Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 533: The common people just want to have enough food and clothing.

Yang Xiaole and the other person were chatting there and gradually got to know the situation here.

There were nine educated youth in the entire production team, four men and five women. Two men and two women were educated youth from BJ, and the rest were educated youth from Shanghai.

We will temporarily stay at the homes of fellow villagers, and when the weather gets warmer, we will build two new cave dwellings for them to use as a place for educated youth.

It can be said that this place has vast land and sparse population, and the per capita arable land area is very large.

Each person owns more than seven mu of land, and many families own twenty to thirty mu of land.

But the yield is horribly low.

The average yield per mu is only fifty or sixty kilograms.

There is no need to fetch water, we just have to rely on the weather.

Each family has dozens of acres of land, but not enough labor and they are simply unable to handle the work.

Every year when there is a shortage of food, the villagers organize groups to go out and beg for food, mainly to central and southern Shaanxi, where the situation is better.

It's winter now and there's not much work to do, but it's difficult to get firewood here.

Coal is definitely unaffordable.

Therefore, in winter, using firewood becomes a headache for everyone. Basically, except when the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, most of the time is spent on making wood stoves.

Yang Xiaole looked around the room and said, "You should have coal usage indicators here, why don't you buy some coal?"

The family was not short of money, so when Xizi came, he naturally brought a lot of money, including national food coupons.

He doesn't even need to give it to me, I will make it clear to Xizi.

The child travels thousands of miles and the mother is worried.

Xizi smiled bitterly: "The whole village is like this, do you want me to buy coal by myself?"

After hearing what he said, Yang Xiaole didn't say anything.

After all, Xizi is not him. It is not good to be separated from the masses in this era.

Then he asked curiously, "Where are Xiaobao and Chunlin?"

He knew that Xizi's two brothers had also applied to come here, but they were not in the same school, so the schedules were different.

The first few groups of people who came were the dumbest.

But there is one advantage, that is, as long as you apply, you will be arranged to stay there as long as the place is not full.

"Oh, they are also in our team. Xiaobao is in Team 3, which is a bit far away, and Monkey is in Team . Do you want to go and see them?"

Yang Xiaole thought about it and shook his head: "We'll see when the time comes. I have something to do in Hubei, so I won't go. I brought some things for you. You can give them some when the time comes."

"Hey, what did you bring?"

Xizi was chuckling there.

He saw it all, such a big bag.

"We'll talk later. By the way, I heard that you came here for your girlfriend? Is she also in this village?"

Xizi is in his twenties now, so it is normal for him to have a partner. Everyone has his or her own social circle.

He also has his own circle.

Hearing this, Xizi felt embarrassed.

Nodded: "Yes! It should be in the cave at the back."

"what is it call?"

"He Jingya"

Yang Xiaole nodded slightly when he heard this.

He didn't ask any further questions. He hated being controlled by others, so naturally he wouldn't bother Xizi.

You have to bear all the good and bad consequences of the person you find yourself.

Then he stood up, opened the package, and took out things one by one.

"Mom said she sent you clothes last time, so this time she only brought you a pair of cotton shoes, and the rest are food."

The postage costs are very high nowadays.

It costs 65 cents per kilogram to ship from BJ to here.

Three or four kilograms of stuff would cost a day's wages.

This time he got the chance and stuffed as much stuff in as he could. Of course, a lot of it was put there by him.

"Wow! So many cans?"

Song Yuchun looked at the big bag and sighed.

Yang Xiaole looked at the things wrapped in the bed sheet and said, "There are all kinds of canned food, sugar, candy, malted milk, soap... you can take a look for yourself."

Xizi happily took out a Daqianmen and opened a package.

After opening it, a few people shared one.

After thinking for a while, he took out another bottle of Erguotou, a can of braised pork and a can of luncheon meat.

Said: "I guess Auntie will make you noodles tonight, I'll take this over."

Yang Xiaole took a look and nodded.

After the people left, Song Yuchun smiled and said, "Second brother, you are really capable. You can actually carry so many things."

It’s not that Yang Xiaole is strong.

He is famous for his great strength throughout the school.

But these things are in short supply now.

Things that were considered luxury goods for ordinary people in the past are now being snapped up, just like in the difficult times, they are gone as soon as they come out.

If you can't make it in time, you have to rely on connections.

There’s nothing we can do about it, every family cares about their children.

But there are too many people.

You have to know that except for a few big cities, eating meat in other places still has to be rationed!
It can be seen that the meat in the market is actually not that abundant.

After all, there are too many people going to the countryside.

In the past, except for gifts or special circumstances, there were a few canned meats, which were twice as expensive!

Production capacity is limited.

Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "It's not easy to make. It's all from my relatives. I buy some today, and store some tomorrow. I slowly make this much."

