Chapter 72 Chapter 72 Chapter 72 Chapter 72...
Chapter 72
In recent years, in order to avoid exacerbating the conflict between villagers and educated youth, the village has distributed food rations to the members in two installments.
The first time was to distribute the "six per person" portion, which was the basic food ration for each member.
This part is for everyone, and when the time comes, people will be called out one by one to come forward and collect the food.
The remaining 'fourth part' will be distributed later, usually when the weather is cold, the water is frozen, and people are freezing outside.
When the division was completed, it was in a small office in the village committee compound. The office was small, and once the village cadres sat in it, not many people could come in.
Whether these work points were to be exchanged entirely for grain, cash, or even split equally was up to the members themselves. When distributing them, there was no roll call; instead, work points were distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, with members lining up on a voluntary basis.
Those who arrived early lined up at the front, those who arrived late lined up at the back. The room was small, so after getting your share, you could leave. If you wanted to watch the fun, you could stand in the yard and watch.
Although there was no intention to protect the villagers' personal privacy, this move greatly reduced various disagreements and disputes among the villagers.
The food ration is divided into six work points for each person and four work points for each worker. Weisheng's family came late, so except for the twenty work points given by the village when Ming Yichen taught the whole village how to make potato lanterns, their family only received basic food rations this year.
Since the basic rations were weighed according to household registration, Weisheng and the others did not move forward, but stood at the back waiting.
Ming Yichen has a good temper and is very tolerant and patient towards people and things. Although he does not interact with the villagers as much as other educated youth, it is obvious that he has the best popularity among this group of new educated youth.
Ning Chaoyun had bought chickens and vegetables from the villagers, and he had a few influences with them.
As soon as they arrived, someone they knew called them over to talk. Weisheng looked at Ming Yichen, then at Ning Chaoyun, but in the end, he chose a spot to stand aside without saying anything.
However, she just stood there, looking at the two of them for a while, and then looking at the village committee compound with a meaningful look.
The courtyard was large, with a main house in the middle and two side rooms on either side. The main house had two offices and a room for farm tools and supplies.
The left wing is the village treasury, which is filled with grain. The right wing is also quite large. I heard that it was originally the canteen for members of the collective, but now it is a place for villagers to hold meetings and learn various spiritual things.
Further down the side rooms, on one side is the village's donkey shed and donkey cart, and on the other side is the village's tractor warehouse.
Weisheng walked around the villagers' courtyard and came up with an idea to earn work points.
It was impossible for their family not to work, but if Ming Yichen and Ning Chaoyun were to work, they would probably work themselves to death and earn only a few work points. Since they had to work and earn work points, why not find another way?
"I heard that your name is Ajin. My name is Chunni, Du Chunni."
At this moment, Du Chunni, who was attending high school in the town, was talking to Weisheng with a smile, and waving at Weisheng, motioning her to come over.
Weisheng looked at the young women and young men surrounding Du Chunni and was a little reluctant to go over. But he was also a little curious about what she wanted to do, so he walked over without any objection.
When he walked in front of Du Chunni, Weisheng didn't say anything, but just tilted his head to look at her.
She is a naughty child anyway!
"I heard that the potato lamp our village is using now was your idea."
Yes, that was Weisheng’s idea.
Weisheng told Ming Yichen and Ning Chaoyun that the situation was still unclear, and that leaving the task to her, a naughty child, would allow her to be both offensive and defensive.
Weisheng wanted to protect Ming Yichen, but Ming Yichen couldn't really hide behind his daughter and let her, a child, take the lead.
So when Ming Yichen taught the villagers how to make the potato lantern version of the lemon lantern, he told the villagers that the lantern had existed for a long time, but it was Weisheng who came up with the idea and responded to the country's call for thrift and diligence and shared it with the villagers.
Hearing Du Chunni ask this, Weisheng nodded naturally, "Yeah."
You called me here just to ask this?
I shouldn’t have come here if I had known.
Thinking of this, Weisheng wanted to leave. Just as he looked around, he heard Du Chunni asking Weisheng how she knew about the lamp and who taught her.
Weisheng raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and when he looked at Du Chunni, there was finally a hint of seriousness in his eyes.
It wasn't that Weisheng underestimated the enemy or was arrogant, or that he didn't even think twice when someone started talking. It was just that in the north, aimless chatter was completely normal. If we had to be on high alert every time, it would be exhausting.
