Chapter 81

Several children started to eat obediently.

"Is it delicious?" The old lady was really waiting for someone to give her an evaluation.

The children's mouths were stuffed full, unable to speak, they could only nod their heads to express their feelings.

"Haha, eat slowly. Two slices per person. It's too late today. If you eat too much, I'm afraid you will accumulate food. Let's eat the rest tomorrow. Grandma will keep it for you." The old lady looked at the children happily. Grandson gobbled it up.

In the past few months, eating and drinking spicy food with the little girl has changed the old lady's mentality.If she had seen the child eating so much earlier, she would have worried, because the family is so poor, and the child is still eating so well, of course she was worried about how to feed the child.But now she doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, and she still has surplus food in her hands, and she feels happy when she sees the child eating like a little wolf cub. Being able to eat is a blessing, and being able to eat means that the child is healthy and free from illness or disaster.

At this time, Li Yuanshan came in carrying hot water, and under the gesture of the old lady, she directly added hot water to the porridge bowl in the middle.

The old lady took a spoon and stirred in the basin, and when she saw that it was almost done, she asked the third child to stop, and then she served the porridge for the children one by one.

"Okay, don't give in anymore, eat as soon as it's served for you." The old lady was talking about the young couple.

As long as the two of them are scruples about this and that, the children have already started drinking with their bowls in their hands.

Zhao Xiangguo saw that the old lady was sincerely letting them eat, so he stopped coddling, and whispered to his daughter-in-law: "My mother said it, you can eat it, you didn't eat anything at night."

Li Yuanshan glanced at the man and let out a low hey.

There is not much food in the family, Li Yuanshan, a mother, usually eats only the man and her son, and most of the time she drinks half a bowl of glutinous rice paste at night, and then she eats it. So Li Yuanshan basically starved every night.

But there is no way to do this. Every household in the village is like this, tightening their belts and hoping that the next year will be better, and the fields will be able to harvest more grain.

Li Yuanshan took a sip from her own bowl, and a man stuffed a steamed bun with meat in her hand.

"My mother said, one person and two tonight, eat quickly." Zhao Xiangyang loved his daughter-in-law very much, and gave her the steamed buns in his hand first.

"You eat too, you didn't eat much at night." Li Yuanshan also took a steamed bun from the plate and stuffed it into the man's hand.

Zhao Xiangyang basically ate as much as his wife, a woman would not feel very hungry, but one can imagine how hungry he would be as a man.

While eating, the old lady watched the interaction of the young couple opposite, feeling very upset.Although the family of the third son-in-law is a bit poor, they are good-natured and sincere to their daughter. Seeing how you love me and I love you, she is happy as a mother.

The meal was very warm, and the old lady asked them about the situation in the village, mainly about the harvest in the field and how much food was distributed during the autumn harvest.

The smile on Zhao Xiangguo's face gradually faded, and Li Yuanshan even started to wipe away tears, "This God really doesn't give people a way to live. In summer, when it should rain, it doesn't rain. Xiangguo and the men in the village In order to irrigate the fields and save more food, the skin on the shoulders peeled off several layers during the day and night when carrying water to irrigate the fields. As a result, the grain production was reduced by more than half. The remaining grain has to be paid to the public. After working hard for a year, there is nothing left in the end."

"What, there is no distribution at all, how is it possible? Will you be allowed to live?" The old lady was also taken aback. At least some food was distributed in their village, not much, but if you plan carefully, you can still eat two or three months.

"No, the captain said that the other production teams in the commune reported thousands of catties per mu. He couldn't hold back, so he also reported the yield of thousands of catties per mu. The people who collected public grain were based on the yield per mu reported by our team. Yes, the grain harvested from the field is not enough to pay the public grain.” When Zhao Xiangyang mentioned this matter, his face became cold. At that time, many villagers asked the team leader to argue. Isn’t this a scam? Why can’t the members get food? live.

As a result, the team leader let go and said that if the commune members are not convinced, they can go to the commune to get the food back.

Hearing that he was so irresponsible, several villagers had no choice but to join forces and found the commune together.

As a result, the director of the commune slapped the table and scolded them.Isn't this bullshit? The food has been collected and handed over to the country, so how can it be possible to go back and take it back? This is not a play.

As for the members of the commune who said that they didn't get any food, and the family would starve to death, the director of the commune didn't believe it at all. "Don't you still have private plots? Don't think I don't know that you all grow food in private plots. Now the country is in the most difficult period. As Chinese people, you have to overcome all kinds of difficulties to support the country at this time." It means You go back and eat the grain produced in the private plots.

The members of the commune feel bitter. They all planted corn in their private plots, but the family has only three or four parts of the private plots. Even if the harvest is good, they can’t harvest much food. Some families have more than ten members, pointing to more than 100 catties of corn. , Thinking about it is impossible.

"That bastard, you've made our whole village miserable." Zhao Xiangguo scolded with a gloomy face.

"Just like this bastard, you still let him be the captain and continue to harm people?" The old lady was also very angry when she heard this.

"No, after the autumn harvest, our village united and went to the commune to sue him." Li Yuanshan said, "But it's useless even if he comes down, and the food can't come back."

"Hey, I can only endure such a harmful thing." The old lady is also an ordinary member, and understands that on this matter, the words of ordinary members have no weight at all, and the people above will accept the food but not the people.

"Then what do you usually eat?" the old lady asked again.

"Eat anything, as long as you can eat it." Li Yuanshan replied, "It doesn't matter what it is, bark, insects, as long as it can fill your stomach." Fortunately, there is a mountain on their side, although there are no wild animals on the mountain. , but there are still a lot of trees and insects.As long as you are willing to endure hardships, you will not die of hunger for the time being.

Yuansi felt a little nostalgic when she heard it. When she was on a mission in the last days, she used local materials. Sometimes in places where the environment is very harsh, there are no mutant beasts to hunt, so there are only things to eat, bugs Tree roots and bark are also edible.

"Mother, don't talk about us, what about our family?" Li Yuanshan asked with vigor.

"Our family is in the same situation. Our captain is not that conscience-stricken thing. In autumn, we will distribute some food to everyone. It's not much, but if we save some wild vegetables and poplar leaves or something, then You can’t starve to death.”

(End of this chapter)

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