Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 249: The ground was turned three feet three feet and mountains of food were piled up!
While walking on the road, Li Changshun said: "I haven't seen it either. I heard that those people's eyes are red. Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, it is easy to be robbed if you are walking alone on the road without any means. This thing happens quite often. I used to collect mountain goods from the consignment point, and I was blocked several times. Fortunately, I brought something with me."

After hearing this, Wang Qiuju was also a little scared!
Because it was now in the mountains and it was already early spring, she always felt that several people would suddenly emerge from the nearby woods.

Yang Xiaole was also looking around.

There is only a small amount of flat land along the way, and most of it is hills or rolling hills of various sizes, with no end in sight.

At this time, there were many people doing farm work in the hills or fields.

This place is located at the junction of north and south, so spring planting is earlier than in Kyoto.

I don't know if there were fewer people blocking the road or because Li Changshun was an acquaintance, so the journey was uneventful.

Around four o'clock, the group arrived at their destination, the production brigade.

Li Changshun put the two people down at a small road intersection, pointed to the small road and said, "Two or three miles ahead is Yangtai. You should know the place when you get there, right? I won't send you there."

Wang Qiuju glanced at the direction of the path, turned back and nodded with a smile.

"Brother Li, thank you for today! I'll give you this money."

As he spoke, he took out the fifty cents he had prepared and handed it to him.

Li Changshun confiscated it with a smile: "This is not your city, so don't be too polite. It's just a drop-in anyway. How much money do you need! I haven't confiscated money from other people! Okay, I'm leaving first!"

After saying that, he drove the mule and left.

Wang Qiuju didn't force herself when she saw this.

In the past, the village also didn't charge money, but after all, I am a member of the same village, and I haven't been back here for a long time.

He turned around and shouted to Yang Xiaole, who was looking around: "Xiaole, let's go, it's been too long since I've been back. I don't even know what I've become like."

Then he led him towards the path.

There are some scattered houses and farmland along the way.

The houses here are different from those in the north.

Most of them don't have a yard. There is a small threshing floor at the door, which is very smooth.

At this time, melodious voices came from the loudspeaker:
……

公社 是 棵常 青藤

社员 都 是 的 瓜
瓜儿 连 着藤

藤儿 牵 着瓜

藤儿 越 肥瓜 越 甜

藤儿 越 壮瓜 越 大

……

The green vines of the commune connect thousands of families
齐心合力 种 庄稼

Good crops come from hard work

Together we have great strength

Great development of collective economy

The members were very happy
…………

Across a field, Wang Qiuju stopped in front of a thatched earthen house and looked around.

"I haven't been here for so long that I don't even recognize this place now." Wang Qiuju looked at it, pointed to a path on the edge of the village and said, "Go this way, it's not far ahead."

Yang Xiaole took a look and saw that this was a field ridge, with farmland on the right and village houses and groves on the left.

After walking along the road for a while, the people working in the fields looked at the two people curiously.

Children playing in the village also gathered around.

They were all wearing tattered cotton-padded jackets, which were covered with patches. Some of them were torn, revealing the blackened cotton wool and a small amount of straw inside.

Several children carried guns on their backs, but they were all made of wood.

There are also some wooden sticks and bamboo poles.

"What do you do for a living??"

One of the half-grown boys, holding a gun made of wood in his hand, asked the two people.

The tone is that of a movie.

Wang Qiuju stopped when she saw this, looked at the children, and said with a smile: "I'm going to Wang Shuisheng's house. Do you know any of them?"

The little guys looked at each other, and then said, "We all know each other, who are you?"

"I'm his eldest sister!"

Several people looked at it suspiciously, pointed in the direction ahead and said, "It's over there."

Wang Qiuju nodded after hearing this.

It seems that I remember correctly.

"You guys go ahead and play, we'll go over first."

After speaking, he left.

Just as a few children were about to follow, a roaring voice came from behind: "You bastard, you ran out to play when you were not at home. Do you want to starve to death?"

