As soon as Liu Mei said that, Xue Xiang realized that these educated youths did not receive thirty-one kilograms of grain per person per month, but only sixteen kilograms per person per month. As the saying goes: Half a young man, a poor man. This group of educated youths are really
At the age of ten and a half, he has a huge appetite. He has to tighten his belt to get a pound of food every day, and only half of it is left, which is the amount of food he likes.
Xue Xiang was furious and asked Li Yongjun who usually distributed food to the educated youth. After asking, he found out that it was Vice Captain Tie Yong who ran away with Cai and his son. At this time, Tie Yong disappeared and Xue Xiang had to call
Old warehouse manager
When Wang asked, he found out that not only were the grains of the educated youths deducted, but the commune members were also generally given low wages in exchange for their work points. There was a strange situation in which the team members had not finished all the grain distribution and still owed the commune public grains.
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Where did that much grain go? Xue Xiang had this question in his mind, but he ordered: "Captain Li, lead Lao Wang to count the grain in the warehouse, and replenish the grain that I have owed to the educated youth over the years.
Come on, the orphans, widows, old and weak in the village are evenly distributed, and the rest will be divided among me on a per capita basis."
Just as Xue Xiang finished speaking, there was a huge uproar around him. If it hadn't been for the prestige he had accumulated by beating Cai Guoqing, banning Cai Gaoli, and killing the big snake, they would have been scolding him in a swarm. Even at this moment, everyone just screamed in shock, but in their hearts
I doubt whether the captain from the city is really reliable. This kind of food will be used in two months. If you eat it now, what will you plant in two months? Will the autumn harvest be ruined?
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Xue Xiang suppressed the noise and stopped the noise, saying: "Comrade members, please rest assured, I know how to grow grain, and I will never miss the farming season. But now, eating is the first priority of our village.
What era are we in?
Kaoshantun actually starved the educated youths who came to support us. It’s embarrassing to tell anyone. Even if it’s not for these educated youths, we ourselves have to have enough to eat, right? Let’s divide it first. If I can’t get you to grow food,
Just feed me."
Xue Xiang's last words made everyone laugh. Everyone was happy when they heard it. It was rare for this captain to be so humorous when he opened his mouth to scold and beat his hands.
Whoever refuses to eat has something wrong with his mind.
Xue Xiang was not one to deceive the world with his big words. Ever since he entered the village, he had been concerned about the problem of food for the commune members. Later generations said: "Eating depends on two pings." How could he forget the "Ping" Xue Xiang behind him who was cultivating hybrid rice?
Knowing that Yuan Longping was probably promoting hybrid rice cultivation in neighboring provinces at this time, his mind was already full of excitement: In Jianghan Province, we should let our backing village take the lead.
Xue Xiang waved his hand, and Li Yongjun led everyone there. Several educated youths listened to the distribution of food, their eyes were green, and they were about to run out, but Xue Xiang waved and stopped him, saying that he had something to tell them, and the food would be distributed.
Someone sent it over.
All the educated youth have always been in awe of this captain who is similar to themselves. The reason for respect is that this captain saved themselves and others in times of crisis. They are also afraid that this captain speaks his mind but keeps his mouth shut, is ruthless and cruel, and regards human life as such.
Damn it, how can you not be afraid of yourself and others?
Xue Xiang stopped all the educated youths and saw them standing in a row, waving their hands for them to sit down as if they were being inspected. Unexpectedly, these educated youths were still very cautious, not moving, not speaking, but they were not feeling well.
There was a loud croaking sound in the residence. Xue Xiang smiled and asked Kang Tong to bring the half of the dustpan and fried dough sticks and give them to the educated youths.
When all the educated youth saw these golden fried dough sticks dripping with oil, they were still able to hold on tight and showed no signs of restraint. They stuffed them into their mouths one by one like a hungry tiger pouncing on food.
Xue Xiang saw that they were eating in embarrassment and got up to pour water for everyone. After the educated youth reluctantly offered sacrifices to the five internal organs temple, they wiped their mouths and then remembered that they were being served by the captain, and they were at a loss again.
Xue Xiang already knew everyone's names. Some of them were celebrities from a certain TV series in their previous life, but their personalities were so different that they were almost endless. That Zhong Yuemin froze to death in Yingfeng Station, starved to death, and lived on the road.
The young man with the same personality in front of him, Zhong Yuemin, looked like a frail scholar, and his face turned red with embarrassment.
Xue Xiang knew that being polite would have no effect, so he simply went straight to the point: "You should just stop doing farm work. The leader said that you came down to receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants. After two years of education, I think it's almost the same. As the saying goes
He said, good steel is used on the edge of a knife, and you are all cultural people, so how about you give full play to your talents and temporarily serve as teachers for the kids in Guashantun?"
Xue has been going to the countryside for some time, and he has always been curious about why all the brigades in the commune have primary schools, why Shantun alone does not have one. Han Donglin gave the answer, saying that it had happened earlier, and the school building was built on the south slope. Later,
The members of the brigade could not even afford to eat, let alone support their children's schooling and teaching life. Therefore, Xue Xiang, who relied on Shantun, evacuated without retreating.
Xue Xiang didn't have time to report to the higher authorities. He had to wait until the county's education department approved the official documents and follow the plan step by step. He had to wait until the year of the monkey. It was better to organize the school himself first. Aren't the eight educated youths in front of him ready-made teachers?
