Everyone was very surprised when they heard what Li Waishan said, but at the same time they couldn't believe it.
"Is this true? Is there such a thing?"
"The village chief said so, how could it be false? It must be true!"
"Pfft, ha, rub your hands together, try to change your luck, I must draw a big, expensive one."
When they heard this, they immediately spat on their hands and rubbed their hands.
"Hey, look, something's been carried up over there."
There were five or six one-meter-wide square tables on the threshing floor. Xie Zhenghe and Xie Wangcai put all the things Su Li bought on them, including bedding, thermos, cloth, brown sugar, enamel cups...
Seeing so many things made people's blood boil. Many of them had been to the county town and the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things, but they didn't go there often and the things they bought were all cheap. They didn't dare to look at the expensive things in the supply and marketing cooperative for a second. Sometimes, if they looked too much, they would be scolded by the salesperson in the supply and marketing cooperative and they wanted to turn around and leave.
But now, with so many rare and precious things piled up in front of them, everyone was excited when they saw them. Even though Li Waishan mentioned a lot of prizes, no one had seen them and they were just having fun. If they really saw them, who wouldn’t be excited and envious?
Now everyone knows that this is true. In the past, they have heard that other production teams have distributed fish and other things. It’s not that they don’t envy them, but even though they envy them, they don’t have the courage to give up their work on the fields and do other things.
Farmers have a deep love for the land and will never give it up.
Li Waishan placed the cardboard box filled with lots in front of him.
"Next, I will call out names according to the number of work points. Those whose names are called will draw lots. Whatever they draw will go to Zhenghe and Wangcai to receive the prize. Now, Xie Rong will come up."
"I...it's me, I'm here." Xie Rong ran to the front with shaking legs. He was a relatively honest man who only cared about working. This was his first time standing in front of so many people. He had a stiff smile on his face. Under Li Waishan's gentle smile, he reached into the box, closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and took one out.
"Xie Rong, what did you catch?"
"Can you open it and take a look?"
"Ouch, I'm so anxious."
Xie Rong was illiterate. After looking at the note for a while, he smiled awkwardly. He had no choice but to hand the note to Li Waishan. Then Li Waishan remembered that this kid had never been to school. Look, this is the disadvantage of being illiterate.
"Xie Rong, the prize is a thermos."
Xie Rong's face lit up with joy, this was something he wanted to buy. He had been planning how to spend the bonus he got when food was distributed in the morning. His parents were getting older and needed a thermos to get through the winter.
With red eyes, he walked up to Xie Zhenghe and handed him the note in his hand. After Xie Zhenghe read it, he asked him to pick one himself. He picked a bright red one. The thermos was also bright red. After he picked it, he came down holding the thermos, grinning happily.
People who see this look are extremely envious.
Seeing that Xie Rong really got the things, everyone looked at Li Waishan with joy, expecting him to call out their names.
"Next, Xie Qiangsheng."
"I...I'm here."
Xie Qiangsheng ran over in a hurry, and he almost fell down when he rushed over Li Waishan's lecture.
"Slow down, can you still run?"
Li Waishan scolded him, but he wasn't really angry, he just felt sad. Everyone below laughed.
"Hey, Qiangsheng, why are you so anxious? It's easier to have a daughter if you're so anxious, hahaha..."
"Fuck you, I'm not in a hurry at all."
"Hahaha..."
Even though I said I was not in a hurry, my hands were still shaking.
"Dad, please pull out some cloth for my mom to make new clothes." Xie Qiangsheng's wife felt very warm in her heart when she heard her son say this.
Xie Qiangsheng's mother, however, had a sullen face and pointed at her grandson, "Little bastard, I love you in vain. You don't care about your grandma at all. You are as heartless as your father."
"Mother, I don't want the cloth. I'll give you the ones I got from Qiangsheng."
"Humph, of course my son respects me, why do you have to be so nosy?"