Song Yuchun nodded.

This is how it is done now.

After taking a look, the person outside laughed and said, "Second brother, you don't know! Xizi is now the leader of our production team."

This made Yang Xiaole stunned for a moment; "He is the captain?"

The little brat who used to be carefree is now the team leader.

This made him feel strange for a while.

"That's right! Second brother, you don't know, this place is extremely poor, and the production team leader is changed every year. The saying passed down here is: one crop of grain, one team leader. No one wants to do it, and after one term is over, everyone will elect the next one together.

You don't know how careless this is. If you really can't save face, just draw lots, and whoever gets the lot will win."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole nodded slightly.

Regarding this situation, later generations saw personal accounts from those who cut in line on the Internet, and this situation existed all over the country.

But not many.

Of course, he was just the production team leader.

Because at that time the production team leader was still elected by the people, but it was no longer the same at the brigade level, as that was decided by the commune.

Song Yuchun shrugged: "It's just that people are different from each other!"

"Oh, what do you mean?"

"Do you know? Our commune director is a student of the same class as us, and he has become the commune director."

Yang Xiaole snorted lightly.

This kind of thing is not surprising, isn't it just made of that thing?

But people like this won't last for many years.

The word "cadre" is very rigorous in this era, and the selection process is also very rigorous. The situation is only special in recent years.

By then, those who don’t have the qualifications at the grassroots level will all go home.

even……

To put it bluntly, he is a person from the future. If he really goes against the wind, to put it bluntly, his level is really impossible to estimate.

People like my eldest brother who advances slowly will not encounter this kind of situation in the future.

He's already considered slow.

My brother went from being a worker to an ordinary person in the security department, and then to the head of the security department, although Chen Dalin's factor was involved.

But we did move up step by step.

Moreover, the eldest brother's current ability is not what it used to be.

Thinking of this, he pondered there.

If Xizi also takes this path in the future, it might be a good thing.

But if that happens, Xizi will have to stay here for a long time.

While I was thinking, Xizi came over with a smile.

"I guessed that Uncle Shunzi was going to make noodles. When I went there, Auntie was already there making them."

Yang Xiaole nodded.

In fact, most farmers nowadays are very simple.

Noodles are better nowadays except in the city, after all, one-third of the monthly grain is fine food, but for most ordinary people, noodles are a rare thing and are only eaten during festivals.

This made him think of a question.

The second year after liberation, when the people had just been distributed land, was perhaps the most comfortable time in their lives.

I shook my head and didn't think about it.

Then he looked at Xizi and smiled, "I heard that you are the production team leader now. Can you manage it?"

This time Xizi didn't smile, but looked calm instead.

He shook his head: "I don't know! Let's try!"

Seeing him like this, Yang Xiaole stopped teasing him and asked, "Then how do you do it?"

After thinking for a while, he said, "Let me guess! What are you going to do next?" In the two people's puzzled eyes, Yang Xiaole continued, "Do you want to solve the water problem first? There are two ways to solve the water problem. Either dig it yourself, or ask the well-drilling team to dig it.

There has been no water here for several years and there is no new well. There is only one solution, which is to find a well-drilling team.

Regarding water, another thing is to solve the problem of water for farmland. However, when it comes to water for farmland, you should think of canals. Now, everywhere is learning from Dazhai and carrying out farmland water conservancy construction. "

Xizi nodded and said nothing.

Yang Xiaole continued, "Water is not a part of it. Farmland is also a problem. There is no need to think about machines. If there is no diesel quota, then it's livestock. That means we have to raise livestock vigorously. Is that what you think?"

Song Yuchun was surprised: "Second brother, you are amazing. You think the same as Xizi."

Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "What's so strange about this? Don't ordinary people just want to have enough food and clothing?"

The people today have not yet experienced reform and opening up.

If you ask these ordinary people what their biggest dream is at this time, 90% of them will say that they want to eat white flour buns or rice every day and eat meat regularly.

It's that simple.

It is also a kind of sadness.

After hearing this, Xizi just remained silent.

Yes, just to eat enough.

Yang Xiaole looked at Xizi's expression and said with a smile: "You don't seem surprised at all. Do you feel that I missed something?"

Hearing this, Xizi raised his head.

She gave him a confused look.

"To do these things, there is a prerequisite, that is money. Are you thinking about how to make money now? But making money is not allowed by the current environment, right?"

"Hey, second brother, you are amazing!"

Xizi was also surprised.

"Second brother, how did you know?"

Yang Xiaole said, "Which of these things doesn't cost money? An animal costs one or two hundred yuan. If you want to dig a well, it will cost at least several hundred yuan."

Thinking of this, he asked, "How deep are the two wells in the village?"

"The first one we worked on was 12 zhang, and the one we worked on later was 16 zhang, which is more than meters."

