Gu Nanxun was right. The brigade leader hadn't slept well for several days in a row. He had also reported to the commune, but the commune leaders said that many villages had been affected by the disaster, and it would be difficult to apply for subsidies. Even if he did get subsidies, they would be limited. They told him to think of other ways himself, but what could he think of? The grain couldn't just fall from the sky.
But today, he actually heard it—grain falling from the sky—which made Liu Zhiqiang wonder if he had misheard.
"Xiao Gu, take me to see this quickly!"
The captain became excited instantly. If what Xiao Gu said was true, then their brigade was saved.
"Brother Nanxun, then you take the captain to see it, I won't go."
Seeing the captain's excited expression, Lin Qing said that she was pregnant and walked slowly, so she wouldn't hold him back. Judging from the captain's expression, he probably wished he could fly up there.
"Okay, then Qingqing, go back first. I'll take the captain with me."
Gu Nanxun took Lin Qing home first, and then led the captain up the mountain.
"Xiao Gu, let's hurry up!"
Seeing that only he and Gu Nanxun were left, the captain couldn't help but speak up. He had been holding back when he was seeing Lin Qing off, but now that it was just the two of them, he couldn't hold back any longer.
"good!"
Gu Nanxun said with amusement, then quickened his pace and walked towards the small hill.
"This is it. It's probably because of the heavy rain a few days ago that some of the soil around the tombstone was washed away. Qingqing and I found a hole under the tombstone, so we dug it open and that's how we discovered the hole underneath."
"Liu Dajun? Who is that? I don't think anyone in our village died named Liu Dajun. There was one Liu Dajun in our village, but he's still alive and well!"
The captain looked at the fallen tombstone with a puzzled expression and said.
"It was probably just a name written randomly by the person who hid the grain. There's no grave down there, but a cave filled with grain."
"Quick, let's go down and take a look."
Upon hearing that the area below was filled with grain, the captain went down ahead of Gu Nanxun before he could even act.
Seeing the anxious captain, Gu Nanxun didn't say anything. He understood the captain's feelings, so he turned on his flashlight and followed behind, illuminating the steps for the captain.
When the captain reached the middle, he saw that the cave was full of sacks. He was panting heavily and rubbed his eyes in disbelief. He looked down at the sacks that filled the entire cave, piled high all the way to the top, completely filling the cave.
"Xiao Gu, is all this grain?"
The captain's voice trembled, filled with disbelief.
"It should all be grain. I didn't finish checking it; I only looked at a portion."
"well……"
Upon hearing Gu Nanxun's confirmation, the brigade leader's voice choked with emotion. With this grain, the village was saved; at least they could live until next autumn's harvest.
The captain staggered down the path, nearly falling because of his unsteady steps. Luckily, Gu Nanxun pulled him up from behind to prevent him from falling.
Ignoring his near fall, the captain quickly went into the cave, eagerly opened a bag of grain, and found it filled with white rice.
"Refined grains, they're still refined grains."
"It's all rice, but it's all refined grain."
The captain eagerly opened bag after bag of grain, only to find that they were all refined grains.
It wasn't that Lin Qing didn't want to put coarse grains in there, but rather that Lin Qing's supplies didn't have much coarse grain to begin with, and the interdimensional trading and black market in recent days had already consumed all of them.
"Uncle Zhiqiang, why don't you think about what to do with all this grain?"
Gu Nanxun's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over Liu Zhiqiang's head. Yes, these cannot be included in the brigade's income; they must be handed over!
"Nanxun, look, what will happen if we don't hand over this grain?"
The captain looked at Gu Nanxun expectantly and said cautiously, though he didn't know what kind of answer he wanted to hear from Gu Nanxun.
"Uncle Zhiqiang, can you guarantee that the news won't leak out of the village?"
Gu Nanxun did not answer the captain's question, but instead asked the captain a question.
"cannot."
The brigade leader sighed and said that he couldn't guarantee anything. The village was a complex place, and people's hearts were terrifying. He couldn't guarantee that everyone was selfless. Moreover, everyone had suffered, and if their village suddenly had enough food, it would definitely arouse suspicion.
"Then what should we do? Just hand it over like this? I'm not willing to accept that."
The captain sat dejectedly on the ground, his face bitter, all his previous joy gone.
"If all of these are refined grains, then we can apply to the higher authorities to exchange them for coarse grains. Refined grains are several times more expensive than coarse grains, and I think the higher authorities will agree. We don't need very good grains, just enough to fill our stomachs."
Just when the captain was at a loss, Gu Nanxun suddenly spoke up.
"Yes...yes...Xiao Gu is right. We don't need refined grains, just give us coarse grains so we can survive until next autumn harvest."
"Little Gu! You're so smart. Our whole village should thank you and Xiao Lin, the educated youth, for saving our lives!"
"No, I need to find someone to guard this place now. What if someone else discovers it again? Xiao Gu, I'll have to trouble you again. You stay here and guard it for now. I'll go down the mountain to get help."
The captain suddenly realized that the cave entrance was wide open, and if he were discovered by another brigade on his way down the mountain, the credit would not belong to their Chaoyang Brigade. So he said this to Gu Nanxun, and without waiting for Gu Nanxun's reply, he quickly returned to the ground and ran down the mountain.
Gu Nanxun watched the captain run away and smiled helplessly. He could only return to the ground and sit silently by the tombstone.
The brigade leader quickly ran down the mountain, found the village accountant, told him what had happened on the mountain, and then quickly wrote a letter and gave it to the village accountant, asking him to give it to the commune leaders.
Then he led a group of men up the mountain. Gu Nanxun didn't wait long on the mountain, about an hour and a half, before he saw the captain, covered in sweat, leading a group of men running towards him.
Judging from the captain's heavy breathing, he must have run up and down the mountain. It's quite admirable that he's so old and still managing to run like that.
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