Accumulate Wealth in Life

that year (34)

The autumn harvest is almost here, but it has not yet been harvested. Grain grows on the ground, you can see but not eat it. The Construction Corps allocated a portion of the food, saying it was diplomatic assistance. This is a national matter. We tightened our belts, we all have to support.

Chinese patriotism is always so simple.

On this day, there was a meeting in Lianli, and a few educated youths were asked to make a review in front of everyone.

It turned out to be a few newly arrived educated youths this year, and they were all fourteen or fifteen year olds. They were so hungry that they could not take it anymore, so at night they secretly went to plan two nests of sweet potatoes and roasted them. The adults called Lianli found out.

The company commander called everyone to see what to do.

It is really rare to say that people's ideological awareness at this time is really rare. It's so difficult, every family is full of coarse grains, but the fine grains in the fields have hardly been stolen. Everyone adheres to such a simple norm.

The crops in this field are first national and then collective. In the end, it's yours.

Now, suddenly someone breaks this norm, then, it's not a trivial thing to say.

The baked sweet potato was only half eaten. Now it is on the table as evidence of a crime.

Everyone was silent. Just a few children. When you are hungry, you instinctively want to find something to eat.

"If you have any opinions, just say it." The instructor looked at the crowd and asked.

No one wants to take it seriously, but some rules cannot be broken.

"How about this..." The fourth master stood up and said with a smile: "When the autumn harvest is over, give them rations and deduct a portion. If they steal one sweet potato, they will be deducted ten sweet potatoes. Ten times the punishment is not too small. ."

The sweet potato is the most distributed every year. Yield is very high. Deducting ten or twenty won't affect anything at all.

Everyone said that ten times the punishment is enough.

The boys were still quite clever, and nodded quickly, "Company commander, we are willing to accept the punishment."

The company commander and the instructor looked at each other, "Since you accept the punishment, the sweet potatoes on the table are all yours, eat them."

Several children lowered their heads and wiped their tears. Bow to the person below.

Not kids who don't know anything.

The instructor said: "I know that during this period of time, our grain will not be able to be harvested. So... we are located in the north, about 30 miles away, there is a big river beach. There is a wild bean growing there, and you can't see the head. The tender The beans are picked and cooked, and the taste is no worse than edamame. Before the crops are mature, you can go there and pick them. The ones you pick are yours.”

Next, there is a 'buzz', I wish I could go right away. But no! There's still work to be done. There are several people discussing to go in the evening. Come back before dawn. Some people said that the place is not familiar, and they have to make time to go there during the day to see the environment and terrain. I was afraid that there would be an invisible mud hole suddenly, and if I stepped on it, I might not be able to get up again.

Lin Yutong and Fourth Master belonged to the people who followed the crowd. Can't be special. No one else has anything to eat, how can there be no shortage of it at home.

Unexpectedly, God has eyes, as if he really heard everyone's expectations. It's raining!

Rain is fine. If it rains, it will die. Everyone can finally work on their stomachs.

So the next day, amid Bai Xiaomei's shouting, Lin Yutong went to pick wild beans with the fourth master. He wore rubber shoes on his feet, a straw hat on his head, and a plastic sheet covering his body.

Lin Yutong and Fourth Master were relatively luxurious. The plastic sheeting was very large. They dug a hole in the middle and stuffed their heads in, even if they covered them.

As soon as he went out, Lin Yutong's face changed color when he saw Bai Xiaomei carrying a basket, "Why don't you go." Lin Yutong looked at her already pregnant belly. It may also be that you don't have enough to eat, you are thin, and your belly appears to be very large. "It's raining and the road is slippery. What should I do if I fall? If I get wet and catch a cold, it's hard to take medicine."

Bai Xiaomei waved her hand, "It's alright! This scholar in our family can't work."

Cheng Hao shouted: "If you don't tell her to go, she has to go. You persuade her."

Fourth Master said to Lin Yutong, "Would you like to accompany her at home?"

Before Lin Yutong spoke, Bai Xiaomei waved her hand, "Forget it! Then I won't go. Don't delay you."

"Go back. With so many people, you can still watch your mother starve to death?" Lin Yutong beckoned to Hei Ya, who was helping in the bathroom, "You are with your sister Xiaomei, and you are not allowed to leave. Don't call her. Go out." Saying that, he touched two fruit candies for her.

Hei Ya is thirteen years old and already sensible. There are many brothers in her family, so she doesn't need to work hard. Now that it is to accompany someone, she immediately responds.

Bai Xiaomei was helpless, "I don't run around blindly."

Lin Yutong didn't listen to her, and when she saw she was gone, she took the fourth master's arm and walked forward.

Cheng Hao sighed, "In this day, adults can survive, what should children do?"

The fourth master patted him, "thinking about it. The children of this company have grown up. The big guy can't watch it. We still have some cornmeal at home. I'll go back today and get it for you first. Go over there. Tight belly child."

