When the dinner was almost ready, the five brothers of the Li family put all the sacks into the cellar.
When the cellar was just filled with a corner, Li Chi, the boss, asked Li Yuan: "You asked the family to hunt more wild things, and said that there was a way to smoke and dry them for a few years. There are several pheasants, several hares, and two roe deer in these pockets, all just killed."
Li Yuan smiled and said, "Yes, I will pick up the things. Don't worry, it's OK." Then he took out the big black ten from his pocket, ordered four hundred from it, and handed it to Li Chi. "Take the money, brother, and find a way to exchange the food from the brigade. You don't need to use white flour, but you can use it to pick up grains and millet.
It doesn't need to be replaced at one time or only at Qin Family Village, but it is better to complete it within two months.
From next week, I will ride my bike to the shuttle bus station outside Dongzhimen every Thursday morning to wait. You can send two bags of grain to the bus station early in the morning. Don't go into the city. It's eye-catching and easy to remember. "
The good days in the commune canteen will not last long.
It's better to save it first than to let people eat sea food crazily.
By next year, the money in hand will be worthless. Without tickets, it will be of no great use, but grain will be more expensive than gold
Li Chi looked at the money handed by Li Yuan and didn't receive it. He frowned in shock and said, "Is it really for this?"
At present, most farmers can't see so far away, even if they feel uneasy.
In fact, if the climate is not too severe in the next three years, it may not be so miserable. All kinds of misfortunes come together
Li Yuan reminded: "Brother, how many rains have happened since the beginning of spring this year?"
According to the later "China Disaster Report", in 1958, from January to August, a large area of drought hit the country.
The spring drought in Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Southwest Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, South China Guangdong, Guangxi and other provinces and regions has lasted for a long time and affected a wide area, seriously affecting the planting and growth of crops.
There was no rain or snow for more than 200 consecutive days in the central and eastern parts of Hebei Province. In the middle of May, drought continued in the southwest, southern China and eastern Hebei.
In summer, more than 8 million hectares of farmland in East China and Northeast China suffered drought.
Two hundred and sixty-six rivers and one thousand and three hundred and eighty-six reservoirs in Jilin Province dried up, an unprecedented drought since the end of the Qing Dynasty.
During the year, the drought affected 22.36 million hectares of farmland in 24 provinces and autonomous regions.
In fact, there was still severe drought in most parts of the country from May 8 to June 2.
By next year, there will be a severe drought
This line of pale records, behind the terrible to the extreme famine.
You can never understand what kind of disaster it is without being there
After listening to Li Yuan's words, Li Chi said nothing more. After taking the money, he nodded and said, "You are the intellectual in your family. You are the smartest when you are young. You can do as you say."
But even so, Li Chi didn't think that he would eat by his youngest son in the future.
How could he be short of food if he could earn work?
Chundang's parents love their little son. His eldest brother is also poor for his youngest brother's health. Let's follow him.
When Li Yuansheng was born, his family was in trouble. His parents had to go out to help others to support his baby. It was he who carried Li Yuan around looking for some wild things to cook soup and drink, so he just dragged on.
So among the brothers, he is the most partial to the youngest.
Knowing the boss's character, Li Yuan said to his second son Li Jiang, "Second brother, you can't stop the wild animals. You'd better entrust Second Uncle Qin to fight. He is an old hunter, so you can buy them with money."
Li Jiang reached out and pulled Li Yuan's head. He smiled, "Don't you look down on your second brother? Qin second brother is better than me?"
Li Yuan didn't argue, but smiled: "It's also like delivering food, but it's not necessary to wait for Thursday. One day, someone will send a message to me. The next day, I will wait outside Dongzhimen as soon as possible. Our family is too populous to gamble. From the New Year to now, a drop of rain and snow hasn't fallen, and if it doesn't fall, it will all suffer by the end of the year.
Even adults, but we have more than 20 children in our family, and we don't need a brother with eight faces if he is hungry.
So it's better to toss and turn now than to catch the blind in front of you. "
Several brothers were moved. The fourth man, Li Hu, looked at Li Chi and said, "Brother, listen to the youngest."
Li Chi wrung his eyebrows and said, "I don't believe that it will not rain in the spring! Isn't the God trying to kill people? No such reason! But the elder has read a lot of books, and it's right for you to prepare more. Let's just do it. Don't delay the spring ploughing."
Li Yuan smiled. Although the boss was straight headed, he just wanted to stop him.
The group went out of the cellar and locked it with a bamboo hat. The five brothers were going home.
Back in the middle courtyard, Li Yuan took out a bag of apples, a large bag of fruit candy, four economic cigarettes, a golden leaf cigarette, and four bottles of Xifeng wine.
Economic cigarettes are made by Yuxi Cigarette Factory in southern Yunnan at eight cents a pack. They are cheap and powerful.
Gold leaves are much more expensive, two cents and sixty-one bags.
