Under the big poplar tree next to the field ridge, Lao Li's family was eating delicious big meat buns and drinking golden millet porridge. Everyone was very satisfied.
But other commune members and educated youths not far away had a different scene. Most of them ate corn flour pancakes with a pot of boiled water.
There are also some people who cannot even reach this level and eat wild vegetable cakes or wild vegetable porridge.
Seeing the envious looks from others, Zhou Yang once again deeply realized the poverty here.
Thinking about the past life, even in remote rural areas, people would not worry about food.
Especially in cities, waste seems to have become a habit, so much so that senior officials have to issue documents advocating food conservation. "Operation CD-ROM" and "Civilized Dining Table" are all proposed because waste is too serious.
Moreover, every household uses fine grains such as rice and white flour as their daily staple food, while coarse grains have become supplements.
In that era of extremely abundant material, eating whole grains for a long time would not only not be considered poor, but would instead be praised as good for health.
Looking back at this time, poverty seems to be the mainstream.
If you have some family side business and private land, you can barely survive.
But in this day and age, even the trees in front of and behind the houses are owned by the public. People really have no other income. It is not difficult to imagine their poverty and embarrassment.
What’s even more frightening is that the people seem to think this is normal and have not thought about changing anything.
It seems that it is normal for everyone to be hungry together, but those who can afford to eat well and eat fine grains become the exception.
This is not normal and it shouldn’t be!
Therefore, Zhou Yang deeply realized that the poverty and embarrassment of the Babaoliang Brigade must be changed.
"Dad, there is something I have been thinking about for several days and I want to tell you about it!"
Li Fengnian looked at his son-in-law, filled a pot of dry tobacco leaves, and then asked: "What's going on? Tell me!"
"Dad, why do you think we are so poor?"
Li Fengnian "Bata" "Bata" took a few puffs of dry cigarettes, and then said: "Isn't everyone like this? There is no reason!"
However, Zhou Yang shook his head and said, "Do you think this is normal?"
"Is there anything abnormal? Hasn't it been like this all these years? And I think the past few years have been very good. At least there are no cases of people starving to death!" Li Fengnian said.
But Zhou Yang shook his head and said, "I think people's lives are still too hard. This is not good!"
"Is it painful? Why don't I feel it?"
Zhou Yang said seriously: "Our family is indeed not suffering, but look at other families around us. Which family can save food from the beginning to the end of the year like ours?"
Li Fengnian thought for a while and said, "It's really not much. Most families have to eat wild vegetable leaves for several months, otherwise they really won't be able to survive the autumn harvest!"
"Yes, the people have worked hard for a year, but they can't even provide the most basic food and clothing, let alone other things, so I think you have to think of a way!" Zhou Yang said.
"I?"
"Yes, as the village party secretary, you should lead the people out of poverty and become rich!"
Li Fengnian thought for a while and said: "I have thought about this before, but all the cultivated fields around me have been cultivated, so there is really nothing I can do!"
"Then you haven't thought about developing a side business?" Zhou Yang said.
"Side job? Are you talking about raising pigs or chickens?"
"You can raise them all!" Zhou Yang said.
"Ha, that's too easy! Have you ever thought about it, no matter what you raise, it will consume a lot of food, and no one can eat it. Then there will be leftover food to feed pigs and chickens!" Li Fengnian said.
Zhou Yang immediately said: "Dad, I have a way to solve the feed problem. I wonder if our team can vigorously develop side businesses!"
Li Fengnian looked at Zhou Yang, and then said: "You mean you want the team to raise a few more pigs?"
At present, each production team has its own pig farm, but the scale is not large, usually raising more than ten pigs at most.
During the holidays, the team usually kills a few to share the meat with the members, while the rest are killed and sold during the New Year.
Therefore, it’s not that the production team doesn’t engage in side jobs, it’s just that due to productivity constraints, the scale is very small.
