Just after the New Year, the eldest son and the second son went to Peiping. Not long after, the third son Zijin also returned to the provincial capital. He was busy with studies. Each of the three children had their own plans and clear goals. They all wished they could do it earlier. Enrich themselves.
Although Wang Zhong had taught his children a lot in the past, it was more of a basic education and a more in-depth professional level. Wang Zhong did not involve it. He only cultivated the children's interest in learning and the habit and method of self-study.
These undoubtedly allow the three children to better adapt to their respective college lives. The eldest and second child are boys, and they are not young. Wang Zhong is not worried. The third child, Zijin, is a girl, but his temper is not calm enough. However, Zijin He has practiced self-defense well, and at this time, there are basically no security incidents in the university.
However, Wang Zhong is also open-minded. His children and grandchildren will be blessed by themselves. He has raised them up, and he cannot always feed them with milk bottles. They still have to take care of their own lives.
There is still no news from Zhou Yihu, and it seems that he has encountered a lot of resistance. However, Zhou Yihu is capable, courageous, and responsible, and Wang Zhong still has great confidence in him.
Sure enough, in mid-February of the lunar calendar, the weather started to get warmer and spring irrigation was coming, and news came from Zhou Yihu.
"Secretary Zhou?" Looking at Zhou Yihu and Wang Wanchun getting off the jeep, Wang Zhong and Niu Dadan were extremely surprised.
"Of course I have good news to tell you." Zhou Yihu said with a smile, with joy in his eyes. Niu DaDang immediately asked excitedly: "Has your superiors agreed to the pilot project?"
"Agreed!" Zhou Yihu said with a smile: "Wan Chun and I came here specifically to tell you the good news. By the way, I will also tell you what aspects you should pay attention to to prevent you from making any mistakes."
"Hey hey hey!" Niu Dadan almost laughed out loud. Wang Zhong said: "You are still watching us, what could possibly go wrong?"
"Stop being so playful and talk about business!" Zhou Yihu looked at the two of them seriously and said, "How sure are you?" Wang Zhong and Niu looked at each other boldly, and Wang Zhong took the lead and said: "As long as there is no natural disaster, we have a hundred One hundred percent sure." Since last year, the Maixiang Brigade has once again entered the stage of development that was six or six years ago. With the foundation laid last year and nearly two years this year, the wheat sown this autumn will Not only are the varieties the latest grain varieties, but also fertilizers have begun to be used on a large scale.
As before, limited by economic conditions, chemical fertilizers can only be used on a small scale, and most of them still rely on farmyard manure.
For this year's winter wheat, the Maixiang Brigade plans to use a combination of chemical fertilizers and farmyard manure. After all, if only chemical fertilizers are used, the demand for chemical fertilizers will be too great. Now the country has invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the development and production of chemical fertilizers, but Due to technical and various reasons, some chemical fertilizers still rely on imports, which results in the price of chemical fertilizers not being as close to the people as it was in later generations.
"Yes! We are 100% sure!" Niu Dadan followed Wang Zhong and assured Zhou Yihu.
"Okay!" Zhou Yihu said loudly: "Then I will wait for you two to come up with results."
"Just take a look!" Zhou Yihu pulled the two of them and said a lot of things, including some things to pay attention to, as well as some support and care that he helped to win over.
Holding the red-headed documents that Zhou Yihu personally delivered to his hands, Wang Zhong, Niu Dangdang, Ma Renli, and Ma Renlian sat at the team headquarters to discuss for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion.
The next day, the Maixiang Brigade held a meeting of all team members. Representatives from every household were sent. The entire team headquarters was packed, and the outside of the team headquarters was also crowded with onlookers, who came to watch the fun.
"Folks, I believe everyone has heard the news. I'm calling everyone here today because there is a big happy event to be announced!" Wang Zhong sat at the head of the table and said loudly with a smile: "Secretary Zhou Yihu, Zhou, He was thinking about us and helped us apply to the province. After a lot of effort and fighting against all objections, the province finally agreed to launch a pilot project in our Maixiang Brigade to try to implement the policy of household responsibility."
"As the name suggests, the collective contracts the land to everyone on a household basis. From now on, everyone will farm their own land and harvest their own grain. They will pay enough to the state and keep enough to the collective. The rest is our own." At this point in time, Even the land has not been divided yet, so naturally there is no provision for retaining, raising funds and apportioning, paying enough to the state and the collective, and the rest is naturally the farmers themselves.
"Brother Chong, what should we do with people like Grandpa Second?" Three Monkeys have always been Wang Zhong's staunchest supporter. Every time Wang Zhong convenes everyone for a meeting, he is always the most cooperative one.
