Just after the summer harvest, the villagers were busy threshing the wheat. Wang Zhong did not expect that the three monkeys and Lao Ganbang would come to help him. Otherwise, they would directly carry the thresher to the field and thresh it there. Compared to It’s much more convenient to thresh it when you come back.
Although the Wang Zhongtai type threshing machine looks simple, it can actually thresh wheat. However, it requires a person to step on the pedal, just like riding a bicycle. The pedal drives the transmission device and urges the drum, and the threshing machine It works normally and the threshing effect is very good.
The only disadvantage is that it cannot be used by one person like a windmill, and requires the cooperation of two people.
One tramples and the other threshes the wheat.
Ma Renli naturally became the tool man who stepped on the pedal.
Wang Zhong, Lao Ganbang and the three monkeys took turns threshing the wheat. Ma Renli was responsible for stepping on the pedal. When Ma Renli was really tired, someone else took over.
With the cooperation of four people, it took only half a day to thresh all the wheat produced in the field.
However, after the wheat is threshed, the wheat must be sun-dried or dried to reduce the moisture in the wheat to a standard suitable for storage, otherwise the wheat will be easily covered.
Nowadays, with windmills and threshing machines, wheat does not need to be piled in the store all the time, and there is no need to worry about the weather that may change at any time.
Nowadays, there is no special machine for drying. The speed of drying slowly with a kang is too slow, and you can't dry much at one time. Wang Zhong found it troublesome, so he chose two sunny days to dry the wheat twice, and then It goes through the windmill twice more before being weighed and put into storage.
Wang Zhong had more than two acres, close to three acres, and the dried wheat weighed just over three hundred kilograms. On average, the yield per acre was only over one hundred, which was a bit low.
After the wheat is put into the warehouse, it has to be plowed and planted.
It took seven days to plow all four people's land. This was due to Wang's strong gravity, otherwise the speed would have been slower.
After plowing, it was necessary to sow seeds. Wang Zhong planted peanuts and soybeans, and Lao Ganbang and the others planted corn and soybeans.
From the beginning of the summer harvest to the plowing of the summer planting, other people in the village saw that Wang Zhong and the four of them worked together much more efficiently than themselves, so they all started thinking. Niu Dangdao and Wang Wanchun were also quick-thinking. Moreover, a model similar to a mutual aid group like Wang Zhong's had already existed in the Northeast.
What is different from the original plot is that with Wang Zhong and others as a living example and seeing the remarkable results brought by the mutual aid group, the villagers in the village couldn't wait to take the initiative to learn from Wang Zhong and form a mutual aid group.
So under the call and organization of the village chief Wang Wanchun and the chairman of the farmers' association Niu Bingdao, nearly half of the dozens of households in Maixiang Village, with more than 100 people, successively expressed their agreement to form a mutual aid group, and the rest were either from their families. Those with a large population either still have a wait-and-see attitude.
As the chairman of the farmers' association, Niu Dadan had a high level of awareness and took the lead to form a mutual aid group with several needy households in the village. The villagers followed suit and formed groups of three or five households to produce farm tools in one place. Several families Let’s work together to prepare for autumn planting.
Suddenly six support groups were born.
Seeing that the weather was getting hotter and hotter, Wang Zhong went to the fields every two days to check the growth of peanuts and corn, and to see if the pear trees on the mountain were infected with insects. There are thirty-six trees, all of which were planted by Wang Zhong in the stone land on the mountain. Wang Zhong’s depression was also replaced with the stone land next to Blind Old Yin. The two stone lands added up were enough. Two acres is more than three-quarters of an acre.
In order to distinguish the boundary area, Wang Zhong planted a circle of pear trees around the stone land of more than two acres. In the outer circle alone, thirty-six pear saplings were planted. What is growing in the ground are the vegetables that Wang Zhong brought.
The vegetables were arranged in ridges, and the remaining open space was cleared by Wang Zhonglu one after another and planted with soybeans and corn.
After summer, the tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, cucumbers and pumpkins that Wang Zhong planted earlier began to bear fruit, and the leeks and green onions were ready to eat early.
Wang Zhong also made a special trip to make some side dishes in the yard, with green leeks planted in them.
