Lin Lan felt sorry for the children who had to help with the autumn harvest at such a young age, and tried to find a way to improve their diet.
Han Qingsong had already eaten the half pound of meat he had brought back. He was unwilling to always go for the free tickets and at most went once every few days like ordinary members.
Lin Lan didn't force him. After all, he had a job to do and his personality was not flexible. If she always asked him to go, it would definitely seem like she was abusing her power for personal gain. But he was willing to make reservations in advance for special days. For example, Lin Lan said that she would definitely improve the situation for the occasions of raising the beam and the Mid-Autumn Festival, so she asked him to make reservations for pig heads, pig trotters, pig tails, etc., and she bought them at normal prices.
Lin Lan basically cooks and eats all the eggs laid by the three hens at home. If boiled eggs are not enough, she makes egg soup or stewed egg with pickled vegetables so that the whole family can have something to eat.
Because ingredients are scarce, one has to spend more time and effort to make the food taste good. As a result, Lin Lan's cooking skills have improved a lot.
The honest Sanwang can attest to this; he would never tell lies to please others.
In a blink of an eye, it is the tenth day of August, the day to raise the beam.
Lin Lan took Erwang and Mai Sui to prepare the offering cakes one day in advance, and asked Han Qingsong to reserve a pig's head from the slaughter group in advance. Brother Lin sent two carps produced in their village, and Han Yongfang sent a bottle of wine.
Han's wife came to help Lin Lan cook carp and some dishes for the offering, and explained why Han couldn't come. The old lady was making a fuss at home, and if Han dared to come to help Han Qingsong put up the beams, she would jump into the river.
Lin Lan naturally didn't care. If her eldest brother didn't come, there would always be someone else who would come. With Han Qingsong's face, there would be someone to come.
Seeing that she was not angry, Mrs. Han breathed a sigh of relief and put more effort into helping Lin Lan prepare the offerings.
Lin Lan praised: "Sister-in-law, you are a great cook."
It is delicious and tasty.
Mrs. Han smiled and said, "In an occasion like this, you have to be a little more thoughtful."
Lin Lan knew that she was too lazy to spend time cooking. After all, there were so many people and she didn't like to serve them.
Plus, Korean old ladies often say why make something delicious? If it tastes good, you can eat more. It's a waste of food!
Before putting up the beam, one must first offer sacrifices, light incense, and burn paper. According to custom, one must also worship the ancestors, tell them that a new house is being built, and ask for their blessings.
Lin Lan naturally adapts to the local customs.
While work was still going on, Lin Lan asked Han Qingsong to take the three Wangs to do these things so that they could put up the beams when work was done at noon.
As a result, before the end of the work period, the team leader arranged six strong, dexterous and careful young men, all of whom had helped Han Qingsong to pull bricks and tiles before. They were good people and didn't talk much.
Carpenter Wang and the bricklayer were the general commanders. They had strong laborers to help them and they worked as if they had their own arms. In addition, with the fine wood and sturdy bricks and tiles, they felt a sense of accomplishment as if they were architects.
Carpenter Wang could not help but exclaim once again: "This is how you build a house. Without such good wood, such a wide and tall house cannot be built."
Lin Lan also contributed to the good quality of the wood.
She told Han Qingsong to buy good wood, not worm-eaten wood, and to use long wood for beams and purlins, so that the house would be tall and spacious. Even the thin wood could be used as rafters, as wood was stronger than sorghum stalks. If a wooden rafter was placed at a certain distance, the house would be stronger and the tiles would not be too heavy to withstand.
Of course, a lot of money is spent.
Carpenter Wang was very pleased with the wood. He selected the most suitable tall logs to be used as beams, and used the rest to make purlins, furniture, and rafters.
After the beams are put up, the purlins and rafters are arranged, and then the yellow mud is applied.
Finally cover the tiles.
Han Qingsong meant to let them go ahead and do their work first, and he would take care of the rest.
Han Qingyun said, "Third brother, you are insulting us. How can we start a job well but then not finish it? Besides, we will also need to build a house in the future, so we will inevitably have to trouble you, right?"
Everyone said yes.
Han Qingsong didn't say anything, he just told Lin Lan to divide the pig's head and let them each take one back.
We are busy with the autumn harvest and don’t have time to eat here. We might as well take some back and treat our family.
This is what Lin Lan wants to do.
She thought about her elder sister-in-law Han coming to help with cooking, and she gave a large portion to her grandparents, and one portion to each of them. She and her children, as well as the carpenters and masons who came to help, ate the rest together, and almost finished it all.
