After a night of silence, Zhou Yang was awakened by a rapid knock on the door early the next morning.
Hearing the voice of his third uncle Li Jianjun coming from outside, Zhou Yang knew that the members of the production team had already gotten up and were making preparations for departure.
He stayed up half the night last night to translate the manuscript. To be honest, he really doesn't think about it now.
But there is no way, after all, there is business today!
After struggling to get dressed, Zhou Yang and Li Youwei said hello and headed to the brigade headquarters!
When I arrived at the brigade headquarters, I saw several donkey carts waiting in the yard, and I also saw many people working there.
Seeing Zhou Yang coming, Li Fengnian said immediately: "Go to the warehouse and get the grain in person. 1,500 kilograms is enough!"
"It's still 70% fine grain and 30% coarse grain, right?" Zhou Yang said.
"right!"
After receiving the task, Zhou Yang personally led people to the brigade's warehouse.
Opening the big iron lock of the warehouse, Zhou Yang saw that there were many granaries built inside, and each contained a lot of grain.
These grains are the surplus saved by the production team every year after paying the public grain and the rations distributed to the members. They are mainly used for emergencies.
For example, many families in the village run out of food at the end of the year or after the beginning of spring.
Under such circumstances, if there is still a surplus in the production team's collective granary, they can borrow some relief grain from the team and pay it back after the autumn harvest.
Another example is the current collective labor. The members only have to work, and the production team relies entirely on the production team to provide food.
At this time, it is very intuitive to see whether the living standards of the members of each production team are good or not.
In the stronger production teams, the members of the cooperatives eat fine grains and are still full!
But those production teams that are less powerful cannot do that. Not to mention that they are all fed with coarse grains, and they may not be able to eat enough.
A production team like theirs, which produces 70% fine grains and 30% coarse grains, is considered above average in the entire commune.
Zhou Yang had someone move 500 kilograms of white flour and 500 kilograms of oatmeal noodles, and the rest brought some corn noodles and potatoes.
Knowing that there was a shortage of food there, he took people to the vegetable fields in West Beach.
There are very few varieties in the vegetable field at the moment. There are no lettuce, oatmeal, cabbage and other common dishes of later generations. There are only cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, cabbage, radishes and the like.
But some vegetables are not in season and have not grown yet, so the only ones that can be eaten are cucumbers and beans.
Zhou Yang also asked people to pick two baskets and put them on the car.
By half past seven, everything was almost ready, and then at Zhou Yang's order, the convoy set off slowly.
The morning in the countryside was a bit cold, with a layer of mist covering the surroundings, and the grass and flowers were covered with dewdrops.
Breathing in the fresh air, I feel much refreshed.
Sitting on the donkey cart, Zhou Yang looked at the surrounding crop fields, chatting with Li Jianjun from time to time, as did everyone else.
The distance of six to seven kilometers took the donkey cart almost an hour to travel.
In fact, according to the animal's foot strength, it should be faster.
But this road condition is really bad!
Perhaps it was because there were so many vehicles going to Baofeng Reservoir during this period that the already bumpy country roads became even more dilapidated.
There are big pits everywhere. Many times when a donkey cart passes by, someone has to push it from behind, otherwise it will be impossible to get out.
At half past eight, the convoy finally arrived near Baofeng Reservoir.
But when he saw the scene in front of him, even Zhou Yang, who had participated in collective labor twice, was shocked.
At this time, the Baofeng Reservoir was already under construction, and all you could see were dense crowds of people and various flags, making it seem like a large construction site.
In addition, a large number of signposts were erected on both sides of the originally not very wide river, extending from the bottom of the reservoir to the north with no end in sight.
The small colorful flags hanging on the benchmark pole flutter in the breeze, which is quite impressive.
The most eye-catching thing is the newly planted telephone poles on one side of the road. These poles are connected from the management office in the middle reaches of the reservoir. Almost every telephone pole is equipped with powerful lighting bulbs.
In addition, you can see the large speakers mounted on the telephone poles from a distance.
When Zhou Yang and others came over, the loudspeaker on the telephone pole was continuously broadcasting the determination letter of a certain production team.
This letter of determination was written very simply, without any fancy words, and was even full of local dialect, but it made people's blood boil.
At the same time, tens of thousands of commune members and a large number of mules and horses worked along the upper reaches of the reservoir, with the team extending several kilometers away.
In addition to repairing the dam, the Baofeng Reservoir also needs to dredge the river, manage the mountains on both sides, and dredge, etc. The amount of work is really not small.
Each member of the commune was wielding a shovel and a pickaxe. Some used pickaxes to plan, some used spades to shovel, and some used frame carts to pull.
The car was filled up and pushed onto the distant river bank. The whole scene was really in full swing.
Seeing this scene in front of him, Zhou Yang was shocked in his heart!
He knew that these people in labor had no wages or bonuses, only negligible work points.
But even so, they are still chasing each other and scrambling for the first place.
Scenes like this can only be seen in these few years, and maybe not in a few years!
For the common people of this era, life may be poor and materials may be scarce, but their spirit and inner world are definitely rich, and they are also the most energetic generation.
This generation faced either the oppression of foreign invaders or the enslavement of feudal bureaucracy.
Whether it is the intellectuals studying hard in the cold window or the laborers hoeing the fields in the afternoon.
They can always raise their heads and shed their blood for a better life.
It is this confidence and confidence that supports them to be energetic and high-spirited under such difficult conditions, and to pursue the construction of the country with courage and actions that dare to work hard.
As a result, during this eventful period, they developed atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs, developed artemisinin, synthesized artificial bovine insulin, built the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, and so on.
For ordinary people, this is the worst of times and the best of times.
After sighing, Zhou Yang was a little confused.
Among the tens of thousands of people in Wuyangyang, Li Jianguo and the others were nowhere to be found.
After thinking again and again, Zhou Yang decided to go to the Baofeng Reservoir Battle Headquarters first.
On the huge construction site, the buildings of the Reservoir Management Committee are very conspicuous.
It can be seen from the red flag flying high above that there should be the central command system for these tens of thousands of people.
At the moment, Zhou Yang asked Li Jianjun and others to wait here while he personally rushed to the management committee to inquire!
As soon as he arrived at the management committee, Zhou Yang saw that the wooden sign at the door had been changed!
The newly hung wooden plaque read a line of powerful characters: "Baofeng Reservoir Battle Command."
At this time, people in the entire headquarters were coming in and out. Everyone was very busy, so no one was looking after Zhou Yang.
Just like that, he walked into the headquarters unimpeded!
As soon as he came in, Zhou Yang heard a familiar voice: "What's going on at construction site No. 3? Which production team did it? Why hasn't it been completed yet..."
Following the sound, Zhou Yang saw the familiar figure of Li Changqing!
PS: Chapter 3 is delivered!
