A heavy snowstorm means that winter in the Northeast is coming.
But if you think you can relax in winter and don’t have to do anything, you are wrong.
Recently, the county town held another meeting. It was said that we must resolutely criticize the idea of "Cat Winter" and fight against the world to turn slack farming into busy farming. Once again, we proposed to learn from Dazhai in agriculture.
So, everyone stopped hiding on the heated kang to play poker and knit sweaters. Get up, mobilize, and do something meaningful together.
What is meaningful?
The company arranged it like this. The educated youth were divided into several groups. One group was for repairing lines, telephone lines, and electric wires. The range was from the third company to the regiment headquarters, and then from the regiment headquarters to the division headquarters. It was a hundred miles away.
For food and accommodation, they will stay in the village closest to them that day. The second group will support the fishery and go fishing in rivers and lakes. The third group will support the forestry and help cut trees in the forestry. The fourth group will stay in the company.
Inside, dig out manure to prepare for next year’s spring plowing.
Compared to going to other places, and I don’t know if the accommodation is warm enough, it seems better to dig poop. At least I will be warm when I come back after being tired for a day.
Therefore, Fourth Master and Lin Yutong directly requested to stay in the fourth group. Since they were assigned to the fourth group, when they signed up, in addition to rakes and shovels, the company also gave them a cart. Men and women were matched, and two people were divided into one.
A cart. As for the oxen, horses and mules, I'm sorry, there are elderly employees in the company, please take care of them and show your style. The company commander and instructor are all pulling the cart.
As for the tractor, it is impossible to start the engine in winter. Besides, there is not enough oil. Before the production season, the superiors do not distribute oil.
The fourth master felt that Lin Yutong’s clinic could not be closed. As soon as he proposed this idea, some positive-minded educated youths immediately opposed it. As long as it was not a serious illness that could kill someone, there was no need to rush to see a doctor. Everyone overcame it and waited until they had rest at night.
Seeing a doctor is fine too.
So, when it was just dawn, green smoke floated over the breeding ground. Because of the cold weather, the whole ground was frozen. What to do? First, light a fire to thaw. Then the company commander divided the areas for each group.
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The company commander still took good care of Fourth Master and Lin Yutong. The outermost circle was divided. In the outer circle, the manure was thin, so there was no need to dig deeper, which saves effort. Then the man held a three-pronged rake, which is called
The dung rake first rake up the dung. Then the female comrade shovels the dung out with a shovel and throws it on the cart. There are barriers in the front and back of the cart. It is like a bucket inside and can hold hundreds of dung.
When it is full, the man pulls the cart and the woman pushes it behind.
The distance between the farmland and the breeding farm is not close, only four or five miles away.
Pull it to the end of the field, and then pour the manure down. Then spread the manure evenly with shovelfuls to ensure that the field is covered with a thin layer.
When going back, Fourth Master asked Lin Yutong to sit on the cart, and he pulled him along. "Come up. With your weight of dozens of kilograms, can you still tire me out?"
So, when the road was flat or downhill, Lin Yutong took the car. When the road went uphill, he got down to help push the car.
Bai Xiaomei complained to Cheng Hao, "Look at me, then look at you. You wish I could drag you away."
Cheng Hao has the appearance of a scholar, but he is weak in writing, which is exactly what girls of this era like. He is a scholar, a white-faced little scholar. He is simply the lover of his dreams.
"Can that be the same? What kind of relationship is there? What is the relationship between you and me?" Cheng Hao gasped, "I want to become the closest revolutionary comrade-in-arms with you. Have you agreed? If so, I will be tired today.
Even if you die, I will be a cow and a horse for you. I am willing to be a cow or a horse."
"Go!" Bai Xiaomei pushed the cart behind, "You know how to talk."
On the way downhill, Cheng Hao asked Bai Xiaomei to pull the car, "I'll hold it down for you. It will save you a lot of inertia. If I rush hard, you won't be able to hold on anymore." Then he asked Bai Xiaomei to pull the car very shamelessly, and he got on.
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Bai Xiaomei was so angry that she wanted to kick her, "Why don't you let me sit up and hold you down?"
"How can such an important revolutionary task be entrusted to a female comrade?" Cheng Hao said confidently, "I'll do it. You cover me, my dear comrade."
"Shameless!" Bai Xiaomei cursed, but the corners of her mouth raised.
Enjoying hardship is also a positive attitude.
Going back in the evening, Lin Yutong put a lot of medicinal materials in the tub for bathing, and the two of them took a mandarin duck bath. When the fourth master fell asleep, Lin Yutong had to get up and massage his whole body. The job of defecating was just one job.
The round trip is almost ten miles, not to mention having to pull a cart. Seven or eight round trips a day, it is unbearable to walk, and you have to carry heavy loads.
The fourth master woke up the next day and felt comfortable all over. He fell asleep and vaguely knew what Lin Yutong was doing. But he couldn't open his eyes. "You didn't sleep last night, okay?"
Lin Yutong shook his head, "I'll walk half way and rest half time, so I'm not as tired as you."
The work is very hard, but the only good thing is that the food standard provided by the company has been improved. Those who participate in labor can get a pound of steamed buns of two-heavy noodles a day. They can also eat some tofu every day.
