Chapter 93: Stopping the Sale of Old Grain
Huo Jinyun is a gentle person. Generally, gentle people tend to show cowardice and retreat when doing things. Because of everything his family has suffered in this storm, his character has become more negative and withdrawn.
But now, he was forced out by Fubao.
The kindness in his heart finally broke through the cage and confinement of cowardice, conflicting with the negative and negative influence on his character brought by his family's unfortunate experiences over the years.
At this moment, he seemed to be bewitched and decided that he should stop everyone from handing over the old grain.
Actually, if you think about it, what Fubao said makes some sense.
Whether or not they could make money was a minor matter, but if the new harvest failed, the old grain would at least prevent starvation and tragedy. Fubao was right; this was the people's last line of defense against disaster, so of course they couldn't sell it.
Even if the disaster that Fubao described does not happen, the little surplus grain in the hands of the people should not be sold.
Natural disasters and man-made disasters are inevitable.
He confirmed that what Fubao said made sense, and then he asked himself and examined his conscience.
If a problem really arises, can you live with your conscience by sitting back and doing nothing?
cannot.
He is cowardly and timid, and he shrinks back and dares not stand out, but this does not mean that he has no conscience.
After Huo Jinyun figured it all out, he felt a sense of tragedy, as if the wind was whistling and the Yi River was cold. He didn't even take his lesson plan and went straight to Chen Youfu.
At this time, Chen Youfu's face was full of joy. He was packing up some old grain at home and was about to hand it over.
He was calculating in his mind, thinking about the bumper harvest this year, how much grain the members would get, and how much less public grain they would have to pay. It was a wonderful thought.
By then, all the members will have enough to eat, and maybe even white flour bread. Wow, those days will be wonderful.
Who knew that just as I was thinking about it, Huo Jinyun came.
He smiled and asked Huo Jinyun to sit down. Huo Jinyun could read and could help him with the accounting. Recently, Wang Baiou gave birth to a child, so there was no one to calculate the accounts for him.
Who knew that when he looked closely, he saw Huo Jinyun's stern face.
That face was as dark as the sky before a storm.
"What, what's the matter?" Chen Youfu was shocked.
Huo Jinyun was only 21 years old when he first came to the countryside. He was young and looked gentle. He had been in Pingxi Production Brigade for five years and was always smiling. I had never seen him like this!
"Youfu, there's something I need to discuss with you." Huo Jinyun said this word by word.
"What, what's going on?"
Chen Youfu almost dropped the cigarette in his hand.
Why, at this moment, did he feel as if he had dug up Huo Jinyun's ancestral grave?
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Fubao believed that since Huo Jinyun had agreed, he would definitely do it.
The twelve-year-old girl loves reading and studying. She has read all the popular science books stored by Miao Xiuju, and even borrowed some extracurricular reading materials from Su Wanru and Huo Jinyun. She also reads newspapers when she has nothing to do.
She already knew much more than her parents.
Relatively speaking, she will think further ahead.
Huo Jinyun is her teacher, and she can see more clearly than anyone else that Huo Jinyun is kind.
This kind-hearted person is just not used to taking the lead in doing something, but once he does it, he will definitely do his best.
Moreover, this is a major matter concerning the survival of the Pingxi Production Brigade.
So after Fubao persuaded Huo Jinyun, he stopped thinking about this matter.
If Huo Jinyun couldn't succeed, then she would be even more unable to do it, so there was no need for her to worry about it.
After saying goodbye to Huo Jinyun, she walked straight home. When she reached the door of her house, she couldn't help but look at the distant Dagunzi Mountain. Just over the top of a mountain, there used to be a nunnery.
That's where she came from.
This sudden decision she made today might have been made on impulse, or it might have been because Chen Cui'er's white flour cakes moved her heart, or it might have been the compassion buried deep in her heart after being raised in Buddhism.
She looked at the vast mountains for a while, then walked into the house.
After entering the house, Liu Guizhi was making a fire and cooking, Gu Shengtian was feeding the chickens with a soup made of bran and slop, and Gu Weidong was repairing the fence that collapsed a few days ago.
Gu Shengtian saw her coming back: "Fubao, where did you run off to? I couldn't stop you even when I called you."
Fubao: "Nothing, I just suddenly remembered that I lost something, so I went back to get it."
Liu Guizhi came out of the kitchen and wiped the sweat from her forehead: "Fubao is not the type to forget things. What happened today? Okay, the meal is ready, come and eat quickly."
The lunch was quite sumptuous. Today, three eggs were cooked, one for Fubao, Gu Shengtian and Gu Weidong.
Fubao looked at Liu Guizhi and acted coquettishly, "I hate egg yolks the most. They make me choke. Mom, please help me eat them!"
As he said this, he put the egg yolk into Liu Guizhi's bowl in the blink of an eye.
Liu Guizhi smiled helplessly, feeling sorry for the egg yolk but also relieved: "What a child you are!" Gu Weidong: "There are three of us eating it, you just watch, what a problem, in the future you can just steam four, or steam two and give each of us half, otherwise the children won't be able to eat in peace."