Basically every few days, Wang Zhong carries baskets full of vegetables to the county to sell. Since the land was just allocated this year, some villagers did not consider growing vegetables, and some did not grow much. It happened to be just after the summer harvest. , the villagers all had a lot of wheat on their hands, so occasionally some villagers would trade the newly harvested wheat with Wang Zhong for some pumpkins to eat.
Seeing Wang Zhongjiantian taking freshly picked vegetables from the field to the county to sell them for money, many villagers in the village also became interested.
Seeing that the corn, soybeans and peanuts in the field were growing better and better, the King of Heaven cut a few leeks, beat a few eggs, made scrambled eggs with leeks, and steamed a pot of rice. Just as he was about to eat, there was a sudden call from the door. Ma Renli's voice came.
Wang Zhong looked up and saw Ma Renli standing at the door with a bottle of white wine and a smiling face.
"come in!"
"Fried eggs with leeks! You can smell the fragrance in the courtyard." Ma Renli's eyes lit up.
Wang Zhong opened the lid of the wooden barrel containing rice, and a burst of white steam, accompanied by the faint aroma of meat, instantly filled the entire room.
"What is it?" Ma Renli came over to take a look. His eyes immediately widened and he swallowed subconsciously: "Is this bacon?"
"Get your own bowl!" Wang Zhong glanced at Ma Renli. He had already used a small wooden shovel to spread the bacon, and turned the steaming rice up to cover the bacon. After a few flips, the bacon and rice were mixed together. The bacon The oil that leaked out gave the rice a shiny color, and the rich aroma of meat and rice greatly stimulated Ma Renli's taste buds. The fluid in his mouth continued to secrete, and he swallowed it down again and again.
Ma Renli quickly scooped a bowl full of rice for himself. Ma Renli didn't ask Wang Zhong where the rice came from. Regardless of how hot it was, he immediately took big gulps into his mouth. The already fragrant rice also contained a hint of rice. The unique salty and incense aroma of bacon. Ma Renli was so excited that he almost shed tears after not eating such good food in half a year.
Wang Zhong opened the bottle of Laobaigan and poured a bowl for himself and Ma Renli: "What do you want from me?"
Ma Renli picked up the rice for a moment, chewed the food in his mouth quickly, and swallowed it into his stomach: "I have something to do. Come on, let's have a bowl first." As he said this, he picked up the wine bowl and started drinking. The charming smile on his face.
Just like Ma Renli, if he had waited another seven or eight years, he would have been a traitor.
The two held a bowl and drank it all in one gulp. "Tell me, what is going on?"
While he was talking, Wang Zhong picked up a piece of scrambled eggs with chives and took a big mouthful of rice.
Ma Renli smiled again and said, "There are only four people in our mutual aid group. I just want to ask if we can add one more!"
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"One more? You mean Qiao Yue?" Ma Renli raised his butt, and Wang Zhong knew what he was doing.
"Hehehe!" Ma Renli chuckled, shyly.
Wang Zhong asked: "Isn't Qiao Yue in the same group as Niu DaDa?"
Except for Wang Zhong's group at the beginning, the mutual aid groups formed by other people in the village were basically divided according to where they lived, and neighbors formed a group.
"I'm just asking, asking!" Ma Renli said.
"Come on, the little Jiujiu in your heart is like no one knows." Wang Zhong shook his head and said: "As the saying goes, a bitch is ruthless and an actor is ruthless. You have read so many books, haven't you heard of this? reason?"
As soon as Wang Zhong finished speaking, the voices of three monkeys suddenly came from the courtyard: "Brother Big Chong! Brother Big Chong!"
"Inside the house!" As soon as Wang Zhong finished speaking, the three monkeys had already arrived at the door.
"Ma Renli, why are you here?" The three monkeys were a little surprised to see Ma Renli.
"Renyi!" Ma Renli smiled and greeted the three monkeys.
"Don't worry about him for now, Three Monkeys, what do you want from me?" Wang Zhong asked directly.
The three monkeys sat on the round stool and said with a smile: "Brother Big Chong, Sister Jinhua also wants to join our mutual aid group. I will come over and ask you soon."
