They in the 70s

After some deliberation, Wu Changde's final decision is to plant [-]% of the village's land as winter wheat, leaving [-]% as reserved land for spring farming next year.

It is a compromise method, and it also leaves a way out.

After thinking about it, Lu Zhansheng felt that this arrangement was okay, and it was more reliable than all this and all that, so he stopped competing with Wu Changde.

After the winter wheat is sown in the field, it just waits for the seedlings to emerge, and after this work is completed, there is basically no other work in the field.

As farmers, the content of work has come to an end, and the educated youths have entered the new season of slack season together with the villagers of the village.

end of october.

The trees withered, the grass leaves turned yellow.

With the sudden onslaught of cold air, the temperature in the entire northern Shaanxi area plummeted.

Winter in the northern Shaanxi Plateau is here.

When the weather turned cold, Wu Changde asked Wu Tiezhu to build an earthen stove in the large classroom because he was afraid that the children would freeze in class.

Lu Zhan saw that the heating effect was good, so he followed suit and built a small stove in his and He Zhi's hut.

Once the small stove was lit, the cold cabin suddenly became warm and comfortable.

Lu Zhansheng has nothing to do every day, so he just lies in the room and reads his agricultural encyclopedia. When He Zhi comes back from get out of class, the two of them will argue for a while. Get under the quilt, and make trouble for a while after blowing out the lights.

Life is simple, warm and happy.

If you go on carefree like this, it can be said that you are not envious of mandarin ducks or immortals, and you can be contented and beautiful.

however.

The good times don't last long.

There was a plague that consumed their food in the first half of the year, and then a flood that ruined their food in the second half of the year.

Not long after the beginning of winter, the food in the villagers' homes was in a hurry.

The food shortage has officially begun.

During the recent period, the main theme surrounding everyone in Shimen Village is just one word: hunger.

The villagers began to starve, and the situation of the educated youths was not much better. After the previous food distribution was finished, they had already begun to eat those unpalatable wild vegetables.

Lu Zhansheng has also become more and more anxious recently.

Ever since the grain was soaked by the rain, he knew that he would face a famine. He had been thinking of countermeasures, but he hadn't been able to figure it out. He didn't know how to get so much grain in a short period of time.

Everyone has proposed to apply for assistance from the county, but there is no result. The harm of waterlogging has affected almost the whole county. This year's public grain is even exempted. I heard that people in the county are starving.

Adults can barely survive eating bran and swallowed vegetables, but children can't. After the chickens and ducks in the village are gone, they dare not raise new ones in a short time, and there are no eggs and goose eggs to raise their children.

As a result, families with children left food for their children, and they ate wild vegetables earlier than others.

The same is true for Li Yueru.

Li Yueru usually takes her children with her, so she doesn't work much and doesn't get a lot of food, so even if she hasn't eaten a grain of food since the waterlogging, she saves all of it for Xiao Chunsheng, but soon after winter, the family's The food was still eaten early.

Now Lu Zhansheng is really more grateful to Zhou Mingliang for insisting on sending him 15 yuan every month, so that he can guarantee that Xiao Chunsheng and He Zhi will have something to eat after they run out of food.

However, this is not a long-term solution.

We still have to find a way to get food or money.

Educated youths have been thinking about this recently.

One night, everyone had a meeting in the cave dwelling of the educated youth spot. Mr. Lu Zhan asked everyone to brainstorm, but they couldn't figure out how to get money in this barren place where one village was poorer than the other. If they went out , they are not allowed.

When everyone was silent, Zhao Jun suddenly remembered something: "Hey? Didn't Director Liu from the Educated Youth Office say that Zheng Yan can go to work in the county?"

Everyone looked together.

Zhao Jun continued: "I heard that the most common job in the county has a salary of more than [-] yuan. If Zheng Yan goes to work, won't we have a part of the income?"

"But the county has no money."

Song Jian immediately said: "Didn't they say it when we went last time? They were starving too. How do you get paid?"

"No, that's not the case."

