60s: I have a store

Chapter 240 No comparison, no harm

Liang Huan and his friends returned to the village exhausted.

Although meals are provided, the labor intensity is really high.

The supervisors criticized anyone who was lazy, no matter which village they were from. Therefore, no one dared to do things perfunctorily. If the food was not good, no one would have been able to hold on. But even so, some people still fainted on the construction site.

"Master, didn't you bring any food back?" a village woman asked when she saw her husband had nothing in his hands.

The man suddenly got angry.

I was already exhausted, and then I was questioned when I got home. Everyone would be angry!

"It's good enough that we didn't eat the food at home, but you brought it back? Do you know how tiring that job is? We were assigned to the group that hammered stones, and eating a few steamed buns is nothing?"

The village woman was disappointed and regretful.

"If I had known the commune was like this, I would have gone to Zhoujiazhuang. Boss, you don't know that Liang Huang brought back ten steamed buns." The village woman said enviously.

I regret it!

You know, two days ago, her family was chosen to go to Zhoujiazhuang in the lottery. But her family was dissatisfied and made a scene. Finally, Liang Zan found them and agreed to make the swap.

At that time, they thought Liang Zan was a fool and agreed readily. Moreover, under the witness of the village chief and others, the two families signed the agreement.

It is an agreement that cannot be revoked no matter what.

However, their neighbor Liang Huang brought back 10 steamed buns made of grams of flour, while their own family returned empty-handed. The comparison between the two was hurtful.

Obviously, they made the wrong choice.

But this result was caused by their own actions. They still owed an agreement and put their fingerprints on it. They can't go back on their word, so they feel very uncomfortable.

"Mom! I want to eat steamed buns too." The three children next to them said eagerly.

They were very hungry, but they could only eat steamed corn bread, and it still didn't fill them up. Each person could only have one. They would always wake up from hunger in the middle of the night, and then they could only drink a few sips of water to fill their stomachs.

When the man heard what his wife said, he was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't believe it: "Impossible."

How can he believe it?

Zhoujiazhuang can have enough food, and you can even take 10 steamed buns home? Who would believe this? Is Zhoujiazhuang so well-fed?
No matter whether others believe it or not, he doesn't believe it anyway.

I don’t believe that Zhoujiazhuang is even richer than Red Star Commune.

As for the child's words, I pretended not to hear them and omitted them.

What else can I do if I don’t skimp? My family only gets a small amount of food, and once we eat it, it’s gone, so now I just eat a little, as long as I don’t starve to death.

"How is it impossible? Why don't you go and ask around yourself? Everyone who went to Zhoujiazhuang brought back steamed buns. It's such a big thing, and I'm not the only one who saw it." said the woman.

So many people went to Zhoujiazhuang, and everyone brought food back. It couldn't be hidden anyway.

She added: "I heard that they only had 5 steamed buns for breakfast, Liang Huang kept 2, and there were 7 steamed buns for lunch and dinner. He left one for lunch and took it back for dinner, so that was 10 buns, right?"

Her man was dumbfounded.

Zhoujiazhuang is so generous? Not to mention the three meals a day, 5 steamed buns in the morning, 7 at noon and in the evening, which is better than what they eat in the commune.

"I'll go ask." He still couldn't believe it and hurried out.

Those who went to work in the commune basically ran out to find out about the situation after returning home.

Soon, they found out that it was indeed the case.

What a miscalculation! If they had known this, they would have gone to Zhoujiazhuang as well.

"With the way they eat, I don't think Zhoujiazhuang will be able to hold out for many more days. They will cry one day. Use your brains to think about it. Even if Zhoujiazhuang has a bumper harvest this year, how much will be left after paying the public grain tax? Are they willing to give us people from other villages such good food?" Someone speculated, unable to accept the reality.

"Yes! If you ask me, it was probably only on the first day that Zhoujiazhuang let them eat better." Someone agreed.

……

Some people also went to the village chief to report the situation.

They said they were reporting the situation, but in fact they just wanted the village chief to transfer them to Zhoujiazhuang.

Village chief Liang was furious and scolded everyone. You were the ones who wanted to go to the commune at that time, and you are the ones who want to be transferred now. What do you want to do?
Who do you think I am? I can change my tune just by saying so?

My name has already been submitted, how can I change it? Do I have the final say?
Village Chief Liang scolded the people he caught and made them flee in panic. Indeed, they were not in the right, and they could not make a fuss with the village chief.

"Liangzan, you go to the commune tomorrow, I won't change."

Liang Zan looked at the man making a fuss at his doorstep, chuckled, and took out a piece of paper, which was the agreement: "What do you think this is? Do you want the elders to come and judge? As long as the village chief and the elders say I should be changed back, then I will do as you wish."

When the man saw the agreement, he had the urge to tear it up.

Regret it!

Although some people in front of them comforted themselves by saying that it was the first day and Zhoujiazhuang only provided such good food, but no one is stupid. The team leader of Zhoujiazhuang said that the daily food intake is fixed.

Even if it needs to be changed, it won't happen in a short time.

In the end, he left in disgrace. If he really alarmed the elders to take action, not only would he not get the result he wanted, but he would also be exposed to the elders' methods.

Even though the elder is old and looks like he can't walk, they can drive him out of the village with just one word.

That's very fatal.

We can only think of other solutions.

At this rate, the family won’t be able to survive for long, let alone until the next harvest. It will be hard to survive until the Chinese New Year. How will we celebrate the Chinese New Year? How will we survive the winter?
There is still some corn confiscated in the village, and when the time comes, each household will be able to get some.

It is said that after Xu Xiangbei returned to his home in the city, he showed off his power at home.

Three pounds of pork and a big rooster. This meat was very rare for his family, and they hadn't tasted meat for a long time.

That’s right! In the end, Zhou Yimin still forced him to take the three pounds of pork and the big rooster back home to let his family taste them.

Xu Xiangbei had no intention of taking advantage of this, after all, his situation was not that difficult.

The family had money and meat coupons, but they just couldn't buy meat.

He will bring money with him when he goes to Zhoujiazhuang tomorrow. This meat should be considered as something he bought with his own money.

A few days ago, he told his family that he was going to work in the countryside for a while. In response, his family members said that the countryside was so and so good!

Now when they saw the three pounds of pork and the big rooster, they all stared in amazement.

"From now on, don't talk about other people's rural areas. People in Zhoujiazhuang even fenced off a mountain to raise chickens," said Xu Xiangbei.

"That's great. If we build a good relationship, we will have more eggs to eat in the future." Mrs. Xu said happily.

There were many children in the family, and they needed nutrition. They had no choice but to give birth to triplets as the first pregnancy.

(End of this chapter)