Upon hearing this voice, several people's expressions changed.

He quickly imitated the plot on TV and waved his hand: "If you find the enemy, quickly hide."

Then several people and children ran away in a swarm.

Yang Xiaole was very happy to see it.

After walking for a while, I saw an old man in front of me, standing on the ridge of the field watching the people working in the fields.

Because at this time, a young man in a Chinese tunic suit was guiding people in the field.

Wang Qiuju also stopped and looked there.

I saw the young man shouting there: "Gao Qiang, how many times have I told you, this pit is dug too shallow. The seeds must be buried deep. Today you are a white flag."

After saying that, he took a small white flag and put it on the other person's back.

The middle-aged man working there muttered: "How can there be such a kind of farming? If you bury it three feet, can such seeds still grow?"

"Why not? This is decided by the guidance group. Can you be better than them?"

After finishing speaking, he shouted there: "Are you suspecting that the general route is wrong?"

Hearing this, Gao Qiang smiled bitterly: "Director Wu, I don't mean that, it's just that we have never done this before!"

Director Wu said angrily: "Of course you haven't seen it before. These are all methods that have been researched and explored. We need to change the traditional agricultural planting methods so that we can produce more food to support national construction. Didn't I hear what the above said? Is it overturned? The ground has turned three feet and three feet, and the grain has piled up in mountains! Okay, let’s get to work quickly, this year’s spring plowing task is very heavy.”

Gao Qiang nodded when he heard this: "Okay, I'll dig deeper."

After saying that, he picked up the shovel and started digging again.

Upon seeing this, Officer Wu came to the side where he was working and gestured with a bamboo pole.

Then he nodded approvingly: "Well, not bad, the target has been reached, you can order corn."

Hearing this, the man working next to him grabbed a handful of corn kernels from the bag next to him, threw them into the pit, and began to fill them with soil.

Yang Xiaole looked at it and shook his head.

At this time, the old man on the ridge also saw Yang Xiaole.

He took a puff of welding smoke and asked strangely: "Who are you looking for? Where did it come from?"

Wang Qiuju smiled when she saw this and said, "Uncle, I'm going to Wang Shuisheng's house!"

After hearing this, the old man thought for a while, and then suddenly came to his senses: "Oh, are you Qiu Ju?"

"Hey, yes, yes, you are..."

Wang Qiuju nodded frequently and looked at him strangely, not recognizing who it was.

He looked at the other person carefully and asked hesitantly: "Are you...the third uncle?"

Seeing this, the old man nodded slightly: "You still recognize me? I thought you didn't even recognize me! I wrote that letter for your brother."

After speaking, he sighed.

Wang Qiuju also looked surprised: "It's really you! I almost didn't recognize you."

"Hey, how old were you when you left? You just gave birth to your eldest son, but I am also old."

After the old man finished speaking, he looked at Yang Xiaole next to him: "Who is this from your family? Are you two the only one coming back?"

Wang Qiuju glanced at Yang Xiaole and said, "This is the third eldest brother in our family. We are the only two who have returned. The third eldest (uncle), are you the production team leader now?"

This style can still be seen.

Wang Baoshan nodded: "Well, now that your uncle is gone, I will become the captain."

Wang Qiuju nodded slightly, looked at the man in the field and said, "Who is that? The village cadre? What is this?"

There used to be people like this in the village.That should be it.

Upon hearing this, Wang Baoshan turned his head and looked at it: "Well, they are village cadres sent by the commune to guide us in spring planting."

Wang Qiuju nodded and asked curiously: "If you plant it so deeply, can it still sprout?"

I have been farming for so many years, and I have never heard of it being buried so deep.

Wang Baoshan also shook his head: "I don't know, but the commune said this method, who is an expert or a scientist? It shouldn't be a big problem to study and test the new planting method together! Otherwise they wouldn't let us Such a kind."

Expert, scientist, who is that?

A presence that makes people look up to you.

Hearing this, Wang Qiuju nodded doubtfully: "Oh, that's it, that should be no problem."

