Qin Laoshuan was stunned when he heard this: "What can you do?"
If it was the Qin Huai from yesterday who came, Qin Laoshuan would have sneered at his arrogant words, but the Qin Huai who came in a jeep seemed to have a convincing weight in his words.
"As long as you can't bear to see the villagers starve to death, we can talk about it slowly after we return to the village."
Hunger turns people back into beasts, following their primitive biological instincts. There are not many pedestrians on the road, but not a single one can walk upright. Two out of three people are crawling on the road with difficulty, and one is lying on the road like a dead body.
Qin Huai wanted to stop the car to see, but Qin Laoshuan said, "There are hundreds of thousands of people in the county. How many can you save?"
Although December was only three months away from the autumn harvest, the figures of famine-stricken people were already terrifying.
Qin Huai looked at the people in various plights and asked, "Why? The food is clearly grown by the rural people, so why do the farmers always starve to death first?"
Qin Laoshuan said a simple truth: no matter when, in ancient times or now, famine always breaks out first in rural areas, and farmers who grow crops always starve to death first.
Farmers used to pay heavy rent and taxes for farming, but this time, it was just because of some people's whimsical idea that a famine was artificially created.
If farmers don't have food, life will be difficult for everyone.
After returning to the village, Qin Huai drove the car directly to the door of the community house, but saw that many people from the village had come here and were gathering around the well, not knowing what they were doing.
Seeing the car approaching, the villagers all looked towards it. Qin Laoshuan got out of the car with a cold face and said, "What are you all doing here? Are you rebelling?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a shrill voice cried out, "Brother, come and save me."
Qin Huai looked in the direction of the voice and saw Qin Fengying naked and tied up, half hanging on a crooked tree beside the well. In the eyes of the whole village, she was trembling and crying loudly.
Qin Huai was shocked and angry. Qin Laoshuan said angrily: "Who did this to you?"
The production team leader's prestige was still there, and the crowd unconsciously made way for him.
Qin Huai followed him to the well platform. Two women stood up and said, "What's so great about the captain? The captain can't ignore the lives of the entire village. Even if the king of heaven comes today, Qin Fengying will die."
Qin Huai's eyes fell on Qin Fengying. He might understand why Qin Fengying was called a stone woman, because her body was completely different from that of ordinary people.
Qin Fengying's face was full of fear. When she saw Qin Huai coming, she turned her eyes away and tried in vain to cover herself.
Qin Huai hurriedly ran over and took off his clothes to cover her body.
A woman shouted, "Teacher Qin, stay away from this barren woman. Don't treat her as a woman. If you get involved with her, you will be unlucky for the rest of your life."
Qin Huai said: "That's all feudal superstition, don't talk nonsense."
"You are still young, you don't know how powerful it is..."
The captain breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the two women in front of him and said, "Get out of my way. I can still pretend that this didn't happen. Otherwise, I will be rude to you."
The woman sneered and said, "She is your sister, but this well is the life of our entire village. Do you know what he did?"
Qin Fengying actually didn't do anything. She just used the bucket that had been used to wash clothes with menstrual blood to draw water from the well.
Qin Huai didn't understand until now why the whole village avoided someone like Qin Fengying. Because of her congenital physical defect, everything about her was considered unlucky, and her menstrual blood was considered the dirtiest thing in the world.
Originally, she was not allowed to come to the well, but all the men in the village were away, and the women and children were too hungry to go out. She thought no one would see her anyway, so she took her clothes to the well to wash. One of the women happened to see her, so she called people over and tied her up, saying that she had polluted the village's only water source and must die.
Qin Huai's mind wandered, and he couldn't help but think of the cause of the original owner's death. Could it be related to Qin Fengying's health?
The original owner, Qin Huai, was just a country boy who had never seen the world. Could it be that he was frightened to death by Qin Fengying's body, which was different from that of ordinary people?
Although he had never seen a person like Qin Fengying, he had heard of hermaphrodites in his previous life. The legendary hermaphrodites, with male and female organs coexisting, had an unfortunate life in themselves, but such people would indeed suffer all kinds of unfair treatment in the ignorant rural areas.
Now that you have seen it, you can't just ignore it.
So I started to help her untie the ropes.
Several elderly women exclaimed, "Qin Huai, don't be confused." Teacher Qin stopped calling out.
Qin Laoshuan said, "Qin Huai, untie him for me. I don't want to see anyone say no again." He stared at everyone with a fierce look. Everyone then remembered that he was the production team leader who controlled everyone's life and death. Some people dared not look at him and lowered their heads unconsciously.
As he spoke, Qin Huai also untied the rope, and Qin Fengying ran away crying.
Qin Laoshuan said, "You all know who Fengying is over the years. Although she made a mistake today and shouldn't have come to the well platform, she doesn't deserve to die because of this."
"You are the captain, and you can't protect your family. If a barren woman like Qin Fengying stays in the village, our whole village will be in trouble."
Qin Huai said, "How bad could it be? We're all going to starve to death, why would we bother with so much? Qin Fengying has a physical disability, and she's already suffering. We women shouldn't persecute this poor person."
Speaking of pitiful, Qin Huai couldn't help but think of how Qin Fengying would come up to sexually harass him every time she saw him. Fortunately, he was not just a 17-year-old boy, otherwise he really couldn't resist.
Qin Laoshuan said a few more words and then waved his hand and said, "Let's all go."
The crowd dispersed somewhat reluctantly.
Qin Laoshuan lit a cigarette and looked at the people who were slowly returning home with a cold gaze. Under his gaze, the matter was finally over.
Qin Laoshuan said, "Okay, if you have any ideas, tell me now."
Qin Huai couldn't help but admire the psychological quality of people of this era. After going through so many bad things, they could let it go in the blink of an eye.
"Uncle, let's go to the pig farm."
Some people may say that people have nothing to eat, so where would they get the food to raise pigs?
have.
When Qin Huai arrived at the pig farm, he saw three militiamen with guns squatting there. When they saw Qin Laoshuan coming, they hurriedly greeted him and said, "Captain, you're here."
The captain hummed and asked, "Is it peaceful today?"
"A few troublemakers came a few times to try their luck, but were scared away."
Live pigs are materials managed uniformly by the commune, and feed is reserved for the commune. No one is allowed to touch them. The number of pigs is also registered with the commune. Anyone who dares to touch them is committing a crime and seeking death.
However, the situation was becoming increasingly difficult to suppress, as hungry villagers were already eyeing this place, so armed militiamen were sent to guard the place every day.
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