Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 456, Distribution

Xie Laosi looked at these students and muttered: "Be careful, the road is slippery, don't fall."

The snow on the road will make your shoes wet, but basically you won't fall.

But it's different in the village. Although there are fewer people walking, there are still people walking and making the roads solid.

At this time, many people came out to watch the fun.

"Secretary of the Party Committee. This is an educated youth from a big city! Oh my god, this one is two long..."

Between thoughts.

A woman in the crowd wearing a floral cotton-padded jacket and a floral scarf on her head smiled at Mr. Xie and asked.

It attracted roars of laughter from the onlookers.

Xie Laosi nodded: "Well, I just picked them up, and there will be others coming in a few days!"

But don’t worry, before next year’s autumn harvest, you won’t miss a grain of food. "

Because when our street received the notice, it was already too late to build an educated youth spot for you. I can only give you the place where our brigade's tools are stored in the north.

Hearing this slogan, Xie Laosi also had a headache.

But!
This educated youth spot still needs to be built. Now in the off-farm time, let’s take a few days off, write letters home, and report that you are safe. In a few days, we will go up the mountain to cut down trees, and then we will build an educated youth spot for you. Of course, the team members People will also help you. "

So you have to stay at my fellow villagers’ home temporarily for two days. When it is dry, I will notify you to come over.

"No problem captain, the old man taught us that we also have a pair of hands and will not just live in the countryside."

This made Zhao Weibing embarrassed!
Seeing this, Xie Laosi smiled and said: "What are you doing? Go ahead! Their two sons are younger than you, so there is nothing to be ashamed of."

"Have you prepared food? These children are probably starving."

After walking on the road for seven or eight hours, how could I possibly eat just a little porridge in the morning and two steamed buns at noon?

Xie Laosi looked at everyone and then said: "Original! Our team is going to hold a welcome party for you. Isn't it snowing heavily? It's been delayed. They don't know when we will come. And it's very late now. I won’t do it anymore.”

I heard one of them say: "Captain, don't worry, we are here just to roll ourselves in the mud and practice a red heart."

Because this will be the place where they will take root for the rest of their lives.

Of course, the brigade headquarters is in the first production team.

Naturally, someone picked up on this.

Xu pressed the button and said, "Okay, that's all for now. I'll call the names next, and those who hear their names will follow the people outside."

After entering, everyone felt much warmer.

After a pause, he continued: "What's more! You came to the production team to eliminate the "three major differences" and receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants. But it will be very hard. You must be mentally prepared!"

Hearing this, Zhao Weibing looked outside.

This statement made everyone laugh.

Many people were shouting there.

The villagers will take you back later.

Xie Laosi calmly approved, and then said: "Okay, let's make a long story short!
You, this group of educated youth, are the first, and not the last. There will be many more educated youth coming later.

At this time, everyone in the courtyard gathered around.

After looking at everyone, he asked, "Are there any questions?"

Where are the rations! Everyone in the brigade will receive one month's supply first, and the same goes for oil!
Because there will be many educated young people like you coming over later, our brigade has limited food, so we cannot give you a year's food directly after the autumn harvest like the commune members.

Entering the compound, there were anti-Japanese and slogans on the walls to prepare for war and famine.

Xie Laosi hummed and led a few people towards a compound that was a mixture of earth and stone.

"Well, this educated youth comrade is very aware."

You guys are temporarily assigned to the first production team.

I'll get my rations tomorrow morning.

"To!"

A group of educated youths looked at these people with curiosity.

I heard the woman from before laugh and say: "Brother, what are you looking at! Come back with me!"

"Already ready!"

"Ha ha!"

"You live at Sun Tiezhu's house!"

Everyone was taken to a utility room where farm tools were kept.

There were relatively few elderly people in the crowd, and most were young people and children.

Naturally it was Zhao Weibing.

"Zhao Weibing!"

However, the fire pit and stove inside were newly made and have not yet dried out.

Hearing this, Zhao Weibing went out carrying his things.

