Rebirth 1975: Tore up the call-back order at the beginning

After sending Qin Xueyi and the others away, Zhou Yang immediately returned to the house, ready to help Li Youwei tidy up the dining place.

Today, there are several comrades from the biology laboratory, and there are more people eating at home.

In addition, the stewed mutton was still eaten, and the dishes and chopsticks were all covered with oil.

In this era when there is no dish soap, such dishes and chopsticks are particularly laborious to wash, and they cannot be cleaned without hot water.

"You put the bowls and chopsticks into the big basin first, and we can wash them after I boil some hot water!"

Before Zhou Yang finished speaking, Li Youwei said, "Let me wash the dishes and chopsticks. If you have nothing to do, go to the old house!"

"What?"

"Father will come over in the afternoon and ask you to go to the old house when you come back. He said that he has something to discuss with you!" Li Youwei said.

"Aren't you in a hurry?" Zhou Yang asked.

"I asked, Dad didn't elaborate, he just said it was a matter of work!"

Hearing this, Zhou Yang knew it was a serious matter, nodded immediately and said, "Okay, I'll go there now!"

After speaking, he called Liu Yunlong, and then went straight to Li's old house.

At this time, night had completely fallen, and the lights in the villagers' homes were turned on.

Although every household uses small wattage light bulbs ranging from 25 to 40 watts, which are not really bright to be honest, but they are much brighter than the previous kerosene lamps and plain oil lamps.

Against the backdrop of the night, the dots of lights have a hazy beauty.

Since the Zhou family's new house was built at the west end of the village, while the Li family's old house was in the center of the village, the two basically had to pass through half of the village on the way.

As soon as I walked near the old school in the village, I saw a dozen or so young people walking towards me.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, he immediately raised his flashlight to shine it on, and then there was a rough and dull voice: "Who is it?"

Zhou Yang recognized the voice of his uncle Li Jianguo, and hurriedly said, "Brother, it's me, Zhou Yang!"

After hearing Zhou Yang's voice, the team in front immediately lowered their vigilance and walked over quickly.

After arriving in front of Zhou Yang, Li Jianguo immediately asked, "Brother-in-law, where are you going?"

"I was going to go to the old house, but my father asked me to go there!" Zhou Yang explained.

At the same time, Zhou Yang also noticed the dozen or so young people around Li Jianguo.

I saw them all tall and straight, with long guns on their shoulders. The old-fashioned rifles and the homespun clothes of ordinary people looked a bit like guerrillas decades ago.

Then Zhou Yang asked again: "Brother, are you going to go on patrol?"

"Well, during this period of time, villagers from other villages often went to our village to pick up the missing "sugar lumps" (beet lumps), and some people sneaked into the yam (potato) fields before we had time to dig Digging yam eggs in the ground, so Wang Zhishu asked us to pay more attention at night!" Li Jianguo said.

Zhou Yang knew that the so-called stealing yam eggs was not stealing in the true sense, but an act of picking up leaks.

According to the usual practice, the potato fields have to be plowed again after harvesting. On the one hand, it is to prevent fish from slipping through the net.

On the other hand, I want to take advantage of the soft soil and turn over the land so that it can be cultivated next year.

During this process, those potatoes that have been left out are often dug out. If you are lucky, sometimes you can harvest one or two hundred catties of potatoes in a day.

After the autumn harvest in previous years, the educated youths in the village would flock to the potato fields, digging frantically to find potatoes.

Even a few years ago, Zhou Yang did this. In this era of scarcity of supplies, this matter is neither embarrassing nor embarrassing.

"Didn't people in our village pick potatoes this year?" Zhou Yang asked immediately.

Li Jianguo said with a smile: "No, the potatoes harvested in the village this year are as high as several million catties, and the beet lumps are piled up in the entire brigade. Who cares about this!"

"No, people from other villages came over when they heard the news. They dug from morning to night, and some people didn't go back at night."

Zhou Yang nodded and said: "So that's the case. If there is no problem, let them dig it. Anyway, our village is not short of the fish that slipped through the net. What do you think?"

"Wang Zhishu and Dad also mean the same thing, but they are worried that some short-sighted people will pay attention to the food in our village, so let us strengthen patrols at night!"

