Poor family mother and son

Chapter 15 Collective Labor
Orion Shack.

Although the shack is small, it basically has everything that should be there.There are several layers of meadow on the bed, so it is not hard to sleep on.Zhang Mingyu helped Bai Hua to lie down on it.

I opened the 2-inch oil-paper seal by candlelight, and unfolded a half-foot-square map, with a strange look on my face.

"What is that?" Bai Hua looked at Zhang Mingyu's face and asked?
"Yuan calls this... homework?" Zhang Mingyu handed the map to Bai Hua, explaining the whole story.

"I just want to try her. After all, it's a woman. I'm not at ease. I didn't expect that she... could draw a map, and it's so concise and clear! This way of drawing a map is really unexpected." Zhang Mingyu was a little excited while talking:
"Look here, the distance between the well and the school is more accurate than what I drew, which means..." Zhang Mingyu looked at Bai Hua: "My lord, is she reliable? Could it be Dong Lun's secret work?"

"I sent someone to check her, and found out that she was sold to a restaurant in Kushui Town as a cook for two years, and was wrongly kicked out by the master's family, and the child was not hers. I haven't checked the rest yet. Arrived. Not enough staff, alas. Judging from her attitude towards that child, it is temporarily credible." Bai Hua briefly informed Zhang Mingyu of what she had found.

"It shouldn't be a big problem to let her do some surrounding things." Bai Hua concluded, "The main reason is that we are short of manpower, and the nearby villagers are not available. This place is where the grain road arranged by Dong Lun is located."

Bai Hua was also very helpless about this.The connection between the border residents and Donglun is inextricably linked. Even if the two countries have fought and stopped all commercial activities, the people of the two countries will still conduct some transactions in private for their livelihood.

Because there are many mountains here, and they are not too steep. They are all low mountains, so it is more troublesome to control.The people of Daxuan will use some cloth and grain to trade some mutton and agate with the people of Donglun.

"You find an opportunity to give her a general account of the situation in front of you, and choose what you can say."

"Yes."

Chu Qing's ability to draw maps surprised both of them, Bai Hua couldn't help but have some thoughts, but she was not sure, so she didn't say anything.

the next day.

In the early morning, Wu Dalang came over carrying a pole to pick up firewood, and Village Chief Wu came with him.

Village head Wu came to discuss matters with Mr. Xie.Since April this year, there is not much rain. Although it is not likely to be dry, it is still very labor-intensive to collect water and irrigate the fields.Conscription has drastically reduced the labor force in the fields, and many families, including the elderly, women and children, have joined the battle, but the progress is still not enough.So I want to discuss with Mr. Xie whether we can take the field leave in advance.

The field vacation is equivalent to the current summer vacation, which lasts for one month.Because every May is the busiest season for farmers, students can go home to help with farming.

The ancient people were actually more pragmatic than modern people. They knew that survival was not easy from an early age.

When modern children are still acting coquettishly with their parents because they didn't go to the playground, the children of ancient farm families have already watered the crops in the fields to eliminate insects.

"Farming in busy time and reading in leisure time" is their life arrangement.

When Wu Dalang was helping to stack the firewood, Chu Qing gave him the small oil paper seal.

Since it was not clear whether Wu Dalang was a member of the secret investigation department or a "non-staff" like himself, Chu Qing didn't say anything to Wu Dalang.Anyway, that's the job done.

But I guess in my heart that Wu Dalang should not belong to the secret investigation department.If he is, then there is really no need to develop himself as a foreign "widow".

When Mr. Xie sent Village Chief Wu to the gate, he just said: "I will talk to Village Chief Li and Village Chief Zhang later about the holiday. After all, the children in the three villages should all agree."

Village Chief Wu nodded yes.

At the beginning of the year, Mr. Xie suggested to plant more soybeans, corn and other crops this year, otherwise the farmers would not have much food left to eat after paying the grain.Watering is now a problem.

Chu Qing heard this, and felt that there were only 48 children in the school, and going back to each house would not be of much use, and the holidays would delay their studies.

In modern times, the main task of students is to study.Schools jointly run by several villages like this one belong to private schools, and the strength of teachers is inherently weak. If there are too many chores, it will really delay the progress and quality of students' learning.

As soon as my brain got hot, I interrupted: "Mr. Xie, can I make a suggestion?"

Mr. Xie turned around, a little surprised and curious: "Miss Yuan, please tell me."

Because of the "Thousand Characters" matter, Mr. Xie really didn't underestimate it.

"Mr. Xie, Village Chief Wu, there are only 48 children in the school. Even if they go home to help, it won't do much. But in the form of collective labor, it is estimated that it will form a force that cannot be underestimated and achieve some good results. What is the effect?" Chu Qing recalled the scene of snow removal in winter at her son's school.

The school's playground is divided into several sections. Except for the children in the lower grades who do not participate, the children in the middle and upper grades have to clean up the playground collectively.Middle-grade children only need to clean up the "sharing area" where their class is located, while senior-grade children are more responsible for getting out of the teacher's parking lot and the school gate.

But in almost one class, the task can be basically completed.The children swept the snow collectively, cooperated with each other, helped each other, and had a clear division of labor. Regardless of their small size, they did a good job.

"Tell me carefully." Mr. Xie became interested.

"Forty-eight children, according to age, each older child brings several younger children, and then divides into several groups, and then divides the fields that need to be watered into several areas of similar size, regardless of whose family the fields belong to. Three villages The fields are connected, so just divide them into sections. Then let each group of children be responsible for watering an area." Chu Qing thought for a while and said.