"We have discussed this point!" Wang Zhong didn't say anything, and Niu stood up boldly: "In order to take care of the needy households in the village, and also to solve the problem of production tools, we decided to work as a small team as before. As a unit, we all farm together. The specific measures are the same as when we were in the mutual aid group, that is, the mutual aid group became a production team and just changed its name." Wang Zhong added: "It means that our work point system has been cancelled. , whichever family contracts which piece of land, and whichever piece of land grows enough food to be left over by the state and the collective, will belong to that family."
"Of course, and the most important point is that everyone must remember clearly that the land still belongs to our brigade collectively. Every household only has the right to cultivate and does not have the right to resell it privately. Whose land has been contracted for more than a year? If it is, it will be regarded as voluntarily giving up the contract, and it will be taken back by us collectively and we will be responsible for handling it collectively."
"Brother Big Chong, who would be willing to leave the land uncultivated!" the three monkeys said with a smile.
"That's right!" Lao Ganbang also added with a smile: "If that's true, then I won't be able to abandon the land even if I'm exhausted in the field." Everyone started to speak one after another.
"Okay, okay! Everyone, be quiet for a moment and listen to me first." As soon as Wang Zhong spoke, the room immediately became quiet. Even the villagers watching outside the house shut up and stopped discussing. He raised his ears and listened carefully: "We have discussed it. In order to reduce the number of diagnoses, we will divide it according to the current method. The brigade is divided into eight areas. The members of the eight teams will remain unchanged for the time being. The team selects one person, and by drawing lots, the area of land contracted by each team is first determined.”
"Let's make an agreement first. We'll catch them wherever they are. We'll leave it to fate and no one will regret it." As soon as Wang Zhong finished speaking, Ma Renlian moved the box containing the paper balls that he had already prepared to the table.
"Eight paper balls, eight numbers. Let's draw lots first, and then draw lots according to the order on the paper. Which area is captured will be the area contracted by that team. No one is allowed to go back on his word. If you have any opinions, please hurry up and start selecting someone." The captain of the team is not fixed, but takes turns, so it is naturally difficult to appoint the person who draws the lot.
The drawing of lots alone took more than ten minutes, and three-quarters of the time was wasted on selecting the person to draw the lot. Fortunately, the result was smooth. With eight plots of land, the land naturally had good and bad qualities.
Wang Zhong and others have tried their best to be as fast and fair as possible. The cultivated land and fruit trees in the village were divided into eight pieces, which were basically divided equally among the eight teams, and then subdivided into each household. However, due to the high prestige of Wang Zhong and others, this work was not affected. What an obstacle.
Of course, the bigger reason is that the folks today are still very simple, not so profit-seeking, and focus on money.
In their view, being able to guarantee household production is already very satisfying.
"Brother Big Chong, are there any differences between the fish pond and the pig farm?" he asked with eyes shining when he was not full.
"There's also an oil shop!" his wife Xiaozhuan added.
"You two haven't taken enough advantage, have you? You dare to worry about collective things?" Wang Zhong glanced at the two couples and said calmly.
"No, no!" He quickly explained after not having enough to eat, "How dare we!"
"It's okay if you don't dare!" Wang Zhong said: "Whether it is an oil mill, a fish pond, or a pig farm, they are all collective properties."
"One more thing. This time the household quota is guaranteed, the province only agreed to conduct a pilot project in our brigade. Everyone should understand what a pilot project is. Whether we can keep the land contracted depends on everyone's efforts."
"Brother Chong, don't worry. Even if we die from exhaustion, we will die from exhaustion in the fields!" Blind Old Yin said with a smile.
"If nothing happens, let's call it a day. In a few days, spring irrigation will begin. Let's get ready!"... In the summer of 1979, although household responsibility system had only started for less than a few months, However, the wheat yield from the summer harvest was nearly 80% more than last year. The average yield per mu was nearly 400 kilograms, and the maximum yield per mu was nearly 460 kilograms.
Although this is inseparable from the use of improved seeds and chemical fertilizers, it also has a lot to do with the harder work of the villagers.
During the summer harvest, Zhou Yihu brought his working group to the Maixiang Brigade again and was quite satisfied with the initial results produced by the Maixiang Brigade.
"Don't be proud. This year's autumn grain and next year's summer grain are the time to test your results!" Zhou Yihu knocked on Wang Zhong and others.
"Secretary Zhou, don't worry. We will definitely give you a satisfactory answer for this autumn harvest and next summer's harvest." Che Zhuluo went back and forth, but Wang Zhong still had confidence.