Yang Xiaole looked at it from the side.

Damn it, what kind of seeds can germinate in a one meter deep hole?

And there are too many grain seeds in this hole.

It would be a good idea to feed these people with the extra food. These people look so hungry that they have no energy to work and no energy at all.Seeing this, Wang Qiuju said: "Sanda, you are busy first, let's go to my brother's house first."

After hearing this, Wang Baoshan thought for a while and said, "I'll go with you and tell you the situation by the way."

After hearing this, Wang Qiuju did not refuse.

Then the three of them walked towards the village.

While walking on the road, Wang Baoshan said: "Qiu Ju, when you left here, Shui Sheng was not married yet, their eldest daughter was already married, and Mai was at your sister-in-law's house!"

When Wang Qiuju heard this, her walking movements slowed down and her brows furrowed.

He asked doubtfully: "Sanda, if Mai is at my sister-in-law's house, what did you mean by writing that letter? Why did the letter come so late?"

If I haven't contacted you before, it's okay to tell.

But now that we have been contacted, my sister actually knows about this big matter.

It doesn't make sense.

Yang Xiaole also felt strange for a while.

At this time, rural thinking was very feudal and there were many old traditions.

For example, if the mother dies at home, even if the mother is far away, the nephew will have to report the funeral and kowtow to invite the uncle to come over. If the uncle is not present, the burial is not allowed.

My mother fled with my father and later contacted him.

It's okay not to wait for her to come over, but it's wrong not to let her know in a letter.

Although the letter has come now, it is at least more than a month late.

Wang Baoshan took a puff of welding smoke and said, "That means Shui Sheng. The reason why Xiaomai went to his eldest brother's house is because Xiaomai is their niece."

Wang Qiuju took a deep breath and said slowly: "I'm afraid it's not because of this! Are you waiting for the pension?"

Last year, there was a death in their village at La Iron Mine, and they had more than 100 yuan in pension and funeral expenses.

I guess my sister-in-law knows this letter.

The reason why I came so late is probably because I was waiting for the funeral expenses and pension money to be received, and then kicked the wheat away, so I wrote this belated letter.

After all, Xiaomai is a girl.

If it were a boy, he would definitely not be treated like this.

Wang Baoshan said nothing when he heard this.

Seeing his expression, Wang Qiuju already knew that this was what she had guessed.

He took a deep breath and followed quietly.

Yang Xiaole looked at the village curiously from behind and followed the two people into the village.

Halfway through, Wang Baoshan saw a figure walking slowly on the right front, aiming at the left front of several people.

He quickly shouted: "Wheat!"

Hearing the voice, the other party stopped and asked, "Daddy Third (Grandpa Third), what are you doing as a gift?"

Wang Qiuju looked at the dirty little girl in front of her with two braids, and hesitated for a moment: "Sanda, this...is this wheat?"

Wang Baoshan nodded slightly: "Well, she is Xiaomai, the second child in your brother's family."

After saying that, he looked at Mai Mai: "Mai Mai, this is your aunt! She's back to see you."

Hearing this, Xiaomai blinked his eyes, pursed his lips and looked at the two people.

dare not speak.

When Wang Qiuju saw this, she hurried over and said, "Mai Mai, I'm aunt! We just came back from overseas."

After saying that, she looked at the rice bowl she was holding in both hands.

Inside is a gruel with a clear soup and little water, with some green things, I don’t know what kind of wild vegetables it is.

Seeing this, Xiaomai bit her lip and said, "I cooked at my aunt's house. Now I'm going home to eat and sleep."

Wang Qiuju looked at Wang Baoshan after hearing this: "Third eldest brother, didn't you tell me that wheat is at my sister-in-law's house? How can I go home to eat and sleep?"

Wang Baoshan nodded: "Well, the wheat rations are with your sister-in-law. She cooks every day and goes back to her home to sleep after eating."

Hearing this, Wang Qiuju took a deep breath.

He looked at Mai and said, "Mai, let's go, take my aunt to your house."

