Countercurrent 1978 starts with the production team

Early the next morning, Chu Jianghe got up early.

Standing in front of his home, he stretched his legs and looked refreshed.

There are two jujube trees on both sides of the door. They were preserved with great difficulty a few years ago. In this era of material scarcity, they are a rare snack for the family.

Looking at the two jujube trees, he suddenly remembered a sentence from Mr. Shuren's "Autumn Night": There are two trees in front of my house, one is a jujube tree, and the other is also a jujube tree.

Isn't this just like my family? Chu Jianghe suddenly felt proud.

At first he didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, but later he heard someone else say: I have two girlfriends, one is left-hand and the other is right-hand.

Chu Jianghe was convinced and agreed very much.

As expected of a great writer, his short sentence is quite profound, but others interpret it well, so it is easy to understand.

However, I looked back and took a closer look at the several slightly dilapidated blue brick houses at home, and I was not very satisfied. As the secretary of the village, the conditions of his family are still good in the village, that's all, let alone other families. said.

Alas, the village chief’s family doesn’t have any food left!

The memory in my mind is that my father worked hard all his life, just to lead the villagers to live a good life, but he led the villagers to dig in the village fields for a lifetime, but no gold was dug out, so he led the villagers to barely make ends meet. He has a small belly, but his father is very prestigious in the village because he works fairly.

Not being able to lead the villagers to live a good life is also the biggest regret in his father's heart.

Liu Yunfang also got up early, visited her father-in-law and mother-in-law, and began to diligently take care of the housework, helping with cleaning, washing and washing. After finishing her work, she helped her mother-in-law make breakfast.

This daughter-in-law has an upright appearance and a good figure. She looks like she is well-fed, and she is quick at work. Coupled with her hard-working style, Zhao Yufen, who was already very satisfied with Liu Yunfang, was very happy as soon as she woke up. Even Chu Dayou, who had always been serious, was smiling.

How can you not be happy when you have a good wife?

"Jiang He, it's time to eat."

"Oh, here we come."

Chu Jianghe washed his face and saw today's breakfast on a small square table in the main room.

In a basket were several hot cornmeal steamed buns, several bowls of porridge, and a plate of pickles. This was the family's breakfast.

When Chu Jianghe tasted it for the first time, he thought the cornmeal was very sweet. After all, there were no pesticides at this time of year. The food was all grown at home, and it was natural and pollution-free.

The grain has its own aroma, but it is obviously not as finely processed as later generations. After eating too much, it will hurt your throat and you have to eat it with porridge, otherwise it will be difficult to swallow.

Chu Jianghe knew that it would be good to have enough to eat these days, so what else could he choose? The food at other people's homes was not as good as theirs.

But looking at my father, mother, and Yunfang eating it sweetly, is it so delicious?

He had to lament that people in this era were so easily satisfied, and this also aroused his desire to make money. Looking at his aging parents and his beautiful wife, he couldn't wait to make money.

Otherwise, just relying on the work points he earns in the team, if he wants to live a good life, he will have to wait until the end of the year of the monkey.

If you want to live a new life, you can't let your family eat this all the time.

He wants to make money, improve his family's living conditions, and improve his family's food, otherwise it would be too embarrassing for a born-again person.

He doesn't have any specific ideas yet. He will wait and see the situation in the next few days and take action. Time waits for no one!

The whole family had a nice breakfast together, and Yunfang and her mother-in-law took care of it, leaving only the two men in the family sitting aside to rest.

"Jiang He, I will go to the town later. Director Sun said that he is going to transfer you to work in the newly established working group. I will confirm with him and thank him by the way. If nothing else happens, you will arrive in the town in two days. Go to work."

After Chu Dayou finished his breakfast, he picked up the cigarette rod, filled it with shredded tobacco, lit it, and took a nice puff.

"Well, okay, dad." Chu Jianghe had known the news for a long time, and was not surprised. Being able to go to work in the town would naturally be much better than being a captain in the production team. If he was lucky, he could turn his household registration into Non-agricultural household registration is still very precious in this era.

The college entrance examination was only resumed last year. It has accumulated too many people over the years. Including fresh graduates, 570 million students applied for the exam last year alone. Many candidates were in their 40s and 27s, and only 4.7 were admitted. The admission rate Only [-]%, that is a real force crossing a single-plank bridge.

This is equivalent to less than 100 out of 5 people who can go to college. They are the true pride of heaven. The leaders of all walks of life in future generations will come out of these college entrance examinations.

