On November 24, 1978, the farmers in Xiaogang Village, Fengyang, Jianghuai were on pins and needles. Facing the upcoming spring famine, the heads of 18 households in Xiaogang Village made a shocking decision at the time.
Household production guarantee.
At that time, this move was a brave and even a great feat.
"We divide the fields into households, and the head of each household signs and seals them. If they can do it in the future, each household will guarantee to complete the annual handover and public grain for each household, and will no longer ask for money or grain from the state. If not, our cadres will be imprisoned and beheaded.
We are willing to do so, and all members of the commune promise to raise our children until they are 18 years old."
A few words, but a powerful declaration, opened the curtain of China's rural reform and changed the destiny of hundreds of millions of farmers in China.
On February 12, 1979, the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the first day after the Lantern Festival, at nightfall, Nanyao Brigade and Lin Xiaoguang were at the home of his uncle Lin Boyuan to witness the implementation of the production quota in Nanyao Village.
Originally, this did not exist.
It was not like what was shown in the TV series "Dajiang Dahe", where the whole brigade, men, women, old and young, were gathered together in the threshing floor. The leader stood on the podium and solemnly declared: "We want to ensure household production!
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Instead, they acted like thieves, being very sneaky and afraid that the matter would be leaked.
About twenty people gathered in a circle, and Yan Dongming, secretary of the party branch of the brigade, spoke: "We guarantee the production to the group, hide it from the superiors and not the subordinates, and are not allowed to disclose it to anyone."
Everyone became serious together.
Liu Hongchang stared at Lin Xiaoguang: "Why is he here?"
Lin Xiaoguang stood up, faced everyone's gaze, and said: "I only wear my ears but not my mouth, that is, I will report to my grandfather after I go back."
Hearing that Lin Zhiguo had no objection, everyone felt confident.
Yan Dongming said: "We guarantee the production to the group, so everyone does not have to feel psychological pressure, because someone has already done this, and it is still fine so far."
He told everyone about the Jinyu Commune in Guanghan County, Xichuan Province.
Everyone suddenly became more confident.
Yan Dongming went on to say: "The ownership of land, the means of production, belongs to the state and the collective. What we now guarantee is the right to use it. This must be clearly remembered."
"What about the harvest?" Du Zhengyi asked.
"Give enough to the country and keep enough to the collective. The rest is yours and will be distributed freely within your group. The brigade will not interfere."
Middle-aged people are very excited, thinking about how much free distribution they will have left at the end of the year.
The old people smoked dry cigarettes and remained silent, but their eyes showed excitement.
Yan Dongming continued: "Starting from this year, work points will not be counted. There are various jobs. Work more and get more, work less and get less. If you don't work, you will starve to death. Let's see who cheats and cheats."
"That's right."
Yang Hongjun clapped his hands and applauded: "In previous years, there was no team that didn't have a few lazy and shameless guys. If they don't work this year, they will all starve to death."
As soon as this was said, everyone immediately criticized him for being lazy.
Lin Zhongjun pointed at Liu Jinchang: "The Widow Wang in your team is really shameless. She doesn't get a share of the work, but she is very active in sharing the food."
Liu Jinchang retorted: "You three teams also have some second-rate guys. They are scowling all day long. They look at the young daughter-in-law and she is very energetic, but then they languish at work."
"What are you talking about? What are you talking about? Let's talk about business." Lin Boyuan had to stand up as he became more and more biased.
When the captain spoke, he was very powerful, and everyone immediately shut up.
Yan Dongming took out a map, spread it out, and pointed at it: "Based on the crop growth and field quality, I divided the entire team's land into three levels, measured the area, and matched them according to the level. To ensure fair distribution, I used the traditional lottery method.
, which one is caught, does anyone have an opinion?"
"This is a good and fair method."
"Yes, it all depends on luck. If you have bad luck, who is to blame?"
No one objected, and Yan Dongming continued: "Each production team is divided into three production groups. Within the group, you can divide it further, but it must be fair. If something goes wrong, the brigade will intervene. Is that okay?"