"Brother Big Chong, don't look at Sister Jinhua as a woman, but she works hard and is much better than some people!" The three monkeys hurriedly said good things for Sister Jinhua, and when they said this, they did not forget to glance at Ma Renli, His eyes were full of disdain.
Ma Renli curled his lips, did not dare to say anything, and continued to eat with his head buried.
Wang Zhong said: "No problem, it's really not easy for Jinhua Sister-in-law to be a widow. We have a lot of work to do, so adding another Jinhua Sister-in-law is no problem."
The three monkeys suddenly smiled with a new smile: "Thank you, Brother Chong!"
"Why are you so polite? Have you eaten? If not, let's have some together."
The three monkeys looked at the fragrant scrambled eggs with leeks and rice, swallowed a few times, shook their heads and said, "No, no, no, I've eaten. You guys eat slowly. I have to tell Sister Jinhua the good news!"
After saying that, he couldn't wait to run away.
"Sister-in-law Jinhua is fine, but what about Qiao Yue?" Ma Renli couldn't wait to ask as soon as the three monkeys left.
"It's okay to join if you want, but let me tell you first. I won't spoil her like Niu DaDa. She must complete the tasks assigned to her. If she can do it, I welcome her to join our mutual aid group. .”
In fact, Qiao Yue had come to see Wang Zhong before Ma Renli came, but after Wang Zhong stated his conditions, Qiao Yue hesitated.
Although Niu Dangdao is a bit rough, she knows how to cherish the beauty and cherish the beauty. She has done a lot of hard work for her. But looking at Wang Zhong's attitude, if Qiao Yue comes to Wang Zhong's mutual aid group, I am afraid that many of the tasks will have to be done in the future. Qiao Yue did it herself.
"Okay! As long as you say this!" Ma Renli suddenly beamed with a smile on his face. He took the initiative to pour wine for Wang Zhong and toasted Wang Zhong with another bowl.
It's a pity that Ma Renli is destined to be in vain this time. With Qiao Yue's temperament of being lazy and slippery, how could he possibly agree? Ma Renli can help Qiao Yue just like Niu Dadan, but the key is that Ma Renli is also a handyman. He has no strength and knows nothing about farm work. He is still learning from Wang Zhong and others. He is also weak and has no strength.
Sure enough, after that incident, Ma Renli never mentioned it again.
Autumn is approaching, and the harvest season of corn, peanuts, and soybeans in the fields is approaching.
Suddenly there was a commotion in the county for a return group.
Zhou Yihu came back from a meeting in the county. He called everyone over to the meeting with a serious look on his face. He said that there were returning groups in many places in the county. These returning groups did not dare to attack the county. They only picked places like Maixiang Village that were a little far away from the county. In some places, they specifically killed activists and key elements of land reform, village cadres, etc., and robbed food and money.
Zhou Yihu personally led the militia team organized by the village to strengthen the vigilance and placed many sentries outside the village to prevent the returning group from entering the village at night without knowing it. The militiamen were asked to carry weapons and ammunition with them, even in an emergency. , can also provide immediate support.
Wang Zhong received a 38-meter cap and ten bullets, and was assigned to patrol duty in the first half of the night, once every three days.
The militia team consisted of more than a dozen people, working in three shifts, day and night.
Due to the special geographical location of Maixiang Village, there is only one road out of the village and into the village, so there is no need to set up defenses on all sides. As long as manned patrols are arranged on the main roads entering and leaving the village, gongs are sounded as soon as a situation is discovered to warn the village, and the village can receive the news in time. Organize manpower alerts as soon as possible.
On the afternoon of the tenth day of August, a warning gong suddenly sounded at the entrance of the village. Niu Dangdang, the chairman of the farmers' association, led others to ring the bell that gathered the villagers, telling them to hide in the village hall.
As a member of the militia, Wang Zhong had good marksmanship and was summoned by Zhou Yihu's messengers early on.
Seeing that it was getting dark, a warning sound suddenly sounded at the entrance of the village.
Zhou Yihu immediately rushed over with the remaining militiamen to support them.
Sure enough, outside the temporary fortifications built during this period, a group of people wearing different clothes and holding firearms of different lengths were quickly heading towards Maixiang Village.