For example, when waiting for the bus, if someone asks, "Why hasn't the bus come yet?", as long as there's someone from Northeast China around, they'll be quick to respond and naturally ask, "Which bus are you waiting for?", "I've been waiting for ages," or "This bus is just so slow." Then, two strangers can start chatting animatedly while waiting for the bus...
If Du Chunni were to mention how convenient the lamp was, or bring up some other topic, Weisheng would remain as lazy as before. But when Du Chunni asked Weisheng how he knew about the lamp and who taught her, Weisheng would have to put a little more thought into his response.
Weisheng: "I don't remember. My parents were busy with work and didn't have the energy to take care of me. I was just wandering around the school after school. I might have heard it in a classroom."
After hearing this, Du Chunni continued to talk to Weisheng with a bright smile: "So that's how it is. By the way, I heard that you can not only mix explosives, but also make crossbows. ... Then can you help me make a crossbow?"
"Why not?" Weisheng responded, then kicked the ball away. "Go find the village chief and ask him to write a consent form. You can do as much as you want."
"Huh? Can't we just do it?"
Weisheng shook his head: "The village chief said that he must agree."
This was not really Weisheng fooling people. After shooting the wild boar that day, the village chief and others ran to the foot of the mountain and made three rules with Weisheng.
Du Chunni pursed her lips, thought for a moment and asked Weisheng: "Do you know about red sleeves?"
Weisheng's eyes flickered as he said innocently, "My mother won't let me ruin the cloth."
Du Chunni didn't expect Weisheng to say that. She wanted to explain but after looking around, she didn't continue the topic. Instead, she asked Weisheng in a somewhat awkward manner what he was looking at while standing there alone.
Weisheng was about to speak when she heard Ning Chaoyun calling her. Weisheng uttered an "Ah," and without saying anything to Du Chunni, he squeezed in front of Ning Chaoyun and said, "Mom, are you looking for me?"
Ning Chaoyun nodded and introduced the village women in front of him to Weisheng, "This is your Aunt Liu."
Hearing Ning Chaoyun say this, Weisheng smiled sweetly and called out crisply, "Hello, Aunt Liu!"
"Hey~" Liu Xiuzhi was frightened when she saw the naughty child's eyes fixed on her, but she still smiled at Weisheng and said, "Your mother said you wanted to raise a cat. My Hu Niu gave birth to a litter of kittens last month. After we distribute the food, you and your mother can go to my house and pick some."
Upon hearing this, Wei Sheng smiled broadly, "Thank you, Aunt Liu!"
Wei is pretty and has a sweet and beautiful smile.
Aunt Liu was touched by Weisheng's little appearance and immediately said, "Why thank me? If you like them, pick two more."
"Um!"
Weisheng nodded heavily and smiled even more beautifully.
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Needless to say, Weisheng's household registration file was at the end, so they had to wait until most of the villagers had left before they could receive their food rations.
Aunt Liu's family received the food first, so Weisheng and Ning Chaoyun went home with Aunt Liu to pick a cat.
The mother cat is a chubby civet cat, but only two of the four kittens in the cat nest are civet cats, the other two are orange cats and cow cats.
The kittens were full of fat and were particularly adorable. Seeing that Weisheng and Ning Chaoyun really liked them, Aunt Liu asked them to pick two to take home and raise.
Weisheng thanked Aunt Liu again and signaled Ning Chaoyun to choose first.
Ning Chaoyun picked up the orange cat. Weisheng took it and took a look. He saw that it was a male cat. So Weisheng, who had been scared by the cats in the space for a long time, picked a male civet cat from the remaining three and held it in his arms.
Ning Chaoyun didn't know how to tell a male cat from a female cat, but Aunt Liu noticed Weisheng's actions and immediately asked her if she knew how to tell.
Weisheng nodded and told Aunt Liu with a smile that she had learned a little from a veterinarian when she was in the city.
Ning Chaoyun: What veterinarian? It must be her milk again.
Aunt Liu, who didn't know what Ning Chaoyun was complaining about, also asked Weisheng why he thought of studying veterinary medicine.
Then Weisheng said the schoolwork was too easy, and since her parents were busy with work, she just wandered around the classrooms. She'd been running around so much that she'd learned a little bit of everything. The teachers at the school, knowing she was a child of a working-class family, were willing to teach her a little.