Li Yuan said, "Apples and sugar are shared with parents and children. Economic cigarettes are for you and your father to smoke. Gold leaves and wine are used to make connections and buy food."
The five brothers all laughed. It seems that the youngest one has really grown up and arranged for his brother.
However, it is also good to go back to the city without empty hands.
Adults don't matter, but there are many children.
Li Chi was worried and told him: "You are suffering from a lot of famine now, so don't spend money if you can. If you can't eat the food, you can sell some to pay for the famine.
Are you young or old? Can we still eat your food and drink yours? Just take care of yourself. Don't send money home. You have to marry a wife. By the way, your sister-in-law said that the Qin family had entrusted people to her, and they wanted to say goodbye to you. "
Li Yuan hurriedly said, "I'm not in a hurry. Now I have to learn more medicine from my master. How can I think about that? Brother, tell my sister-in-law to ignore that. Li Kun is going to take an exam this year, and take care of him. Li Kun has gone to a technical secondary school, so he can live better in the future."
Are you kidding? In the next three years, the countryside will be much more difficult than the city. He can't afford another large family.
Li Yuan can't do the same thing as Silly Zhu. He has to take his heart and lungs out to make a living for his wife.
There is no way. It's just that human nature is inferior, so I still don't delay others
Li Chi smiled, patted Li Yuan on the shoulder, and said: "Your nephews want to learn from you to be city dwellers, just see if they have the ability. Stop talking, and leave. It will be dark if they return late."
Without delay, the five brothers patted Li Yuan one by one, then turned and left.
When five big men go out, many people look at them sideways.
In this era, a family with many brothers is a deterrent.
Even Jia Zhang's family lay on the kang and muttered, "How can the Li family live like this?"
Qin Huairu laughed while cooking: "These are only five... Li Yuan is not counted. He was too delicate, and he was in poor health when he was young. He was bullied and cried every day... Mom, don't talk about it outside."
Jia Zhang snorted and said, "You said it."
Qin Huairu cut the shredded potatoes and smiled: "There are eight brothers in the Li family. Qin Family Village says that his family is the Eight King Kong. One by one, he is strong and honest. His family name is Li, but no one dares to offend him in Qin Family Village. Besides, the eight brothers of this generation are still in their prime years, and the next generation is up again.
The eldest and youngest of Mr. Li's family are 15 to 16 years old this year, and this generation has more Dingkou. There are only 14 male servants, and they are still standing.
Jingru said that there were five pregnant women in his family this year. It is estimated that there are more men than women.
Even his boss is only thirty-five this year, and he can live in the future.
In ten years' time, there may be dozens of grandchildren in his family. Who can afford to offend such a large family? "
Unless there is another war of the lost land and the Li family suffers, Qin Family Village will become Li Family Village sooner or later.
Jia Zhang's envy is coming out soon. If the Jia family could have... not to mention half a hundred, seven or eight men, she thought she could walk sideways in the courtyard!
If there are dozens of grandchildren... she dares to travel in 49 cities!
With this in mind, Jia Zhang said to Jia Dongxu, "Dongxu, there is only one stick stick now, which is far from enough. You and Huairu are still young, and I can take children with me. You two need to work harder and have more children! If there are seven or eight brothers in stick stick stick stick, we will be a big family in the future, much better than the Li family!
The Li family is full of farmers. What's the use of more people? You will starve to death in a disaster year! "
Jia Dongxu was also a bit moved, but Qin Huairu didn't want to live.
At present, the Jia family's life is tight. When they were born, they didn't do much, so they were forced by Jia Zhang to do laundry and cooking. Now, they often have physical pain.
If she continues to live, will she die?
Besides, seeing that Jia Zhang doesn't treat her granddaughter as a person at all, we know that Bang Yu's life will be worse if she has another daughter.
Qin Huairu turned his eyes and said, "Mom, it's not that we don't want to live, but now the family is all pointing at Dong Xu. There are only five people now, and Dong Xu is tired and can't stand up. If we have another child, Dong Xu will not be tired to death? I know you are good for the stick. Many brothers will not be bullied in the future, and we have a help for each other. But I still want to focus on Dong Xu. No son is ahead of me. "
This reminds Jia Dongxu that when he gave birth to Xiaodang, he was bored to death, and had almost no pocket money. He could hardly afford to buy twenty six cents of gold leaf.
Not born now, he is the big front door with 32 cents!
Another one. I'm afraid I can't afford to smoke economic cigarettes for eight cents.
Jia Dongxu looked at his wife approvingly, and then said to Jia Zhang: "Don't worry about snacks. Xiaodang is still less than one year old. What's the hurry?"
Jia Zhang's lungs ached with anger. He turned his head and ignored others, cursing the Li family secretly. He had so many babies that he would starve to death sooner or later
Jia Dongxu is also bored. He is just a group of smelly farmers.
If it hadn't been for receiving the wind for them, Silly Column would not have bought a chicken. He would not have eaten too much and had diarrhea in the toilet, so he would not have... ahh!
