When the three little babies were over one year old, they could eat more.
Now that he has teeth, he can not only drink corn porridge and flour porridge, but also eat corn cakes and mixed flour buns.
In order to satisfy his three children's cravings, Wang Jianguo would go to the supply and marketing cooperative every once in a while to buy some snacks for his wife Huang Yuelan, three sons and two brothers-in-law.
Before she had children, Huang Yuelan loved to eat snacks, but now she saves them all for her younger brother and sons.
In special times, we need to live frugally.
There is a saying that goes: If you have enough food and clothes, you will not be poor, but if you don't plan well, you will be poor.
Wang Jianguo went to the production team to do hard work every day, and Huang Yuelan took care of her three sons every day.
Of course, in addition to taking care of the children, Huang Yuelan is not idle either. She often takes the children to the private plot to weed, apply manure, or collect firewood.
When she went out that day, Huang Yuelan pushed a wheelbarrow with one basket for each son. She tied them with ropes, took the farm tools, and pushed them up the mountain.
Although the team leader was kind enough to give their family some private plots, the nearby private plots with fertile soil had already been picked up by others, and all that was left were those that were far away and had less fertile soil.
But even if it's just the leftovers from others, it's better than nothing.
The team leader also knew that these lands were either far away or barren, so he distributed more.
When Huang Yuelan arrived at the private plot, she was covered in sweat, because the distance was not just far, but very far, and it took her almost an hour to get there.
When they arrived at their family's private plot, Huang Yuelan took Wang Aiguo and his two brothers out of the basket, found a shady spot, spread a burlap bag on the grass, and let the three sons play there.
Because the private plot was too far away and inconvenient to manage, Huang Yuelan planted some very easy-to-care-for crops, such as sweet potatoes.
Compared with other crops, this type of crop requires less water and does not require pesticides. Even in the event of drought, it can still produce a harvest. It can be said that it can ensure a stable harvest regardless of drought or flood.
Although the three brothers are all cute, they are all very naughty. None of them will admit defeat, and none of them will give in to others. They often quarrel over trivial matters.
Whenever this happened, Huang Yuelan would observe for a while, because they would tend to reconcile quickly.
After removing the weeds, Huang Yuelan caught some grasshoppers from the mountain and strung them all on the grass, preparing to go home and make braised grasshoppers. Huang Yuelan was lucky enough to find three full strings.
This kind of rhubarb grasshopper has a lot of meat, which is very tender and chewy and tastes very good.
In today's world where supplies are scarce and life is hard, being able to eat a dish of braised grasshoppers is definitely a very happy thing.
After returning home, Huang Yuelan prepared a hot pot and lit a fire. When the pot was hot, she scooped some lard from the ceramic oil tank.
Because oil was a rare commodity, only a little could be put in. It was impossible to put in as much as one wanted like in later generations.
Put the grasshoppers that have been selected and cleaned in advance into the oil pan, stir-fry for a while, and the aroma will come out immediately.
When the three little ones smelled such a pleasant smell, they all lay down at the stove and waited, staring at the pot eagerly, wishing they could start eating right away, and occasionally put some firewood into the stove.
Of course, they filled it in randomly. They couldn't tell when to put the coarse firewood and when to put the fine firewood, so they just imitated the adults and filled it with firewood.
When Wang Jianguo got home from work, the three little ones immediately ran towards him happily, vying for a hug. It was obvious that they loved their dad very much.
"It smells so good. Let's go see what delicious food your mother has prepared." Wang Jianguo carried his three sons to the kitchen.
"Wife, what are you cooking? It smells like fried grasshoppers." Wang Jianguo hadn't eaten for a long time. When he smelled it, his appetite was immediately aroused. However, as long as the food was cooked by his wife, he would think it was delicious, even if it was boiled sweet potatoes.
Huang Yuelan took out some of the firewood that the children had put in. There were too many and the trees were not growing well. "You guessed right. I went to weed our private plot today and caught some grasshoppers."
Huang Yuelan put all the grasshoppers on the wooden plate made by Wang Jianguo. Wang Jianguo's face was full of disbelief after seeing it.
"Wife, how come you caught so many?!" Wang Jianguo asked back.
Huang Yuelan: "It was mainly to weed. I caught them for a short while after finishing the work. Otherwise, I could have caught more."
"My wife is so amazing. Others can't catch so many even if they go to the mountains specifically. You took some time to catch a whole plate. It's really amazing." Wang Jianguo was not flattering his daughter-in-law. He admired her from the bottom of his heart.
On weekdays when there was not much work in the production team, some villagers would go to the mountains to find some grasshoppers to eat in order to satisfy their cravings. Although grasshoppers were small, they were meat.
But even if you search for a whole day, you may not find as many wives as you can.