After that, he smiled and said to Aunt Liu, "Aunt, you are so kind. I find that the people in our village are all very nice. Before I came here, I was worried that everyone would be in trouble. Now I am thinking about doing something to repay everyone's kindness. I have been researching non-electric speakers recently. If it is successful, the whole village will be able to listen to the radio."
"Oh my, you're from a poor family, why are you thinking so much?" Aunt Liu smiled when she heard Weisheng say that, but she still gossiped with him about who in the village was the most difficult to get along with. "... Widow Lin in the village, she loves to take advantage of others. She doesn't dare to take advantage of others, but she always orders them around." And they were all men.
"Can't erase" is also the local dialect, which means almost the same as "hard to refuse".
The village widow, Lin, was in her thirties. She was very pretty, with big eyes, a small nose, and a figure that was thin where it was right, plump where it was right. Although her two children were only eight or nine years old, she still looked more charming than others.
The only thing that people criticize her for is that she particularly likes to beg the men in the village with soft words. Today she asks this man to help fetch a few buckets of water, and tomorrow she asks that man to repair her house... These are all small things, but they cannot withstand the large-scale net cast over the years.
In short, almost all the male members in the village, from fifty to eighteen years old, were ordered around by her.
If it was just a simple servant, it would be fine, but there were always rumors in the village. Once the rumors spread, every old woman would have to argue with her husband.
You hit me and I scratched me, no matter who won or lost, in the end many women in the village went to Widow Lin's house to make a big fuss and curse.
Finally, Aunt Liu concluded to Weisheng and Ning Chaoyun who were listening to the gossip: "I think your Lao Ming is just a good-tempered person who can't hide his face."
The implication is that there is a possibility that Widow Lin will target him.
Ning Chaoyun pursed her lips, unwilling to say anything about this matter. Weisheng, however, smiled and said, "There's so much work to do at home. If my dad had the good character of helping others, there would be plenty of work for him to do at home."
I was worried about tiring these two intellectuals, so I didn't let them do any heavy work. If Ming Yichen dared to run out to help others... Humph, then we'll see what your considerate daughter will do.
Aunt Liu thought Weisheng didn't understand, so she glared at her and then looked at Ning Chaoyun, "She's just a kid and doesn't understand. You have to pay more attention to her."
Ning Chaoyun smiled stiffly and nodded obediently to Aunt Liu. Then the topic turned to the kittens. After a few more words, Ning Chaoyun took Weisheng's leave.
The two of them first returned the kittens to the foot of the mountain. Weisheng then took out a kitten-specific flea-killing medicine from his space and applied it to both cats. Afterward, Ning Chaoyun was left to look after the house while she went to the village committee compound.
When Weisheng arrived, it still wasn't their turn. But that was understandable, since each family brought their own ration bags, and after being called and signed, the rations were weighed in front of them before being poured into their bags.
Each person has a certain quota for grain, and Hujia Village not only grows corn but also sorghum. So the amount of corn and sorghum each person weighs depends on the harvest that year.
In short, villagers not only get a certain amount of corn every year, but also sorghum.
This way, it will take a lot more time.
Today we are distributing food. Every family should prepare their own bags to carry the food and find a way to transport the food back home.
Weisheng's family originally wanted to use a bicycle to push the cart, but then Weisheng thought that with Ming Yichen and Ning Chaoyun's easy-going tempers, the cart might have to be borrowed by the villagers today and eventually become useless.
Regardless of whether the bicycle could carry enough food, they would pile it on top. After all, it wasn't their own bicycle, so they naturally didn't feel bad about it.
After expressing his concerns, Ming Yichen and Ning Chaoyun agreed.
When people ask to borrow money, sometimes they really can't bring themselves to say no, but they can't lend one and not the other, so in the end they are the ones who suffer.
After reaching a consensus, Weisheng went to get a bundle of hemp rope, a piece of steel plate that could be folded in half, and two small but sturdy wheels.
Folded, the steel plate is only about the size of a book, but when opened, it's just enough to hold a grain bag. Attach the wheels to the steel plate, and it becomes a simple cart. Place the grain on the steel plate, secure it with a hemp rope, and pull the rope to bring the grain home.
When they got up early, they put the hemp rope and the cart in the grain bag, and then Ming Yichen took it to the village committee compound to wait for the grain to be distributed.