In a word, it's all the fault of the Li family. How could they not starve to death when they had so many babies!
At the same time, Li Yuan, who sent his brothers out, received waves of strong negative emotions from Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu. He looked back at Jia's direction and smiled
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An uncle's family.
Seeing several brothers of the Li family passing by from the window, Yi Zhonghai and his wife are the most envious and sad in the Man yard.
Many children in other families are worried that they can't support them. They have been looking forward to their children all their lives, not even a man and half a woman.
An aunt wiped her tears and said, "In this life, I am sorry for you."
After all, they still didn't go to the hospital for examination. Who is the problem.
Yi Zhonghetuo made a fake certificate to prove that he was healthy.
So an aunt still thinks it's her problem
Yi Zhonghai sighed and said with a smile, "This is God's destiny. I should have no children in my life. How can you be sorry for me? There are Dong Xu and Sha Zhu here now, and they may not have no hope in the future."
An aunt hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm afraid that neither Zhu nor Dong Xu is reliable. Zhu is OK and warm-hearted. She often goes to the backyard to look after the old lady. Dong Xu... his mother is not a good friend. When she gets old, she will expect Shang Dong Xu. Jia Zhang will not ride on our heads to shit and pee?"
Yi Zhonghai was not happy when he heard the word "shit and urine". His earlier face was really a shame in his life.
However, what his wife said was not unreasonable. He said slowly, "Look again, it's still time."
An aunt whispered, "If only Yuanzi could kiss us."
Yi Zhonghai shook his head repeatedly and said, "Don't dream about it. Most of his monthly salary has been sent home, which shows that he is kissing the family in his heart. How can he kiss us? Even if he wants to give us an old age, I dare not ask for it. I'm afraid he will move our old age family back to the Qin Family Village."
After seeing off several brothers, Li Yuan went back to the backyard to open the cellar and collect wild animals and some food into the space.
Leave four or five bags of grain, and lock it here as a target, just in case.
It means that in the future, when someone suspects that his family can't eat enough food all the time, he can bring it to have a look
ha-ha!
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The next morning, Li Yuan still used tomatoes, meat and rock sugar to make juice, which filled the house with fragrance. Then when the residents came to the courtyard to wash, he opened the window
A series of negative emotions made Li Yuan laugh.
Get up early and feel happy!
However, today's big bowl of braised pork noodles is not for the deaf old lady.
After calculating the time, it was almost time to hear a cry from the front yard:
"That's great! That's great! Come on, everyone! Our courtyard has recruited thieves!"
The voice of Yan Bugui, the third uncle, who was frightened and angry, spread all over the three courtyards.
Li Yuan followed the crowd to the front yard and saw Yan Bugui standing there with a sad face. The three aunts simply started crying.
Yi Zhonghai frowned and said, "Old Yan, what are you doing here when you don't go to work early in the morning? Are thieves and thieves good words? What do you hear outside?"
Yan Bugui was out of breath when he saw it. He gritted his teeth and said excitedly, "Like what? Lao Yi, our hospital has recruited a big thief! My leather shoes, my briefcase, and my Chinese tunic suit were washed yesterday while the weather was good, and he thought about wearing them to work this morning. Look, look, what else?"
The crowd looked around, and it was really gone.
Silly Zhu laughed and said: "Third Uncle! Let me say, it's time! What do you say you are always diligent? Every day, you can't afford to eat or wear, and if you can't calculate, you will be poor and talk about it. You also buy second-hand leather shoes... What are you showing off? All right, no more?"
When Yan Bugui heard the words, his whole body shook with anger.
Yi Zhonghai shouted, "Pillar, don't talk. Shut your mouth! Is this the time when you fall into a well?"
Silly Zhu cut, but somehow he didn't speak again. Li Yuan laughed and said, "Brother Zhu, although the Third Uncle is more calculating, he has the bottom line of principles and won't harm people. This alone is better than many people."
Silly Column laughed and said, "Yes."
Li Yuan asked Yan Jiecheng, "Xie Cheng, go and see if you have lost anything? I thought that you shouldn't have lost something in your family. Are there any children naughty? Where did you lose it? The Third Uncle is a good man and has no enemies. Even a thief can't steal from your family."
Yan Bugui came back to his senses and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, everyone should look to see if any of the children were naughty and find out where they lost it."
Yi Zhonghai frowns and thinks something is wrong, but nods and asks people to look around.
Don't tell me, I really found my briefcase. It's in the corner of the Jia's south, where the Jia family occupied the place where they put the coal balls.
But the others could not be found.
After a while, another resident in the yard called out, or lost half a bowl of salt, or lost the white noodles, or lost a bag of sweet potatoes.
It was soon discovered that there were some salt grains and white noodles scattered at Jia's door
Boy, the anger of the masses will explode!
There are really bad elements in the masses!
Comrades, go!!
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