Zhou Yang shook his head and said: "No, I mean to let the members raise pigs and chickens by themselves, and the team will solve the problems of piglets, chickens and feed for them. When these pigs and chickens are put out, the members will hand over part of the money to the team." Just things.”
"In this way, the people will have money in their hands, and the team's tight finances can also be alleviated. Kill two birds with one stone!"
Li Fengnian frowned and said: "Let's not talk about whether the policy is good or not. Let's just say that every household is doing side jobs. How can the team have so much feed for them?"
"Dad, I said, I will solve the feed problem, you can just tell me whether this is okay or not!" Zhou Yang said.
Li Fengnian thought for a while and said: "It's a very important matter. I can't make the decision alone. I have to discuss it with the captains of each production team, and also report it to the director and secretary of the commune!"
"Um!"
Zhou Yang knew that this matter should not be rushed, so he nodded immediately.
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While the Li family was chatting on the field ridge, Chen Jianying and his family were eating not far away.
Although it was the hot summer days these days, the sun was so strong at noon that I couldn't work.
However, there has been no rain in Yunshan County since the beginning of summer, and now is the time when the crops need rain. There is no other way, so the team can only decide to work overtime to build canals and irrigate the fields, and can only rest for a short time at noon. .
The Chen family's food is average, with mixed noodles, steamed buns and millet porridge.
Although the food is better than the food at ordinary commune members' homes, it is far inferior to the Li family's white-flour meat buns.
Chen Jianying was eating steamed buns with mixed noodles that made her throat irritate, but what she was thinking about was Zhou Yang's big meat buns.
I feel so angry when I think that the captain of my own production team, who is so dignified, is not as good as someone who cuts in and eats soft food.
In anger, Chen Jianying threw the empty lunch box directly to the ground, and at the same time said viciously: "Damn, I'm so mad at you, sooner or later I'm going to kill this bitch!"
Chen Gang, the second eldest son of the Chen family, seemed to have been accustomed to his father's temper. While chewing the steamed buns, he asked: "Dad, who made you angry again? I'll take it out on you!"
Seeing his son's careless look, Chen Jianying couldn't help feeling angry, and slapped Chen Gang directly, causing him to stumble.
"If you use useless things, you know how to use evil methods. If you are really capable, can you let the girl from Li Fengnian's family take advantage of the boy named Zhou?"
After hearing Chen Jianying's words, everyone in the old Chen family understood that they had suffered a loss from Party Secretary Li.
Chen Gang covered his face and said, "People look down on our Chen family, what can I do?"
"Hmph, don't people look down on the Chen family? People look down on you!"
Then Chen Jianying continued: "Look at you, you are eating, drinking and having fun with those gangsters every day, and you are not doing anything serious. You can't even find a wife for such a big man. It's really embarrassing!"
Chen Gang said disapprovingly: "I don't want women from the countryside. Women in the city are so fashionable!"
"Foreign style... Western style, you know western style, you are like this, even if I find you a man from the city, you can't keep him..."
When Chen Gang saw his father's cannibalistic look, he knew that he had to ask him to change his target, otherwise he would definitely be in trouble today.
He rolled his eyes and said immediately: "Dad, that's all I want, but you want to marry your two sisters to the fourth son of the Li family, but don't they refuse? I don't think the Li family looks down on me, it's obvious that You don’t like our Chen family!”
Speaking of this, Chen Jianying felt even more aggrieved.
He went up on the pole twice to get married to the Li family, but Li Fengnian refused to accept the move and simply pressed Chen Jianying's face to the ground and rubbed it.
"Humph, sooner or later I will make the person named Li regret it!" Chen Jianying said fiercely.
"Dad, I have a way to mess with the Li family once, but I don't know if you want to!" Chen Gang said thiefly.
Chen Jianying knew that the second son of his family was smart and knew a lot about evil ways, so he immediately asked: "What can you do?"
Chen Gang grinned and said, "Dad, I'll discuss this with you after work. We'll talk about it later!"
Chen Jianying looked around and saw people everywhere, knowing that this was not the place to talk, so she immediately hummed and stopped talking.
