When the summer harvest began, Lu Shiyi arranged for the members of the Divine Sword team to guard the area around the farm, and to report the situation immediately if any villagers or county government officials appeared.
Except for those who were arranged to patrol and keep watch, everyone else on the farm started the summer harvest, even Lin Yan followed Yun Feng.
Su Jin arranged for Lin Lei to watch over Hanhan next to the plowed fields during the summer harvest. She placed snacks and Hanhan's food on a small table nearby.
The children on the farm looked at the snacks next to Lin Lei and envied him from the bottom of their hearts. They gathered around Hanhan and talked. They discussed with Lin Lei that they could help him look after Hanhan tomorrow.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, the sun began to get stronger. Many people hid under the shade of the trees next to the field to cool off and rest. Many family members got up and went home to prepare lunch and bring it to the field.
Many teenagers have started to help with the summer harvest. Their movements are unfamiliar, but they are all working very hard.
Lin Lei became the oldest among the children picking wheat ears, and he planned to participate in the summer harvest the year after next.
The children were all very clean. While the adults were resting at the edge of the field, the children were walking around with bamboo baskets on their backs, picking up wheat ears one by one and putting them into their own bamboo baskets.
Food is in short supply now. The soldiers' allowances and bills are being distributed as usual, but the supply and marketing cooperatives are out of food. When food is transported to the cooperatives, people will start lining up at the door of the cooperatives to buy food at around 2 a.m. unless there is any big news in advance.
Even so, people who lined up in the morning could not buy food, and many people in the county went to the countryside to buy food.
"Department Lu, except for the Fourth Battalion, the other five captains have all gone into the mountains. I heard they came to the farm to discuss borrowing grain." Zong Li stepped forward to report the situation. "But the Fourth Battalion Captain went directly to the county town to see Secretary Guo."
After Lu Shiyi returned from a meeting in the county, he arranged for his team members to secretly monitor several team leaders and the movements in the county. As soon as Lu Bairen left the village, someone came to report.
"Send the summer harvest to the reserve threshing ground. Don't let those people see it." Lu Shiyi and Lin Zitao saw that two-thirds of the farmland had been harvested. "You lead the people to the farmland facing the outside first. I'll send Old Song and the others over."
In order to cope with inspections from above, Wu Jun, Lin Zitao and Lu Shiyi specially built spare farmland and threshing grounds when establishing the farm, and also reclaimed a piece of land deep in the mountains, which was closer to the water source.
There are nearly 1,000 people on the farm who need to feed themselves. If there is not enough food, everyone will have a hard time.
When the three of them first set up the organization, they took every aspect into consideration, hoping to get through this period safely.
"Everyone, don't be busy with things in the fields for now. Hurry up and get your farm tools and go to the front," Lu Shiyi turned around and ordered everyone after listening to Zong Li's description of the situation.
Mr. Song and his companions received the news in advance that members of the Pigeon Committee would come along. Secretary Guo was from the opposing faction, and if they did not work hard, it would definitely bring disaster to the farm.
The old people walked quickly towards the field ahead. When they passed by Lu Shiyi, Old Song stopped.
"Shi Yi, we'll go over now. You and the political commissar come here with the record book." The elder made arrangements. The elder used to work in political work and had some involvement with these people. He knew their methods too well.
"Elder, I understand!" Lu Shiyi agreed. The elder and the old people on the farm went to the farmland in front. There were people carrying water for irrigation, so all the crops were wilted.
Lu Shiyi arranged a team of members to continue working here. Su Jin asked Lin Lei to keep an eye on Hanhan and walked to their side with Yunfeng.
"Wife, you have to come with me to the farmland ahead." Lu Shiyi handed the notebook to Su Jin. "Old Lin and I will talk to some team leaders soon. I'll leave the recording of work points to you and Sister Yunfeng."
Su Jin took the scorebook and walked on the right side of Lu Shiyi, while Yun Feng walked on the left side of Lin Zitao.
When the two couples arrived at the farmland in front, they saw the five team leaders squatting by the field and burst into tears.
Old Song and the elders stood aside, looking at Lu Shiyi helplessly.
"The farmlands here are all dry, and we are still thinking of borrowing some food." Several team leaders saw Lu Shiyi and Lin Zitao coming over and immediately started howling.
"Instead of worrying about it here, why not go to the village and find a solution?" Lu Shiyi said coldly, "Captain Four went to the commune to find relief food. If you make trouble here, I will report it to the military district, and the logistics department will contact you directly."
Several team leaders were stunned and stood up from the ground, facing the four people.
"We just want some relief food. The village is running out of food!" a team leader muttered. "The villagers are now eating in the canteen, but everyone can only have a bowl of porridge."
Several team leaders agreed that during the summer harvest, the villagers also had to deal with the dried seedlings in the fields.
Everyone was working under the scorching sun, and the pressure on the team leader's shoulders was even greater.
"Sorry, I can't give you these." Lu Shiyi refused.
When several captains heard Lu Shiyi's refusal, they immediately burst into tears.
"Lao Lin, call Peng Hui and Secretary Guo to come over." Lu Shiyi didn't want to get involved anymore. "Leave these matters to them."
Lu Shiyi didn't want to interfere in the affairs of the villages at the foot of the mountain anymore. Whenever the village chiefs didn't get enough food and meat, they would come to ask for things.
They ask for prey during festivals, ask for seedlings during spring plowing, and ask for grain during summer harvest.
"Captain Lu, please help us again. You have helped the Fourth Battalion many times before. Why can't you help us this time?" The second captain immediately cried.
Every time Lu Boyuan got the food or items arranged by Lu Shiyi, he would show off in front of the other captains. They had always been thinking about those things. Now that Lu Shiyi no longer gave items to the Fourth Brigade, they wanted to get a piece of the pie.
"No, the Fourth Brigade's items were all reasonable. The commune gave them the items first out of respect for my grandfather." Lu Shiyi said with his arms folded across his chest. "Now, my family has divided our clan genealogy with the Fourth Brigade, and even reported it to the commune for archiving. The commune leaders will no longer favor the Fourth Brigade."
It was only after hearing the news that several brigades dared to come and ask for things.
"Political Commissar Lin, we have a very good relationship with you. We have always been a village that supports the military. Please help us." Several team leaders begged for mercy directly.
"I remember a month ago, your teams received relief food, which should have been enough for the entire village for a month." Lu Shiyi said coldly, "However, you didn't distribute it to the villagers, but sold it all on the black market."
Several village heads trembled. What Lu Shiyi said was right. They had sold the relief food.
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