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When Weisheng found Ming Yichen, he was listening to several villagers talking about how the villagers hibernated during the winter.
When Ming Yichen heard that there was almost nothing to do in winter and people just stayed at home, he wanted to say that he could read more books, but he also knew that such words were not suitable to be said here, so he held it back.
Weisheng felt bad for him seeing him like this, but what could he do? In the next ten years, many teachers who taught and educated people were labeled as the "stinking ninth" class, so we really couldn't get ourselves into trouble.
Weisheng didn't go over, but stood not far away and waited for a while. After everyone else left, she walked to Ming Yichen.
Seeing that there was no one around, Ming Yichen whispered to Weisheng about the villagers' hibernation life, where they would rather play poker all day than read a page of books.
What a waste!
"I've asked around, and there's a high school in town. Dad will send you to school next March." Even if he couldn't take the college entrance exam for the time being, he had to finish high school.
After that, he told Weisheng about his decision to give Weisheng extra lessons this winter.
I have to go to school and make up lessons... Weisheng raised his head speechlessly.
snort!
"Um, Ming, Comrade Ming."
Widow Lin saw Weisheng and Ming Yichen standing there talking, and seeing that there were not many people around, she came over with a look of embarrassment on her face as if she was bothering them.
When Weisheng saw that it was Widow Lin, he immediately thought of what Aunt Liu had just said. However, Weisheng did not do anything immediately, but turned to look at their teacher Ming.
Teacher Ming was completely focused on the teaching quality of the town's high school. He came to his senses when he heard someone calling him.
Ming Yichen: "Is there something wrong?"
Widow Lin pointed to the food her two children were looking at when she was asked, then turned to Ming Yichen and said, "I heard you have a bicycle at home, and I really can't take back all this food. Can you lend it to me?"
"The belt is tied."
More than one person asked about the bicycle today, and Ming Yichen said the bicycle strap was tied. He also said that his wife and children didn't want the bicycle to be affected, so they sent him out.
When the others heard him say this, they all laughed and moved on to other things. But Widow Lin was obviously not interested in the topic. After hearing this, she said to Ming Yichen with an embarrassed look on her face: "I have a young child at home, and my period has come again. I haven't been able to use my strength these past two days. Comrade Ming, could you please help me deliver the food home?"
"able!"
Ming Yichen hadn't expected a country woman to be so bold and embarrassed. Just as he was thinking about stopping Widow Lin from continuing, he heard his daughter say "Yes" in a resounding voice.
Like Ming Yichen, Widow Lin did not expect Weisheng to speak, and even said "yes".
What the two of them could not have imagined was Weisheng's next move.
She stepped forward, grabbed Widow Lin's wrist regardless of her struggle, and forcibly took her pulse.
You can tell whether it is your menstrual period by taking your pulse.
Widow Lin had no idea what Weisheng was doing, nor did she imagine that Weisheng could be so good at giving acupuncture and taking pulses at such a young age.
Being hurt by Weisheng, she was surprised at Weisheng's strength, and at the same time looked at Ming Yichen with a face full of anxiety and fear.
When Ming Yichen received Widow Lin's gaze for help, his first reaction was to turn his head away.
No matter if it was his daughter or his mother who was angry, he couldn't afford to offend her. Besides, my daughter could even hit her father and mother... You see, I'm useless.
Widow Lin: ...Who is this man?
On the other side, Weisheng took Widow Lin's pulse and confirmed that she was not menstruating. He sneered at first, then reached into his pocket and stuffed a small pill into Widow Lin's mouth.
That is a medicine for promoting menstruation and activating blood circulation.
Wen Ke'er's daughter had been under a lot of work pressure for a while and hadn't had her period for six months. When she visited her in Zhoushan Town, she casually mentioned it and jokingly said she had hit menopause early.
Then Weisheng prepared some medicine to promote menstruation and blood circulation, some of which he had sent to her and some of which he kept in the space.
Only after forcing Widow Lin to swallow the pill did Weisheng let go of her hand.
Since you want your period so badly, just have it to your heart's content.
"What did you feed me?"
"Don't worry, you'll know soon." After saying that, he didn't care what Widow Lin wanted to ask. He grabbed her shoulders with both hands and turned her over.
Widow Lin turned her back to Ming Yichen and faced the village committee compound. She blinked in surprise and then opened her mouth to ask Weisheng what he was going to do.
