Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

Xiao Sanzi asked, "Why don't you sleep? There's nothing to do in the valley.

There is a lot of work to do this year. Are you addicted? Didn’t my dad and the others say that there are too many people in the mountains now, so we can’t go in for the time being? "

Niu Xiaolian understood what her brother meant, "Brother, do you want to go to the farmland in the suburbs?

That won’t work. The grain belongs to someone else and we can’t move it even if it rots in the field.

If someone finds out, they will catch them as thieves, and then it will bring trouble to their family members!"

Han Zhaozhao's heart moved, "What's the matter, you want to steal food from the fields in the countryside?"

She also knew the situation in the countryside. Every time she passed by a field with no one harvesting the crops, Han Zhaozhao felt eager to do something.

All the strong laborers are busy completing the steel-making task, guarding the steel-making furnace day and night. Large tracts of crops lie lying on the ground after ripening, with no one to harvest them. It is really heartbreaking.

The members who used to cherish every grain of food are now all crazy. All they talk about is how many kilograms of steel they can produce in a day. Villages and units compete with each other.

Treating steelmaking as a political task and raising it to a high level is a test of awareness.

Xiao Sanzi was also tempted. The five of them worked day and night for almost half a year, clearing wasteland and digging soil, and transporting silt to make fertilizer, but they only managed to plant 20 acres of land.

Look at the large tracts of fertile farmland in the suburbs. A piece of land is dozens of acres in size. The fields are so long that you can’t see the other end from one end.

The ground is neatly filled with food!

"How about we work overtime and take him down?"

Niu Xiaolian also agreed, "No one will harvest the crops anyway, and if it rains, all the crops will be gone!"

We can collect some and send it to the canteen, then we won't be stealing food, right?"

Han Zhaozhao: "You are wrong! Whether we accept them or not is a big deal, they are all from the village and have nothing to do with our canteen.

Believe it or not, it is OK for grain to rot in the fields, and no one is responsible. As long as someone goes to collect it, it is definitely a theft!

Do you think we are the only ones who have this idea? The elders are smarter than us, they must have considered this too!

However, whoever takes the lead will take the risk! If this is exposed, Qing will be in trouble!"

Niu Xiaomin was confident, "It won't be discovered! I've observed that the field is so long, and if we start from the middle of the field, it will be hard to avoid being discovered even in the daytime."

"Pa" Xiao Sanzi slapped his thigh, "Yes, the land is so big, only a fool would work from the edge of the field, aren't you just waiting to be caught?

We can just go into the cornfield, right? Hey, it's safe for those who are sluts to go into the cornfield.

We don’t use sickles, we just take sacks, and when they are full we carry them to remote places. We don’t take the main roads, so no one can catch us.”

Niu Xiaolian nodded, "If we are discovered, we can just drop the sack and run away. It will only cost us a sack!"

Han Zhaozhao was stunned when he heard this!

Once Pandora's box is opened, the devil can no longer be contained!

Her friends are really awesome. Are they going to transition from doing it themselves and having enough food and clothing to skirting the rules and exploiting loopholes in socialism?

Why is she not afraid but rather seems to be getting excited?

"You've made such a fuss about planning, but have you ever thought about where to put the food after you bring it back?

This is stolen property, so we must find a safe place. We absolutely cannot transport it home. If the neighborhood committee comes to collect food one day and it is found, we will be accused of something!"

Niu Xiaomin was calm and composed, "There is an abandoned air-raid shelter halfway up the mountain to the northeast.

The location is remote, and the entrance to the cave is covered by rocks. I went in to take a look, and no one has been in for many years. It's just the right size for storing food!"

Xiao Sanzi scratched his head and said, "Is it the one we found when we were catching scorpions that night?

When did you go in? Why didn't you call me? Have you looked carefully to see if there are any good things like munitions or treasures in there?"

Han Zhaozhao: "You've been obsessed with reading comic books, haven't you? Air-raid shelters, if there are any, they should be corpses!"

Niu Xiaoyun was frightened, "No, don't put the food in the air-raid shelter. How can we eat the food if there are dead people there?"

"Hahahaha, hahaha! You idiot, Han Zhaozhao was just joking, you believe this?

If there really was a dead body, Xiaomin would have reported it to the police station long ago! Hahaha, how can it be used to store food? "

Xiao Sanzi laughed heartily with glee, which made Niu Xiaoyun so angry that she scratched him again.

The kids were really active. It was the full moon season and the moon in the sky was bright.

At eight o'clock that evening, the food-stealing team began to act.

They were all people who were used to catching scorpions at night. They groped their way to the farmlands in the suburbs.

Of all the food, corn is the easiest to steal at night. With a clear goal in mind, they headed straight for the field where they had observed the largest corn growing during the day, led by Niu Xiaomin.

No one spoke. Each of them tucked two sacks under their armpits, walked into the cornfield and quickly drilled into the middle of the field.

After walking for a while, silently calculating in their minds that they had walked more than a hundred meters, they stopped and began to pick corn under the bright moon.

Each person takes two trips, breaking the ground from the middle to the end.

Niu Xiaoyun leaned close to Han Zhaozhao's ear and whispered, "The corn cobs look big, but they're not that big when you break them off! They're not as good as the ones we planted on the wasteland. They're just drought-resistant!"

Han Zhaozhao: "Big sister, we didn't put in any effort, so don't look down on us!

This year, everyone was so busy making steel that no one even watered the land. It’s good enough that it can grow like this!”

Niu Xiaolian: "Stop talking nonsense, it's just like this, we don't have it in our hometown!

Work hard and find a way to get more. Dad will definitely need to help the people back home this year."

Niu Xiaoyun grumbled, "Isn't it said that everyone in the country eats in the cafeteria? Why are we still supporting them?"

Han Zhaozhao and Niu Xiaolian had no way to respond, so they could only keep silent and work.

They say it's really powerful! It's true!

The five children worked for most of the night and were very energetic. Especially Niu Xiaomin and Xiao Sanzi, they performed exceptionally well.

Normally he could only carry 60 to 70 kilograms, but tonight something strange happened. A sack of corn cobs weighed more than 100 kilograms. He just threw it on his shoulder, picked it up and ran very fast.

I'm sweating all over, but I'm still full of energy!

At about three or four o'clock, the five children sneaked back home.

Only after entering the house did I feel tired. I quickly washed my face, climbed onto the kang, covered my head with the quilt, and fell asleep.

The next morning, Mr. Guan came and knocked on the door, waking Han Zhaozhao up.

Picking the boogers from the corners of her eyes, she went to open the door with disheveled hair and yawning.

"Little girl, you were a thief last night, why are you so sleepy? You are so young, but you have dark circles under your eyes!

Hurry up, bring your bowls and chopsticks, and go to the cafeteria to eat! Director Zhang said that after you eat, you can continue to go up the mountain to collect firewood.

If we don’t pick up much today, we won’t have firewood to cook tomorrow.”

"Hey! Grandpa Guan, you go eat first, I'll come after I wash my face." But I thought to myself, what the old man said is so accurate!

I won’t be a thief anymore!

Not only did they steal food for the entire night, but they were also a gang stealing operation!

I ate three meals in the cafeteria during the day, and in the morning I carried back a bundle of firewood and handed it in to school.

In the afternoon, a bundle of firewood was handed over to the canteen. The children also learned to share equally!

After dinner at 5:30 in the afternoon, several children went home to catch up on their sleep.

Get ready to continue working hard tonight!

The journey was safe and sound again until they entered the cornfield, when several people were surprised to find that, oh my god, they met someone they were traveling with!