Chapter 92: First Update "Old, Weak, Sick and Disabled"

"Hao Jianshan, Zhang Qingdai, Xie Danhong."

Most villagers would rather see male educated youth. After all, all educated youth needed to eat, unless they met an outlier like Ye Yu. Male educated youth generally worked harder than female educated youth.

When they saw that Wangjiagou had more female educated youth than male educated youth drawn, they felt a little more balanced, but wasn't the number too small?

This batch of educated youth who went to the countryside was larger than that of Ye Yu and his group at that time, and more people were assigned to various parts of the country. The vast majority of production teams had six to eight people, but there were only two production teams with only three people on the list, and three production teams with only two people on the list.

Wangjiagou is one of them.

They felt that this was unfair and asked the commune cadres to give an explanation.

The vice president explained: "This time, the people who went to the countryside were not only educated youth, but also some of the five black categories from the farms. These production teams had to accept some of these people."

Their Pingquan Town is different from the wasteland farms in the northwest and southwest. There is not so much hard work there, and there is only one farm. Because it is close to the capital, they receive more black five types of people than educated youth. Last year, batches of them were sent down one after another, and the number has only decreased this year because more people have gone to more difficult places.

The farm is now half full.

There will certainly be bad elements in the future, that is, criminals, who belong to the lowest level of the five black categories. They have no choice but to work as laborers on the farms.

The above means that we can find some non-bad elements with good performance, such as rich farmers and highly educated people, and send them to other production teams to work in the production line.

The vice president looked at the production teams including Wang Jiagou apologetically, and emphasized: "There is no need to specially entertain these five black categories. Just let them live in the cowshed and donkey shed, do the hardest and dirtiest work, and simply distribute food so that they can eat half full. They are sent to the countryside for reform, not to enjoy themselves!"

Now, all the production teams were speechless. They were the five black categories! Even if the five black categories were capable of doing dirty and hard work, they would rather have educated youth than these class enemies.

The expressions they showed when they looked at Wang Jiagou were all sympathetic, which was too unfortunate.

Some people even started to worry about them. All those who came to draw lots from Wangjiagou were educated youth. This was bad luck in the drawing of lots. Who knew if the people from the Wangjiagou production team would blame them?

Ye Yu and the other three were very calm, mainly because of Ye Yu. Although Xu Fei and Hua Feifei thought they were a bit bad, as long as Ye Yu was there, everything would be fine even if the sky fell.

As for Han Jing, he was the one who usually didn't like to use his brain, but he thought the most. Apart from other things, he knew a lot of people who were classified as the "five black categories", including his neighbors in the compound and even his family who were almost there.

Because of this, he actually sympathized with one or two of the five black categories.

Therefore, when the vice president asked three production teams to go to the farm to pick up people, Han Jing took the initiative to lead the team on Wangjiagou's side, and the other was Ye Yu.

Hua Feifei and Xu Fei stayed to pick up the educated youth.

Out of sympathy from many people, Ye Yu, Han Jing and others followed the commune officials to the farm.

Although it was called a farm, they not only worked in the fields, but also built roads and reservoirs. The commune officials said that Wangjiagou was going to build a reservoir, so this kind of work was just right for them.

But when I got there, I couldn't say it.

There were rows of simple thatched huts, with no wind blowing in from all sides, and two of them were collapsed by the accumulated snow. Living in such an environment, eating the simplest food, doing the most strenuous work, the pressure of life made them all look haggard.

If they were really bad guys who had committed crimes, they would still say good things when they saw this scene, but among them there are some unlucky guys who were only affected by their family background.

The commune cadre cleared his throat: "The president said to arrange for people with children or minors first." Looking at those little kids who were not even as tall as an adult's knee, he couldn't bring himself to ask them to repair the reservoir and carry feces.

The three production teams each selected their own personnel.

The other two production teams recruited young or middle-aged people, who at least looked capable of working and would not just sit there and do nothing and waste food.

Ye Yu was not used to this unilateral choice, which was similar to choosing pork, as it reminded her of many dark memories, so she did not move and Han Jing followed her.

Therefore, the choices left for them in the end can be simply summarized as "the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled."

There were seven people in total, three old people, three children, and a young woman.

Among them, there was an orphan named Bai Rongrong. She came with her grandparents, but both of them did not survive the winter. The child was less than ten years old and had experienced too much pain in life. She became lifeless and did not speak or pay attention to anyone. She would not even blink when she saw people coming.

There was a lonely old man, his last name was Lin, he was kind and good looking, but a little thin. Originally, someone from another production team wanted to choose him, but in the middle of a conversation, the old man coughed several times, which scared the person away.

There is also a grandfather and grandson with the surname Ou. Grandpa Ou is old-fashioned and strict, but he is very protective of his only grandson. Ou Liang is a teenager, the oldest of the children, and also at the age of growing up. He is not getting enough nutrition, so he is not as thin as a bamboo pole, but skinny as a stick.

