"Dongzi, where are you? You scared grandma to death. What should I do if you get hurt, my eldest grandson?" Zhang Xudong shook his head helplessly and walked out quickly.
"Grandma, I'm here. Please walk slowly. I'm fine, nothing happened." When I came out of the yard, I saw grandma pulling my little sister and walking towards me like a gust of wind. My little sister was dragged and stumbled, following behind, her face covered with sweat and tears.
He quickly ran forward to support his grandmother, picked up his little sister, and wiped her face.
"Grandma, you can't walk so fast next time. What if you fall?"
Grandma said nothing, circling around. She looked up and down, her clothes undamaged and bloodless. Knowing he was fine, she breathed a sigh of relief. Then she slapped Zhang Xudong on the back a few times. The sound was painful, and it looked like she had really hit him.
"How dare you go into the mountains? Why would you go catch wild boars when you have nothing to do..." He scolded her for a long time, beating her and scolding her. Zhang Xudong had no choice. This was a situation he couldn't avoid, so he had to endure it. He didn't even have to pretend to be a grandson; he was a real grandson.
After a long while of chattering, I finally managed to soothe Grandma, and then my little sister. It was truly not easy. Just as things were clearing up here, the captain started calling again. I hurried inside and found the captain.
"Dongzi, we've decided. We won't share any of the meat. We'll exchange it all for potatoes and sweet potatoes. We'll stew the remaining pig's head, offal, and other organs in one pot, and add some potatoes to make a big pot. We'll give each family a pot to soak up the greasy smell."
"Does the Third Master team have any potatoes now?"
"There are about 600 kilograms, which are used for making seeds."
"Uncle San asked me to take a look at the potatoes in the team."
"Look, isn't it still a potato? If you want to see it, ask your uncle Dayou to take you there. He has the key to the warehouse."
Zhang Xudong followed the accountant, Uncle Dayou, to the warehouse to inspect the potatoes. They were truly bizarre, each no bigger than an egg. It would be strange if such potatoes, used as seed, yielded a high yield.
When I got back to the office, I said to the team leader, "Third Uncle, just put all the potatoes in the warehouse into the pot. I've seen the potatoes at that uncle's house. Each one there is bigger than a fist, one is worth three of the potatoes in the warehouse. When the time comes, we can exchange them and save some for seeds. It will be much better than these."
"Really? Then hurry up and find someone to replace it. Don't let it get lost if you're late, or you'll have nowhere to cry."
"I'll go after I've finished my meal. Of course there's some, but they don't want to see strangers. Just tell me the amount of meat, and I'll bring it over in a basket after dinner."
Ask Uncle Genzi to pick me up at the grove between our village and the commune around 3:00 a.m. I'll have him help carry my things over. It would be difficult to handle it later because there will be too many people on the road."
After thinking for a moment, he continued, "As for the food exchange, just say you happened to meet someone at the market who did it for you, but don't mention it was me. As for the meat that was given to me, I'll make my own decision. I'm going to give some to my father's former comrades and colleagues."
"Okay, we know everything. You're in charge of what's been allocated to you. Go home and have dinner, and then get back to work. We still have to hold a meeting to explain the situation to the members."
Zhang Xudong was driven out by the team leader, so he carried his sister on his back and went home with his grandmother to eat dumplings.
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