My wife is really awesome!
It was the autumn harvest season again, and the production team held a mobilization meeting as usual. The team leader spoke loudly and vigorously on the stage, and the villagers were so excited that they were all as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
"We must win this war without gunpowder!"
“Responsibility is heavier than Mount Tai!”
“If you feel the hardship, think about the 25,000 Red Army soldiers. If you feel tired, think about the veteran revolutionaries!”
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Seeing everyone so excited, Huang Yuelan was unusually calm. After all, even if she wanted to participate, she couldn't do anything to help.
Wang Jianguo was still entrusted with the important task of grain transportation.
Because he was extremely strong and could do the work of four or five other people, the team leader arranged the task this time differently from in the past. Wang Jianguo was the only member assigned to transport the grain.
All the others are engaged in harvesting, loading and drying the grain, which greatly speeds up the harvesting of the grain.
Last year, because Wang Jianguo worked well and quickly and was eager to do the work, other members who were transporting grain had no work to do, and some of them had to hide in the shade of trees to cool off.
Huang Yuelan felt distressed when she saw her husband transporting grain to the threshing ground time and time again, with each trip carrying several hundred kilograms.
She went to the supply and marketing cooperative early in the morning and weighed out some hard dishes and a few pounds of meat. Because pork was already in short supply, the villagers would weigh a little more in order to increase their strength and complete the task, making the supply even tighter.
Wang Jianguo works so hard, he must eat something good to replenish his body, otherwise even a body of iron cannot withstand such hardship.
The production team primary school was on holiday, not summer vacation or winter vacation, but a half-month holiday during the autumn harvest. Everyone habitually called it the autumn vacation because the teachers were also involved in the autumn harvest and had no time to teach, so the students also had a holiday.
However, this holiday is not that fun, because the children also have to work together, and for many students it would be better for them to go to school during this holiday.
Older girls and boys worked with the adults and were given work points. Generally, they could get three points, and if they were better off, they could get four points.
People like Huang Yueqiang and Huang Yuehu, who were neither big nor small, went to pick rice ears and then converted them into work points based on their weight.
The two brothers worked very hard. Every morning after breakfast they would take a big bag and go to pick rice ears.
Why do ordinary people work so hard all year round? Isn’t it just for the hope of a good harvest?
Seeing that a bumper grain harvest is imminent this year, everyone is working very hard, although it is a bit hard.
If you have food in your hands, you will not be afraid.
As long as their production team has a good harvest, they can ensure that they will not go hungry for the whole year, and no one will starve to death.
Is there anything else that can get people excited like this?
So even if everyone's backs ached and their hands were covered with blisters, they still persisted.
All the hard work was finally paid off. All the grain was harvested and dried, and most of it was stored in the granary.
When everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that all the food was about to be stored in the granary, who knew that on that day, which was still sunny in the morning, it suddenly rained heavily at noon.
There was a period of heavy rain and hailstones. The hailstones were as big as eggs and hurt people's heads very much.
The rainstorm came suddenly and no one was prepared, so they were caught off guard.
It would have been better if it had just been heavy rain, but there was really no way to deal with the hailstones as big as eggs. Some people wanted to go out and harvest crops in the face of the hail, but as soon as they went out they were hit so hard that it hurt, and the team leader stopped them immediately.
"Forget it, forget it, everyone come back quickly. If we go out, people will be killed!" Fan Ming hurriedly stopped the villagers who were rushing out.
The villagers felt heartbroken when they saw the grain on the threshing ground being washed away by the rain.
After waiting for the hail to stop, the team leader took the lead and went into the heavy rain to collect some grain.
Although there was a partial loss, it was much better than other production teams. After all, most of the grain of their First Production Team had been delivered to the grain storage, and only a small amount remained on the threshing ground.
Most of the grain in other production teams was not harvested, as a large area of the grain in the fields was hit by hail. In other production teams, most of the grain was in the threshing grounds, and when the heavy rain came, only a small amount of it was harvested, as most of it was washed away by the rain.
Usually, heavy rain comes quickly and goes away quickly, but this time the rain was different. It lasted for three days and three nights.
The rainstorm affected a wide area. Not only did Hongqi Commune suffer heavy losses, but even the neighboring Dakeng Production Team and Liujiatun Production Team suffered heavy losses.
Although their First Production Team of the Red Flag Commune was not spared, it was considered the luckiest one among all the production teams.
Other teams couldn’t even pay the public grain tax in full, not only that, they also needed relief food to survive the winter.
However, not only did their production team have no problem paying the public grain tax, but they even had a lot left over after paying it.
Sometimes the sense of happiness comes from comparison. At the beginning, the villagers felt sad because they lost some grain, but after learning that their production team suffered the least loss and harvested the most grain, everyone felt very proud.
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