Chapter 29 Package
This time, the team leader was Captain Chen. He borrowed two tractors and went out early in the morning. The twelve people looked quite impressive.
In fact, it would be enough if they just squeezed into a tractor.
But the prices in town were high, and they wanted to take the opportunity to get some cheap food and chicken and duck meat back from the countryside.
Unfortunately, after a tour of Lingshang Village, I found that only two households raised extra chickens.
Of course, the extra chickens were taken away by them on the spot.
But with so many people and only two big roosters, there simply aren't enough to go around.
Captain Chen and his men did not leave out the few people who were sent down to the village, but in the middle of winter, they were still cleaning the cowshed. He originally wanted to deal with them, but was afraid that if he delayed too long, the people from the other two villages would become wary.
So he immediately took people to Lingzhong Village, but only found three chickens.
Captain Chen understood instantly that these people were well prepared. They didn't want him to return empty-handed, nor did they want him to take too much advantage.
He angrily took his men to Lingxia Village, only to find that Secretary Song and the team leader were leading the team members to dig lotus roots in a wild pond.
Secretary Song came out of the pond when he saw them, and greeted them with a smile: "Welcome, leaders. We just dug some lotus roots. Comrades, why don't you take some back to taste them later?"
There are really not many vegetables in winter now. Every family rotates between vegetables, radishes and potatoes. Celery and lotus root are considered the best dishes.
Captain Chen certainly looked down on lotus roots, but he couldn't tell them directly that we wanted to eat chicken, duck, fish and meat, so he could only say with a fake smile: "We are here to build a socialist road to common prosperity. We are here to serve the people. We are here to check if there are any problems with your thinking and if you have deviated from collective production."
"The leaders have a very high level of ideological awareness." Party Secretary Song and the team leader accompanied them as they checked house by house.
In the end, the Li family only raised three hens and two ducks.
According to the regulations, they also unceremoniously burped and caught the two quacking ducks.
Captain Chen also understood that they had been prepared for a long time and he could not expect to take advantage of them.
However, since this is someone else's territory, they dare not be too arrogant.
All the villagers have signed up for the group. If they go too far, they might never come back.
He forced a smile and said, "What about those people who were sent down to work?"
"You came at an unfortunate time. They have all gone into the mountains to chop firewood." Secretary Song also complained to him: "They are old and young, and they can't work well. They just come here to eat for free."
"We lost more than 1,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes and corn."
Captain Song also echoed: "That's right, the leader asked us to supervise them to do the work, and we carried it out seriously."
He looked regretful again: "If the leaders hadn't said that no one should be killed, they could have been asked to do more work."
Secretary Song also rushed to show his support: "Like the wild pond we are digging now, after digging the lotus roots, we will also ask them to clean the silt."
"This silt is a good fertilizer for the soil, much better than chicken and pig manure..."
Captain Chen didn't want to hear them talk about these disgusting fertilizers at all and wanted them to shut up.
He could only say: "Take us to where they live."
When Mr. Chu and the others left, they specially moved the dry cow dung and wet cow dung that had been prepared long ago into the house.
Before Captain Chen and his men could express their disapproval, Party Secretary Song got angry first: "These bastards, this is good fertilizer for the fields, but they used it to burn for heating."
Captain Chen withdrew his foot that was about to step in, and just asked his subordinates to go in and look around to see if there was anything special.
Not only Captain Chen disliked it, but the people he brought with him also felt that it was not clean inside. They just flipped through it briefly and shook their heads at him when they came out.
Captain Chen was too impatient to stay any longer.
He just doesn't like coming to the countryside because it's dirty everywhere.
Especially since the weather was bad today, they were afraid that it would rain and get them wet, so they seriously criticized the Li family for raising ducks beyond the quota, and said they were leaving.
When Secretary Song went to see them off, he tried to persuade them to stay: "Leader, can you take those people back?"
"We don't even have enough food to eat, so everyone is so dissatisfied?"
Captain Chen certainly didn't want to take the people away. He was originally planning to ask them if they had extra food, but now he didn't ask. After a few perfunctory words, he quickly took the people away.
The next time he went to the countryside, he felt it would be better to push it to others as there was really no benefit in it.
Secretary Song watched their tractor leave, then went back with Captain Song.
Captain Song sighed, "We ourselves are reluctant to eat ducks, and they are getting a bargain again."
We can’t let them go back empty-handed, or they’ll be targeted.
Therefore, the team specially bought two ducks from a duck farmer and sent them to the Li family.
Now that Li Qiang has been recommended by Party Secretary Song to drive a tractor, Uncle Li is of course willing to cooperate and doesn't mind being criticized at all.
Secretary Song could only smile bitterly: "The King of Hell is better than the little ghosts. Let's just think of it as spending money to get rid of the disaster."
After saying that, he started to beat the gongs and drums. This was a secret signal agreed upon with Chu Hong. When they heard this sound, it meant that those people had left and they could go home.
Gu Ci was away for nearly half a month and did not return until the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month.
After being away from home for more than ten days, he looked a little haggard, which made people believe that he was really in poor health.
The people at the educated youth site would greet him and ask about his health out of concern.
Zhang Jianming's parents are also doctors and are familiar with him. Of course they know that there is nothing wrong with his health. They are just looking for an excuse to go out and look for their relatives.
That’s right, Gu Ci is indeed very careful now and didn’t tell him the truth.
I didn't tell him that I had found my grandfather and the others.
Now Zhang Jianmin saw him coming back and pointed at the package on his bed: "What a coincidence, the postman just delivered the package and you came back."
It was Chu Hong who reminded Gu Ci to write a letter home, saying that he could no longer make a living there and asked them to find him a temporary job.
I didn't expect that they really didn't want me to go back, otherwise they wouldn't have sent me two packages.
Gu Ci forced a smile: "Okay, thank you."
"Why are you being so polite to me?" Zhang Jianmin whispered to him, "I sent two kilograms of brown sugar to Secretary Su before, and he gave me a letter of introduction."
"If you want to go back, bring him something. He should be willing to write a letter of introduction."
"And you should be careful. Your family sent you two large packages. Secretary Su took the opportunity to inquire about your family's news."
When he went to the countryside, his parents told him that there were many people watching them, so he should obey the call and go to the countryside, and never date.
Because they'll find a way to get him back.
For example, if someone retires but does not plan to have their children take his place, they can buy a job.
Therefore, he thought that Gu Ci's family had the same plan as his own, which was why they reminded him.
Gu Ci thanked him gratefully: "Thank you very much, I still need to look for it somewhere else, so I won't go back yet."
"I'll write a letter and buy some food later. Please bring it back for me."
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