Dreaming of Lion Rock: Recipe in Hand

At first, not many people were interested in Chunni's sour fish. After some thought, she made two sour fish for people to taste for free. Then her business started to grow.

Thanks to its unique flavor, Chunni’s sour fish business is very good and all the stock was sold out in less than a week.

Xia Zhi was very happy. This was his first time to start a business independently, and he did not expect such good results. He planned to expand the scale in the new year.

But his scale may be aborted because...

It was almost the New Year, but the commune sent a message asking Yang Anzhang to attend a meeting immediately. People who knew about this were talking about it.

"It's the end of the year, it's not the busy farming season and we don't have to pay public grain, so why is the commune holding a meeting?"

"Who knows? Are we going to be selected as an advanced production team?"

"I heard that the captain of the fifth brigade next door goes to the commune every day to cry poor."

"It's because their team didn't raise rice fish this year, so the players didn't get any money and didn't get to eat meat."

"Hey, I heard that the rabbits they raised were infected with rabbit plague and many of them died."

"Hey, every household in our production team raises rabbits, and we have never encountered rabbit plague. I heard that they raise too many rabbits and the hygiene is poor, so isn't that what made the rabbits sick?"

"Our team leader repeatedly told us to pay attention to the hygiene of the rabbit pen, clean it every day, and sprinkle quicklime from time to time. I don't know how they raise rabbits."

"I think it's quite easy to raise it by following these methods..."

Chunni passed by the big walnut tree at the east end of the village and saw a lot of people gathered under the tree. She listened. The topic had drifted off from the captain's entry into the commune. She smiled and had a guess in her mind, but she didn't say it out loud.

In the afternoon, the sound of rapid gongs could be heard in the village.

Chunni and Xiazhi soon arrived at the threshing ground, which was already very busy.

It may be that the harvest has been good in the past two years and more food has been distributed, or it may be that the rabbits and rice fish are well raised, so not only did they get money, but they also got to eat meat. Compared with previous years, everyone's mental outlook has been completely renewed.

Chunni and her brother came to the old man and waited for the meeting to begin.

When Yang Anzhang saw that most people had arrived, he went up to the platform, struck the gong, signaling everyone to focus, and then began to talk about the topic of his meeting today.

"Today the commune secretary announced something important. Our country will begin to implement the household contract responsibility system."

"What is this system? I don't understand. Captain, please explain it to everyone!"

"To put it simply, the land belongs to the state, but can be contracted to farmers, who can cultivate the land as a family unit. Except for paying a small portion to the state as public grain, the rest belongs to the farmers themselves!" Yang Anzhang was also excited. Once this policy was released, how much you get depends on how hard you work. Those lazy people who work together will no longer have the opportunity to be lazy. Of course, being lazy is okay, but it is no longer anyone's business.

After this explanation, everyone still didn't quite understand. Those who understood first laughed out loud, and then told the people around them, and everyone understood.

"Really? Can we have our own land?" someone asked impatiently.

"That is the country's land, it's just given to you to farm." Yang Anzhang replied.

"That's not the same thing."

"When the land is divided, will it be divided according to the number of people? Will men and women get the same?" An experienced farmer was anxious. It is not frozen yet, so if he turns the land, there will be less weeds in the field next year.

Yang Anzhang answered everyone's questions calmly.

"Don't worry, any villager who is over ten years old will have the opportunity to get a share of the land. Gender equality is advocated now, so men and women will definitely get the same. Tomorrow the county will send special personnel to the commune to assist the commune leaders in measuring the land. Once the land is measured, we will start to distribute the land."

"How long will it take to measure all the land?" Wen Liqun asked. His family had many people, so he could get more land, which made him very happy. He was just afraid that he would not get enough land!

"It will probably take half a month." Yang Anzhang understood their concerns and was afraid that the longer the night, the more trouble they would have.

The meeting was over, but the crowd did not disperse. People who were used to collective life had doubts about this self-financing and living style, but no one raised any objections. They were used to obeying the party's command and firmly supported the country's policies. The household contract responsibility system aroused the enthusiasm of farmers for production and labor, and ignited the vision of a better life in the future among the vast number of farmers.

Chunni was also very happy. The household contract responsibility system was a signal and the beginning of the country's economic prosperity.

Chunni is ready to do something big!

Xia Zhi felt a little lost in his heart. He was afraid that the sour fish business that he had worked so hard to build up was hopeless.

When land is distributed to each household, not every family is willing to raise fish in rice fields.