Time Travel Article: Tool Man Rejects Plot

I can't figure it out for now, so I'll just take it one step at a time. There's no point in overthinking it.

Seeing that they had arrived at the village office, Gu Mingyue withdrew his thoughts.

Gu Mingwei used the village loudspeaker to notify everyone to gather at the threshing ground for a meeting.

The threshing ground is not far from the village. It is a relatively flat square next to the fields.

Normally it is the place where the village turns over and dries grain and threshes crops such as wheat and soybeans.

Occasionally, meetings, activities or inspection speeches by senior leaders are held here.

People gradually arrived, and my uncle walked onto the stage with the help of my second brother, leaning on a cane.

"Hello, hello..." Gu Mingwei adjusted the microphone. "Is everyone here?"

"We're all here."

"Village chief, the fourth family hasn't arrived yet."

"The fourth son's wife is here, but he hasn't come yet. It's not because he's weak, but because he's tired."

"Get lost, Gu Laoliu, you are the weak one, my man is going home to take a shit."

"A lazy donkey will pee and poop a lot."

"none of your business."

There was a great deal of noise and bustle down there.

Gu Mingwei stepped forward to stop them, "That's enough, be quiet, be quiet..."

There are two main reasons why we have called everyone here today. Let me start with the first one: our village will be renamed.”

"Ah? Change your name? How do you change your name? What should you call yourself?"

Gu Mingwei was used to his subordinates chirping when they were in a meeting, and he continued to announce, "The town held a meeting to announce that a people's commune will be established in the future;

Qingshan Town will be renamed Qingshan Commune, and Gujia Village will be called Gujia Brigade. I will be the Brigade Leader, and you will all be members. "

The villagers wondered, “What does the commune do?”

"The nature of the people's commune is the integration of industry, agriculture, commerce, education, and the military, managing production, life, and civil affairs. It is both a production unit and a life management unit, with politics and society integrated;

The characteristics are "one big and two public", that is, large collective and public ownership. The main means of production of farmers, such as land, draft animals and other large agricultural tools, are all collectively owned;

Members will provide their own small farm tools such as hoes, sickles, and shovels. Farmers will own their own houses, and each household will raise a certain amount of chickens, ducks, and geese in the future.

Gu Mingwei read the document verbatim.

Seeing that no one understood, he explained, "Let me briefly summarize. After the establishment of this commune, all the land in our hands will be confiscated.

In the future, everyone will farm together and share the grain. In addition to the basic grain, the rest will be calculated based on the number of work points each family has every day. The grain will be calculated and exchanged for money based on the number of work points.

Men's full labor is scored 10 points, women's full labor is scored 8 points, and teenagers and the elderly are scored according to their labor capacity assessment level, which is divided into three levels: 7 points, 5 points, and 3 points;

For example, when you are pulling wheat, pulling 4 rows of wheat requires full labor, pulling 3 rows of wheat requires 7 cents of labor, pulling 2 rows of wheat requires 5 cents of labor, pulling 1 row of wheat requires 3 cents of labor, and so on.

Gu Mingwei said a lot of things, but the villagers below were dizzy and only paid attention to the four words "land confiscation".

Some people were unwilling to say, "Village head, what's the point of confiscating the land? Then the land we cultivate in the future will not be ours?! How can we do that..."

"Yeah, I worked so hard for a year, but it was all in vain..."

"No, I don't agree."

Where there is opposition there is support.

Among them, the lazy man Gu Laoliu was the happiest. "Didn't you hear what the village chief said? This is a decision from above. We are ordinary people. We just do whatever the higher-ups say. So, you still want to go against the government?"

"Gu Laoliu, everyone knows that your family is struggling to make ends meet, and no one helps when the oil bottle falls over. Now you don't have to work and can still have enough to eat. You're so happy, right? Pah."

"Why are you trying to attack me? If you have the guts, go to the government! Go ahead and do what you can. Don't be afraid of being arrested."

Seeing that the crowd was getting more and more noisy, Gu Mingwei sternly shouted, "Shut up! You are all so careless. Gu Laoliu, you should also shut up. You are afraid that others can't see what you are thinking, right?

Let me tell you, our village doesn't allow those kinds of tricks. Although the policy is there, we will still work together according to the work, the more you work, the more you get, and the less you work, the less you get. Don't play tricks on me.

And you too, what Gu Laoliu said hits the point, this is a decision from above;

Our country is in trouble now, shouldn't we all work together to help the country alleviate the difficulties? ! We finally have a peaceful life, but we can't get over this? !

Let's think positively. Everyone has their own security. Even if you have few work points, you can still get food points. Compared with our fearful life back then, what is there to be dissatisfied with now? "

The villagers thought about the past and then about the present, and everyone fell silent.

After everyone calmed down, Gu Mingwei threw out some sweet treats: "The commune asked our brigade to add several positions, namely village party secretary, women's director, militia captain, and warehouse keeper;

For these positions, workers will not need to participate in labor except during the busy farming season. Work points will be calculated based on the full 10 points.

