All the people on the farm gathered in the threshing ground. Yunfeng stood beside Lin Zitao holding Hanhan, while Lu Shiyi came over from outside holding Su Jin's hand.
"Minister Lu, I've been calling you for a long time." The captain of the third training team looked at Lu Shiyi and asked hurriedly.
During the meeting, the third captain kept an eye on Lu Shiyi's movements. Su Jin and Lu Shiyi looked at each other and realized that the other party should be the Yan family's spy.
"Xiao Jin is working in the office, and I'm a little worried," Lu Shiyi said bluntly, "Lao Lin just mentioned the food issue, and my wife is in charge of the food at home."
After hearing what Lu Shiyi said, the team members burst into laughter and left their family matters to their families.
The third captain immediately stopped talking. He kept staring at the couple as they walked to the front of the team.
"Many family members come to the logistics department to buy food from the granary. There is not much food on the farm. The logistics department has now reduced the amount of food delivered. The food on the farm is only enough to last until the beginning of next spring. If the heavy snow blocks the mountain for a long time, the farm will have no food." Lin Zitao explained in public.
Some family members looked unhappy. The food they bought from the supply and marketing cooperative with their food coupons was insufficient, and there was not much food on the farm either. How could they survive?
"Many families went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy food. You should know that starting in May, the supply and marketing cooperative has been limiting the amount of food they can buy. This year, the weather is so dry that the nearby county has no harvest." Lin Zitao informed everyone of the situation outside. "Here, thanks to Mr. Wei's help, he built a water truck to irrigate the fields. Our farmland is also dry."
The family members were talking about it. Some team members had to send half of their allowance back home when they came out to serve in the army. Some of their in-laws had not asked for anything in the past few years, and their families were in great difficulty this year.
"Political Commissar Lin, is it possible to dispatch food from other places?" When the team members saw the letter from home and knew the situation at home, they felt a little worried.
Lin Zitao shook his head directly: "This time, disasters have hit both the upper and lower parts of the country, and the harvest in the fields has decreased."
The team members became anxious. The food at home was only enough for their own basic needs, and they could not exchange the food coupons for much food at the supply and marketing cooperative.
"You can send back your food coupons. The supply and marketing cooperative here has a limited supply of food. You can buy food at the supply and marketing cooperatives in your respective homes." Lin Zitao told the team members, "You can send back the food coupons that each family has saved. The purchase of food is limited everywhere, but it doesn't mean you can't buy it!"
Some team members feel helpless. They used to send food coupons home every month, but now their families don’t have many food coupons left.
"We've figured out a solution, and we can also get the logistics and food supplies." Wu Jun spoke up to help.
"Captain Wu, we send food coupons home every month, but we don't save much. This year, there's drought in our hometown, and our whole family depends on the food we send you." Team member Liu Yuan said bitterly.
"You've been away from home all year round, and this is all the money you can give your family. Are you going to let your own wife and children starve for the sake of the people back home?" Lu Shiyi asked coldly, "You are husbands, fathers, and sons."
The team members stared at Lu Shiyi with wide eyes, unable to believe that he would say that.
"Ministry of Lu..." Liu Yuan was speechless.
"How many food coupons did you send back? No wonder some sisters-in-law always eat sweet potatoes and give their children heartburn!" Lu Shiyi sneered, "My wife works in the outpatient clinic and has treated your children. Eating too many sweet potatoes makes it difficult to digest."
Liu Yuan's wife's eyes were red. Liu Yuan and many team members sent back two-thirds of the food coupons, and the three of them, mother and son, could only eat sweet potatoes to keep themselves from starvation.
"They are worried and frightened with you. Don't people in your hometown work?" Lu Shiyi despises foolishly filial people the most, who abandon their families when something happens.
Liu Yuan and his companions did not dare to look at the eyes of their wives and children. They had disappointed their children for the sake of their hometown.
"Minister Lu, our family is having a very hard time. The head of the household is so concerned about his hometown that he doesn't care about the children's well-being. We can eat sweet potatoes and potatoes for every meal, but our children are still young!" Liu Yuan's wife was pushed out by several family members. "Ever since the children went to the clinic, Teacher Su has given us some food coupons every month, which has helped the children survive."
Several family members were grateful to Su Jin. The adults could make do, but what about the children?
Several of their families had difficulties, and Lu Shiyi's questions left the team members, led by Liu Yuan, stunned. They only thought about how difficult it was for their families to raise them, but forgot that they also had wives and children to support at home.
"Wife...why didn't you tell me?!" Every time Liu Yuan asked for money or tickets, his wife would just give them out directly. He thought that the family would definitely be able to get by.
"What are you talking about? But whenever I don't send you the allowance and food coupons, your family comes to my house and makes a scene, insisting that I'm sending your allowance and food coupons back to my parents' home." Liu Yuan's wife started to cry. "Hasn't my parents been scolded badly enough? Ever since I married you, I haven't sent anything back to my parents' home!"
If it weren't for the sake of her children, Liu Yuan's wife would have long since given up on living with him.
"Wife...I don't know these things!" Liu Yuan looked at her guiltily.
"You should be thankful that you have three children. If you didn't have any, I would definitely divorce you!" Liu Yuan's wife thought about it for a long time and didn't want the children to have a bad reputation.
Liu Yuan recalled his wife's lukewarm attitude and felt a chill in his heart.
"Wife, let's just send 5 yuan of allowance to our family every month. I will call the team leader and make it clear that we will never let our family cause trouble to my father-in-law and mother-in-law again." Liu Yuan wondered whether he should bring his father-in-law and mother-in-law to live with him.
Liu Yuan's parents-in-law only have one daughter, Liu Yuan's wife, and they cannot hold their heads up in the village. Liu Yuan's wife can still take some odd jobs in the county town and earn money by mailing it back home.
"Let's talk about your relationship privately." Lin Zitao watched Liu Yuan and his wife start talking, while the other four couples left the crowd to talk.
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