Chapter 3

"We want to defeat □□..."

"Abolish the old ideas, old culture, old customs, and old habits that are poisoning the people①..."

At the front, the captain's voice echoed in the brigade office. Looking at the dark crowd, Jian Lu didn't hear what the captain said at all.

She felt a gaze coming from the left front from time to time. It was Hong Qiang.

Not long after, the sight disappeared. Jian Lu caught a glimpse of Hong Qiang hunching over and walking away, and she heaved a sigh of relief.

"Lulu, Lulu." Jian Xin patted the girl's arm to bring her back to her senses. "What's wrong with you? What are you thinking about so absent-mindedly?"

"Ah? Nothing." Jian Lu glanced at her third sister. She felt like something flashed through her mind, but she couldn't remember what it was. She had only read the novel in a hurry and couldn't remember many details.

"Did you hear what the captain said? We're going to go hunting in the mountains in five days. When the time comes, our team will share the food and we'll finally be able to satisfy our hunger."

"Hunting?" Jian Lu became interested. "What can we hunt? Can we go?"

"We can't go. These are only the young men from the team. As for the prey, there are many, such as roe deer, wild boars, rabbits..." Jian Lu didn't socialize with others much before, and Jian Xin didn't suspect her current curiosity. She just thought that the girl had grown up.

"We can't go? We can't even catch a hare?"

"Of course not." Jian Xin felt that the girl was still sleepy. "The captain just emphasized that we cannot occupy collective property. Everything in this commune belongs to the collective, including tables, chairs, benches, wild rabbits and medicinal herbs in the mountains..."

Collective? Jian Lu's eyes lit up instantly, and she finally remembered why Hong Qiang sneaked out!

The book mentioned that this man often stole scrap wood from the commune to sell, and thus saved some money. Later, he became more and more daring and stole from the commune's finance office, where he stole a total of 200 yuan. After this incident, the Xingmin Production Brigade almost had no money to buy fertilizers, which affected the harvest in the second year.

She has a way to deal with Hong Qiang!

——

Five days later, the winter hunting activity of the Xingmin Production Brigade of the Red Star Commune began amid the anticipation of all members.

The Red Star Commune was established more than ten years ago and has 15 production brigades under its jurisdiction. The Xingmin Production Brigade is the best located among them, surrounded by mountains and rivers, especially on three sides by mountains, with dense forests and various kinds of animals.

When there was a famine a few years ago, everyone organized to go into the mountains to hunt to fill their stomachs, and that’s how they managed to get through it.

However, since the establishment of the commune, private hunting has not been allowed. Now it is all about collectivization, and everything is public property.

Jian Lu came with Jian Xin early in the morning to watch the excitement. She had never seen such a hunting scene in the mountains in the 21st century.

At the foot of the mountain, ten good hunters selected by the brigade were preparing to set out with their tools. A group of members were whispering to each other with gleaming eyes, as if they could already see them coming back carrying roe deer and wild boars.

Jian Lu tiptoed to look inside and saw several familiar faces among the ten people.

Hong Qiang and the male protagonist of the original book, the educated youth Fang Yuanliang.

Retracting her gaze, the girl's peach blossom eyes turned and she quickly shifted her gaze elsewhere. Since she had traveled through time, she naturally had to avoid these two people. One was the heroine's male protagonist, and the other was a stubborn male supporting role. Neither of them had anything to do with her!

A group of young men went into the mountains. Other members watched from afar and cheered them on. As Jian Xin watched, she saw the man she was about to marry, and she started talking to him.

"Comrade Jian Lu." Not far away, a clear voice sounded, like the sound of a gurgling stream.

Jian Lu is a voice control freak and naturally likes nice voices. She looked to the left with a smile and saw a little white flower - the heroine of the original book, Dong Danqin.

As the heroine of the original book, Dong Danqin is very gentle and kind, with a pretty appearance. Her smile is like a breeze on your face, her voice is sweet, and even her watery eyes seem to be able to speak.

"Dong Zhiqing, what's the matter?" Jian Lu was wary when she suddenly met the heroine of the original book. Unless necessary, she didn't want to have anything to do with the hero and heroine in the book.

Dong Danqin smiled and said, "The captain asked us to organize a blindness elimination class. You and Comrade Jian Xin can also participate."

Sweeping the blind???

Jian Lu, who graduated from a 211 university, felt insulted: "..."

Who are you calling illiterate? !

No, she suddenly remembered that her original self was really illiterate!

