Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

Tongjunzhuang Commune Brigade Headquarters

Liu Haosheng, Zhang Renjia, Zhang Renkang and three other middle-aged men were drinking together, boasting about their military exploits. The three men Liu Haosheng called from Tongjunzhuang Commune were also retired soldiers, but they were not from the same unit.

The middle-aged man with a scar on his face was Li Haitao, who fought with the military god in Yimeng, southern Shandong, and northern Jiangsu and southern Shandong, and later participated in the battle to liberate Fujian. He is now the militia captain in charge of the commune.

The other two were veterans from Taihang Mountain. They had participated in the Battle of Siping and fought from the north to Hainan Island under the command of Liang Daya. His name was Wang Fugui and he was the deputy secretary of the commune. The other was a member of the reorganized team of the Changchun defenders who revolted. His name was Li Fan and he was the director of a breeding farm in the commune. He also fought in the peninsula and he was a comrade-in-arms with Zhang Renjia and Liu Haosheng.

Zhang Renkang looked at the five veterans around him who had made great contributions to the war. He smiled and listened to them joking with each other and talking about the life and death years of the past. He had a deeper understanding of the sufferings of those years. Liu Haosheng drank a bowl of sorghum wine and smiled.

"What did Crazy Zhang and I call each other back then?"

Turning to look at Zhang Renjia, Zhang Renjia also said drunkenly with a red face

“A perfect match”

Liu Haosheng shouted

"Yes, it was a perfect match. As soon as I heard the explosion, the American tanks came up. I picked up the blasting tube and rushed forward. This guy held a machine gun to clear the way for me. The two of us killed a reinforced platoon of Americans."

Liu Haosheng suddenly fell on the table and burst into tears. After a while, he said hoarsely:

"It's a pity for the squad leader and those seven or eight brothers. They were burned to death by the American incendiary bombs."

Zhang Renjia also said with red eyes

"It's all fate. Didn't the two of us hold out for a whole day and night? There must be about 100 or 200 Americans who died at the foot of the hill. We made a profit."

Zhang Renkang finally understood what Liu Haosheng meant by revenge at the entrance of the village that morning. At that time, the Americans had suddenly penetrated into the Iron Triangle line in an attempt to cut off the retreat route of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers and wipe out the main force of the volunteers in one fell swoop to replicate the feat of the Incheon landing. At this critical moment, the 63 soldiers of the rd Army were ordered to take the lead. With their exhausted bodies and light weapons in their hands, they fought back the crazy attack of the heavily armed troops of the mechanized group of the US Army, and finally covered the safe evacuation of the large army. More than soldiers who participated in the battle survived, and almost everyone was injured.

Zhang Renjia and Liu Haosheng's troops were the 189th Division, which fought the most fiercely. More than 200 soldiers were divided into more than small units and scattered at various key points to defend their positions. This was a life-or-death battle, with no reinforcement until the last man died. The defenders in the rear could only watch their brothers die in the front positions, waiting for their turn, enduring the greatest pain and overcoming the fear of death.

In fact, none of them retreated or surrendered until their death. They held on to their positions tightly. The Americans also created the term "Van Fleet ammunition" for the largest use of ammunition. In nine days, 36 artillery shells were fired at our positions of more than three kilometers. Almost every soldier in the 63rd Army received 12 artillery shells. It was also in this battle that Liu Haosheng and Zhang Renjia became the only two survivors of their platoon.

Zhang Renkang picked up a bowl of wine and said

"Dear heroes, let us toast to them together, to the country they founded where the times are peaceful and the people live in peace. I'm sure they will be very happy to see the country we have today."

"We must work hard to make the new country look good to them, build it well, and tell them in the future what their military exploits have brought them."

After saying this, they drank it all in one gulp. Zhang Renjia and Liu Haosheng also wiped their tears and drank the bowl with Wang Fugui and Li Haitao. Liu Haosheng smiled and said,

"Good boy, just with this bowl of wine, whatever you want this time, as long as I can do it, I will agree to it."

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"Brother Haosheng, what you said is really wrong. Let's not talk about things today. Let's just have a good time together."

Li Haitao said with a smile

"Brother Renkang, don't underestimate our commune. Everyone in this area is the richest. I guess you came here to find meat for the unit, right?"

Zhang Renkang smiled bitterly

"I really can't hide anything from you brothers. We are a heavy steel factory, and the workers' physical work is really hard. If we don't provide enough meat, the factory's output will be delayed. You also know how difficult it is to get some meat these days. My brother said that Brother Haosheng should have some, so I begged him to take me here to try my luck."

Liu Haosheng laughed

"Crazy Zhang only remembered where I was after he needed me, this bastard, hahahaha"

Then he said

"I can't give you more than that. I can only give you one pig and thirty chickens and ducks a month. For the rest, I can only write you a letter of introduction. You can try your luck in the surrounding communes. There is a meat shortage everywhere now. We mainly provide it to the military region. Only the excess can be exchanged with other units."