Zhou Yihu held the telescope and his face gradually darkened: "The other party has a lot of people, maybe nearly a hundred people!"
Zhou Yihu's tone was very solemn. On the one hand, the opponent's strength was several times that of his own, on the other hand, there was no favorable terrain, and on the other hand, his own ammunition was limited.
Wang Wanchun swallowed and said anxiously: "Even if we include the militia from our village, we have less than thirty people in total. Can we stop them?"
"You have to block it even if you can't!" Zhou Yihu said categorically: "We have limited ammunition and manpower, so we have to be careful and tell everyone to take their positions. Take the sound of my gun as your command. I didn't fire, so no one is allowed to. Gun, get the enemy closer and then hit!"
"Captain Zhou, my marksmanship is accurate, can you give me more bullets!" Wang Zhong walked up to Zhou Yihu and said to Zhou Yihu with a smile. Looking at his posture, he didn't take the nearly 100 people in the returning regiment to heart at all.
"Aren't you afraid?" Zhou Yihu's eyes narrowed slightly and he asked with some surprise as he looked at the smiling Wang Zhong.
"There is nothing to be afraid of. They are not a well-equipped main force. The most they have is light machine guns. I will target their machine gunners and leaders later!"
"Okay! I've made the decision. I'll give you ten more bullets." Zhou Yihu patted Wang Zhong on the shoulder and said proudly: "If you do well, I'll give you more!"
"Captain Zhou, don't worry, just take a look!" Wang Zhong was lying behind the fortifications, facing Zhou Yihu sideways, patting his chest and saying confidently.
"Okay, people are coming!" Zhou Yihu's expression changed and he looked serious: "Be prepared!"
Wang Zhong had already filled up the five bullets, pulled the bolt, and loaded the bullet.
Time seemed to have slowed down a lot. Wang Zhong closed his eyes and recalled in his mind the scene of fighting the enemy to the death in the southwest battlefield in the world of youth. There was no fear in his heart. The true energy in his body slowly circulated and he adjusted his breathing rate. As long as Zhou Yihu gives an order, Wang Zhong can immediately shoot.
"Hit!" Zhou Yihu shouted loudly, and the box cannon in his hand fired first.
Wang Zhong quickly poked his head out, his sharp eagle-like gaze swept over the front men of the Returning Regiment more than ten meters away, and instantly locked onto one person, pulled the trigger, then quickly pulled the bolt, unloaded and loaded the gun, and fired in less than two seconds. After firing five shots, he quickly emptied the bullets in the gun. He immediately retreated, lowered his body, and retreated behind the fortifications.
A few dozen meters away, five members of the Returning Regiment who were kneeling down and carefully groping forward with rifles were shot directly in the neck, chest, forehead and other vital parts. The huge inertia of the bullets directly drove the corpses to fall on their backs.
"Hidden!" The moment they heard the gunshot, the leaders of the returning group shouted loudly.
Unfortunately, there was already a row of fire behind the fortifications, and gunshots were crackling. In just a moment, seven or eight more pioneers at the head of the returning regiment fell.
There is no way, Wang Zhong has level 5 shooting, and his physical fitness is six times that of ordinary people. There is only Wang Chong in the whole field. Even Zhou Yihu's marksmanship is average, and the firearm in his hand is seriously worn. , a little further away, is the random shooting method.
However, if you attack crowded places all at once, you will always hit a few unlucky people.
Gunshots rang out instantly from the opposite side, and bullets flew towards us. After a while, the sound of machine guns rang out.
Wang Zhong listened for a while, and after roughly determining the position and distance of the machine gunner, he held the reloaded 38 cap in his hand, took a deep breath, quickly stood up and grabbed it, aiming at the machine gunner that was bursting with fire. The gunman immediately retreated after firing a shot.
The light machine gun that had been firing bullets just now seemed to have misfired, and the gunfire stopped suddenly.
Zhou Yihu was a veteran who had joined the guerrillas since the Anti-Japanese War. He immediately organized a counterattack and carried out fire suppression.
Both sides went back and forth, Wang Zhong fired a few shots and then changed positions. Every time a shot was fired, one member of the returning group would fall.
