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Chapter 67 The Famine Begins

According to the original plot, Li Aizhong lived in Lijia Village for a period of time. Later, when he was notified of changing jobs, he was transferred to the Public Security Bureau in the county seat, where he worked as an administrative recorder or something like that.

The salary is 32 yuan a month.

But now, Li Aizhong rejected the job change notice, and he stayed in the steel factory.He is also a regular worker in the steel plant, and with overtime allowance, he has a salary of 40 yuan a month.

This decision was discussed between Li Aizhong and Yang Jie.

First of all, the state calls for the development of iron and steel, and there must be a future in the iron and steel plant.

Second, if you go to a government department to work as a civil servant, your junior high school education is very low, and there is no possibility of advancement in the future.But it is different in the steel factory. The steel factory is full of ordinary people with little education. Graduated from junior high school is regarded as highly educated.If you do well in the steel plant, you will be recommended as an excellent employee, and you will have the opportunity to go to night school and continue your studies.

Through Gu Xi's reading of night school, Li Aizhong also became attached to night school.

So after Li Aizhong discussed with Yang Jie and his wife, Li Aizhong decided to stay in the steel factory.

Li Aizhong is a bit ambitious, but he doesn't talk much. He has deviated from the original plot, and he doesn't know what will happen in the future.But after this, Gu Xi couldn't see it now, what he saw was Uncle Li's sad face every day.

"Patriotic, uncle regrets it a bit." At noon that day, Gu Xi came home from school, passed by the field, and ran into Second Uncle Li, who suddenly said this to him.

"What's wrong?" Gu Xi asked.But he knew in his heart that the production team was under pressure.

"Last year's harvest was relatively good, so at the beginning of this year, Village Chief Li went to the commune for a meeting. When the commune asked each production brigade to report indicators, Village Chief Li's report was two points higher than last year. But I think this year's The harvest, not to mention two points higher than last year, is more than two points lower. In this way, it will be deducted from everyone's grain, patriotism, what do you think?" Uncle Li had a headache, not only him, Village Chief Li Also a headache.

Why is this happening?

"There is no way but to hold on. Tell Village Chief Li to keep the food that the villagers need to eat this year, and don't just hand it in when the time comes. The food that the villagers need to eat is gone, and people will starve to death." Gu Xi said.

"Hey..." Second Uncle Li sighed, "There are so many things going on now, and we are the only ones who know about it."

"You contact the other team leaders and let the village head bear the pressure of the commune. Next year's targets can't be written like this. And when the food is handed over, the villagers' food must be kept first." Gu Xi reminded again.

"Okay, I'll try."

Gu Xi knew that Second Uncle Li would definitely not do it.He has a soft personality and is not suitable to be a team leader. If he hadn't had three sons as a facade, a person with his personality would be suitable for single-minded work.

Fortunately, the canteen in the village is managed by a caring person like He Mingkuan. He doesn't like others to be too kind, so the food in the canteen is carefully managed, and no one will give more.Otherwise the problem will be worse.

This kind of thing is not something Gu Xi can interfere with.Although this is the world of fiction, it is also close to realism.

Back home, Gu Xi went to the field behind the woodshed and looked at the 20 square meters of potatoes he had planted at the beginning of the year. In the first half of 59, everyone did not realize the seriousness of the famine, and only realized it in the second half of the year.

Therefore, he wants to save food.

By mid-May, Gu Xi harvested 5 square meters of 20 catties of potatoes. He had to wait until June, but sweet potatoes were to be planted in mid-May, so he was in a hurry to harvest them.

Yang Jie saw it when collecting potatoes.Yang Jie takes care of the children at home every day, and then goes to the cafeteria for three meals a day, so she is really free.She is not afraid that she has no money to eat. Li Aizhong eats food from the steel factory, with a salary of 40 yuan a month and a meat ticket. When she comes back every month, she brings a catty of meat to Yang Jie. Yang Jie eats it in a casserole. Really comfortable.

"Patriotic, what are you doing?" Yang Jie walked curiously to the door of Houdi with the child in her arms, "You planted so many potatoes?"

Gu Xi and Li Chengtu pulled out the potatoes and picked them into the basket.

"En." Gu Xi responded.

Yang Jie rolled her eyes: "Patriotic, we didn't divide when the family was separated here, right?"

"20 square meters, sister-in-law can use 10 square meters if she wants." Gu Xi replied.

Yang Jie smiled: "I don't know how to grow things either. People in the city rarely farm land. You can also use this half of the land. Give me some of the things you grow. What do you think?"

Gu Xi originally wanted to say that it wasn't very good, but then he thought about it and thought it was okay: "Okay, I'll give you 5 catties of potatoes."

"Five catties is not enough, maybe 5 catties." Yang Jie said.

Gu Xi smiled: "Does sister-in-law know how many catties of potatoes are grown in half a plot of land?"

"This...how much?"

"30 catties." Gu Xi snapped casually, "It's the rule in the countryside to borrow someone's land and give one-tenth of the food. Does sister-in-law think 5 catties is too much?"

Yang Jie's face froze. This little uncle spoke like a knife and looked like an arrow. She couldn't fight him. "Patriotic, I don't know, 5 catties is 5 catties."

"Well, I'll give it to you later."