Because it was just a temporary idea, the language was not well organized.Just make it clear.

"You mean to let all the students in the school water the fields together?" Mr. Xie thought this method was interesting.

"Yes. Mr. Xie, the children who can come to school are the dreams of every family. Even if the children are on vacation, their families may not be willing to use them for something. There is nothing wrong with working in the fields. Promote. The older children are fine, they can do some farm work, and the younger ones may just go home and have fun." Chu Qing said.

This is Chu Qing's conjecture. He judges others by himself. When his son was young, he was reluctant to let his son work.When he was older, he was not asked to do anything except to pack his schoolbag by himself.

"But I think that education is not only teaching, but also education. What is taught is knowledge, and what is cultivated is morality. They are all peasant children, and they don't even know anything about farming. That is to say, they have read a dead book. Knowledge and life I can't match it."

"Children should have the self-consciousness of learning, and more importantly, the self-consciousness of sharing for the family. Every child is the future of their family, and housework is their due obligation."

"Children also need labor and exercise. Only a healthy body can cope with the burden of schoolwork, so it is necessary for children to do some work."

"Mix the children. The children can be grouped automatically, discuss their tasks after grouping, and then cooperate with each other to find the best way to cooperate. This will make the children more united and the villagers of the three villages more united."

Chu Qing swallowed, feeling as if she was meddling in her own business.

On the other side, Village Chief Wu seemed a little dumbfounded.And Mr. Xie kept nodding.

Because the children in the school are selected by the family to study, they seldom participate in labor, and they are also the most preferential treatment in their own families. On the contrary, they form a "special class" in the family, and family members will have some ideas among them.

If we can organize collective labor regularly according to what the cook said, maybe it will really have a good effect.Whether it is a family or a country, unity is always the most powerful.

"You speak very well," Mr. Xie praised, and then turned to Village Chief Wu: "What do you think?"

Village Chief Wu finally came to his senses. He was amazed at the woman's boldness, daring to intervene in Mr.'s words, and also amazed at the strangeness of the woman's ideas, but he seemed to think that this was feasible, so he said, "I think it is possible." Give it a try, I'll talk to Village Chief Zhang and Village Chief Li."

During the lunch break, Mr. Xie came over and said that the three village chiefs thought that the method of collective labor was feasible, but they didn't know how effective it would be, so they couldn't decide.

Chu Qing already regretted it at this time, and felt that she was meddling in her own business.But the words have already been spoken, so we have to carry on.

Chu Qing said: "I heard what you said in the morning. The main reason is that the bean field is short of water. I think the areas that need to be watered should be divided according to the priority. Corn likes drought, so you can ignore watering for now; the wheat field and the bean field It needs to be watered, but the wheat field needs far less water than the bean field.”

Chu Qing thought about it and said, "As for the rice field, it is the place that needs the most water, and we can't expect to carry water to irrigate. There are three wells in our village, and these three wells are basically in a straight line, which means that there is an underground well on this line. River. If wells are drilled close to the paddy fields, it will not be difficult to irrigate the paddy fields.”

There is a small river nearby, but the amount of water is not large, and the water from the river can be brought into the fields to barely maintain it, even if it is afraid of drought.

"In this way, the children only need to be responsible for watering the bean fields." Chu Qing concluded.

"Can 48 children be in charge of the bean fields in three villages?" Mr. Xie wondered.

Chu Qing did some calculations in his mind: "For 48 children to water 2 mu of land, about half an hour is enough. Every day after school, the children spend an hour watering. They are in rotation, according to the rule of watering every six or seven days for each piece of land. Forget it, they should be rotated anyway. Besides, there are field holidays, and the children can't be expected to do all the work."

"Have you all heard?" Mr. Xie suddenly turned to the door and said.

It turned out that the three village chiefs were all waiting outside the utility room.

"I heard it, I heard it."

"It's possible."

Several village chiefs outside the door responded.

Village head Wu said: "The water in the rice fields is not dependent on the children, that is the business of the adults. However, Mrs. Yuan said that it is feasible to build a few more wells. No one knows when there will be a severe drought. It is good to be prepared. .”

When school was about to end in the afternoon, Mr. Xie gathered the students of the three classes in the courtyard of the school and talked about it.

The students felt that it was very fresh, and they discussed it one after another.

After all, they are children from three villages, and even if they are in the same village, there will be relatives and estrangements, so Mr. Xie personally divided the children into groups, let the older children bring the younger children, and each group has children from the three villages.Only let them discuss the respective responsibilities of the group members.

"Sir, if we do well, can we be rewarded?" A child in the winter class raised his hand and asked.

"Yes, yes, is there any reward?"

When one person asks a question, everyone is excited.

What I do is my own work, so I want to be rewarded if I have any intentions!However, children should be encouraged more.

Mr. Xie was unprepared and was temporarily stopped by the question.Just when Chu Qing passed by, he looked at Chu Qing.

The children didn't know why, and they cast their gazes together.Chu Qing was a little confused: Does this mean being named again?
Glancing back at Mr. Xie, he still answered: "The group that does the best work, is the most united, and is most praised by the villagers, each will get ten pure meat dumplings! There will be a competition every ten days, and I will pay for the meat!"

Chu Qing also wanted to integrate into the environment as soon as possible, so as not to be isolated by the villagers and cause trouble.

"Wow!!" The children cheered, and Mr. Xie also stroked his beard and smiled.

(End of this chapter)