The last three people are three generations of ancestors and grandchildren, and their surname is Xiang.

By the way, Ye Yu had a strong connection with them. She had seen them once when they were parading. At that time, she felt that the little girl, who was a descendant of three generations, was very familiar. Knowing that their surname was Xiang, they were from Yanjing City and were cultured people, she immediately connected them with Sun Shizhong, one of Ye Lan's blind dates. They were the unlucky family that was reported by Sun Shizhong.

Old Man Xiang's hair has turned completely white, his skin is dark, and the cracked frostbite on his hands has not healed yet, but his back is straight, and his shoulders become straighter as the pressure increases.

His daughter Xiang Yan was the only young person among the seven, but she was also the only one who was seriously ill. Although she was young, she was unsteady when she walked, her face was red and she had a fever, and it seemed that she could die at any time.

Han Jing frowns:

"No medicine?"

The farm manager explained that there were doctors to treat sick people. In fact, there were Chinese medicine doctors on the farm, such as Grandpa Lin, but the supply of medicinal materials was insufficient, and some people inevitably died on the farm this winter.

After all, many people who have no worries about food and clothing find it difficult to withstand sudden misfortune. Even their bodies and minds may not be able to bear it, and some choose to end their lives.

Xiang Yan has been sick for a long time this winter and has had a fever more than once. The reason she has managed to hold on until now is really because the administrator is taking care of the little girl of the Xiang family.

The little girl, who has been renamed Xiang Xingxing, is now less than 5 years old. She doesn't understand anything and just holds on to her mother's trousers. When she sees strangers, she looks up and smiles sweetly at them.

This ignorant smile is too sad to see.

It also indirectly proves that Grandpa Xiang and Xiang Yan are very good to their granddaughter. Even when they are in difficult situations, they will do their best to give her the best things and protect her young heart.

Because of this, when Ye Yu openly handed Xiang Xingxing an egg and a candy, no one stopped him. When he gave Bai Rongrong and Ou Liang biscuits and candy, no one stopped him either.

Xiang Xingxing wanted to stuff the food into his mouth as soon as he got it, but was stopped by Grandpa Xiang. After thanking Ye Yu, the grandpa helped his granddaughter to peel the eggs and eat them first. The little girl ate so much that her cheeks were bulging, like a cute little squirrel.

"Thank you." Ou Liang was well-educated and very polite. He ate a little too fast because he was very hungry, but he still remembered to force some of it for his grandfather.

Bai Rongrong's reaction was the slowest. She didn't say a word or reach out to take it, which made many people frown. She then rolled her eyes and looked at Xiang Xingxing who was eating, then raised her eyes and looked at Ye Yu for a long time. Finally, she moved. She snatched the thing and stuffed it into her mouth.

Ye Yu: "Be careful or you might choke to death."

Others:

“…”

While Ye Yu was playing with the children, Han Jing shared the few mixed-grain biscuits he had with Grandpa Lin, Grandpa Ou, Grandpa Xiang, and Xiang Yan.

Several people thanked him repeatedly.

This also shows that Ye Yu and Han Jing have no objection to this distribution.

The people in other production teams secretly breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, they felt that the educated youth from Wangjiagou were indeed too young and ignorant, and would definitely be scolded when they returned.

Because they were in a good mood, they followed Ye Yu and Han Jing's example and shared some things with others.

But not that much, and some of it is not even the staple food.

But these people cracked even a single pumpkin seed very seriously, and even chewed the shell repeatedly. At this time, they couldn't help but envy the group of people who were assigned to Wangjiagou.

Eggs, biscuits, candies... They haven't eaten these things for a long time. Just smelling them makes people drool. Although the mixed-grain biscuits are also made of sweet potato grains, you can smell a hint of oil. Did they add oil to them?

Several people were feeling hungry.

More importantly, there was no contempt, disgust or fear in Ye Yu and Han Jing's eyes when they looked at them. This was the most common look they had faced during this period, and that was why they were so sensitive to looks.

The former looked calm, as if they were normal people, which they were in fact. The latter's eyes were filled with sympathy; he was a very kind-hearted boy.

After the distribution was completed, the group left the simple and dilapidated farm.

Xiang Yan really couldn't hold on any longer, so Ye Yu suggested that they go to the town's hospital first to get some medicine, so that Xiang Yan could at least get rid of the fever and avoid dying on the way.

“…”

The commune cadres hesitated to speak, wanting to say that this was against the rules, but considering that it was a life after all, they did not stop it.

So the people in Wangjiagou separated from the others, and Han Jing squatted down and carried Xiang Yan on his back, saying, "This is faster and won't delay anything."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Yu also picked up Xiang Xingxing, who was walking unsteadily. She was so light that she seemed to have no weight at all. Xiang Xingxing was still stuffing food into her mouth. She just pretended to glare at the empty legs and didn't care who was carrying her.

The commune cadres and others felt that this was not right, but they did not know what to say. They looked at their backs as they left, which were uneven, yet inexplicably harmonious.