Chapter 203:

The daughter-in-laws of other families in the county committee compound are also preparing for Su Yu to come and get close to them again this time, so they can find the opportunity to inquire about the children of the military district. As a result, Su Yu came here all day, and didn't go out until it got dark.
They asked Director Zhu of the Women's Federation to ask the Magistrate Song to find out that they were reviewing their homework at home. No time to go out.
Hearing this news, everyone was extremely disappointed. I wondered if I was going to the door to find someone. I was also worried that Secretary Lin's family would see it at that time and would misunderstand him.
After all, someone who asks someone to come here as a guest is different from someone who takes the initiative to come and find someone.
Su Yu occasionally looked at people coming in and out from the window. After seeing some people entering the compound, he glanced in his direction, smiled, and continued reading.
In the evening, Song Dongzheng returned from a meal and put it on the table waiting for Su Yu to eat.
"Let's read the book after dinner."
Song Dongzheng greeted.
Su Yu folded a corner where she saw. Put the book on the desk and come over for dinner. Seeing the food returned from the table, she sighed, "This big pot of rice is still very different from home. Aunt Liu must have made something delicious for her family today. Unfortunately, I can't eat it."
Song Dongzheng: "..." He put his chopsticks into Su Yu's hand, "I will cook tomorrow. I'm not ready today."
The key is that he is worried that what he cooks is not as good as that made by other masters, and Su Yu will be dissatisfied by that time.
Su Yu smiled and said, "I want to eat braised fish. You should know how to do it."
"Yes!" How many years has he eaten this dish, can he cook it?
After getting the promise, Su Yu stopped tossing him, and honestly had dinner with Song Dongzheng. While nibbling on the tortillas, he said, "I don't know what's going on with Li Ping and the others, I must be making noise today."
Song Dongzheng also ate the bread and smiled, "I have been on the phone with the commune a long time ago. When I got off work, I cried and called my mother to go home."
Although Su Yu was a little worried, she and Li Ping had already guessed the consequences before and gave Li Ping some suggestions. So I am not ready to help.
And she also wanted to exercise Li Ping's ability. As the chairman of the student union, he should be able to control so many people and a group of Mao children.
In the dormitory of the militia on the side of the Xiaohe Commune, a group of children are holding lunch boxes while eating while wiping their tears.
All are teenagers. The youngest is twelve and the oldest is Li Ping, nineteen.
They are all leaving home for the first time. Although they have stayed in the countryside before, they really haven't done farm work.
At the beginning of the hard work, everyone was very motivated and felt that they were great and great. But I feel powerless when I work.
Even if a twelve-year-old child doesn't have to work hard with a small and only needs to break up large clods, it feels tired and boring.
When leaving work, the children feel weak. Tired and hungry. Especially when it gets dark, I start to want to go home.
However, after seeing the meal eaten at night, this thought became even stronger.
This group of black-hearted people actually let them eat corn paste and add to it!
That corn paste is not the same as what they eat at home. The food at home is very fine. The corn paste here can not be swallowed when it reaches the throat. There seems to be some debris inside.
Wowotou is also black and dry.
But there is nothing else to eat. "I won't eat anymore. I don't care anyway. I want to go home. This is where I came to support, this is here to sell my life. Even if we work voluntarily, we must at least feed us!"
Li Aihong angrily put the lunch box on the bed and stood in the crowd shouting.
This can be regarded as shouting everyone's heart. Before, I was daring not to speak, but now someone took the lead, and the Li family took the lead, so everyone opened up and shouted, "I want to go home, I want to eat."
"I think I'm at home. I'm so tired from work. I can't even eat enough. These days are worse than the long-term workers who were oppressed by the landlord.
"I'm going to the commune to call. I must go back!"
Li Aihong looked at everyone making a fuss, so she winked with Li Aijun and made her make a fuss. But Li Aijun didn't dare to make trouble. She was worried about the trouble, and lost her job of washing clothes when she returned. Now the weather is warm, the clothes are easier to wash, and the winter is over, it makes no sense to lose work now.
Seeing that she was not listening, Li Aihong looked at Li Ai-Dang, "Love the Party, you also say something. Don't you have a hard time?"
Li Aidang was upset by the noise, and he wanted to go home. I feel that this place is worse than in the military area. After all, the military area is a familiar environment, and if you are tired from training, you still have to eat. But here, there is nothing. The endless fields and wasteland are always endless work. The food is so bad. Sleep in such a shabby place at night...
But he is the deputy captain after all, if he makes trouble, the scene will be even more chaotic.
As a disciplined person, he dare not make trouble.
So he looked at Li Ping cautiously.
"sister……"
"Call me the captain." After Li Ping finished the last bite, she put the dishes on her seat and stood up.
"……team leader."
Li Ping looked at everyone seriously, "Do you think it is very bitter."
"Of course it is bitter!" Li Aihong said.
The others nodded.