If nothing else, let’s just say that the village was used to cheating and cheating on the underfed, small-time couple. Now they are working hard in the fields every day. It’s not like a few years ago, when they would find opportunities to be lazy from time to time.
And Wang Zhong, Ma Renli and others were also completely liberated from the complicated work. Otherwise, the complicated work of recording daily work points, monthly subtotals, totals at each stage, and converting public grains and grains would be confusing to watch. Difficult, but very trivial. It takes a lot of time and energy. If time is spent on these things, production will inevitably be delayed.
Moreover, it is not enough to complete it once. In order to prevent errors, all data must be double-checked twice.
In order to avoid abuse of power for personal gain and ensure fairness, openness and impartiality, statistics and review cannot be done by the same person.
The huge workload corresponds to a long time and a lot of energy, and facts have proven that household quotas can indeed greatly improve productivity and enable farmers to have enough food and clothing, especially those who lack farmland and land. Mountainous areas.
In the autumn of 1979, the autumn grain harvest of the Maixiangling Brigade doubled compared to last year. In the summer of 1980, the winter wheat output reached a new high, with the average yield per mu approaching 500 kilograms, and the maximum yield per mu exceeding 500 kilograms. Fifty kilograms, reaching the point of nearly six hundred kilograms.
This is inseparable from the scientific and advanced planting technology brought by Wang Zhong, and is also closely related to the large-scale use of chemical fertilizers and the adaptation of wheat varieties to the Maixiangling area.
The happiest person is Zhou Yihu, who stands behind and strongly supports the Maixiang Brigade in the pilot project. Although the progress is not too much compared to last year, compared with other brigades in the county during the same period, it is far beyond .
The yield per mu of the Maixiang Brigade is now about twice that of other brigades. Naturally, the province would not turn a blind eye to such remarkable results. Zhou Yihu immediately took advantage of the victory and wanted to expand the area of the pilot project, preparing to extend the household responsibility system to the entire Qingze County, even the entire Shandong Province, and even the whole country.
On this day, Niu Dadan hurried over to find Wang Zhong, looking anxious, panting, and unable to speak clearly.
"Big insect, hurry up..."
"What's going on?"
"Second Grandpa...Second Grandpa... Come with me and have a look!" Niu Dadan couldn't explain clearly.
Wang Zhong quickly put down what he was doing.
"I'll go to Grandpa Second's house first. You go to my house and let Ziyu take my medicine box to Grandpa Second's house!"
"Okay!" The two hurriedly went their separate ways. When Wang Zhong rushed all the way to Second Grandpa's house, Qiao Yue and Mai Hua were both in the house. Second Grandpa was lying on the kang with his eyes closed, as if he was asleep.
"What's going on?" Wang Zhong walked quickly to the kang and asked while checking.
"I don't know either!" Qiao Yue's face was full of worry, and her eyes seemed to have lost focus: "I was delivering food to the second grandpa, and I saw the second grandpa lying on the kang, and he couldn't wake up no matter how he screamed." Not long after, Niu Da Dao and Tzu Yu also arrived.
"Dad, medicine box!"
"Silver Needle!" Wang Zhong said directly. Tzuyu skillfully lit the candle and took out the needle bag containing the silver needle.
"Brother Da Dao, help to unbutton Second Grandpa's shirt." Wang Zhong greeted Niu Da Da. While helping Second Grandpa with an acupuncture, he provided blood circulation, dictated a prescription to Ziyu, and took the medicine. After Wang Zhong checked it himself, Let Qiao Yue endure it.
Half an hour later, the second grandfather slowly woke up. Niu Dadan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the wrinkles on his face finally eased.
Outside the house, Wang Zhong and Niu DaDang whispered: "Brother DaDang, Second Grandpa is probably only here for a few days. You have an idea." Niu DaDang suddenly felt as if he had been struck by lightning and looked at Wang Zhong in shock.
"Hasn't he been rescued?" Niu Dangda asked in confusion. Wang Zhong shook his head and said: "It's just that I have taken a breath. After all, the second grandfather is over ninety years old. His body is already at the point of death, and all the internal organs have been exhausted. Now that he has taken a breath, it is actually just... Looking back at the light, how long it can last depends on how long Grandpa Er can hold on like this!" Niu Dadan still didn't want to believe this fact.
Wang Zhong patted his shoulder and comforted him: "Don't think too much. Second Grandpa should be aware of his own health. You should stay with Second Grandpa more these days to see what else he has to say." Right!"
"Is there really nothing we can do?" Niu Dadan asked in disbelief.
"Anyway, I have no choice. If you still want to go through the trouble, you can ask the second grandpa if he is willing to go to the county hospital." Niu Dadan said with a dark look on his face.