"no problem."
"Well, the whole brigade and four production teams will be divided into twelve production groups. I will announce who is the production group leader, and whoever will draw the lot will be drawn."
The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and everyone was silent.
Everyone can see that from now on, the production team leader will no longer be able to say anything. It is the production team leader who makes the final decision. He holds the power and has the final say as to which farm should be allocated to first-class or third-class fields.
Everyone looked at Yan Dongming with eager eyes. There were about twenty people sitting here, and only half of them could come.
Next, Yan Dongming announced the candidates.
"Brigade Captain Lin Boyuan is also the leader of Group 1, Lin Zhongjun is the leader of Group 2, Liu Hongchang is the leader of Group 3, Liu Jinchang is the leader of Group 4, Du Zhengyi is the leader of Group 5, Du Hongming is the leader of Group 6, and Yang Hongjun is the leader of Group 7
Leader, leader of Group 8 Yang Tie..."
After he finished speaking, all the middle-aged people sitting there were beaming with joy.
Seeing this, several old people nearby coughed lightly.
With a smile on his face, Yan Dongming continued: "In addition, we will announce the candidates for the production team leader. Dad Boyuan, you are the deputy team leader of Team 1, and Uncle Hongchang..."
Now several people were dumbfounded. It turned out that the deputy team leader was actually their father.
The old people's faces became a little brighter.
After the lots were drawn, the land contract was assigned to the group, and it was decided.
Lin Xiaoguang still admires himself very much. This time the production quota is actually based on the family. The four major surnames in Nanyao Village, Du, Yang, Liu, and Lin, select four talkers from the four families, and several elderly people.
To have such great power at once, of course I support it with both hands.
With their support, their sons and nephews who are production team leaders will not object.
When working in the future, you should listen more to what the old man says.
In the past, the lazy man in the village did not work just because he could eat from the big pot. Others saw that he was not one of his own family members and did not have the same surname, so they had scruples and could not touch him. But not now, if he does not work, his elders will have to deal with him first.
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When we went back that night, several production team leaders made up their minds to give these lazy guys some color and give them the worst land.
The next day, Lin Xiaoguang witnessed the division of land in the village.
Nanyao Village has less than 100 households and a population of less than 500. It is a veritable small village.
The whole village has more than 1,000 acres of land, including paddy fields in the river, floodplains by the river, and terraced dry land in the middle of the mountain. The average per capita is 2.4 acres, which is relatively high.
During this time of division, all men, women, old and young were divided in equal amounts, and those who were not yet born were not included.
Yan Dongming held the map and stood on the field ridge.
The young men and women in the village, all carrying shovels and balls of thread, followed the instructions of their cadres and began to divide the land.
Next to him, Lin Weidong was a little worried: "Xiaoguang, do you think nothing will happen if we do this?"
Lin Xiaoguang shook his head: "As long as it lasts until the autumn harvest, even if it hits the center, nothing will happen."
Historically, only Xichuan, Jianghuai and Beiping have been praised for rural reform. The most eye-catching one is Xiaogang Village in Jianghuai. This time, we in Western Shaanxi cannot lag behind.
Jianghan dared to be the first, which led to the Wuchang Uprising. However, after the reform and opening up, it was still lagging behind.
The only way to overtake is on the curves in Shenzhen.
Chang'an has been lost for a thousand years and can no longer fall behind.
"Xiaodong, go, call your mother and cook quickly. Xiaoguang and I will go to the city later." Lin Boyuan shouted.
"Hey!" Lin Weidong responded.
Back in the county seat, Lin Boyuan reported all the land allocation issues to the old man.
Lin Xiaoguang stood aside and had to admit that the old man was really scheming.
Let's just say that the production is guaranteed to the team. The old man doesn't support or object, and he acquiesces to their actions. If something goes wrong, the superiors won't come to him to settle the score. Naturally, Yan Dongming and Lin Boyuan will take the blame.
Of course, if he is praised by his superiors, it is not too late for him to stand up.