As night fell, lanterns were lit every few steps around the threshing ground, illuminating the huge threshing ground. Lu Boyuan stood on the threshing ground, looking at Lu Shiyi outside the crowd with some worry.
The elders of the tribe united with the elders in the tribe and gave Lu Boyuan, Lu Shiyi and others a warning. The young people in the village all supported Lu Shiyi and others.
The elders felt their authority was challenged and their attempts to warn the young people at home were ineffective.
"Old men, you are of the same generation as Lu Boren. Lu Boyuan and Lu Shiyi should listen to you." The elders looked at the men in their 80s and persuaded them, "You don't want the village to fall apart, do you? The children are still young, how can we survive without the elders to take charge?"
After hearing this, several elders nodded. They were also refuted by their children at home, who always said that the situation is different now and the elders do not have much power.
The old people had never left the village in their entire lives. Lu Bairen returned to the village several times over the past few decades and found that talking to them was a little awkward.
"Ayi is here!" Lu Boyuan said immediately when he saw Lu Shiyi and his wife coming over.
The elders looked at the young couple coming over hand in hand, anger slowly creeping up their faces.
"Lu Shiyi, there's a clan meeting going on, and you're being affectionate over there." The clan elder looked at the young couple and started to attack them. Lu Shiyi looked at the clan elder nonchalantly and said, "I'm just here to listen, not to listen to your lectures. No one from the Revolutionary Committee will be arrested."
Lu Shiyi accused the elders of meddling too much. The young villagers were stunned and felt that what Lu Shiyi said was correct.
"Elders, you have outdated ideas. Even if you kill someone, you still have to stay behind the fence." Lu Shiyi sneered, "The situation is not good now. When the whole family should unite and cooperate, do you still want to control everything?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the young villagers all stood on Lu Shiyi's side. They wanted to go into the mountains to hunt, even if it was a little dangerous, so that the whole family could fill their stomachs.
"What if you go deep into the mountains and run into danger without even finding prey?" The elders considered asking Lu Boyuan to apply for relief food. "The water source is almost dry. The village reservoir needs to be filled. You're talking nonsense. You have food reserves as a backup. What does the village have?"
The villagers were not brainwashed by the elders. They knew that the army's food reserves were for wartime use. The farm even expanded its arable land. Some villagers went into the mountains to collect firewood and saw the team members carrying two buckets of water each and walking towards the farm.
"Elders, my eldest brother and his team carry water back to the farm every day. He works harder than the rest of us. But how come you're saying it's someone else preparing food and water?" Lu He looked at the elders sarcastically and said, "In this entire village, if we talk about getting something for nothing, it's you elders."
When the elders heard the villagers' sarcastic remarks, they glared at them angrily.
"Lu Shiyi, you are also a member of the clan, shouldn't you help?" The elders questioned. He looked at Su Jin coldly, "As the daughter-in-law of the Lu family, you should persuade Lu Shiyi more. It will be good for both of you."
Lu Shiyi took Su Jin's hand and walked to the front of the stage. Lu Boyuan began to relay the content of the commune meeting to the villagers, letting them understand that the situation was more serious than they knew.
"The relief grain has only been reported in quantity, and we don't know when it will arrive," Lu Boyuan said, clearly stating that there is no news on the relief grain for the time being. "The farm's grain is all allocated from above. Even if Ayi wants to help, he's unable to do so."
Most of the villagers are sensible. Even the newly married young wives in the village know that as long as there are people from Lu Bairen's lineage, the commune will send relief grain to the brigade as soon as it has any.
"Shi Yi, if you have time, please go to the commune and ask if there is any relief food so that it can be distributed to the village as soon as possible." Lu Boyuan reminded Lu Shiyi softly.
Lu Boyuan found that a phone call from Lu Shiyi was faster than his daily visits to the commune to inquire. When the new secretary heard that Lu's descendants came from the village, he always greeted him with a smile and even spoke politely.
The elders of the clan enjoyed the benefits brought by Lu Bairen's lineage, but at the same time they wanted to control Lu Bairen's lineage.
"Call?!" Lu Shiyi shook his head and refused. "Impossible. The military and the government are separate. If I call, the commune won't give much, so I'll just cascade it. At most, when the relief food arrives, I'll give it to the village first."
Su Jin stood beside Lu Shiyi, staring at several elders. She found that the elder on the far left was staring at her, so she reached out and pinched his left hand.
"Ayi, does the elder on the far left have a grudge against Grandpa?" Su Jin leaned over to his side and asked in a low voice, "He keeps glaring at me."
Lu Shiyi protected Su Jin behind him, preventing her from speaking out. In the village, women's reputations were too important. Although he didn't care, he didn't want outsiders to have any opinions about her.
"This person has a bad relationship with my grandfather. It is said that their relationship has been cold since childhood." Lu Shiyi whispered to Su Jin.
Lu Boyuan then talked about the specific situation of the commune. There was still some stored grain in the village granary. Except for the grain seeds that could not be moved, the grain could provide the villagers with food for up to three months.
When the villagers heard the village chief agree to distribute the food according to the number of people in their families today, they all became happy.
Even if they have enough food for three months, their family will be better off.
"Shi Yang, let's go back first. I think the distribution of food has nothing to do with us." Lu Shiyi didn't want to take on any other responsibilities. Apart from the problem of food and water, he would not help no matter which one they wanted to discuss.
Lu Shiyang was about to try to persuade him to stay, but was stopped by Lu Shiyi.
"Shiyang, the commune secretary will allocate grain for you, and other problems can be solved as well. There is not much I can do to help you." Lu Shiyi looked at Lu Shiyang and said, "I have divided the family tree with the village, so try not to cause trouble for me."
Lu Shiyang stepped aside, and Lu Shiyi and his wife left. Lu Boyuan stood on the stage and was unable to stop them.
However, the villagers blocked the young couple's way from behind, and the older people began to morally blackmail them.
"Shi Yi, you are the highest-ranking official in the village. Please help us come up with some ideas," the elder said, blocking the young couple's way. "Now that the situation down the mountain has stabilized, won't you feel more at ease up there?"
The surrounding villagers echoed: "The village is counting on you to make the decision. Other brigades always cause trouble for the village. With you here, the brigades will definitely give way to our village."
"No need. The commune secretary can make all the arrangements, which is better than me doing it here." Lu Shiyi was not fooled.
Wu Jun reminded him a few days ago to be careful when he returned to the village, lest he be caught by people from the commune or the revolutionary committee, and they would hand him over in order to smooth things over.
The Lu family's rivals put a lot of thought into it and even got their hands into the village.
The two elders looked at each other and tried to cooperate with each other, but they were unable to persuade Lu Shiyi to intervene.
The other party gave each of them 400 yuan, hoping that they could help persuade Lu Shiyi to intervene in the food issue, but he was not fooled.
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