Unexpectedly, Weisheng raised his foot and kicked her calf hard. When she leaned back as a conditioned reflex, he grabbed her collar.
Then Weisheng grabbed Widow Lin's collar with one hand and dragged her to the ground. Widow Lin was so scared that she started yelling when she realized what was happening. Weisheng got annoyed and used his other hand to pull Widow Lin's chin down.
Since you have no shame, just get rid of it completely.
After doing all this, Weisheng turned to look at Ming Yichen, "Dad, I'll see her off. You can go home after collecting your rations. Also, tell my mom that I want to have egg custard tonight."
Ming Yichen looked at Weisheng, then at Widow Lin who was struggling hard despite being unable to speak, and finally said to Weisheng with some concern: "Then you should go back early."
Widow Lin: No, that’s what you’re talking about?
Yes, is that what you said to your daughter?
Whether it was Widow Lin, or the villagers and educated youth who had not left the village committee compound, they all looked at Ming Yichen in disbelief.
Although I know that the rules in your family are different from ours, you just watched your daughter drag a living person away.
What else?
Ming Yichen felt helpless, as he thought his daughter was greatly influenced by her grandmother.
Not to mention anything else, it has been so many years since liberation, why are we still using the pre-liberation system?
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Just as the naughty kid was dragging Widow Lin towards the Lin family, Widow Lin's two children, one stayed there to watch the food, and the other ran over to stop Weisheng.
Weisheng looked at the older boy and said nothing. Instead, he bent down and put Widow Lin's chin back in place. Then he told her, "Either I drag you and your daughter home together, or I can let your son go find the village chief."
Widow Lin had been struggling just now. Although she stopped struggling because of Weisheng's words, she also knew that her struggle was completely insignificant to Weisheng.
Fearing that Weisheng would actually attack her son, Widow Lin, who was still able to speak, did not curse Weisheng immediately. Instead, she shouted to her son, "Go find the village chief, go quickly."
When the boy heard his mother say this, he hesitated for a moment and then ran away.
Weisheng continued to drag Widow Lin back to her home.
Then, Widow Lin, who was able to speak, was afraid that if she scolded Weisheng again, Weisheng would attack her even more cruelly before the village chief and the others arrived. In addition, she remembered the medicine Weisheng had just fed her, so she softened her attitude and pleaded with Weisheng in a gentle voice.
Weisheng got tired of listening after a few sentences and impatiently dislocated Widow Lin's jaw again.
She knew which area Widow Lin's house was in, but she had no idea which one it was. It just so happened that the village was distributing food rations today, and there were people everywhere, so Weisheng dragged Widow Lin to where there were more people.
"Auntie, sister-in-law, does anyone know how to get to Widow Lin's house?"
Originally, these people were still discussing the food, when they saw Weisheng coming towards them at a very slow pace from a distance. When Weisheng got closer, they found that she was actually dragging someone behind her.
So when Weisheng asked them how to get to Widow Lin's house, they finally saw who the person was that Weisheng had been dragging all the way.
"What's wrong with her? Why are you going to her house?"
Weisheng had no good intentions to cover up for anyone, and he directly said to these people: "Widow Lin told my father that she had her period and she had no strength. I was worried that she would not have the strength to go home, so I offered to take her home."
The villagers who heard this said: You are so kind!
The socially dead widow Lin: You bastard, you will not die a good death!
Someone showed Weisheng the way, and he continued walking in that direction towards Widow Lin's house.
On the way, they met many people who couldn't help but ask Weisheng why he was dragging Widow Lin. As for Weisheng, she kept saying the same thing from beginning to end: "I am happy to help others."
When they were still four or five houses away from Widow Lin's house, the village chief, the village party secretary, the village women's director, and a few villagers who were eager to watch the fun finally caught up with Weisheng.
The village chief and his men were called out by Widow Lin's son. They chased him all the way here and actually saw Weisheng dragging Widow Lin along. They immediately shouted at Weisheng, "Let him go! Let him go!"
"She told my dad she had her period and she had no strength left. That's why I followed Lei Feng's example and sent her home. Now let her go," Weisheng didn't let go of her hand. Instead, he smiled and said to everyone, "Isn't this bad?"
The village chief and others who just found out the reason: "..."
Widow Lin, who has been dying in society: "..."
Grass!
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