Battalion headquarters.
As soon as the bell rang, Su Huaiyuan and Su Ze, father and son, arrived. They had discussed it with Uncle Jiu last night. Before going to work every day, they would gather at the brigade headquarters and then go to the nearby warehouse to register and get tools.
The person who rang the work bell was not Bai Lian, but an old man who was about sixty years old. When he saw the father and son of the Su family, he nodded silently at them. It was obvious that he already knew their identities.
After a while, the members of Baigou Village came over one after another. In addition to them, Su Huaiyuan and Su Ze also saw about six people who were different from the members in spirit but extremely similar to them father and son.
눁One man and two women.
similar.
They are people of the same identity.
Those people also saw Su Huaiyuan and his son, and then stood not too far away from them, but they kept a greater distance from the other members.
"Why are there two of you?! Didn't you say there was only one person?!"
"These two seem to be father and son. They look quite similar."
"I heard he came from Beijing, and he seems to be a professor."
"I heard that there was indeed one person assigned to our production team. No, there were more than one person, and there were two children as well."
"Then why did I only see two people?!"
"I heard that the two children fell seriously ill on the way to our place yesterday. They are probably still sick, so two of them stayed behind to take care of the children and the other two came to work."
"So that's how it is. Liuzi, you really know a lot."
"I heard it from my grandma. She went to see the captain's wife and came back to tell me."
"I also saw it yesterday afternoon. The team leader drove the ox cart to Uncle Jiu's house in a hurry. I didn't expect that someone was sick."
"Of course not. He got sick right after being sent down. He must have suffered a lot before."
"놖They look pretty good. The people who came before didn't look so good."
"That's right, but we think they are lucky. Our village party secretary and team leader are both good people. They never make things difficult for them, and they let us ignore them and never scold them. They just do what they are supposed to do."
"Guangzi, what do you know? The captain said that we should not intervene in matters that are not our business. No matter what happens, it has nothing to do with us and it is not our fault. We can turn a blind eye to other people's misfortunes, but we cannot add insult to injury. This is the bottom line for us Baigou Villagers."
"Of course not. Just listen to the village party secretary and the team leader."
…
The members also saw the new faces today, and they couldn't help whispering to each other, pointing at Su Huaiyuan and Su Ze and talking about them. While being curious about the identities of the two newcomers, they exchanged what they knew.
At this time, Bai Lianxiao came. He saw the father and son of the Su family standing by the side, so he stood in front of the members and began to arrange today's tasks.
Digging the ground.
People would dig first, and then it would be the oxen's turn to plow the land, so that the oxen would not be tired.
In this era without machines, most people relied on people and cattle to farm. Since each production team had only a few livestock, they were also the most valuable asset of the production team.
After the tasks were assigned, the members rushed to the warehouse to get the tools. Su Huaiyuan, Su Ze and the other six people did not move. They were the last batch of people to receive tools and could not compete with the other members.
At this time, Bai Lian walked towards Su Huaiyuan and Su Ze, father and son, and nodded gently at them.
"You will work with them today. The ground is still hard and since you are new here, I will give you the task of digging half an acre of land per day."
Since Su Huaiyuan and Su Ze had never done farm work in the fields, Bai Lianji did not assign them one acre of land each like other members on the first day of work. However, they did not receive such preferential treatment after two days. Otherwise, the members and others will have objections.
"Captain, we must obey the production team's assignments."
Su Ze quickly nodded and agreed that he would complete the task well.
Su Huaiyuan on the side also nodded, and then went to get the tools with his son.
Each person had an old hoe.
The production team was divided into ten groups. People like Su Huaiyuan and Su Ze did not belong to any of these ten groups. 땤놆 was assigned to a group with other demobilized personnel. They were special people. No one was willing to work with them, no one dared to talk to them, and they did not dare to talk to others.
Su Huaiyuan and Su Ze followed the six transferred personnel. Whichever direction they went, the father and son would follow.
After walking in silence for about twenty minutes, the eight of them arrived at the fields assigned to them.
"Go dig over there."
The oldest man among the six people pointed to the farthest piece of land and showed it to Su Huaiyuan and his son. Then he glanced at their hands, but turned around and went back to work without saying anything.
Seeing this, Su Huaiyuan and his son Su Ze looked at each other. They wanted to ask something but didn't know how to ask, so they had to carry their hoes and hurry to work.
Bang!
Su Ze held the hoe tightly, raised it high, and then dug into the ground with all his strength.
The hoe fell into the ground, but not only did it not dig up anything, but it also shook his hands several times, causing them to become numb.
Su Ze: “…”
Su Huaiyuan, who was two meters away from his son, did the same thing, but his hands were also shaken badly, and only a crack was dug in the ground.
Su Huaiyuan: “…”
The ground is so hard, how can they dig? ! How long will they finish digging with the hoes in their hands? !
No, how can this land be turned over? !
Su Huaiyuan and his son looked at each other, and they both felt something was wrong! Afterwards, the two of them secretly observed the people nearby and found that everyone was digging in this way.
The only difference is that basically everyone has something in their hands. It looks like they are wearing work gloves, or their hands are wrapped in thick, worn-out clothes.
Father and son: "..."
It’s over. I don’t know if I can move my hand at noon.
…
There were only Zhou Wanwan and her two children at home. Qiao Jiuru did not dare to go far and just wandered around a few hundred meters away.
Fortunately, there were quite a few stones of different sizes right here, and she searched for a few that she thought could be used as stools or to store things, so she quietly put them into the space.
After finding the stones, she turned around to collect firewood and look for suitable wood. However, more than two hours later, she came back with a large bundle of firewood.
Dabao and Xiaobao have been up for a while. After hearing that grandpa and dad went to work and grandma picked up stones and wood nearby, the two little guys followed their mother to play at home.
"grandmother……"
"Mom, grandma."
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