The road from the village to the town was successfully started after several days of survey and planning. Farmers whose land was expropriated along the road were very happy to receive appropriate compensation.
There were sixteen households in the village whose land was expropriated. In addition to compensation from the government, six poor households were compensated by the village for crop losses. The people in the village even praised the village king.
The road construction this time was mainly a mechanized operation, and of course it also required some labor. Although this section of the road under the jurisdiction of the village was also under the full responsibility of the road construction headquarters. However, the village king still tried to arrange labor in the village.
The village king started the arrangement from poor households and asked these poor households to contribute to earn wages and subsidize their families. This move of the village king won the support of the people in the village.
On the day when construction started, the people in the village were overjoyed. The wealthier families even bought firecrackers and celebrated like a Chinese New Year.
Xueer accompanied her father and mother to watch the fun.
When returning home after watching the excitement, the village king Wang sighed, saying that he made the right move to give up his position to Zheng Shuang, and it was too timely. With such a big change in the village, in addition to the policies that warm people's hearts, Zheng Shuang indeed has
Indelible contribution.
Xueer saw her father happy and greatly praised his eyesight.
After Xueer accompanied her father and mother back to her original wooden house, she said that Zheng Shuang would not go home for lunch today anyway, and she would not go back to the bungalow. She wanted to cook for her father and mother.
The king of the village was naturally happy to see his daughter accompanying them.
During lunch, the village king saw the cured fish, cured fish and fresh vegetables. He picked up the wine glass and sighed again.
The village king said: "Xue'er, times are progressing, society is developing, and farmers' living standards are getting higher and higher! Look, now we have fish and meat in our daily meals. When you were young, my family still had
You are considered rich, but if you want to eat these, you have to wait until distinguished guests arrive!"
Xue'er's mother smiled and said: "Yes, yes! In the most difficult time, let alone meat, we didn't even have to eat cereals."
"We were better off in the village. At least we had grass roots and leaves to eat. At that time, my hometown was on the flat land outside, and the villages were relatively concentrated. Even the grass roots and leaves were eaten up. Many people starved to death!"
"Is there such a thing as starving to death?" Xueer's eyes widened.
"Yes. You were still young at the time, and no one was starving to death in the village. Of course you don't know. Let me tell you a true story. This happened in my hometown, and it was my father's neighbor." The village king
Wang looked at Xueer.
"Abba, tell me." Xue'er was also curious.
"At that time, all the grass roots and leaves nearby were eaten up. Some people ate Guanyin soil. This kind of soil is smoother and easier to swallow."
"Is Guanyin soil mud? Do you eat mud?" Xueer asked.
"Well. When people eat it, their stomachs are filled, and they gain some strength. However, the soil cannot be digested and forms a ball in the stomach, which cannot be pulled out. So we have to..."
"I'm eating, don't talk about this..." Xue'er's mother interrupted the king of the village.
"Okay, okay. Let's talk about eating fern root cake. You have eaten this fern root cake before, Xue'er. It tastes good. But fern root cake is made after the fern root is grinded out and the water is precipitated. After everyone finished eating the fern root cake, we were all hungry.
The way to do this is to grind the remaining tendons into powder and eat them into cakes. This one is the most unpalatable..."
"I told you not to talk about this, and then you got around to it again. Are you really an old fool?" Xue'er said again about the king of the village.
"Okay, okay, these are all the foreshadowing of the story!" The village king laughed.
"Hahaha, my dad is really good, and he also laid the foundation for the story." Xueer said with a smile.
"Xue'er, don't put a high hat on my father." The village king said with a smile.
"Abba, tell me. I won't interrupt your story." Xueer said.
"Okay, let me continue. Anyway, people at that time were very hungry. Everyone began to extend the radius infinitely with their home as the center, looking for food everywhere. In order to find food, people competed with each other for leaves.
, there are a lot of big fights!
My neighbor Wang Jing was a young boy at that time. In order to snatch leaves, he fought with others and both of them bled and turned red.
Wang Jing returned home with his broken forehead empty-handed. His father Wang Bang helped him bandage it briefly. He said to Wang Jing: "Son, you stay at home. I will go out and find a way to help the family."
Let’s get something to eat.”
Wang Bang took his pocket and went out early and came back late to get some food for the family. He barely managed to save the lives of his family.
However, Wang Jing’s grandfather, who was over seventy years old, was getting too old and couldn’t bear the torture of eating grass roots and leaves all day long, and his body began to swell.” The village king paused as he spoke and looked at Xue’er.
"Why is my body swollen? Is it an illness?" Xueer asked doubtfully.
"If the old don't talk about the past, the younger generations will lose their reputation! It seems that the older generation really needs to tell the younger generation about the history they have experienced!" Wang Zhaiwang sighed again.
"Yes. I agree with this." Xue'er's mother agreed.
"Say it. Dad, I want to hear it!"
"Okay. Let me tell you, this edema is actually due to malnutrition. At that time, grass roots and leaves were all eaten, what nutrition did they have? Without nutrition, many people's bodies were swollen. At that time, this was called edema disease."
"Oh, that's right! Keep talking, Abba."
"Wang Jing is actually very filial. He often washes his grandfather's feet. That night, when he was washing his grandfather's feet, he pressed his grandfather's calf and saw a big 'hole'. He knew that his grandfather had edema. But
, what else could he do except shed tears.
In the evening, his father Wang Bang came back. He secretly took out a three-finger-sized silver carp. This was a rare treasure at the time!
Wang Jing didn't know how his father got it. His father asked him to set up a rice pot that hadn't been used for several days, burned firewood, and said to him, "Wang Jing, use this fish to make a few bowls of soup, one bowl for each person."
Let your grandpa eat the fish so that he can recuperate his health," my father said, weeping.
Wang Bang shed tears, put the fish into the pot, filled the water, and asked Wang Jing to keep the fire going. Wang Jing's grandfather was lying on the bed. He had been out for the day and wanted to see his father.
After Wang Jing's father left, Wang Jing thought about the silver carp in the pot, his tongue kept touching his lips, and he drooled.
Thinking, thinking, Wang Jing couldn't control himself, so he opened the lid of the pot.
Just as Wang Jing caught the fish out of the hot water, his father's curse came over him.
Wang Jing must have been crazy with hunger at that time! Without thinking, he grabbed the fish and ran out while putting it in his mouth. Because he was anxious, the fish slipped to the ground, so he grabbed the fish and ran away.
Wang Jing ran out of the house, taking the fish to his mouth as he ran. He was caught by his father. At this time, the silver carp head was still outside Wang Jing's mouth.
Wang Jing's father grabbed his neck with his hands and said, 'Spit it out! Otherwise, if you swallow it, I will open your stomach and take out the fish'!
Wang Jing was pinched by his father until his eyes turned white. He had to spit out the fish. My father said that what he saw at that time was that the body of the fish was still bloody.
The fish was put back into the pot to make soup. Wang Jing's father did not miss Wang Jing's bowl of fish soup.
Wang Jing didn't speak a word after he was arrested, and he didn't say a word until he finished drinking the fish soup.
When Wang Jing was sleeping, his father said to him, you are a filial son, I know that. But hunger makes people crazy! You are crazy today, and your father and I are crazy too! Son, I hope we
They can understand each other and forgive each other.
His father's words made Wang Jing suddenly lose his resentment towards his father. He threw himself into his father's arms and said, 'Dad! I am not a human being!' His father also said, 'You are my son! I
I've actually been cruel to you, I'm not a human being! I've become a devil!' After saying that, the two of them hugged each other and started crying."
When the village king said this, he burst into tears.