Zhao Jun said: "I have heard people say that if there is a financial problem in the county, the salaries of the public officials in the county will be paid directly by the province. If there is no money in the county, there is no money, but there must be money in the province. .”

"... "

Everyone was silent for a while.

Zheng Yan thought it was feasible, and asked He Zhi: "Brother He Zhi, what do you think?"

He Zhi thought for a while and said, "Under the circumstances, we should not recruit people."

But Zhao Jun still feels hopeful: "It's hard to say, maybe Zheng Yan is lucky."

Song Jian thought about it for a long time, and felt hopeful: "Then stop talking, and ask directly in the county tomorrow."

"... "

Lu Zhansheng still felt that what He Zhi said was more reasonable, now that he couldn't afford to eat, how could it be possible to recruit someone with a regular salary, and the people in the county were not stupid.

Lu Zhansheng obviously felt that He Zhi didn't want them to make this trip in vain, but there was no way around it. They all had a temper that would not hit the south wall and never look back. If they didn't go and see for themselves, they would definitely not give up. He There is no objection.

then.

Early the next morning, Zheng Yan found out the certificate that Liu Dawei had left before, accompanied by Lu Zhansheng and Song Jian, and the three went to the county together.

As expected, the county leader responded that there were no vacancies for the time being, and he was asked to return to the village to wait for news.

Come in good times, and come back in defeat.

On the way back, the usual turmoil and even the young men with wider hearts than the sea felt a little melancholy.

A penny is hard for a hero, there is no food, and they all feel powerless to go back and face the next few months of eating chaffy vegetables.

Looking at the certificate in his hand, Zheng Yan felt that what Lu Zhansheng said before was true, it was just a piece of waste paper, which was useless at all, so he threw it away in annoyance.

There was wind at that time, and the certificate was blown away by the wind immediately after it was released, and flew towards a hillside.

And when he saw the certificate flying away, Zheng Yancai suddenly remembered that on the back of the certificate was the words Wu Qingqing had left for him before. It was a poem written by He Zhijiao when they were not together: "There are trees in the mountains and trees in the mountains." There are branches, the heart is pleasing to the king, and the king does not know.

The certificate is a piece of waste paper, but the lines are not. It is the record of the beginning of love between him and Wu Qingqing, and it must not be lost.

After reacting, Zheng Yan quickly turned around and ran to chase.

Seeing this, Song Jian and Lu Zhansheng pointed at Zheng Yan and yelled "nervous" and "what's wrong" twice, and then followed him helplessly.

After chasing and chasing, I chased to the other side of the hillside.

then.

Discovered a new continent beyond the mountains.

It was a quarry, and it seemed that the scale was not small. After chasing their own certificates with Zheng Yan, the three boys were curious, so they went over to have a look.

After seeing this, I stayed.

There is no other reason, work is paid, and a meal is taken care of. The food is cornmeal steamed buns, and the wages are paid every day.

For the three lads who are currently melancholy about how to make money, this is a great thing for the pie in the sky.

It happened to be noon, and the foreman of the quarry said that if they join now, they can only count as half a day's wages, but considering that it is their first day at work, they can manage a meal.

The three boys didn't say anything, and had a meal first.

When signing the employment agreement, Lu Zhansheng carefully looked at the terms above, most of them were more humane to the workers, but there was only one that made him hesitate:

Quarrying work is dangerous. If a worker is injured during work, the quarry will not be held responsible, and the worker will be responsible for all consequences.

Lu Zhansheng vaguely remembered that many people in Shimen Village had worked in the quarry, and many of them were injured at work, and many even lost their lives, such as Li Yueru's husband.

This is tantamount to risking his life to make money.

So when Lu Zhansheng signed this agreement, he hesitated. After all, they have a lot of strength, no matter how hard or tired they are, they are not afraid, but if the risk factor of this job is too high, they have to weigh it.

Lu Zhansheng wanted to discuss with Zheng Yan and Song Jian again, but when he turned his head, the two had signed the agreement happily.

Seeing that this was the case, and based on the principle of working for an afternoon to see the situation before talking, Lu Zhansheng also signed.