When the helpers finished laying the tiles and left, Lin Lan gave each of them a piece of meat and a half-foot long mixed cake. Everyone was very happy and symbolically pushed the cake away before taking it home.
Han Qingyun refused to take it, "Sister-in-law, the pig's head isn't that big, so give it to the children."
"I bought it just for the ceremony. You can buy more after you eat." Lin Lan stuffed it in his pocket and told him to take it home for dinner.
The two masters refused to come and eat with them, so they settled down in the new house. Lin Lan then sent the wine and food over and asked Han Qingsong to eat with them. She also asked Sanwang to ask the grandfather to come over and drink with the guests, but old Han refused.
After lunch, the bricklayers were responsible for building walls, while the carpenters were responsible for making furniture. Han Qingsong helped the masters and also learned how to build and plaster walls.
Because they were all bricks and tiles, as well as lime, sand, and some cement, the bricklayers were able to do their work very smoothly.
This is so much easier than making a wall of yellow mud. This is real work, this is how to build a house.
Is playing softball called building a house?
The two masters left only when it was too dark to see clearly at night.
Lin Lan prepared the meal and went to the new house to call Han Qingsong and the children to eat.
Xiaowang was leading Wangwang to play hopscotch in the main hall. When he saw her, he immediately ran over, took her hand, and called her softly, "Mom."
Lin Lan took his little hand, touched his head, and led him to the west room.
The other children were making plans in the west room. There was no furniture or kang in the newly built house, and the sound of their conversations was buzzing.
Erwang: "There are three rooms, one of which is the main room. My parents sleep in the east room, and we sleep in the west room."
Everyone does this, the parents sleep in the east room and the children sleep in the west room.
Mai Sui was unhappy: "What about me?"
Sanwang smiled and said, "Sister, we all shared the same kang before, so of course you should share it with us."
"I'm a girl, how can I sleep with you stinky boys!"
"Then...you're going to sleep with your parents?" Erwang teased her.
Mai Sui stamped his feet and said, "How about asking Dad to build a kang hole in the middle? I'll sleep at the head of the kang and you guys can sleep on the other side."
Mai Sui pointed to the area where there was no kang and stomped his feet hard, "It's right here."
Sanwang: "Sister, why are you taking up so much space?"
Mai Sui: "How can I grow up? Maybe my parents will give birth to little brothers and sisters in the future."
Sanwang: "Will Xiaowang have to sleep with us when he grows up? Will he still sleep with you?"
Xiao Wang held Lin Lan's hand tightly and said, "I want to be with mom."
But his brothers and sisters had no time to pay attention to him. Mai Sui said, "By the time my eldest brother is grown up, he will have to separate from the family and get married."
Da Wang rolled his eyes at her and said, "By then, you would have already found a husband and got married."
Mai Sui's eyes immediately turned red with anger, "Humph!"
She turned around and said to Lin Lan, "Mom, look how they are bullying me."
Lin Lan immediately patted her on the shoulder and said, "Boys should not bully girls."
Erwang immediately asked how they would sleep in the future. This was a big deal. They had built a new house with great difficulty, and the purpose was to be able to sleep more soundly.
Lin Lan subconsciously looked in another direction. Han Qingsong was standing there measuring the dimensions and preparing to build the kang. Hearing this, he looked up at her.
Lin Lan immediately turned around and smiled, "That's not that simple. East room, West room. You men sleep in the east room, and we women sleep in the west room."
After she finished speaking, she felt a heat on her back, as if someone was staring at her, and she quickly moved away.
Xiaowang emphasized again: "I want to be with my mother. I will sing for her."
Lin Lan touched his head and said happily, "What a great kid."
Sanwang was not convinced, "But I can also swim, isn't that great?"
Lin Lan: "I don't care if you're good at swimming or not. I like people who can sing, draw, dance, and are good at Chinese and math."
I just don't like people who are stubborn and try to show off by swimming in reservoirs during thunderstorms and then get struck by lightning and drown. It's really scary just to think about it.
I just don't like those who are stubborn and fight with others all day long and want to be gang leaders, and end up being shot to death...
Da Wang and San Wang felt that Lin Lan had something against them. Da Wang looked nonchalant, while San Wang started to touch his crescent-shaped scar in front of Lin Lan.
Lin Lan poked him with a finger in annoyance and said, "You can go swimming in the summer, but not in cold weather, to avoid cramps. Remember?"
Sanwang just laughed.
Lin Lan: "Go home and have dinner."
Da Wang rushed out first, followed closely by San Wang and Er Wang who were not willing to fall behind either. How could they be slower than San Wang?
Mai Sui also led Xiao Wang and chased Wang Wang out.
