in the brigade, so they still could not load all the grain. There was still some left, so the brigade leader Su Jiujiu called on everyone to carry it with burdens.
The three brothers of the Su family are very strong, and they all expressed that they can shoulder the burden.
With the three brothers of the Su family taking the lead, several young adults expressed their youth and strength and could help carry the burden.
The women in the brigade are not idle either. They are all busy at home preparing dry food for the men when they pay their official rations.
Those with better conditions made white flour pancakes, while those with worse conditions made cornmeal steamed buns.
Of course, because it is the time when the public food is paid, everyone eats together and everyone can see it.
Therefore, there are not many people who actually make wowotou. Most of them make white flour cakes, and at most they add a little sweet potato flour or corn flour.
The old Su family was no exception. Grandma Su and her three daughters-in-law prepared the best dry food for the men.
Grandma Su made a leek box. In order to avoid attracting attention, Grandma Su mixed eggs into the noodles. It tastes sweet and nutritious.
There was a little bit of chopped egg in the leek stuffing, which looked interesting but not eye-catching, but Grandma Su also added some lard, which stimulated the fragrance of the leek, and it smelled very fragrant.
"Mom, is it enough to pack six for each person?" Liang Xiu was loading the dry food.
Grandma Su looked at half of the box of leeks and said, "It's almost there. It's enough to eat. Let's prepare some for the four boys so they don't go hungry. By the way, prepare one more for Li Zhuzhu."
"Mom, you are very thoughtful. Li Zhuzhu has helped our family a lot these days." Liang Xiu said with a smile, not reluctantly.
She has become accustomed to it. The food at home is much more delicious this year, but every time it is cooked, she will give a little to the cowshed. Recently, Li Zhuzi has been added.
As she spoke, she packed several more chive boxes into the oil paper bag, and then put them in a cloth bag made of rags.
Although it is a bag made of rags, the women of the Su family are diligent and skillful. The rags are cut into small triangles and tightly sewn together, making it very beautiful.
"Li Zhuzhu is alone, and there is no woman to prepare food for him. It's all that damn Kang Yiye's fault. He finally got a blind date and got messed up." Wang Xianghua listened to the conversation between Liang Xiu and her mother-in-law, and also said something casually.
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On that day, Li Zhuzhu went to the river to take a bath because he was going on a blind date the next day. He wanted to clean himself up, but he was framed by Kang Yiye for being a gangster and was almost disabled by the people in the village. The blind date couldn't happen.
Let it go.
Later, although someone introduced someone to Li Zhuzhu, the other person immediately expressed his disagreement when he heard that such a thing had happened before.
Occasionally there are people who know the inside story and say they don't care, but judging from Li Zhuzhu's skinny head, most of them don't agree. There is one who agrees, but after seeing the conditions of Li Zhuzhu's family, he has nothing to say.
Li Zhuzhu simply didn't want to think about this anymore. After he had enough to eat and the whole family was not hungry, he finished working on his private land and went to help the old Su family to repay the life-saving grace that day.
Li Zhuzhu was very grateful to the people of the old Su family. If the people of the old Su family had not saved him, he would have been beaten to death by the river.
Grandma Su was kind-hearted and would help Li Zhuzhu prepare food when it was convenient. Li Zhuzhu always said that he had earned it.
"That woman Kang Yiye deserves to be punished by sweeping the streets and cleaning toilets!" Grandma Su said with disdain.
Liang Xiu said worriedly: "I don't know if she will return to our brigade when the time is up."
This was what she was most worried about. There was no telling what a woman like that would do after she came back.
At the beginning, Kang Yiye's target was Su Laosan, and it seemed that he planned to frame Su Laosan and then force Su Laosan to divorce her and marry her.
It makes me sad just thinking about it.
"I won't come back, let's talk about it then. Wife-in-law, boss, I remember, is there a girl in your parents' family who has poor eyesight? She is in her twenties. Why don't you introduce it to Li Zhuzhu? Just in case.
Where are they?" Grandma Su said suddenly.
Apart from being a leprosy-headed man, Li Zhuzhu is actually quite upright in appearance, and he is also careful when working.
If it's not a leprosy, I definitely can't find someone with bad eyesight.
This kid is really at a loss!
When Wang Xianghua heard what her mother-in-law said, she immediately put her hands on her hands and said, "What mother said makes sense. I'll ask about it when I go back in a few days."
Su Xiaotian happened to hear these words and felt that it was a waste of time for Li Zhuzhu to marry a blind girl.
I don’t know if his leprosy head can be cured. If it can be cured, maybe he can find a healthy girl to live with.
Suddenly, she remembered that a book she had read recently contained a recipe for curing leprosy, but she didn't know if it would be useful for Li Zhuzhu.
She made a mental plan to ask Li Mingcai if there were any of these medicinal materials around the village after she paid the public rations tomorrow and freed up time. If not, could she look for them from the commune or the county?
Regardless of whether it works or not, it’s always good to give it a try. What if it works?
Su Xiaotian was thinking that after the men of the Su family, including Su Shouwen's three brothers, went home to get dry food, they had already set off to deliver public food.
It was actually very hard to transport the grain to the commune, especially at night, so some teenage boys helped carry the lanterns.
But no one cried out about suffering or tiredness.
There is only one idea in everyone's mind, that is, after the public food is paid, the food can be distributed.
Therefore, they worked extra hard, pulling carts and carrying burdens, and walked in the dark towards the direction of the commune.
Along the way, the passing brigade heard that they had already set off, and then they realized that the Red Heart brigade was heading for the top three, but they were not fully prepared. The food had not been loaded into the truck, and it was too late to pursue them.
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The group set out in the middle of the night, and when they arrived at the commune, it was still dark.
As Su Jiujiu guessed, there was already a large group of people queuing up at the entrance of the grain station.
The members were a little disappointed when they saw that they had moved so early and had not yet won the first place.
But after it became clear that there was only one Dongfanghong team in front of them, everyone's emotions became high again. If they couldn't get the first place, it would be good to be the second place.
Who made Dongfanghong Brigade the headquarters of the commune?
All roads lead to Rome, so it will take some time on the road, but the Dongfanghong Brigade is directly in Rome, so it can't compare.
"Old Su, you arrived early. When did you set off?" An old man in his sixties came over, smoking a cigarette, and talked to Su for a long time.
"Captain Luo, please don't laugh at us. It's not easy to walk on this road. We set off in the middle of the night. Unexpectedly, everyone was very excited and arrived earlier than expected. Captain Luo, on the other hand, you Dongfanghong is so close.
To be so positive.”
Captain Luo laughed and said, "Let's stop running against each other. Who doesn't know who the other is?"
The two burst into laughter.
After laughing, Captain Luo asked: "I heard that someone in your brigade saved the leader, why didn't you think of letting the leader take care of your brigade?"