Xie Qiangsheng only heard his son's voice, but did not hear the voice of his wife being scolded by his mother.
After a while, he fumbled around, making Li Waishan anxious, "Hurry up, there are so many people behind, hurry up, or someone else will come."
"Draw, draw, draw, draw, village chief, take a look."
Li Waishan read it out in front of everyone, "Xie Qiangsheng, a new quilt weighing eight kilograms. Oh, that's fine. This one is made of cotton quilt made of high-quality material. You are so lucky!"
"Hehehe...Thank you, village chief."
Xie Qiangsheng took the new quilt. He knew it was made of cotton as soon as he touched it. It was so soft. He happily walked to his wife with the quilt in his arms and said, "Wife, what do you think? There are so many quilts. We can take them apart and make new ones for the kids."
Xie Qiangsheng's wife forced a smile and pushed Xie Qiangsheng, "Dad, why don't you just use me for the rest of your life."
Xie Qiangsheng's mother had her eyes fixed on the new quilt. Such a precious thing was wasted by the second son's family. It was given to the third son. The third son's family would definitely take two quilts and give one to her and one to their grandson.
So when she listened to the words of the second son's wife, she stared at Xie Qiangsheng. Xie Qiangsheng felt a sinking feeling in his heart when he saw his mother's shining eyes. There were not many things in his house. All the things his mother took away from his own house went to the third son's house. Even after they separated, she still came to take things every few days. Even the eggs she cooked for the kids were taken away.
It was difficult for him to buy anything nice at home now, so he would not give it away no matter what.
"Mom, Dad and my third brother will go up to draw the lottery later. They will definitely get more prizes than ours. I won't give this to you. I'll let Huishuang take it home. Huishuang, give it to you."
The moment Xie Qiangsheng's wife held the new quilt, she could no longer say no, because the quilt was so soft. She had never been covered with such a soft quilt in her life. The satin back and the pure cotton quilt lining were so soft no matter how she looked at it. Seeing her son's longing eyes, she hugged him tightly in her arms, and without even saying hello, she turned around, holding the quilt and pulling her son away.
Xie Qiangsheng's mother was so angry at the behavior of the second family that her breath was stuck in her throat, unable to go up or down. But no one cared about her because the lottery was still going on.
Soon, there were fewer and fewer prizes on the table. Most people drew what they wanted. Every household was very happy. However, there were still many people in the threshing floor. It was a happy thing to watch others draw prizes and receive prizes.
By the time everyone had finished drawing the prizes, it was almost dark and everyone was gathering in groups of three or four chatting and laughing. Li Waishan looked at everyone and felt that many of them had never seen such a scene before. The last time he saw one was when the production team decided to raise pigs and distributed pork for the first time.
Li Waishan cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, please be quiet. In addition to the prizes we received this time, our village also has the red money from the brown sugar factory that has not been distributed to everyone. Why not distribute it today? Because this money is also calculated according to work points. The more you work, the more you get, and the less you work, the less you get. No one needs to complain. The head of each household will go to the village office to collect the money and put his fingerprints on it. That's it. Let's adjourn today!"
"Hey, listen to what the village chief said. Why are there so many things going on today? It's like a dream. Pinch me."
"Oh, you really pinched me so hard, you want to live, you silly woman."
"How can it be so beautiful? These days are so hopeful!"
"Thanks to the Zhengchuan family, she was always out of tune before, who would have thought that she would still care about the villagers after she changed her ways."
"Isn't it? Look at how much she has lived in this age group. She can smell the aroma of meat every day. She still thinks about us even though she is so old. Just think about it, I secretly scolded her before!"
"Me too..."
"Let's go to her house to pay our respects after the holiday. Isn't Su Li pregnant? We can at least bring some gifts and visit her to show our love."
"Yes, the Xie family has made great progress this generation. It's time to go and see them when the time comes."
"Let's go together sometime."
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