Followed the people and left.

"Liu Jinlian!",

"To!"

……

People were called away one by one and assigned to fellow villagers' homes.

Feng Aijun is naturally no exception.

Before leaving, he said hello to Yang Xiaole and left with the others.

"Yang Xiaole!"

"To!"

"You go to Uncle Xu's house!"

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole was stunned for a moment, nodded in agreement, and hurriedly carried the things out.

After coming out, he looked at Uncle Xu with an expressionless face.

Just as he was about to speak, the old man said: "Let's go!"

He turned around and left.

But I went to take the horse back first.

Yang Xiaole naturally followed.

The houses on the hillside are not planned, and are scattered in the east and west, halfway up the mountainside.

It is said to be a mountain, but it is actually very short.

Walking on the winding path in the village, I walked toward the outskirts of the village.

After a while, they stopped at a compound at the foot of the northernmost mountain.

Pushing open the wooden courtyard door, the layout inside is uneven.

To the right is a shed, obviously a stable, with some fodder piled inside.

On the left are two earthen houses. There is an open space in the middle of the earthen houses, and there are two houses on the opposite side.

"Duck eggs!"

The old man shouted into the room.

After a while, a crisp response was heard.

I saw a little girl wearing a floral cotton-padded jacket coming out. She was probably eleven or twelve years old.

With two ponytails.

The skin is a little rough.

"Take him to dinner!"

After explaining, he turned around and pulled the brown and black horse into the stable, putting it together with a maroon horse.

Yang Xiaole glanced at Uncle Xu.

At this time, Yadan looked at him curiously and said with a smile: "Come in! The meal is ready!"

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole walked over carrying something.

Entering the house is a main room with a stove inside, which is relatively dark!

Follow the other party to the back room, which is still a small room.

But it's warm inside.

There was a kang table on the kang, and a kerosene lamp flickered dimly.

Yadan looked at him curiously, blinked, pointed to the side and said: "Brother, put your things here, sleep with grandpa at night! Come on, get on the kang, it's warm."

Yang Xiaole took a look.

The kang was divided into one large and one small, separated by cloth.

The Kang table is on the larger side.

He looked back and took out a handful of fruit candies with a smile and handed them to her: "Duck eggs, right? My name is Yang Xiaole, have a candy!"

The other party looked at him and then at the fruit candy in his hand.

Didn't say anything, didn't pick it up.

Yang Xiaole knew that this girl must be embarrassed.

He peeled off one and handed it to her: "Eat it, you're welcome."

The little guy licked his lips, but couldn't resist the temptation and took it.

"Yeah, sweet!"

He said happily, and then said with a smile: "I'll make food for you!"

He quickly picked up the bamboo basket on the table and went directly outside.

After a while, he came over with three white flour steamed buns and a bowl of miso and placed them on the Kang table.

"you eat!"

She gestured, then looked at him with big eyes.

At this time, Uncle Xu came in behind him.

"grandfather!"

DuckDan shouted.

Uncle Xu nodded: "Let's eat! You can sit down and eat too! Wash your hands and eat!"

Naturally, this was said to two people.

Upon seeing this, Ya Dan hurried out and came back with two bowls of corn crumbs porridge and placed them on the Kang table.

At this time, Uncle Xu had already gone to the washbasin stand nearby, poured some hot water from the kettle, washed his hands, then took off his shoes and got on the kang.

When Yang Xiaole saw this, he naturally followed and washed his hands.

I took off my shoes and got on the kang.

After a while, the duck eggs also came up.

The old man sat at the top.

Watching Ya Dan suck the candy in his mouth clean and wrap it in candy paper, his eyes looked at Yang Xiaole with a slightly softer look.

"Eat it! It's been frozen for a day."

After saying that, he picked up his rice bowl and started eating.

Yang Xiaole felt a little strange when he saw that there were only two people at home and no adults were around. But I guessed that the duck egg might not have parents, so naturally it was hard to ask.