Cheng Hao was not polite. It's all over now, so you're welcome.

After traveling for more than thirty miles in a carriage, I saw the so-called wild beans.

Wild beans are also divided into wild soybeans and wild mung beans. The beans of wild soybean are short and wide, and there are only two or three small beans in a pod. Two or three wild soybeans are worth one soybean. The wild mung bean is different, the pods are particularly long. Slender and slender hanging down. Wild mung beans are naturally smaller than mung beans.

In fact, speaking, this is the real green and pollution-free food.

These things are rarely seen in later generations. That is, in the memories of the elders, I have heard it.

Wild beans are tender and delicious, but if they are old, it will be difficult to handle.

Wild mung bean, also known as 'thief bean'. If you find this kind of unboiled beans in the red beans or mung beans you bought at home, it should be wild mung beans.

In fact, if it is laboriously ground into noodles, it can also be eaten. Even soaked bean sprouts is fine. However, the cycle is a little longer.

Such a large piece is simply a natural treasure trove.

Lin Yutong felt that the fourth master's eyes were surprised. He probably knew for the first time that there was such a species.

The time the two were stunned, everyone had already started. One person occupies a piece, and no one robs anyone. See who is quicker.

Lin Yutong also hurried to get it done, and when it was done, he went back and sent it to Bai Xiaomei. If she was given too much food, she would not dare to ask for it. But the wild beans are just a little effort. People can afford it, and they don't feel burdened when they accept it.

An oversized pocket is tied around the waist, which is called a 'burden' in many places in the north. When picking something, tie it around your waist, freeing your hands. Then just put what you got in there. Burden can be sewn by dismantling old clothes, or mending broken sacks. A burden can almost hold 40 to 50 pounds of things. This thing hangs on the waist, dead and dead.

When the burden is full, it will be carried to the ground. Pour the contents into the sack. Then the person goes back and continues with the empty burden.

The autumn rain is very cold. Even if the plastic sheet is separated, it is still cold. What's more, the plastic sheet can block the upper body, but the lower body can't do anything. The wild beans grew into vines, densely packed, all wet by the rain. People shuttled in the middle, and their trousers were already wet and wrapped around them. Even the plastic sheeting on his body was scratched and pulled.

He worked non-stop for most of the day and put his spoils on the carriage before nightfall. Then people walk on two legs.

"You ride on horseback." Fourth Master raised his voice and said to Lin Yutong.

Everyone couldn't help but laugh. After all, the fourth master is telling a joke. There are not many people in this regiment who can ride horses.

Lin Yutong quickly turned over and got on his horse, which made people stunned. Even if this is a horse pulling a cart, as long as it is comforted, a camel can still ride on it alone.

She and the fourth master picked a total of four sacks, about several hundred kilograms. But there is really not much to eat. The beans are too small. But this pod, Uncle Geng must like it. All good stuff. Horses love to eat. Otherwise, I wouldn't be so quick to take out the horses for everyone to use today.

I kept one sack at home and gave Bai Xiaomei three sacks. In addition, I gave a dozen catties of cornmeal. "Let's take care of the children first. I have family subsidies over there. I can't starve."

Bai Xiaomei touched her stomach, sniffed, and answered with difficulty.

I eat boiled beans at night. Can't let this stuff go. You have to eat it that day. If there are any leftovers, they have to be cooked first, peeled off the beans, and dried in a pot. Save a few more days.

The smell of boiled beans wafts out of every house.

Lin Yutong and Fourth Master were no exception. After the two of them washed, they started to cook the beans. Cook with a piece of tender bean pod. Lin Yutong put a lot of seasoning in it. Salt, pepper, fennel, etc. It also smells delicious.

But only as a snack. I feel like I can't feel full after eating this stuff.

After most of them fell asleep, Lin Yutong cooked two more bowls of Longxu noodles and mixed them with beef sauce. It is enough to eat.

She was afraid that she would have to pick wild beans in the days to come, but she didn't expect Wu Chun to come. I brought two baskets of sweet potatoes.

"This is from the dry land we colonized. Now it's the fastest. My father said, it's probably a little tight on your side. Let's send two baskets first, in case of emergency."

That's great. There's no reason not to pick wild beans.

Lin Yutong gave him two fish very generously. They are all one or two pounds, not big, but they are rare.

Others also put baskets, but few can make incense bait, but the fourth master can. Fragrant bait has to be made with white rice, and they don't have it either. So, they rely on luck. Lin Yutong always has a harvest. She wanted to give something to Bai Xiaomei, a pregnant woman who needs nutrition the most. Now, I have given Wu Chun two large ones, and there are still two days left, which is enough to make soup for Bai Xiaomei for two days.

Hard times are not easy for anyone. Isn't that how they pulled each other and walked all the way...