The sky gradually darkened, and more than 400 households borrowed about ten kilograms of grain from each family.
Nearly one third of the grain stored in the entire granary was gone in an instant.
Accountant Zhang kept the accounts. He was the only one who was responsible for the whole process of distributing grain and keeping accounts. He was really exhausted.
But he was actually very happy in his heart. The villagers who had borrowed grain were all complimenting him, as if as long as the election for the team leader began publicly, everyone would vote for him decisively.
"Haha! I used 4,000 kilograms of public grain to buy the hearts of the whole village. Lin Huowang, Lin Shuisheng, how can you two fight me?
Unless you, Lin Huowang, take out all the meat in your home and share it with everyone in the village..."
Accountant Zhang locked the door of the granary and saw Lin Huowang outside still busy with the militia.
The area around the granary is quite large, and the soil is frozen, making it very difficult to dig.
"Why waste your energy? I just have nothing to do after eating! I can go home and sleep comfortably, and you guys just stay here to keep out the rats!"
Accountant Zhang went home with disdain.
In the entire Linjiagou Production Brigade, a small number of families followed the advice of Lin Huowang and Lin Shuisheng and dug a simple rat-proof ditch around their houses even in the severe cold of the night.
In addition, some diesel blocks distributed by Lin Shuisheng were placed in the rat-proof ditch one by one.
but……
Most of the villagers are too lazy to do so.
Some people even put diesel blocks used to prevent rats directly in the house and use them as oil lamps.
It was almost eight o'clock in the evening when Lin Huowang finished digging the rat-proof ditch and brought Zhao Daniu back to the Lin family's yard.
I am extremely tired, but my heart is very fulfilled.
When he just came back, he walked around the village and saw that almost one-third of the households had dug such simple rat-proof ditches, so he felt that his hard work was not in vain.
"Awang! You are awesome.
That's great. In this way, even if a rat plague really breaks out, the damage to the village should be limited."
Liu Rumeng was standing by, listening carefully to what Lin Huowang had said, and she praised him with admiration on her face.
Then, Lin Huowang was given a clean, warm towel for wiping his face, a bowl of hot wolf meat soup, and ramen noodles mixed with lard.
Slurp!
After wiping his face, Lin Huowang ate with relish.
Especially under the light of the kerosene lamp, my daughter-in-law Liu Rumeng's fair profile, which looks like Gao Yuanyuan, is so pure and lovable, and she is simply beautiful.
In a few seconds, Lin Huowang finished the noodles.
Then, taking advantage of Liu Rumeng's unpreparedness, he immediately hugged her in his arms, carried her on his shoulders and went into the inner room.
"Hey! Awang! What are you doing!"
"Awang! Eat a little more. You've been doing hard work all day..."
"Awang! Don't be like this, my brothers and sisters, and mother are listening!"
"Ah! Awang... why did you stop?"
…
In the outer room, on the kang.
Lin Xiaoxue widened her eyes and pricked up her ears, listening to the bursts of noise coming from the inner room.
She pursed her lips and said to her mother with a bit of sadness: "Mom! Is my brother treating my sister-in-law again?
My sister-in-law is so pitiful! Why hasn’t she recovered from her illness yet?
She screamed so loudly, it must be very painful! "
"Uh...yeah!"
Mother Lin gave a bitter smile and had no choice but to respond while doing needlework.
At this time, there are only two days left until the Chinese New Year.
After this night, tomorrow will be New Year’s Eve.
The next morning, Lin Huowang got up early and went to the village with Lin Shuisheng to inspect and give instructions.
Many households, under their tireless persuasion, dug rat-proof trenches and prepared some solid diesel blocks.
After a busy day, about 200 of the more than 400 households in the entire production team had taken relatively good rat-proofing measures.
The rest are either lazy or unwilling to move.
Or they may be people who have a good relationship with the team leader Lin Jianguo and the accountant Zhang Debiao.
The two men had already warned me not to pay any attention to Lin Huowang and Lin Shuisheng's rat prevention policy and to just leave them alone.
Moreover, they fundamentally did not believe that those rats that could be killed with one foot could cause much harm!
Until New Year's Eve arrives...
Every household, whether rich or poor, prepared some meat to eat during the New Year.
After working so hard all year round, can it still be called the New Year if there’s no meat to eat?
Some families have saved a lot of eggs, so today everyone is going to have a boiled egg, and they’re going to use some rapeseed oil to spread the fragrant eggs.
Some families had already taken out a small piece of bacon that they had saved at some unknown time, and cut it into a few thin slices according to the number of people in the family.
Then he hid this precious heirloom bacon and would eat it during the Chinese New Year next year, the year after, or even the year after that.
Some families really have no place to cook meat, so they find ways to make corn flour into different dishes, adding more rapeseed oil to fry it and eat it.
It involves using some batter, wrapping sweet pumpkin or potatoes, and frying them in oil. It is a delicious dish that is extremely fragrant.
What’s more, the frying oil will not be wasted, you can scoop it up and continue eating.
Anyway, no matter what, no one can stop every family from having a good meal during the Chinese New Year, which is such a simple and unpretentious wish.
But!
You make fried eggs while he steams bacon.
Add to that the smell of various fried foods, and the air in the whole village is filled with all kinds of aromas...
At sunset in the evening, accountant Zhang Debiao staggered out from the home of team leader Lin Jianguo, a little drowsy.
Today is Chinese New Year, and Lin Jianguo was also taken home to have New Year’s Eve dinner, and he also called Zhang Debiao over to drink.
"Hehe! After the New Year, I'll be the captain!
I never thought that I, Zhang Debiao, would be the captain one day, hehe..."
Zhang Debiao was extremely proud and had already started thinking about how to take revenge on those who looked down on him and had grudges against him after becoming the team leader.
However……
Just as he was in a daze, he suddenly felt a slight vibration coming from the ground beneath his feet.
"Earthquake? I've never heard of earthquakes happening in our Baishan area!"
Rubbing his eyes, Zhang Debiao tried his best to look in the direction of the vibration.
Then I sobered up immediately...
Because he saw a dark mass of... rats!
I don’t know how many thousands or tens of thousands of them there are, but they are rushing towards the village madly from the entrance.
"Oh my! Oh my god! The rat... rat plague has really come! It's... so scary..."
Zhang Debiao wanted to turn around and run away, but his hands and feet were uncoordinated and he stumbled and fell on the snow.
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