When all the wheat was dried and piled into the granary, the members cheered.
Many children were squatting at the edge of the wheat field with cloth bags, picking up the fallen wheat grains.
There are not many wheat grains, but if you pick them up a little bit, they will add up to a small cloth bag.
Da Niu and Xiao Niu took Zhong Muqing to the edge, and when no one was paying attention, Da Niu poured all the wheat grains in his cloth bag into Zhong Muqing's pocket.
"Xiaoqing, send her home quickly. We will continue picking up here." Da Niu acted like an elder brother taking care of his younger brother, which made Zhong Muqing feel a little sad and his eyes turned red.
"Thank you!"
"Oh, why are you saying all this? We won't starve if we don't have this one bite. If we have one more bite, it means we can enjoy more."
Da Niu slept with his father last night. Overhearing his father and his second uncle chatting, several people in the cowshed fainted from exhaustion.
Da Niu felt that they were hungry. The brigade only provided one meal at noon, and they had to go to work without eating early in the morning. Even if his mother cooked two eggs for him every day, he felt he could not bear it.
What's more, at night when everyone else is resting, Zhong Wende and his colleagues still have to cut grass, feed the cows, and clean the cowshed.
Watching Zhong Muqing walk away, Xiao Niu sniffed his nose and said reluctantly, "Brother, if we don't bring anything back, I will think we are out playing again.
She whipped me so hard that it hurt...”
The most important thing is that his mother had told him early in the morning to exchange the wheat he picked for eggs!
Now that the eldest brother had given it to Zhong Muqing, wasn't his chance of winning ruined?
Thinking of this, Xiao Niu sniffed sadly.
"Okay, okay, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. I'll take you to get wild duck eggs later."
Daniu looked indifferent. He had taken Lu Zhiye's teachings to heart.
Zhong Muqing's way of speaking is different from the people in the village. In the past, the village beat up the landlords, but now Lu Zhiye is living better than anyone else in the village? He even married an educated youth.
Besides, Captain Lu has said that these people in the cowshed used to be big shots in the city, what if they go back one day.
It would be so impressive if you could tell others that you have a friend in the city!
Even Xiaoli would admire herself for her foresight, right?
The more he thought about it, the happier he became. Daniu couldn't help but kick his brother on the butt: "Hurry up and pick it up. Let's go to the middle. Now that Xiaoqing has left, we are not afraid that someone will embarrass him!"
Xiao Niu wiped his nose with his sleeve, carried his small basketball basket on his back and ran with his brother to where there were many children.
In the blink of an eye, it was October, and the villagers, who had just rested for several days, were busy preparing to harvest rice.
On the other side, Captain Lu and Secretary He were running around in a panic in the brigade headquarters.
"Old He, what do you think we should do? Secretary Wang said that some big shots from the province might come to inspect our village.
There are also reporters who want to publish in the newspaper, so after the autumn harvest...”
Captain Lu paced back and forth, and before he finished speaking, Secretary He understood what he meant.
“Well, after the autumn harvest, our village’s per-acre yield will definitely attract widespread attention.
So when we pay our public grain, should we pay the actual amount, or report a little more?"
Secretary He's abacus was clacking, and his face was also a little sad. For others, this would be a matter of honor for the family and be in the newspapers...
But for them, Captain Lu only hopes that his village can have enough to eat and get more food.
The children have grown up and are old enough to get married. How can they start a family without getting more money?
"Well, we'll just have to take it one step at a time. When it's time to hand in the rations, I'll first see how much the other brigades have written down!"
Captain Lu felt that since the provincial leaders were coming to inspect, there must be more than just their village. He was most afraid that other villages would exaggerate and falsely report their per-acre yields.
By then, their village will be in a state of neither good nor bad, and maybe even the advanced brigade will be gone.
As it turned out, what Captain Lu and Secretary He were worried about was not false at all.
Almost as soon as the notice came down, many brigades convened meetings of village cadres.
Many villages have decided to report the per-acre yield this year as 20% higher than the actual amount!
Just to save face in front of the boss.
At lunchtime, the team leader called a meeting in the team and said, "A leader will come to inspect in a few days, so everyone should show your best spirit!
Let others see that our Dahe Village brigade members are hardworking and willing to work, not afraid of hardship or fatigue! "
Captain Lu's powerful words came through the microphone, inspiring women, children and men to roll up their sleeves and get ready to work hard!
When they learned that reporters from the province would come to take photos and interview them, and that their stories might be published in newspapers, they were so excited that their mouths widened and they burst into unprecedented enthusiasm.
Fang Shijie, who was sitting under a big tree, couldn't help but speculate: "Little Wild Boy, do you think there is Uncle Lu among the leaders of this province?"
Lu Zhiye pinched the dirt on the ground with his fingers, and some fine yellow soil slipped through his fingers.
There was an unknown indifference in his voice: "It's good that you're here. I just happen to have something to ask him!"
Fang Shijie looked at the cold aura emanating from him, his eyes flashed. It seemed that there was a story between him and Uncle Lu.
For several days in a row, the villagers of Dahe Village went to work wearing half-new clothes.
It is just to make the photos look better when the leaders come to inspect.
But no matter how long we waited, no leader came.
Some people couldn't help but complain to the captain: "Captain, why hasn't the leader come yet? Look, there's a hole in our clothes.
I usually don’t wear this dress.”
Captain Lu glanced at them and asked, "Who told you to wear these when you go to work?"
He hasn't even put on new clothes yet, but he's been dressed the most tattered in the village as the team leader every day!
"Then give me a definite answer. Didn't you say that I should show my spirit to the leader? I have to dress better."
Some people feel distressed when looking at the small holes on their clothes and have to add more patches.
"I don't know when he will come. He may come at noon today! Or he may come tomorrow. Well, hurry up and get to work! Stop dawdling."
Several old men dispersed, and one of them couldn't help but whispered, "I'm going home to change my clothes!"
"I've been getting dressed for most of the day, is there still half an afternoon left?"
"Yeah, what if the leader comes in the afternoon?"
Everyone tried to dissuade the man from changing his clothes.
Captain Lu was just about to go to the brigade headquarters to take a look when he saw a small black car moving on the road at the entrance of the village from a distance.
He was shocked: Wow, am I too good at talking? I said I would come at noon, and the leader came already?
Captain Lu touched his hair and straightened his clothes, and suddenly found that he was still wearing patched clothes!
He hurriedly shook his legs and prepared to run home to change clothes.
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