Rebirth in a Book: The Road to Breakthrough

"The village cadres we elected have become official ones directly! The county won't have to hold new elections!" Tiezhu couldn't hide his happiness in his tone.

"Also, we will start distributing land to the population this afternoon! Our village has a small population, but a lot of land. Everyone can get three acres of land! Among them, there is one acre of paddy field, one acre of dry land, and one acre of mountain land!" Tiezhu said excitedly, his face filled with joy.

"The village is going to form a militia, and Uncle Dazhuang has become the militia captain!" Tiezhu was so excited that his tone unconsciously rose a few degrees.

"Really? That's great!" Yu Congcong was so excited that she almost sat up regardless of her wound, but Tiezhu quickly held her down.

"Really? Congcong, you have to be careful and don't pull the wound again." Tiezhu said with a look of horror.

"Okay, I understand. I forgot because I was excited just now. It won't happen again. Don't tell grandma." Yu Congcong quickly assured.

"Okay, I won't tell grandma. You must be more careful." Tiezhu reminded her again with concern.

"Tiezhu, does your family grow eggplants?" Yu Congcong suddenly remembered the delicious dried eggplants, so she asked.

"I've planted it, what's the matter? Do you want to eat it?" Tiezhu asked in confusion.

"Tiezhu, why do villagers dry eggplants every year?" Yu Congcong continued to ask.

"Yes, grandma did it last time." Tiezhu replied.

"Oh, I didn't notice that. Let grandma dry more trees this year. Has your house been dried?" Yu Congcong asked again.

"Not dried yet. Every year, my grandfather feeds the eggplants in our house to our two livestock." Tiezhu replied truthfully.

"Tell grandpa not to feed the animals, but dry the eggplants into dried eggplants and keep them." Yu Congcong said.

"Yu Congcong, do you like to eat it? If you like, I will go and dry it. I learned it from my grandma last time. I will dry a lot for you, including peppers. Do you like it?" Tiezhu said excitedly, thinking to himself: I must let Yu Congcong eat the dried eggplants and peppers I dried. Seeing her happy, I will also be very happy.

"I like it. I like them all. You should expose them to the sun more often." Yu Congcong answered happily, her heart full of warmth and emotion.

The village started an exciting land distribution campaign, and every family was happy because after this winter, every family would have a brand new piece of land next spring. Yu Congcong's family of three was allocated nine acres of land, of which the three acres of watery paddy fields were enough for the family to enjoy. For the remaining three acres of dry land, grandma planned to keep one acre to plant sweet potatoes, and the rest to plant one acre of soybeans and cotton. Dad had a different idea, thinking that the mountain land was more suitable for planting soybeans and cotton, and he also planned to get some corn seeds to plant one acre of corn.

Yu Congcong suddenly had an idea and proposed to plant sweet potatoes and corn on the three acres of dry land, because these two foods are easy to store. Corn can be kept for two or three years if hung up, and sweet potato flour can be kept for three to five years. In this way, there is no need to worry about famine. However, his father and grandmother disagreed, and Yu Congcong was very upset.

"Congcong, what's wrong with you?" Tiezhu asked with concern when he saw Yu Congcong lying lifeless on the bed.

"Tiezhu, when can I grow up?" Yu Congcong asked weakly.

"Congcong, you have grown up. You have grown a lot taller recently." Tiezhu said in a cheerful tone.

"I'm not talking about height, hey, you don't understand." Yu Congcong shook her head helplessly, "Where have you been? Why are you sweating so much?" Yu Congcong looked at Tiezhu, who was sweating profusely, and asked curiously.

"Congcong, those who adopted children are here!" There was a hint of frustration in Tiezhu's voice.

"Ah, you found out the information so quickly?" A hint of curiosity flashed in Yu Congcong's eyes.

"No, the armed forces withdrew to the county the day before yesterday, and somehow word got out that our village has a small population, so we plan to raise those children ourselves." Tiezhu clenched his fists angrily, frowning tightly.

"Yes, we originally planned to raise it in the village!" Yu Congcong didn't understand why Tiezhu was angry.

"Ah, uncle never said that." Tiezhu looked confused.

"Uncle Gangzi wasn't the team leader at that time, so whatever he said was useless." Yu Congcong explained patiently.

"Oh, I'm angry because they wrongly accused my uncle." Tiezhu said indignantly.

"So what's the arrangement now?" Yu Congcong continued to ask curiously.

"They want to take the child away now, but my uncle doesn't agree, saying that he has to investigate further first." Tiezhu said happily, his face filled with excitement.

"Do they agree?" Yu Congcong couldn't wait to know the answer.

"Of course not. They said that the uncle didn't want the child to be taken away and wanted to keep him to vent his anger. The uncle was so angry that he said they would be disqualified if they continued to make trouble. Only then did they stop." Tiezhu described the situation vividly, as if he was there himself.

"They just left like that. Is the problem solved?"

"No, they didn't make a fuss and didn't leave. Later, Section Chief Yang came and said that he had checked the information of two families and found that they really didn't have children. If the conditions were right, they adopted the one-year-old son of Wang Gui and Li Hu and completed the adoption procedures. When those people saw that the children were really taken away, they all went back to wait for news." Tiezhu's voice gradually lowered, revealing a hint of loss.

"This is all good, why are you still sad?" Yu Congcong asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Li Hu's eldest son is very sad. It makes me feel very sad too." Tiezhu said softly.

"Oh, what about Xixi? Is she still determined to raise Xiaonan?" Yu Congcong was still quite concerned about the second female supporting role who provided her with points.

"She doesn't know anything, she can't even support herself, she wants to find a family to adopt them both. Tongzhu wants Xixi to be his wife, and is pestering his mother to let his family adopt her." Tiezhu said. Yu Congcong was speechless after hearing this, these children were not very old, but they were all thinking about getting married.

"Brother Tiezhu, go find the clan leader!" Fu Hu ran in breathlessly with an anxious look on his face, grabbed Tiezhu's hand and ran out. Alas, in a blink of an eye, only Yu Congcong was left lying alone in the house, looking at the roof helplessly. There was silence all around, only the breeze blew gently, rustling the leaves.

"Host, we have finished looking at the food category, let's take a look at the daily necessities next!" The system's voice came slowly, as if blending into the peaceful atmosphere.

These days, Yu Congcong's brain seems to have become a mess. He has heard too many things, but has not put them into practice, and his brain is hard to digest. Today, he really doesn't want to study, he just wants to go out and see. Especially after listening to Tiezhu's words, he is more and more eager to go out. In the distant sky, a few white clouds are floating leisurely, as if telling the story of freedom.