The Jian family did not attach importance to education, and even if they did, they only sent boys to school. The three sons of Jian Hualin's fourth brother all went to elementary school, but as for the girls in the Jian family, none of them had any education.

In the past two years, the commune has accepted a lot of educated youth. These educated youth from the city are petite and weak, so they are naturally not as good as farmers in working in the fields. They also have to share the commune's food, and many members have complaints about this.

Since the food was cut, the commune officials decided not to give it away for free, so they simply put the educated youth to use and help educate the villagers.

These educated youth from the city had received a lot of education, most of them had a junior high school diploma, and some even went to high school. They were more than capable of teaching a group of illiterate people who could barely read a single word.

As the backbone of the educated youth, Dong Danqin was quite trusted and became the person in charge of the blind elimination team of the Xingmin Production Brigade.

Jian Xin, who had just come back from talking to the person, heard about this and nodded repeatedly. She smiled and said to Dong Danqin, "Okay, Dong Zhiqing, we will definitely go. Thank you!"

After all, looking at the complex and changing expressions on Fourth Sister's face, he tugged at her sleeves and said, "This is great! We still have to learn a few more words."

Jian Lu was very tired: "..."

After all, she has a bachelor's degree!

——

Three days later, Jian Lu and other members of the Xingmin Production Brigade attended the literacy class led by the educated youth.

She, an undergraduate graduate with excellent grades, began to learn pinyin.

Dong Danqin wrote and drew on the blackboard, explained pronunciation to everyone, taught them how to write, and also taught them to recognize some simple characters.

It is mainly related to production operations, such as wheat, corn, sweet potatoes and the like. Everyone's ability to absorb is limited, so naturally we mainly focus on what we can touch in daily life.

"Lulu, do you remember how to pronounce this word?" Jian Xin studied very hard, but she felt that Dong Zhiqing spoke a little too fast.

Jian Lu glanced at the word "potato" on the blackboard and was about to speak but stopped herself. She is now an illiterate who has never been to school for a day. She has to pay attention to her personal image and not let it collapse.

"I don't remember." She shook her head, with some doubt in her eyes, as if she really didn't remember.

"I forgot too." Jian Xin felt a little disappointed. She tried so hard, but in the end she only remembered some simple things.

She tested the girl again. Jian Lu was unsure about what her study progress should be, and shook her head again.

As a result, within two days, the news spread among the group that the fourth daughter of the Jian family was pretty but a little stupid.

Jian Lu, who accidentally got the stupid beauty persona by mistake: "...?"

I don't want to scare you!

——

Just when the blindness-elimination class was in full swing, the hunters sent out by the brigade returned.

The members rushed to surround the people. Jian Lu and her third sister squeezed into the second circle. Fortunately, they were tall and could see what was going on inside.

The young men returned carrying a wild boar, a wild goat, three wild rabbits and two pheasants. It was a rich harvest.

"Captain, when are we going to kill the pigs? We can't wait any longer."

"Share the meat, share the meat!"

We haven't had any meat for a month or even several months. How can we not be greedy when we see this meat?

Captain Wei Xingde held a smoke gun in his mouth, looked at the prey with satisfaction, and waved his hand, "We'll kill it this afternoon! Every family will get a share of the meat!"

Is there any meat to eat?

Jian Lu excitedly clenched the third sister's hand, both of them had lights in their eyes, it was so delicious!

However, she has important things to do right now.

Crowds of people gathered to watch the pig-killing scene. Almost every family in the production team came out. As a participant in the hunt, Hong Qiang received a lot of compliments. Some people even wanted to introduce him to a wife.

But when he took one look at Jian Hualin, he politely rejected the village lady. How could any other girl be as good as Jian Lu?

Jian Hualin was also satisfied that his future son-in-law was strong and a good hunter, and could establish a family of his own.

Just wait until the third girl gets married, and then prepare for the fourth girl's wedding.

The scene of slaughtering pigs and distributing the pork was bustling. Hong Qiang glanced at the brigade cadres in the empty dam and found that they were all there. While everyone's attention was on the pigs, he hunched over and disappeared on the way to the brigade headquarters.

Almost no one noticed his departure, except Jian Lu.

Seeing that the man really left, Jian Lu knew that the opportunity had come, and immediately went to the captain who was standing outside the crowd, snapping his cigarette and watching everyone divide the pork.

"Captain."

Team leader Wei Xingde is 43 years old this year, three years younger than Jian Hualin, but he is much more easy-going and is always smiling. When he saw the fourth girl of the Jian family, who used to be taciturn, coming over, he nodded at her.