The wind caused by the speed made the oil lamp in the house sway.
Lin Lan hurriedly chased after them and reminded them: "Run slowly, be careful not to fall."
It was already dark outside, and the materials for building the house were piled up, making it easy to trip.
The oil lamp, which was already swaying from side to side, was completely extinguished by the wind she created.
It was pitch black.
Lin Lan was startled. "Oh, where are the matches?"
She went into the room and reached out to feel around, remembering there was a box of matches on the windowsill.
After groping for a while, she felt a warm body. She smiled and asked, "Where did you put the matches?"
She tried to step back, but was pulled into a hot embrace.
His two strong arms held her powerfully, pressing her against him seamlessly. The man's aggressive masculine aura instantly overwhelmed her.
Lin Lan's heartbeat quickened and her breathing became unsteady. "It's so dark. I remembered a joke..."
The big hand had already lifted her clothes and touched her back. The warm temperature immediately spread along her spine to her whole body, making her shiver as if she was electrocuted.
The hairpin in my hand rubs against my skin, causing a slight tingling sensation.
Lin Lan became nervous and moved, trying to break free, but he held her tightly in his arms.
His hot lips pressed against her ears, and his voice was magnetic and hoarse, "What a joke?"
Lin Lan instinctively wanted to squat down to avoid his lips and tongue, but he held her firmly. The next moment, a powerful kiss landed on her lips without any escape, and his hot big hands held her waist like an iron clamp, leaving her nowhere to escape.
The force was so great that it seemed to embed her into his body.
A voice in Lin Lan's heart shouted, "Don't go on, stop now!"
But she had no strength to resist, her body was so limp that she could hardly stand, and she could only rely on his arms and body for support.
Fortunately, his hands did not move around after all. After caressing her back and waist, he put one hand around her waist and the other around her neck to put her in the most suitable position for kissing.
But when his hot lips landed on her chest, Lin Lan felt like she was going to get a cramp, "Stop... Stop..."
She doesn't want to have sex in a place like this!
He raised his head and lingered his lips and tongue on her neck and lips.
Lin Lan stepped back, causing his body to lean forward and suddenly hit the wall behind him.
He used his arms to support the wall to prevent Lin Lan's back from hitting the hard brick wall.
"I remember there was a man who was blinded, and he closed his eyes and rubbed them hard. When he opened his eyes, everything was dark. He panicked and shouted, 'Oh, my God, I'm blind, I'm blind!'" Her voice was soft and gentle at this moment, and her forced humor made it even funnier.
She also felt embarrassed, so she laughed to lighten the atmosphere.
Han Qingsong: “…………”
He placed his hands behind her, his body still pressed tightly against hers, and gently nudged her ears with his lips. His voice became increasingly hoarse and full of desire. "It's funny."
"Let's go home and have dinner." Lin Lan tried her best to remain calm, but her voice betrayed her.
Han Qingsong suddenly laughed, "What are you afraid of?"
Lin Lan puffed out her chest and said, "I'm afraid? What am I afraid of?"
Feeling the fullness and tenderness that was delivered to his door, Han Qingsong said: "...Then continue?"
"No, I haven't showered yet!" Lin Lan pushed his chest quickly, "Go back and have dinner."
She felt Han Qingsong take a step back and was about to slip away.
Han Qingsong stretched out his arm and lifted her up easily.
"Ah——" Lin Lan was startled and quickly hugged his neck, wrapping her legs around his waist subconsciously.
He took a step forward and pushed her against the wall again, scaring Lin Lan so much that she dared not move.
"Director Han, can we...talk it out?"
Han Qingsong buried his head in her chest, listening to her gasping for breath, but he did not let her go, and directly carried her out.
Something tripped his foot, and Lin Lan was so scared that she hugged him tightly, "Little boy, be careful not to fall."
"I fell on the floor," he said.
But he stopped teasing her on purpose, and held her in his arms and walked easily around the yard full of debris before Han Qingsong put her down.
Lin Lan was about to slip away, but he grabbed her hand again.
His hands were big, warm and strong, and holding hers gave her a complete sense of security.
Before I even got home, I heard the children shouting, "Dad, Mom, what are you doing? It's time to eat!"
If it had been in the past, Lin Lan would have been fine with anything, but now that she had just done something, she felt guilty and always felt that it would arouse suspicion.
"I'm here, what are you shouting about? Come and eat."
She broke away from Han Qingsong's hands.
Han Qingsong asked: "Should I eat first or take a shower first?"
"Let's eat first. I'm hungry." Lin Lan quickly went to get some water to wash her hands.
Han Qingsong nodded, "Then take a shower before going to bed."