"No rush, patriotism, what are you going to plant after the potato harvest?" Yang Jie asked.She is really a little tired of eating in the big canteen every day, so it is better to use a casserole at home to turn on a small fire.

"Sweet potato." Gu Xi replied.

"Grow some other delicious food, you can eat it every day in the sweet potato canteen." Yang Jie said.

Gu Xi stopped talking.

The father and son picked up the potatoes and carried them into Gu Xi's room. The floor of the room was covered with cardboard, so they were not afraid of getting dirty with the mud.Then Gu Xi took out 5 catties of potatoes and gave them to Yang Jie.

Yang Jie did the math, the potatoes are not small, there are 6-8 per catty, she can eat them once a week, or for two or three months.

Educated youth dormitory.

When Dong Yunyun came back from the cafeteria, she saw Xia Xiaowen drinking something delicious.Can't help asking curiously: "Xiaowen, what are you drinking?" Among the educated youths, they were the only two girls, so they were arranged in the same room.

"Wild vegetable soup." Xia Xiaowen said.

Dong Yunyun looked at it curiously: "Yunyun, I'm here, can I have a drink?"

Xia Xiaowen glanced at her, found the bag, took out the dried wild vegetables inside, and soaked a bowl for her with the hot water in the sand pot, which was given by Gu Xi.

"Wow, this is a lot of wild vegetables." Dong Yunyun said, "Where did you come from?"

"After lunch, dinner, and holidays, I went to the mountains to pick them." Xia Xiaowen replied, "Fresh wild vegetables are not easy to preserve, so Brother Li asked us to dry wild vegetables."

"Ah? Why did you think of picking wild vegetables?" Dong Yunyun asked.

Xia Xiaowen said: "Brother Li asked us to go. At the beginning of school this year, Brother Li asked us to pick wild vegetables, saying that drying them and making soup can warm our stomachs and improve our meals." Although Xia Xiaowen didn't know why Gu Xi asked them To pick wild vegetables, but He Kai kept following Gu Xi's footsteps, and she followed.No, the food in the cafeteria is not full recently, and occasionally a cup of wild vegetable soup can still fill my stomach.

It's just that from the beginning of the year to the end of May now, the wild vegetables she picked have only yielded a pound of dried wild vegetables. 5 catties of fresh vegetables = 8 catty of dried vegetables.

After the potato harvest in mid-May, Gu Xi took 5 catties to Gao's family. When the guards of head Fan sent the little fat man to class, he asked the guards to bring 5 catties to Fan's family.

At the end of June, elementary school was on holiday, and the little fat man came to Gu Xi's house for the summer vacation, and he brought food.When the guard handed over the food to Gu Xi, he was a little embarrassed: "Mr. Fan is on a mission, and Sister-in-law Fan followed, so..."

The little fat man giggled: "Uncle Zhuzi, I'm a frequent visitor to Mr. Li's house, and Mr. Li is used to it."

Gu Xi reached out and slapped him on the head: "It's not big or small, the guards send you to and from school every day, do you thank you?"

The little fat man corrected his attitude: "Thank you, Uncle Zhu, you have worked hard!"

The guards were a little surprised, even Head Fan and Sister-in-law Fan couldn't control this preserved egg spirit. They didn't expect Teacher Li to take care of him properly. He really deserves to be a friend of the head's family.

This summer vacation, Da Zhizhi still hasn't come back, his grandfather arranged for him to train recruits.

The little fat man came to live at Gu Xi's house, and his daily task was to go up the mountain with Gu Xi to pick wild vegetables, black fungus, and mushrooms with Li Chengtu.However, when he went up the mountain this year, the little fat man obviously felt the changes nearby: "Mr. Li, I found that there are more people going up the mountain to pick wild vegetables now."

"Well, there are too many people." Gu Xi said, "You pick wild vegetables, and I'll find other food. Don't go in the grass, don't go in the deep mountains, just look around, and call me if you encounter danger."

"understood."

"Don't worry, Dad."

The two children were looking for wild vegetables with a knife, and Gu Xi was looking for wild vegetables with a basket on his back and a bow and arrow.From August of 57 to this era, to July of 8, it has been two full years. Gu Xi often went to the mountains to pick wild vegetables. In the system locker, there are already 59 catties of dried wild vegetables and 7 catties of fresh wild vegetables.

In addition to the black fungus, mushrooms, and chestnuts picked last year, he kept them.

However, there is little hope for the kiwi fruit in September this year.He had given kiwis to the children in the village, and they would have picked them if they had seen them.

At the end of July, the village's grain for the first half of the year was handed over.Second Uncle Li came to look for Gu Xi again: "Patriotic... Patriotic..."

"Second Uncle." Gu Xi came out of the woodshed. He had just taken a shower.

"Patriotic, today we went to pay the grain with the village chief, and we have handed in all the goals for the first half of the year." Uncle Li said, "The grain in the warehouse is only enough for us to last for two months."

"Why hand them all in? Didn't you persuade the village chief?" Gu Xi asked.

"I persuaded, but... But the people in the commune said that which production team has achieved the goal and which production team has delivered the food well, they will apply to the production team and apply for a tractor." Uncle Li said, "Tractor, then But the car, I... I am also moved."

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