After hearing Xue Xiang's words, all the educated youths fell silent collectively. It wasn't that they were cheap and wanted to do farm work rather than teach students. It was actually that they were afraid that once they became teachers and settled their household registration, it would be difficult for them to return to the city. They
However, many educated youth friends who have returned to the city have written letters, so they know that the hard days are coming to an end.
Xue Xiang saw the hesitation on everyone's faces and wondered in his heart: This is a good thing, why are you still pushing back? After thinking about it again, he understood everyone's tangle. At that moment, Xue Xiang patted his chest and assured that he would only teach the children temporarily for a few months.
, a few months later, he will report and ask the superiors to send formal teachers.
After receiving Xue Xiang's assurance, everyone smiled happily and were busy discussing their career as teachers. When the food delivery person arrived, everyone took the food and lit up the stove fire. Seeing how anxious the monkey was, the fried dough sticks just now came out.
It's just a gap between the teeth.
After settling the teacher's issue, Xue Xiang said hello and went out. He had a lot to do today. Xue Xiang went straight to the office, greeted Xiao Sun, the correspondent, and notified the team leaders to come to the office for a meeting. He didn't finish a cigarette.
, the captains of the nine teams arrived together. It turned out that everyone was leading the members of each team to distribute food in the warehouse not far away, so as soon as Xiao Sun left, he gathered everyone together.
After everyone sat down, Xue Xiang went straight to the topic and talked about the construction of the school. After hearing this, everyone praised them in unison. Which parent is not worried that the children are not going to school. Even though they are mountain people, they usually look down upon them.
This group of educated youths: During the criticism, they even shouted "Down with the stinky old nine", but deep down they still believed that scholars were superior to others.
"Captain, we are very willing to let the children study. We don't need to rebuild the school building. Although the old school on the south slope is a bit old and broken, it can still be used. Besides, the new school building
There's nowhere to look for building materials, so I think it's better to make do with it." The speaker was Peng Chun. He had smoked Xue Xiangdi's cigarette and knew that the captain was actually very talkative, and he was not as nice to Xue Xiang as others.
Awe.
"No, how can we be careless about a century-old plan that puts education first? I went to see the school building on the south slope. Can it be called a school? It has mud walls and a thatched roof. It is small and short. How can the children live in that environment?
You can study hard. I didn't ask you to come here to give me your opinions. Just do what I say." Xue Xiang put on Qiu Ba's appearance again, and no one dared to say more.
After clearing everyone, Xue Xiang began to arrange the work. The new school building was located in the northwest direction of the threshing floor. The place with its back facing the sun was suitable for the energetic children. After deciding on the location, Xue Xiang asked everyone
The team leader went back to the team and summoned the carpenters and masons to gather at his place. In addition, he asked all laborers to stop what they were doing and concentrate all their efforts on building the school building as soon as possible.
Xue Xiang was not good at anything else, but he was first-class in overall management. He gave an order, and the Shantun production team immediately took action. Twenty or thirty old masons were surrounded by him in the office, and they started designing and planning that they had never tried before.
Two thousand laborers were divided into three groups by him
, one group went into the mountains to cut trees and prepare beams of wood; the other group followed Li Yongjun and went straight to the Hongfeng Brick and Tile Factory in the community. They were strictly ordered to carry bricks and tiles on their shoulders and carry them into Kaosantun; the last group prepared meals.
, How can the team members not care about their jobs when doing such heavy physical work?
Hundreds of beams of wood were transported out of the mountain in two or three hours: because the two slopes blocked traffic, people had to carry the vehicles there, so those who went there were all young men. Everyone started in front of the two slopes.
Although it was difficult to transfer the bricks and tiles from the tractor to the ox-cart behind the two slopes, nearly five hundred strong laborers went crazy, and tens of thousands of bricks and tiles were transported only during meal time.
The main dish at noon was a big nap, a pig mixed with countless vegetables and nap for more than ten pots. This pork is not produced in this village. The backing village has little food and there is not enough food for myself. Who can afford to raise pigs?
It was bought from the neighboring Hongmiao Village. The members of the commune, who had not seen meat for who knows how many years, were all eating together. The dozen or so large pots were eaten as if they had been washed.
After eating, everyone did not rest, and started working on the bricks, tiles, and wood. The strong laborers at this time were all generalists, and almost all of them were carpenters and bricklayers. Such versatility was not a talent, but a talent.
I was forced to do it. Come to think of it, you are a poor commoner and if you don’t learn it yourself, how can you still afford to pay for it and hire someone else?
Two thousand people and horses, working together and with all the materials, were able to build a school building that could only accommodate two to three hundred children. The speed was amazing. Everyone burned thatch, cut down evil branches, leveled the land, and built red bricks.
Building bricks, huge trees stacked horizontally, mud and sand falling down, sweat flying
. The new moon was born, and a school building with red bricks and red tiles, square and flat, with bright and clean windows was built. Someone cheered, and thousands of people cheered together. In an instant, towels swayed, straw hats circled, and the surroundings of the new school building became
Ocean of joy.
Xue Xiang looked at the ocean in front of him, and a sense of pride arose spontaneously. This feeling made him tremble deep in his soul. He even had a feeling of epiphany: the greatest power is not one person's call, nor is it one person's promise.
Anger and terror in the world: it is written before our eyes, written on the innocent smiling faces of the children, in the deep lines on the old farmer's forehead, in the swaying towel, in the hovering straw hat, in this boundless
In the spring breeze and the bright moon...
Xue Xiang closed his eyes to listen to the cheers. Just as he was wandering around Beihai, he was interrupted by the good old man Su Shunmin who dragged him over to the account book and said a commonplace thing...