He spoke calmly. Lin Lan felt guilty. She always wondered if he was hinting at something. But she also felt that it was impossible for someone as old-fashioned and boring as him to be hinting at something.
When they entered the house to eat, the children glanced at them.
Xiao Wang asked concernedly, "Mom, were you bitten by a mosquito? Your mouth is swollen."
Lin Lan: “!!!”
She quickly said, "No, no, it's just that I'm being ridiculous."
What a ridiculous excuse! She subconsciously glanced at Han Qingsong.
His face looked normal, handsome and serious, but his eyes were much softer. When she looked over, his eyes immediately followed hers.
Lin Lan quickly sat up straight.
Sanwang looked at her in confusion, and suddenly he understood something. "Mom, what did you eat secretly?"
He immediately stood up and looked at Lin Lan's face.
Lin Lan's face flushed red. "What nonsense are you talking about? The food is all at home."
Sanwang rubbed the scar on his forehead and said, "Hey, it looks like my mouth was burned by something I ate."
Shit! Lin Lan was totally upset.
She glanced at Han Qingsong secretly.
He ate calmly, but looked at her with a smile in his eyes.
Lin Lan coughed, "Have you finished your homework?"
Erwang and Mai Sui sat there for a while, "I finished writing it at school."
Da Wang rolled his eyes and looked at Er Wang, who gave him a knowing look.
Sanwang frowned, "Mom, you have to talk to the teacher. The autumn harvest is so busy and I have to work. How can I have time to do homework? Really..." He looked at Xiaowang, "Why don't you go to school?"
Xiao Wang, who was concentrating on eating, raised his head and said, "Huh?"
Lin Lan tapped Sanwang's head gently with chopsticks, "Hurry up and do your homework. If you rank last in the final exam, your father will beat you."
Sanwang's face changed, and he stole a glance at his father, and suddenly found that his father's mouth was also swollen, and his ears were also red.
He and mother must have secretly eaten something delicious!
That’s too much!
Adults are so good. They don’t have to go to school, can do whatever they want, and can eat all kinds of delicious food, but they don’t give them to children.
Not happy~~
Next, the Lin Lan family was busy with the autumn harvest, building walls, plastering walls, tidying up the new house, making kangs, and making household items.
The walls were all built in two days, and the masons didn't have to come to our house, so the only work left was carpentry. Windows and furniture all had to be made by hand, and we estimated that the windows would be installed by the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the rest of the furniture could be done later.
From this perspective, we can move in during the Mid-Autumn Festival and then move into the rest of the place and clean up later.
Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the county asked Han Qingsong to attend a meeting. Lin Lan asked him to ride a bicycle and also go to the county supply and marketing cooperative to see if he could buy something that did not require a ticket.
Lin Lan still liked Han Qingsong's going to the county for meetings. The food in the county canteen was much better than that in the commune, and there was meat in the dishes. Han Qingsong always bought an extra lunch box to bring back to his family to improve the food. He also bought her a toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, and vanishing cream with the conference allowance.
Lin Lan also participated in the autumn harvest, but she did not have to suffer in the corn fields or prick thorns in the cotton fields. Instead, she went to harvest peanuts.
She felt that these days were becoming more and more enjoyable.
When harvesting peanuts, some people drive oxen and pull iron plows to plow the land to plow out the peanuts. The people behind them pick the peanuts into piles, pick the peanuts, put them in baskets and carry them to the field.
Lin Lan was not fast at harvesting corn and picking cotton, but she was very efficient at growing peanuts. She comforted herself that she was not avoiding work or being lazy, but that she had her strengths and weaknesses.
Advanced members worked with the team leader, militiamen, etc. to emphasize again and again, "No stealing, no eating, you must protect the collective property and wait for it to be transported to the site for unified distribution! If you eat a peanut today, you will be humiliated!"
Even so, it did not stop the members and children from stealing food.
One reason is hunger. There is no oil or water in my stomach, so I feel hungry no matter how much I eat.
One is that I am gluttonous. Such fresh peanuts are fragrant and sweet when you chew them. How can you resist such temptation?
So almost everyone's mouth is moving, and some women are hiding it in their pockets.
Lin Lan didn't, after all, she was taught not to take advantage of others. Besides, it wasn't the three difficult years when she was hungry all day long. Her family was well off and at least she had enough to eat, so she naturally wouldn't do such a thing.
She also told her children to eat some on the ground if they were full, as everyone was eating anyway, but to try not to take any food home.