As a high school graduate in 1977, he was truly highly educated in this era. Going to work in the town would have no problem at all with his academic qualifications.

"Spring irrigation is coming soon. How is your team's canal repair going? Don't delay spring irrigation. This is a big deal."

Chu Dayou suddenly remembered something and told Chu Jianghe that he was afraid that his production would be delayed because of going to work in the town.

"Don't worry, Dad, there isn't much left. We will be done in the next two days."

"Hmm... OK, you go to work. I'll go to town right now and stop by the supply and marketing cooperative on the way. By the way, you ask your wife what she wants to buy, and I'll just bring it back." Chu Dayou kowtowed. Finished smoking the cigarette rod and getting ready to leave.

"Dad, don't worry about her. We can buy whatever we need."

Chu Jianghe naturally rejected his proposal. The father was thinking too much. How could his wife, who had just married, ask for something?

When Chu Dayou heard what he said, he didn't say anything more. He was also very satisfied with his wife here. When he married into their family, he couldn't let this girl suffer.

I took some money from Zhao Yufen and counted the tickets. Tickets are still available now. You can't buy anything even if you have money but no corresponding tickets. I packed up, put on my bicycle and went out.

Seeing his father go out, Chu Jianghe also went out to work. At this time, there was still a collective labor system, and the work points were counted as one day's work. As the captain of the production team, he naturally could not be absent.

Walking in the village, he looked at the countryside of this era. There were slogans from this era on the walls, and there were always people saying hello to him on the road.

Naturally, the people in the village also made fun of him about what happened at yesterday's wedding. He was not annoyed and just laughed it off.

Xiaohe Village has a total of 315 households, divided into 8 teams, with a population of more than 2000, which is not a small population.

The production team led by Chu Jianghe only has 35 households and less than 200 people. Even the strong labor force has more than 100 people. The workload of repairing canals is nothing at all, and it can be completed in a short time.

It was while working that he discovered a secret, that is, when picking up soil, the burden that used to feel extremely heavy now actually felt light and weightless when it was on his shoulders.

Even the shovel felt light in his hand. When he pushed the shovel down, it plunged deeply into the mud. Feeling the inexhaustible strength of his hands, Chu Jianghe was still a little ecstatic, so he started working hard.

When everyone saw the captain working so hard, they were naturally infected. Most of them were convinced of the young captain, but there were definitely some who were dissatisfied.

"Although Jiang He's father is a secretary, he also graduated from high school. He has a high degree of education and is down-to-earth and hard-working. What else can we say? I am convinced that he will be the captain anyway."

"The old secretary participated in the Huaihai Campaign and made military exploits. He is a hero!"

"No matter how hard you work, you can still dig out gold from this land?!"

"It's just that in the famine years, we don't even have enough food to eat, and we only have a few dozen dollars all year round, alas..."

There are those who are willing to work hard, and there are naturally those who work hard. Chu Jianghe is naturally observing while working, and combined with the memory in his heart, he naturally understands the problem.

It’s no wonder that the members are not enthusiastic. At this time, the work points earned by an adult man and woman for a year are about 5500 points, and every 10 work points can be exchanged for 0.3 yuan in cash. In other words, an adult couple can get it all year round. It’s only 165 yuan, which is only three or four months’ salary for an ordinary worker. This shows how difficult the life of farmers is.

After finishing the work, the people in the team gathered together in twos and threes to chat.

Chu Jianghe looked around at the surrounding environment, and suddenly saw a place overgrown with weeds, like a kiln entrance, which seemed to have been abandoned for a long time.

"What is that place."

A person next to him looked at the place pointed by Chu Jianghe and said casually: "Oh, that was the former brick kiln. It has been abandoned for a long time. I didn't see that it was full of weeds."

brick kiln...

An idea came to Chu Jianghe's mind.

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After returning home, Chu Jianghe was about to wash his face after getting water, when he saw his wife thoughtfully adding hot water to his basin.

"It's still cold, don't use cold water."

Our wife still loves others. Chu Jianghe felt warm in his heart. This was the first time in his two lives that he felt such a considerate gesture. He smiled at his wife with satisfaction, which made her blush again.

Just after washing his face, he saw his father pushing a bicycle into the courtyard with a gloomy face.

When Chu Jianghe saw his expression, his heart skipped a beat. Could it be that his business trip to town didn't go well this time?

Is there something wrong with your job?