Seeing this, Xiaomai looked at Wang Baoshan hesitantly: "Third father..."

Wang Baoshan smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, she is your aunt, not an outsider. You haven't seen her before, but now you have!"

Hearing what he said, Mai hesitated.

Finally, he nodded and took the lead in walking forward.

Several people followed and left.

After a while, we came to a thatched house.

This is a row of mud houses. There is a fence on the left side of the house. It can be seen that it is the place where chickens used to be raised. It is now empty.

The wooden door had no lock and opened with a push.

There were no lights and it was pitch dark inside.

As the door opened, it became brighter inside.

There is an Eight Immortals table in the main room with an incense table above it.

This is three connected houses with no partitions. There are some things piled inside, and there is a bed in the innermost part.

Mai put down the rice bowl, bit her lip, thought for a moment and said, "There is no food at home! I will go to my aunt's house and ask her to get you some food."

Wang Qiuju shook her head: "It's okay, just leave us alone. Then we looked at the situation at home."

After looking around, he asked, "Don't you have any photos of your father?"

Hearing this, Xiaomai shook his head: "No! The photo studio only exists in the county. It's too far and too expensive. I didn't take any pictures."

Wang Qiuju's nose became sore after hearing this.

My eyes immediately turned red.

Wiping his eyes, he touched the little girl's head and asked, "Where is your father buried? I'll go take a look."

Seeing this, Wang Baoshan said directly: "What time is it now? Let's go tomorrow. You go to your sister-in-law's house and I'll go back first. Let's go to our house for dinner tonight."

After hearing this, Wang Qiuju thought for a while and finally nodded.

It's really not a good time in the afternoon.

And it’s a new grave.

"Sanda, please don't worry. Please tell me about wheat. I read your letter and said that you want me to get married. What's going on?"

Wang Baoshan thought about it and nodded.

Sitting on the long bench next to him, smoking welding smoke, he said: "This is the meaning of Shui Sheng. He told it before he died. As for what to do next, it's up to you."

Wang Qiuju was also confused for a while.

She actually had no objections to this marriage, and it was her brother's entrustment before he died.

The problem is, after Yang Xiaole said that day that close relatives were not allowed to marry, she went out of her way to ask.

The older generation in the hospital felt it was nothing, but said it was not allowed by law now.

There is also the issue of streamlining.

She still doesn't know what will happen next!

However, we cannot ignore the matter of wheat.

In fact, the relationship between my three siblings used to be very good, but after the eldest brother got married, it began to fade away, and there was still some friction from time to time.

But this younger brother was brought up by her since he was a child.

And every time something happened, it was this younger brother who stood up for her. Even Yang Guangzhi, who couldn't beat him with three sticks, was beaten by him.

Glancing at the confused Mai, she sighed.

Thinking of something, I opened the package and took out a peach cake wrapped in paper.

"Wheat, eat some cookies."

He took one out and handed it to her.

Seeing Xiaomai biting her lip, swallowing her saliva but refusing to answer, she directly stuffed it in: "I'm your aunt, why are you being polite to me?"

Seeing this, Xiaomai took the peach cake and took a careful bite.

"taste good or not?"

Seeing this, Wang Qiuju rubbed her head and asked with a smile.

"Yeah, delicious!"

Mai pursed her lips and nodded.

Looking at her expression, Wang Qiuju asked with a straight face: "What did you call me? Haven't you called me before?"

Hearing this, Xiaomai looked at Wang Baoshan hesitantly and then at her.

Then he slowly shouted: "Auntie!"

Hearing this, Wang Qiuju smiled: "Hey, you are so good! Put away my aunt's things. I will go to your aunt's house and come back later."

After saying that, he looked at Wang Baoshan next to him.

Seeing this, the other party nodded, explained something, and took the two of them out again.

Mai looked at the backs of several people leaving and bit her lower lip gently.

Looking at the piece of peach cake in his hand, he quickly went back and bolted the door.

(End of this chapter)