Mai Sui was brainwashed by Lin Lan every day that girls should have self-respect and self-love, girls should know shame, and not be greedy. At this time, the family was well fed, and Lin Lan added some oil when cooking. Even if she was hungry, she would only eat a few, not like other children who wanted to burst their stomachs and hide them in their pockets.
Erwang would eat it and then hide some to take home.
Lin Lan told Erwang that public property cannot be taken.
Erwang, however, was justified. In collective labor, everyone was taking something, and if he did not take anything, he would be at a loss.
"And if I don't take it, people will think I'm a fool."
The members all believed that when the grain was harvested, everyone would steal. If you didn't steal, you wouldn't be considered to be highly conscious, but rather stupid.
Lin Lan persuaded Erwang several times, but Erwang couldn't change his mind for a while.
Later, Lin Lan thought about it and decided that there was no need to force Erwang. He was a sensible child, and it would not be good to provoke his rebellious psychology.
After all, this is not simply a problem of stealing, but a complex social poverty problem.
For example, during the three-year difficult period, each person only had three taels of food a day, and they were so hungry that they wanted to eat dirt every day. When they saw the food, they didn’t care about what would happen in the future, they just wanted to fill their stomachs first.
Lin Lan's mother's family had an uncle who was within five generations of her ancestor. The family had been hungry for several days, and the production team finally managed to get some bean cakes, and each family was given ten kilograms. The uncle carried the bean cakes on his back, but he started to eat them like crazy on the way, and he ate all ten kilograms of bean cakes when he got home!
At home, his wife and children cried and made a fuss, and his wife beat him. In the end, the uncle died.
Of course he wasn't beaten to death, he died from eating too many bean cakes and suffering from indigestion.
That was a month's worth of life-saving food for the family, but he ate it all in one go, and he didn't feel sad even if it starved anyone in his family to death.
I have to say that hunger will take away many things.
At that time, every harvest was a tough battle, and the members of the cooperative always found ways to steal food home.
They were much more powerful than they are now. They stole not only peanuts but all kinds of food. When they picked corn, they would eat it all themselves first, not to mention the peanuts.
Even when they were planting seeds, the members would secretly stuff them into their mouths, forcing the officials to come up with all kinds of tricks, such as mixing them with coal dust, urine, and finally even pesticides.
Even so, the seeds planted in the ground would be secretly dug up and eaten by the children.
In comparison, it is much better now.
That is to say, peanuts are rare and people will steal them and eat some of them. But when harvesting sorghum, basically no one steals them, and no one eats raw corn.
Based on this idea, Lin Lan felt that Erwang didn't need to be forced to be different from others, but should be influenced slowly.
Lin Lan stood up and looked around, and saw Han Qingping leading the students on the other side.
Da Wang went to pick corn and got high work points. Er Wang and a few wheat ears were picking peanuts here. San Wang and a few children were responsible for picking up the fallen peanuts.
At this time Erwang also looked at her, and Lin Lan waved at him.
Erwang also raised his hands with his fingers spread out, making a gesture of surrender towards her.
Lin Lan knew that he was trying to say that he had not stolen anything and that everything was done cleanly.
Lin Lan smiled, feeling very relieved.
At this time, the production team leader came over, with his hands behind his back, holding a stick as thick as his little finger, and shouted: "I won't hold you responsible for what you ate before, but from now on, no one is allowed to eat. If you eat again, I will name you and deduct your work points! Especially those things you put in your pockets, take them out quietly, and don't wait for me to find them out and embarrass you!"
When he said this, those who felt ashamed stopped immediately, but some refused.
Lin Lan just watched as the remaining mole was stuffed in desperately.
Ever since Liu Chunhe was sent to the Shanshui labor camp, Yu Mole went to the south to vent his resentment by making noises and cursing in the streets. After being beaten with a rattan stick by Lin Lan, he no longer dared to curse in the streets.
But she didn't stop either. She would say bad things about Han Qingsong and Lin Lan whenever she got the chance. She would scold them as if they were her three meals a day at home. She would scold them whenever she remembered.
Her home was far away from Lin Lan's, and she couldn't hear Lin Lan and was too lazy to pay attention to her.
Anyway, she doesn't dare to scold me in front of me, and she can do whatever she wants behind my back. Who can control other people's mouths?
The production team leader took a quick look and said, "You all have your share. Just eat a few to satisfy your hunger. There are only so many peanuts, and you guys are eating them like crazy. What will the other members get? Aren't they tired of breaking the peanuts?"
Most of the women just laughed and said they didn't want to eat.
He was still eating the remaining mole and stuffing it into his trouser legs.
Mai Sui pointed at Yu Mole and shouted, "The captain said you can't eat it, why are you still eating it?"
Yu Mole was startled.
