Rebirth after the 1950s

"Indeed, Mianmian has been of great help to us. He can be said to be the benefactor of both of us. We not only have food for the winter but also dry firewood for the winter. We have planned everything and will send something home in a few days. , I don’t know what’s going on at home.”

"Who says it's not the case? But is it okay to just send it back like this now? Do you want to write a letter first and ask?"

"You're right. Let's write a letter and ask first, and then we won't be in a hurry."

Even though I go up and down the mountain with Chen Enpeng and his two brothers every day, I still secretly put some food in the space, but there is less dry firewood.After all, how long to keep dry firewood for planting next spring is also a troublesome thing, isn't it?

It didn't snow until the last day of October, but the sky had started to become gloomy. I heard from the old man that college was coming soon.He also said that if there was not enough firewood, he had to prepare quickly. Even the brigade cadres led people to start going from house to house to check whether there was enough dry firewood.At the same time, we checked every house. We were afraid that the house would collapse when it snowed heavily. It would be a trivial matter to injure people, but we were afraid that people would be crushed to death.I also heard that it is common for people to be crushed to death by snow every day because their houses were not inspected.

When Gu Zhengrong led the village militia to our row of educated youth courtyards, he saw a courtyard full of dry firewood piled in the three courtyards.The firewood shed is really too small to hold so much firewood.After seeing it, Gu Zhengrong said: "There is indeed a lot of firewood prepared. There is no problem in surviving the winter. But you have to cut some hay and cover the dry firewood before it snows. Otherwise, when it snows, the dry firewood will also be lost." If it becomes wet, it will be difficult to burn.”

"I know, thank you, Captain, for reminding me."

"Your house was newly built this year, so you don't need to check the roof. But when it snows, you need to clear the heavy snow in time, you know?"

"We got it, said the captain."

"Okay, you can do your business."

"Okay, Captain, please walk slowly."

The three of us looked at each other, but in the end it was Chen Junjie who said, "Why didn't we think of putting a layer of hay on top of the dry firewood?"

"Who said no?"

"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up! Get your backpack, bags, and poles, and hurry up the mountain."

"Come on"

So this time we didn't go into the mountains and started cutting hay at the foot of the mountains.Fill the bags and panniers until you feel like you can’t carry any more.No matter how much, after two consecutive days of mowing, it started to snow.Fortunately, before it snowed, a few of us put a thick layer of hay on top of the dry firewood to ensure that the dry firewood would not become wet.

This heavy snow has been falling for four days and three nights.I started clearing the snow the next morning after dinner.Chen Enpeng, who was next door, heard the commotion and came out. At the same time, he stood in his yard and called Chen Junjie out to join him.

Chen Junjie originally planned to go up to the roof, but he did not let the two of them go up. Instead, he said: "You two have no skills, so you should do it yourself. I will help you clear the snow on the roof. Even if something happens, I will do it." Can you two be comforted by inertia?"

Chen Junjie and Chen Enpeng looked at each other, thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid not."

"That's okay, but I'll only help you this time. You have to find a way in the future." After saying that, he went up to the roof of his house.

Chen Enpeng looked at my family and stood aside.When I thought that I couldn’t ask others for everything, I said, “Okay.”

When Chen Junjie heard Chen Enpeng said it was OK, he asked, "Peng Zi, what can you do?"

"There is no way, but I just saw that the ladder at Mianmian's house is pretty good. You can ask the carpenter to make one a little higher than hers. Then it should be no problem to sit on it and sweep the snow."

"What kind of ladder"

"a ladder in the shape of a ladder"

"Can you do it?"

"Okay, can you see Mianmian standing on it now?"

"That's good. If you want to do it then, you can also customize one for me."

"Can"

I did ask the carpenter uncle to help me make this ladder, but I told him how to make it, and he made it in the end.

On the first day, the brigade leaders did not come over to check whether everyone was clearing snow, but on the second day they started to check door to door.Where are the three of us?As long as the snow was not heavy, I would sweep it. When I was sweeping the snow for the second time, Chen Enpeng borrowed my ladder and swept it for himself.When the captain and the others came to check, there was no snow on the roof, so they felt relatively relaxed.He was afraid that these three children wouldn't know what to do. If something happened, it would be bad. There was also a daughter among them who was his benefactor. He had to take more care of him no matter what. a little.He also informed: "Wait for the snow to stop and divide some of the food first."

"Really"

"of course it's true."

When the snow stopped, the brigade went door-to-door to announce the food distribution. After receiving the notice, the three of us took the bags we had prepared and went to the brigade headquarters to line up.

Since the establishment of the People's Commune in 58, there have been regulations on the distribution of grain produced by the production team: enough seeds should be reserved first, and then national tasks can be completed, and then reserve grains and feed grains should be reserved. The remaining grains should be distributed according to seven labors and three labors per person, and all oil crops should be distributed. According to population distribution, there is a pre-distribution plan for the wheat season and a decision-making plan for the end of the year. After the plan is made, it must be approved by the commune. If it is not approved, it will be rebuilt. No matter which season the production plan is, the families of military industry martyrs, veterans, teachers' families, and needy households will be included. In the Barefoot Doctor family, households who need to eat care rations are stipulated in this way, up to and including the average rations of the entire team.

There is also the fact that the production team distributes grain according to the following principles: "give enough to the country"; "keep enough to the collective"; "distribute the rest according to rules"!

"To pay enough to the state" means to give priority to the selection of high-quality grains, according to the prescribed kilograms of wheat, rice, corn, sorghum, soybeans, etc., and deliver them to the commune grain depot, and include them at the unified national price. Production team accounts.This is what is customarily called "public grain".

"What is left to the collective" is the grain reserves for the production team's own use.It includes: seeds; feed grains for cattle, horses, donkeys and mules (mostly low-grade coarse grains); hospitality grains (mostly fine grains and soybeans).Hospitality grain is used from the beginning of spring plowing to the end of autumn harvest for people from all over the country who come to support agriculture.

"The remainder is distributed according to rules." After public grain and collective grain reserves, the remaining grain is distributed according to the regulations of each region.Calculate the "work-divided grain" first, give priority to meeting the labor force's rations, and distribute the rest equally according to the entire team's population.The upper limit is 520 city catties. Is it enough for 360? The bottom is [-] city catties.