Anyone who thinks they are suitable, please come and sign up with me. I will give you a week to consider. After a week, we will count the number of people here and let everyone vote together. Any objections?"

"Village cadres!"

"Great, can my son be one?"

Some villagers shouted from below, "Village Chief, what do you want? Do you think I can do it?"

Gu Mingwei said angrily, "Li Gousheng, you can't even write your own name, tell me what kind of cadre do you want to be?"

The villagers surrounded him and started to make noises, "Haha, Li Gousheng, what kind of cadre do you want to be? You don't want to be the village chief, do you?"

Li Gousheng pretended to be angry and chased him away, "Get lost! I just want to ask you."

"Quiet!"

Every time there was a meeting, Gu Mingwei felt that his voice was on the verge of being scrapped. "Okay, stop making a fuss, everyone is taking this seriously;

Also, I emphasize again that the first requirement for the election is to be able to read. If anyone messes up, don't blame me for assigning him to carry manure. Do you understand?"

The villagers said, “I understand!”

"That's fine. Now, let me tell you another thing. Everyone knows Mingyue's family situation. Now there is only her and Xiao Shitou at home. They live a little far from the village. Everyone in my family is very worried. We have also discussed with Mingyue that she will move to my place in the future. There happens to be an empty lot in the wasteland, so let's take that piece. Does anyone have any objection?"

"no!"

"Oh, Gu Mingyue will have two residential plots in the future. She is really rich. She can even be a landlady."

The person who said this spoke quietly, but loud enough for everyone to hear.

Unexpectedly, Gu Laoliu, who usually remained calm despite everyone's jokes, suddenly jumped up and cursed, "Who the hell is farting there!"

Gu Laoliu’s full name is Gu Mingjin, and he is the sixth in his generation.

So everyone generally calls him Gu Laoliu.

Gu Laoliu's biggest dream every day is to just eat and wait for death, and few people admire him.

But my uncle Gu Guoping is one of them.

When he first saw his uncle with a group of people, he habitually wanted to approach them and take advantage of them.

Uncle Gu, contrary to his usual behavior, beat and scolded him.

He was also a little confused, and then he heard Uncle Gu whispering in his ear, telling him to hurry back to the village to report the news.

Say these people are bandits!

He reacted immediately and pretended to run away.

Unexpectedly, the next news I received was that Uncle Gu and that group of bandits died together.

If his uncle hadn't stopped him, he would have been killed by the bandits.

So he always kept in mind what happened back then.

My uncle's family is miserable. Only Mingyue and Xiaoshitou are left, even if he is not serious.

For Uncle Gu, and for Mingyue calling him Sixth Brother, he would never let her be bullied by others.

The one who was gossiping was a daughter-in-law named Chen Zhaodi who married into the village later.

She had heard about what happened back then and didn't think it was so great. She even thought the man was stupid.

She wouldn't risk her life to save others anyway.

Normally, she couldn't stand the fact that Gu Mingyue, a money-loser, was spoiled by her family and protected by the villagers.

Isn't it just getting into college? What's so great about that?

If it were her, she would also be able to pass the exam.

Now I heard that a little girl like Gu Mingyue actually wanted to occupy two residential plots.

Isn't it the village chief who gave her a backdoor to take advantage of the village? Taking advantage of the village is just taking advantage of her in disguise, isn't it?!

I couldn't help but be sarcastic, and unexpectedly caused public outrage.

Even though Gu Guoqiang is over 60 years old, his ears and eyes are not blurry, so he naturally heard it. He glanced at the villagers in front of him and snorted heavily.

With just this one sound, the noisy voices below instantly stopped.

Gu Guoqiang said in a deep voice, "Some people in our village 'eat with the bowl in hand, and curse their mothers when the bowl is put down', and they are really good at being ungrateful!

The suspension bridge at the entrance of the village is still broken. Why don't you go and see if you guys have the ability to blow it up? Don't be the first one to wet your pants when the enemy arrives.

Not to mention that Mingyue had no intention of occupying two plots of land, even if she did, so what? Her name was engraved in the family tree, so she had the right to do so. What's the problem? Ah!!!"

The clan leader's harsh questioning made several people who had more ideas bow their heads in shame, but Chen Zhaodi still had a look of resentment in her eyes...

Gu Guoqiang stared at her husband Li Dayong and scolded, "If you can't manage your own wife, don't bring her out to embarrass yourself. If you feel that Gujia Village can't accommodate you, move out as soon as possible."

Li Dayong's parents are honest people. They suffered for half their lives and fled famine before settling down in Gujia Village.

Here they can have enough food and will not be bullied. The family is very grateful to the patriarch for taking them in.

If I hadn't been deceived by the illusion created by Chen Zhaodi back then.

How could their family find such a troublemaker? It's such a misfortune for their family.

Li Dayong's father even slapped Li Dayong in the face, "What a disgrace."