What is happiness?
For a blade of grass, happiness means having work to do, food to eat, and clothes to wear.
I've been in Chengxi Village for three days now.
Xiaocao felt that this village was where the gods lived.
I have plain porridge to drink every day.
And you can eat three meals a day!
Eat three meals a day!
This kind of life is something that displaced people can't even dream of.
I wouldn't even dare to do that in my wildest dreams.
As dawn broke, the grass began to crawl out of its quilt.
They put on thick work clothes and shoes.
She took the wooden bucket, preparing to go out and fetch hot water.
Although it was just dawn, many refugees had already gotten up to fetch water and wash up.
A soldier with a gun was standing at the door.
These are the security guards responsible for protecting them and maintaining order in the house.
Three security guards were assigned to each room, taking turns to maintain order.
If there is a conflict among the people in the house, they will go over to resolve it.
Little Grass carried her wooden bucket and joined the other refugees in queuing.
The place to get hot water is right there in the cooking shed.
Hot water is being boiled constantly every day; the fire in the stove never stops.
You can pick them up anytime.
Xiao Cao never imagined in her life that one day she could have hot water to wash up whenever she wanted.
Several large vats were burning, and long queues were lined up in front of each vat.
Fortunately, the team moved forward quickly, and it wasn't long before it was Xiaocao's turn.
She scooped two spoonfuls of hot water into the wooden bucket, bowed to the third aunt who was fetching the water, and left.
That's the rule.
No matter what you do, if someone helps you, you should bow.
Every villager will consciously abide by the rules; otherwise, they might end up like those refugees before.
They were driven out of the village.
The little grass didn't want to leave this paradise-like place.
Every evening, when the white-bearded old man told them about the village's rules, she would listen very attentively.
After preparing the hot water, Xiaocao went back to her room.
She took out a piece of cotton cloth and began to wipe Grandpa.
After washing up, we had to fold the blankets, clean the room, and check each other's rooms and clothes to see if they were dirty.
Only after doing all this will they go out to prepare for dinner.
Breakfast was very plentiful today, with each person receiving a bowl of milk powder and two steamed buns.
The newly arrived refugees could only drink plain porridge.
Because Xiaocao is a child and has her grandfather with her, she can receive two eggs.
No one else did.
Only children and the elderly can eat an extra egg.
The little grass couldn't finish all the food, so it would always put the uneaten steamed buns into the leftover food bin.
The village chief said that if you can't finish the food, you can keep it or put it in the leftover bin, but you can't just throw it away.
Xiao Cao thought, how could anyone possibly throw away uneaten steamed buns like that?
This is a white flour steamed bun.
She wouldn't keep it secretly.
She would put it in the leftover food bin; such a valuable item should be kept for the village chief to use.
After eating, put the bowl in the wooden bucket.
Then you can sit back and wait to be assigned tasks.
Yes, they don't have to wash dishes.
After you finish eating, just leave it there.
Every day, someone is assigned to wash the bowls, which are then collected and stored away, waiting in line to collect them at the next mealtime.
Little Grass's task today is to check the hygiene.
She and the old lady next door checked the cleanliness of the rooms where the men lived.
Children and the elderly are usually assigned simple tasks.
The able-bodied men were responsible for building the houses.
The women were responsible for making the clothes and socks.
Safety shoes aren't very warm, so Li Chang'an prepared two pairs of socks for everyone.
It was sewn from a quilt.
Fortunately, these refugees were not picky.
They treasured even a pair of crooked cotton socks.
After checking the cleanliness, I also cleaned up some areas that weren't too dirty.
If something is too dirty, you should tell the squad leader so she can report it, and then those lazybones will be singled out and criticized that night.
If you criticize someone too many times, you'll be punished by being barred from work.
In severe cases, they may even be driven out of the village.
Xiaocao loves going to work; not going to work would be a severe punishment for her.
As soon as the clock struck twelve, someone banged a gong and called them to come eat.
For lunch, we had rice and a fried egg.
Crack the eggs one by one into a bowl and fry them in lard.
Then it was cut into large chunks.
Each piece was soaked in lard.
Those who worked hard in that group would be upgraded to second-class vagrants.
Second-class refugees were entitled to eggs.
Those who just arrived could only drink plain porridge.
If you can't finish the rice, you can put it in the leftover rice bin, but you must eat the eggs.
Because many people feel that they shouldn't eat the village chief's eggs anymore, and that rice is enough.
So at the beginning, many people didn't eat eggs, and they only ate half a bowl of rice, leaving the rest in the leftover rice bin.
Let the village chief continue using it; this way, we can save a lot of grain every day.
When the village chief saw this, he flew into a rage.
He said those people looked down on him, Li Chang'an, and also on Calabash Hero.
That very evening, a rule was established: if you can't eat rice, you don't have to.
However, the eggs must be eaten, even if it takes a whole day.
Anyone who can't finish those eggs will be punished by being banned from work.
Little Grass doesn't know who Calabash Hero is, but he's definitely a good person, just like the village chief.
Moreover, he was a very powerful martial arts master.
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