After two consecutive days of early morning training, Lu Shiyi stayed on the farm to help process the ingredients. Su Jin got up according to his schedule, had breakfast and started preparing lunch, feeling refreshed.
The squad leader of the cooking squad held a work diary in his hand and a pen in his right hand, recording every step of Su Jin's cooking.
Su Jin felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by him, and smiled awkwardly: "Squad leader, you have more ways to make big pot rice than me. I just use more seasonings. Once you get used to it, you will definitely make better than me."
Lu Shiyi used a kitchen knife to put the minced garlic in a box. After Su Jin took the bowl, he threw it in to stir-fry.
"Bu Lu, does your family always use so much oil?" The canteen team member asked Lu Shiyi in a low voice, "That oil doesn't look like lard, right?"
"After filtering the soybean oil twice, you can get this kind of oil. The price is much lower. We have black soil and are rich in beans." Lu Shiyi helped Su Jin filter the soybean oil. "If you can eat more oil, your health will always be better."
The canteen squad leader knew that dietary supplements were the best way. The elderly were in poor health, so the accompanying military doctor suggested that dietary therapy was the best way.
"Next spring, you can go to the mountains more often to dig wild vegetables. You should be able to learn more." Su Jin said to the people in the kitchen.
The team members were stunned. There were many wild vegetables in the mountains, and they had dug them up, but most of them were bitter and difficult to swallow.
"Are wild vegetables stir-fried like sweet potato leaves?" the squad leader asked Su Jin.
"Like shepherd's purse, you can fry it, mix it with cold vegetables, or use it as dumpling fillings." Su Jin said as she mixed the cold dishes. "There are many ways to cook shepherd's purse and dandelion."
Several people listened to Su Jin's words and recorded their cooking methods. They made shepherd's purse dumpling soup at that time, but the old men thought it was unpalatable.
"There's no place to get shepherd's purse now, so I can only get it next year." Su Jin quickly prepared lunch and heard a noise coming from outside.
It turned out that Lu Shiyi led his team members to dig a trap 100 meters inside the entrance of the mountains. In less than half a day, there were a lot of prey in the trap.
The villagers went into the mountains in groups. Some of them accidentally broke into the deep forest and saw the prey in the trap, so they became jealous and went straight to the trap.
"Who are you?!" The members of the Pigeon Committee have been eating well these days and are working harder.
"We're looking for the farm manager." The profiteers from the nearby villages gathered, surrounding the farm gate and nagging us. "You've secretly dug a lot of traps deep in the mountains. The prey you caught should be divided among the villagers."
The team members on the farm ran in to find Lu Shiyi and simply told him that the nearby villagers were causing trouble and that the village had an agreement that villagers were not allowed to enter the deep forest to hunt.
The farm only dug traps at the entrance to the mountains when Lu Shiyi and others were training. These people were too greedy.
"Go down the mountain and invite all the village heads to come in." Lu Shiyi had heard the director mention that nearby villagers would deliberately look at the traps dug by the team members. If there were too many prey in some traps, they would come and cause trouble.
Su Jin took a step forward and was half a step behind Lu Shiyi.
"Ayi, I'll go with you to take a look. Those villagers must have seen you going into the mountains." Su Jin heard from the villagers that there were ferocious beasts in the mountains, and the villagers would not go into the mountains to hunt.
"Of course," Lu Shiyi sneered, "During the winter hunting season two years ago, hunters from several villages joined forces to go into the mountains, but none of them returned."
Before Su Jin came, a tragedy occurred. Several village heads were called into the commune office and severely criticized by the commune director.
"Ayi, when I came to the countryside, no one in the village mentioned winter hunting." Su Jin looked at Lu Shiyi curiously, "If there was a winter hunt at that time, Ayi would definitely lead the team into the mountains."
"We just ensure the villagers' safety, and then give a quarter of the team members' harvest to the village for distribution." Lu Shiyi explained that the team members followed the villagers to distribute the harvest during the winter hunt. "We are all professionally trained, so we have to bear some losses."
Su Jin felt that the distribution was unreasonable, and Lu Shiyi and the team members agreed to the distribution method.
"Ayi, are you being unfair to the team members?" Su Jin looked at the gloom in Hu's eyes, "Some people always want you to pay, but they don't want your efforts."
Lu Shiyi reached out and held her hand, and the two of them walked towards the farm gate, one in front and the other behind.
"Wife, whether it's fair or not, we have to shoulder this responsibility." Lu Shiyi said with emotion, "I don't care whether they see our efforts or not."
Su Jin gave me his hand back: "Ayi..."
The shouting was louder at the farm gate, but Lu Shiyi didn't pay much attention to it. Even Lin Zitao came in from the back door of the farm and walked quickly towards the front door.
"Shi Yi, except for the villagers from the Fourth Brigade, all the villagers from the rest of the village are here. After questioning, I found out that these people have a bad reputation in the village and are very fond of taking advantage of small opportunities." Lin Zitao informed him, "It's a good thing I didn't see them yesterday, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to save the wild boar."
Lin Zitao complained: "The team members wanted to improve their lives, but were also prevented by these people."
Su Jin looked at the noisy door not far ahead and sighed inwardly that it was all because of poverty.
"Ayi, I see people from the Fourth Brigade!" Su Jin looked at Lu Laizi in the corner, who was talking to the instigator Huang Wen.
"Huang Wen has a very bad reputation in the Third Brigade. He never leaves anyone's house empty-handed. He brings things as small as needles and thread and vegetables, as well as food for the New Year and even distributed beef and mutton." Lin Zitao told them what he knew.
When the three of them arrived at the farm, Su Jin discovered that some villagers from the Fourth Brigade had heard the news and went into the mountains. They also wanted to get a piece of the pie.
"According to the hunting regulations, you should give us a quarter of the spoils." Huang Wen questioned from the doorway, "You didn't follow the rules, so we came here to denounce you."
"Only during winter hunting do the team members give a quarter of their harvest to the village," Lin Zitao said, standing in front of the door. "When the team members go into the mountains for training, they don't have to send their harvest to the village. This is the result of a discussion between the Pigeon Committee and the military region."
The villagers were quiet for a moment, then immediately started arguing, thinking that the team members had gone into the mountains and wanted to share the prey.
"The back mountain is home to several of our villages. It's impossible for you to keep the prey all to yourself." Huang Wen said with his chest puffed out, looking at the villagers who supported him behind him.
Lu Shiyi stood behind Lin Zitao, supporting him with actions.
"Why are you staying here?" Several village chiefs looked at the gathered villagers and said with gloomy faces.
The villagers looked at the captains of each village gathered together and took a few steps back timidly.
"Captain, we heard from Huang Wen that the team members are not going to share the prey with us." Huang Wen said quickly.
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