I sat there and ate quietly.

Yang Xiaole felt a little embarrassed watching the two of them eating corn stubble.

Then he smiled and said: "Duck eggs, are there any thin ones? It's too choking to eat dry."

Yadan hesitated for a moment: "But... I just made two bowls."

Then he glanced at the rice bowl with the chopsticks still in place, took the rice bowl in front of Yang Xiaole, and pulled half of it over.

Yang Xiaole smiled when he saw this, and handed a steamed bun to her.

"Let's switch! Uncle Xu, do you want it?"

The old man shook his head: "You can eat it yourself!"

When Yang Xiaole saw this, he didn't force himself.

Looking at the motionless Duck Egg, he smiled and said, "What are you doing standing there in a daze? Are you going to eat?"

Then he ate it himself.

Seeing this, Yadan looked at his grandfather and then at the gray-faced steamed buns in the basket.

Finally, I thanked him and started eating quietly.

With what happened before, the atmosphere is naturally not so awkward.

Yadan asked curiously: "Brother Xiaole, where did you come from?"

"BJ is here!"

"Oh! Then can you see his old man?"

Yang Xiaole smiled: "You can see it! Isn't it the one on the wall?"

Because there is a mural hanging on the wall, which belongs to the old man.

"Hey, I'm talking about real people, not paintings!"

"I've seen that before too!"

Hearing this, Yadan said enviously: "I've never been to one! I've never been to a commune!"

Yang Xiaole saw this and smiled: "Then I will go to the commune and take you with me."

Yadan looked hopeful when he heard this.

But he didn't nod.

While eating, Yang Xiaole glanced at the old man and said, "Uncle Xu! I asked you about the 14th Regiment on the way. Do you know the way?"

The old man nodded: "I know you, but it's not close to here, and it's close to the boundary river. You are not allowed to run around as you please, and you educated youths are not allowed to run around."

Yang Xiaole naturally understood the reason.

I'm afraid these people will run away!
Now it is estimated that Feng Xue and Feng Aijun must be watched closely.

Because there were problems in their families.

Then he said: "Uncle Xu! My sister is over there! I just want to take a look when I have time."

Before setting off from Sijiu City, I didn’t receive any letter from my little sister.

Although I know that communication here is inconvenient and nothing will usually happen, it is impossible to say that I am not worried.

If you see it, you must spank her.

Damn girl.

After hearing this, the old man thought for a while and said: "Twenty miles east from here, there is the company of the 14th Regiment, but their regiment headquarters is more than fifty miles away from here."

Yang Xiaole nodded, that was indeed not close.

Even if the old girl is in the nearest company, it will take three or four hours to walk.

This is when the road is good.

You must know that this is a buffer zone between mountains and plains. There are many bumps along the way and the road is difficult to walk.

Without navigation, he couldn't touch the southeast, northwest, and northwest.

Looking at the old man, he smiled and said; "Um...Uncle Xu, next time you go to deliver something, can I go with you? Or you can tell me how to get there, and I'll take a leave from the brigade! I'll go there by myself !”

The old man said calmly: "In this winter, you are not familiar with the place. Are you willing to die?"

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers!
Yang Xiaole chuckled: "It's okay! By the way, Uncle Xu, why do you still want to send them food?"

"We enter winter early, and sometimes the grain harvest is too late to be transported to the commune, so some of it will be placed in the brigade. In recent years, the reclamation division has expanded greatly, and sometimes road closures in winter or other special circumstances will cause us to Send some food to the nearest place, oh, it’s no longer called the Reclamation Division, it should be called the Construction Corps.”

"Did you go alone?"

"Yes! In other words, individual companies will only be sent out in emergencies. Sometimes they will bring people from the militia company."

Yang Xiaole already understood after listening.

He nodded and ate his meal quietly.

By the time the meal was over, it was already dark outside.

Yadan went over and cleaned the dishes.

Upon seeing this, Uncle Xu said: "Okay, you are tired from this journey, go to sleep!"

