Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

Chapter 348 Wu Ni's Big Pie

Han Zhaozhao couldn't understand. In those days, the laws were not sound and each factory had its own regulations. If anyone wanted to get rid of someone, they could use any excuse.

"Who knows? Anyway, Section Chief Zhang doesn't look like a good person. I heard that he was having an affair with someone and even had a fight with his wife some time ago!

It's better to move away, so as not to affect our reputation. People like this who are not serious are the most despised. "

Han Zhaozhao felt the same way. She wouldn't have to worry about encountering that terrible thing again. She was also afraid of getting stye.

"Has your dad come back? I don't know if his trip to Henan is going smoothly this time?

I'm telling you, two beggars came this afternoon, they were from Henan. You didn't see them, they were so miserable, so skinny that they looked unrecognizable.

It seems that the people in your hometown did not report the false news, and it really has come to a life-and-death situation. "

Niu Xiaoyun wrinkled her face and looked distressed. "The messenger said that the village is now sealed off. Militiamen have been posted at the entrance of the village. No one is allowed to leave the village."

"Why? Just let people starve? What are the local officials thinking?"

"I heard they were afraid of causing a bad influence. Bullshit! They didn't let the cadres starve.

In my hometown, there are rarely good weather and good harvests, and there are always people begging for food.

It's just that the area affected by the disaster this year is large, and they are afraid that the groups of beggars will tarnish their reputation.

My uncle and his family discussed that if they couldn’t make it, they would go to Guandong. Someone who went back to his hometown two years ago said that Guandong has a lot of land and forests, and it is almost impossible to have droughts and floods. It is more livable than Henan.”

Speaking of this, Han Zhaozhao remembered it.

She had never heard of such a policy in later generations, but it seemed that during the three-year drought, entire villages in counties in several provinces that were severely affected by the drought were relocated to the northeast.

I don’t know if Xiaoyun’s hometown can catch up with this opportunity. To be honest, Henan is really not a suitable place to live.

It cannot escape almost every natural disaster, including drought, flood, locust plague, hail, tornado, etc.

Even if there were one or two years of good weather, it was difficult for ordinary people to recover and they still lived in poverty.

"I hope so. Northeast China is better than Henan. It has forests that can conserve water and soil, and the land is fertile.

The only drawback is that it’s too cold in the winter, 20 to 30 degrees below zero, and I’m afraid they won’t be used to it when they first go there.”

When it comes to the Northeast, the old lady has the most say.

"If you get used to it slowly, life in the Northeast is still very comfortable. In autumn, you can store more wooden boxes and put them in your home to keep warm in the winter. You can rest for more than five months.

That is, spring comes late and autumn comes early, and we can only grow one crop a year. We have a lot of land and cannot be lazy, and the concentrated farm work is tiring. "

Wu Ni also missed the Northeast, "There are so many big mountains in the Northeast. In the spring, there are all kinds of wild vegetables everywhere in the mountains, and you can't dig them all.

There are a lot of mushrooms in summer. It’s fun to follow adults into the mountains to pick mushrooms and wild fruits.

In autumn, the mountains are full of mountain products, including walnuts, pine nuts, and hazelnuts. The whole village goes into the mountains to pick up mountain products and carries them out in sacks.

In winter, the river freezes over. The fish we catch by breaking the ice are all big ones, weighing dozens of kilograms each. They are so delicious when stewed with sauce!"

"Is the Northeast so good?" Not to mention Niu Xiaoyun, even Han Zhaozhao was moved by what Wu Ni said.

"Don't listen to her nonsense. It has to be a good year. Take the harvest in the mountains, for example. It can be divided into good and bad years.

In a big year, there will be a good harvest, and every family can sell a few more to spend. In a small year, it is not possible, so the crops are handed over to the production team, and the rest are distributed to the members, which is enough for the children to have snacks. "

The old lady interrupted Wu Ni's empty promises and said, "It was fine in the first few years after liberation. Every family had land, paid enough public grain, and the rest belonged to them.

All the prey hunted by the mountain products and mushrooms belongs to the individual, and the government has no responsibility for it.

It’s not possible now. Everything belongs to the collective. After completing the task, the village has to keep a portion, and very little remains in the hands of the members.

Otherwise, my family has been relying on us for support in the past few years!"

Yes! Ever since she was old enough to understand, she has been sending money and things to the Northeast every year. This year, the situation is even worse. She has entrusted Qian Zhonghao to send food twice.

Her grandfather wrote to say that Heilongjiang Province had also suffered from drought this year, and grain production had dropped severely, so their autumn rations were directly reduced by half.

Han Zhaozhao and the old lady planned to see Qian Zhonghao on duty with the car before the snow started, and then bring some food to her grandfather's house.

Going to the post office to mail it, if the quantity is too small it will be useless, and if the quantity is too large it will be too conspicuous, and she is also afraid of being checked!

"Xiao Yun, what has Xiao Sanzi been doing these days? I haven't seen him for several days. I wonder if Mr. Qian will go to the Northeast to work as a driver this year?"

"What? Your family wants to send something?"

"Well, I want to bring some dried sweet potatoes and potatoes to my grandfather. I received a letter a few days ago saying that Heilongjiang Province has also suffered from drought, and the grain distribution this year has been reduced by half.

My uncle’s family has several children and they don’t have enough to eat. If we don’t help them, my grandfather will probably starve.”

"You have dried sweet potatoes at home?" Niu Xiaoyun's eyes lit up.

The old lady continued, "There aren't many left. We've eaten all last year's harvest, and the rest are from the crops we planted in the back garden this year.

This year, we only ate pumpkin and green vegetables. We stored everything that could be dried and stored. We were worried that our relatives would be in trouble and we would have nothing to give them.”

Wu Ni nodded rapidly, "Well, look at me, my face has turned green!"

All good actors!

Han Zhaozhao smiled secretly from the side, secretly sighing that his skills were still not good enough and he was not as good at performing as the old lady and Wu Ni.

"It's the same in our family! My mom even said that luckily she listened to you and planted more than a dozen pots of zucchini this year.

Ever since the melons started to harvest, our family has been stir-frying the zucchini for one meal and stewing it for the next. We have also been pickling shredded zucchini and drying them in the sun. We have been eating them for three whole months.

It can save a lot of food. The seven or eight basins of potatoes were all dried up, and I couldn't bear to eat any of them.

This time when my dad went back to Henan, he brought back a small bag. My mom said, don’t underestimate the small amount, it may save your life at a critical moment! ”

"Yesterday I saw Xiao Sanzi taking several other boys to the foot of the city wall to catch insects! They said they were edible.

This kid is greedy. We didn't make much money this year. Let's dig some herbs. The parents confiscated them all.

He had no money to buy snacks, and he didn't know who told him that those disgusting bugs were edible, so he went to dig up stones and adobes every day after school."

Wu Ni: "Really? Then I'll go to the door tomorrow morning to block him and ask him to take me with him after school. I want to eat bugs too!"

Han Zhaozhao: "You can't go! Didn't your family let you eat? If you go there to eat bugs, don't use our bowls and chopsticks when you get home."

To be honest, Han Zhaozhao is not afraid of catching insects, but the thought of eating insects makes her stomach rebel.

The old lady laughed and said, "What are you afraid of? I have eaten insects before. Many insects are edible, such as centipedes, mole crickets, snakes, and mice. I have eaten them all.

But now that it’s cold, I’m afraid it’s hard to find. Wu Ni, don’t run around with me. If you can’t run fast enough, you’ll fall behind and get caught by the bad guys, and you won’t even be able to eat insects.”

After being coaxed and threatened by the old lady, Wu Ni soon calmed down.