The quarry does not mine ordinary stones, but the ore deep in the surface, which requires someone to go deep into the mine below tens of meters to dig the wall.

Lu Zhansheng and Zheng Yan worked on the first day. They were not assigned to go to the mine, but were assigned to wait outside the cave. After the workers in the mine transported the ore out, the experts at the entrance of the cave were responsible for picking out the ore that met the standards. , and then they are responsible for carrying it on the minecart.

The density of the ore is high, and a piece is heavy. From the entrance of the mine to the nearest position that the mine truck can reach, it is necessary to climb over a steep hillside on foot. The visual distance is three miles. They still use a basket tied with hemp rope.

The three boys just carried the rocks on their backs and turned over the hillside. After two or three times back and forth, a few blood marks were directly strangled on their shoulders.

Fortunately.

After working all afternoon, everyone was safe and sound.

When it was time to go to work in the evening, the workers in the quarry had a headache and paid their wages quickly.

After the young men got the money, they were so happy that they flew up. After this afternoon, they didn't feel so dangerous anymore.

So, everyone unanimously decided to come back tomorrow.

Before leaving, Lu Zhansheng discussed with the foreman and bought all the money they earned into corn bread.

On the way back, the young men agreed with each other that in order to reduce trouble and worry, they would not tell He Zhi and other people in the educated youth spot about this matter, and keep it a secret until they saved some money and stopped doing it Besides.

After returning to the village, Song Jian was in charge of delivering the wotou to Xiao Chunsheng and Grandma Sun, while Zheng Yan and Lu Zhansheng immediately went to find the person they were thinking about.

When Lu Zhansheng returned to the hut, He Zhi was cooking wild vegetables in the house, and the taste of the wild vegetables was not very good, making the whole room bitter.

After Lu Zhansheng entered the room, he directly threw the pot of soup out, then took out the cornmeal cornbread in his arms, and handed it to He Zhi with a smile.

He Zhi was obviously surprised, looked him up and down, and asked suspiciously, "Where did you come from?"

"The leaders of the county gave it to us. After we went there, we cried miserably. They heard that we had been hungry for several days. They couldn't bear it, so they gave each of us several corn buns."

Lu Zhansheng didn't blush at all when he lied, it was very natural.

He Zhi still didn't quite believe it, frowned and opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, Lu Zhansheng broke off a corner of the cornbread with a big smile, and put it directly into his mouth.

With something stuffed into his mouth, He Zhi usually wouldn't speak anymore. He puffed his mouth, bit the corner of the bun, and unconsciously raised his eyebrows.

This is He Zhi's habit, if something tastes delicious in his mouth, he will raise his eyebrows.

And seeing He Zhi eating happily, Lu Zhansheng thought that he should be very happy too, but no, he felt a sudden pain in his heart.

He Zhi was spoiled by Aunt Luo since he was a child, so he was very picky about eating, and he couldn't eat cornmeal and corn buns before.

It can be said that those things that could not be eaten before have become delicious things now.

Lu Zhansheng suddenly realized that at some point, He Zhi was no longer so delicate.

The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He pulled He Zhi over, hugged him in his arms, and patted his back distressedly: "He Zhi, I will work hard."

I will work hard to make you squeamish again.

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The author has something to say:

He Zhi: .....Silly boy, how should I react to this? I'm not touched, nor angry. Anyway, I don't want to be coquettish, and I don't want you to take the risk to work hard, crying~

感谢在2022-06-1013:00:00~2022-06-1412:57:00期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who cast the landmine: 0073 smiles; 1 sweet, Jinxin’s little sheep, [-] Ann’s pearl necklace;

Thanks to the little angels of the irrigation nutrient solution: 30 bottles of caviar, classmate Xiao Zhan; 10 bottles of Qing Benjue, 562574245 bottles of Lin Li Lin Jian; 1 bottles; Jinxin's Little Sheep, not very noble comments, [-] bottle of Mr. Zhang's Xiaojiaoqi ;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!