Chapter 453: Being fooled again
“And there are wolves out there!
However, although the environment in East City is bad, our life is not difficult.
After being busy for half a year, the house was filled with food and sausages.
In winter, we stayed on the warm kang, thinking about making delicious food every day, such as sticky rice cakes, Laobian dumplings, Dongshi Huitou, white meat blood sausage, various cakes...
There are so many that I can’t even count them. If you come in winter, I guarantee that you won’t have the same thing every day all winter long!
Everyone has eaten so much that they are fat and don’t want to walk anymore.”
An Zhixia had eaten these before, and mouth-watering images were rolling in her mind!
She nodded regretfully, "Who said it wasn't?"
“If you ask me, the winter in your central region is not easy either.
From spring ploughing to October, the next six months are spent resting at home or going out to do odd jobs, which is almost the same as us sleeping on the kang.
The grain we grow in half a year is not only enough for us to eat as much as we want, but also pays a lot of public grain to the state. We also have a surplus to sell to the supply and marketing cooperatives, and the money we earn is almost the same as doing odd jobs.”
The audience's hearts were burning with excitement.
They were city dwellers, not short of money, but with limited food supplies. They considered eating a meal made from Fuqiang flour a treat, and usually ate steamed buns and flower rolls made from three-grain flour.
Moreover, they had many relatives in the countryside, and every household had young boys calculated by the dozen. In order not to go hungry, every mistress would be thrifty, eating dry rice during the busy farming season and two meals a day on ordinary days, each of which was made of sweet potato dumplings.
I do odd jobs during the slack season. Haha, where can I find so many odd jobs in the town?
If, they suddenly thought, if their relatives went to the East Market, wouldn’t there be countless fields that could be reclaimed and planted?
There were many fields there, and the farmers had a lot of strength, so how much could they cultivate? And there were so many weeds, so the relatives could secretly cultivate more fields to supplement the family income.
When the rice and wheat are harvested, won’t they who are in their hometown also benefit from it?
Most of their three generations ago were poor farmers, and many of their aunts and uncles were also in the countryside, so they knew something about crops.
The program crew can lie, Teacher Xiao An can be a stand-in, and the old man can brag, but the crops that are growing well in the camera are real and cannot be disguised!
The poultry and livestock that are familiar with the village are all fat and good-looking.
"Uncle, I see that your village has a lot of chickens, ducks, geese and pigs?" This is a phenomenon not found in many rural areas. The flocks of poultry are really surprising.
The old man smiled proudly and said: "Haha, right? Many people who come to visit our relatives were shocked when they saw us. They thought our commune was running a breeding farm.
In fact, after the economic organization was liberalized in the past two years, every household in our country has raised quite a few.
Thanks to the fact that we have a lot of land, we can just reclaim some and grow some wild vegetables and grains that chickens, ducks, geese and pigs like to eat without having to take careful care of them.
They can grow quickly and well on their own and don't need to be taken out of our food rations.
Of course, you can raise as many as you can at home, and also some geese and dogs. You don’t need to watch them, these two little creatures can keep an eye on the house!
When the weather gets cooler, most of them are slaughtered and made into bacon and sausages. They are delicious whether stewed, fried or steamed.
When the weather warms up, we can use the kang to hatch a batch of chicks, ducklings, and geese, and raise a few piglets. Next year will be another year of good fortune! "
An Zhixia asked in surprise: "Here you have all the meat you want?"
"That's not a big deal," the old man nodded with a smile, "Do you think that just because you're on a TV show, you have the face to ask the villagers to prepare the best food for you?
We are hospitable, but we are not fools.
Naturally, we will treat you according to our family's conditions."
"So, the meals we eat at the landlord's house are all home-cooked meals?" An Zhixia asked the audience's thoughts bit by bit.
"Yes," the old man nodded.
"Uncle, it was easy for people to migrate in the past, but does the country still allow it now? For example, when we were recording a program, we had to apply for approval and get a letter of introduction, and there was still a limit on the period of stay.
I think many people from poor families would also like to experience what it feels like to have enough food and warm clothes through our program.”
"The organization has measures," the old man said with a smile and enthusiasm, "Our land in East City is fertile and there is a lot of land, but not many people are cultivating it.
Therefore, the organization stipulated that whoever could settle here would receive half a year’s food, and the commune would help build houses, and they would not have to pay public grain for the first three years! ”
The audience was about to cry after hearing this. If he was speaking from the organization, then what the old man said must be true!
They listened attentively with their ears pricked up, some even took notes, or asked the younger generations in the family to help write down, for fear of missing any details.
After this period was over, they could no longer sit still, and took advantage of the remaining half day of the weekend to grab a small package and go visit their relatives.
As soon as they went out, they ran into their neighbors. They were all stunned and asked in unison: "Are you home today?"
Then they smiled and answered in unison: "I watched 'Speedy Summer' with the kids and forgot the time..."
They laughed out loud: "Are you going to visit relatives and talk about the East Market?"
Well, everyone has the same purpose, so they couldn't help but get together to discuss a few words, and they believed that in front of the whole country, and the leaders might also be keeping an eye on "Jisu Xia Hua", what happened on TV was almost correct!
The news that northeastern Xiahua was vast, sparsely populated, and fertile spread quickly. Local organizations were alarmed, and they quickly asked their superiors for their opinions and issued a series of announcements.
In the past few years, the educated youth went to the countryside to relieve the pressure in the city, but this approach is not suitable for long-term development. The educated youth returned to their hometowns, which created a series of serious legacy problems.
Now if some people choose to move to Dongshi, especially hard-working farmers, it will be the best of both worlds. Farmers can have enough food and clothing, and they can also pay more public grain to ease the pressure on the country.
This wave came suddenly but with great force, because the program team showed the self-sufficient happiness of the people of Dongshi in many ways, and the farmers whose children were running out of food and were on the brink of despair, gritted their teeth and signed up, ready to respond to the organization and carry out large-scale migration.
Amid the excitement of the audience, An Zhixia and her team won first place with their impressive performance.
Because the flag-finding segment was wide and difficult, the "Rainbow" girl group, which had been at a disadvantage, gained an advantage and won second place.
Li Ruze's family from Sa City, Western Province, who were relatively new to the East, unexpectedly won the third place by accident.
On the contrary, Ai Zhuojia, Hong Lixin and other guests who had been following the Fang family all the way put the cart before the horse and still failed to make the top three.
(End of this chapter)
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