2000 jin per mu?
Isn't this just nonsense?
These days, if each mu (unit of land area) in this field can yield four or five hundred jin (unit of weight), it's already a blessing from God.
But would Old Man Xing dare to shout this at the captain of the Changfeng Brigade to his face?
Of course I wouldn't dare, otherwise I'd be arrested.
However, although they dared not say to his face that their own brigade leader was making a fool of himself.
But now that they've come knocking on his door, and his family is starving to death, how could he possibly swallow this if he didn't stand up for himself and say these things?
Su Chenghai's face was gloomy as he thought about how he had mocked their brigade in front of Tan Dingguo for having no ambition.
Now his own teammates have directly slapped him in the face, and the more he thinks about it, the angrier he gets.
With his head down, he thought about what the county officials had said to him privately during his last visit.
Otherwise, he would do as the county said first.
In this way, at least one can be recognized as proactive and advanced.
"Don't talk about starving to death. Do you think I'm less worried about this than you are?"
I originally planned to announce the county's decision later, so I wanted to give everyone time to process it.
Since Grandpa Xing has said so, let's get this done ahead of schedule!
Su Chenghai sighed and waved for the cadres to gather the villagers together.
Old Xing was over 70 years old and had become quite shrewd with age. Hearing Su Chenghai's words, he didn't relax; instead, he became even more alert.
"Captain Su, I'm getting old. What exactly is this matter you're talking about?"
Su Chenghai replied, "Don't worry, sir, this is a good thing."
Hearing this, Old Man Xing felt even more uneasy.
Tan Dingguo had refused the Xing family's request to borrow grain last time, and Xing Lanhua had been sulking and ignoring him for several days because of this.
It took several sons of persuasion and Tan Dingguo's relenting, who said that if the Xing family was really starving and had nothing left to eat, they would lend them some.
However, let me make this clear from the start: we help in emergencies, not in chronic poverty. Don't think that just because we borrowed grain this time, we can keep trying to borrow it again next time.
If anyone is to blame, it's Su Chenghai, the captain of the Changfeng Brigade.
If he hadn't exaggerated, would he have let his villagers go hungry?
Without this cutthroat competition, their Xishan brigade wouldn't have become a lagging team.
This time, if it weren't for the county magistrate not saying anything out of consideration for Fu Hongxing, it would have been a real shame.
Otherwise, he would have been in for a scolding.
Xing Lanhua breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her husband had agreed to lend her grain.
No matter how bad her relationship with her maternal family is, they are still her own parents.
However, Xing Lanhua waited at home for her parents to come again, but they never came.
I felt strange and worried.
Could it be that something happened to her family that prevented her from visiting again?
Xing Lanhua thought for a moment, then called her boss over and gave him a few detailed instructions.
Tan Qingzhou nodded after hearing his mother's words.
Without saying much, he followed his mother to the cellar, got 100 jin of coarse grains, loaded them onto the cart, and then drove straight to his maternal grandparents' house.
Upon learning that his wife had asked his eldest son to take 100 jin of coarse grains to his in-laws' house, Tan Dingguo felt annoyed and refused to drink the wine at home. He then went to the breeding farm with his hands behind his back.
Let him look at the chickens and ducks that are about to grow up; that might help him relieve his frustration.
"Village chief, you've arrived!"
When Ning Jing saw Tan Dingguo walking in with his hands behind his back, she smiled.
"Ning Jing, how are the chickens and ducks?"
Tan Dingguo nodded to Ning Jing, quickened his pace slightly, and looked at the chickens and ducks.
The original fluffy appearance has begun to fade, and stiff feathers have started to grow on the wings of the chickens and ducks.
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