Chu Min pointed around and said, "Look, there aren't many fields here. It's just dirt slopes and not many trees. It's obvious that there's nothing to eat in spring and autumn."

"Also, yesterday I was chatting with the men from the family we're staying with, and they said their harvest isn't great. On a good day, they can harvest two or three hundred kilograms of wheat from one acre of land. But when the weather isn't good, they can't even harvest a hundred kilograms. And you've seen what people here eat. Basically, all their staple foods are mixed with a lot of wheat bran..."

"To put it bluntly, wheat bran is used to feed livestock in our brigade!"

"Also, haven't you seen their houses? In the entire brigade, there isn't a single brick house, not even one that's half brick and half adobe."

Chu Tian glanced at Chu Min in surprise. "Aren't sorghum and millet the staple foods in their area? Why do they still grow wheat when the wheat harvest is not good?"

Chu Min patted the snow off his hat and said, "The commune has assigned us a task. Our brigade has a total of 600 mu of land, and we have to plant at least 300 mu of wheat. We also need to plant corn and other crops. Sorghum and millet are basically planted in the corners..."

“····”

Chu Tian was speechless. Don't the leaders above understand the principle of adapting to local conditions? Just plant what's suitable for the area. Why interfere with the farmers' affairs?

Chu Min continued, "In our brigade, we can give everyone 10 to 20 kilograms of wheat every year, but here, let alone 10 to 20 kilograms, they don't even get a kilogram. Every year, all the wheat they harvest, except for the bran, goes into the task."

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After returning to the team, Chu Tian secretly gave the medicine to Professor Qi, told him the dosage and left. There were so many people around, so it was okay to take care of him occasionally, but if it was too blatant, forget it. People's hearts were too scary, and he didn't want to gamble on them, nor did he dare to.

As soon as they returned to the yard where they were staying, they saw the male owner standing at the door to greet them.

"Comrade Chu, you're back."

Chu Tian smiled and nodded, "Brother Wang, are you going out?"

The man rubbed his hands back and forth nervously like a fly rubbing its legs, "That, that..."

Seeing him hesitating for a long time without making any clear answer, Chu Tian and Chu Min looked at each other, thought for a while, and then Chu Tian spoke tentatively.

"Brother Wang, it's so cold outside. If you have anything to say, let's go inside and talk."

The man said "Oh, oh" twice, and said quickly, "Oh, yes, yes, come in, come in and talk..."

As he spoke, he walked towards the two of them into the main room. As soon as he entered the room, he drove out the woman who was sewing shoe soles and the little girl who was spinning cotton thread.

"Comrade Chu, please sit down, sit down..."

Seeing Chu Tian and Chu Min sitting down, the host hesitated for a while before speaking.

"Comrade Chu, can I exchange some fine grains with you?"

Chu Tian and Chu Min were stunned. They did prepare some fine grains before setting off, and originally planned to eat them on the road, but they didn't expect that they would not be able to use the food they brought at all!

It can be said that, apart from the parcels that the division headquarters gave to each vehicle when they set out, the rest of the rations were also provided by the division headquarters. The lead vehicle sent by the division headquarters was loaded with oil drums and a lot of food. Everyone took turns cooking every day, and the rations brought by the drivers of these corps were basically untouched, except for the pickles...

Seeing Chu Tian and Chu Min were silent, the host sighed deeply, "My mother has been ill for a long time. Uncle Yang told us to prepare whatever my mother wants to eat! When we asked her what she wanted to eat, she said she wanted to eat knife-cut noodles, so my brothers and I thought of making her a decent bowl of knife-cut noodles..."

"It's just that our brigade hasn't distributed wheat for many years. I went to the supply and marketing cooperative over there this morning, but the people there said that there hasn't been any fine flour in stock for several months. My brothers and I have been to the black market several times, but there's nothing to sell..."

After a pause, the man's voice was choked with sobs. He lowered his head and held his head with his hands, making it impossible for Chu Tian and Chu Min to see his expression clearly.

"My brothers and I still want to go to the county town to take a look, but my mother..."

Chu Tian and Chu Min looked at each other. Chu Tian didn't know if he was lying and was unsure whether to help or not. Finally, Chu Min spoke up, "We don't have much fine noodles, probably only about a pound..."

The man raised his head in surprise when he heard this and looked at Chu Min, "Then, can you sell it to me? I'll pay!"

Chu Tian looked at Chu Min in surprise. He thought that based on Chu Min's personality, he would definitely not meddle in other people's business.

Chu Min pretended not to see Chu Tian and shook his head gently, "We have serious work, not speculation!"

"I····"

The man looked disappointed when he heard this. Just when he was about to say something else, Chu Min interrupted him again.

"Your local millet is pretty good. Why don't you trade it with me? I won't take advantage of you. The white flour at the supply and marketing cooperative is probably twice as expensive as millet. Why don't you trade me two kilograms of millet?"

The man was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening and shouted in surprise, "Really? Can I really exchange it for two kilograms of millet?"

He excitedly shouted in the local dialect. Seeing Chu Tian and Chu Min both looked puzzled, he hurriedly continued in his not-so-good Mandarin, "Can I really exchange two kilograms of millet for your fine noodles?"

Chu Min nodded, "Yes, sure."

"Well, well, wait a moment, I'll go find my brothers!"

The man stood up suddenly, as if he was afraid that they would change their minds, and ran out without waiting for their reaction.

Chu Tian watched the male host run out, then looked at Chu Min, looked him up and down for a moment, frowned and asked, "Second brother, do you really believe what he said?"

Chu Min stood up and said, "Little brother, do you think I chose his house randomly? It's because I heard from their team leader that although the five brothers are poorer than the other, they are all good people and are filial to their mother. I also heard that their mother is in poor health."

"We can't eat that pound of fine noodles anyway, so why not give it to them? It will also fulfill their filial piety!"

After a pause, he grinned at Chu Tian, ​​revealing his big white teeth. "Actually, the main reason is that I want to drink millet porridge. I've heard that the millet here is particularly good. This brigade is so poor that I guess we can't afford it. Now I've exchanged two kilograms for it. First, I've done a good deed, and second, we can have a few meals of millet porridge, isn't that nice?"

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Chu Tian looked at Chu Min speechlessly. After all, he was still greedy. Really, he thought Chu Min's personality had changed and he started to walk the path of a kind-hearted person, but in the end...

"Second brother agreed to change it, so he went to the car to get it himself!"

After saying that, Chu Tian stood up and walked out of the main room, heading towards the house where they were staying.