Jiang Mengxue began to doubt her life before she remembered what he had just said.
"Do you still have to farm and raise chickens when you're in the army?"
"Well, being self-sufficient can also ease the pressure on the country. Each regiment is responsible for its own land, food and vegetables, and is responsible for its own pig and chicken pens. It can also be considered as exercise."
The troops in many places grow their own crops, and even the open space in front of the dormitories is used to plant vegetables.
They have all been hungry before, so what does it matter if they do more work as long as they can have enough to eat? Most of the soldiers come from rural areas, so this is not a problem for them. They are all happy to be given a piece of vegetable plot.
It was also the first time that Jiang Mengxue understood the life of soldiers today. It is hard and difficult, but also positive and uplifting. It’s great.
"Don't talk about me. Comrade Jiang is so young and can be a doctor. It's amazing."
Jiang Mengxue felt rarely embarrassed.
She said embarrassedly, "I can only perform some minor surgeries now, and I assist in major surgeries. I still have a lot to learn."
"That's pretty impressive. It's already amazing that you can graduate from college and become a doctor at your age. My mother is a military doctor, and there are very few doctors your age in hospitals these days."
This made Jiang Mengxue feel embarrassed. Now, combining the original owner's experience with her own, she could only find some minor problems.
I was about to speak, but when I turned around, it was already here.
Jiang Mengxue quickly said, "Comrade Gu, I'll get off here. It's not good if people see us."
"Okay, you can use the flashlight, otherwise you can't see the road clearly. I have another one in my bag."
Jiang Mengxue originally wanted to refuse, but she agreed at this point. She would return it to Director Gu when she got back and ask her to help pay it back.
"Comrade Gu, do you know which way to go back?"
"Well, don't worry. My aunt is married in your village. My uncle is Jiang Erwu. Do you know him?"
Jiang Mengxue was quite surprised: "Of course he knows me, he is my second uncle, he and my father have the same grandparents, I think I heard my mother and others say that my second aunt has a brother and nephew who are soldiers, could it be you? I didn't expect we are related."
"I really didn't expect it. I just happened to be here so I could go visit my aunt's house. This way, they won't have to go to work tomorrow and I'll have to delay their work."
Gu Qingbei took out another flashlight from his bag and pushed the cart away from Jiang Mengxue.
He watched Jiang Mengxue carrying things and walking home, and only looked away after she entered the house.
His aunt's house was just behind Jiang Mengxue's house, so he just walked towards the back in the direction Jiang Mengxue pointed.
Jiang Mengxue was carrying a bunch of things in her hands. The food and meat alone filled a large bag, not to mention the cloth.
There were more than ten feet of cloth. Her younger sister Jiang Mengran was the same age as her, but she had not yet found a husband. Her family was very anxious and had shown her many suitors, but she had never met any of them. When her family asked her if she had any requirements, she refused to tell them and the matter was left unresolved.
Jiang Mengxue brought some cloth and planned to have her sister make two new clothes.
There was also a box of braised pork elbows packed from a state-owned restaurant.
There were a lot of things, but Jiang Mengxue could still carry them.
I turned on the flashlight and headed home. Now I was not far away.
When she got home and knocked on the door, there was no one there. Fortunately, no one in the house locked their doors these days, so Jiang Mengxue pushed the door open and went in.
The yard and the house were pitch black, and Jiang Mengxue could only grope around with a flashlight. Fortunately, she was familiar with her home, otherwise she would have been a little scared in such silence and darkness.
During this period of autumn harvest, everyone is busy. They go to the fields before dawn every day and work a little longer after dark.
We have to take advantage of good weather to harvest the grain and dry it. We have to pay the tax before all the grain is harvested, and we can't waste any time. We are afraid that it will rain and a lot of grain will be wasted.
Having experienced the feeling of hunger, no one wants to live like that again, so even the lazy person will know the importance of it now.
Everyone at home eats in the canteen, and since her household registration is not in the village, she naturally doesn't have any food rations.
I had gotten some food from the hospital cafeteria, but there were still some that I hadn’t eaten yet. I took one out and put it in a bowl, poured some hot water in it to keep it warm, and would eat with them later.
Our home is a typical farmhouse with six main rooms. Two rooms on the east side are for my parents and my eldest brother's family, a main room in the middle, and a granary. However, we all eat in the team now, so some miscellaneous items are stored in it. There are two rooms on the west side for my second and third brothers' families.
The side room on the west side is the kitchen and woodshed, and Jiang Mengran lives in the side room on the east side. When Jiang Mengxue comes back, the two of them live in one room. There is also an open space on the side. When the nephews and nieces grow up, two more rooms will be built for them to live in. There are also pigpens and chicken coops in the backyard.
The biggest advantage of living in the countryside is the large space. There are two vegetable gardens in the front yard and the backyard is even larger.
There are more vegetables in the yard than we can eat all year round.
Most of them would plant sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, peanuts, etc. If the family could not finish eating them, they could give them to the production team in exchange for work points, which could be converted into money at the end of the year.
I didn't care about anything else and planned to take a flashlight and go to greet my parents.
At this time, everyone may still be working. If you finish your dinner quickly before it gets dark, you still have time to go back and work for another two hours.
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