Mai Sui: “I’m talking about you!”
Yu Mozi scolded: "You stupid girl, minding your own business, didn't you eat?"
Mai Sui said rationally and angrily, "You're right, I really didn't eat. I came here with a full meal. My mother said that we were not allowed to eat food from the fields. My mother said that it was shared by everyone. Every peanut you eat is shared by every family in our team. If you eat one more, others will get one less. It's not fair!"
The production team leader and others found this interesting, but how could the woman still say such things?
Some people went to see Lin Lan.
You know what, although she was a little bit spoiled and refused to pick corn during the labor period, she really didn't eat anything secretly or be lazy when harvesting peanuts. She was quite diligent.
Many people were just chatting casually before and had no direct conflict with Lin Lan, so it cannot be said that they had any resentment.
At this moment, Lin Lan seemed to be behaving normally and was more aware than most people, so they had a good impression of her.
Yu Mozi spat fiercely, "Why are you pretending? Who doesn't know how to say nice things? Of course you have to pretend when you become an official. Even a little bitch like you wants to step on me to show off. Which eye of yours will let me eat?"
Mai Sui was so angry that his face turned pale. "The captain said it, but you were still chewing. We all saw it."
Erwang: "Why is your mouth so dirty? We all saw it. You are the one who eats the most! You are such a greedy person!"
Other students immediately testified.
Sanwang: "Not only did you eat it, you also hid it. Your pockets are full of it."
Yu Mozi scolded them for meddling in other people's business, grabbed a hoe and started hitting the wheat ears.
The captain quickly shouted: "Big mole, what are you doing!"
Yu Mole, however, took the opportunity to beat Mai Sui to vent his anger.
Lin Lan rushed over and grabbed Yu Meizi's hoe. "How can you, an adult, bully a child?"
"She slandered me, so of course I had to beat her. If she doesn't learn well at such a young age, what will happen to her when she grows up?"
"You were just cheating just now, why are you pretending?" Lin Lan was not polite at all. She wanted to beat her child behind his back. The last one was still doing hard labor in a labor camp!
Yu Mole started to make a fuss, saying that Lin Lan was bullying others by abusing her power, and that a young lady like her was bullying others.
Lin Lan got angry and went to get a bucket of water. "Rinse your mouth if you can."
Yu Mole's face changed, "Why should I drink cold water?"
When you rinse your mouth, you'll find that it's all white residue from chewing peanuts. Even a fool can see that.
"If you don't dare, don't accuse others of wronging you." Lin Lan snorted contemptuously and put the ladle back.
Mai Sui exclaimed, "Mom, you are so amazing! This is really a good idea."
The production team leader also came over and said, "Well, that's good. That's how it will be from now on. If I say you are not allowed to eat, anyone who still eats it will have to rinse their mouths. If they spit out the white residue, their work points will be deducted."
As he said this, he muttered, "It's not that you can't eat, just eat enough. How can you keep eating? What's the point of eating everything?"
The women all felt guilty and naturally dared not complain.
The production team leader was very happy and praised her for coming up with a good idea.
However, Lin Lan didn't want to let Yu Mole go. He kept swearing at home all day long, which was as unpleasant as it could be. Now that they met again on a narrow road, she certainly couldn't just leave him like that.
She said coldly: "We just eat a few snacks to relieve our hunger, why do you steal them? You'd better give them out, because everyone has a share of what you stole."
Yu Mozi jumped up suddenly, "You are so arrogant, who stole it?"
Sanwang: "You put it in your pocket."
Yu Moezi suddenly turned over his trouser pockets and jacket pockets, and found dirt inside, but no peanuts.
"Look, where is it?" She showed it to the captain and then started crying, "The officials are bullying people, taking advantage of their power, is there any justice in the world?"
The women nearby were also puzzled. The remaining mole was indeed hidden. They were watching it hiding in its pockets while eating. How come it disappeared now?
Lin Lan sneered and walked forward to grab Yu Moezi's clothes, "Searching pockets is nothing."
She reached out and grabbed Yu Mole's armpit.
Yu Moezi immediately hid, "What are you doing?"
Now that it's cold, everyone wears a jacket, and the older ones who are afraid of the cold even wear a small cotton jacket. If you wear more clothes, it will be less likely to be discovered if you hide something.
Sanwang moved nimbly, reaching under the hem of Yu Moezi's clothes and pulling out a cloth bag from inside. "Wow!"
Everyone only saw a bulging cloth bag, which must have weighed three or four pounds, right?
This, this is too awesome!
Some people were angry. These were peanuts that everyone had a share of. Why did she steal them?