After saying that, he got up and got off the kang and went outside.

Yang Xiaole knew that the other party had gone to feed the animals.

He is not very tired, after all, his body is stored here, and he drank a lot of well water along the way.

Wait quietly.

After waiting for a while, they both finished cleaning up and the three of them lay on the kang.

Yang Xiaole naturally covered himself with the quilt and mattress he brought with him. When he came, he thought that he might sleep on the same kang with others, so naturally he brought everything with him.

This weight is not a problem for him.

Yadan naturally slept in the small "compartment" on the side, and he might sleep on the other side.

The kerosene lamp went out, plunging the room into darkness.

The only sound left was the howling of the cold wind outside.

……

"Sailing the sea depends on the helmsman
All things grow depending on the sun

......"

The next morning, a familiar song woke everyone up.

Yang Xiaole climbed up from the kang.

Both Yadan and Uncle Xu were already up.

Duck eggs are cooking porridge.

Uncle Xu was working on his livestock, which had to be fed several times a day and had to get up in the middle of the night.

Leaving the warm bed, Yang Xiaole stretched.

At this point the song has been sung.

I heard the announcer playing what was in the newspaper on the radio.

This is what is played all day long in the city.

"Brother Xiaole, get up!"

Seeing him coming out with a toothbrush, Yadan said hello with a smile.

"Wash quickly, the water is still hot!"

Yang Xiaole smiled and nodded: "Thank you!"

He already knew that the kettle at home was not very warm.

I scooped an enamel vat of water into the water vat in the house, went to the door and brushed my teeth.

At this time, Uncle Xu was using a guillotine to cut fodder for the animals.

They were a bit far away, so they didn’t say hello.

After brushing my teeth, I poured some hot water into the enamel basin and washed my face.

By the time he was done, Yadan had already prepared the polenta and put it away.

"Brother Xiaole, let's eat!"

"Well, okay, thank you DuckDan."

Yang Xiaole came into the room and brought a bowl, and said with a smile: "Duck eggs, are you usually full? Don't you eat dry ones?"

He remembered that this place should be slightly better than the mainland.

After all, this is a black land.

Duck Egg nodded: "It's okay! We eat some corn paste on weekdays, and dry ones when the farming is busy, but grandpa likes to eat thin ones at night."

Yang Xiaole was surprised for a while. The Northeast was much better than the areas in Northern Shaanxi and Shanxi.

Eating well is probably difficult, after all, the environment is great here.

But it shouldn’t be so watery!

Why is it the same situation as in the mainland?

The harvest here is much higher than that in other places, otherwise why would it be called black land?
Then he reacted instantly.

In the south, it is ripened twice a year, and in the central region, even the four-nine cities can be ripened three times every two years.

But here in Beidahuang, it can only be harvested once a year.

I guess this is the root cause!

"Here, as long as you are willing to work hard, you will definitely not starve to death!"

While talking, Uncle Xu walked in from outside.

"Uncle Xu!"

Yang Xiaole smiled and said hello.

The other party nodded, went over to wash his hands, picked up his rice bowl and started eating.

The three of them sat on the warm Kang and ate.

"You go to the brigade later and get your rations. Whatever you want to eat, I'll let Duck Egg cook it for you then!"

While eating, Uncle Xu muttered to him.

Yang Xiaole smiled: "No, just eat together."

When Uncle Xu saw this, he still said: "Eat separately. You educated youths eat fine grains, and we eat coarse grains."

Yang Xiaole understood the meaning behind the words.

This is because I don’t want to take advantage.

Because this is the early stage of educated youth going to the countryside, the rations are allocated by the state, which is basically the same as in the city.

Thirty percent is fine grain, and the remaining 70% is cornmeal, not corn grits.

In fact, cornmeal ground finely enough can be considered a fine grain.

Nothing was said.

I ate my meal quietly.

After finishing the meal, he said hello, took the dough bag given by Ya Dan, and walked towards the brigade headquarters.

(End of this chapter)