The one-eyed dragon who was holding a box cannon and shouting orders just now was shot by Wang Zhong and hit his remaining intact eye, and died on the spot.
Wang Zhong's marksmanship was too sharp. After killing more than a dozen people, Zhou Yihu also noticed the situation on Wang Zhong's side. He couldn't help but excitedly cheered loudly, and immediately took advantage of this great opportunity to organize the soldiers to fight back.
The Returning Regiment is not a regular army in the first place. It is just a group of bandits and hooligans, plus some big families who escaped and were not liquidated. They are a mixed group. Except for two light machine guns, the other equipment is no different from that of the militia. .
The two machine guns were silenced by Wang Zhong alone. If anyone dared to go over and take over, Wang Zhong would directly name them, which would be ineffective and unable to suppress firepower.
Wang Zhong nodded to the members of the Returning Group one by one. The night couldn't stop Wang Zhong's sharp eyes. The sharpness of his marksmanship was simply shocking. Seeing the people around him fall one by one, the members of the Returning Group shrank back. Don't dare to stand up.
Within ten minutes, the returning group could no longer resist.
Nowadays, some people are starting to run away. When one escapes, there are two. The returning group composed of these bandits and bullies are not warriors with firm beliefs and no fear of life and death. As soon as this hole is opened, the team immediately becomes chaotic.
Not to mention that there was a commander who was originally greedy for life and feared death. When he realized that there was a sharpshooter with extremely accurate marksmanship on the opposite side, he immediately shouted for retreat.
Zhou Yihu seized the opportunity and organized the soldiers to throw grenades. More than a dozen grenades were thrown out at once. The trumpeter blew the charge horn. The members of the returning regiment who had already dispersed wished that their parents would give him two more children. Legs, they ran forward desperately. Some smart ones simply threw away their guns, instead of running with the large army, they ran directly into the fields. When they were far away, they just fell down on the ground.
Zhou Yihu asked Wang Wanchun to lead a group of people to stay behind, and he personally led Wang Zhong and Shi Shi to pursue them.
Even while running, Wang Zhong's marksmanship was extremely sharp. Every time a shot was fired, someone would fall down, one child at a time.
After chasing for seven or eight miles, he saw a long dragon in front of him from a distance. At this time, the sky was completely dark and he could not see clearly who was coming. Zhou Yihu immediately stopped a group of soldiers and hid on the spot. He did not dare to pursue anymore. As soon as something goes wrong, take people back immediately.
Not long after, gunfire rang out from the front. The gunfire rang out for a while and then stopped. Zhou Yihu asked the soldiers to stand by while he and Wang Zhong went up to check the situation in person.
After meeting and confirming that the team coming was the county brigade, I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Captain Zhou, you can do it. There are only about 20 people, and you can defeat the returning group and chase them so far! It's amazing!" The one who came to support was Chen Dakui, the captain of the second detachment of the county brigade.
"It's all thanks to Comrade Wang Zhong!" Zhou Yihu said with emotion, and he couldn't help but admire Wang Zhong's amazing marksmanship.
In a small-scale battle like this, a sharpshooter can be as powerful as a platoon.
After hearing what Zhou Yihu said about the fighting process, Chen Dakui's eyes suddenly lit up, just like a hungry wolf smelling the smell of meat, and his eyes searched among the people behind Zhou Yihu.
"Who is Comrade Wang Zhong?"
"Hello, Chief!" Wang Zhong took two steps out of the crowd, raised his chest and raised his head, and gave a very standard military salute.
Looking at Wang Zhong, who was tall and burly, Chen Dakui said with a smile: "Wang Zhong, tell me how many enemies were killed just now?"
"Twenty-six, I counted them all!" Wang Zhong said.
"Twenty-six?" Chen Dakui took a breath and gave a thumbs up: "Comrade Wang Zhong, are you interested in joining our county brigade!"
"I said Chen Datou, there is no one like you who would poach my people in front of me!" Zhou Yihu quit, but Chen Dakui's head is indeed quite big.
"Who among us is following whom? Why are we so clear-cut?" As they said this, the two started to fight.