Yu Moezi didn't expect to be discovered, "Ah - I won't live any longer!" She sat down on the ground and started crying, "You are hooligans, you are hooligans!"
Xiaowang, who was playing at the same time, also ran over with Wangwang and asked curiously, "What is hooliganism?"
The production team leader said angrily: "You are just a seven-year-old kid, what kind of hooliganism are you playing? You are still trying to make excuses."
Sanwang blinked, pointed at Yu Mole and shouted, "Look! She has grown a really big penis!"
Everyone was stunned when they heard this. The sharp-eyed ones immediately noticed that there was a big bulge in the middle of Yu Mole's pants. It was definitely...
Lin Lan: “…”
She touched Sanwang's head. This kid has a really sharp eye.
Yu Mole didn't care about crying and hurried to hide, but unfortunately she hadn't put on cotton pants yet. In order to make it easier to work, she basically wore single pants. The cloth bag she put in her pants couldn't hide it, after all, she stole too many peanuts. She was hiding it and it wasn't obvious at first, but when she got excited and sat on the ground just now, she was exposed.
Lin Lan grabbed Sanwang's neck and whispered, "Don't look around."
Sanwang: "Mom, I didn't mean to do that. Her penis is so big, just like my dad's. I saw it right away."
The scene fell into an eerie silence.
Suddenly, there was a loud laugh, "Haha, hahahahahahaha..."
The women all looked at Lin Lan with a look that said, "You are so lucky."
Lin Lan: “!!!”
You unlucky child, how could you betray your father?
She feels like a helpless child who is being coaxed by adults to brag about his parents' love affairs outside. She really needs to be taught a lesson.
She pulled Sanwang aside and said, "Sanwang, don't say such things in the future."
Sanwang: "I'm telling the truth again?" He felt a little aggrieved, "They always say it, why can't I say it?"
There is not much entertainment in the countryside. Men often talk dirty when they gather together. Women also talk a lot when they gather together. Even old ladies who are not careful will talk nonsense when they tease children. Those adolescent boys gather together and whisper even more.
Sanwang followed them to join in the fun and naturally heard some of it.
Children don't really understand. They take whatever others say as interesting and act like they are showing off or provoking others. If they can make girls get scared and scream at adults for scolding them, they will find it even more interesting.
"It doesn't matter what they say. If the adults hear it, they will beat you up." Lin Lan threatened him, "Don't say it again."
She also listed several private parts that were not allowed to be mentioned, because if they were mentioned, everyone would laugh at them and they would get beaten by their parents.
Sanwang pouted, "I know," and then he had to mutter, "Her penis is so big, I wonder if it will go the farthest when I pee."
Children love to stand in a line and compete to see who can pee the farthest.
Lin Lan felt helpless. Should she let her father educate her in this situation?
After educating Sanwang, when Lin Lan returned, she could still feel all kinds of teasing, envious and jealous eyes from all around her.
She was almost going crazy. Is there anything serious to do? What a big dick.
Yu Meizi had to take out another cloth bag, which contained five pounds of peanuts. No one knew how she hid it. It was difficult for her to carry two big bags while working.
"It's because you're old. If you were younger, you would have to pretend to be pregnant." Someone mocked her.
Yu Moezi stopped swearing this time. He was dejected and tried to run away but was caught and brought back.
The production team leader said angrily, "This is too much. We will criticize him by name at the meeting tonight. If he is not explained clearly, who knows what will happen in the future."
When Yu Mozi heard that there was going to be a meeting to criticize her, she was so frightened that her face turned pale and she quickly said, "Captain, I won't dare to do it again in the future. I will never steal again. But you don't dare to criticize me."
The production team leader was just trying to scare people. Criticizing people by name in a meeting is different from criticizing them. Criticizing people by name will not result in beatings or changing their class background.
Yu Mole started crying again: "We all ate, why do you only criticize me? Why do I have such a miserable life? I am bullied."
Hearing her fooling around like this, the production team leader got angry again, "If you don't want to criticize her, then you can just take the team's gong and knock yourself to admit your mistakes."
Yu Mole covered his face and started crying, "I have no face——"
She turned her head and looked at Lin Lan, thinking that it was Lin Lan who was behind this, deliberately letting the production team leader humiliate her so that she could avenge herself for scolding them. She did not reflect on her own mistakes, but believed that Han Qingsong was a personal vendetta, and that other village cadres humiliated her in order to please Han Qingsong.
Lin Lan didn't even bother to look at her, it could be said that she was dismissive.
"Captain, can we share the peanuts now?" someone shouted.
The crops were transported to the production team's field, which was in the south. Some of their families lived at the back of the village, so they had to go back and forth and carry the crops home with great effort.