Yang Xiaole made some estimates in his mind after hearing this.

There is no water for more than fifty meters, which means the water level here is very low. If you want to pump it out, you need to drill it at least sixty or seventy meters.

While I was thinking, I heard Xizi saying, "Several people died when the well behind was dug. Then when they wanted to dig this well again, several more people died."

"Hey, lack of oxygen!"

Yang Xiaole said casually.

Xizi also nodded: "Yes, lack of oxygen, I am thinking about whether I should find a way to provide water to the well, and then dig. The county well-drilling team can't be hired just because we want to."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole nodded lightly.

Unfortunately, he can only detect ten meters.

Going any deeper was beyond his limit.

Thinking of this, he said, "Can you take me to the well?"

Xizi smiled when he heard that: "Why did you go to see that? Do you know anything about that?"

But he still agreed: "Yuchun, are you going?"

Song Yuchun nodded: "Go ahead! There's nothing to do anyway."

After saying that, several people left the room.

Xizi went to say hello to his fellow villagers.

The three of them walked towards the village along the winding and bumpy path.

He also met some fellow villagers on the way and they greeted him.

Yang Xiaole looked at him and smiled: "I didn't realize that you are quite popular in the village!"

If it weren't for his position as a custodian, which required him to come into contact with people frequently, probably not many people in the village would know him.

Song Yuchun was trying to hold back his laughter.

But when he saw Xizi glaring at him, he finally shut up.

Yang Xiaole was curious when he saw this: "What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

“No, no, no~~”

Song Yuchun quickly shook his head.

Seeing that neither of them said anything, Yang Xiaole was too lazy to ask.

After a while, they arrived at a well.

It's the kind of well with a wheel.

"Here it is. This is the newest one. I tried digging it down before, and the rope didn't fall off."

A stone slab was placed over the well.

This is to prevent children from falling while playing.

After moving the stone slab away, Yang Xiaole stretched his head to take a look, then tried the rope and said, "I'll go down and take a look!"

"Hey, don't go down, it's too deep and there's no oxygen."

Xizi hurried to stop him.

"It's okay! I know what I'm doing. I'll shake the rope and you can pull me up."

After saying that, he went straight to the edge of the well.

Seeing this, Xizi looked at him worriedly, but still asked him to tie the rope around his waist: "Tie it up, otherwise you will have no strength due to lack of oxygen."

Yang Xiaole naturally agreed.

He was pulled by two people and went straight down the well.

Although there was a lack of water, it was very humid inside and had a strong smell.

Lack of oxygen doesn’t mean there is no oxygen at all, it feels like you are holding your breath.

Soon we reached the bottom.

One step is completely without any water.

The bottom is basically mud.

Sure enough, just as I thought, there was no water layer within ten meters.

This type of well relies on percolating water rather than surface aquifers.

He shook the rope gently, and then was pulled up.

Seeing him coming up, Xizi also breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he asked with a smile: "How is it?"

Obviously, she didn't believe him.

Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "I'm telling you, you still underestimate your brother!"

Hearing this, several people laughed there.

Then a few people went to the well that dried up first.

But there is no rope here, so I can’t go down.

"Yang Zhiqing!"

While he was lost in thought, someone called him.

Looking back, I saw someone shouting from below.

"Hey, what's wrong?"

"The brigade secretary is here."

Hearing this, Xizi quickly agreed: "I'll be there right away."

After that, he said to Yang Xiaole: "Go back first!"

Yang Xiaole looked around and said, "You guys go back first. I'll stroll here for a while. I have nothing to do anyway, so I'll take a look at the scenery. Don't worry, I know the way."

Seeing him say that, Xizi didn't care, because his second brother had been running errands in the black market since he was young.

This is in the village again.

Naturally, there is nothing to worry about.

"Okay, let's go back first. Remember to come back for dinner later."

After saying that, he took Song Yuchun away.

After everyone left, Yang Xiaole walked down the platform of the well, came to the edge, looked around, and quietly entered the space.

When he appeared again, he was already at the bottom of the well.

"what!"

Yang Xiaole felt strange.

This well is about ten meters lower than the previous one.

It’s not that there is water in this well. It’s in the same state as before, wet, but there is definitely no water.

No wonder they didn't dig this well because it was so low, but instead they went to dig another deeper one.

Because the rock layer has been dug.

Moreover, there is a groundwater layer about seven meters below the bottom of the well.

After thinking about it, he left the space.

Came outside and took a look.

The location of this well is higher than the previous one.

Why is there water underneath?

But the deep one had no water.

After a little thought, I understood it.

The highs and lows he saw were the highs and lows of the surrounding area.

This place is located in the transition zone between plateau, desert and grassland, and the overall trend may be lower here.

Or there may be other reasons.

(End of this chapter)