"Lulu, have you divided the pork? I think your parents are watching."

"I'm queuing." Zhang Cuixia was the most active in this matter. She just waited with the basin in her hand.

Jian Lu smiled obediently and said the purpose of her visit, "Captain, can you please write three letters of introduction for us? My third sister is getting married soon, and my mother, my third sister and I are going to the county supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things for the wedding."

This is a good thing!

Wei Xingde rolled the cigarette stick back and waved for Jian Lu to follow him. "You have a lot of happy events in your family. Come on, come on, don't be late."

Nowadays, you need a letter of introduction to enter the city from the countryside. You cannot enter the city without a letter of introduction. If you sneak in and are discovered, you will be caught and sent to a migrant worker. The population movement is managed very strictly.

Since everyone was watching the slaughter of pigs and the distribution of meat in Kongba, the brigade headquarters was quiet and empty. It was Wei Xingde who locked the door when he left...

"Your third sister married my distant cousin, so we are related in the future. Remember to bring tickets when you go to the county to buy things. Be sure to bring the cloth coupons you borrowed that day, otherwise you won't be able to buy cloth even if you have money." Wei Xingde thought that Jian Lu lived a secluded life and didn't understand the policies outside, so he carefully gave her some advice.

Jian Lu nodded obediently and agreed to everything.

The two walked to the brigade headquarters. Wei Xingde took out a bunch of rusty keys from his trouser pocket, which made a jingling sound. He turned to Jian Lu and said, "There is no one in the brigade headquarters right now. Everyone is watching the excitement. I will open the letter of introduction for you as soon as possible, and don't delay going back to divide the meat..."

Wei Xingde was about to insert the key into the keyhole when he suddenly realized something was wrong. Hey, why is the door ajar?

He secretly thought something was wrong and pushed the door open with force. The wooden door hit the wall with a loud bang. In the room, Hong Qiang, who had just stolen a handful of money from the brigade, turned around and saw Wei Xingde face to face!

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A wild boar weighs two hundred kilograms, and each family is given three or four kilograms of pork. The pork is tender and tender, and has a fishy smell all over its body. But in the eyes of the members who have not eaten meat for a long time, this is the best smell in the world.

The Jian family got three pounds of front leg meat, which was evenly divided into fat and lean meat. Zhang Cuixia originally wanted to grab the fat meat but failed. "Forget it, this piece of meat is at least one and a half pounds of fat, which is better than Aunt Wang's. It was almost all lean meat, wow."

Aunt Wang from the brigade arrived late. She is 51 years old, very energetic, with a round face that makes her look easy-going. She was not upset that she did not get any fat meat. Now all that was left was the lean meat that everyone had picked out. Lean meat has less oil and water, so naturally it is not popular.

She didn't care, as there was food anyway. She was preparing some pickled bacon to send to her son who was serving in the army thousands of miles away. Her son had good teeth and could eat both lean and fatty meat. So she took the basin and went home.

"Jian Hualin, your family's third child is going to get married off soon. When is the fourth child going to find a husband?" After dividing the meat, Aunt Liu asked about the important matters of the Jian family.

Jian Lu's good looks are obvious to all, and indeed many people want to marry her. However, the rumor that Jian Hualin was privately looking for a live-in son-in-law a while ago still makes people hesitate.

"Yes, has she been promised to someone else? If not, then you can be my daughter-in-law." Aunt Wu said with a bright smile.

Everyone was laughing and joking about the Jian family. Some people had heard in private that the drunk Hong Qiang wanted to become a son-in-law of the Jian family. Everyone was skeptical and prepared to find Jian Hualin to ask for clarification.

Jian Hualin thought that things between him and Hong Qiang were almost settled, and was ready to tell the members the whole story. After all, he had never had a son, and now that he finally had a live-in son-in-law, he really wanted to show him off.

"Our Lulu has actually..."

"It's bad, it's bad!" In the distance, the scorer from the brigade ran over and interrupted Jian Hualin.

"What's the matter?" Aunt Liu thought the young man was just being frightened. "What's the matter that makes you so frightened?"

The scorekeeper swallowed a few times and said, "Hong Qiang stole the money that the brigade had used to buy phosphate fertilizer in the spring, and was caught by the brigade commander. Now he has fled to the mountains! The brigade commander asked the organization to send people into the mountains to catch him!"

Everyone: “???”

Jian Hualin swallowed the words that were about to be choked in his throat. His own son-in-law turned into a thief who stole collective property?