Peanuts and soybeans were not paid much as public rations, and were basically distributed among the members. They were the main source of edible oil for them.
When one person says it, the others respond, “Yeah, let’s split up.”
The production team leader had no problem with this. They had to divide the fruits sooner or later anyway, so the same thing applies whether they were fresh or dried.
Only enough was needed to be kept for the public rations and the brigade's levy, and the rest was shared among the members.
Each production team had its own accountant and scorer. They would send someone to bring over the scales. The scorer would call out the name of the accountant in charge of the scales, and they would weigh the freshly harvested peanuts in piles. Whoever's turn it was would transport the peanuts home.
The members happily picked peanuts to take home.
This time, the first one to be divided is Lin Lan’s family.
Someone shouted, "Why is her family the first to be divided?" It must be because Han Qingsong became the director. After all, Lin Lan's family was not first in line, so it was not their turn to be divided first before.
Those that are sorted first can be transported home first, while those that are sorted later may have to wait until dark, which is inconvenient.
And the ones that are divided first are definitely the largest and best ones. When the ones are divided later, only the small ones with some dirt and clods of dirt are left.
The members all like to divide their own family first.
The captain shouted, "Today, Da Wang's mother gave me a good idea. Since San Wang has made great contributions, we should give her family the first share. What do you think?"
Then no one spoke.
Peanuts are a supplementary food, not a staple food, and are not included in the food quota. Basically, the total amount is calculated and then distributed according to the number of people in the household.
Of course, it is also divided according to work points.
Now the ratio of work points to population points is 40%, and the members can accept this more easily if the total grain is divided into 40% according to population and 60% according to work points.
Compared with the previous situation where 70% of the population worked 30% or even 80% of the population worked 20%, now both fairness and poverty alleviation are taken into consideration. It not only takes care of those families with a large population and few workers, but also takes care of those families with more labor and seeking fairness.
If eight people do two jobs for every two people who work, the family with more people will take advantage, while the family with more labor and fewer people will suffer. This will hurt the enthusiasm of the members, and the laborers will not contribute and will be too lazy to raise other people's children.
Many villages are still like this now.
However, Shanzui Village has long been implementing a 40% work-60% job system, and even had a 30% work-70% job system for a while, in order to increase the enthusiasm of the laborers so that they would not stop working and the total output value would decrease.
There are seven people in Lin Lan's family, and the money is only for six people.
By this time, Han Qingsong had already been demobilized and was no longer a professional soldier, so of course he could no longer enjoy the full work point benefits that the village had previously given him.
Now that he has changed his job and become a cadre, he has his own salary, and his grain and oil household registration is in the commune, not in the village; his household registration is in the county town, not in the village, so Han Qingsong has no share.
Lin Lan said: "Captain, can we take the work points and include the child's father's share as well?"
It is always more cost-effective to get supplements from the production team with money and work points than to buy them from outside.
The production team leader naturally agreed, and the peanuts were taken from the reserve without reducing the amount allocated to others.
This way other people won’t have any objections.
Lin Lan: "Erwang and Mai Sui will take Xiaowang home to cook, Sanwang will stay here to watch, and I will go get the tools to pick the peanuts."
Sanwang: "I'll go call my father and elder brother."
"They are still picking corn. I will just go."
As he was speaking, he saw Han Qingsong coming from another direction.
At this time, a young man in the team who usually liked to take advantage of other women, had a loose mouth and liked to say dirty words shouted: "Yu Mozi, bring your cloth bag over here for comparison. Sanwang, is your father really that big?"
Sanwang had been taught by Lin Lan that he shouldn't talk about breasts and penis in public, so he snorted immediately, "It's bigger than yours anyway!"
That person: "...Haha, you naughty kid, you have never seen me."
As he said this, he glanced at Lin Lan, trying to see some reaction from her face.
Some men don't say anything to their wives at home, but when they go out and meet other girls or wives in the village, they like to make obscene jokes with them.
As if this would give you a great deal!
Sanwang rushed over and said, "My dad can pee in your face!"
This time the man's face turned purple and he left angrily.
Lin Lan: "Sanwang, please be more polite when you speak, don't be so vulgar."
Sanwang responded quickly, "Oh, by the way, I should let him compete with my dad himself."
Lin Lan: ...
The other members who heard it also laughed.
At this time, Han Qingsong had already strode over and looked at Lin Lan, "What are you talking about?"
Lin Lan was fine at first, but when she saw the cloth bag in Yu Mozi's hand, she couldn't help but think of something indescribable. She blushed all of a sudden and quickly squatted down to pick up her own