Liu Guizhi was helpless: "I just feel that I don't do any heavy work, and I don't have to study hard. If I eat eggs, isn't that a waste?"
Fubao sighed softly, "Mom, if you don't eat, then Brother Shengtian and I won't be able to eat either. I read in books that we should respect our parents. As children, how could we watch our mother not eat while we ourselves enjoy delicious food? Don't you think so?"
Gu Shengtian was careless and didn't pay attention to this. Now half of the egg is almost in his stomach. After hearing what Fubao said, he really wanted to dig it out.
He coughed and said quickly, "Yes, Fubao is right! Everything Fubao said is right!"
Gu Weidong: "Just listen to the child."
Liu Guizhi smiled: "Okay, I'll boil four eggs next time!"
In fact, we can pick up seven or eight eggs a day at home. Even if we eat eggs so luxuriously, we can still pick up nearly a hundred eggs a month. If we save them slowly, the big jar of pickled eggs will be full. There is really no need to deduct too much from the children.
Besides, Fubao and Gu Shengtian are both going to take the junior high school entrance exam. This is a critical time and they cannot fall behind in nutrition.
Thinking this, Liu Guizhi put the egg yolk back into Fubao's bowl: "Eat today's Fubao first. You still have to study hard for the exam and leave that raw silver far behind."
When Fubao heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and the heavy mood he had when talking to Huo Jinyun before was swept away.
She nodded quickly: "I know, I must study hard and try to get full marks!"
Liu Guizhi looked at Fubao with satisfaction, thinking how lucky she was to have such a well-behaved, pretty, and sensible daughter. Then she looked at Gu Shengtian again, feeling a little disgusted: "You, at least learn from Fubao. You should study hard and be more considerate of adults. You should be sensible, okay?"
Gu Shengtian: “…”
What am I doing wrong?
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After noon, Liu Guizhi and Gu Weidong had nothing to do, and of course they had no intention of handing over the old grain, so they said they would go over to their private plots to take a look. However, when they were walking down the street, they heard people talking.
“Why won’t you let us sell our food?”
"Right, right, right. We're not allowed to sell our own grain? Besides, we're not selling it on the black market. We're selling it to the government, to a public grain depot. Since they can accept it, everyone can sell it!"
Everyone was angry and sulking, and they all felt that it was unreasonable for Chen Youfu to suddenly issue such an order.
Among them, Shen Hongying was the most angry. She almost wanted to curse Chen Youfu in the face: "Why? Why won't you let me trade? You are the one who controls everything in the world. How can you control shit and fart?"
Liu Zhaodi said sarcastically from the side, "I don't care about my family's food. We're short of money and can't even afford oil. Can Chen Youfu give us oil?"
As he was saying this, Chen Youfu's wife happened to be passing by with Chen Cui'er. She was annoyed when she heard this: "Well, what's the big deal? A man is a team leader, and he worries about you all day long, and he still has to listen to you nagging behind your back? If you insist on selling it, go ahead and sell it yourself. Who cares if he wants to control you? Aren't the legs on your body?"
When Liu Zhaodi heard this, she snorted, "Then we'll go sell it. Since you said so anyway!"
After saying that, she stomped her feet in anger and went straight home.
If she misses this opportunity, she will miss this store. If she doesn't hand it in today, she heard that they won't accept it tomorrow, so she has to hurry.
Chen Youfu's wife: "Silly wife is just stupid!!"
No one knows what's wrong with her husband, he had to give such an order. Why do you care so much? I don't know how many people are cursing him behind his back.
It makes me angry just thinking about it.
When Shen Hongying saw this, her heart moved and she was about to go home.
She also wants to sell food!
Of course there were other people involved, such as Chen Youhui who lived next door to Fubao's house. He was also tempted when he heard it. He saw Liu Zhaodi running back home to sell, and it seemed that there was no movement from Chen Youfu. So he realized that no one cared about it, so he went to sell it too!
Of course, most people are honest and think that since Chen Youfu is the team leader, they should listen to the team leader. After thinking about it, they sighed and thought, forget it, it’s better to be honest. As a farmer, what else can you do if you are not honest and obedient? You won’t sell it.
There were also some more honest people, like Niu Sanni. When she heard this, she remembered Miao Xiuju asking her to stockpile food, and she was immediately puzzled: "Why can't we sell food? Why? Why?"
She asked three or four whys in one breath.
Miao Xiuju laughed: "Why? I'm afraid you'll starve!"
Niu Sanni: "Why are you starving?"
Miao Xiuju: "Why ask so many questions? Just do whatever you're told. Do you understand?"
Niu Sanni was stunned.
Come to think of it, it did make sense. Some of those smart people had very complicated minds, and she really couldn't catch up with them.
After returning home, she discussed it with her husband, Gu Weimin: "I don't think our mother would cheat us!"
Gu Weimin thought deeply for a moment and said, "My mother said so, and the captain said so too, so let's listen."
So the couple thought about it, endured the pain, not only did not sell the old grain, but also took out some money and quietly collected some old grain.
After finishing all this, Niu Sanni threw herself on her bag of grain and hugged it contentedly: "Actually, whether it's money or not, I still feel at ease looking at the grain!"
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