Li Ping said, "Do you think you are eating poorly?"
"Very bad!" Li Aihong continued.
Li Ping said, "Today is already late, even if you want to go back, you will have to wait for tomorrow. I think everyone can't sleep anymore. I will take you to see how the real farmers live. It's also considered that we didn't come here in vain. , Let’s talk about going back."
Everyone was very happy to see Li Ping let go. Li Aihong smiled triumphantly.
After coming here, everyone hasn't returned to go out to play. Although it is night now, the sky is not too dark, and there are too many people, so everyone is not afraid.
Li Ping greeted the team leader of the militia, saying that these children are very interested in farm life and hope to understand the life of comrade farmers so that they can integrate into the team of comrade farmers.
Really panicked.
The leader of the vigilante group thought to himself. What is there to understand about the lives of peasants? These people still didn't suffer.
Of course, the requirements are always met. Secretary Luo said that as long as these people work hard, they can properly meet their non-excessive requirements. Especially the requirements of their leader must be met.
So with the help of the Min team leader, they found the home of the production team leader. The old captain of the production team was having dinner at home, and was shocked to see such a mighty group of children coming, thinking something was wrong.
After hearing the intention, the sweet potato cake in his mouth was swallowed.
"Understand this, what do you want to know?"
Li Ping said, "Captain, what do you eat at home?"
"What to eat... This year, the situation has improved slightly, the wild vegetables that I ate at night, and the sweet potato cakes."
The old captain said, calling his grandson to show the children what he ate at night.
"This is sweet potato cake?"
Li Aidang said in surprise. He has also eaten sweet potato pancakes, which is different from this one.
The old captain said, "This sweet potato pie is made with sweet potato skins ground into powder. Don't look at this one, it's very hungry. You can eat a seven-point full by eating two."
Made of sweet potato skins? The children looked at the cake in surprise.
Li Ping said, "Old Captain, is there enough food at home?"
"...Well, in fact, under the management of County Magistrate Song, the food is still acceptable. You can't die from starvation. I can eat two meals a day, and I can eat 70% full."
Two meals a day, only seven minutes full...
Everyone was shocked again.
Li Ping asked the old captain to take the children around in the team.
By now the weather has warmed up, and it is time to work again, and every family has their doors open for meals.
They saw children the same age as them, all with yellow and thin faces, stuffing them into their mouths with dark and invisible food, and the food was quite fragrant. They even saw some people implement distribution according to work. With a large spoon, very few are distributed to the child.
There are also children who can't walk steadily. They are already five or six years old, but they seem to be only three or four years old.
There are also some children in their early ten years who were told by Li Ping that he has been working in the production team since he was ten. Because the production team counts food by work points, they usually don't have much harvest. If they don't work, they won't be able to get enough food, and they won't have enough food.
Even so, they can only drink a little slurp at each meal. Can't eat dry food at all. But everyone is very satisfied, after all, they can have something to eat and never die of starvation.
Seeing these scenes with their own eyes and hearing these things, these children have a lot of complicated feelings in their hearts.
For them, it is just a matter of experiencing life, and for the children here, it is something they do every day.
And the people here are not even full.
After making a round in the production team, Li Ping took everyone back to the dormitory. No one is making noise now.
Li Ping said, "Are you still going back?"
Li Aihong said, "Why don't you want to go back, these things have nothing to do with us. We can't help much."
Li Ping ignored her, but looked at other people, "We came here to open up wasteland. In these three days, we actually didn't do much work. But the land we opened up will be planted by these comrades farmers in the future. In the future, you can collect more food and eat more food. This is what you have achieved. We are soldiers, and you used to clamor to defend your home and the country and be heroes. But heroes are not just to protect the people. You even eat the people. I can’t bear all the hardships. Where is the face saying that I can defend my family and the country in the future? Our fathers are all farmers, who worked in their hometowns when they were teenagers. But now look at you, rich You can’t eat a bit of suffering now. Why can you be a cadre, do a good job, live in a good house, and be respected in the future. Just because you were born? In addition to this, what else can you do with Those peasant comrades. Can’t endure hardships, they love to work. They are also picky. If you have a face, take your wowotou and go to the village and tell the children that you are working hard and the food is awful. See what other eyes look like. Look at you!"
She said in an anxious tone, with a sense of anger and hatred that iron cannot be made of steel.
Everyone listened, their heads lowered and lowered.
Li Ai-dang looked at his eldest sister with guilt and admiration.
Li Aihong looked at everyone like this, just about to talk back, but couldn't say anything to refute. Li Aidang gave him a stern look.
Li Aidang also stood up and said, "Captain, we know we were wrong. From now on, we will work hard and eat anything!"
He said that he picked up the unfinished Wowotou and continued to eat.
Others saw it, and bowed their heads and started eating with their own lunch boxes.
Everyone got up early the next morning, and went to work after a quick breakfast.