Sun Xiu nodded, "Okay, then you'll go from now on."
After hearing this, Li Jiakang laughed dryly twice and said nothing.
After dinner, Sun Xiu made another pot of egg cake and everyone ate some.
Li Jiakang was also very satisfied and praised repeatedly.
After the meal, everyone talked about Li Mei's school life. The most talked about thing was that it was impossible for her to have delicious food as often as she did at home.
As for food, no one was worried. The food ration for college students was enough for Li Mei to eat.
As they were talking, Sun Xiu suddenly noticed that Li Ju's eyes were red again, and she quickly spoke up to change the subject.
No one reacted at first, but they understood after Sun Xiu gave a signal.
Then Li Xu and others played with the spinning top with Li Ju for a while, and even Li Ping tried it for a while.
Soon, a smile returned to Li Ju's face.
In the middle of the night, Li Xu was awakened by a loud thunder.
Then there was the sound of heavy rain.
After listening for a while, Li Xu fell asleep with satisfaction.
When I got up in the morning, it was still raining, but it was much lighter.
Everyone in the Li family was extremely satisfied, and they also hoped that the rain would last for a few more days to alleviate the severe drought.
After finishing breakfast, Sun Xiu was still telling Li Chen, "Sit in the back and hold the umbrella open. Don't get your brother's clothes wet."
Today is the first day of September, and it is also the first day for Li Chen to go to school. From now on, Li Ping will need to pick him up and drop him off every day.
Li Chen also responded, and after sitting down, Li Ping started pedaling the bike.
When we arrived at the motorcade, everyone was still talking about the rain.
Even Liu Gang was beaming with joy. "Finally, it rained heavily. If it hadn't, everyone would have died of thirst before starving to death."
"Uncle Liu, it's too early for you to be happy." Li Xu replied.
He was very happy at first, but when he thought about it more deeply, he became a little worried.
Even though everyone is very happy now, there is a problem that we have to face.
Since the rivers had basically dried up, farmers have not been able to plant the second crop of rice since the first crop was harvested.
There was no way. In the previous situation, the land was completely dry and cracked, and rice could not be planted at all.
Even if the rain lasts a few more days, the best planting time has been missed. Even if the rice is planted again, no one knows what the yield will be.
So to be precise, this rain came too late.
Liu Gang's expression changed, as if he had thought of something, and he sighed, "The rain is still late. Who knows how many people will die next."
Needless to say, Li Xu's family and relatives had no problem getting through this disaster.
With his help, Liu Gang's family naturally had no major problems.
But this does not mean that the two want to see more people die.
It has been more than half a year since the ration was reduced again last year, and many families have managed to hold on.
The current situation is that we have to hold on for at least another six months.
The long period of hunger has made them extremely weak, and it can be said that any physical work could lead to their death.
Most people are almost at their limit.
As for the idea of going to the countryside if you can't hold on, that's no longer possible.
Previously, Tang County’s requirements for moving to the countryside were somewhat different from what was stated in the documents. Even if someone previously had urban household registration and wanted to move to the countryside, they would be allowed to do so.
But the prerequisite is that you must have a job, and you have to resign before agreeing to take your family to the countryside. For example, Du Qing's mother-in-law's family is in this situation, and the job after resigning cannot be inherited by others.
To put it bluntly, it means exchanging work indicators for the chance of survival for the family.
In this way, not only will the target of going to the countryside be easy to achieve, but even the target of clearing out employees can be achieved.
Logically speaking, this is indeed a good idea, and the county's task requirements have been completed.
There is no way. Some people value the lives of their families and would rather quit their jobs and go to the countryside to save their lives.
Some people who come from the countryside would rather die than go back to the countryside.
We can't really force trouble, right?
The leaders of Tang County fully exerted their subjective initiative, and the results made everyone very satisfied, and people continued to praise these leaders.
But what no one expected was that even though the target has been met, there are still many people who want to go to the countryside.
The county leaders thought about it and decided that this was not an option, so they stopped the policy.
It's simple. Not to mention that everyone has given up their jobs and run to the countryside, there is no one left to work in the factory.
For example, the countryside cannot accommodate too many people.
There are already a lot of people going to the countryside, but the production teams have limited land, which has led to the depreciation of land in rural areas.
They can accept a slight devaluation, but if it depreciates too much, the farmers will go to the leaders to reason with them. As for how to reason with them, that's not certain...
When Li Xu heard about the Tang County leaders' bold move, he gave them a thumbs up. He also felt that this was probably not the only case of this happening in the country.
In short, everyone can be said to be happy after this wave of operations. The only ones who are unhappy are those who want to go to the countryside later.
There's nothing we can do about it. It's no use regretting it now.
The two were silent for a moment, and Liu Gang suddenly said, "By the way, I asked someone about the director's matter."
"What's going on?" Li Xu asked curiously.
Liu Gang shook his head. "I haven't found out the details. Her family is keeping it a secret. But we can be sure of the food shortage. Several people at the supply and marketing cooperative have said that she's been eating much less lunch lately."
Li Xu thought about it and understood.
This is the third year of the disaster. The sudden reduction in lunch portions must be due to food shortage.
Otherwise, even if it were to be reduced, it should have started long ago.
As for why they didn't just save a meal, Li Xu guessed that it might be because they weren't short of food yet or they had been eating a lot for a long time, so it would be unbearable to suddenly skip a meal, so they had to do it step by step.
"Uncle Liu, since she's still eating lunch, it means it hasn't reached that stage yet."
"That's what I thought, so let's just wait a little longer. When she doesn't eat lunch, then the time will come."
Li Xu scratched his head, "What if she keeps eating?"
"Even if you are unlucky, as long as she is not forced to this point, it will be useless to help her." Liu Gang said unhappily.
Li Xu: ...
"Then let's wait and see. There's no rush anyway."
Liu Gang also said "hmm".
Then the two of them started talking about other things.
As for this rain that made people happy, it did not last for several days and nights as everyone expected.
I stopped before even finishing the day.
After the rain stopped, the sun came out again, but the dazzling light did not make people feel any warmth.
When Li Xu got home from get off work, he saw a bunch of sad faces again.
It seems as if the smiles in the morning were just illusions.
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