Zhang Renkang calculated that a 300-pound pig could provide at least 200 pounds of meat and 30 to 50 pounds of offal, which is about 300 pounds of meat. Thirty chickens could also provide 120 to 130 pounds. This trip could provide the factory with at least 450 pounds of meat a month. If he could get another commune, he could at least guarantee the factory a quota of one or two pounds of meat per person per month. Add in the meat that could be delivered by the higher-ups, and the factory's consumption would basically be met, but it was still a long way from the deficit.

(The steel mill has 70 people, and each person is allocated 250 liang of meat per month, but in reality they can only get liang, so the gap is at least kilograms of meat per month. In the s, a pig weighed about kilograms. Referring to the TV series "Man is Iron and Rice is Steel", Cui Dake sent a -jin pig, and this pig was not very good in the commune. It is estimated that a normal pig weighs more than kilograms)

Now one-tenth of the 2,000-kilogram gap has been solved. Zhang Renkang smiled and said

"Brother Haosheng, thank you for your help. Our factory will trade with the commune at a price 20% higher than the market price. If the commune needs tools and cloth, we can also provide support to the commune at the market price."

When Wang Fugui heard about the cloth, his eyes lit up and he said

"Brother Renkang, are you saying that you can get some cloth? How much can you get?"

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"I happen to have a good relationship with the secretary of the textile factory. If the commune can provide us with some more, we will receive the goods together with the textile factory, and then we can use the cloth for exchange. Of course, the quantity cannot be too much. We can exchange half of the exchange amount for cloth and give it to the commune."

Wang Fugui looked at Liu Haosheng and asked

"Old Li, please tell me how many unplanned pigs you can provide?"

Li Fan thought for a moment and said

"We have about five to seven pigs per month that are not planned. If we have long-term cooperation, we can get up to three. As for chickens and ducks, we have about 70 per month. Our commune mainly raises pigs, so chickens and ducks have to go to Sunji Commune, which is the only commune that raises chickens and ducks."

Liu Haosheng nodded and said

"Okay, Brother Renkang, can you be the boss? If you can be the boss of the textile factory, we can settle this matter today."

Zhang Renkang laughed

"Don't worry about this"

Zhang Renjia said at this time

"Don't worry about this Liu Lengzi. The secretary of the textile factory is Zhao Datou. If he dares not to obey me, I will beat him up again."

Liu Haosheng laughed and said

"Is Zhao Datou also in Sijiu City? Once things are resolved here, I might have to go to Sijiu City to see Zhao Datou."

Liu Haosheng continued

"Okay, in that case, let's make it a deal. Our commune will provide your steel mill with three pigs a month, all weighing 370 kilograms, and 70 chickens and ducks. I'll calculate the market price."

Zhang Renkang continued

"It's about 1,500 yuan. Our factory trades with the commune at a price of 1,800 yuan. Brother Haosheng, what do you think?"

Li Haitao said with a smile

"As expected of someone from the city, you are really good at math. Our commune will not take advantage of the workers, so we can add an extra 2,000 chicken and duck eggs every month. Is that ok?"

"But can we use cloth to pay for half of the money?"

Zhang Renkang thought quickly and said with a smile

"Okay, we will provide the commune with cloth worth one thousand yuan every month as a payment. However, you brothers have to work hard to kill the pigs for us, because our factory director doesn't have a butcher."

(In the 70s, cotton cloth cost about 4 cents per foot, and was supplied by cloth coupons. Three feet equaled one meter, so it was one dollar and twenty cents per meter. The price from the factory was one dollar and fifty cents, not taking the coupons into account. In fact, it cost more than two dollars per meter in the pigeon market.)

"We gave the commune 800 yuan and 660 meters of cloth every month"

(As an aside, don’t underestimate cloth in this era. It is a hard currency similar to gold. The commune can use it to exchange for food and trade with other communes as an equivalent. In fact, if you don’t have the receipt, you may not be able to buy 660 meters of cloth for yuan on the black market. So the price Zhang Renkang gave was a profit for their commune.)

Li Haitao nodded and said

"Okay, let's do this. When there is extra meat, we will give it to you first. I will accompany you to the Xiwengzhuang Commune on the other side of the Miyun Reservoir. My father-in-law is the secretary there. Their commune relies on the reservoir to raise fish, cattle and sheep. Maybe we can meet some of your needs."

Zhang Renkang was so excited that he almost wanted to hug Li Haitao and kiss him. This way, his trip to Miyun was a complete success. Without saying too much, as long as he could get another 300 to 400 kilograms of meat from Xiwengzhuang Commune, the workers in the factory would be basically satisfied. After all, everyone knows how scarce materials are now. Even the more than 20 buyers in the purchasing department can only purchase goods worth more than 1,000 yuan a month. The meat and eggs are only less than 300 to 500 kilograms.

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Ask, love power generation

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