This is good food in everyone's opinion. But Lin Yutong and Fourth Master are in trouble. They can't even go back and cook it themselves.
Fortunately, after working for a long time, I was really hungry. I was able to eat.
That night, the chief clerk quietly called the fourth master, and when no one was around, he gave him something, wrapped in oil paper.
The fourth master didn’t know what it was. When he got home, it felt like he had a bomb in his arms.
Then the two of them opened it very carefully.
I go!
It's half a pig's trotter.
"Hi!" Fourth Master pushed something to Lin Yutong, "Didn't you say you wanted pig's trotters? Take it."
Lin Yutong wants to get breast enlargement. But how to do it in the middle of the night?
Put it in space first.
"Did the company kill pigs?" Lin Yutong asked. He didn't hear any noise.
"Maybe it was a thank you gift given by another company when they asked the chief executive to kill a pig." The fourth master turned over.
Butchering pigs is also a craft job. If you know how to kill pigs in this era, you can get some oil back from it.
A pig's trotter, half a pig's tail, or a piece of pig fat. I don't know how many people can die from envy.
After half a month of exhaustion, I was finally able to rest. Because there was a heavy snowstorm and it was impossible for people to stand outside.
Thank God, otherwise I really don’t know how long I would have worked.
On this day, Lin Yutong thought that no one would come, but the door outside was banged. It turned out that Cheng Hao was dragging Bai Xiaomei, and the two of them were wrapped up like bears.
After entering the main room, Cheng Hao took out a frozen rabbit from his arms. "Let's join you guys. I picked it up from the firewood pile this morning. It couldn't get out of the firewood pile. It was frozen all night."
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This luck.
Fourth Master took Cheng Hao in and sat down.
Lin Yutong took Bai Xiaomei and started to make a fire to cook. When no one was paying attention, Lin Yutong also took out the half of the pig's trotters.
"This is good!" Bai Xiaomei was delighted, "Stew this with soybeans." After saying that, he asked Lin Yutong, "Do you have any soybeans here? You didn't take mine."
Each of them saves some soybeans. These soybeans are scattered in the field after harvesting the soybeans. They are usually hard to find, but after two rains and a soak, they all swelled up. Use a needle to pick them up.
I got up. I picked up soybeans like this, and I didn’t need to hand them over to the public. I dried them myself. I was really hungry, so I changed them to some tofu. Simply cut the raw tofu into pieces and mix them with green onions. Even without oil, they still feel very fragrant.
.The ones that can be fired by oneself can also be eaten as vegetables. Some of the ones that hurt children are fried to help them grind their teeth.
Lin Yutong also followed Da Liu and picked up a lot. She nodded, "I basically didn't eat much of what I picked up. I'll stew it today."
Pork trotters stewed with soybeans, braised rabbit. A plate of pickled radish tassels, a bowl of vinegared cabbage, a bowl of cold shredded radish, and half a dustpan of two-faced steamed buns.
"It's the Chinese New Year today." Cheng Hao picked up his chopsticks and ate. While eating, he gave Lin Yutong a thumbs up. "No wonder Yin Zhen insists on living outside with you and cooking instead of eating in the canteen. This kind of craftsmanship is not good.
Let’s talk.”
Lin Yutong thought to himself that Fourth Master lives outside not just for the delicious food.
Bai Xiaomei nodded, "I used to cook when I was at home. Now, after eating in the cafeteria in the past few years, I really don't know how to cook anything. Those who jump in line, after all, cook and eat by themselves. Like us, we want to go
The clerk class is helping, but they are afraid that we will eat it secretly."
"If you don't want to go to the Siwu class, I really want to eat meat. We can go to the forest farm or the fishing ground next year." Cheng Hao said while eating, "I don't know how much work those grandsons have done. But what about fishing?
There may be no fish to eat, so how can there be no game in the forest farm. These things cannot be bought and sold, and they cannot be eaten by others?"
"Those two groups who are willing to go are all there for the meat." Bai Xiaomei asked.
"Then what do you think they are trying to do?" Cheng Hao rolled his eyes, "We are family-loving people who stay in their nests and don't want to move. We can only watch others eat meat and make our mouths water."
Bai Xiaomei hesitated for a long time before saying, "It's better to be comfortable in the company. In this cold weather, I don't believe the place they prepared is more comfortable than the dormitory."
Cheng Hao pointed at Fourth Master and Lin Yutong, and then asked Bai Xiaomei, "Do you feel comfortable looking at them like this?"
Bai Xiaomei nodded, "It's like living a small life, they must be comfortable."
"Then let's forget about getting married. After we get married, we will move out of the dormitory and share a small courtyard..." Before Cheng Hao could finish speaking, Bai Xiaomei punched him on the back.
"How dare you talk nonsense?" Bai Xiaomei glared.
Cheng Hao shut up, "Yes, yes! Pretend I didn't say it."
Lin Yutong thought to himself, this guy looks smart, how can he be stupid? He said these words, but you swallowed them back. What do you mean? Where is sincerity?
Such a person, Lin Yutong said, should be a bachelor for the rest of his life.
Didn't you see the angry tears welling up in Bai Xiaomei's eyes?