"It should be, then you continue to patrol, I will go to the old house first!" Zhou Yang said.

"Okay, pay more attention to the pits on the road!"

"it is good!"

.......

Soon, the two came to the old house of the Li family.

As soon as he entered the door, the big yellow dog in the yard was alarmed. This guy barked towards the outside of the gate, and it didn't quiet down until Zhou Yang yelled.

But this also alarmed everyone in the room, and the third brother Li Jianjun immediately came out to check the situation.

Seeing that it was Zhou Yang and Liu Yunlong, he immediately welcomed them in.

In the house, the eldest sister-in-law and the third sister-in-law were washing the dishes by the stove, while the mother-in-law was coaxing the third brother's youngest daughter on the kang.

As for the father-in-law, Li Fengnian, he was sitting on the ground on the ponytail and smoking a pipe, watching his eldest grandson Li Hu and second grandson Li Biao doing their homework.

"Father, my brother-in-law and Comrade Liu are here!"

Hearing the voice of the third son, Li Fengnian immediately stood up from the pony, then looked at Zhou Yang and said, "Come here?"

"Come on, Teacher Qin and the others were at home just now, so we played for a while!"

"Come on, let's chat in the third child's room!"

After speaking, Li Fengnian walked towards the west wing next to him, Zhou Yang, Li Jianjun, and Liu Yunlong followed closely behind, and walked over together.

After entering the door, Li Jianjun immediately poured water for several people.

And Li Fengnian took two puffs of the dry tobacco pot, and then asked: "How are you doing these days, are you busy?"

"Busy, very busy!"

"When you are busy, you should also pay attention to your health. A good body is the capital of the revolution!"

"understand!"

"It was you who asked Wang Ping to go to the commune to deliver vegetables as food for the mission?" Li Fengnian asked again.

"Well, it doesn't matter if the commune disagrees. The food in our village is enough to pay for the mission. Don't make things difficult for you and Director Qiao!" Zhou Yang said.

"No problem, Director Qiao has agreed to the village's request, but...but..."

Seeing the embarrassment of the old father-in-law, Zhou Yang immediately said: "Father, if you have anything to say, just say it, we are a family, there is nothing else you can't say!"

Li Fengnian nodded and said: "The commune wants to discuss something with our village!"

"What's the matter?"

"The commune wants the village to do us a favor by giving away a batch of sugar lumps and yam eggs!" Li Fengnian said.

Zhou Yang frowned and said, "As a ration for the production team with a bad harvest?"

"Ok!"

Li Fengnian's voice was a little low and helpless.

"Is there a big food shortage in other communes?" Zhou Yang asked in a deep voice.

"Big, very big!"

Then Li Fengnian said again: "According to the results of the investigation a few days ago, there are 9 people in the 3 brigades of the commune this year. Compared with last year, there were only 6000 brigades, and the harvest of the remaining five brigades was not satisfactory. "

"Among them, the Fugou Brigade and the Xuejiawa Brigade are in the most serious situation. The food shortage of more than 6000 ordinary people is more than half, and the situation of the remaining three brigades is not very good."

Zhou Yang said in a deep voice, "How much rations are you short overall?"

"About 200 million catties!"

"Does the commune mean that the 200 million catties of rations that are missing are all supplemented with yam eggs and beet lumps?"

Li Fengnian shook his head and said: "That's definitely not possible. Although this thing is cheap, it is definitely not good for people to eat it for a long time, so the commune plans to allocate another 30 catties of emergency food as a supplement!"

"That means the commune is going to let the village sell 170 million catties of yam eggs and beet lumps?"

"Ok!"

"Why did you sell it? It shouldn't be bought with money, otherwise you wouldn't be so embarrassed!" Zhou Yang said.

"Well, what Director Qiao means is to let those production teams with poor harvests exchange firewood and straw, and exchange 5 catties of grass for a catty of yam eggs or sugar lumps!"

Hearing this replacement plan, Zhou Yang couldn't help frowning immediately!

PS: On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lao Cang wishes all the readers and friends a New Year greeting. I wish everyone good health, good luck and a happy Year of the Rabbit!